Chapter 1731 Go home

  After the car entered the town of Khimki, Sokov felt that the surrounding environment became familiar. After all, when he first came to this era, he had stationed troops here for a while.

"Koshkin," Sokov, who was sitting in the back row, took the initiative to act as a guide for Koshkin: "If you drive a little further, you will see a fork in the road on the right, turn your car in, and then Drive fifty meters and you will see a flower shop."

   "Comrade General, I really didn't expect that you are quite familiar with the town."

"Lieutenant Koshkin, don't you forget that I just said that the garrison squad under my command is stationed in the town." Sokov said with a smile on his face: "If we are not familiar with the terrain in the town, how can we defend it? Woolen cloth?"

  Hearing what Sokov said, Koshkin immediately nodded again and again: "Comrade General, you are right. Since the troops you commanded were once stationed here, it is normal to be familiar with the terrain here."

  Following Sokov's guidance, Koshkin turned into the alley and drove forward for a further distance. Sure enough, he saw the flower shop that Sokov mentioned.

   Looking inside through the glass door, the store is filled with various flowers. Koshkin turned his head and said to Sokov: "Comrade General, I really didn't expect that there are so many flowers in this flower shop." After finishing speaking, he opened the car door, "It's cold outside, you and Comrade Assia are here Wait here, I'll just go in and buy flowers."

The flower seller in the flower shop was a fat old lady in her fifties. She was looking down at a novel when she heard someone coming in through the door. After looking up, she asked casually, "What do you want?" After asking this sentence, she continued to look down at the book.

  When Koshkin was outside the door, he saw the sunflowers on the flower stand, and walked directly towards the sunflowers. When he picked up a sunflower, he couldn't help exclaiming: "Damn, why is this sunflower a fake flower?"

The old lady put down the book in her hand, looked at Koshkin and said coldly: "Comrade commander, you don't even look at what season it is. It's freezing and snowing everywhere outside. Where can I find real sunflowers for you. "

  In Russia, it is okay to buy fake flowers for decoration, but it is very rude to give them away. So Koshkin frowned and asked: "I want to buy a bouquet of flowers for someone. Do you have any real flowers here?"

"I have already told you, Comrade Commander." Since this is a state-owned flower shop, whether the flowers in the shop can be sold is the same thing for the old lady. Hearing Koshkin's question Finally, she said dissatisfiedly: "It is winter now, and there are no flowers at all. If you don't want to buy these fake flowers, please leave here."

   Koshkin, who had a bad nose, was upset. He raised his voice and asked the old lady: "Where is the person in charge here? Let him come out, I have something to find him."

"If you want to find our person in charge, you can only go to the cemetery." The old lady replied blankly: "He went to the front line with a condolence team last month, but the jeep he was riding in was run over by a mine. The five people on board were gone at that time."

   Learn about the person in charge of the flower shop. On the way to the front line for condolences, Koshkin was struck by a mine and died. Koshkin couldn't help but blushed, and said to the old lady embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I didn't know that your person in charge is no longer here."

Asya, who was sitting in the car, saw that Koshkin had been standing there talking to the old lady after entering the flower shop. She had no intention of buying flowers, so she turned to Sokov and said, "Misha, I'll go in." have a look."

  Asiya opened the store door and walked in, and asked Koshkin, "Lieutenant Koshkin, if you don't buy flowers, what are you talking about with the old man here?"

  The old lady who was talking to Koshkin had a look of astonishment on her face when she clearly saw Asiya who entered the door: "You, you are Asiya?"

  Asiya heard someone calling her name, she turned her head and looked at the old lady, trying to figure out who the other person was and why she could call her name. After watching for a while, she recognized that the old lady was actually her neighbor Damana, and couldn't help rushing over to hug her, and exclaimed in surprise: "Aunt Damana, it's you."

   "Yes, it's me." Damana looked at Asiya and said lovingly, "Asiya, you haven't been home for a long time, and your parents miss you very much."

"I called the instrument factory where my father worked, but the person who answered the phone said that he went to the front line, and it is still unknown when he will be back." Assia asked aggrievedly: "And I don't have my mother's contact information. Couldn't get in touch with her."

   "She is working in a bakery now." Damana said enthusiastically, "The bakery is not far from here. I'll take you there now."

  Asiya glanced around, and said with some embarrassment: "Damana, if you leave, what will happen in this store?"

"There is nothing in this store except a lot of fake flowers. Are you worried that someone will come in and steal something?" Damana complained a few words, grabbed Assia's hand, and said involuntarily, "Let's go, I'll take you to see your mother right now."

  Sokov saw Asya being dragged out of the flower shop by an old lady, while Koshkin followed helplessly. He pushed open the car door and was about to get out of the car when Koshkin came up to him and said, "Comrade General, this old lady is taking Asya to see her mother, you'd better stay in the car because of your poor legs and feet." , I will drive you there."

  Sokov felt right when he heard that the old lady was walking like flying. I was afraid that he really couldn't keep up with her speed, so he nodded and agreed with Koshkin's proposal: "Hurry up and get in the car, otherwise we won't be able to find anyone."

   When Asiya was dragged out by Damana, she wanted to tell Sokov a few words, but the other party was too strong and did not give herself a chance to get close to the car, so she carried herself along the street. Fortunately, Assia soon saw the car driven by Koshkin and followed it unhurriedly. She felt relieved and followed Damana forward with peace of mind.

   Sokov, who was sitting in the car, was at a loss. He asked Koshkin puzzledly: "Lieutenant Koshkin, who is that old lady, and where is she taking Asia?"

"Comrade General." Koshkin stared at the front and answered the phone without looking back: "This old lady is called Damana. She is not only a salesperson in a flower shop, but also a neighbor of Asia. She said that Ah Thea's mother works in a nearby bakery, and this is taking her to meet her mother."

   "Oh, so that's what happened." Sokov nodded after hearing this, and told Koshkin: "Follow closely, don't get lost."

   "Don't worry, Comrade General." Koshkin assured Sokov, "I will never lose track of you."

A few minutes later, Sokov saw the old lady drag Assia into a bakery, guessing that Assia's mother should work here, he said to Koshkin: "Lieutenant Koshkin, find someone Park the car somewhere, I'm going into the bakery to have a look."

"Okay, Comrade General." Koshkin pointed to the roadside not far ahead, and said to Sokov: "I will park the car there, so that you can go to the bakery within a few steps. road."

  The car just stabilized, and before Sokov got out of the car, he saw Asiya and Damana walking out of the bakery.

  Sokov took a closer look behind the two of them. There was no one at all. He couldn't help muttering to himself: What's going on? Why are there only the two of them? Doesn't Asiya's mother work here?

  Asiya did not immediately walk towards the car, but stopped at the door to talk to Damana. Sokov clearly saw the disappointment written on her face.

  After the two chatted for a while, Damana turned and left, while Asiya walked towards the car. Koshkin, who was in charge of driving, got out of the car quickly, walked around the front of the car, and opened the rear door for Asiya.

   "Asiya, what's the matter?" Sokov waited for Asiya to get into the car, and asked straight to the point: "Is your mother not in the bakery?"

"No." Assia shook her head and said, "The people in the bakery said that my mother went to the instrument factory to inquire about my father's whereabouts. The maintenance station organized by the factory has not been rotated for four months. She is very worried about her father's safety."

After figuring out what was going on, Sokov thought about it, and thought that since he had already arrived here, he might as well go to the instrument factory. Maybe he could help inquire about Asiya's father, so he said to Koshkin: "Koshkin Lieutenant, let's go to the instrument factory now."

   "Misha," Assia heard what Sokov said to Koshkin, and asked strangely: "What are we going to the instrument factory for?"

"Didn't your mother go to the factory to inquire about your father's whereabouts?" Sokov said to Assia, "Let's go and have a look, even if we don't find any useful information, we can bring your mother back Home."

  Asiya heard that, Sokov thought very thoughtfully, and nodded in agreement: "Okay then, let's go to the instrument factory now."

  When the car came to the instrument factory, it was stopped by the militia guarding the door. An elderly militiaman walked up to the car with a bayonet-loaded rifle on his back, leaned over to Koshkin and said: "Comrade commander, what department are you in, and what are you doing here?"

Koshkin pointed to the military cap he was wearing, and said impatiently: "Can't you see that I am from the Ministry of Internal Affairs? I have important matters, and I need to find your factory director and military representative. Where?"

Although the old militiaman had seen that Koshkin belonged to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he did not let him enter the factory gate immediately, but stubbornly said: "I'm sorry, comrade commander, you are not from our factory, I can't let him go casually." You go in."

   Just when Koshkin was about to explode, Asiya who was sitting in the back row suddenly said, "Uncle Mitchik, I'm Asiya, you don't know me anymore?"

  The old militiaman known as Mitchuk squinted his eyes at Asiya who was sitting in the back row. After a while, a smile appeared on his face: "So it's Asiya, long time no see."

"Yeah, Uncle Michik, I haven't seen you for a long time." Asiya said to Michik politely: "I just met Aunt Damana in the flower shop, and she said that my mother is nearby I worked in the bakery at the time, and took me to find my mother. Who knew that my mother was here after we went there. Have you seen her?"

   "That's right, that's right, she did come here." Mitschke said politely to Assia, "I guess she's still in the factory director's office right now, asking about your father."

   While Mitchik was talking, he accidentally saw Sokov sitting next to Asia. Seeing a general sitting beside Assia, Mitschke thought he was confused, and rubbed his eyes vigorously. After seeing Sokov's military rank and the medal on his chest, he hurriedly asked He took a step back, straightened his body, put his hands on his forehead, gave a substandard military salute, and said in a panic, "I'm sorry, Comrade General, I didn't see you just now, please forgive my rudeness."

Sokov rolled down the car window, poked his head out and said to Michick with a smile, "Hi, old man. My name is Sokov, and I am Asiya's husband. I came here specially to visit Asiya today." Parents. Could you be accommodating and let our car in?"

"Yes, yes, of course." Michick said, turning around and yelling at the two militiamen standing at the door: "What are you doing standing there stupidly? Why don't you open the door quickly and let Comrade General's car go in. "

  After seeing two militiamen push open the two large iron gates, Sokov asked Michick, "Old man, do you know where the factory manager and the army representative are?"

   "In the factory headquarters building." Mitschke said flatteringly: "Comrade General, if you can't find a place, I can be your guide."

Just when Sokov was about to agree to the other party's proposal, he heard Asiya beside him say, "Uncle Michik, thank you for your kindness. Have you forgotten that I grew up in an instrument factory, I am very familiar with the factory, and I know where the factory building is, so I won't trouble you."

  When the car drove into the factory area and headed for the factory headquarters building in the distance, Assia took the initiative to explain to Sokov: "Misha, this Uncle Mitchik is Aunt Damana's husband."

   "Oh," Sokov said with some surprise, "That's really a coincidence."

  When the car driven by Koshkin stopped in front of the building, it immediately attracted the attention of people entering and leaving the building. In particular, when Koshkin got out of the car and opened the door for Sokov and the others in the back row, everyone immediately panicked. It was not a good thing for an officer from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to come to the factory building.

  So a small cadre in the building ran to Koshkin and asked respectfully: "Comrade commander, do you have any advice for coming here?"

   Koshkin glanced at him casually, and said indifferently: "I sent the general and his wife here to meet the factory director. Do you know where he is?"

   "I know." The cadre nodded quickly and said, "He's in the office on the second floor right now. I can take you there."

  However, Koshkin stood still and did not move. Instead, after Sokov got off the car, he and Asiya supported him from left to right, and walked into the building.

After walking a few steps, Koshkin saw that the junior cadre did not follow, so he stopped and said dissatisfiedly to him: "Hey, let me tell you, aren't you going to be our guide? Why are you still standing still? "

  The man quickly agreed, ran up to the three of them quickly, nodded and bowed at Sokov and said, "Comrade General, I will take you to the factory director's office right away."

   When going upstairs, the small cadre couldn’t help but ask Sokov cautiously, “Comrade General, what are you doing with the factory manager today?”

  When Koshkin heard this, he stared at him immediately, and said dissatisfiedly: "Don't ask about things you shouldn't ask, understand?"

  (end of this chapter)