On the train from Moscow to St. Petersburg prose essays

From Moscow to St. Petersburg before boarding the train, our dinner is in a basement to eat, this is the traditional Russian food, a plate of salad, a bowl of soup, a staple, and a cup of tea, unlimited supply of bread, mashed potatoes are frozen, the Russian red sausage is cold, the cake is sweet and a little creamy, the Russian food is either too sweet or salty, a little bit of appetite, the Chinese leader is very a little bit of humane, he may be beforehand know that we are not accustomed to eating this kind of meal, quietly brought from the country "Lao Gan Ma hot sauce" and dried roti, pickles, eat group of people. Know that we are not accustomed to eating this meal, quietly brought from the country, "Lao Ganma hot sauce" and dried rooibos, pickles, in the process of eating a group meal to play the role of taste and beauty, we put the "Lao Ganma" coated with a little bit of rice, just barely fill the stomach.

At this time, everyone's jet lag is still not adjusted to the Russian evening 8 o'clock, equal to the Beijing time is in the next day's 1 o'clock in the morning, the time difference of 5 hours, the west slant of the sun is still hanging in the sky of Russia. The restaurant is very close to the Moscow station, we are taking the 9 o'clock train to St. Petersburg, the journey is expected to be 8 hours, which is also a time for tourists to get acquainted with each other, you can sit on the train and chat, and then sleep, the next day dawn will be able to arrive in St. Petersburg.

There are no ticket gates in Moscow by train, you enter one by one according to the tourist slip in the hands of the guide. The station hall is lined with small stores selling food and handicrafts, making it quite busy. Russia on the train location is very interesting, overhead weatherproof canopy is made of aluminum alloy and hard plastic tightly fused with a wire rope hanging up, a long row without a pillar, like a canopy hanging in the air, brushed up in the air, as long as eighteen carriages. Fast passenger railroad is not far across the special high-speed railroad track, the wire is hanging in the vertical inverted herringbone on both sides, suddenly like a sea oats raised soaring wings, a column can be picked up on both sides of the car with the wire, such a design is relatively simple, but is also a novelty.

We stepped on a soft sleeper car from Moscow to St. Petersburg under the guidance of the guide, this is a double-decker train, said the soft sleeper car, in fact, very simple, and China's hard sleeper compartments are almost the same, which is a four-person compartment, the car has washed a good duvet cover and pillowcase, in order to ensure the cleanliness of the plastic bag packaging, the sleeper beds have to do it by themselves to lay a good bed in order to sleep, so that I think it is quite clean. The first step is to make sure that you have a good understanding of what you are doing and how you are doing it.

The beds in the compartments are narrower, and those who sleep on the top bunk can't lift their heads up, can't sit up. The same team of tourists said, we so suffer a little aggravation does not matter, but the Russians high head, ride such a train can get used to it? Not yet on the train before, the guide told us: the Russian train carriages are relatively low, the carriages room is not big, we have to follow the customs of the country, will be a night. The guide saw us doubt, and then said: Russians really do not have a high demand for beds. This is the traditional Russian way of life. Habit becomes nature. Thinking from another angle, we can lie down in the narrow bed of the Russian train, in fact, is also in the experience of small beds to bring flavor ......

Some tourists say: sleeping in a small bed can improve vigilance, you can hold valuable things in the head of the bed to sleep on the side of the head, less wide have some space and distance, more security what is not good. This is true. Because, Russian trains are often thieves, the Russians used to call them "potatoes". From Moscow to St. Petersburg train on the thief a lot of men and women, they often pretend to be tourists to visit the door, will take advantage of people sleeping or negligence quietly touch into the compartment to steal things, so the guide care of us: before going to bed, with a rope or something like this train door tied up, so that the thief can not come in.

Experienced travelers told us: in the train, it is best to live in the same compartment with the Russians, the train thieves are relatively young, in addition to Russia's own, and from other countries of the vagabonds, these thieves see the tall Russians, they are afraid of like a mouse to see the cat like not dare to enter the door, and their main goal is to steal money and mobile phones, and so on, from the Chinese and other Asian countries to come! The main goal of the thieves is to steal money and cell phones and other things from tourists from China and other Asian countries.

On that day, and we got on the train with the two writing friends were arranged in the top floor of a compartment of the private room, which is a top on the left side of the two beds belonging to their patents, and across the top and bottom of the two small beds, lying in two Russian girls. Train is a public **** place, in the car such an arrangement in the country is also a common thing, will not feel the fuss.

The train opened about an hour, the sun still did not go down, the four of us in the room, look at the time is still early, we asked the train attendant to close the door to the cafeteria, each person asked for a cup of ice cream, while tasting, while chatting about literature and writing, it is really an excellent literature and writing exchanges.

In the car, we met a long-distance married to China's 'Russian girl, her side is a Chinese boy, the two kissed, looks like a pair of exotic love of the young couple. The Russian girl was very pretty, tall, with big deep eyes that seemed to speak. We are drinking coffee, harmoniously and the Russian girl talked about the topic of her foreign marriage.

The Russian girl smiled and said bluntly: Today's Russian men are more me-centered and macho men, which creates what the Chinese call male superiority and female inferiority. Even after marriage, some men in Russia usually do not do any work, and in the drunkenness of their wives often beat up, this machismo makes the Russian girls greatly resentful. Therefore, in recent years, some Russian girls into a lot of foreign marriage, they want to find a hard-working and honest men to accompany, to find a woman's life happiness.

She said: In recent years, out of the country to China and other countries to study, study and exchange of Russian girls a lot, she worked in a Chinese company, like sitting next to the intelligent boy. Nowadays, in the minds of Russian girls, most Chinese boys are honest, trustworthy, loyal, reliable and hardworking. She added that after the marriage, her Chinese husband was very nice to her, and he thought of her in every way, unlike some Russian men who are addicted to alcohol and are arrogant. The Chinese husband often accompanies his wife when she goes out, and she is y touched by the seriousness of the Chinese husband's attitude towards his relationship and marriage.

She said, and Gegege smiled: Russia in these years, a popular song "married to marry a man like Putin", the content of the Russian girl intended to move towards independence and seek dignity of the emotional color. said, the girl gently hummed, the lyrics to the effect of:

My boyfriend fought a fight,

beat all over the body,

Drinking drunk and sinking into the sea of drugs.

He's just too much for me to bear,

I banished him from my life,

and now I want someone who looks like Vladimir Putin.

I saw him on the news yesterday,

and he said the world is at a crossroads.

He was so persuasive,

that I made up my mind to want:

Someone like Putin,

Someone who is strong like Putin,

Someone who doesn't drink like Putin,

Someone who doesn't break my heart like Putin,

Someone who won't let go of me like Putin. ......

After singing the song, the Russian girl smiled and said: in fact, all want to marry Putin is completely unrealistic. In China, I found a person like "Putin". Said the girl took her husband's hand and smiled brightly. The original beautiful Russian girl heart, deep diving such a trust, so she graduated from the university came to China to study, but also looking for the idol of their own hearts, the love dedicated to a foreign country sweetheart ......

In talking about the living conditions of the Russians, the chatty Russian girl witty use of The Russian girl, in a jocular manner, recounted some of the phenomena of social life in Russia that are worth knowing and laughing about. Curious, I recorded them. To give it a customary title, it is called "Russia's twelve strange".

The grass is buried in snow, the country house is covered with wood;

Sweet snacks and salty dishes, drink for fear of friends fast;

Big brimmed hat like a pot cover, Lada old car runs fast;

Girl thighs exposed, work is all the old lady;

People tall horse bed is too narrow, to the person to ask for cigarettes, not to see the outside;

Guests to send things do not send money, thirty-something when the grandmother. I'm not going to be able to do that, but I'm going to be able to do it," he said.

First, the grass is buried in snow. Russia's population is only more than 100 million, sparsely populated, forests and green areas have reached 45%. The Russian nation focuses on green love green, is the love of nature, whether it is the capital of Moscow or cabin cottage, surrounded by grass and green. As most of the Russian country winter cold and long, some places snow period of more than 150 days. Clever Russians after a long period of seedling selection, selected a cold-resistant grass, after a century of interpretation, Russia's grass can be evergreen. Even if the snowy winter, grass is buried under the snow, is still green as spring, the scenery is unique!

Second, the countryside house wood cover. Russia has a lot of forests, suburban and rural houses are basically built on round logs. Including the younger generation now, in the countryside to build the old villa heirlooms when the old house, still follow the tradition of the old ancestors, in addition to the roof, the walls inside and outside are basically built with wood. This country house is both environmentally friendly and affordable, especially after decorating the house will be warm in winter and cool in summer, live in the inside of the vacation and leisure, good for human health.

Third, sweet snacks savory dishes. Russians love sweets, even drinking tea to put a packet of sugar in the water. If you go to the small food stores and supermarkets to see, although not a lot of varieties of snacks, but taste a taste are with sweet. Maybe it is because of living in the north, the Russian people do all the meals are salty. The so-called Russian meal, the salt in the dish seems to be like no money. A Chinese tour group asked the guide to care for the chef in the dish soup less salt, but the result is still salty can not eat more.

Fourth, drinking is afraid of friends fast. Russians are very fond of drinking, especially strong alcohol, such as vodka, Chinese baijiu, etc., they are very fond of, and their drinking is also very large, do not go to work, they drink will certainly get drunk, some drunk unconscious, wake up and then continue to drink, Russia at the table to drink without persuasion, so the Russians invited to drink there is a strange phenomenon, is afraid of other people and friends to drink more for fear of drinking less themselves. The Russians do not need to be persuaded to drink at the table. So the Russians drink when you can drink, can not drink is not forced, but if you find the same table drinking there is a false phenomenon, then it will be drunk before the party.

Fifth, the big brimmed hat is like a pot lid. In the world's armies, the Russian army's big brimmed cap is the largest, the Russian Navy's big brimmed cap is still a bit exaggerated, in the street often see some small officers wearing a big cap like a buttoned-up pot cover, very disproportionate. This is in fact a historical legacy, when the Soviet Red Army in the design of uniforms, the top of the hat of the military planning of the broad, upright, making the Russian small head with like a pot lid on top. This style has been preserved to this day. Today, officers in the regular army, the internal security forces, the police, and other powerful departments of the Russian Federation wear large-brimmed hats. Officers of the special services do not usually wear uniforms, but everyone has a uniform at home, in which the hat is the same. That is why in Moscow and other places you can see everywhere in the military or police with a "lid".

Sixth, the old Lada cars run fast. There are many domestic Lada cars running on the streets of Russia every day. They drove the old Lada car speed, often and Mercedes Benz car race. On the one hand, the old car may not be afraid to touch, on the other hand, may be in search of a leisurely stimulation. The new Russian Lada cars are sold for only 5,000 dollars, and ordinary Russians stick to the old models quite a lot. And now young people with money will also go to buy Mercedes, Audi and other imported cars. In Russia, a few decades ago the domestic Lada car, looks dirty, but the owner of most of the car broken people bold, even if they are hit in traffic jams also has no relationship, on the contrary, you can also get some compensation, so the owner of the car grabbed up the road often to the luxury of Mercedes-Benz, BMW thrown back.

Seven is the girl thighs exposed. Russia is undoubtedly a place of abundance of beautiful women. Most of the young Russian girls are blonde and blue-eyed, especially their body, the vast majority of marriage and children before the entire body and the proportion of the head is nine to one, known as the body of the nine-headed body figure, looks really beautiful. Some friends who have been to Russia will always sigh: walking on the street, inadvertently will be attracted by the stunning beauty look back. So the Russians will be proud to say that the Russian girls are the wealth of the country.

Perhaps someone will say, don't look at them when they were young and beautiful, after having a child, the image of the image is terrible, into a round barrel. In fact, this is a thing of the past. Today's new generation of Russian girls have learned the lessons of their predecessors, pay great attention to fitness and diet, after giving birth to their own weight, determined not to be "fat Russian mom". Russian girls have very white skin, long and straight thighs, very much like walking on the silver screen, slender models, they like to wear ultra-short dresses to show their devilish body. Even in the cold winter, there are still many girls wearing skirts, and it is said that they like to wear a kind of warm stockings made in China, walking on the city streets like ballerinas, becoming a bright scenery. In addition, some young girls also like to wear a thick woolen knitted strapless dress. Beautiful shawl plus thighs exposed, to the beautiful people and added a strong Slavic national flavor and style.

Eight is to work all the old lady. In Russia, each subway station, train station, bus station cleaners; in stores, parks, restaurants, sweeping; in museums, libraries, watching the door, on duty, most of the Russian retired old lady, even the countryside roadside sale of their own specialties is also an old lady. Over the years, Russian women have taken on social work other than childbearing and childrearing, and many of the men's menial jobs have been taken on by women, with the vast majority of retired elderly women joining the large recruitment pools of factories and commercial establishments. They are able to get out of the house to do more work, earn money can subsidize the family, the Russian elderly women both to care for the family's food, clothing, housing and transportation, but also to go out to work, a heart hangs on the two ends of the family and social work in Russia has become a great woman.

Nine is too narrow. Russia belongs to the white race, generally taller than Asians. But strangely enough, the beds they use all seem narrow. In those days, Peter the Great was more than two meters tall, and slept on a small bed. He "tall horse bed is very narrow, knees bent on the ground hanging". Legend has it that Peter the Great was such a conscious action to awaken the people's sense of worry, he did not allow his men to rest on their laurels, sleep too much, sleep in a small bed can always be ready to meet the invaders. As Peter the Great is the God in the heart of the Russian people, so the Russian people inherited the century to sleep in a narrow bed of traditional habits, has been passed down to the present day.

In Russia, some of the masses in addition to the outskirts of the vacation villa, most of the city still live in the boarding house apartment, the room is not spacious. The vast majority of the Russian room type is in 35 square meters, 45 square meters, 60 square meters, which in the eyes of the Chinese is the standard small house, if you can reach 100 to 140 square meters, has been considered by the Muscovites is unattainable luxury mansion. Visible small living space does not allow Russians to change a comfortable bed; especially in Moscow, the new building 8,000 to 10,000 U.S. dollars a square meter, the Russians in the calculation of their income will often be deterred. So Russians sleep on a small bed is traditional, which may be the Russians since ancient times proud of the way to sleep.

Ten is to ask people for cigarettes not to see outside. In Russia, these years, the enactment of a smoking ban, but in the city streets of some open space is a fixed point to smoke, where smoking people will coincidentally concentrate together, some heavy smokers, wait until the side of the smoke, regardless of whether you know, as long as you see someone with a cigarette in the pocket, the Russians will naturally raise their hands to others to ask for a cigarette. At this time, the smoker will also be happy to take out cigarettes from the pocket to give each other. In recent years, the Russian girls are smoking more and more, and it has become a big fashion in Russia. Don't look at them dressed up, in the park and on the street to see someone smoking, but also to the pedestrians (including foreign tourists) to ask for cigarettes, and smiled without blushing.