Chapter 7 The guy who doesn't know the nationality
In the Russian class, Irina discussed the character today as Karl Marx. For Karl Marx, who has hundreds of millions of fans in China, of course, I would like to say a few more words.
Our class is during the day, Xiaoxing and Miao Miao and I are four Chinese, and they have just come to Russia for a few months during the day, and Xiaoxing and Miao Miao have only begun to really learn Russian when they are enrolled. Of course, their level of Russian is not comparable to that of me as a translator. In the previous class discussions, they rarely spoke, and Irina didn't want to embarrass them. Ever since I came to class, I have become the one who has been invited by the teacher to speak. I found Irina very interested in China, and she also paid special attention to the Chinese's perception of Russia and the world.
I've been talking for a long time, and Irina continues to ask, "Why does the Chinese government insist on Marxism?"
It's a big topic, and I don't want to answer it, and I'm afraid that I won't answer it correctly. I looked back at Andrei and thought to myself, why hasn't he started speaking today? I've noticed that he's been going against me in class lately, and finally I have a chance to take him out of the box now.
- "We'd better ask Karl Marx's countrymen!" The Germans should have known more about his claims than we do. Right? Andre! I looked at him defiantly.
Andrei sat in the last row, and I noticed that today he was wearing a white sweater for the first time, could it be that his clothes were of any other color than black? I deserved to be on the defensive today. Andrei stared at me, and I don't think he expected such a situation, he paused, and only replied:
- "Karl Marx was Jewish. β
What is the answer?! Did he not understand Marxism at all? It's a shame now! I was about to ask him what he thought of Marxism. Irina took the topic over. She began to introduce Marx's family relationships. I'm a little unwilling, and Irina is also a little dissatisfied, isn't this obviously playing a round! Andrei answered the question in one sentence? You know, that kid rarely takes the initiative to speak in discussion classes, and it's really hard for me to find an opportunity to get revenge on him.
To be honest, if it weren't for Andrey's constant disagreement with me in class, we wouldn't have had much to do with each other. He was not active in class and did not interact much with his classmates. Always sit in the back row of the classroom. Anyway, the Chinese classmates knew about him, but no one would pay attention to him. If it weren't for the fact that he tutored Xiaoxing recently, we would have basically ignored his existence. I can tutor Xiaoxing, I think he should have no problem with English and Russian. During the class discussion, it was found that he spoke Russian with a slight foreign accent but was generally fluent.
I think the reason why he is ignored is that he is too featureless, ordinary, and this kind of ordinariness is not a concept of medium appearance. I think he's too standard-looking. Haha, hear clearly that it's the standard, not the Peugeot! 182 looked tall and thin, with clear features, a standard European boy's appearance, blue eyes, and the only thing that was slightly different from most Russians was that his hair was chestnut, not Russian flaxen. The unsmiling expression is the same as that of most of the male students in our academy, and even Sergei from Ukraine feels milder than him. If you sit in the Moscow subway, you will see a thousand Andrey in a day!!
I stood there after class and packed up my books, and when I looked up, I saw Andrei standing in front of me. With a tolerant smile on his face, he said softly:
- "It's better to know who he is!" β
- "I didn't say he was ***!" β
I threw him a word of dissatisfaction and left, wondering if I had a problem with my formulation or if he thought I didn't know that Karl Marx was Jewish. This guy has a problem with his comprehension!
At eight o'clock in the evening, I was finishing the homework that Irina assigned to me, and I don't know why, Irina was doing more and more homework. Andre came to give a lecture to Xiaoxing on time, and to tell you the truth, it was the first time I heard how they learned. Xiaoxing asked a few sentences, Andrei answered, Xiaoxing asked her about the use of Russian declension, Andrei was a little embarrassed, this grammar is really not easy to explain, he suggested Xiaoxing to ask me. We were separated by two tables. The two of them were on the other end of the table, and I was on the other end of the table. Yes, there are declensions in German and Russian, but not in English and Chinese, and it is really not easy for this little star to understand and get used to it. Andrei said that the declension in Russian was even more complicated than in German. I say:
- "That's it, Xiaoxing, don't worry, I'll give you a form for you to memorize every day, just get used to it, that's how we learned when we were in school." β
I saw this Andrei thought to myself, he also teaches Xiaoxing Russian, and it seems that he is not too cold-blooded animal. At this time, Andrei leaned over and placed a passport in front of me. I looked at him inexplicably, thinking to myself that you wouldn't use me as a policeman, would you? You don't need to check your passport to teach Xiaoxing. Looking at each other, I saw a sincere plea in his eyes.
- "Your passport? I asked him.
He didn't answer me and flipped open the front page of his passport.
I saw his picture, and the obvious cross pattern on his passport!
- "Which passport is this?" Xiaoxing also came over curiously to take a look.
- "Switzerland! Andrei replied with a bright smile.
Oh my! We all thought he was German. This is really a lie, and I don't know who says he's German, but that's certainly what is thought in the circle of Chinese classmates. I finally understood what he was referring to when he said "It's better to know who he is" today. I gave him German citizenship, and he saved my face and didn't contradict me in front of everyone. Thinking about it, I'm a little embarrassed about my behavior today.
- "It's the first time I've seen a Swiss passport!" Xiaoxing said.
The two of us studied his passport curiously.
Name: Andre Perran
Your last name is Perran? I looked up and asked him. Andrei winked happily at me.
Date of birth!!!! I screamed. They looked at me strangely. I ran over and took my passport out of my bag and pointed to the date to show them. It turns out that Andrei's birthday is only one day older than mine!
Andrei snatched my passport and looked at it carefully, with a big smile on his face. I watched him look at it for a long time and asked him to give me back his passport. He said that it was also the first time he had seen a Chinese passport.
In a pleasant atmosphere, it was as if we had reacquainted with each other. We started talking about how we came to the academy. AndrΓ© isn't as annoying as I used to feel.