Chapter 82: A Beggar
In the seventies, the living standards of the Soviet people were actually very good, there was no special shortage of materials, there was no economic recession, every five-year goal was well accomplished, and the Soviet Union became the second superpower in the world.
The ruble is also extremely strong, unlike the later Russia, when the Soviet Union collapsed and thought that it could live a good life, but it turned out to plummet.
Now, the Soviet people also travel, and although Catherine and Diana were visiting the United States for the first time, they were not very unfamiliar, they had already been to West Germany and seen the Western world when they were in college.
Boston's shopping boulevard is similar to West Berlin's.
The two held hands and walked down the street, carrying handbags and looking not outdated at all.
On the side of the road, there was a beggar, sitting there, lazily basking in the sun. Now, the welfare system in the United States is so good that you can live even if you don't have to work and rely on benefits.
This beggar should be such a person.
The two walked past the beggar without the slightest stop, this was just the role of passer-by, and the two had no interest in the beggars of the American imperialists.
However, they didn't know that a cold light flashed in the beggar's eyes.
He stared at the two of them's handbags, his throat moving a few times, and his fists slowly clenched.
He glanced around out of the corner of his eye, but there were no patrolling policemen, and then, slowly, he stood up, and suddenly, he accelerated and ran, like a lion.
His movements are extremely vigorous, his body is very fast, not like a beggar waiting for death at all, but like a soldier who has passed the test of life and death on the battlefield, and his posture of bending forward is like braving the enemy's machine gun.
He took a step, ran more than ten meters, and then sprinted to maximum speed, and at the same time, he came right behind the two girls, and then, like pliers, his hands grabbed one of the girls' handbags.
"Oooo The muscles on his hands burst out, and he easily tore off the strap of the handbag, all of which happened in an instant, and when the two girls in front of him turned their heads, he had already grabbed one of the handbags, and his speed was almost unslowed, and he was about to run.
"Robbery, robbery." At this time, Ekaterina realized what happened, her bag was robbed like this?
She didn't see it, but Diana's reaction was very quick, so swift that it definitely didn't look like an ordinary medical school girl, and Diana grabbed the beggar by the corner of his coat just after finding out that she had been robbed.
"Want to run? No way, return the bag! Diana shouted.
It's a pity that both of them speak Russian, and that's when they realize how important it is to learn one more foreign language.
The beggar tried to run, but was grabbed by the corner of his coat, and he could only stop, and as soon as he turned, he quickly strangled Diana by the neck with the arm that did not hold the bag.
He was very tall, a full 1.8 meters, while Diana was only about 1.6 meters, Diana was strangled by the neck at once, and immediately let go of her hand, and grabbed the arm weakly with both hands, trying to get the other person's arm away.
But it didn't work, Diana's feet had left the ground, she felt like she couldn't breathe, her lungs had begun to hallucinate due to lack of oxygen, and her life seemed to have only a few seconds left.
The beggar's eyes showed a fierce light, only a bloodthirsty person who had killed many people could show such a gaze, and now, his spirit was in extreme excitement, and he only wanted to kill others so that he could live.
In front of his eyes, there seemed to be the dense bullets, the terrible shells, his comrades were constantly falling, they fell into the enemy's ambush circle, and in the end, he was the only one who came out alive.
"Stop, put her down." At this moment, a voice was heard not far away. This voice pulled him back to reality.
The war is over, he is no longer a veteran, he is just an unemployed person, he came back from the battlefield and died nine times, but he is not a hero, in the eyes of others, he is just an executioner.
He had looked for a job many times, but when he heard that he had fought on the battlefields of Vietnam, he was fired again and again, and now he is just a beggar living on unemployment benefits.
But this month, the government's relief has been delayed for several days, and he hasn't eaten for a day, so he can't help but do it.
He returned to reality, and then looked in the direction of the sound, only to see two plainclothes policemen, holding guns, pointing at him.
How did these two plainclothes police officers come here? It's so fast, it's like you're following these two girls to protect them! The beggar looked at the guns held by the two of them, his posture was very unprofessional, and one of them was still shaking his hands, and if he was on the battlefield, he could easily kill them.
"Let them go!" The two policemen continued to shout.
The beggar slowly let go of his hand, and in his arm, Diana's body slipped limply, and she had fainted.
"Diana!" It happened so suddenly, so suddenly that Catherine didn't react, her bag was robbed, Diana grabbed the bag snatcher, but was strangled by the other party, and then, the police arrived again.
"Diana, Diana!" Catherine shook Diana's body vigorously, and finally, Diana coughed twice and woke up.
"You, squat down slowly, holding your head in both hands." At this time, these two plainclothes are still waiting, they probably also know the identity of the beggar, recently, there have been many local security incidents in the ******, these people are not easy to deal with, compared with the police, the soldiers, far worse.
"Two girls, come quickly." They continued to shout to "Soviet friends. ”
Soviet warships came to visit Boston, which was of course a big deal, and the Boston Police Department mobilized enough police forces to follow them, on the one hand, for protection, and on the other hand, for surveillance, in case these people carried out some sabotage?
I thought it would be easier to spy on two female soldiers, but I ran into this guy who didn't have long eyes, the two were just small policemen, and they really hadn't dealt with this kind of emergency.
On the one hand, they stopped the beggar's movement, and on the other hand, they asked the two girls to hurry over, but they forgot one thing, these two girls did not know English.
The two girls couldn't understand what they were saying, so one of the policemen could only walk over slowly, trying to pull the two girls away.
By this time, the beggar had already squatted down, and just as the policeman was bending down to help Diana up, the beggar suddenly became angry.