Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

After He Yuzhu returned to the canteen of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill with "Russian Grammar and Pronunciation Skills", he first asked the workers in the canteen whether anyone came to see him when he was out. After learning that no one came to see him, He Yuzhu took the book back to his office, sat at his desk, opened "Russian Grammar and Pronunciation Skills" and read it carefully. He tried to practice Russian pronunciation according to the methods recorded in the book over and over again. So strange noises were heard in He Yuzhu's office. After practicing for a while, He Yuzhu couldn't help but smile bitterly. It is said that Russian is difficult to learn. It seems that it is not just difficult to learn. To learn Russian, you have to learn to flick your tongue first, which really wastes your tongue.

However, with a strong memory, He Yuzhu had mastered the basic pronunciation and skills of Russian in a week. He went to the library of Sijiucheng and bought a Russian dictionary. He could not only speak Russian, but also read Russian books and documents. However, because he had never communicated with anyone who could speak Russian, He Yuzhu did not know what the Russian he had learned by himself was like.

On the day he returned to the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill after buying the book "Russian Grammar and Pronunciation Skills" from the Sijiucheng Picture Gallery, He Yuzhu applied to Director Hou of the Logistics Department to purchase a small bread oven. After the oven was in place, He Yuzhu began to try to make bread according to the method he learned from the book. After several failures, He Yuzhu carefully analyzed the reasons for each failure. He Yuzhu finally mastered the method of making bread and taught it to Aunt Qian who steamed buns in the cafeteria.

In August 1955, the machinery and equipment purchased by the government from Russia were finally delivered to the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, along with a technical guidance group of 8 men sent by Russia. The group leader was Vladimir Vladimirovich Andrei.

The Red Star Steel Rolling Mill held a grand welcome ceremony for the technical guidance group sent by the bear. After the welcome ceremony, the bear's technical guidance group quickly started working. After all, they were also assigned by the bear government. In a sense, coming to Longguo to work is also a political task.

After He Yuzhu learned about the eating habits of the Mao Xiong people from the foreign affairs department, he knew that the Mao Xiong people's taste was mainly sour, sweet, spicy and salty, so He Yuzhu made arrangements. He Yuzhu first arranged for people to go to his uncle Cai Quanwu's tavern to purchase a batch of pickled cucumbers as side dishes for the Mao Xiong people's meals. Then He Yuzhu prepared the staple food of sour soup with crispy pork and roasted pork chops. This was the arrangement for the first day, and he would make further arrangements according to the Mao Xiong people's requirements in the future. In addition to the staple food, He Yuzhu also prepared 2 taels of white wine for each Mao Xiong person.

After arranging everything, He Yuzhu suddenly remembered that since the Mao Xiong people like sour and sweet tastes, could he mix his own persimmon vinegar with soda as a drink for the Mao Xiong people? After all, Mao Xiong has a drink called kvass. When the Mao Xiong people tasted the lunch arranged by He Yuzhu at noon, they all expressed their satisfaction, especially for the white wine arranged by He Yuzhu. All the Mao Xiong technicians gave He Yuzhu a thumbs up and said, "Hello, Mr. Mao Xiong."

After all the Mao Xiong technicians finished their meal, He Yuzhu arranged for someone to bring a large glass of persimmon vinegar to each technician. What He Yuzhu did not expect was that after tasting it, all the Mao Xiong technicians became addicted to this after-meal drink prepared by He Yuzhu for them.

In the following days, when He Yuzhu was not busy in the cafeteria, he would go to the workshop with the workers to listen to the technicians from Mao Xiong explaining the operating essentials of the machinery and equipment. He Yuzhu listened carefully to what Mao Xiong said and compared it with the knowledge he learned from the book "Russian Grammar and Pronunciation Skills". At the beginning, He Yuzhu still needed to listen to the translation of the staff of the foreign affairs department. Gradually, every time the technicians from Mao Xiong finished speaking, He Yuzhu could directly understand what the technicians from Mao Xiong said. In this way, He Yuzhu mastered Russian smoothly without knowing it. Because he had never tried to communicate with others in Russian, He Yuzhu was not very proficient in Russian pronunciation skills, which made He Yuzhu's Russian a bit difficult to listen to.

At noon that day, He Yuzhu was preparing lunch for the members of the Technical Guidance Group of the Maoxiong as usual. Suddenly, a Maoxiong technician came to the cafeteria and found He Yuzhu. He Yuzhu took a look and remembered that this young man was the assistant of the head of the Technical Guidance Group, Andre. His main job was to help the head of the Technical Guidance Group, Andre, manage the members of the Technical Guidance Group, and he was not responsible for specific technical guidance.

He Yuzhu's mind was moved. Isn't this a good opportunity to practice Russian? When the assistant came to the cafeteria, there was no translator from the foreign affairs department with him, so He Yuzhu greeted the man in front of him in his not-so-standard Russian: "Hello, comrade, do you need any help?"

The young man listened to He Yuzhu's not very standard Russian pronunciation and said with surprise: "Great, you can actually speak Russian. Although your Russian sounds terrible, it is still better than those who can't speak Russian at all."

After listening to the young man's words, He Yuzhu continued in Russian with embarrassment: "I'm sorry, I learned Russian from books by myself. Because I don't have a teacher, my Russian pronunciation is not very accurate."

After listening to what He Yuzhu said, the young man couldn't help but said with admiration: "You are really amazing. You can learn Russian by reading books. Hello, my name is Sergei Borisovich Ivanov, you can call me Ivanov." After saying that, Ivanov stretched out his right hand.

He Yuzhu also extended his right hand and held Ivanov's right hand, then said: "Hello, Comrade Ivanov, I am the chef responsible for providing lunch for your technical guidance group. My name is He Yuzhu, you can call me Zhuzi."

After listening to He Yuzhu's self-introduction, Ivanov nodded and said, "Well, you are indeed as tall as a pillar."

He Yuzhu burst into laughter after hearing this, and then said, "Comrade Ivanov, can you teach me how to pronounce Russian? I'm not very proficient in Russian pronunciation, and I'd like you to teach me a little."

Ivanov agreed readily after hearing this: "No problem, I can teach you Russian pronunciation, but you have to buy me some wine. The wine you provided at noon was too little, and I couldn't drink enough. But the after-meal drink you provided was very delicious. What was it made of?"

After listening to Ivanov's words, He Yuzhu explained in an apologetic tone: "I'm sorry, Comrade Ivanov, because we are afraid that the members of the technical guidance group will drink too much and affect the afternoon guidance of the workers to learn technology, so we can only provide a small amount of liquor. As long as you teach me Russian, I can treat you to a lot of liquor, and I guarantee that you will drink to your heart's content. However, I can only treat you to a drink after get off work in the evening, because daytime is working time. The after-meal drink you drank is made of persimmons and soda."

Ivanov was very happy when he heard this and said, "No problem, I will definitely teach you Russian well and make you speak Russian as well as I do."

Ivanov patiently pointed out the problems in He Yuzhu's Russian pronunciation, and then personally demonstrated to He Yuzhu how to pronounce it correctly. Under Ivanov's guidance, He Yuzhu corrected some of his wrong Russian pronunciation methods, which rapidly improved He Yuzhu's Russian accent and made communication with Ivanov smoother.

When the technical guidance group of Mao Xiong was about to leave in the evening, He Yuzhu gave Ivanov a jar of 2-jin Erguotou that he had prepared, and reminded him: "Comrade Ivanov, this is the good wine I gave you. This wine has been stored for 20 years. When you go back, you must be careful when drinking it. Don't drink too much, and don't let it affect your work tomorrow."

Ivanov happily took the liquor He Yuzhu gave him, and then said kindly: "Dear Comrade Zhuzi, thank you for your reminder. I promise you that I will not drink too much and will not delay tomorrow's work."

Ivanov then got on the bus that was picking up the technical guidance group. After Ivanov got on the bus, the bus started slowly and soon disappeared from the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill.

Watching the bus carrying the technical guidance group go away, He Yuzhu couldn't help but worry. He was afraid that Ivanov would not be able to control himself and drink too much after returning to the hotel where the Russian Technical Guidance Group was staying at night. If this affected the Russian Technical Guidance Group's visit to the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill for technical guidance tomorrow, He Yuzhu might even have to bear the punishment.

The next day, the technical guidance group of the Russian bear arrived at the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill as usual. Seeing Ivanov getting off the bus with a normal face, He Yuzhu finally put his heart at ease. After explaining the situation to the people in the foreign affairs department, Ivanov came to He Yuzhu and said with regret: "Dear Comrade Zhuzi, the wine you sent me last night was really great. It's a pity that other colleagues found out when I was drinking it. They shamelessly snatched the wine you sent me. I didn't even enjoy it."

He Yuzhu chuckled after hearing this, and lowered his voice to whisper beside Ivanov: "Comrade Ivanov, don't worry, I still have some of that kind of wine. Please talk to the other members of the technical guidance group and ask them to teach our workers wholeheartedly. Then I will give a jar to everyone in the technical guidance group."

After listening to He Yuzhu's words, Ivanov said with surprise: "Dear Zhuzi, don't worry, I will let them teach well." After that, Ivanov ran back to the technical guidance group. When Ivanov conveyed He Yuzhu's words to other members of the technical guidance group, all the members of the technical guidance group who had tasted the wine He Yuzhu gave to Ivanov showed surprise in their eyes, and they were all full of energy to guide the workers of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill in technology.