Just when Kopalova was about to hang up the phone, Sokov unexpectedly asked: "Kopalova, is your unit still implementing the rationing system?"
"No, it was canceled last October." Kopalova replied: "Misha, why do you ask this?"
Sokov did not answer her question, but continued to ask: "Do you have the habit of storing food at home?"
"Of course not." Kopalova answered readily this time: "As you know, I am a reporter. Although I am just a photojournalist, like ordinary reporters, I often have to go on business trips to other places for ten days and a half.
I don’t even go home. Even if there is food stored, by the time I get home, the food will be spoiled.”
Sokov didn't want to be a holy mother and go to help the world. But in the face of the coming famine, he was unwilling to watch Kopalova suffer from hunger, and it seemed that she was still in trouble with the original owner of her body.
There is an inextricable and intimate relationship. Therefore, he reminds him when he needs to. As for whether the other party can hear it, it is not an issue that he should be concerned about.
"Storing food directly may not be a wise choice." Sokov said: "Even in winter, if the bread you buy is left at home, it will become moldy in a few days. So I think you should probably buy some flour and take it home.
, wait until you have free time, bake your own bread, since you have an oven at home, it is more convenient to do anything."
But what Sokov didn't expect was that after hearing what he said, Kopalova said excitedly: "Misha, I didn't expect that you still remember the oven at my house. That's great, that's great."
Well, I’m really touched.”
Sokov was dumbfounded: What's going on? Isn't the oven a standard feature in every home? I mentioned the oven, why are you so excited? Is there any story between you and the original owner of the former body, and the oven?
?
Although he was full of questions, Sokov did not dare to ask. Once he said something wrong, the other party would definitely become suspicious. Even if he used amnesia as an excuse to excuse himself, the other party would probably be dubious.
"Misha," Kopalova suddenly said in an extremely gentle voice: "After Asya wakes up, can you take the time to come to my house?" Perhaps because she was worried that Sokov would refuse, she specifically emphasized, "War
After the outbreak, you never came to my house once, I thought you had forgotten me."
"How is that possible?" Sokov laughed dryly and said awkwardly: "During the war, I was seriously injured during the enemy's bombing and lost many memories of the past. Although I can't remember
I don’t know what happened to you before, but when I met you in Stalingrad, I had a very cordial feeling and felt that you should be a very important person in my life..."
The sweet words that Sokov racked his brains to come up with are indeed very effective. While trying to please Kopalova, he also constantly hinted to her that he had lost a lot of memory due to the shock injury, so it was reasonable for him to forget the past with her.
中. Having taken such a vaccination in advance, even if Kopalova discovers any doubts in the future, she can use this reason to excuse her.
After finishing the conversation with Kopalova, Sokov lay on the bed again, trying hard to close his eyes, trying to fall asleep as soon as possible. But there were too many things that happened in the past two days, and it was like a movie playing in his mind.
, various pictures kept flashing by, making his cerebral cortex excited again.
Since he couldn't sleep, Sokov simply got out of bed, came to the table, turned on the lamp, took out a pen and paper, and continued to write the last part of "The Ordinary Soldier".
Towards daybreak, Sokov finally finished writing the novel.
When he wrote "The whole book is finished" at the end of the manuscript, he suddenly felt empty in his heart and unable to lift himself up, as if all his energy had been drained out of his body.
When the phone rang, Sokov reached out and grabbed the receiver, yawned and said, "I'm Sokov, who are you?"
"Misha, it's me." Nina's voice came from the receiver: "Asiya, Asiya..."
Hearing that Nina was very excited, Sokov couldn't help but feel a little in his heart, secretly wondering if something happened to Asiya, and he quickly asked cautiously: "What happened to Asiya?"
"Asia wakes up!"
"Asia is awake?"
"Yes, she is awake." Nina said: "I just saw that she was awake, so I called you immediately and wanted to tell you the news as soon as possible."
"I'll be there right away."
Sokov first put the manuscript away, then got dressed and rushed out of the room.
When he drove to the gate of the compound, the sentry on duty at the gate saw Sokov appearing and asked curiously: "Comrade General, you are leaving so early."
"Yes, I have to go out to do something."
"Comrade General," the sentry asked politely, "can I ask you, are you operating in the city or in the suburbs?"
Sokov thought for a while. Although the hospital where Asya was hospitalized was located on the edge of the city, it should still belong to the urban area, and then replied: "We are operating within the urban area. What, is there any problem?"
"Comrade General, I heard that the countryside is not peaceful, especially before dawn, and accidents are more likely to happen." The sentry said to Sokov: "If you want to go to the countryside, I need to report to my superiors and send people to go with you to ensure that
Your safety."
"No," Sokov politely declined the other party's kindness: "I am just moving around the city, there should be no problem with my safety."
After leaving the compound, Sokov drove while looking out the window at the streets. The streets were empty, not to mention cars, not even a human being could be seen, as if everyone in the city had disappeared.
Arriving at an intersection, Sokov was stopped by a police patrol car approaching from the front.
A small policeman and a police sergeant got off the car. They came to the front of the car, raised their hands in salute and said politely: "Please show me your ID!"
Sokov took out his ID and handed it over, and asked casually: "Comrade Sheriff, what went wrong when you stopped my car?"
"There's no problem, Comrade General." The police sergeant read Sokov's ID and said politely: "We were patrolling nearby, and we didn't see any vehicles coming in all night. We happened to encounter your car.
So come and check it out.”
The other party was performing his duties, so Sokov naturally did not know the other party. After taking back his ID, he drove to the hospital again.
When I arrived at the inpatient department of the hospital, I was stopped by a fat female nurse when I entered. The female nurse said politely: "I'm sorry, Comrade General, it's not visiting time yet. Please come back in a few hours."
"Comrade nurse," Sokov patiently explained to the other party: "My wife was in a car accident yesterday. She was rescued in the operating room for more than ten hours before she was barely out of danger, but she never regained consciousness. I just received the call.
When I got the call, she said she was awake, so I hurried over."
After hearing Sokov's words, the nurse was also very embarrassed. She sympathized with Sokov very much, but the hospital's rules and regulations were not something she, an ordinary nurse, could violate if she wanted to, so she could only harden her heart and say
: "Comrade General, I sympathize with your feelings very much, but rules are rules and no one can violate them. Please come back in a few hours and don't embarrass me."
Seeing that the female nurse refused to be accommodating, Sokov couldn't help but feel a little irritated: "Comrade nurse, do you know who I am?"
"I don't know." The nurse shook her head and said, "I only know that you are a general, but I don't know who you are." The nurse knew very well that despite the general's high rank, she had offended him.
, it will not bring any adverse consequences, after all, the other party is not responsible for regulating her. But if she violates the hospital's regulations, she may be punished. Which is more serious or less serious, she still has a strong balance in her heart.
Now that Sokov has arrived here, he will naturally not be stopped by a nurse. He intends to take the approach of being polite first and then fighting. He will negotiate with the other party first. If that doesn't work, it will not be too late to force his way in: "Comrade nurse, I and your hospital
The manager is very familiar with me. If you don’t believe it, you can call him to verify.”
"Are you familiar with our dean?" the nurse hesitated.
"That's right." Seeing the change in the nurse's attitude, Sokov realized that it was quite useful to carry the dean out: "My wife, in addition to four nurses arranged by the dean himself, is divided into several shifts, 2 hours
In addition to taking care of her continuously, my wife's mother is also in the ward, which was authorized by the director. It was she who called me to inform me that my wife was awake."
"Comrade General." After hearing what Sokov said, the nurse had to pay the necessary attention to avoid accidentally offending the wrong person and causing unnecessary trouble to herself. She asked carefully: "May I ask your wife?
Which ward is it in?"
After hearing Sokov mention the ward where Asya was, the nurse said politely: "Comrade General, please wait a moment, I'll call the doctor on duty."
Sokov made a gesture of invitation to her: "Please do it." Since it can be solved in Wen's way, there is no need to force it. If there is a real trouble, even if the dean steps in to solve it, I am afraid there will be many people.
Trouble. Moreover, Asiya still lives in the hospital. If she really offends the nurse and does something bad in private, it will be hard to prevent.
A few minutes later, the nurse said to Sokov: "Comrade General, I have verified that what you said is true. Now you can go to the ward and visit your wife."
After thanking the nurse, Sokov walked through the hall and up the stairs.
Arriving at Asiya's ward. As soon as he entered the door, the nurse on duty said to Sokov in surprise: "Comrade General, congratulations, your wife has woken up."
After thanking the nurse, Sokov quickly came to the bedside and leaned over to look at Asya lying on the bed.
Asiya may have sensed Sokov's arrival and slowly opened her eyes.
When she saw clearly that the person standing in front of her was indeed Sokov, she said in a weak voice: "Misha, you are here!"
"Well, Asiya, I'm here." Sokov squatted down by the bed, grabbed one of Asiya's hands, and asked softly: "How do you feel?"
"I feel very uncomfortable, I feel pain all over my body..."
Hearing what Asya said, Sokov immediately turned to look at the nurse in the room, wanting to ask what was going on. When the nurse saw Sokov looking at him, he quickly explained: "Comrade General, we have given her
I have taken painkillers and morphine, but I am afraid it will take a while for the medicine to take effect."
Sokov learned that the nurse had taken appropriate measures. After nodding slightly, he then asked: "By the way, where did my mother-in-law go?"
"After she called you, she came in specifically to tell us that she wanted to call her family." The nurse raised her hand to look at the time, and then said: "She has been gone for almost five minutes, she should be back soon!"
Sokov nodded and continued to talk to Asiya: "Asiya, hold on a little longer. When the medicine takes effect, you won't feel the pain."
Asiya said "Yeah" first, and then said to Sokov in a tearful tone: "Misha, I'm sorry!"
"Asia, why are you saying sorry?"
"Child, our child is gone. It's all my fault. I can't even save the child. Misha, I'm sorry." Asiya said, tears flowed down her cheeks like broken beads.
Sokov quickly reached out to wipe her tears, but he wiped more and more tears. The loss of the child would be an irreparable trauma for Asiya, and she didn't know how long it would take to heal.
"Silly girl," although Sokov was heartbroken after losing his child, he did not show it in front of Asiya. Instead, he comforted her and said: "We are still young. This child is gone. We will have a better future."
I can still have children."
"Misha, there are some things you don't know. When you went to the Far East, Comrade Stalin personally called me to ask about the condition of the fetus. He even suggested to me that after the baby was born, he would let Yakov take care of him.
The child’s godfather.”
After hearing what Asiya said, Sokov couldn't help but be shocked. If Yakov really became the godfather of his child, it would mean that his child's future road would be extremely smooth. He smiled bitterly.
Said: "Is this true? This guy Yasha is really true. I have such a good relationship with him, but he has never mentioned this to me."
"Misha, have you forgotten that according to custom, you cannot tell others who the child's godfather is before the child is born, otherwise it will bring misfortune to both parties."
Asiya's words stunned Sokov again. Is there such a custom in Russia? How come I have never heard of it? But then I thought about it. When the school starts in September every year, when students report to school, they have
I took a bouquet of chrysanthemums as a gift to my teacher. In China, chrysanthemums are used to commemorate the dead. I have little knowledge and don’t understand many Russian customs, which is reasonable.
"Asiya, don't worry, Yasha, the godfather, can't run away." Sokov gently patted Asiya's arm and said softly: "When we have our own children in the future, we will definitely let him
He is the godfather."
Sokov's comfort made Asiya stop her tears: "Misha, I heard that when I was in the operating room for emergency treatment, you even begged the director to mobilize the best doctors from other hospitals to operate on me.
.If it weren’t for their help, I’m afraid I would have passed away long ago. Misha, thank you, thank you for everything you have done for me.”
"Silly girl, what nonsense are you talking about? You know, we are husband and wife, and all these things are what I should do."