Chapter 3 03 Before marriage

On Thursday last week Miss Podzadyrkina was announced at the house of her venerable parents as the fiancée of Nazaliyev, the civil servant of the fourteenth order.The engagement ceremony couldn't have been more respectable.The guests drank two bottles of Lanin champagne and one and a half Vidello [Note: One Vidro equals twelve.three liters. 】 Liquor.The ladies drank a bottle of claret Lafayette.Both fiancée and fiancée's parents cried at the right moment, and both fiancée and fiancée kissed happily.An eighth-grade middle school student's congratulatory speech contained such foreign words: O tem|P ora, om ores and Salvete, boni futuri conjuges! [Note: Latin; long live a good couple in the future! ] And read it beautifully.Vanka with brown-red hair.Smyslomarov is waiting for the lottery [Note: Refers to the lottery for military service. ], simply put aside the business, choose the most appropriate time of the day, seize the opportunity to open the air, stage a terrible tragedy, ruffle the hair on the big head, beat the knee with the fist, and yell: Fuck Yes, I love her, love her!This made the girls overjoyed.

Miss Podzatilkina was remarkable only because there was nothing remarkable about it.No one has seen her wisdom, no one knows it, and there is nothing to say about it.Her appearance is very ordinary: her nose is like her father, her chin is like her mother's, her eyes are like a cat's, and her breasts are not very conspicuous.She can play the piano, but she can't play it according to the sheet music.She often helps her mother cook in the kitchen, wears tights with a waist every day, and can’t eat vegetarian food when she is fasting, so she thinks she will use the letter B The letter e is the same, so it is easy to be confused with it when spelling. ] is the great knowledge.What she loves most in the world is a man with a good figure and the name Roland.

Mr. Nazariev was a man of medium height, with a pale, expressionless face, curly hair and a flattened back of the head.He was working somewhere for a meager salary, barely enough to buy tobacco.He always smelled of egg soap and carbolic acid. He thought he was a great sex hunter, spoke in a high voice, made fuss all day long, and spat when he talked.He likes to dress up and has an arrogant attitude towards his parents. No matter which lady he sees, he always says to her: How simple you are!You should be a regular reader of literature!What he loved most in the world were the words he wrote, "Entertainment" magazine [Note: A humorous magazine published in Moscow at the time. ], creaking leather boots, but his favorite thing is himself, especially when he sits with the girls, drinks tea with sugar, and vehemently denies the existence of the devil. that kind of demeanor.

Miss Podzadyrkina and Mr. Nazariev are such two people! The next morning after the engagement ceremony, Miss Podzatilkina woke up from her sleep, and a cook came and told her to go to her mother.Mama lay on the bed and gave her the following instruction: What are you doing in your woolen dress today?You can wear tulle today.My head hurts so much, it hurts like hell!Yesterday, the bald ugly bastard, your father, actually made a joke.I don't appreciate his ridiculous jokes.He brought me a wine glass, I don't know what's in it, you can drink it.He said.I thought the glass was wine, so I drank it all in one gulp, but the glass contained sour vinegar and herring oil.That's what he was joking about, drunken ugliness!He, the drooling old thing, made a fool of himself!You were so happy yesterday that you didn't cry a bit, which surprised me so much that I don't know what's going on.What is there to be happy about?Did you find the money or something?I don't understand!Everyone will think that you are happy because you are leaving your parents' house.I am afraid that is the case.What?love?Where can we talk about love here?

You didn't marry him out of love at all, you just coveted his official status!Why, isn't it so?That's right, it's the truth.As for me, my boy, I don't like your mouth.He is too proud and conceited.What do you have to subdue him for?Stop thinking about it!In less than a month, you'll be fighting: he's that guy, and you're that guy.Only girls like to get married. In fact, there is no advantage in getting married.I've been through it myself, I know.If you live, you will understand one day.Don't turn your body around like this, even if you don't turn like this, my head is already dizzy enough.Men are all fools, and it's not very comfortable to live with them.Your guy, even though you hold your head high, is actually a fool.Don't follow him too much, don't depend on him for everything, and don't respect him too much.In case of trouble, you should discuss it with your mother.

No matter what happens, you come to me immediately.Don't do anything without asking your mother, God bless you!Your husband can't come up with any good ideas, and he can't teach you what to do. He always only cares about his own interests.You have to understand this!Don't listen too much to your father.Don't ask your father to live in your house, maybe you will invite him in a moment of foolishness and rashness.When he's gone, he'll keep plotting against you.He will sit in your house for many days in a row, but what do you want him for?He must ask you for drinks and smoke your husband's tobacco.

Although he is your father, he is a bad and harmful man.He is a wicked guy, he looks quite honest, but his heart is not to mention how cunning!He will open his mouth to borrow money from you, so don't give it to him, because although he is a ninth-rank civil servant, he is a slippery man, and he won't pay back the money he borrowed.Listen, he is yelling, he is calling you!Then go to him, but don't tell him what I just said to him.Or he's going to hang on to me in no time, the Christian bastard, I'd love to see him dead!Before my heart fails, you go! You enemies!I am dead, you must remember my words!Martyrs!

Miss Podzatilkina left her mother and went to her father's room. Meanwhile, Baba sat up on the bed and sprinkled Persian powder on his pillow. 】. my daughter!Papa said to her, I am very glad that you intend to marry such a clever gentleman as Mr. Nazaliyev.I am very happy with this marriage and fully approve.Marry him, my daughter, and have no fear!Marriage is a very solemn thing, so alas, what's the point of saying that?You live well, have sons and daughters, and breed offspring.May God bless you!I cry. However, crying is of no use.What are human tears?Nothing more than cowardly psychiatry [Note: It should be a psychological manifestation.There are also some inappropriate wording in the following for the sake of losing the text. 】,that is it!My daughter, you take my advice!Don't forget your parents!For you, a husband is not as good as your parents, really not!What your husband likes is just your physical beauty, but we like you as a whole.What does your husband like about you?fancy your character?Fancy your kindness?Fancy a sign of your affection?No, miss!He loves you because he covets your dowry.You know, our dowry for you, my little darling, is not a penny, but a thousand rubles!You have to understand this!Mr. Nazariev is a very good gentleman, but you should not respect him more than your father.He'll have a crush on you, but he won't be your real friend.He will be indispensable in the future.No, it is better not to speak, my daughter.

Listen to what your mother says, my little darling, but be careful.She was a good woman, but duplicity, free-thinking, frivolous, and airy.She's a noble and honest person, but fuck her!She would not be able to give you the kind of advice your father, the author of your life, gave you.Don't take her to live with you.The husband always dislikes the mother-in-law. I myself disliked my mother-in-law, very much, and more than once had the audacity to sprinkle burnt cork powder in her coffee, with the most spectacular spectacle.Second Lieutenant Nyubu Mubenchekov was court-martialed for his mother-in-law.

Don't you remember this incident?However, you were not born yet.The important thing is that no matter where, no matter what happens, your father can always advise.You have to understand this, you have to listen to your father alone. Also, my daughter European Civilization has created an opposition among women who think that the more children a woman has, the worse it is.This is nonsense!Story Poetry!In fact, the more children the parents have, the better. But, no!Not so!completely opposite!I was wrong, baby.The fewer children the better.This is what I read in the newspapers and magazines yesterday.A surname Malthus [Note: British economist, the author of "On Population". 】The person who wrote that article.correct.Someone is coming in a carriage Hey!It's your fiancé!What a rich man, this elf, naughty fellow!What a man!Just a real Walter.Scott [Note: British historical novelist. 】Woolen cloth!Go, little darling, and you entertain him, while I can get dressed.

Mr. Nazariev arrived in a carriage.His fiancée greeted him and said: Please sit down, you are welcome! Twice he bumped the heel of his right boot against the heel of his left, and sat down beside his fiancée. How are you?How did you sleep, he said in his usual casual manner?And I, you know, haven't slept all night.I was reading Zola and thinking of you at the same time.Have you read Zola?Really haven't read it?Oops!This is simply a crime!It was lent to me by a civil servant.Fantastically written!I'll lend you to read it.ah!I hope you can understand it!I have experienced all kinds of emotions that you have never experienced!Please allow me to kiss you! Mr. Nazariev leaned up and kissed Miss Podzadyrkina on the lower lip. Where is your family?He continued, more and more casually, I have to see them.Honestly, I'm kind of mad at them.They tricked me so hard. You should notice that your father told me earlier that he was a seventh-rank civil servant, but only now did he realize that he was only a ninth-rank civil servant.Um!Is it possible?Secondly, they originally promised to give you 1,500 dowry money, but yesterday your mother told me that I can only get 1,000 at most.Isn't this a jerk?Circassians [Note: A minority in Russia, living in the northern Caucasus. 】It is a blood-drinking nation, but even they can't do such a thing.I will not allow people to deceive me!You can do anything, but don't touch my self-esteem and self-forgetfulness!This is not human!This is unreasonable!I am an honest person, so I don't like dishonest people!I am a person who doesn't care about anything, but just don't play tricks on me, don't make cold shots, and act in accordance with human conscience! That's it!Even their faces are so rustic!What kind of face is that?It's simply not a face!Please forgive me, but I have no kinship feelings for them.Yeah, when we're married we're going to take care of them.I don't like that unreasonable and unreasonable style of domination!Although I am not a skeptic, nor a cynic [Note: Metaphor He is not yet a learned person. ], but after all, I have also received a little education.We must discipline them well!My parents have long been obedient to me.What, have you had coffee already?not yet?Well, then I'll drink it with you and have a good time.Bring me a cigarette, I forgot mine at home. His fiancée walked out. This is before marriage. As for what will happen after marriage, I think there are only prophets and sleepwalkers [Note: According to Russian superstition, sleepwalkers have a mysterious ability to answer all people's questions. ] to know.