I come from Ukraine, I live in Shanxi

I was satisfied with that. But when we first moved here, my father-in-law, my mother-in-law, my grandmother-in-law, everybody was speaking their special dialect. My father, mother, and they can understand each other, but I couldn't understand them. Próbowali, ale nie mogli mi mówić na mandaryńskim języku mandaryńskim. I problem jest w tym, że każda wioska, każda mała miasteczka tutaj, każda mała miasteczka, ma własny język. Więc to było naprawdę wielkim problemem. I szczególnie ludzie, którzy są 40, 50 lat i wyższe, oni nie mogą mówić na swoim lokalnym języku. Oh yeah, because now the Putonghua, the Mandarin Chinese is a basis at schools, yeah, probably, and dialect is something additional for children, but we know, yeah, that maybe elders just speak dialects.

Okay, and you mentioned your small town, because you named it this way when we talked the first time. So, could you tell me something about the city you live in and why you love it this much? Właściwie nie podoba mi się, kiedy inni czy inni Chinesi mówią mi, że Shanxi jest naprawdę bardzo popularna, ponieważ mamy wiele kontaktów. Właściwie wierzę, że 80% osób, które mają tutaj pracę, chodzi tylko o kontakty, przenoszenie kontaktów itp. Nie lubię, kiedy ludzie mówią, że Shanxi tylko ma zimno. To nie jest prawda.

Nie lubią to, nie lubią to. Wiesz, Chińczycy są bardzo dyrektywni. Jeśli nie lubią to, to powiedzą ci. Pamiętam, że pierwszy raz, kiedy się urodziłam, wróciłam do Ukrainy i kupiłam jakieś prezenty. Myślałam, że coś jedzie, że będą jakieś śniadania. Czy to będzie ładna wersja? Nie. Kupiłam jakieś kwiaty, jakieś biskwyty, coś takiego. I nie podobało mi się to bardzo. Potem próbowałam zrobić borszcz. Wierzę, że w Polsce masz pewien rodzaj soku, prawda? Tak, tak, na pewno. Nie. O, okej. And talking about dumplings. Yeah, I was interested in dumplings because Chinese also have dumplings but with totally different fillings.

Totally different fillings, right. For example, my mother-in-law, she loves cooking some donuts, dumplings with tofu. Yeah. I've never met in another part of China such kind of food. I of course with some pork. And there was one time when I tried to make with strawberries. Or kinda. And they said like sweet dumplings and not dumplings. Yeah, yeah, sure. I also met the same situation in Poland when we arranged Christmas Eve for our Chinese teachers and we bought three kinds of dumplings and the first one was with potato and cottage cheese.

One are the most classic ones. Another one was with mushroom and cabbage, which is typical for Polish during the Christmas time. And the third one was with meat. And of course, those with meat were the most delicious for the Chinese and they even didn't want to try those with potatoes. That's right, yeah, yeah. Actually, this part they don't want to try. Daj mi troszkę, tylko troszkę. Tak, oni są bardzo głupi, bardzo głupi. Czarni ludzie wierzą, że ich kultura jest najlepsza na świecie, a ja bym tego nie próbowała. Tak, w każdym razie to jest Zhongguo, więc tak, tylko w środku, w centrum.

Unfortunately, in China there are very strict rules and No foreigners can become a citizen of China. We can only get a green card and it's very difficult, very difficult to get. Even if you got married, even if you're running some business here or whatever, it's really complicated. As I remember, every year they give 10,000 or less green cards For all country. And for the last ten years, oh my god, ten, ten, for the last ten years, none in Shanxi got this green card. So, this one, I'd like to change this one, because when Chinese see a passport, they're like, they don't know what to do with it.

Więc są jakieś akcje wolontariusze? Tak, ale nie możemy iść... We can't go out from our WeChat account, we can't make some gatherings and so on and so forth. Because not only we, all gatherings in China are prohibited, so unfortunately. I hope that next year it will be possible for students to come back to China. I really hope to. I really hope to. Because I miss these crowds of foreigners and I believe the Chinese too. So I hope everyone can come back too. Do you have any plans for the nearest future because you mentioned something about restaurant or maybe you want to focus on something more?

Secondly, thirdly, okay, so language, medicine. Find more friends. Chinese people are really love to make friends with foreigners and practice their language. Actually my husband tend to be my friend too. So find some friends and they really love to call for example for some holidays. So you can learn culture, you can learn language, it's great. Oczywiście, żeby poznać pewne fakty i przygotować pewne odpowiednie dokumenty. Na przykład, jeśli przyjeżdżasz do studiów w Chinach, proszę o wizę studencką.