"This high tax rate is not in vain. Starting from birth, each child will enjoy state subsidies. The more children, the higher the subsidy. The mother of the child can enjoy 42 weeks of fully paid maternity leave, and the father can also enjoy 4 weeks of fully paid maternity leave.
, and then until you graduate from college, you don’t have to pay any tuition except for book fees.
As long as you have worked for a day and received a salary once, you can receive the country's career support, which is about 5,000 kronor per month. And the medical care here is much better than in Germany. You can receive it even if you are sick and take sick leave.
I will stay close to you during sick leave." When Pan talked about her hometown, she responded to a Chinese lyric: Who doesn't say my hometown is good? Yeah, yeah...
"Hey, if you put it this way, you should be a socialist." Wang Jian had nothing to refute Pan's boasting, so he had to make fun of it.
"Of course it is socialism! Our country pursues the moderate socialism of Engels, while your country pursues the violent socialism of Marx and Lenin. Although they are both called socialism, they are different. On your side, you should call us
Revisionism!" Unexpectedly, Pan actually studied philosophy. When he heard the word socialism, he even mentioned the revolutionary mentor.
"Hey, you can't say that, you are supposed to be capitalist! How come you are also socialist?" Wang Jian quit and started arguing with Pan on the issue of socialism.
Hong Tao was surrounded by socialism, capitalism, revisionism, imperialism and so on. One moment he helped Wang Jian deal with Pan, and the next moment he helped Pan deal with Wang Jian. Six hours of noisy work passed.
, finally returned to Pan’s hometown, Bergen, before dinner.
Pan's parents' home is located in the north of the Bergen port area. It belongs to the city of Bergen, but it is not in the urban area. It is similar to a satellite town. No, it should be said to be a satellite town. The entire town is built on the seaside, surrounded by mountains and sea.
On a high ground, the houses are basically made of wood. The exterior walls are painted with various colors of paint, and almost none of them are the same color. These wooden houses are very tall, and most of them are two or three-story buildings with particularly pointed roofs.
That kind of thing, the cross-floor height is also very high.
Pan's home is a three-story blue wooden house. The windows are as tall as a person. There are two rows of flowers and plants in front of the house. It seems that the owner of the house leads a leisurely life.
The person who came out to greet her daughter was a tall, fat, middle-aged woman. She was wearing a white embroidered skirt. This was Pan's mother, Mrs. Hannah. Pan's father, Elk, had gone to the dock and had not returned yet.
The inside and outside of the wooden house are completely different styles. It is very modern and no different from those houses made of bricks and stones. Except for the thick beams that can be seen on the roof, it is difficult to imagine that this house is made of pieces of wood.
He got up and worked so hard.
Mrs. Hannah can understand English, but she can't speak it well. So her communication with Hong Tao and Wang Jian was not smooth, but she was very enthusiastic. She first asked everyone what they wanted to drink, and then brought some plates of snacks and fish.
.Let everyone rest their bellies, because the dinner preparations haven’t started yet.
The mother and daughter may not have seen each other for several years. After sitting down, they started chatting in their hometown dialect. At first, Pan took the time to translate for Hong Tao and the others. Later, they talked about the clothes, shoes and hats that Pan had brought for her parents.
She simply didn't have time to translate it. She probably knew that Hong Tao and the others wouldn't be willing to listen to it if she translated it. So she just skipped it.
When the mother and daughter were carefully studying a pair of leather shoes they bought in Milan, the door was pushed open, and a tall figure walked in with heavy steps. Sitting on the sofa, Hong Tao and Wang Jian could feel their whole body.
The floor shook with his footsteps.
"What a man!" This was Hong Tao's first feeling after he raised his head and saw the person coming.
"Isn't this like a Viking? If you wear a leather hat with two horns!" This was Hong Tao's second feeling.
"Is Pan the biological daughter of the two of them? There is no resemblance at all!" This was Hong Tao's third feeling.
The person who came in was Pan's father Elke. He was at least 2 meters tall. He was wearing a cotton plaid shirt, a pair of suspender overalls, and a pair of big thick-soled leather shoes. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, although he had a very beard.
It was heavy, but it was shaved cleanly, leaving only two pinches on the lips and chin.
Although he looks quite serious and scary, he looks silly and honest when he smiles. Pan, who is nearly 1.8 meters tall, really looks like a child in his hands, and he is easily taken over.
He picked her up and turned her around. It seemed that he was very happy that his daughter came home to visit the old couple.
"Welcome to Hannah's home!"
"Welcome to Hannah's house!" Elk's mouth should be oiled and a little rusty. Although he speaks much better English than Mrs. Hannah, he can only repeat these two sentences over and over again, and then he is like a big statue.
Sitting on the sofa in silence, watching his wife chatting with women and guests, sometimes he would smile when he understood something, but he would not ask if he did not understand.
"Do you smoke?" After several minutes of silence, Elke finally couldn't help it and said a third sentence.
"Try mine. This is what I brought from China, and there is still the last half box!" Hong Tao was more happy to hear this voice than to hear the sound of eating. He quickly took out half a box of Yunyan from his shirt pocket and handed it to
Elk.
"Didn't you say that you've already smoked all the cigarettes you brought? You don't bring them for fun, do I? I'm here to flatter my cheap father-in-law!" Wang Jian's eyes widened when he saw half a box of Yunyan.
I have gained a new understanding of Hong Tao’s shamelessness.
"You can smoke it when you return home. You can smoke as much as you want. As for the valve core? I can't bear to smoke it and keep it!" Hong Tao had to take out another one and hand it over in order to block Wang Jian's mouth.
To Wang Jian.
"Better than Marlboro!" Elk took Hong Tao's Yun cigarette, lit it, took a puff, and finally said the fourth sentence.
"That's right!" This sentence resonated with Hong Tao. When they came to Oslo, Hong Tao and Wang Jian bought a box of Marlboro. It was packed with 25 sticks and cost 68 kronor. Speaking of whether it was expensive or not, it didn't taste bad when smoked.
It hurt when I sniffed, and it seemed like there was no smoke in my mouth.
"I bought reindeer meat, mussels and brunette cheese. Hannah cooks very well. Let's have a few drinks in the evening. I have some good Snappers here." I guess Yunyan smokes quite beautifully, Aye
Erke actually chatted with Hong Tao about eating and drinking.
"Snaps?" Hong Tao had never heard of this name.
"Let me show it to you! I bought this specially from Denmark." Elk felt that he could not explain the meaning of this name clearly, so he strode into the kitchen and took out the bottle of wine.
"Hey, I thought it was Wotka, but it doesn't seem to be the case. It seems to be brewed from pure grain, with 40 degrees, which is considered a low-alcohol wine." Hong Tao and Wang Jian held the bottle and looked at it for a long time. They recognized most of the letters, but
You won't recognize them if you put them together, but the alcohol content is marked all over the world, so you can still understand it.
"Elke, you can only drink one bottle at night, no more!" Pan on the side saw the wine bottle in Hong Tao's hand and immediately began to warn her father.
"It's okay, I won't make your guests drink!" Elk didn't understand what his daughter meant.
"They'll get you! What they drink in China is 65-proof liquor, which is just like pure alcohol. You can't drink them, especially this guy. His name is Dumpling. He's the worst. He always says he'll come again.
One glass, the last glass, this is the only thing left, let’s take half of it each...and before we know it, the whole bottle of wine was finished." Pan began to vaccinate his father, and the main target of defense was Hong Tao.
.
"...I'll call Odd, let's go two against two!" Elk was obviously shocked by the 65 degrees. After thinking about it, he probably felt that he was not sure, so he stood up and walked out.
outside the house.
"I'm going to prepare dinner. Odd has a big appetite. I have to cook more." When Mrs. Hannah heard the name Odd, she immediately got up and went to the kitchen.
"That's my neighbor. He and my father bought a fishing boat and fished together. He was a very nice person, but he was very good at eating. I remember when I was in school, he could eat 4 sandwiches by himself, which was better than us.
The whole family eats more." Pan explained to Hong Tao the origin of the Ode. (To be continued...)
