“Misha,” Yakov stood on tiptoe and asked Sokov outside the crowd, “I took it upon myself to invite so many girls to dinner, you won’t object, right?”

"No, no." When the matter came to a head, Sokov could only pretend to be fat: "There are so many beautiful girls accompanying us for dinner. It's too late for me to be happy, so how could I object? "

After a pause, he said to Sonia: "Sonia, Yasha and I have just arrived in this city and don't know anything about the situation in the city. Can you tell us which restaurant is suitable for a large group of us?" What about the dinner party?”

“There is a Russian restaurant on the street next to it. The food tastes good. We might as well go there and eat.” After Sonia said this, she specifically asked the nurses: “Sisters, what do you think?”

 “Agree!” “Agree!”

The nurses kept saying, "Let Comrade Major invite us to have dinner there."

 In fact, it doesn’t matter to Sokov where to eat. The reason why he wanted to see Sonia again was to find out her true identity. Although he didn't have long contact with her in the morning, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't explain it. Only by having more contact with her could he discover her flaws.

 Led by Sonia, the group came to a restaurant on a nearby street.

 The waiter in the restaurant saw a group of people pouring in from outside and hurriedly stepped forward to greet them: "Hello, how many are there among you?"

Sokov turned around and saw that there were exactly nine of him, Yakov, Sonia and the others, and he said to the waiter: "There are nine of us in total, please find us a larger table. "

Hearing what Sokov said, the waiter seemed a little embarrassed: "Comrade Commander, the tables in our hall are all the same size, usually seating eight people. There are nine of you. Although it is a bit crowded, you should still be able to sit down. .”

After the waiter finished speaking, Sokov turned to ask for everyone's opinions: "The waiter said that the tables in the hall are all the same size. Where do you want to sit?"

The nurses did not speak, but turned their attention to Sonia. In any case, he was able to come to this restaurant because of Sonia's influence. Naturally, she had the final say where he chose to sit.

Seeing that everyone was turning their attention to her, Sonia understood that everyone had given her the right to choose. She looked around, then pointed to a table by the window and said, "Girls, let's sit at the table by the window."

Everyone rushed over with cheers and cheers, and each chose their own position.

Sonia and another pretty nurse sat next to Yakov. But next to Sokov were a fat girl and a short girl with freckles.

Sokov looked at the nurse beside him, shook his head with a wry smile, and then said to the waiter: "Waiter, bring your menu."

Soon, the waiter handed a menu to Sokov and said politely: "Comrade commander, this is the menu of our restaurant. Please order."

Sokov took a quick glance and saw that this restaurant had quite a lot of dishes at affordable prices. However, he did not order immediately, but handed the menu to Yakov: "Yasha, you should order."

Sokov gave the ordering authority to Yakov because every time he went out to eat with him, he would order the food. Yakov took the menu, flipped through it, and casually told the waiter standing aside the name of the dish he wanted. After announcing a few dish names, Yakov handed the menu to Sonia and said with a smile: "Sonia, see if there are any dishes you like and order whatever you want. Anyway, Misha is here to treat you today. "

Hearing what Yakov said, Sokov couldn't help but curse Yakov in his heart for favoring **** over friends. Less than half an hour after he met Sonia, he actually became a bitch, but he had to pay for it when he picked up girls. But in front of everyone, Sokov couldn't say anything. He looked at Yakov and gritted his teeth and thought: If there is not enough money at the checkout, he must mortgage Yakov here and go back to the guest house to get the money.

Sonia, who took the menu, was not as open as a lion. After looking through the menu, she only ordered two cheap dishes, and then said to the waiter: "Let's order these first. If it's not enough, it won't be too late."

After the waiter left with the menu, Yakov smiled and asked Sonia: "Sonia, your Russian is really authentic. If I just listened to the voice and didn't see you, I would have thought that you were really authentic. The Russians."

“I learned Russian from my tutor.” Sonia said lightly: “She is a Russian who fled to Northeast China. According to your words, she is a White Russian noble, and her ancestor was a count.”

 Learning that Sonia learned Russian from a fleeing Belarusian nobleman, Yakov became interested and asked, "Did she say where in Russia she came from?"

"St. Petersburg is today's Leningrad." Sonia continued: "She said that after her family escaped from St. Petersburg, they joined Kolchak's side and retreated eastward with the other party. Later, she contracted a cold along the way. He left the main force and stayed in a small village on the way to recuperate. But it was precisely because his family left the main force that they saved their lives."

When Sonia said this, the female nurse sitting on the other side of Yakov asked: "Sonia, why did you stay to save your life?"

"I can guess this." Before Sonia could speak, Yakov interrupted: "When Kolchak's troops were escaping, they suddenly encountered a cold wave, and the temperature plummeted from minus 30 degrees to minus 6 degrees. In the tenth century, all the fleeing team froze to death on Lake Baikal, and the hundreds of tons of Tsarist gold they carried were nowhere to be found. There are rumors that Kolchak loaded the gold on a train and pushed it In Lake Baikal.”

"Yasha, this is just a rumor and cannot be true." When it came to the missing Tsar's gold, Sokov couldn't help but wanted to say a few words: "I think the gold should be carried by the fleeing team. These dozen Two hundred thousand people froze to death on the ice of Lake Baikal and stayed there. When the spring came and the ice on the lake thawed, the gold sank into Lake Baikal and was lost forever. trace."

The female nurse waited for Sokov to finish and asked curiously: "Comrade Major, since you know that these hundreds of tons of gold have sunk in Lake Baikal, why don't you organize people to salvage them?" "How can it be so easy?" Yakov Shaking his head, he said: "You must know that Lake Baikal is the deepest and oldest freshwater lake in the world. It covers an area of ​​31,500 square kilometers and has an average depth of 730 meters. Don't say that you don't know the specific location where the gold sank. Even if you know, with today's Even with our advanced salvage technology, we can’t salvage these hundreds of tons of gold.”

“That’s such a pity.” The nurse sighed: “So much gold is silently sinking to the bottom of Lake Baikal and there is no way to salvage it.”

 After chatting for a while, the waiter started to serve the food.

Seeing the dishes being placed on the table one after another, Yakov picked up the knife and fork in front of him and said to everyone: "The dishes are here, let's get started."

 Although this restaurant is small in size, the food tastes very good. After Yakov tasted two dishes, he gave Sonia a thumbs up: "Sonia, this restaurant you recommended is really good, it tastes great."

Hearing Yakov's compliment, Sonia smiled lightly and said: "Yasha, I have worked here for several years, so I naturally know the surrounding restaurants very well. I just heard you said you wanted to treat us to dinner, and the first thing I thought of was Here. Fortunately, the food here is to your liking. Otherwise, if you don’t say anything, I’m afraid you will blame me in your heart.”

“How could this be possible?” Yakov said with a playful smile: “The place recommended by the beauty must be good...”

Before Yakov could finish his words, a burst of gunshots suddenly came from outside. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked out the window. They saw two officers running along the street towards the restaurant. A group of soldiers chased them in the distance, shouting. As they ran, they stopped from time to time to shoot in the back. Although their shooting did not cause casualties to the pursuing soldiers behind them, every time they fired, the pursuing soldiers had to stop and hide behind buildings or other obstacles on both sides of the street.

Seeing this, Sokov shouted loudly: "Everyone come to me!"

Hearing Sokov's shout, the nurses were stunned for a moment, then got up from their seats and ran behind Sokov. When Sokov saw everyone coming behind him, he suddenly overturned the table. The tableware on the table fell all over the floor, and many plates were smashed to pieces. After doing all this, Sokov shouted again: "Everyone squat down!"

Everyone obeyed Sokov's order, squatted down on the spot, and hid behind the overturned table. Yakov came over and asked anxiously: "Misha, what's going on outside?"

"How do I know what's going on?" Sokov was also confused about what was going on in the gun battle outside. All he could do now was to hide and avoid being killed by stray bullets. He rushed towards the panicked people. The nurse yelled: "Stay behind the table and don't move around, lest you get hit by bullets."

“Misha,” Yakov asked tentatively, “can this table of ours stop bullets?”

"No problem." Sokov said confidently: "I just observed carefully that the table is made of poplar wood and is one inch thick. As long as the opponent does not shoot at us with a machine gun at close range, it will not be able to penetrate the tabletop at all. "

The two fleeing officers quickly rushed into the restaurant. The waiter tried to stop them, but was shot down by one of the second lieutenants. Seeing the waiter being knocked down by the officers who rushed in, the nurses hiding behind the table were frightened and screamed. Their screams shocked Sokov into a cold sweat. He knew very well that the nurses' screams were tantamount to exposing his position to the two officers who rushed in.

Sure enough, the second lieutenant who shot the waiter heard the shouts from behind the table and immediately walked over with his gun raised to see who was hiding behind the table. At this moment, both Sokov and Yakov had their guns drawn, ready to shoot without hesitation as soon as the other party showed up. Sokov secretly regretted that he only brought a pistol and two magazines with him when he went out today. If there was a gunfight with the opponent, these bullets would not be enough.

For Sokov, a pistol is a useless weapon. It has a short range and weak lethality. It may not be able to hit a target at close range even after several shots are fired. Even if it hits, the lethality is limited and the opponent is dying. It can also cause harm to yourself. What's even worse is that the pistol may jam when shooting. This cannot be compared with an assault rifle, so he likes to carry an assault rifle on his back at all times on the battlefield. But today he was out to eat, not to fight. Naturally, he couldn't carry an assault rifle, so he only carried the pistol he despised most. Unexpectedly, he encountered a gunfight.

As soon as the second lieutenant took a few steps towards the table, several bullets flew in from the door, flew past his ears and hit the opposite wall. The second lieutenant was startled and quickly retreated to the door, and he and his companions continued shooting outside.

Hearing the lively fighting outside, Sokov wanted to go out and take a look, but he was worried about being hit by a stray bullet, so he turned and asked the shivering nurses squatting behind him: "Which of you has a mirror?"

"I have it!" After the accident, Sonia was the calmest among the many nurses. When she heard Sokov asked for a mirror, she quickly took out a small round mirror from her bag and handed it to Sokov. Cove.

Sokov took the mirror, thanked her, carefully stretched the mirror out, and observed the movement in the hall.

I saw two officers who rushed in, hiding on the left and right sides of the door, leaning out from time to time to shoot outside. The soldiers who caught up either lay on the ground or hid behind certain obstacles and shot into the room. Countless bullets flew over the table where Sokov and others were hiding and hit the wall. On the ground, countless gravel and smoke were splashed.

Soon, a machine gun was set up outside and fired into the room, suppressing the two officers who hid on both sides of the door and did not dare to move. Seeing that the firepower in the room had been suppressed, the soldiers outside came cautiously toward the restaurant with guns in hand, intending to take advantage of the fact that the people inside did not dare to fight back and rush in at once.

But their intention was discovered by the officer. The second lieutenant officer took out a grenade, pulled the string and threw it out. With a loud "boom", five or six soldiers fell to the ground, and the remaining soldiers He hurriedly took cover on the spot, and at the same time continued to shoot into the restaurant to prevent the other party from taking the opportunity to rush out.

After Sokov clearly saw the fighting situation outside, he put the mirror back, told Yakov what he saw, and finally sighed and said: "Yasha, I really didn't expect that, let's go out for a meal, We actually get into gunfights.”

“Then what should we do?” Yakov asked: “Just continue to hide like this?”

"Yasha, we don't know what the gun battle outside is about now." Sokov said with a serious expression: "We can't tell whether the two officers who rushed in are one of our own or the enemy. If If you shoot rashly and accidentally injure one of your own, what should you do?"

Sokov's words made Yakov fall into silence. According to his idea, since the two officers were driven here by a group of soldiers, there was a problem in proving their identities. As long as they were shot and killed, the gun battle would be over. can end. But after listening to Sokov's words, he realized that he had thought of the problem too simply. The two people hiding by the door were now unable to tell the difference between friend and foe. If he fired rashly, it was entirely possible for him to accidentally injure one of his own.