I bought flowers, but Sokov still felt that it was not enough. My son-in-law didn’t show up for several years, but he only brought a bouquet of flowers when he came to see his father-in-law. So he said to Assia: "Assia, I think we can go to the officer's store to buy something."

  Although the war is over, Sokov learned through Gulchenko and Anna that although Moscow has canceled the supply system, the supplies are still not sufficient. If you want to buy something good, you can only go to an officer or military store.

   "Aunt Damana," Assia asked Damana, "is the officer's shop in town still there?"

"No more, Assia." Aunt Damana immediately understood the other party's intention when she heard Assia's words, and quickly explained to her: "Because our place is too remote, there are not many officers visiting us throughout the year. So the military officer's store was abolished, leaving only a military store, but the supplies in it were more abundant than other stores."

  Although the military officer's store is gone, the supplies in the military store are still more abundant than in other stores. This is exactly what Sokov wants to know. After Damana finished speaking, he said to Assia: "Assia, since the military officer store has been cancelled, let's go to the military store."

   After asking Damana where the military store is, the two walked arm in arm in that direction. After walking a certain distance, Sokov said to Asiya: "Asiya, I will pick up all the things I bought later, so I won't trouble you."

   "But what if there are too many things for you to carry alone?" Assia asked worriedly.

"It's okay. If there are too many things, I can borrow a small cart from the store and push it back." Sokov said softly: "You are just pregnant, so you can't do heavy work. Trouble."

   "How can I be so delicate, I can't take anything."

  Sokov stuffed the sunflower in Assia's hand: "Of course I can't let you empty-handed, and you will be responsible for taking this flower."

   When the two came to the military store, Sokov saw that there were no soldiers on duty at the door, so he pushed open the closed glass door.

A young saleswoman standing behind the counter saw Sokov and Asiya walking in, and quickly said: "Two comrades, we are a military store, not soldiers or military families, so we can't buy things here. of!"

   Facing the reminder from the saleswoman, Sokov hurriedly took out his military ID card from his coat pocket and shook it at her, saying, "Comrade salesperson, we are all active-duty soldiers. We came out to do some private business today, so we didn't wear military uniforms."

Regarding Sokov's statement, the salesperson did not choose to believe it immediately, but stretched out her hand to Sokov and said politely: "Comrade soldier, can you show me your military ID?" Cove disagreed and added, "This is a regulation of our store. Every soldier who buys goods here needs to show his military ID card for registration."

  Now that the conversation has reached this point, it is obviously inappropriate not to show the other party your ID. Sokov hesitated for a moment, then handed the military ID in his hand to the other party: "Please look, Comrade Salesman!"

The salesperson took a look at Sokov's ID, and his eyes widened in surprise: "So you... you are a general! Please... please forgive me, I was too reckless just now." The salesperson said in a panic, "We The manager is in the back room, and I will ask him to come out immediately." After speaking, he turned and ran into a nearby hut, possibly because he was too nervous, and even forgot to return his military ID card to Sokov.

Seeing that the salesperson took away Sokov's ID, Asiya couldn't help but feel a little nervous: "Misha, the salesperson just said that everyone who buys here must register the information on the ID, will this cause your identity to Leaked?"

Assia's words reminded Sokov that after he went to the Far East, he would change his name to Major Matevosian. If the salesperson in the military shop really registered his name, even if she would not give the registration book to others Look, but there is always the danger of leaks. Thinking of this, he turned his head and asked Assia: "Assia, do you have your military ID with you?"

"Of course!" Assia nodded, and said in an affirmative tone: "During the entire war, I stayed in Moscow longer than you, so I naturally understand the importance of carrying documents with you, otherwise, if you are found by the patrol team, you don't have any documents." , and you will be taken to the Garrison Commander and locked up."

   "Just bring it with you." Sokov said, "Use your ID when you register later, so you can avoid the trouble of leaking secrets."

   Not long after, the salesperson came out of the room with a bald little old man. Some nervously introduced to Sokov: "Comrade General, this is our manager."

"Hello, Comrade General!" The manager shook Sokov's hand across the counter, and said with trepidation: "This is the first time for us to come here to a big man like you, if there is any place where the hospitality is not good, please forgive me. "

"Comrade Manager," Sokov decided to clarify the matter first, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble later: "Although the war is over, my whereabouts are still kept confidential, so when I register later, I can Would you like to use my wife's instead of my ID?"

"Yes, yes, of course." After the manager figured out what was going on, he quickly nodded and agreed, "After buying something in a military store, you must register the information on the military certificate. This is the rule of the superior, and we have no way to change it. But the superiors have no hard and fast rules, whose ID must be used for registration, and it is naturally no problem to use your wife's military ID for registration."

   Sokov took the military ID from the manager and handed Asia's military ID: "Just register the information on this military ID."

   While the salesperson was registering information, the manager lifted a cover on the counter, walked out from inside, nodded and bowed and asked Sokov, "Comrade General, I wonder what you plan to buy today?"

   "Comrade Manager, I'm going to visit my elders, what should I buy?"

   "We have fresh bread and cakes delivered by the bakery not long ago." The manager introduced enthusiastically, "Why don't you buy some of this?"

Hearing that the bread and cakes were sent by the bakery, Asiya quickly waved her hands and said, "Forget about the bread and cakes, you bring us two boxes of snacks, two bottles of good wine, cheese, sausage, bacon, flour and sugar .”

  When Sokov heard Asya's refusal to ask for bread and cakes, he immediately remembered that his mother-in-law worked in the bakery. Maybe the things the manager recommended to him were sent by his mother-in-law. After Assia finished speaking, he added another sentence: "Is there any lamb?"

   "Yes, Comrade General." The manager replied: "There are fresh lamb, lamb chops and lamb legs. I wonder what you plan to order?"

   "Lamb chops." Sokov said, "Give me five catties."

   "Okay!" The manager agreed, and ran to the mutton counter to help Sokov cut the mutton chops.    Seeing the manager doing it himself, Sokov asked curiously: "Comrade manager, are you the only two in this store?"

"There used to be five people, but they were all transferred a few days ago, so there are only two of us left." The manager took the lamb chops out of the counter, weighed them on the weighing pan, and asked Sokov: "Just give it to you directly, or chop it up?"

   "Of course it is chopped." Sokov didn't want to chop the lamb chops by himself after returning with the lamb chops, so he said directly: "Chop it into small pieces, I have a use for it."

   "Okay, Comrade General!" After the manager finished speaking, he took the lamb chops that had been weighed, and went to a nearby pier for chopping meat. He said it was a pier, but it was actually a thick tree stump. After the manager put the mutton on, he picked up the ax that was placed next to him and chopped it down vigorously.

   It can be seen that he must have done this kind of work, and within two minutes, the lamb chops were hidden. He put the chopped lamb chops into a cloth bag, and brought them to Sokov: "Comrade General, this is your lamb chops, please take it. What else do you need?"

   "Comrade Manager," Assia next to him suddenly said, "I see that you have frozen chickens here, so give me another chicken."

   "Whole or chopped?" the manager asked.

   "Chopped." Asiya had the same idea as Sokov. After chopping up the bought chicken, she didn't have to clean it up when she got home.

  The manager's hands and feet were nimble. After placing a frozen chicken on the pier, he chopped it into chicken nuggets. After putting it into a cloth bag, it was handed over to Sokov.

   Seeing that the chicken was chopped, Assia said to the manager: "You still have pineapples here, please bring me another one."

After picking out the items, Sokov saw a huge pile in front of him, and politely asked the manager: "Comrade manager, can you lend me the trolley? Otherwise, I can't take so many things home. "

"Yes." The manager nodded, and said, "If my people haven't been transferred, I can still arrange for them to deliver the goods, but now I can only trouble you to push the cart back yourself, and send the cart back to me when you have time. "

   "Comrade manager, my mother is Nina, and she works in the bakery next to the flower shop." Asiya said to the manager, "I will ask her to return the trolley to you tomorrow."

"Oh, you are Nina's daughter?" Hearing what Asiya said, the manager quickly showed a surprised expression: "I have heard that Nina has a beautiful daughter who has been working in the front line, but I have never seen her before. , I finally met the real person today. Since we are all acquaintances, there is no problem, you just ask your mother to return the stroller when she is free."

When Sokov pushed the trolley, followed Asiya, and walked towards home, he couldn't help asking curiously: "Asiya, what do you buy pineapple for? I see the quality of this pineapple It doesn't look fresh, and it probably doesn't taste good either."

   "I didn't buy this pineapple for eating." Asiya explained to Sokov, "I'm going to use pineapple to make you a pineapple chicken."

   "Pineapple Chicken?" Sokov asked back: "What is Pineapple Chicken?"

Seeing that Sokov didn't know about pineapple chicken, Asiya explained to him: "First cut the pineapple in half, hollow out the inner flesh, then put the marinated chicken pieces in, and close the pineapple shell." After that, put it in the oven to bake, and after 40 minutes, the delicious pineapple chicken will be out of the oven."

After listening to Asiya’s description of how to make pineapple chicken, the first thing Sokov thought of was the famous beggar’s chicken in China, but that kind of chicken was wrapped in lotus leaves and soil, while this kind of chicken was made by putting chopped chicken pieces in Into the hollowed out pineapple, the taste of the two should be different.

Just as Sokov was imagining the delicacy of the pineapple chicken, Asiya asked again: "Misha, what do you buy lamb chops for? Let me tell you, besides being used for roasting, this food has a strong smell. After frying lamb chops once, the smell of mutton can be smelled at home for several days. I used to like to eat mutton, but since I was pregnant, I feel sick when I smell the smell of mutton.”

   "Don't worry, Assia." Sokov comforted Assia and said, "The lamb chops I bought are not for frying, but for roasting."

   "Baked, how do you bake it?" Assia asked curiously.

"Prepare a few potatoes first, wash them, cut them into pieces, and spread them under the baking tray, and then put the washed lamb chops on top of these potatoes." Sokov told Asiya about his future life The commonly used method of roasting lamb chops: "Put the tray in the oven and start baking. As the temperature rises, the fat in the lamb chops will secrete, flow to the potatoes on the bottom, and penetrate into the potatoes. In this way, After the lamb chops are roasted, not only the lamb chops are delicious, but also the potatoes that are spread under them are also very delicious.”

"Really?" Asiya had never seen Sokov's way of roasting lamb chops before, so she said excitedly: "Then let's go home quickly, I can't help but want to try your grilled lamb chops." Lamb chops."

"Don't worry, Assia." Sokov reminded Assia: "We came back today, and we didn't inform your parents in advance. Whether they are at home or not is still unknown. If we rushed there in such a hurry, we might be rejected. .”

Sokov's words reminded Asya: "Misha, you are right. I did not tell my parents that I would go home today. More importantly, they probably don't even know whether I am in Moscow or not. .Rush over now, there must be no one at home, what should I do?"

   "It's okay, let's go to your house first." Sokov said to Asiya: "If there is no one, we will put the things at the door first, and then go to the bakery to find your mother. She must be there."

"Misha, how about this." Assia thought for a while, and said to Sokov: "Anyway, you know where my house is, why don't you just push the cart to my house and wait for me. I'll go to the bakery to find my mother right now. She came home and opened the door for us."

"That's fine." Sokov saw that the current location was about the same distance from the bakery and Asiya's parents' house. If he went to the house first and found no one, he would come back to find Asiya's mother again and again. It will take a lot of wrong roads, so Sokov did not insist, and nodded in agreement with Sokov's proposal: "Then I will push the car to your parents' house first, and you go to the bakery to find your mother. Now you have If you are pregnant, you should be more careful on the road, and don't have any accidents."

   "Don't worry, Misha." Assia smiled sweetly and said, "I'm not a child, I know how to take care of myself."