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After Sokov and Asiya parted ways, he pushed the stroller alone towards the location of Asiya's parents' home.

He hadn't been here for more than a year, and Sokov really couldn't recognize the way.When he was in a dilemma, an old lady carrying a cloth bag came over. He quickly put down the trolley in his hand, stepped forward and asked politely: "Grandma, do you know where Bakanidze's home is?" Place?"

After the old lady looked Sokov up and down, she asked warily: "What are you doing with their house?"

"I'm here to visit relatives." Sokov said with a smile: "But I haven't been here for a long time, and I couldn't find my way for a while, so I asked you for directions."

Hearing that Sokov was here to visit relatives, the old lady told Sokov in detail the location of Asiya's parents' home, and finally said with envy: "Young man, you are really good, come here I brought so many things with me when visiting relatives.”

Sokov knew that the cart he was pushing looked very eye-catching to outsiders, so he picked up two tomatoes from the cart and stuffed them into the old lady's hands: "It's hot, eat two tomatoes to relieve your pain." heat."

The old lady did not refuse the tomatoes Sokov handed her. After taking them, she carefully put them into the cloth bag she was carrying. Then she thanked Sokov repeatedly: "Thank you, young man, you are such a great person." What a good man."

Following the old lady's guidance, Sokov came to the door of Asiya's parents' house. Seeing that the door was closed, he went up and knocked on the door several times, but there was no movement inside. It was obvious that no one was home.Sokov walked to the door of the unit, sat down on the bench outside the door, and waited patiently for Asiya's arrival.

After waiting for a while, Sokov saw a man wearing a peaked cap and dark blue canvas overalls walking towards him.Sokov glanced at it casually, and found that it was an unfamiliar face, so he looked away, and continued to look into the distance, looking forward to the appearance of Asia.

"Young man," when the middle-aged worker passed by Sokov, he stopped and asked in a wary tone, "Who are you looking for?"

Sokov was already absent-minded. He didn't expect that the other party would suddenly ask him, and he couldn't help but stutter a little when he answered: "I...I'm looking for...Bakanidze."

"Looking for Bakanidze?" The worker stared at Sokov and asked, "Who are you to him?"

"I am his son-in-law." Sokov quickly recovered from his panic, stared at the other person and replied, "Do you know him?"

"Of course," the worker nodded and said in a positive tone: "I have known him for almost 50 years. I have long heard that his daughter married a soldier. If you are a soldier, why don't you wear a military uniform?"

There is a reason why the workers asked this. For Soviet soldiers, wearing military uniforms was a sign of honor, so they wore military uniforms not only in the military camp but also at home. Unless they were performing special tasks, they would not do it easily. Taking off the military uniform.Sokov naturally understood this truth. He quickly explained to the other party: "Now that the war is over, I am just here to visit relatives. It is more convenient to wear casual clothes."

Hearing what Sokov said, the worker laughed and said: "This is the first time I have heard a soldier say that it would be more convenient not to wear military uniforms. To be honest, who are you and what are you doing here? If not Tell me clearly and I will ask the militia to arrest you."

"I am really the son-in-law of the Bakanidze family." Sokov pointed towards the closed door and said: "Well, there is no one at home, so I will wait here. My wife Asya is here at the moment. I have gone to find her mother Nina, and I think it won’t be long before I can get the key back.”

The expression on the worker's face softened when he heard Sokov say the names Asiya and Nina: "What's your name?"

"My name is Mikhail Mikhailnovitch Sokov." Sokov replied truthfully: "If you know Bakanidze, you should know that everything I say is true."

Unexpectedly, after Sokov finished speaking, the worker laughed: "Come, get to know me, I am Asiya's father Bakanidze, also your father-in-law."

When he learned that the worker who had been questioning him for a long time was actually Asiya's father, Bakanidze, Sokov hurriedly stood up from his seat, stretched out his hands to hold the other person's hand: "Hello, Bakanidze. I have never seen you before, so I didn’t recognize you just now, so please forgive me.”

"Look at what you said." Bakanidze said with a smile: "There is nothing to forgive or not to forgive, I didn't recognize you."

When Bakanidze saw that the small trolley at the door was piled up with the things Sokov bought, he couldn't help but frowned slightly: "Misha, come as soon as you and Asiya come, buy What are all these things for?”

Sokov chuckled and said: "I come to see my father-in-law and mother-in-law, so I can't be empty-handed. It would be too rude. By the way, when I came last time, I heard the factory director say that you have gone to the front line. I don’t know when you came back?”

"I came back in mid-May." Bakanidze asked, "When did you and Asya return to Moscow?"

"Also around mid-May."

"What, you've been back for a month and a half?" After hearing what Sokov said, Bakanidze said with a straight face: "You've all been back for so long, it's fine if you don't come to see us, why don't you even have a phone call? Hit one? It made Asiya’s mother and I think you were still in Germany.”

"This matter is very complicated to talk about." Sokov looked to the left and right, and then said to Bakanidze: "This is not the place to make a good deal. Let's talk somewhere else."

Bakanidze felt that what Sokov said made sense, so he took out the key to open the door, and helped Sokov move all the things on the trolley into the room one by one.

After all this was done, Bakanidze asked Sokov: "Misha, which store does this cart come from? I will send it back to others later."

"It's from the military store." Sokov said: "The manager said that it won't be too late to return the cart whenever we are free."

"Okay." Since Sokov said this, Bakanidze no longer continued to worry about the trolley problem, but was concerned about why Sokov and the others didn't contact him for so long after returning to Moscow: "Now you can tell I, you have been back in Moscow for so long, why haven’t you contacted us?”

Sokov hesitated for a moment, thinking secretly whether he should tell Bakanidze the truth.After thinking for a long time, I decided to tell him the truth: "Actually, we have been staying in a nursing home on the outskirts of Moscow during this period. The reason why we have not contacted you is entirely because we have been ordered not to have any contact with the outside world. We need to communicate properly to avoid unnecessary trouble. Now that Asiya and I can finally leave the nursing home, we hurried over to visit you two."

Seeing that Sokov was vague, Bakanidze guessed that there must be some confidential matters, so he did not continue the interrogation, but stood up to boil water, "Misha, do you want tea or coffee?" Sokov There wasn’t much to say about whether to drink tea or coffee. When Bakanidze said this, he casually replied: “Both are fine!”

"Then let's drink tea." Bakanidze said: "Yesterday, a friend gave me a bag of black tea. You can try this tea when you come here today."

Before the water could boil, Asiya and her mother Nina walked in from outside.Seeing that her father was also at home, after a brief surprise, she stepped forward and gave him a warm hug, and said: "Dear father, I miss you so much."

After Sokov stood up and greeted his mother-in-law Nina, he then pointed out the things placed in the kitchen to her and emphasized that this was something he and Asya felt.

Nina saw the things piled up in the kitchen and kept saying: "Too much, too much. Every time you come, you bring us so much food, how can the two of us eat it all."

Nina's words reminded Sokov. He thought that since Asiya was pregnant now, her superiors might not arrange a specific job for Asiya in two or three years. Therefore, whether she lived in her own home or her parents' It doesn't matter at home.And if she stays here, she can also ask the two of them to take care of her.

Thinking of this, Sokov said to Nina and Bakanidze: "I have something to trouble you two."

"We are all a family. If you have any questions, just ask us. If you have any trouble, don't worry." Nina said carelessly.

"It's like this. Originally, Asiya and I received orders from our superiors to go out to perform tasks for a period of time." Sokov said to the two of them, "But I didn't expect that Asiya was pregnant, so naturally we couldn't accompany him anymore." I'm on a mission, so I'm going to leave her here with you and let you take good care of her."

"Asia, is what Misha said true?" Nina heard Sokov say this, with an expression of ecstasy on her face. She grabbed her daughter and asked excitedly: "Are you really pregnant?" Yet?"

Hearing her mother ask this, Asiya immediately blushed. Under the expectant eyes of everyone, she nodded shyly and acknowledged the matter.

"Blessed Mother!" Nina crossed herself on her chest, and then asked Asiya nervously: "Where did you get the test, and are the results reliable? Otherwise, I will take you to the factory hospital for a test later. Now, I’m quite familiar with the doctors and nurses in the obstetrics and gynecology department there.”

"No, no need." After hearing what Nina said, Sokov hurriedly waved his hands and said: "The person who examined Asiya is an authority in the medical field. If there are problems with his diagnosis, other doctors may There is no test result.”

Maybe care leads to chaos. Although Sokov had already said this, Nina still said stubbornly: "No, Asya, after lunch later, I will accompany you to the hospital in the factory. Check it out. I don’t feel at ease without personally confirming it.”

"Mom, please stop making trouble." Asiya was a little anxious and blurted out the words as soon as they came to her lips: "The person who examined me is Comrade Stalin's personal doctor. If his diagnosis is not accurate, what else can he do?" Is the doctor's diagnosis accurate?"

The room fell into silence for an instant. Both Nina and Bakanidze stared at their daughter with their eyes widened in surprise, unable to believe what they had just heard.

After a while, Bakanidze came back to his senses and asked with some stuttering: "Asia, is everything you said true? Was it really Comrade Stalin's personal doctor who made the diagnosis for you?"

"Yes, father-in-law!" Sokov hurriedly came out to chime in and said, "What Asiya said is true, how could such a thing be just a joke."

"Oh my God." Bakanidze said in surprise: "How is this possible? How could Comrade Stalin's personal doctor perform a physical examination on Asya?"

"The reason is very simple." Taking advantage of the fact that there were no outsiders here, Sokov told Bakanidze and Nina about yesterday's entry into the Kremlin, and finally said: "Because while eating, Asya suddenly She had morning sickness, and Comrade Stalin was worried that she was suffering from an emergency, so he called his personal doctor to examine her. Unexpectedly, after such an examination, he unexpectedly discovered that Asiya was pregnant."

After listening to Sokov's story, both Bakanidze and Nina breathed a sigh of relief and said, "So, Asya is really pregnant?"

"That's right." Although he had to repeat these words repeatedly, Sokov was still happy in his heart: "Asia is indeed pregnant."

"Asia," Nina still had some worries in her heart: "When you had morning sickness in front of Comrade Stalin, he wasn't angry, right?"

"No." Asiya shook her head and replied truthfully: "I think if he was angry, he wouldn't call a private doctor to examine me."

"Asiya, this is your first child. You must not understand many things." After Nina put down the huge stone in her heart, she said to Asiya as an experienced person: "Don't do strenuous exercise during this period. , if there is nothing to do at work, I will ask for leave to raise my baby here. Misha, you don’t object, right?” Her next sentence was asked to Sokov.

"No objection." Sokov shook his head and said: "I just said that I will leave Moscow soon and go on a mission abroad. Let Asiya stay here. With your care, I won't No worries anymore.”

I heard that Sokov was going to perform a mission abroad, but neither Bakanidze nor Nina asked about it. This shows that the sense of confidentiality in this era is still quite strong, and the rhetoric prepared by Sokov was of no use at all. land.

"Misha, Asya is my daughter." Nina said to Sokov: "Taking care of her is what I should do, so you can rest assured and go on the mission. I think when you come back, maybe you can still Just in time for the birth of the child.”

Seeing that Nina had agreed to his request, Sokov felt at ease. In this way, he no longer had any worries and could go to the Far East with peace of mind and command the troops to teach the Kwantung Army a lesson.

"Misha," Bakanidze asked tentatively, "I wonder how long it will take you to perform your mission abroad this time?"

Bakanidze's question really stopped Sokov. He knew that the Soviet army completely defeated the Kwantung Army in a very short time.But as the commander of the group army, he could not return immediately as soon as the Japs surrendered. Maybe his superiors would order him to stay in the Far East for a period of time.Therefore, he could only say euphemistically: "I think I should be able to return to Moscow before the spring of next year."