When Asia came out of the small room, Stalin took the lead in congratulating her again, and then invited her to sit down and eat.

   Stalin glanced at Asiya who was buried in her food, then looked at Sokov and asked, "Xiaomisha, since your wife is pregnant, do you consider staying in Moscow to take care of her?"

Hearing what Stalin said, Sokov couldn't help feeling a little anxious. He hurriedly stood up and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Comrade Stalin. Asiya is pregnant and can stay in Moscow to raise her baby. But since you appointed me as the commander of the 53rd Army member, then I should continue to perform my duties and go to the Far East to fight against the Kwantung Army. From the analysis of the current situation, it is entirely possible for me to return to Moscow when Asiya gives birth."

Stalin was very satisfied with Sokov's statement. He nodded and said, "Okay, Misha, since you are willing to go to the Far East according to the original plan and command troops to fight against the Kwantung Army, then I will agree to your request." .Do you have any other requests? While I am in a good mood, I will put it forward together, as long as it is not too much, I will agree to you."

  Sokov remembered his proposal to Lukin, and asked tentatively: "Comrade Stalin, I want someone to be my deputy commander. I wonder if you can agree?"

"Whoever you want to be your deputy commander, just ask." Stalin said bluntly: "Anyway, the war on the Western Front is over, and our excellent commanders have no battles for the time being. As long as you name the other party, I will He must be transferred to be your deputy."

"I want Comrade Lukin." After Sokov said this name, he was afraid that there would be someone with the same name that would cause Stalin to misunderstand, so he deliberately explained: "It is Lieutenant General Lukin who once served as the commander of the 16th Army. "

"You want Lukin to be your deputy commander?" Hearing Sokov's request, Stalin looked very surprised: "You know, his legs are disabled now, and he is not suitable to stay in the army anymore. We are considering what job to arrange for him."

"That's right, Lieutenant General Lukin is indeed physically disabled, but he relies on his brain to command operations, which is not affected at all." Sukov said: "I have carefully studied him in the early days of the Great Patriotic War. I found that he is a great general who can always defeat the enemy in a disadvantaged situation. If he was not captured by the German army because of his wounds, but stayed in our army and continued to command troops to fight, I think the sequence of our army There should be one more Marshal Lukin."

Stalin agreed with Sokov's evaluation of Lukin: "Misha, you are right. In the early days of the war, our army was retreating steadily on all fronts, but Lukin who had just arrived in Shepetovka However, in the case of a serious shortage of troops, he accommodated the defeated troops, armed them with weapons in the military warehouse, re-established a new line of defense, and blocked the German attack.

After he completed the defense of Shepetovka, he was transferred to Smolensk by me. At that time, his forces and the defenders in the city were very limited. The city is lost. However, under difficult circumstances, he led his troops to tenaciously blocked the German attack, making the Germans stagnant in the Smolensk area for more than two months. "

  From Stalin's narration, Sokov heard his approval of Lukin, and the stone hanging in his heart fell to the ground. It seems that Stalin will definitely not object to his proposal to let Lu Jin serve as his deputy.

Sure enough, after recalling the various battles that Lukin participated in in the early days of the Great Patriotic War, Stalin said to Sokov: "Xiaomisha, now Lukin is in the nursing home where you live, and you have a good talk with him after you go back. , if he does not object, I will appoint him as your deputy."

"Comrade Stalin," Seeing that Stalin agreed to his request, Sokov hurriedly said, "I have discussed this matter with Comrade Lukin before, and he agreed in principle. But I don't know if he will be my deputy. , what rank do you plan to arrange for him?"

"Before he was captured, he had the rank of lieutenant general." Stalin said thoughtfully: "Then restore his rank of lieutenant general and appoint him as the deputy commander of the 53rd Army, and go to the Far East with you .”

   After expressing his thanks to Stalin, Sokov asked cautiously, "Does he need an alias?"

"It's not necessary." Stalin waved his hands and said, "He was captured a few months after the outbreak of the war. I don't think anyone in Xiaotian knew him. Besides, he is still disabled. You can tell the public when the time comes." He is your relative, so no one will pay special attention to him."

   "Okay, Comrade Stalin." Sokov said: "Everything follows your orders."

"By the way, where are you going back to later?" Stalin then asked: "Yasha will definitely not go back to the nursing home, and now that Asiya is pregnant, it may not be convenient for her to go back to the nursing home. Stay in town?"

Stalin said this because he considered that he had allocated a house to Sokov before, and it was better than anything else to let Asiya raise the baby in his own home, so he specially emphasized: "Although your house has been big in recent years, Most of the time is empty, but every once in a while someone will help you clean, even if you go back now, you don’t need to clean up, or buy some food or daily necessities, which is very convenient.”

  Sokov wanted to go back to his home, but when he thought of Lukin, he hesitated for a moment, and replied: "I want to go to the nursing home first, and tell Lieutenant General Lukin your decision."

After Stalin understood Sokov's true thoughts, he waved his hands again and said, "Misha, I will make the decision for you. You and Assia go back to your home tonight. As for Lukin's matter, I will send Someone will go to the nursing home to inform him, and when the time is right, we will arrange for you to go to the Far East together."

Now that Stalin had already arranged all the things that should be arranged, Sokov naturally didn't want to go against the other party's wishes, so he nodded quickly and said, "Okay, Comrade Stalin, I obey your order and will not go back to the nursing home, but take Take Asia home."

   After lunch, Sokov left the office building with Assia.

  As soon as he walked out of the office building, Sokov saw the car that brought him and others, and it stopped not far away. When he was about to walk over to take a look, the car door opened, and Bezikov got out of the car, walked up to Sokov quickly, raised his hand and saluted, and said: "General Sokov, I am ordered to send you two Go home, get in the car, please!"

  After Sokov and Assia got into the car, Sokov asked Bezikov worriedly: "Comrade Major, do you know where my home is?"

   "I know, of course I know." Bezikov nodded and said, "I even took someone to clean for you, so I know where your home is."

  After the driver started the car, Bezikov, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, told him a place name, then leaned on the seat and began to close his eyes.

  Sokov held Assia's hand and asked softly, "Assia, how was your lunch just now?"

Assia glanced at the driver and Bezikov in front, and said with a smile: "Needless to say, of course it's great. I really didn't expect that just after the war, I would have the opportunity to eat such delicious food." Big meal. By the way, since we don't have to go to the nursing home anymore, can you accompany me to the instrument factory to see my father tomorrow?"

  Sokov didn't answer Assia immediately, but tilted his head and asked Bezikov who was sitting in the front row: "Comrade Major, can I go to the instrument factory in Khimki town to see my father-in-law?"

Hearing Sokov talking to himself, Bezikov quickly opened his eyes with his eyes closed, turned his head and said to Sokov, "Of course, Comrade General. Since you left the nursing home, you don't know where you want to go." Restricted."

  Sokov remembered the reason why he was imprisoned in the nursing home, and asked tentatively: "Comrade Major, don't you worry that we will be recognized by others when we walk outside?"

"It doesn't matter, Comrade General." Bezikov said: "When you go out tomorrow, don't wear military uniforms, but wear civilian clothes, so that in the eyes of others, you are just a pair of ordinary young couples, not some powerful generals. , naturally don’t have to worry about revealing your identity.”

  The car soon came to Lenin Avenue where Sokov lived, and drove directly to the door of the unit where he was.

  As soon as the car stopped, Bezikov jumped out of the car, went to the back seat and opened the door, and said to Sokov, "Comrade General, we are here, please get out of the car."

After Sokov and Asiya got off the car, Bezikov did not leave, but led the two into the building, saying, "Comrade General, let me say hello to the administrator. lest you be prevented from entering or leaving."

   Entering the building, Sokov saw an old lady sitting in the duty booth on the right. When she saw someone coming in from the outside, she stuck her head out of the window to see who it was. When she saw Bezikov walking in the front, she exclaimed in surprise: "Comrade Major, are you here to clean up again today?"

"No, Lena." Bezikov waved his hand at the other party and said, "I'm taking Comrade General and his wife home today. You should know who they are, and don't stop them casually when they come in and out. I understand. ?"

"Understood!" The old lady named Lena agreed, and ran out of the duty booth with a ring of keys in her hand. She came to Sukov, nodded and bowed and said, "Comrade General, please come with me." , I will open the door for you."

After the door was opened, Sokov walked out of the room and found that although he had not been there for a few years, everything in the room was neatly arranged, and even the carpet on the floor looked like it was newly replaced. Kefu and the others are usually very concerned about this room, but they don't know if they have installed bugs in it.

"Comrade General," Bezikov said to Sokov, "I will ask Lena to bring you food and daily necessities later, and I will take my leave now." When he backed out of the room, he pulled On Lena.

   "Assia," Sokov waited for the door to close, then turned to ask Assia: "How long have you lived in this room?"

"It's only two or three months." Asiya said, "You know, I have a special dormitory at the Weapons and Equipment Department, and it's tiring to run back and forth every day, so I simply handed over the room key to the logistics department. Comrades from the Department, I asked them to take care of the house for me, but I didn’t expect that it was Major Bezikov and the others who were looking after the house for us.”

   "I originally wanted to go out to eat at night. Since Bezikov said that the old lady named Lena will deliver something to us later, let's eat at home."

   "Okay," Assia nodded, and then said, "I'm a little tired, I want to lie down first."

When Asiya said this, Sokov remembered that the other party was pregnant, and quickly helped her to lie down on the bed, and said with a smile: "No wonder you have been sleepy all this time, and I didn't think about it. Otherwise, I would have known about your pregnancy a long time ago."

  Asiya, who was lying on the bed, grabbed Sokov's hand, looked up at him and said, "Misha, do you want a son or a daughter?"

  Sokov didn’t have any patriarchal thoughts. Hearing this question from Assia, he smiled and said, “It’s okay, as long as it’s born by you, I like it.”

Asiya took Sokov's hand, placed it on her flat stomach, and said coquettishly: "No, Misha, you are too perfunctory. You must tell me whether you like your son or your daughter." .”

   It was rare for Sokov to see Assia acting like a baby, so he began to think seriously. He clearly remembered that he once heard people say that in war years, the chances of having sons are high; while in peacetime, the chances of having daughters are high. The war is not over yet, that is to say, the chance of Assia having a son is relatively high. But when he opened his mouth, he said: "Some people say that a daughter is a caring little padded jacket for the father. When she grows up, she will be as smart and beautiful as you. I think it's best to be a daughter."

  But after Assia waited for Sokov to finish speaking, she asked another question: "What if I give birth to a son?"

  Sokov grinned and said, "They are all the same, they are all my flesh and blood, and I will treat them equally."

Asya pulled Sokov's hand close to her face again, and said, "Misha, I want to have twins, preferably a son and a daughter, so that we only need to have one birth, and we can have both children. "

"Okay, okay," although Sokov knew very well that in order to have twins, the family must have the gene for twins, but as far as he knew, neither his own family nor Asiya's family seemed to have appeared. Twins have never happened before, so it can only be a good wish for Asiya to have twins. However, in order not to spoil Asiya's interest, Sokov still said according to her intention: "It would be the best if you can have twins, so that you only need to give birth once, and we will have sons and daughters."

   "Tomorrow," Assia reminded Sokov again: "Tomorrow we must go to the instrument factory and tell my father the good news."