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Chapter 39 39 defamation

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Calligraphy teacher Sergey.Capitonic.Ashineyev married his daughter Natalya to Ivan, a teacher of history and geography.Petrovich.Loshazin agreed.The wedding was full of joy.People in the hall sang, played, and danced.Servants hired from the club, in black frock coats and dirty white ties, were busy running in and out of the rooms.There was a lot of chatter and laughter everywhere.Mathematics teacher Dalan Turov, Frenchman Badekua, and Yegor, a junior inspector of the Audit Bureau.Veneti Kodic.Muzda, sitting side by side on the couch, hurriedly and scrambled to tell the guests about the burial of people alive, and delivered a counter-spiritual spell. conversation by writing. 】Views.None of the three believe in spiritism, but they all admit that there are many things in this world that human wisdom cannot understand.In another room, Dodonsky, a literature teacher, explains to his guests the circumstances under which sentries have the right to shoot passers-by.These conversations, you can see, are scary, but interesting to listen to.As for those who had no right to come into the room according to their social status, they all looked in from the windows in the courtyard.

At twelve o'clock exactly at midnight, the host Ashineyev went into the kitchen to see if the dinner was ready.The kitchen was full of smoke from floor to ceiling, and smelled of geese, crows, and many other foods.There were two tables with all kinds of cold meat dishes and wine, which were arranged messily and full of artistic interest. Marfa the cook is busy at the table, she is a red-faced woman with a huge belly, fastened by her belt, show me the sturgeon, mother!Ahineyev said, rubbing his hands, licking his lips, what a smell, what a rich aroma!I wish I could swallow the whole kitchen in one gulp!Quick, show me the sturgeon!

Marfa walked to a bench and carefully lifted the oily newspaper slightly. Underneath the newspaper, on a huge plate, lay a large sturgeon, frozen with water and sprinkled with cauliflower sprouts, olives, and carrots in red and green. Ahineyev looked at the sturgeon and cried out.His face glowed, his eyes rolled up.He lowered his head, and his lips made a sound like the turning of unoiled wheels.He stood for a while, then smacked the torreya with his finger in joy, and clicked his lips again. Good guy!The sound of passionate kisses, who are you kissing there, Marfia? 】?Voices were heard in the next room, and the head of the deputy head teacher Wan Jin's cropped hair came in from the door. Who are you kissing?Ahhhh very happy!It was Sergey.Capitonic!Needless to say, what a grandpa!With a woman tete|a|tete [Note: French; tryst. 】 Nah!

I didn't kiss at all, Ashineyev said in embarrassment. Who told you that, fool?I'm the one that clicks my lips because I'm glad I saw the fish Say what you want! A cheerful smile appeared on Wan Jin's face, then he retracted his head and closed the door. Ashineyev blushed. Who the hell knows what's going on!He thought to himself, as soon as he goes out now, this bastard will spread rumors about me, and he will embarrass me in front of the whole city, you beast Ashineyev walked timidly into the hall, squinting sideways: where is Vankin?Wan Jin was standing next to the grand piano, bending down arrogantly, talking in a low voice to the smiling sister-in-law of the vice principal of the middle school.

This is talking about me!Ashineyev thought to himself, this is talking about me, damn it!And she believed it!She is laughing!my Lord!No, this matter can't be let go, no matter what, I have to find a way to make people disbelieve his words, and I will explain his tricks to everyone, and then he will become a fool and a rumormonger. Ashineyev scratched his scalp and went up to Badeikua with an embarrassed expression. I was in the kitchen just now, to arrange dinner, and he said to the Frenchman, you, I know, like fish, and I bought a sturgeon, man, croak!There are two Russian feet [Note: Russian feet are about two city feet. 】Long too!Hee hee hee yeah, by the way I almost forgot I made a real joke about that sturgeon in the kitchen!I went into the kitchen just now, wanting to see what to eat. I looked at the sturgeon, and when I was happy, my mouth felt greedy, so I tapped my lips!At that time, that idiot Wan Jin suddenly walked in and said hahaha he said: ah, are you kissing here?He actually said that I kissed Marfa and the cook!Luckily he could figure it out, stupid man!That bitch was ugly as hell, and all the beasts put together weren't that scary, but he said kiss!What a weirdo!

Who is the weirdo?Dalanturov came up and asked. It's that guy Wan Jin!When I walked into the kitchen just now, he told me about Wan Jin. He's funny, freak!In my opinion, kissing a big dog is better than kissing Marfa.Ashineyev added.He looked back and saw Mzdah standing behind him. We're talking about Wan Jin, he said to him, he's a big weirdo!Just now when he came into the kitchen and saw me with Marfa, he imagined and made all kinds of jokes.He said: Why did you kiss your mouth?Apparently, he must be drunk.I said, I'd rather kiss a turkey than Marfa.Besides, I said, I have a wife, you idiot.He is so funny!

Who made you laugh?asked the priest who taught religious lessons, approaching Ahineyev. Wanjin chant.You know, I was standing in the kitchen watching a sturgeon and all that.After about half an hour, all the guests knew about Sturgeon and Wanjin. Now let him talk!Ashineyev rubbed his hands and thought to himself, let him talk!As soon as he opened his mouth, people would immediately say to him: Forget it, fool, don't talk nonsense!We know it all!Ashineyev was completely relieved, and happily drank four glasses of wine.After dinner, he sent the newlyweds to their dorms, and then he went back to his room and fell asleep like a child who has done nothing wrong.The next day he had no memory of Sturgeon.But, woohoo!Man proposes, God disposes.A bad tongue does bad things, and Ashineyev's ingenuity didn't help him!A whole week later, exactly on Wednesday, after the third class, Ashineyev was standing in the middle of the teacher's room, discussing the tendency of the student Vesekin to go bad, when the headmaster came up to him and threw him Call aside.

Listen to me, Sergei.Capitunitch, said the headmaster, please forgive me it's none of my business, but I still have to let you know it's my duty You know there are rumors that you're hooked up with that cook It's none of my business, though.Take care of her, kiss her all you want, but, please, don't show it so much!I beg you!Don't forget that you are a teacher! Ashineyev felt cold all over and froze.He walked back home as if he had been scalded by a swarm of bees, and as if he had been scalded by boiling water.As he walked, he felt that the whole city was looking at him, as if he was covered in coal tar, and there was a new disaster waiting for him.

Why can't you eat anything?His wife asked him during the meal, what are you thinking?Thinking of romance, right?Are you thinking about Malfussia?I know it all, cultist!Those kind people opened my eyes!Humph barbarians! So he got a slap in the face!He got up from the dining table, felt that his feet were not on the ground, and walked slowly towards Wanjin's house without his hat or coat on.He happened to meet Wan Jin at home. You bastard!Ashineyev said to Van Jin, why do you blacken my face before the whole world?Why do you deliberately slander me? What slander?What are you thinking about!

So who slandered me that I kissed Marfa?isn't it you?What do you think!Is it not you, robber? Wan Jin began to blink his eyes, and every muscle in his haggard face was twitching. He raised his eyes to look at the holy image, and said: God punish me!Even if I say one bad word about you, it still makes me blind and breathless!Tell me to die badly!Even if I die from cholera, I will deserve to die! Wan Jin's sincerity is unquestionable.Obviously, it was not Wan Jin who slandered him. So who is it?Who is it?Ahineyev was deep in thought, examining all his acquaintances one by one in his memory, and kept beating his chest. Who was it?

So who is it?We also have to ask our readers
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