When I woke up in the morning, I opened the curtains and saw a white expanse outside, and it had snowed at night. When I opened the window, I was greeted by a cold and fresh air, and I couldn't help but feel refreshed. "The first snow in Novosibirsk came so early, and the temperature outside dropped a lot." Brother Chao woke up and looked out the window and said. After a simple breakfast: bread with cheese and coffee, Chao Ge and I put on down jackets and prepared to walk to the company, which is less than two kilometers away from the youth apartment, and it takes about twenty minutes to walk. Went downstairs and said good morning to Zhuoya in the gate and the duty room, and was about to go out of the gate, Zhuoya chased out of the duty room, pointed to our heads and asked: "My dear young men, it has cooled down today, why don't you wear a hat in such a cold weather?" "We don't have hats." I replied, "How?" If you don't wear a hat, you'll get sick" Zhuoya said very seriously, "Thank you, Zhuoya, let's go buy a hat right away." Brother Chao hurriedly said, "Hurry up and buy hats in the market, next time I see you not wearing hats, I will criticize you." Zhuoya emphasized again uneasily.

"Is it so strict not to wear a hat? Look at Zhuoya nervous. I said disapprerovingly, "Let's go to the store today and buy two hats to wear, even if we are not afraid of the cold, otherwise the Russians will look at us as monsters." Brother Chao said, "It won't be so exaggerated." "I'm a little hard to believe, the winter in our northeast China is very cold, but there are many people who don't wear hats, and I never wear hats." You'll find out later. "Brother Chao didn't explain to me.

When I walked down the street, I felt that the temperature had dropped by seven or eight degrees compared to yesterday, and although it was cold, it was bearable. I paid attention to it and found that the pedestrians on the street, both men and women, young and old, were wearing hats, and only me and Brother Chao were bare-headed, which made me feel like I stood out from the crowd. As I was walking, an old lady came up to me, gesturing to me and Brother Chao, "Children, how can you not wear hats?" "We were wrong, we went buy it right away, we went buy it right away." Brother Chao seems to have done something wrong, this old Russian lady is really nosy. The oncoming pedestrians along the way all looked at us with surprised eyes, and I really felt that Brother Chao and I seemed to have become different monsters, and I wanted to find a store to buy a hat to wear immediately, but it was still a little early, and the shops on the side of the road were not open. When we finally arrived at the company, as soon as we entered the office, we saw that we were not wearing hats, and the financial column gave us a number of points.

I didn't have any specific work, so Brother Chao found a Russian book and a Russian-Chinese dictionary and asked me to read and study. When I took the book, it was a book that introduced the history, geography, national conditions, customs and culture of the CIS countries. Thinking of the mention of Armenian brandy in Brother Chao's story yesterday, I only knew that there were French brandy and Chinese Changyu Gold Award brandy, but I had never heard of Armenian brandy. Now flip through the book and see if you can find an article about Armenian brandy. There was an article about Armenian brandy in the catalog, and I found the article and translated it with the help of a dictionary.

Armenian brandy is the national calling card of Armenia and is known as the "water of life" by Armenians. Armenia has a history of more than 100 years of production of brandy, originally established by Armenian merchants The first winery, using the ancient production technology of France, Armenia is located in the Caucasus Mountains, the climatic conditions are unique, the sunshine hours are long, so that the grapes grown here have high sugar content, and the water used for winemaking is also the use of mountain spring water from the Caucasus, these conditions make Armenian brandy have a very high quality. Armenian brandy has been anonymously participating in the French Brandy Competition, winning the gold medal, becoming the only top wine outside of the French Cognac region to receive the title of "Cognac". Armenian brandy was a favorite of many Soviet politicians, and it was the Armenian brandy that Soviet leader Joseph Stalin used to entertain British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the Yalta Conference during World War II. Churchill, who had tasted countless fine wines, was full of praise for Armenian brandy, which is unforgettable. After that, Stalin sent Churchill a box of Armenian brandy every month. It is said that Churchill was able to drink a bottle of Armenian brandy in a day. Armenian brandy is generally 3~20 years old, and seven-star brandy is at least seven years old, which is very expensive.

After reading this article, I thought to myself that Brother Chao will enjoy it, this mafia Varoga has really invested in order to win over Brother Chao, and he is both a beautiful wine and a beautiful woman. Suddenly, I longed for it, and I really wanted to taste Armenian seven-star brandy.

Seeing that Brother Chao bowed his head to translate the information, I made a cup of tea and brought it to him, "Brother Chao has a cup of tea and rests." "Boy, do you have any ideas for being so attentive?" Brother Chao stared at me and said, I laughed twice, "Brother Chao, look at what you said, can't I care about the leader?" "I've been with me for so long, I've never seen you so eye-catching." "Hehe, Brother Chao, the story you told yesterday said that Armenian seven-star brandy, I just read the book that it must be at least seven years old, how does it taste?" I rounded around the bush and asked, "Haha, do you kid want to drink Armenian Seven Star Brandy?" Brother Chao said, "Brother Chao, no wonder Valroga praises you for being smart, and I admire my little brother so much." "Go, don't be a sycophant, there is no Armenian seven-star brandy, five-star brandy is fine, and then ask me for seven-star brandy after you finish the first greeting card business." "Brother Chao, tomorrow is the weekend, after I get my passport, go buy some fresh meat and vegetables, let's call Sasha Danya to make dumplings in the dormitory at night, eat dumplings and drink Armenian brandy, do you think it?." "Hehe, you kid is quite good at arranging, okay, that's it."

After eating in the cafeteria downstairs at noon, Brother Chao took me to a nearby shopping mall and bought two black woolen hats made in Russia, very thick woolen yarn, and after wearing them on my head, I felt weird, but I would rather feel weird than be seen as a monster. I walked around the mall, there are not many people in the mall, the variety of goods on the counter is very single, the shelves are empty, the products produced in Russia are rough and bulky, there is no attractiveness, there are some Chinese products in the mall, but not many, and the prices are very high. Brother Chao said that these shopping malls were state-run shopping malls during the Soviet Union, although they are now joint-stock systems, but the business model is still old-fashioned, so there are relatively many more goods in the free market.

When I went to the counter selling wine, I saw that there was Armenian brandy for sale, but there were only three stars and five stars on the shelves, and I didn't see seven stars, so Brother Chao bought two five-star brandy. The counter next door sells candy, thinking that I want to learn Russian with Danya tonight, I bought a box of chocolates, Brother Chao asked me to buy a few more boxes of spare, I laughed Brother Chao bought a spare, it must be that he wanted to use it to make beautiful women.

Sasha came to the office in the afternoon to take us out to enjoy the snow. Sasha drove us to the banks of the Inyu River on the outskirts of the city, where his Neva four-wheel drive jeep had excellent off-road performance, and the muddy road on the bank did not hinder the Neva after the snow. The water of the Inyu River has not yet frozen, the water on the river is rippling, the banks are covered with snow, and the wooden dacha (villas) are dotted in this reckless silver and white world, looking into the distance, a gold-roofed church is particularly eye-catching against the blue sky and white snow, this qiē is as beautiful as the ice and snow world in a fairy tale. On the empty snow on the shore, I opened my arms and shouted loudly at the wide river, and I felt as if my whole being was suddenly one with the pure heaven and earth. Infected by me, Chao Ge and Sasha also shouted loudly until they were exhausted, and we sat on the snow with our butts in a very good mood. Brother Chao took out a brandy bought today from the car, unscrewed the lid and took a big sip himself, and then handed it to Sasha, Sasha took a small sip symbolically and handed it to me, I took the wine bottle, a mellow fragrance came to my nose, I raised my neck to learn from Brother Chao and took a big sip, a stream of hot water like fire from the throat to the stomach, the whole body was hearty. I said to Brother Chao, "Armenian brandy should not be drunk in nightclubs, it must be drunk like this to be strong enough, and this Armenian brandy should not be called the water of life, it should be called the fire of life." Brother Chao laughed and said: "Dapeng, you kid will soon become a real fighting nation" The fighting nation is a joking name for the Russians.

Sasha easily found a small restaurant owned by Armenians on the shore and ordered three Caucasian barbecues and vegetable salads, Caucasian barbecue is made by skewering large pieces of pork with iron chisels, grilled on a charcoal fire, grilled until charred on the outside and tender on the inside, then cut into small pieces and tossed with onion tomato sauce, and served with Caucasian ravasha (baked large dough), which is called a fragrant.

Sasha called the owner of the restaurant over, introduced us to the boss, said that this is a distinguished guest from China, and asked the boss to pour me and Chao Ge a glass of the best Armenian brandy in the restaurant, the boss personally brought us two glasses of brandy from the bar, the wine showed a beautiful amber color, the aroma loomed, the boss said, this is a seven-star brandy that has been in the cellar for more than ten years, Novosibirsk can only be drunk here, today these two glasses of wine are given to distinguished guests from afar. When the wine enters the mouth, there is no spicy five-star brandy, and after swallowing, a stream of sweetness is born from the bottom of the tongue, and the aftertaste is endless. I thought to myself, today is really lucky, I don't have to wait until the task is completed, my wish will come true.

It was late when I got back to the dormitory, and Tanya was still waiting for me to learn Russian, so I had to give her chocolates apologetically, telling her that she had drunk a lot of brandy today, and that she was a little dizzy now, so let's learn it tomorrow. Tanya made me a cup of black tea and said to me pretending to be angry, "Peng, I'm angry today, you're not a good student." I bowed to Tanya with a pitiful look and said, "Teacher Tanya, I was wrong, I am not a good student, I dare not dare in the future, please forgive me." Tanya couldn't help but laugh out loud when she saw my funny appearance: "No wonder Sasha said that you are slippery, you are a slippery head, forgive you for the sake of giving me chocolates." After Danya finished speaking, she sat next to me, took my hand and leaned against my arms, "Peng, don't drink too much in the future, my father likes to drink a lot, and when he gets drunk, he scolds, so I don't want to see you drunk." Holding Danya, I felt a very warm feeling in my heart, "Don't worry, Danya, I won't be an alcoholic." "I believe in you, I can feel that you have a very kind heart." Tanya exhaled in my arms, Rulan closed her eyes slightly, and I lowered my head and kissed deeply.