Not long after Seryosha left with Oshanin, Sokov heard someone shouting a report outside the tent. He turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound, and saw the fourth company commander, Lieutenant Grisa, like a
It stood like a telephone pole at the door.
Somehow, the first time Sokov saw Grisa, he realized that the other person was a little unusual today. According to Grisa's character, he usually yelled out the report, and without waiting for Sokov to respond, he would just say something nonchalant.
He walked in, but today he still stood in a military posture at the door of the tent, like a student who made a mistake and is waiting to be punished by the teacher.
"I'm talking about Lieutenant Grisa," Sokov looked at Grisa standing at the door and said in a teasing tone: "Why don't you come in? Have you made some mistake? You are afraid of being scolded by me, so you don't dare."
Come in."
When Grisa heard what Sokov said, he quickly walked into the tent, raised his hand to salute Sokov and Belkin, and then stood still and said nothing. Seeing him like this
In response, Sokov's heart couldn't help but tremble, and he secretly wondered if he had guessed it accidentally. Did Grisa really make any mistakes?
"Why don't you speak, Comrade Lieutenant?" Belkin also noticed Grisa's uncharacteristic silence, and said curiously: "This is not like your usual character."
"Brigadier Commander, Comrade Political Commissar, I may have made a mistake." Griza said with some hesitation: "I came here specifically to receive punishment."
"Make a mistake, what mistake did you make?" Belgin asked in surprise: "Tell me quickly and let me see if the nature of the mistake you made is serious?"
After being silent for a long time, Grisa said with difficulty: "Brigadier Commander, Comrade Political Commissar, I got married today! But I didn't ask you for permission in advance. I don't know if this is a mistake."
"Getting married is a good thing." Hearing Grisa's so-called mistake of actually getting married without asking for permission, Sokov was stunned for a moment, then with a smile on his face, he took the initiative to reach out to Grisa:
"Lieutenant, please accept my blessing to you."
After Belkin waited for Sokov and Grisa to shake hands, he also extended his hand and said with a smile: "Our hero finally got married. This is something worth celebrating." When he shook hands,
Suddenly a question came to mind and he quickly added, "By the way, who is the woman? Is she from the health team?"
If Belkin hadn't asked this question, Sokov really hadn't thought of asking who Grisa's bride was. At this moment, Belkin's words aroused his curiosity, and he thought about several of the existing records of the health team in his mind.
After the female hygienists went through it one by one, they didn't expect who would become Grisa's bride.
"This is my marriage certificate." Grisa took out a square piece of cardboard from his coat pocket, handed it to Belkin, and said, "It has the signatures of me and the bride.
."
Belkin took the piece of paper, unfolded it and took a look, and couldn't help frowning. He looked up at Grisa and asked: "Comrade Lieutenant, who is this Ekaterina? In the health team of our brigade,
It seems there is no female hygienist with this name."
"Yes, Katya is indeed not from the brigade health team." When Grisa mentioned the bride's name, she called her by her nickname: "She is still a tenth grade student, and we met accidentally on the street today.
......."
In Soviet schools, there is no distinction between primary school, junior high school and high school. Before going to college, there are only grades one to ten. Compared with the types of schools in China, grades one to five are primary schools, grades six to eight are junior middle schools, and grades ninety are high schools.
Thinking that the other party was just a sophomore in high school, the muscles on Sokov's face couldn't help but twitch violently. He looked at Grisa and asked: "Comrade Lieutenant, according to the laws of our country, the woman must be eighteen years old to get married.
.Your bride...Katya, is she eighteen years old?"
"Yes," Grisa nodded vigorously and said in a positive tone: "She just celebrated her eighteenth birthday the day before yesterday, so we successfully received the marriage certificate today."
"Comrade Brigadier," Belgin handed the marriage certificate back to Grisa and looked at Sokov and said, "Lieutenant Grisa's marriage is a great event. Do you think we can celebrate it and do it for him?"
A lively wedding?" He may be worried about Sokov's objections, but also emphasized that "the number of participants does not need to be too many, just commanders at or above the platoon level of the entire brigade."
"I think it's okay." Sokov simply agreed to Belkin's proposal. Then he turned to Grisa who was sitting next to him and asked: "What do you think, Lieutenant Grisa?"
Unexpectedly, Grisa shook his head after hearing this and said: "Brigade commander, political commissar, thank you for your kindness. But forget about the wedding. Katya may have left the city now."
"What, Katya left the city?" Hearing what Grisa said, Sokov showed a surprised expression on his face. He asked in surprise: "Comrade Lieutenant, what on earth is going on?"
"Lieutenant Grisa, sit down and talk." Belkin moved a bench from the side, placed it next to Grisa, and politely asked him to sit down: "Tell us the cause and effect of the matter.
"
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Back to five hours ago, Grisa went to the city to buy some daily necessities, and traveling with him was Sergeant Yelizavita.
Even though Stalingrad officially declared a state of war two days ago, young girls wearing braids, floral dresses, and low-heeled slippers can still be seen on the street from time to time. This beautiful scenery on the street
, not only was the sergeant from Yelizavita dazzled, but even Grisa felt a little dizzy. If it weren't for the barricades and anti-tank obstacles that were everywhere, he would even have
An illusion that I have returned to a certain city before the war.
Both of them are soldiers. If they want to buy things, they must not go to ordinary stores. Those places have long queues and require local supply certificates. Apart from a small amount of cash, they have no such necessities in daily life.
tickets. Therefore, they must find specialized military stores to buy the items they need.
At this moment, a beautiful girl with a medium build, an oval face, and a white dress passed by the two of them. "Girl, please wait a moment." Grisa stopped the other party and asked a little embarrassedly: "Can you ask me?
Do you want to ask something?"
The girl stopped, looked at the two soldiers standing in front of her, and asked politely: "Comrade soldiers, is there anything I can do for you?"
Yelizaveta took a step forward and asked: "Girl, do you know where the military store is?"
The girl smiled, blinked a few times, nodded and said, "I happen to know that there is a military store nearby."
"This is really great." Yelizavita's face showed joy when he heard what the girl said. Before Grisa could speak, he couldn't wait to ask: "Can you take us there?"
"Sergeant Yelizavita," before the girl could answer, Griza said to the sergeant in a stern tone: "Maybe this girl has other things to do, and we can't cause her any trouble." Then he faced him.
He asked the girl, "Just give us some directions."
"It's okay, Comrade Lieutenant." The girl said with a smile: "I happen to have nothing to do right now. If you agree, I can take you to the military store."
As the three of them walked along the street to the military store, Grisa turned his face sideways and said to the girl: "Let me introduce myself, I am Grisa, the company commander of the 73rd Infantry Brigade, and he is my subordinate Yeli.
Sergeant Zaveta. I wonder what I should call you?"
"My name is Ekaterina, you can call me by my nickname Katya." The girl replied generously: "Also, please don't call me by 'you' anymore, you can just use 'you'
."
Arriving at the military store, Sergeant Yelizavita, who was walking at the front, quickly pushed open the closed glass door and held the door with his hands, waiting for Grisa and Katya who were following him to enter.
Although Katya had passed by this military store many times, she had never been in because of her status. When she entered, she was surprised by the products in the store. First of all, there was no queue here, only a few people.
Several soldiers were standing in front of the counter, whispering something to the salesperson behind the counter. Secondly, the glass counters and shelves were filled with various products, and smoked ham and fish were floating in the air in the store.
The taste, as well as the aroma of chocolate and coffee.
Grisa stopped and said to Katya: "Katya, if you want to buy something, just ask, as a thank you for showing us the way."
A quarter of an hour later, the three of them walked out of the military store each holding a paper bag containing bread, canned vegetables, sugar and a few dried sausages.
"Katya, it's time to say goodbye." Although he and Katya didn't get along for a long time, Grisa felt like he had known each other for centuries. He said with some reluctance: "I don't know.
When can we meet again next time?"
Katya also had a good impression of Grisa. When she heard what Grisa said, she first smiled faintly, and then said: "Grissa, do you know? Before you stopped me, I was about to rush to a nearby store.
I went to the coffee shop to meet a young commander who was waiting there. He was the marriage partner arranged by my parents. After we met, we would immediately go to the nearby marriage registration office to register our marriage."
Katya's words were like a bucket of cold water poured on Grisa, making his heart suddenly freeze. He was silent for a long time before he said awkwardly: "I'm sorry, Katya, I really didn't know you were
I'm going on a blind date. I'm deeply sorry for delaying your affairs..."
Before Grisa finished speaking, Katya raised her hand to stop her: "Grizza, you don't need to say any more. I don't blame you for this. In fact, I don't know that officer, but it's just because he is very good.
I am about to go to the front line, so my parents arranged for me to get married to him."
Everything Katya said was nothing unusual for Grisa. This kind of flash marriage, which was unthinkable before the war, had become commonplace during the war. After Katya finished speaking,
Cautiously asked: "Then what are you going to do?"
"Grissa, if you don't object, I want to register our marriage with you." Katya looked at Grissa and said bravely: "Let me be your wife, okay?"
Grisa never dreamed that Katya would say these words, and his mind suddenly became confused. He kept thinking: "Katya wants to marry me, is this true? You know, I and I
She offered to marry me less than an hour after we'd known each other. God, it was unbelievable."
Seeing Grisa's delay in speaking, Katya felt a little disappointed, thinking that the other party did not agree with her proposal. She tried her best to put on a smile on her face, and said with a forced smile: "Grissa, if you don't want to
, I won’t force it. Thank you for buying these things for me. Goodbye! I wish you good luck!”
Grisa woke up from his reverie. He grabbed Katya's arm and said loudly: "Katya, it is my honor to marry you as my wife. How could I not want to? Yes, of course I do.
, ten thousand yes. If you don’t object, we will register our marriage now. By the way, where is the marriage registration office?"
The smile returned to Katya's face again. She looked at Grisa and smiled sweetly and said: "Little fool, the marriage registration office is not on this street, but on the street where we just met."
Grisa took the paper bag from Katya's hand and gave it to Sergeant Yelizavita along with the paper bag in his own hand. Then he took Katya's hand and said, "Let's go, Katya, let's
Go to the marriage registration office now to register your marriage."
Under Katya's guidance, they came to a marriage registration office. At the door, they happened to meet a newlywed couple who had just registered and walked out surrounded by relatives and friends. The festive atmosphere infected Grisa,
He immediately took this as a good sign. He let go of Katya's hand and adjusted his military uniform. Then he held Katja's hand in his palm again and said, "Let's go in now."
The two held hands and walked into the marriage registration office. Sergeant Yelizavita, who was holding three heavy paper bags, also followed in with a smile on his face.
The staff sitting behind the desk saw Grisa and Katya walking in hand in hand. They quickly stood up and asked politely: "Excuse me, are you here to register your marriage?"
Grisa and Katya looked at each other, nodded at the same time, and replied: "Yes!"
"Very good." The staff member sat down again, opened a hard-sided registration book in front of him, picked up a pen, looked at the two people and said, "Please show your IDs!"
Hearing what the staff said, Grisa quickly took out his military ID card. After Katya took out her student ID card, they both pushed towards the staff member and said: "Comrade, this is the two of us.