Chapter 52: Pushkin's House
Pushkin's former residence is at No. 53 Arbat Street, and it is now impossible to visit it at night, there are statues of Pushkin and his wife on the street in front of the former residence, the statue is lifelike, Pushkin stands behind his wife Natalia on the right, looking at his wife's eyes gentle and delicate, Natalia is wearing a long dress, looking very gentle.
Xiao Yayun stood in front of the statue and looked at it for a while, and suddenly sighed: "I didn't expect that the wife of the great writer Pushkin is also flat-chested." ”
I glanced at Xiao Yayun with disdain, Xiao Yayun happened to see me looking at her, and before I could turn my head, I saw Xiao Yayun sneering,
"What do you mean by that look? Looking down on the old lady? Then tell the old lady, what amazing things do you see in this statue? I can't tell you one, two, three, four, five, I'll let you hang it on this statue. ”
I was so frightened that I was sweating profusely, "We are all compatriots, we are still classmates, why be so violent?" Wouldn't it be nice to be peaceful? ”
Xiao Yayun didn't answer me, but silently raised her right foot.
I hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, I said, I said." ”
Xiao Yayun's right foot landed, and I couldn't help muttering, if it weren't for your taekwondo black section, Lao Tzu would have egged you to take your surname.
Maybe because of the incident in the first year of high school, Nizi wanted to protect herself, and in the second year of high school, she quietly went to learn taekwondo, and in the third year of high school, she also won the silver medal in the national taekwondo youth group.
From the moment I went to her house by chance to see the medal, I knew that Xiao Yayun's force value was several times higher than her appearance.
I cleared my throat and said: "As we all know, Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is a famous Russian writer, considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet, and the founder of modern Russian literature. The main representative of Russian Romantic literature in the 19th century. He is known as the "father of the Russian novel". And her wife, Natalia, is a noble lady. “
Xiao Yayun interrupted me, "Why is her wife's name so short?" Don't Russians have long names? ”
I scratched my head and argued, "Of course I know that Russian names are long, but the only part I remember is Natalia." ”
Ekaterina on the side smiled and spoke, "Pushkin's wife's full name is Natalia Nikolaevna Goncharova. She was the daughter of a Moscow nobleman Goncharov. Her mother is a very strict person, and there are many rules in the house, which can be said to be overwhelming. It is said that as long as the children accidentally do something wrong, they will be slapped mercilessly by her. She doesn't even allow her children to read novels with a slightly romantic twist, and they have a governess who only learns French and dance. ”
I said, "That's why Natalia is well educated. She also has the insight, eloquence, manners and temperament necessary for social circles, and of course, her beauty has kept her fame alive. ”
Xiao Yayun pursed her lips, "The last one is the most important." ”
I glared at her, "You still don't listen?" ”
Xiao Yayun glared back, "Are these what you can see from the statue?" What I'm going to listen to is what you see in the statue! ”
"Foreshadowing, foreshadowing, do you understand. The main play is about to arrive, and at a ball Natalia meets the poet Pushkin. The girl was dressed up beautifully that day, and Pushkin saw Natalia's beauty and fell in love with her. Then Natalia also fell in love with Pushkin, the poet who was already famous throughout the country at that time, and the two got married after a while, and after the marriage they lived in No. 53 Arbat Street. ”
As I spoke, I bowed my mouth towards Pushkin's former residence behind me.
After getting married, the young couple lived a very sweet life, but later the young couple found that they had no common language with each other, and Natalia had no interest in literature or poetry, so it was impossible to share the fun with her husband. When the two of them were together, Pushkin often felt that there was nothing to say, he would even yawn and want to run out and talk to others, which made Natalia very angry. Secondly, the poet's amorous nature also made Natalia very angry. And what was especially intolerable to her was that some women who were vulgar in appearance and untalented also wanted to come and seduce her husband of great genius. ”
Xiao Yayun snorted coldly, "In the final analysis, it's still a flower, and don't use nice words." ”
As a transcendent beauty, Natalia quickly found joy for herself. With her beauty, in a very short time, she got acquainted with the nobles and officials of the highest rank at that time, and you know that there was no entertainment at that time, and there was either a ball or a banquet at the end of the three days. Natalia's life has since turned into a series of joyous festivals and grand balls, but Pushkin himself did not like to dance, but as a husband he had to accompany his wife to the balls again and again. At the lively balls, the poet usually stood alone by the wall, absent-mindedly and lazily watching others dance. ”
Xiao Yayun interrupted me again, "Hmph, a flower heart and a water-based poplar flower, no wonder they can come together." ”
Catherine couldn't help but say: "Don't say that, Natalia is still very loyal to Pushkin, when Tsar Nicholas I openly pursued Natalia, but Natalia never agreed. Of course, it cannot be denied that, as Richard said, Natalia's heart for Pushkin became cold after marriage. ”
I shrugged, "But in the end, he still told us because of her beautiful wife, that life can't be too perfect, and that he had a reputation, and he married a rich wife, and suddenly he had fame, wealth, and people, and then he died young." ”
Xiao Yayun suddenly glared at me, "Talk about the point!" ”
I immediately pointed to the statue, "So, what I can see from this statue is that this statue should be the state of Pushkin and Natalia when they were not married or just married, you see Pushkin's eyes when he looked at Natalia, how gentle." ”
When the words landed, I looked at Xiao Yayun, and my heart was about to beat to my throat.
Xiao Yayun cut and turned around and left, "Count you through." ”
I used the excuse that I wanted to take a photo, so I asked Ekaterina to take Xiao Yayun back to the car first, and after Ekaterina left, I stood in front of Pushkin's house and took a few photos before returning to the gem shop.
Standing at the door of the store and looking at his wallet, there were more than 8,000 rubles left in the wallet, just enough to buy the thing that Na Nizi had been reluctant to buy for a long time.