On Friday morning, I had just finished some chores, made myself a cup of tea, and munched on the snacks provided by the company. Sergey came to my office in an overcoat and said to me with a smile:

- "Linna, do you have any other work that you have to do today?" If not, let's go to the market and have a look. ”

- "I must finish this cup of tea!" I said to Sergey with a smile.

Sergey put leather gloves on my desk and said:

- "You drink slowly, I'll wait for you!" I mean we go to the market today, and then we don't have to come back, you bring everything with you. ”

Sergei and I went to the parking lot, and Sergey opened the door of his black Mercedes and asked me to sit in.

Our car drove along the outer ring road of Moscow.

In the car, I continued to tell Sergey about the market I knew and how I felt about it.

I told him how the police in the market extorted foreigners who were not legal.

There are also incidents of pickpocketing and fights that occur almost daily in the market.

I told Sergey that I didn't know that the gypsies were thieves and told them to steal them once. Sergei smiled and asked me: are there no Gypsy Rangers in China? I said no.

I asked Sergey if he had been to China? He said he had only been to Hong Kong.

Sergei and I told me that from the beginning of my acquaintance with the Gypsies, I seemed to be able to associate the slave markets of ancient Rome with the big markets in Moscow. Sergey said that if you go to South America, it's really easy to think about what the slave market is.

Sergey chose the right time to avoid traffic jams. I asked Sergey to park the car in a location that suited us. I took him to inspect the parking lot of the market, the storeroom, and the various sales areas he wanted to know. I took Sergey to the location of the Chinese company's office where I had worked and told him that our office could be considered here. Sergei listened attentively and watched everything I told him.

In the afternoon, Sergey invited me to lunch.

Sergey said apologetically while cutting the fish on his plate in the restaurant

- "Linna, I'm sorry, I wanted to take a look at the market when I came to the market, but I didn't expect it to take so long, you were hungry, right?" ”

- "It's okay, I had tea before I left." I replied with a smile.

- "Linna, I was hesitant to let you be in charge of the marketing aspect. You're a girl, after all. The intensity of the market's work and safety concerns may not be right for you? However, I know that you have been working in the market before, so I am much more relieved. The choice is yours. You can be in charge of this side of the work, or you can just be in charge of your original work. Sergey said.

- "Adding work will definitely give you a raise, right?" I asked with a smile.

Sergei smiled and blinked.

- "Of course I'd like to earn more if I can afford it." I said

"But you're a girl...... after all," Sergei said hesitantly as he sipped his drink.

- "You also saw today, at least one in five women in the market, right?" There are tens of thousands of girls like me working here. I said.

Sergey looked at me and smiled and did not speak.

Coming out of the cafeteria, Sergey drove me to the school gate. Getting out of the car, I saw a bus following the parked Mercedes, the doors opened, and a group of people got out of the car with skis on their backs, and I waved to Sergey's car and watched his Mercedes go away.

- "Linna! "Andre came up to me, he was also holding skis, wearing a black tracksuit and a black winter hat.

- "What are you doing here?" I looked at Andre with a dirty face and asked him.

- "We're going to the training camp," Andrei asked, glancing at the direction of Sergei's car;

- "Why did you leave work so early?" ”

I told him that I went to the market with Sergey today, and that I came back directly from the market.

- "He sent you back?" Andre asked.

- "Yes," I replied casually. - "What's on that face?" I wiped my hand against the dirt on Andrei's face that I didn't know where it was. Andrei looked at me with a smile.