The next day,
After everyone got up, Dianna's father was even more enthusiastic toward Jiang Hao than yesterday. Patting Jiang Hao on the shoulder, he said, "Only a man who can drink is a real man. You've got guts. I never expected you Chinese to be such good drinkers too. Not bad."
Dianna secretly pulled Jiang Hao aside. "Don't listen to my dad. I don't like drunks. There aren't many Russian men who aren't drunks."
Jiang Hao smiled. "I don't usually drink."
After breakfast, they put on thick down jackets. Dianna and Jiang Hao held hands and walked toward the farm through the deep snow.
There was a large barn there, housing chickens, ducks, pigs, cows, and other animals. It was winter, and all the animals were huddled in haystacks, unwilling to come out.
Dianna told Jiang Hao about her childhood. She had spent her entire childhood and adolescence here.
The two walked through the snow to the edge of the woods, where the snow could reach their upper thighs. Dianna walked behind Jiang Hao, suddenly gave a sly smile, grabbed a clump of snow, and threw it at him, hitting him right on the head.
"Little brat, are you rebelling?"
Jiang Hao laughed and grabbed some snow, throwing it at Dianna.
"Ah~~!"
Dianna screamed and ran away.
One chased while the other dodged, and the two began a snowball fight. Snowflakes flew, breath steamed from their mouths, and Dianna's laughter carried far into the distance.
After lunch, with nothing to do, Dianna suggested going to Novosibirsk for a visit and showing Jiang Hao around Russia's third-largest city by population.
That was right.
Remote Novosibirsk was Russia's third-largest city by population, with around 1.6 million people, surpassed only by Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
They drove the old Jeep over the