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Frozen Earth and Fire Introduction to the work: In a border town in Russia that is forgotten and repeatedly remembered by winter, a former soldier met a Chinese female doctor. It sounds like the beginning of a lame joke, but there's no punchline here. Alexei Torv, thirty-two years old, retired soldier, can cook authentic borscht and can recite Shakespeare's sonnets (Russian version, poor translation). He lives alone in the old house left by his father, and occasionally thinks of the bad vodka he drank for the firs —Favorites—Clicks/ch—Nutrition
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Not so Spectacular There is one thing about Song Yi that everyone who knows her knows - she is picky. It's not poverty, it's stinginess. When I was in high school, I was treating guests to potato chips, and I handed out one to each person. When the fifth person was gone, she said, "I'll treat you to another one." I'm also picky about myself. I asked my aunt to add an extra spoonful of vegetables when making meals in the cafeteria, because vegetables are cheap. But it was this woman who cut things to the core, wh —Favorites2Clicks/ch—Nutrition