Far away in Moscow

Chapter 183 Questioning
"Baga?" Hu Yi turned his head with great interest: "Don't you know what 'Baga' means?"

"This, this...Of course I know." Sun Shoutian had a complicated expression on his face, hesitating with a half-smile: "Isn't 'Baga' a Japanese word?"

Chinese people have been familiar with "Baga Yalu" from various anti-Japanese film and television works since they were young. This sentence can be written as "Red Deer Yelang" in Japanese Chinese characters, where "Red Deer" means "fool", "stupid" " means, the pronunciation is " eight Ga ".

And "Baga" in Russian is usually used in a sentence to indicate a shorter duration, meaning "temporarily".Used by itself, it is a less formal farewell phrase, roughly equivalent to "see you later".

The pronunciation of "Baga" and "Baga" are very similar, but the accent and intonation are slightly different.Misunderstandings are also normal for people who do not understand Russian.

"Yes, you're right." Hu Yi wanted to tease him, so he nodded seriously: "Who called you 'Baga'? It's too rude."

"It's the guy who pushes the cart to deliver the goods." Sun Shoutian's guess was confirmed, and he felt a little bit annoyed: "It's been twice, the first time I just paid the money, that person scolded me fiercely Say 'baga'. Another time, the guy had already pushed the empty cart away, and turned around and scolded me again."

Hu Yi was secretly amused, the Bacha in the market were all vulgar people doing heavy manual labor, it would be more polite to say goodbye to strange customers after work.Moreover, most of them were expressionless when they spoke, and their voices were like iron rods hitting a copper gong, which really made people feel fierce.

"Strange, why did you scold you?" Hu Yi pretended to be puzzled and looked at him: "Did you pay less?"

"No, they will ask me for less money. There's no need to scold people, right?" Sun Shoutian shook his head inexplicably.

Hu Yi squinted at him a few times, then chuckled: "Ah, I see. They may think you look like a Japanese."

"Me?" Sun Shoutian stretched out his thumb and forefinger subconsciously to stroke his mustache on his upper lip: "My friend said the same thing before, but...do you want to scold me for looking like a Japanese? They don't like Japanese? "

"Of course. So there are very few Japanese in Russia. Have you been in Moscow for more than a month? Have you seen any Japanese?"

"No." Sun Shoutian hesitated for a moment: "Why? Does Lao Maozi have any enmity with the Japanese?"

"You don't know?" Hu Yi straightened his sitting posture proudly: "Old Sun, I have to tell you a few words. Since the company sent you to work in Moscow, you should do your homework in advance, at least To get a general understanding of local customs and culture, at least you need to know what Lao Maozi likes and what he doesn't like, right?"

Sun Shoutian seemed not quite used to Hu Yi talking to himself in this tone, looked at him and smiled slightly: "I only know that the old man likes to drink. I really don't know about other things. Tell me why they don't like Japan. people?"

Hu Yi cleared his throat, and leaned back in his chair loudly: "In the early years, it must have been... 100 years ago. It was probably after the Eight-Nation Allied Forces entered BJ. After a few years, the old man —it was Tsarist Russia then—had fought the Japanese and lost.”

"100 years ago? That's the old calendar, right?"

"That's right, but the old man can't let it go! During World War II, the Soviet Union caught Japan and beat them hard, and even occupied a few small broken islands to the north of them. What happened later was chaotic, so I can't tell. Yes. In short, the two countries have often pinched each other for those islands these years, think about it, can the relationship be good?"

"Oh, there's another thing? It's the first time I heard about it." Sun Shoutian blinked blankly: "So they scolded me because I look like a Japanese? Am I too innocent?"

"What's the point of scolding you? There are many more innocent people than you." Hu Yi snorted disdainfully: "In the past two World Cups, because Russia lost 0:1 to Japan in the group stage, hundreds of Hooligans and drunks ran to the Japanese embassy to make trouble, and smashed up all the cars on the streets in front of the gate. Do you think the embassy’s cars can be parked outside? Aren’t the cars on the street all owned by Maozi himself.”

"Hey, are you a football hooligan? The old man is also stupid enough."

"Don't laugh, it's not just that. Those hooligans want to beat the Japanese to vent their anger, but there are not many Japanese in this place, and they can't tell them apart. They beat anyone who looks like them." Hu Yi rolled his eyes and recalled Take a moment: "It seems that dozens of people were injured that day, only one Japanese, and the others were Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and North Korean. Who do you think they provoked? Isn't this bad luck? ?”

What Hu Yi said was true, Sun Shoutian was a little uneasy, and smiled with the corners of his mouth twitching: "This, it's really not good, how can you beat me up indiscriminately?"

"They can't recognize them, just like we can't tell the difference between Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians, so it is not impossible to think of you as Japanese."

"Then...what if someone scolds me in the future?" Sun Shoutian looked at him sullenly: "Shall I tell them that I am Chinese?"

"No, no, don't embarrass us Chinese."

"What?" Sun Shoutian's face turned ugly: "What do you mean?"

"Ah, don't get me wrong, I didn't mean that." Hu Yi chuckled, thinking that since he was making fun of it, he would just make fun of it to the end, so he waved his hand and said, "I mean, um... people have finished scolding, you can explain it later, then How embarrassing is it?"

"Then what should we do? Make it clear when we meet?"

"That's so stupid, do you need to introduce yourself first when you are looking for Baqia to work?" Hu Yi waved his hand: "When you are looking for someone to do a job in the future, you should first make friends with them."

"Acquaintance? I don't know how to say it, teach me a few words."

"Hey, needless to say it's too complicated." Hu Yi pointed to himself: "Just mention me to them."

"I mentioned you? What's the use?" Sun Shoutian looked at him suspiciously: "Do those people know you?"

"Almost." Hu Yi boasted solemnly: "I know a lot of Bacha in the parking lot and warehouse, and I arrange jobs for them to earn money all day long, so I have to give me some face, right?"

"Then..." Sun Shoutian pinched his chin and pondered for a while, and wanted to say something more. Seeing that the people from the bank came to the box, he nodded hastily: "Okay, I'll try next time." Then he turned and went into the box.

Hu Yi pursed his lips to hold back his smile, got up, stretched his waist and stretched his limbs, and strolled to other nearby boxes to chat with the bosses.After seeing Fu Jiahui walking slowly towards this side, he hurried up to meet him: "How is it? Did you gain anything?"

"Not yet." Fu Jiahui shook his head in a low voice and said, "We'll only ask about your package today, don't mention anything else."

"it is good."

"I'll ask later, don't talk too much, and speak again when you need it."

"Okay, I see."

The two discussed for a while, and Fu Jiahui walked into the box with his hands: "Shoutian, are you busy?"

Sun Shoutian was startled: "Jiahui? Why didn't you rest at home? Is the jet lag reversed?"

"Hey, it's only four or five hours, one night's sleep is enough."

The two chatted casually, and Hu Yi pretended to be nonchalant and sat reading at the door. After the people from the bank left, Fu Jiahui pulled up a chair and sat opposite Sun Shoutian: It’s not big, but it’s annoying enough to wake me up early in the morning.”

"Yeah, you young people are fine." Sun Shoutian shook his head again and again: "When I first came here, I couldn't rest for several days in a row. It was so uncomfortable!"

"It's the same, it's uncomfortable to change anyone." Fu Jiahui said haha: "I'm free at home and have nothing to do. I went to the market at noon to walk around a few customers, and I didn't expect to find something unexpected."

"What unexpected discovery?"

"I saw someone I didn't know selling our summer clothes from last year, so I went up and chatted with him. Guess what? He said that the whole package cost [-] yuan."

"Thirty-five thousand?" Sun Shoutian nodded slowly, looking a little frustrated: "Then the person who bought our goods resold it to him. I didn't expect to make such a big difference in the middle. It was my miscalculation." Yes. Sigh, I still don’t know enough about the market situation, I would have waited for you to deal with it when I knew it earlier.”

"It seems not." Fu Jiahui smiled slightly: "Didn't you sell all the goods to foreigners? The man said that a Chinese brought them to him, and he paid [-] on the spot."

"Chinese? No, I didn't..." Sun Shoutian hesitated for a while: "I never sold it at this price."

"You haven't sold it? Then..." Fu Jiahui turned around and looked at Hu Yi: "Old Hu, did you sell it?"

Hu Yi hurriedly put down the book and cooperated: "Yes, I sold a pack. I took it from the library for [-] rubles and sold it for [-]."

"Really?" Fu Jiahui looked at Sun Shoutian with a downcast face: "There is such a thing? Do you know?"

Sun Shoutian was startled, and blinked quickly a few times: "Yes, it seems... that's what happened. I thought... It's not too important, so I didn't tell you. Well, after so many days, I I almost forgot."

"Oh, since you know, it doesn't matter. Lao Hu is one of his own, and it's nothing to earn a few dollars by selling old goods." Fu Jiahui suddenly smiled, then raised his eyebrows slightly: "That package How much did you pay for it?"

At this moment, Sun Shoutian realized that Fu Jiahui was aiming at him, and then smiled: "Oh, I'm getting old, and I'm a bit confused when I look at so many numbers every day. Didn't Hu Yi just say that he would get [-] yuan?" Let's go, then I will naturally pay [-] yuan."

"Oh? According to the account of [-]?" Fu Jiahui stared at him with a smile: "But you told your family that you disposed of [-] packages of overstocked goods, why didn't you mention the package that Hu Yi took away?"

(End of this chapter)