Essays on the train from Moscow to St. Petersburg

before getting on the bus from Moscow to St. Petersburg, we had dinner in a basement. It was a traditional Russian meal, a salad, a bowl of soup, a staple food and a cup of tea. The bread was unlimited, the mashed potatoes were frozen, the Russian sausage was cold, the cake was a little creamy, and the Russian food was either too sweet or salty, which was a bit unappetizing. The leader China was a little human, and he might have known that we were eating. Quietly brought "Laoganma hot sauce" and dried radish and pickles from China, which played a delicious role in the process of eating group meals. Everyone put "Laoganma" on a little rice before they barely filled their stomachs.

At this time, everyone's time difference has not been adjusted. At 8 o'clock in the evening in Russia, it means that Beijing time is at 1 o'clock in the morning the next day. The time difference is five hours, and the sunset is still hanging in the sky in Russia. The restaurant is very close to Moscow station. We took the 9 o'clock train to St. Petersburg, and the journey is expected to take 8 hours. This is also a time when tourists can get familiar with each other. They can sit on the train and chat, then sleep, and arrive in St. Petersburg at dawn the next day.

There is no ticket gate in Moscow by train, and you enter one by one according to the tourist documents in the hands of the tour guide. Both sides of the station hall are full of small shops selling food and handicrafts, which is quite lively. The location of getting on the train in Russia is very interesting. The weather-proof canopy above the head is tightly integrated with aluminum alloy and hard plastic, and it is hoisted by wire rope. There is no pillar in a long row, just like a lotus canopy hanging in the air, which is uniformly lifted in the air, which is as long as 18 carriages. Not far from the express railway, there is a special track for high-speed rail. The wires are hung on both sides of the upright inverted character. Suddenly, like a swallow raising its soaring wings, a column can pick up the wires for vehicles on both sides. This design is relatively simple, but it is also novel.

guided by the tour guide, we set foot on the soft sleeper car from Moscow to St. Petersburg. This is a double-decker train, which is said to be a soft sleeper car. In fact, it is very simple. It is similar to the hard sleeper car in China. It has a box for four people. There are washed quilt covers and pillowcases on the car. To ensure cleanliness, they are all wrapped in plastic bags. The sleeper bed must be laid by itself before falling asleep. This feels quite clean and can cultivate the passengers' own hands-on ability.

The bed in the balcony is rather narrow, so people sleeping in the upper berth can't lift their heads and sit up. The tourists in the same team said that it doesn't matter if we are wronged like this, but can Russians get used to taking such a train? Before boarding the train, the tour guide told us that the carriages of Russian trains are relatively low and the rooms are not big. If you want to do as the Romans do, you will stay for one night. When the tour guide saw that we were skeptical, he added: Russians really don't have high requirements for beds. This is a traditional Russian way of life. Habit becomes nature. Looking at it from another angle, we can lie down in the narrow bed of the Russian train, in fact, we are also experiencing the charm brought by the small bed ...

Some tourists say that sleeping in a small bed can improve our vigilance, and we can sleep with precious things by the bedside, so there is nothing wrong with losing some wide space and distance and gaining more security. This is true. Because there are often thieves on Russian trains, Russians used to call them "potatoes". There are many thieves on the train from Moscow to St. Petersburg, both men and women. They often pretend to be tourists and sneak into the box to steal things when people are asleep or negligent. Therefore, the tour guide takes care of us: before going to bed, tie the train door with ropes and the like, so that thieves can't get in.

Experienced tourists tell us that it is best to live in the same carriage with Russians on the train. The thieves on the train are all young. Apart from Russians, there are vagrants from other countries. When these thieves see tall Russians, they are afraid to enter the house like mice and cats. Their main goal is to steal money and mobile phones from tourists from China and other Asian countries.

On the same day, the two literary friends who got on the bus with us were arranged in a compartment on the top floor. The two beds on the upper and lower left belonged to them, while two Russian girls were lying on the upper and lower bunks opposite. The train is a public place, and such an arrangement on the train is also common in China, so it won't make a fuss.

The train had been running for about an hour, but the sun was still not setting. Seeing that it was still early, the four people in our private room asked the train attendant to close the door and went to the cafe in the restaurant. Each of them asked for an ice cream and talked about literary writing while tasting it. It was really an excellent literary writing exchange.

On the bus, we met a Russian girl who married China far away. She was surrounded by a boy from China. They were close and affectionate, and seemed to be a young couple who fell in love in a foreign country. Russian girls are beautiful, with tall heads and big deep eyes that seem to talk. When we were drinking coffee, we talked harmoniously with the Russian girl about her marriage.

The Russian girl smiled and said bluntly: Among Russian men today, there are more men who are self-centered and male-oriented, which leads to what China people call men being superior to women. Even after marriage, some Russian men usually do nothing, and often fight with their wives after drinking. This kind of male chauvinism makes Russian girls greatly disgusted. Therefore, in recent years, some Russian girls have gone to foreign countries for love and marriage. They want to find a hardworking and honest man to accompany them and find the happiness of a woman's life.

She said: In recent years, many Russian girls have gone abroad to study, study and communicate in China and other countries. She fell in love with the smart boy sitting next to her while working in a company in China. Nowadays, in the eyes of Russian girls, most boys in China are honest, trustworthy, faithful and hardworking. She added: After marriage, China's husband is very kind to her and thinks of her everywhere, unlike some Russian men who are addicted to alcohol and arrogant. China's husband often goes out with his wife, and China's husband's serious attitude towards love and marriage deeply moved her.

As she said this, she giggled again: In recent years, a popular song "Marry a Man Like Putin" in Russia expressed the emotional color of Russian girls' desire for independence and dignity. As she said this, the girl hummed softly, and the main idea of the lyrics was:

My boyfriend had a fight,

he was beaten black and blue,

he got drunk and drowned in the sea of poison.

I can't bear him.

I drove him away from me.

Now I want someone like Putin.

I saw his figure on the news yesterday.

He said that the world is at a crossroads.

He is so persuasive,

which makes me determined to want:

a person like Putin,

a strong person like Putin,

a person like Putin who doesn't drink,

a person like Putin who doesn't make me sad,

a person like Putin who won't leave me ...

Singing. In China, I found a man like Putin. As she spoke, the girl took her husband's hand and smiled brightly. It turns out that the beautiful Russian girl has deeply immersed such a sustenance in her heart, so she came to China to study as soon as she graduated from college, and at the same time, she looked for her idol and gave her love to her sweetheart in a foreign country ...

When talking about the life of Russians, the talkative Russian girl humorously told some social life phenomena in Russia that are worth knowing and laughing about. Curious, I recorded these contents. Give it a habitual topic, which is called Twelve Monsters of Russia.

Grass is covered with snow, and country houses are built with wood;

sweet snacks and salty dishes, drinking is afraid of friends being quick;

The big hat is like a pot cover, and LADA's old car runs fast;

The girl's thighs are exposed, and all the work is done by the old lady;

The big bed is too narrow for people to ask for cigarettes.

I don't give money when I am a guest, but I am a grandmother in my thirties.

first, the grass is covered with snow. Russia has a population of just over 1 million, with a vast territory and a sparsely populated area, but the coverage of forests and green spaces has reached 45%. The Russian nation pays attention to protecting and loving green, and it is a nation that loves nature. Whether it is the capital Moscow or a cabin villa, it is surrounded by green grass and green land. Because most of Russia's land is cold and long in winter, it snows for more than 15 days in some places. Clever Russians have chosen a kind of grass that can resist cold after long-term seed selection and seedling raising. After centuries of deduction, Russian grass can be evergreen all the year round. Even in the snowy winter, the grass is buried under the heavy snow, and it is still as green as spring, and the scenery is unique here! .

Second, the country houses are covered with wood. There are many forests in Russia, and houses in suburbs and rural areas are basically built on logs. Including the younger generation, still follow the tradition of their ancestors when they build their ancestral villas and old houses in the suburbs. Except for the roof, the walls are basically made of wood inside and outside. This kind of rural house is both environmentally friendly and affordable, especially the decorated house will be warm in winter and cool in summer, and it is good for human health to live in it for vacation and leisure.

the third is sweet snacks and salty dishes. Russians like sweets, and even when they drink tea, they should put a packet of sugar in the water. If you go to snack shops and supermarkets, there are not many varieties of snacks, but they are all sweet to taste. Perhaps because of living in the north, the meals cooked by Russians are salty. The so-called Russian dinner, the salt in the dish seems to be free. A tour group in China asked the tour guide to ask the chef to put less salt in the soup, but it was still too salty to eat more.

Fourth, drinking is afraid of friends being quick. Russians like drinking very much, especially hard liquor, such as vodka and China liquor. They all like it very much, and their capacity for liquor is also very large. When they are not at work, they will get drunk when they drink, and some will be so drunk that they will continue to drink when they wake up. There is no need to persuade Russia to drink on the wine table. Therefore, there is a strange phenomenon that Russians treat people to drink, for fear that others and friends will drink too much and that they will drink too little. Therefore, Russians can drink when they can, and they are not forced to drink when they can't, but if they find that drinking at the same table is fraudulent, they will be drunk before they rest.

fifth, the hat with a big brim looks like a pot cover. Among the armies of all countries in the world, the Russian army's hat is the largest, and the Russian navy's hat is a little exaggerated. In the street, it is often seen that some small officers wear big caps as if they had buckled the lid of a pot, which is out of proportion. This is actually a problem left over from history. When the Soviet Red Army was designing military uniforms, the top of the soldier's hat was planned to be wide and straight, which made the Russian's little head look like a pot cover. This style has been preserved to this day. Today's Russian regular army, internal security forces, police and officers of other powerful departments all wear large hats. Officers in the secret service usually don't wear military uniforms, but everyone has a military uniform at home, and so does the hat. Therefore, soldiers or policemen with "pot lids" can be seen everywhere in Moscow and other places.

Sixth, LADA's old car runs fast. There are many domestic LADA cars running on Russian streets every day. The old LADA they drive is very fast and often competes with Mercedes-Benz. On the one hand, it may be that the old car is not afraid of touching, on the other hand, it may be looking for a leisure stimulus. Russia's new LADA cars only cost $5,, and ordinary Russians insist on using many old models. Now young people will buy imported cars such as Mercedes-Benz and Audi if they have money. In Russia, LADA cars made in China a few decades ago look dirty, but most of the owners are bold, even if they are hit in traffic jams, it doesn't matter. On the contrary, they can get some compensation, so owners often leave luxury Mercedes-Benz and BMW behind when they grab the road.

Seventh, the girl's thighs are exposed. Russia is undoubtedly a place rich in beautiful women. Most young Russian girls are blonde, especially their bodies. Before most of them get married and have children, the ratio of the whole body to the head is nine to one, so they are called nine-headed bodies, and they are really beautiful. Some friends who have been to Russia will always sigh: Walking in the street, you will be attracted by amazing beauty inadvertently and look back. So Russians will proudly say that Russian girls are the wealth of the country.

some people may say that although they were beautiful when they were young, their children's image will be terrible after their lifetime, and they will become round barrels. Actually, this is a thing of the past. Nowadays, a new generation of Russian girls have learned the lessons of their predecessors, and attach great importance to fitness and diet. After giving birth, they insist on keeping their weight and are determined not to be "obese Russian aunts". Russian girls have very white skin and long and straight thighs, much like slender models walking on the screen. They like to wear miniskirts to show their devil-like figure. Even in the cold winter, there are still many girls wearing skirts. It is said that they like to wear a kind of warm stockings made in China and walk in the city streets like ballerinas, which becomes a bright landscape. In addition, some young girls also like off-the-shoulder clothes made of thick wool. The beautiful shawl and exposed thighs add a strong Slavic national style and style to the beautiful women.

eight is that all the work is done by old ladies. Cleaners in various subway stations, railway stations and bus stations in Russia; Sweeping the floor in shops, parks and restaurants; Most of the doorkeepers and watchmen in museums and libraries are Russian retired old ladies, and even those who sell their own local products on rural roadsides are old ladies. Over the years, Russian women have taken on social work other than childbearing, and most of the rough work that should have been done by men has been taken on by women. The vast majority of retired elderly women have also joined the recruitment team of huge factories and commercial units. They can go out to do more work and earn money to subsidize their families. Russian elderly women should not only care about their families' food, clothing, housing and transportation, but also go out to work, and become great women in Russian family and social work.

nine is that the big bed is too narrow. Russia is white and generally taller than Asians. But strangely, the beds they use are all small. Back then, Peter the Great was more than two meters tall and slept in a small bed. He's "tall, big and narrow, with his knees bent and hanging down." According to legend, Peter the Great used such conscious actions to awaken the people's sense of hardship. He did not allow his soldiers to sit back and relax, sleep too soundly, and be ready to face the invaders at any time in a small bed. Because Peter the Great is the god in the hearts of Russians, Russians have inherited the traditional habit of sleeping in a narrow bed in the century, which has been passed down to this day.

In Russia, in addition to holiday villas in the suburbs, most people still live in banlou apartments in the city, and the rooms are not spacious. The vast majority of Russian rooms range from 35 square meters, 45 square meters and 6 square meters, which is a standard small apartment in China. If it can reach 1 to 14 square meters, it has been considered as an unattainable luxury mansion by Moscow people. It can be seen that the narrow living space does not allow Russians to change into a comfortable big bed; Especially in Moscow, new buildings cost more than 8, to 1, dollars per square meter, and Russians often flinch when calculating their income. Therefore, it is a tradition for Russians to sleep in small beds, which may be the way Russians have been proud of sleeping since ancient times.

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