Chapter 6

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I stood up, walked to the railing to watch the river below the dam for a few seconds, gathered up my courage, turned around and said out loud, "Mu Laoshi, tell me something about yourself?"

He got up and walked over to me, "What do you want to know?"

"Anything is fine, your childhood, about when you studied abroad, work, love." I was afraid that he would refuse, so I added: "In return, you can also ask something about me."

"Like what?"

"For example, when I was a child, I was very skinny. So every time I made a mistake, my mother would take her feather duster and ask me to tell her how many times she had to find it."

He laughed, "Your mother was quite democratic

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He laughed, "Your mother was quite democratic."

"What? This is hypocritical democracy. I used to say to her:" Mom, be gentle. "However, not only did this not work, but I was also accused of not knowing my limits and was punished more severely. In the end, she was the one who had the last word. "

"It's no wonder that when you make mistakes, you have a strong desire to admit them. It turns out that you were brought up that way," she replied.

I knew instantly that he was referring to the time when Bai Lin and I escaped from the dormitories.

I immediately realized that something was wrong. Originally, I was the one who had interrogated him first, but how did he make fun of me?

So I said, "Okay, now it's your turn."

"What do you want to listen?".

In fact, I want to know everything about him, but I can't be so direct, otherwise I will scare him and he won't tell me anything. "

What were we talking about?
When was he a child? Will his childhood be as sad as mine?
job? Could it be a military secret?
Love? Will the name of a teacher suddenly come up that will make me want to drown on the river bank?

I decided to choose a not so sensitive topic: "Tell me about Russia, it's colder than here, isn't it?"

"Yes. When I traveled for the first time, I was not familiar with the language, so I could only live on few scholarships and life was very difficult. Later, when I started to get used to the place, I started to be a translator, of that way I was getting some extra money. "

"How long were you there? Did you know other cities besides Moscow?"

He replied: "I stayed in Moscow for almost eight years and then I moved to St. Petersburg for more than a year."

"What city is more beautiful?"

"St. Petersburg is beautiful." "It's close to the Arctic Circle and in the summer months, it's hardly dark all day. If you look at the sky in the early hours of the morning, it will be as bright as broad daylight. Even in some seasons, you can see the northern lights. It's a very strange feeling. "

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