After Sokov and Asiya parted ways, they pushed the cart alone and walked towards the location of Asiya's parents' house.

   I haven’t been here for more than a year, and Sokov really can’t recognize the way. When he was in a dilemma, an old lady carrying a cloth bag walked towards him. He quickly put down the cart in his hand and asked politely, "Grandma, do you know where Bakanidze's home is?" place?"

  After looking Sokov up and down, the old lady asked vigilantly, "What are you looking for at 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 can't find the way for a while, so I ask you for the way."

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

Sokov knew that the cart he was pushing was really 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 the pain." heat."

Facing the tomatoes that Sokov handed her, the old lady did not refuse. After she took it, she carefully put it into the cloth bag she was carrying, and then thanked Sokov repeatedly: "Thank you, young man, you are really a Good man."

  Following the guidance of the old lady, Sokov came to the door of Asia's parents' house. Seeing that the door was closed, he knocked on the door a few times, but there was no movement inside. It was obvious that no one was at home. Sokov walked to the door of the unit, sat down on the bench outside the door, and waited patiently for Asia'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," the middle-aged worker stopped when he passed by Sokov, and asked in a vigilant tone, "Who are you looking for?"

  Sokov was absent-minded at first, but he didn't expect the other party to ask him suddenly, and he couldn't help but stutter when answering: "I...I'm looking for...Bakanidze."

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

   "I'm his son-in-law." Sokov quickly recovered from his panic, stared at the other party and replied, "I don't know if you know him?"

"Of course," the worker nodded and said in a positive tone, "I've known him for almost fifty years. I've heard that his daughter married a soldier. If you're a soldier, why don't you wear a uniform? "

There is a reason for workers to ask this question. For Soviet soldiers, wearing military uniforms is a form of honor, so they wear military uniforms not only in the barracks but also at home. Unless they are performing special tasks, they will not easily Take off your military uniform. Sokov naturally understood this truth. He quickly explained to the other party: "Now that the war is over, I just came 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've heard from a soldier that it would be more convenient not to wear a uniform. To be honest, who are you and what are you doing here? If you don't Explain clearly, I will ask the militia to arrest you."

"I'm really the son-in-law of the Bakanidze family." Sokov pointed to the closed door and said, "Here, there is no one at home, so I will wait here. I went to find her mother, Nina, and I think it won't take long before I can get the key back."

  The worker heard Sokov say the names of Asia and Nina, and the expression on his face softened: "What's your name?"

   "My name is Mikhail Mikhailnovich Sokov." Sokov replied truthfully, "If you know Bakanidze, you should know that what I say is true."

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

Knowing that the worker in front of him who questioned him for a long time was actually Asiya's father Bakhanidze, Sokov hurriedly stood up from his seat, stretched out his hands to hold the other's hand: "Hello, Bakhanidze. I have never seen you before, so I didn't recognize you just now, please forgive me."

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

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 so many things for?"

Sokov laughed and said, "I came to see my father-in-law and mother-in-law. I can't come empty-handed. It would be too impolite. By the way, when I came last time, I heard from the factory director that you went to the front line. I don't know when you will come back?"

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

   "It's also around mid-May."

"What, you've all been back for a month and a half?" Hearing what Sokov said, Bakanidze said with a straight face again: "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? So that Assia's mother and I thought you were still in Germany."

   "It's very complicated to talk about." Sokov glanced left and right, and then said to Bakhanidze: "This is not a good place to talk about it. Let's talk about it in another place."

  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 trolley belong to? I'll send it back to someone else later."

   "It's from a military store." Sokov said, "The manager said, it won't be too late to return the trolley when we are free."

"Okay." Now that Sokov said so, Bakhanidze no longer continued to entangle the problem of the trolley, but cared about Sokov and the others returning to Moscow for so long, why didn't they contact themselves: "Now you can tell Me, you have been back to Moscow for so long, why didn't you contact us?"

  Sokov hesitated for a moment, secretly considering whether he should tell Bakanidze the truth. After thinking about it for a long time, he decided to tell him the truth: "Actually, we have been staying in a sanatorium outside Moscow during this time. The reason why we haven't contacted you is entirely because we have been ordered not to have any communication with the outside world." communication, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble. Now that Asiya and I can finally leave that nursing home, we hurried over to visit you two elders."

Seeing that Sokov was vague, Bakanidze guessed that there must be some confidential matters involved, so he didn't continue to question him, but got up to boil water, "Misha, do you want tea or coffee?"    Sokov There is no question of whether to drink tea or coffee. Hearing what Bakanidze said, he replied casually: "It's fine!"

   "Let's drink tea then." Bakanidze said, "A friend gave me a pack of black tea yesterday, and you can try this tea when you come here today."

   Before the water boiled, Assia and her mother Nina walked in from outside. Seeing that her father was also at home, after a brief surprise, she stepped forward to give him a warm hug, and said, "Dear father, I miss you to death."

   After Sokov got up and greeted his mother-in-law Nina, he then pointed out the things in the kitchen to the other party, and emphasized that it was a little thought from himself and Assia.

  Nina saw the things piled up in the kitchen, and said repeatedly: "There are too many, too many. Every time you come, you bring us so many things. How can the two of us eat it all?"

Nina's words reminded Sokov that since Assia is pregnant now, the superior may not arrange a specific job for Assia in two or three years, so whether she lives in her own home or her parents' It doesn't matter at home. And if you stay here, you can ask the two of you to take care of her.

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

   "We are all one family. If you have anything to do, just say it. If there is any trouble, don't bother." Nina said carelessly.

"It's like this. Originally, Asiya and I received an order from our superiors to go out to perform tasks for a period of time." Sokov said to the two: "But I didn't expect Asiya to be pregnant, so naturally I can't accompany you any longer. I'm going to perform the mission, so I plan to keep her with you and let you take good care of her."

"Asiya, is what Misha said true?" Nina had an ecstatic expression on her face when she heard Sokov say this. She grabbed her daughter and asked excitedly, "Are you really pregnant?" Yet?"

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

"God bless!" Nina crossed herself on her chest, and then asked Assia nervously, "Where did you get the test? Is the result reliable? Otherwise, I'll take you to the factory hospital for a test later." Let me know, I am quite familiar with the obstetrics and gynecology doctors and nurses there."

"No need, no need." 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 Can't even check the results."

Maybe it’s because of concern, but even though Sokov has already reached this point, Nina still insisted, “No, Assia, after lunch, I’ll accompany you to the hospital in the factory. Check it out. I don’t feel at ease without personally confirming it.”

"Mom, stop making trouble." Assia was a little anxious, and blurted out the words when she reached her mouth: "The person who examined me is Comrade Stalin's personal doctor. If even his diagnosis is not accurate, what else can I do?" Is the doctor's diagnosis accurate?"

  The room fell into silence for a moment. Both Nina and Bakanidze stared at their daughter with wide eyes in surprise, unable to believe what they just heard.

   It took a while for Bakhanidze to come back to his senses, and asked a little stammeringly, "Assia, is what you said true? Is it really Comrade Stalin's personal doctor who diagnosed 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."

   "My God." Bakhanidze said in amazement: "How is this possible? How could Comrade Stalin's personal doctor give Assia a physical examination?"

"The reason is very simple." Taking advantage of the absence of outsiders here, Sokov told Bakanidze and Nina about yesterday's entry into the Kremlin, and finally said: "Because Asiya suddenly There was morning sickness, and Comrade Stalin was worried that she had some kind of sudden illness, so he called his personal doctor to examine her specially. Unexpectedly, after such an examination, it was unexpectedly found that Asiya was pregnant."

  After listening to Sokov's narration, both Bakanidze and Nina heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "So, Assia is really pregnant?"

   "That's right." Although he had to repeat these words over and over again, Sokov was still flattered in his heart: "Assia is indeed pregnant."

   "Assia," but Nina still had some worries in her heart: "When you had morning sickness in front of Comrade Stalin, the other party didn't get angry, right?"

   "No." Assia shook her head and replied truthfully, "I think if he was going to be angry, he wouldn't have called a private doctor to examine me."

"Assia, this is your first child, you must not understand many things." After Nina let go of the boulder in her heart, she said to Assia as someone who has experienced it: "During this period, don't do strenuous exercise. , if there is nothing to do in the unit, I will ask for leave to raise my baby here. Misha, do you have any objection?" She asked Sokov the last sentence.

"No objection." Sokov shook his head and said: "I just said that I will leave Moscow soon and go to other places to perform missions. Let Asiya stay here. With your care, I will not No worries."

I heard that Sokov was going to perform a mission in other places, and neither Bakanidze nor Nina asked about it, which shows that the sense of secrecy in this era is still quite strong, and the words prepared by Sokov are useless at all. land.

"Misha, Assia is my daughter." Nina said to Sokov: "Taking care of her is what I should do. You can rest assured to carry out the task. I think when you come back, you may be able to take care of her." Just in time for the birth of the child."

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

   "Misha," Bakanidze asked tentatively, "I wonder how long it will take you to carry out missions in other places this time?"

  Bakanidze's question really caught 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 can't return immediately as soon as the little devil surrenders. Maybe his superiors will order him to station in the Far East for a period of time. So he can only say euphemistically: "I think I should be able to return to Moscow before the spring of next year."