Far away in Moscow

Chapter 234 Competition Day

"Fatty? You mean fat?" The round face and the people behind were stunned for a moment, first suddenly realized, and then slightly surprised: "You came here from Moscow to look for Fatty?"

"That's right!" Hu Yi nodded again and again: "We drove for four hours tonight, just to find him!"

"Wow, that's really..." The round face showed a little admiration, but it seemed to be a little joking: "You have great courage, I didn't expect it."

"That's nothing." Hu Yi asked impatiently, "Do you know where he is?"

"Of course, but please allow me to ask a disrespectful question. It was you who came to him." The round face reached out and gestured to Yabalov and the others: "Or those?"

"They are all!" Hu Yi patted his chest: "I came to find Fatty, they are with me!"

"Well, if that's the case..." The round face turned sideways and stretched out his hand to the distance: "He's over there now, please follow me."

"Great! Thank you!" Hu Yi was overjoyed, and stretched out his hand to greet Yabalov and others: "Let's go, it's finally coming to an end."

They walked towards the center of the town behind Round Face. The people who came with Round Face just now stared at Hu Yi for a few times, put their hands together and shouted to the surroundings: "Listen! These guys are going to see Fatty Ann Andre!"

"Fatty Andre?!" The drunk teenagers cheered a few times in surprise, then laughed loudly, and followed with wine bottles.

"Fatty... Andre? Wait a minute!" Hu Yi smashed their words, and took a few steps to catch up with the round face: "The fat man and Andre you mentioned are not the same person, right?"

"Of course." The round face kept walking, "Fatty Andre is a celebrity in our town, and he is also our pride."

"That must be a mistake!" Hu Yi hurriedly explained: "The fat man I mentioned is not named Andre, he came here with Andre tonight!"

"Ah! Understood." The round face stopped and smiled in relief: "So you meant that little fat man."

"That's right! Fatty!" Hu Yixi said, "Is he over there too?"

"That's right, he's with Fatty Andre." The round face lost interest a little, and continued to walk forward: "Are you looking for Fatty Andre, or Little Fatty?"

"It's fine, you can find any one." Hu Yi was dizzy from the two fat men and a large group of Andre in the mouth of the round face, and asked beside him: "The little fat man I'm talking about is a Chinese. right?"

"Chinese?" The round face looked at the companion beside him: "Really? I thought he was a Tatar."

"It's almost the same." The old Andre disagreed: "In our opinion, there is not much difference."

Hu Yi breathed a sigh of relief again, his mood fluctuated up and down in just a short while, which was really tiring.They followed the round face and turned around at the intersection ahead, their eyes suddenly lit up, and they had already arrived near the center of the town.

The lights in the distance were brightly lit, and hundreds of men, women and children were densely surrounded in the central square. The shouting sound seemed to be a little smaller than before, but they were still alive and well, singing and dancing, toasting and drinking tirelessly.

Seeing this scene, Hu Yi was finally completely relieved. It seems that there are no bad guys in his imagination here, just a group of drunks.

But drunks can be difficult sometimes.He smiled and asked the round face: "Everyone doesn't sleep? Is today a festival in the town?"

"Most people have already gone home, but we will stay here tonight." The round face replied excitedly: "Today is the annual competition day, and the rest of the people will celebrate until the sun rises!"

"Race day?"

"Every year before winter comes, we have to hold a competition with neighboring towns, and the date is set on the first Saturday in October!"

"Oh! That's it." Hu Yi looked at the beaming crowd in the distance: "Since it is a celebration, it seems that your town has won this year?"

"Of course! We won again! Some people are still playing, but it has nothing to do with the overall situation." The round face smiled slyly: "The little fat man you are looking for is challenging our fat Andre, but he is There is no hope of winning."

"What? Him?!" Hu Yi was very surprised. Just as he was about to ask for clarification, he saw the round face walk to the periphery of the crowd, and shouted to the surroundings: "The new guest has arrived! He came all the way from Moscow! Quick! Serve the wine!"

Several women cheered and served each of them a mug full of beer.Round Face and the others also picked up their cups and stood in front of Hu Yi triumphantly: "Friends! Welcome to the competition day celebration in Abalensk! Cheers!" clean.

At this time, Yabalov and others were infected by the lively atmosphere of the celebration, and they drank the wine in their glasses with a smile.The cup is about one liter in capacity, Hu Yi swallowed down most of it in one go, touched his stomach and smiled wryly: "Thank you for your kind hospitality, but I really can't drink it anymore, please take me to see the little fat man quickly Bar!"

The round face waved his hands: "Why are you in a hurry? Anyway, you have plenty of time."

Hu Yi was startled: "What do you mean? It's already 11:30, and we have to rush back to Moscow!"

"Go back? You don't know the rules of the town, do you?" The round face walked a few steps in front of him with a smile: "Anyone who comes to the town to participate in the celebration on the night of the competition day must wait until the sun rises the next day before returning." leave."

"What?!" Hu Yi and others looked at each other in blank dismay: "Why is this?"

"No reason, this is our tradition." The round face put his hands behind his back unhurriedly: "Simply put, the race day evolved from a big battle between our two towns a long time ago—— At that time we were still two villages.”

"so what?!"

"So, on every competition day, we send contestants to each other's towns to compete. If you win, you can go home freely. If you lose, you have to stay as a prisoner to participate in the celebration of the other side, and you can't be released until the next morning."

"This is simply...absurd!" Hu Yi looked innocent: "We are not from the other town at all, nor are we here to participate in the competition!"

"You are now! Competition day is regarded as a state of war, and any adult male from outside the town who enters the town can be treated as an intruder!" The round face was half-true and half-fake: "What's more, you just now If you want to see Fatty Andre by name, you are directly challenging him! Of course, as long as you win, you can return freely."

"Challenge? What a mess!" Hu Yi was a little anxious: "I don't care about fat Andre, I'm here to pick up little fat! He's my friend!"

"Oh hey!" The round face smiled drunkenly, and waved his hands around: "Did you hear that? He is the little fat man's friend, and he wants to take the little fat man away! Tell him, is this possible?!"

"Absolutely impossible!" The surrounding residents shouted in unison.

"Tell him, what happened to the little fat man?!"

"It's dead!" The voice was louder than before.

"What?!" Hu Yi's frightened souls almost drifted away with the wind, Yabalov and others were also shocked.

"Don't be afraid, this is our competition term, he just lost badly." The round face narrowed his eyes and looked at them one by one: "But I absolutely believe that you will end up in the same way soon!"

(End of this chapter)