Compared to the southeastern cities of China that Cheng Yu is used to, Irkutsk is a very small city.

The entire city is only a little more than 200 square kilometers and is home to more than 600,000 people, which is really a bit shabby considering that Russia is the largest country in the world.

What's more, Irkutsk is one of the most important cities in Russia, at least the largest industrial hub in Siberia, and such an area and population are indeed not worth mentioning.

Of course, this refers to the size of Irkutsk's urban area, which is not at the same level as China's first- and second-tier cities, but it is still similar to the urban scale of third- and fourth-tier cities.

On the plane, Cheng Yu inquired a lot about Irkutsk, and on the plane to here, there were also many local leaflets, which were stuffed into the back pocket of the front seat for passengers to browse at will.

Through those leaflets, Cheng Yu learned that Irkutsk is a city with a history of more than 300 years, which is quite a long history in Siberia.

Therefore, it is also one of the historical cities with architectural estimates, and there are more than 1,000 historical architectural and civilization heritage sites in the whole city, including 500 cultural relics at the national and state levels (roughly equivalent to the provincial level in China).

Therefore, in addition to being an industrial hub, it has always been a tourist destination.

Of course, in addition to these monuments, it is also important that it is located on the edge of Lake Baikal, which is the closest city in Russia to Lake Baikal.

Sixty kilometers east of the city is Lake Baikal, which can be reached in an hour's drive.

The city is divided into four districts by three rivers, the largest of which is the Angara River that flows from Lake Baikal, which also runs through the entire city of Irkutsk.

If he is purely for tourism, Cheng Yu is likely to be very interested in these things, and he will probably not rush to Baikal, but will be in the city, browsing all kinds of old buildings, and lingering among the bars and cafes.

But this time, Cheng Yu didn't have any interest in all this, he had only one goal, that is, the address that Sergei gave him, and he needed to wait there for someone to send Lao Dapeng to the door.

Because he held a visa to study in the United States, Cheng Yu went out of the customs very smoothly, and he walked out of the airport easily and happily without luggage.

Following the guidance of the street signs, Cheng Yu found a place where he could take a taxi.

There was an exchange office for exchanging rubles at the mouth, so Cheng Yu went over and exchanged 50,000 rubles by swiping a card.

One yuan soft sister coin is roughly equivalent to nine rubles, and Russia's consumption is slightly higher than China's, and Cheng Yu has no intention of spending aggressively, so he feels that 50,000 rubles should be enough.

After getting into the taxi, Cheng Yu found that the residents here were not like other Russian cities, and he had heard that most Russians were not familiar with English, so he was worried about communication.

But obviously, Irkutsk is a city where tourism occupies an important proportion, and the residents here still know some English, at least, daily communication is not a problem.

And Cheng Yu was also prepared for this, when he was on the plane, he asked the flight attendant to translate the address Sergei gave him into Russian and wrote it on paper.

After he got into the car, he communicated briefly and handed the note to the driver.

After reading it, the driver muttered a few sentences, as if he was a little disgusted that this place was too close to the airport, and a little sorry that he waited in line here for so long to wait for the guests.

After all, most of the foreign tourists who come to Irkutsk go to the city center, and even directly to the shores of Lake Baikal, which is why these taxi drivers want to wait in line here.

What's more, the airport is not far from the city center, and a taxi is only three or four hundred rubles. And the place where Cheng Yu is going is simply only a little higher than the starting price, less than 200 rubles.

Although Cheng Yu can't understand Russian, he can roughly see this from the driver's performance.

So, he took out the rubles he had just exchanged, took out a thousand from it, and handed it directly to the driver.

"This is a tip for you, and I'll pay for the fare in a while. ”

At this moment, the driver was happy, and he immediately said in English with a strong accent: "There is no need to pay another fare, there are already a lot of them here." I'll get you where you're going right away. ”

Cheng Yu smiled, leaned back in the chair, and looked out the window.

The driver reminded Cheng Yu to fasten his seat belt, and then drove off.

It was really close, that is, about ten minutes, and the driver told Cheng Yu that the place he was going to had arrived.

Because the driver said that there was no need to pay another fare, and Cheng Yu saw that the meter was only one hundred and sixty rubles, and the starting price was already one hundred and fifteen, he immediately understood why the driver said that he did not need to pay another fare. Because the thousand rubles he gave were too much.

The parking area is a small street with no tall buildings, but it is very refreshing, and there are no pedestrians on the road.

After Cheng Yu got out of the car, he was facing a very shabby-looking building.

Although it is along the street, a small part of it is under the ground, so it seems that it cannot be used as a façade room.

The point is that this street looks too deserted, and even if it can be used as a façade house, it is estimated that it will not sell at a good price.

The taxi driver shouted at Cheng Yu: "This is the edge of the city, there are few people, and there is nothing worth playing." If you don't have to stay here, I suggest you go to the city and I can give you a ride, but you'll need to pay the fare again. ”

Cheng Yu looked back at the driver, smiled slightly, and said, "Thank you, but no need, I'm here to visit a friend, and my friend lives here." ”

The driver glanced at the simple building, the exterior wall was not even tiled, he couldn't help but pout, muttered a few words of Russian that Cheng Yu didn't understand, and then drove away.

There are only two windows along the street that look tattered, and there are no doors, so naturally you can't see the house number.

However, from the door number next door, Cheng Yu could see that this was indeed the place he was going to.

The street name matched, the house number was very different, and the taxi driver probably saw the house number next door and said that this place had arrived.

Cheng Yu saw a narrow alley to the west of the house, and he walked towards it.

From the entrance of the alley, you can see that the door of this house is open in the alley, where there is a staircase going down.

Walking over, Cheng Yu stood in front of the stairs and saw an iron gate below, and inside were two old doors that were half glass on the top and half wood on the bottom.

After going down the steps, Cheng Yu saw that the iron gate was locked, and the lock was rusty, giving people the feeling that no one had opened the door for a long time.

Squatting down, Cheng Yu picked up the iron lock, even if it was rusty, it was not something he could break with manpower.

took out his mobile phone and lit the flashlight of the mobile phone as a flashlight, Cheng Yu reached through the iron gate and pushed open the two dilapidated wooden doors.

With the help of the mobile phone, Cheng Yu could see that the room was also very simple, but it looked quite clean.

Cheng Yu is a little strange, this broken door doesn't look like it can block the dust, and the rusty lock on the iron gate clearly shows that no one has opened this door for a long time, so why can the house be kept so clean?

Just when Cheng Yu felt strange, a voice came.

"Hey, tourist, this is a residential building, don't be so curious. ”

Cheng Yu turned his face to see that it was a middle-aged Russian woman with a red nose talking to him.

Compared to the taxi driver just now, this woman's English is at least fairly standard.

Cheng Yu walked up the steps and said with a smiling face: "I'm sorry, I'm not curious, I'm a friend of Sergei, and he once left me this address." I came to Irkutsk this time to see him. ”

The middle-aged woman walked up to Cheng Yu, looked him up and down, and said with some doubts: "You don't look like you're even twenty years old, how can you know Sergei's bastard." That guy hasn't been here in at least five years. ”

Cheng Yu smiled and said: "Maybe we Chinese look younger, I am actually thirty years old, I met Sergei when I was studying in the UK, and it seems that it has been eight years since now." ”

"That guy, who used to brag to us, has been to many countries and knows a lot of people. We always thought he was bragging. Unexpectedly, there are really people who have studied in college who know him. ”

Cheng Yu smiled and said, "Mr. Sergei is a very helpful person, when my friend and I were robbed by a black man, it was Mr. Sergei who helped us snatch the backpack back and beat the black man severely. ”

"This is quite in line with Sergei's characteristics, that guy, he has no other skills, but when it comes to fighting, there is absolutely no one here who is his opponent. He's so tall, so big...... Haha......" The middle-aged woman gestured and laughed first.

"So, Sergey hasn't been here for a long time? But I just looked inside the house, and it still seems to be very clean. ”

"Oh, that guy, he hasn't been here for a long time.

But this house, people often come to help him clean it.

Where you stand, not where you enter. It's because he says he likes the alley, so he opened a door here.

Normal people who would walk here and enter the house?

He won't come back, so no one will open the door again.

Let's go, young man, I'll take you to the main entrance, and if you're lucky, if you meet someone who comes to clean, maybe there will be Sergei's contact information. ”

After that, the middle-aged woman beckoned and asked Cheng Yu to follow.

Cheng Yu smiled and followed, allowing the woman to take her deeper into the alley.

"It's just ahead, well, just ahead, and you can see the main entrance to this house around the left corner. ”

The middle-aged woman chattered and continued to move forward.

Cheng Yu followed unhurriedly, and he heard footsteps behind him.