Chapter 9: Cream and Honey
Lin Jun, who woke up, looked at the woman lying beside him, "What a good woman!" has both the arrogance of a Western woman and the virtuous quality of an Eastern woman, Lin Jun, Lin Jun, your life is really good! ā
As soon as Vuginskaya opened her eyes, she saw her husband staring at him, and her face turned red: "Andrey, what are you looking at?" ā
"Look at my Kaya!"
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"Hehe, get up. The sun is scorching your ass! I'm going to Moscow. ā
What to wear and what to bring when going out, Lin Jun has carefully studied this issue: he doesn't wear a military uniform to the street, so as not to be seen an air force officer accompanying his wife to buy things and gossip, it is better to wear civilian clothes, and the suit issued last time happened to have a set of light colors that were not worn. I don't wear my own medals, and I watch other officers wear them when they wear military uniforms, and generally when they are on official duty. You have to bring your military ID card and the "Hero of the Soviet Union" card, and you don't have to bring a gun when you go shopping.
Vukinskaya really didn't have any other suitable clothes, so she had to wear military uniforms. To tell the truth, the uniform of the female officers of the Soviet Army in the thirties was really beautiful, especially on a beautiful woman like Vukinskaya: high boots with a waist-cinching uniform, a boat-shaped hat with long dark brown hair, and the specially cleaned up Vukinskaya made Lin Jun stunned. Fortunately, my wife didn't wear her "Red Flag Medal", otherwise it would be too eye-catching!
"My Andre, is it appropriate to wear it like this?" Vukinskaya's words woke up Lin Jun, who was stuck in a state of mind, "It's good, it's good!" ā
It was strange to see the Ministry of Internal Affairs allotting the Ous-2 sedan in the garage, and it was Vukinskaya's turn.
"Oh, the car is allotted, special care. Get in the car and go! Target the Central Department Store! ā
Starting this latest "old" car, Lin Jun drove towards Moscow like a peerless ride.
This road Lin Jun had only walked the last time he was in the academy with Arkhipov, but the professional habits of the pilot had allowed him to completely memorize the route, and he was not afraid to drive in the wrong direction.
In 1934, the penetration rate of automobiles in the Soviet Union was not very high, and there were not many cars on the roads in the suburbs, but some animal-powered cars could be seen for a long time. And whenever a car passes by, people who work on the side of the road or are in a hurry usually greet them.
"What a good man!"
"Andrey, are you talking about the people on the side of the road?"
"Yes, a quiet and peaceful life is good!"
"yes, it's much better than Chukotsi's environment. Quiet and peaceful"
"Alas, it's not been a few years since the air was soaked with cream and honey." Lin Jun didn't dare to tell his wife this sentence.
Moscow's environmental construction can be said to be the best in Europe, and people who arrive in Moscow really feel that Moscow is full of greenery and is a forest city.
Moscow, as the capital of the Soviet Union, is the second largest metropolis in Europe. According to Russian scholars, "Moscow" comes from the Kabardian language, which means "dense forest", because of the dense forests that grew on the banks of the Moscow River in ancient times. Later, for various reasons, it was once called a "desert city". After the victory of the October Revolution, the city intensified its greening work, and the vacant land in the urban area was planted with trees and flowers. Even in 1918, when hunger and cold were in the cold, Lenin ordered a strict ban on deforestation. In 1930, the city also began to implement an urban renewal program called "Green City".
Looking at the greenery on the streets of Moscow, it gives people the feeling of intimacy, nature, elegance and harmony. Whether it's its street gardens and parks, or the green belts lining the city's roads, its appearance and layout are very natural.
Lin Jun drove on the roads of Moscow, looking at the trees and flowers on the side of the road, the buildings on both sides and the passers-by, "It's like an oil painting, no wonder there was the song "Evening on the outskirts of Moscow" in the fifties, if it was at night, with these trees as companions, it wouldn't be too romantic to be with your lover, hehe." Lin Jun thought as he opened.
When I arrived near the city center, I asked a passer-by about the location of Moscow's largest central department store, and the other party politely pointed out the location.
"Andre, the girl who showed us the way just now is very interesting, I blushed when I saw you, hehe."
"That's your husband's handsomeness! Know no! "Lin Jun's face is as thick as a tank armor plate, and armor-piercing bullets can't penetrate it. Seeing that her husband looked like a natural one, Vuginskaya smiled, laughing so happily.
After finding an inconspicuous spot on the side of the road and parking the car, Lin Jun and Vukinskaya walked towards the Central Department Store.
The Soviet Union in the 30s was not the United States in the 30s, and couples holding hands on the road were rarely seen, let alone any ambiguous behavior of soldiers in military uniforms. Therefore, Lin Jun and Vukinskaya also kept a certain distance, but they didn't dare to be so intimate at home.
The Central Department Store was the largest shopping mall in Moscow and the largest in the Soviet Union at that time. (In the context of the times, of course.) Walking inside, Lin Jun felt that he had gone back in time, returning to the situation when his father took him to a department store to buy things when he was a child. The same old-fashioned wooden counter, the salesperson at the counter, and the wires and clips on the head that pass the slips. (Friends over the age of twenty-seven or eighteen may still remember this situation)
"Andrey, what a big mall! Is this worth shopping? Vuginskaya exclaimed to her husband, there is no way, the side effects of staying in the border region for too long.
Lin Jun told his wife seriously: "What a fuss, don't make it look like a mountain man entering the city, make people laugh!" It really greatly boosted the husband's power, "If you see a supermarket in the 21st century, you won't get lost." Lin Jun was thinking.
There is an old saying among Russians: if you have money, you buy vodka, if you get drunk, you beat your mother-in-law, and if you beat your mother-in-law, your mother-in-law will be better for you! When I went out, I told others that my man is a man!
As soon as Vukinskaya heard her husband say this, she didn't dare to speak out again, and she didn't even dare to look around. This greatly satisfied Lin Jun's manly vanity.
But as soon as she arrived at the women's clothing area on the fourth floor, Vuginskaya forgot what Lin Jun had just said on the ice floes in the Chukotsia Sea.
"Alas, that's how it is for women!" Lin Jun looked at his wife who was lost in the middle of the dress, and could only comfort himself like this, "I haven't worn beautiful clothes for many years, so let her be." ā
It has been said that the greatest contribution of Soviet women's clothing to the world was the invention of the dress. Don't look at it in the thirties, Soviet dresses were already very good-looking, especially on such beautiful women as Vuginskaya.
The waitress enthusiastically chose the clothes for Vukinskaya, and in the eyes of the middle-aged woman, the female officer and the young man around her were so compatible, just like the golden boy and girl, who should have come to Moscow for a vacation from other places.
It took more than an hour for Vukinskaya's enthusiasm to choose new clothes subsided. The clothes I tried were dresses that I could wear for a while, and there were many suits.
It's like the best fashion model, and she looks good in any outfit! This is what Lin Jun thinks every time he sees his wife come out of the fitting room.
"Andrei, which dress do you think I should buy?" Vukinskaya was wearing the latest women's outfit, and she couldn't pay attention to the mountains of clothes in front of her.
"Everything looks good, and I want it all." Lin Jun is rich now! "Comrade waiter, pack."
"Ahh
Happy little wife.
Ignoring his wife who was in a daze looking at more than ten bags of well-packed clothes, Lin Jun noticed that there was a small area at the other end of the mall that was a little special, because the style of the counter was different, which was more elegant than the average.
"Comrade waiter, what are you selling there?"
"This comrade, all the fabrics and women's clothing sold there are imported."
"Oh, thanks. Kaya, let's take a look. Lin Jun helped his wife pick up this large pile of clothes and walked over there.
"Andrey, the clothes here are too expensive, and there is a high consumption tax of 100%. My clothes are enough to buy them. When Vukinskaya saw the prices of these silk pajamas imported from China and sets imported from other countries, although she liked it psychologically, she still felt sorry for her husband's money.
"This comrade, many of the people who come here to buy clothes are foreign guests. We came to buy very little. The receiver inside kindly told Lin Jun and the two, hoping that they would feel better, it seems that she often encounters this situation.
The salesman was kind, but he made Lin Jun unhappy. He was still thinking just now: if Vuginskaya wore these silk pajamas made in his homeland, it would be very charming! But now the waiter is here, although it can be heard out of good intentions, you can accompany your wife to buy clothes, but you can't afford it, but it's taboo for men!
"Expensive? Not bad. Isn't it just a tax increase!" Lin Jun took out his ID from his jacket pocket and put it on the counter! "Kaya, choose your clothes!"
"Sorry, I didn't know that you were" Hero of the Soviet Union . We have been informed a few days ago that you will have to reduce the tax by 50% on the clothes you come to buy and at the best price sold to foreign guests in-house. The poor waiter was frightened by Lin Jun's appearance.
I bought clothes, and I also bought some other daily necessities on the downstairs floor, and the big bags were almost submerging Lin Jun. Piling everything in the back seat of the car, Lin Jun sighed: Fortunately, I came by car, otherwise I wouldn't be able to go back.
The reason for the lunch at the "Soviet" restaurant at noon was that Lin Jun thought the food there was good, although it was very expensive. In the afternoon, I took my wife to Gorky's former residence, visited Lenin's tomb, and visited the Cathedral of Our Lady by Red Square. Besides, looking at the high-spirited Vukinskaya, Lin Jun was also very happy, his wife had been in the frontier for so long, and he was going to take her to have a good time.
In his previous life, Lin Jun had dozens of copies of the Soviet Union magazine published in the 50s, including one issue in which the Moscow "Little White Birch" ballet company was the best ballet company in the Soviet Union, and the Soviet ballet was the most famous in the world. In the afternoon, Lin Jun drove past the Moscow National Center for the Performing Arts and saw a propaganda poster, where the "Little White Birch" ballet would perform "Swan Lake" in the evening, so after dinner, he took Vukinskaya to the National Center for the Performing Arts.
At the ticket office, Lin Jun and the two encountered the situation encountered in the Central Department Store again, because the ticket clerk had not seen the stunned young man who came to buy tickets for the performance that night without a reservation for a long time.
"Comrade, tickets for the National Centre for the Performing Arts need to be booked, and all hall seats for tonight's show have already been sold."
"Is the VIP box still available?"
Lin Jun here tried to be patient and polite, and the same was true of the conductor on the other end.
"Comrade, the VIP box is for important VIPs and foreign friends." I had never seen such a rude, and the conductor tried to control his emotions and was about to go berserk.
But before he could go berserk, Lin Jun had already erupted, "Do you think this is important enough!" He put his ID at the ticket window.
"Alas, it is estimated that there have been too many such cases, which is why the Gold Star Medal that will be seen at any time has been established." Lin Jun sighed.
Lin Jun walked into the National Center for the Performing Arts for the first time, and was immediately conquered by it - the hall was resplendent and luxurious and solemn. The whole hall is dominated by gold, and the 6-story box has a height of 21 meters, a length of 25 meters, and a width of 26.3 meters, which can accommodate 2,000 spectators. In the center, a large crystal flower blue chandelier is emitting bright light.
Lin Jun was arranged by the director of the theater to be placed in the No. 2 VIP box on the fourth floor, and said: In order to welcome the comrades of the "Hero of the Soviet Union" to visit the National Center for the Performing Arts for the first time, after the temporary decision of the theater party committee, the fee will be free of charge.
The show hasn't even started yet, and the audience is quietly entering, with only a small amount of conversation.
"Kaya, you know? In 1924, a great revolutionary from China gave a lecture here. ā
"Oh, who is he? What now? Vuginskaya wondered if her husband, who was sitting next to her, would say something like this.
"His name is Li Dazhao, and he has already sacrificed for the realization of communism."
At this time, a low voice of conversation came from the No. 1 box next to it, which was a language that Lin Jun couldn't understand.
Vuginskaya, who was beside her, noticed that her husband was paying attention to the voice coming from the side, as if he was interested but did not understand.
"They were Germans, and one of them said he was going back to Germany next week to meet a chancellor named Hitler or something, and I didn't understand the name. It should be someone from the embassy. ā
"Do you know German?"
"What's so strange about it, my grandmother's mother was Prussian, and it was my grandmother who taught me. I can speak English! It's just that it's useless for more than ten years, and it's a little bit unturnable. ā
"Kaya, you'll have to recover your foreign language skills when you have time, and you'll be of great help to us later." Having a wife who can speak German and English, Lin Jun is really happy, and he can help himself a lot after the outbreak of World War II.
"Yes." As long as Andrei needs it, Vukinskaya is willing to do anything.
Note: 1. Comrade Li Dazhao delivered an important speech at the Moscow State Theater in 1924.
2. During the period of Tsarist Russia, political intermarriage between the nobles of European countries was very common.
3. Hitler became Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933; On August 1, 1934, German President Hindenburg died of illness, and Hitler concurrently served as President of Germany, combining the two positions of President and Chancellor, with unlimited powers, and ordered all the military, as well as judges and government officials, to swear allegiance to him and become the head of Germany.