When Sokov heard what Yakov said, he was also happy for him. As a person from later generations, he naturally knew the fate of Yakov's family. Shortly after Yakov died in a German prisoner-of-war camp, his wife
Yulia was also shot, leaving only her daughter Galina. Now everything has changed because of her appearance. Not only is Yakov, who originally died in 1943, still alive, he even has the opportunity to fight with his own after the war.
Father shares the joy of family life.
"Yasha, this is really exciting news." Sokov said: "I think your brother and sister will also appear at the family dinner tomorrow night."
"Well, it's possible." Yakov said with emotion: "It's a pity that you were not invited, otherwise it would have been even more lively."
"Why should I, an outsider, attend your family banquet?" Sokov said with a smile: "If I have time another day, I will invite you, your wife and daughter to my home as guests."
After the two talked for a while, Sokov put down the phone and said to Asiya who was sitting next to him: "Yasha just called me and said that his father asked Poskrebyshev to inform him that he would take his family with him tomorrow.
Go to the family dinner."
"Really? That's great." When Sokov and Yakov were on the phone, Asya, who was sitting next to her, heard some of it. She couldn't help asking about what she cared about: "Misha
, I seem to hear Yasha say, you can stay in Moscow and don’t have to go to Siberia, is it true?”
"Well, he did mention this matter." Seeing that Asiya was more concerned about this matter, Sokov made an explanation to her: "Yasha always felt that it would be better for me to stay and work in the General Ordnance Department than to go to Siberia.
More appropriate."
"Then what did you think about it?" Asiya asked: "I will give birth in a few months. If you were in Siberia at that time, you might not be able to see your child born. Do you really
Do you want this?"
From the tone of Asiya's words, Sokov heard a hint of resentment. He thought about it carefully and felt that he would abandon Asiya, who would give birth to a child in a few months, and run to distant Siberia alone.
It was indeed a bit too selfish. But if he had to stay to take care of Asiya, he would not have the chance to deal with those damn little devils, which made Sokov feel very unwilling.
After Asiya finished speaking, she felt a little disappointed when Sokov was silent. She stood up and said, "I'm going to wash the dishes."
"I'll do the washing." Sokov stood up, picked up the dishes and cutlery on the table, walked towards the kitchen, and said, "Asia, give me two days to think about whether to stay in the kitchen or not."
Moscow or Siberia.”
When Asiya heard what Sokov said, although she didn't speak, the slightly raised corners of her mouth revealed her little thoughts.
The next morning, Yulia came to the school where Galina attended and found her class teacher. Before she could speak, the middle-aged woman wearing a pair of glasses said first: "Dear Yulia, I
I was getting ready to find you, but I didn’t expect you to come first.”
Hearing what the head teacher said, Yulia couldn't help but be stunned, and then asked: "What do you want from me?"
"That's it, dear Yulia." The head teacher said: "After this period of observation, I found that your daughter has a talent for dancing, and I plan to focus on cultivating her. It just so happened that my daughter recently participated in a ballet training class.
, I plan to let Galina also study. So during this period, you will not come to pick her up from school, but let her live in my house, which will also make it easier for her to learn ballet. What do you think?"...
Yulia herself is a ballet dancer, so she naturally hopes that her daughter can inherit her legacy and become a ballet dancer when she grows up. When she heard the head teacher said that she could train her daughter, she naturally wanted it. But today she
The purpose of coming here is to ask Galina for advice. As for learning ballet, you can postpone it for a while: "I came here today to ask for leave for Galina."
"Ask for leave?!" The head teacher asked in surprise: "What are you asking for leave for?"
"Galina's grandfather invited us to dinner tonight." Galina concealed her true identity when she entered the school, so even the head teacher did not know that she was Stalin's granddaughter, and Yulia naturally would not expose it casually.
Regarding the identity of his daughter, he could only say vaguely: "The last time he invited us to dinner was five years ago."
When the head teacher heard what Yulia said, he naturally would not stop him, so he nodded and said: "Since it is an old man who wants to see his granddaughter, then I agree to give Galina a day off. But she must be sent back tomorrow, after all, ballet training
It’s already started. You can’t miss too many courses, otherwise you won’t be able to keep up with the progress of other students.”
"Don't worry." Yulia said, "Just have a meal tonight, and I will send her back early tomorrow morning."
While Yulia was asking for leave for her daughter, Sokov and Asiya packed up and prepared to go to Khimki Town to visit Asiya's parents.
Before the two of them could go out, the phone on the table rang.
Sokov picked up the phone and listened. It turned out to be a call from Yakov: "Misha, are you going out now?"
"Yes," Sokov said, "I'm going to take the subway with Asya now."
"I said Misha, Asiya is pregnant now. Is it appropriate for you to ask her to follow you to the subway?"
"There is no way," Sokov said helplessly: "I don't have a car, so I can't walk to Khimki town with her."
"Misha, for the convenience of your travel, I plan to temporarily lend you the car assigned to me by my superiors for a period of time." Yakov said on the phone: "My driver will be at your place soon.
You and Asiya can just wait at the gate of the compound."
After Sokov put down the phone, he said to Asiya: "Asiya, Yasha will send a car to pick us up soon, so we don't have to squeeze into the subway."
"Yasha went back to Moscow with you yesterday. Where did he get his car?"
"I heard that it was a car specially assigned to him by his superiors." Sokov said: "He thought it was inconvenient for us to go out without a car, so he temporarily lent us the car for a while. We are now going to the gate of the compound to pick us up.
The car will be here in a moment."
Asiya held Sokov's arm and when she came to the gate of the compound, she found that a black car was already waiting there.
Seeing Sokov and Asiya walking out of the compound, the car door opened, and a driver wearing a boat-shaped hat got out. He quickly came to Sokov, raised his hand in salute and then politely said
Question: "Is this General Sokov?"
"Yes, it's me." Sokov raised his hand in return and asked, "Are you sent by Yasha to pick us up?"...
"Yes, Comrade General." The driver said to Sokov: "I came to pick you up on the order of General Yakov. But he also told me something else."
"what's up?"
"He said that if you can't drive, let me be your driver." The driver continued: "If you can drive and want to drive, then let me give you the car."
Hearing what the driver said, Sokov began to wonder whether he should use Yakov's driver or drive himself. After thinking for a while, he felt that he should ask Asiya's opinion on this matter, so he turned around and asked
Asiya: "Asiya, what do you think?"
"Misha, you know you can drive." Asiya looked at Sokov and said: "But you have been away from Moscow for too long and are not familiar with the roads. I think it is better to trouble this comrade to be our driver for a while.
Bar."
"Okay, I'll listen to you." After Sokov said this, he turned to the driver and asked: "Comrade driver, I don't know how to call you?"
"My name is Wowen."
"Comrade Woven," Sokov said politely to the driver: "Then please be our driver for a few days."
"Comrade General, you are too polite." Wo Wen said respectfully: "It is my honor to serve for a hero like you." After saying that, he turned around and ran to the car, opened the rear door, "General
Comrade, please get in the car."
After the three of them got into the car, Woven turned and asked Sokov: "Comrade General, what is your specific destination?"
"In the neighborhood of the instrument factory in the town of Khimki." After giving the address, Sokov asked tentatively: "Can you find the place?"
"I know, Comrade General." Wo Wen replied: "I have been there before and know how to get there."
After the car started, Sokov asked Wowen curiously: "Comrade Wowen, have you been working in the General Ordnance Department during the war?"
"That's right, Comrade General." Woven replied: "Since the outbreak of the war, I have been working as a driver in the Weapons and Equipment Department. My daily job is to transport comrades in the department to various places in the city, so for Moscow
I am very familiar with the streets and alleys and major enterprises and factories.”
When Sokov heard what Wowen said, he immediately realized Yakov's intention. It would indeed make his travel easier to have such a person who was familiar with the terrain as his driver.
When Wowen heard Sokov stopped talking, he took the initiative to say: "Comrade General, I am not only familiar with Moscow, but also with some of the surrounding cities. If you want to leave Moscow and go for a walk someday, I will
We can also drive you there.”
"That's a good relationship." Now that the war is over, Sokov has not been assigned a formal job yet. He has a lot of time every day. He doesn't want to sit at home and do nothing. He once had the idea of going out for a walk. But at that time, he didn't Vehicles are inconvenient to travel. Now that Yakov has lent him a car and a driver, it is just a matter of one sentence to go where he wants to go, so he said very readily: "I want to go to Crystal City in two days, please." Please give us a ride."
"Crystal City?" Wowen suddenly became interested when he heard the place name mentioned by Sokov: "Crystal City is more than two hundred kilometers east of Moscow. There are many glass manufacturers in the city to produce glass and crystal products. It is well-known far and wide. In the town's more than 250 years of history, crystal products designed and produced by art masters have always been royal supplies for the Tsar's court and the Kremlin. They are also daily necessities for the upper classes around the world, and high-end gifts and decorative products have been exported to France. Czechoslovakia, Italy, Germany, Spain, Finland, the United States and Canada and other countries.”…
"Woven," Sokov interjected after hearing this, "I heard that during the Great Patriotic War, all the factories in Crystal City stopped making handicrafts, and instead worked all night to make medical bottles and orders that were urgently needed on the front line. The Germans are terrified of Molotov cocktails. Am I right?”
"You are right, Comrade General." Wo Wen said in a positive tone: "But starting from the second half of 1944, when our army drove the Germans out of our country, the factories in Crystal City resumed crystal production. The production of crystal products. If you want to buy crystal products, this season is the most suitable.”
"Why should we go now at this season?" Asiya heard this and asked curiously: "Is there any explanation?"
"It's late September now, and it will be October in a few days." Woven said: "You all know that it snows in Moscow every year in early October, and the road to Crystal City is not easy to find. If If it snows, it will be even harder to walk. If you don’t buy many crystal products, it doesn’t matter. If you buy more, many of them will be damaged on the road.”
Sokov agreed very much with Wo Wen's statement. He once visited Crystal City once in his later life. Although most of the roads were newly built asphalt roads, there were still some sections that were covered with dirt on sunny days and covered with rain on rainy days. Mud dirt roads. The roads in the 21st century are still like this, and they are more suitable for the roads in the 1940s.
"Asiya," Sokov turned to Asiya and said, "I think we will go to Crystal City tomorrow. I'm worried about what will happen in the next two days. If the trip is delayed, I can wait until it snows before going to Crystal City. It’s inconvenient.”
"I think it's okay." Asiya nodded and agreed to Sokov's proposal, and then asked the driver: "Comrade driver, when is the best time to set off tomorrow?"
"It's more than two hundred kilometers from here to Crystal City." Wo Wen replied: "Even if the speed is fifty kilometers per hour, it will take about five hours to reach Crystal City. You may not know that the market in Crystal City is usually only open until noon. Twelve o'clock, that is to say, if you want to spend enough time in the market to select products, it will take at least an hour. In other words, our departure time tomorrow morning cannot be later than six o'clock."
Sokov thought in his mind that he would set off at six o'clock and arrive at Crystal City around eleven o'clock. Although he had a few hours to select crystals, the time was chosen in a hurry. He knew the work situation of this era very well, as long as he got off work As soon as the bell rang, even if it took ten seconds to complete the transaction, the salesmen would just close the door and get off work, ignoring the customers at all. Thinking of this, he said to Wo Wen: "Comrade driver, we will leave at six o'clock and arrive at eleven o'clock." Time is a bit tight in Crystal City. If we encounter another traffic jam along the way, by the time we arrive in Crystal City, all the salespeople in the market will have gone home from get off work, and our trip will have been in vain."
Hearing what Sokov said, Woven hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "Comrade General, what time would you say would be a better time to set off?"
"Five o'clock," Sokov replied without hesitation: "I think it would be more appropriate to start at five o'clock."