In the afternoon, the smell of Andre's baked cake beckoned Mary Sauer, who was next door to me.

As soon as she knocked on the door, André muttered to me that when he went to get the cake, he saw that the door of Mary's house was open, and that it must be her.

We lived closest to Mary, and our two families were separated by a wall, and the door was less than a meter away, so it was really not easy to hide from her what our family ate.

I said forget it, you go open the door. Mary is also pitiful, she alone in our academy does not even have a compatriot. Andre said that it was not that he didn't give her food at all, but the point was that every time she ate more than I did, Andre felt as if he was making cake for Mary every time. He felt uncomfortable.

I smiled and said forget it, don't worry about her. Mary likes to eat, which means that your cake is delicious, and I will eat more today.

André went to open the door and let Mary in. I asked Andre to prepare a cup of lemon tea for Mary as well, and Andre looked at Mary and reluctantly went to get it for her. Mary didn't seem to see Andre's attitude at all, she happily ate the cake I cut for her and asked me: Have you decided to go to the gallery one day? I say after the New Year. Isn't there going to be a party these days! Mary said she could do it any day. Mary looked at me eating her cake and said to Andrei:

- "Andrey, the cake you made today has a different flavor, but it's delicious. ”

Andrei didn't look at Mary and answered: "Uh-huh." ”

Looking at the two of them, I suddenly felt that the difference between people and people was really quite big. Mary and Andre, they don't feel comfortable with each other. Mary's personality really has the warmth and unrestrained characteristics of the Spaniards. André, who has some Italian roots, seems to be more faithful to his Germanic genes. Always more serious than enthusiastic.

Andre, who has a strict style, really can't stand Mary's words and is untrustworthy.

I asked Mary, do you all South Americans do this? Is there someone like Andrey? Marie said that there are many Germans in South America who really look like Andrew, but she is more typical South American, with a mixed bloodline.

I said, speaking of which, I think the three of us are the most special in our college. You see, everyone else is in purer blood than we are. Mary and André were very impressed when I said this. Andrei Says:

- "Linna, if you don't say this, why didn't I think of it before! ”

Mary said that it was true. I asked Mary can you think I'm not pure?

Mary said;

- "Lina, you look more like a Russian, actually, you have a similar personality, but. You like to be with Chinese. ”

I told Mary that I was Chinese, and of course I liked to be with Chinese.

I ask you Mary, what do you think of Andrei?

Marie says she doesn't really know the difference between the Swiss and the Germans.

I said I couldn't tell the difference, we all thought he was German!

André says he's a real Swiss. Mary says she's also a native Peruvian. At least half of Peru has her physical appearance and ancestry.

Now, it seems that I am the most entangled. All three of us seemed to be aware of the problem at the same time. Andrei asked me:

- "My dear, do you think there is a big difference between you and the Chinese?" ”

I said, I really don't think it's any different from the Chinese. I identify myself as a Chinese.

Mary Says:

- "But, Lina, you still look very much like a Russian. ”

I said, "Why do you think I'm like a Russian, can't I be like a German or a Spaniard?" Mary said that you are not like a Spaniard, you are not like a German, just like Andrei is like a German, and you have a very obvious Russian character.

I asked her, what about Chinese characteristics? Mary said it was also particularly obvious.

I said, "Andrei asked me if I felt very different from the Chinese?" How to say it. I still have it, when I was young, I felt weird, and everyone didn't like me, so I felt inferior! ”

"How so?" Mary said in surprise.

"It's impossible?" Andrei was also very curious.

- "Really. I really feel that way, and. When I was younger, no one really said I was good-looking. We often hear people compliment themselves on which little girl is good-looking, but none of them look like me. I didn't want people to say how good-looking I was, but I didn't want people to think I was weird. I really wanted to look normal, that was the biggest thing I wanted to look like when I was a kid! ”

- "It's because the Chinese don't like mixed-race people, right?" Andrei asked.

- "I don't think it's the reason to like and dislike mixed people. Maybe there are too few people like me, maybe everyone is not comfortable. I said.

- "But, we all think you're pretty too. Don't they think you're beautiful too, Rosa, Basha? Mary said.

- "I think the Chinese also think you are very beautiful, you look at Li Bailing, Zimei don't they also say that you are good-looking?" Andrei said.

———— "Maybe I've grown up and become better-looking, or my Chinese aesthetic standards have changed, but I've often heard people praise me in recent years, and at first I was a little uncomfortable, thinking that I had met someone with such strange tastes." I laughed. And that's what, hehe, maybe it's because of Moscow, everyone is used to looking at Russians, so I don't feel so weird! ”

Marie Sauer said, Lena anyway, when I deal with you, I think you are both Russian and Chinese. She asked Andrei if he felt the same way, and André said:

- "I feel the opposite of you about Linna, I think Linna is neither Chinese nor Russian. She is who she is, and she is different from anyone else. ”

I asked Andrey, what do you think of the Chinese? And what about the Russians?

Andrei said that the Chinese are like Qiu Si and Zhang Yunpeng. Russians, look at Denya, isn't Natalia like that!

André said that perhaps because their family is mixed, they are not interracial, so he doesn't have many mixed race problems.

Mary said that her pedigree was probably the most complicated of the three of us, but she didn't think she was out of the ordinary, because there were so many half-breeds around her that she didn't bother.

I said, "It seems that there is a benefit to people living together, at least they will get used to it."

I asked André, you Swiss, if you meet in two languages, what language do you use to speak? You can't say a word of Italian, I speak a word of French, how awkward it is! Andrei said with a smile. You didn't expect it, in the vast majority of cases, people from both speaking areas don't speak each other's language, they speak English to each other!!

Oh, I said this time I kind of understood why your grandfather settled in Switzerland.