The staff picked up Kajia's student ID and did not open it immediately. Instead, they looked at her and asked, "Girl, are you eighteen years old?"
"Yes," Kajia nodded quickly when he heard the staff's questions and said in a affirmative tone: "I just celebrated my 18th birthday two days ago."
After receiving a positive reply, the staff opened Kajia's ID, and after reading her birthday, he nodded and said, "Sure enough, he is already eighteen years old and fully meets the standards for marriage registration."
The staff's words aroused Grissa's curiosity: "Why, are there any people who come to you to register for marriage who do not meet the marriage registration standards?"
"Of course there is." After checking the documents of the two, the staff took out two large marriage certificates from the drawer. Before filling in the formally, he said to Grissa: "Just an hour before you came, a captain brought a girl here to register for marriage. But the girl was still five months away from being eighteen, so I refused the request for marriage between them."
Learning that a girl and an officer's request for marriage was rejected, Grissa asked curiously: "What about it later? Did they leave like this?"
The staff smiled and continued, "Although the girl has not reached the age of marriage, it is now during the war and there are exceptions at any time. Therefore, I made a suggestion to the two of them, asking them to go to the garrison commander and issue them a marriage certificate, so that even if I register for marriage for them, it would not be considered a violation of the regulations."
"You are such a enthusiastic person." After complimenting the other party, Grissa asked tentatively: "Will you really not violate the relevant regulations?"
The staff blinked at Grissa and said proudly: "Comrade Lieutenant, the duty of the soldier is to defend our motherland and give them some privileges appropriately. Besides, it is still during the war. I do this, and I believe that the superiors will not say anything."
After the staff filled out their marriage certificates, they pushed them in front of them and smiled and said to them: "As long as you sign your names below, you will be legal couples."
The two signed their own positions on the marriage certificate in front of them, and then exchanged them with each other and pushed the marriage certificate to the staff. After checking the signatures on the two marriage certificates, the staff nodded, picked up the seal on the table, and stamped the two marriage certificates. Then they pushed them over with their documents and said with a smile on their faces: "Congratulations to you, from now on, you are formal couples."
In order to express his gratitude to the staff, Grissa took the paper bag from Sergeant Yelizavita's hand, took out two canned vegetables from it, and gently placed it in front of the staff, and said politely: "This is the little bit of my wish for us and our husband. Please accept it."
Although it was a very ordinary canned vegetable, it was a very expensive gift under the condition of implementing the rationing system. The staff did not expect that Grissa was so generous. As soon as he made a move, he gave him the canned vegetables that he could hardly buy in the world, and hurriedly expressed his gratitude to the other party.
Just as Grissa held Kajia's hand and walked outside, a young girl suddenly broke in from outside. As soon as she saw Kajia, she shouted: "Kajia, you are indeed here."
"Yes, Nina. I'm here to register for marriage." Kaja turned his head and looked at Grissa beside him, and said happily: "This is my husband, Lieutenant Grissa, congratulations to me!"
Unexpectedly, the young girl called Nina did not congratulate her as Kajia imagined, but grabbed her arm and said excitedly: "Kajia, you don't know yet. All the classmates of our school in their 90s have been incorporated into the army and asked us to rush to the school to gather in the shortest time. I went to your house to notify you, and heard your mother say that you came here to come for a blind date and maybe you would go through the marriage procedures, so I came here specifically."
"What, you are all organized into the army?" Grissa was shocked when he heard the news. He asked in an incredible tone: "But you are all women, what role can a group of female students who have not undergone any military training play in the army?"
Hearing Grissa's question, Nina hesitated for a moment, then said in an uncertain tone: "It is said that we have all been incorporated into the air defense force."
Grissa looked at Kaja and said, "Kaja, I originally wanted to follow you home and worship your parents. Now it seems that this wish cannot be achieved."
"I'm sorry, my dear Grissa." Kaja looked at Grissa and said apologetically: "I didn't expect things to develop to this point. It seems that if you want to visit my parents, you can only wait until you have the chance in the future."
Several people came to the street outside. Just as both sides were about to say goodbye, Grissa suddenly saw a flower house not far away, and quickly said to Kajia: "Kajia, wait for me here, I will be back soon."
Grissa trotted to the flower house and said to the middle-aged woman selling flowers inside: "Hello, please give me a bouquet of flowers."
"What kind of flowers do you want?"
Grissa turned his head and looked at Kaja, who was still standing at the door of the marriage registration office, and blushed and said to the middle-aged woman: "Flowers for my wife."
"I understand, comrade commander." The middle-aged woman smiled and said, "Since it is a flower for her wife, I suggest you buy red roses." She pointed to the bouquets of roses in the vase behind her and asked, "There are five or seven, which one do you want?"
Grissa thought that it was the first time he gave Kajia gifts, so he could not be too stingy, so he pointed to a bouquet of roses and said to the middle-aged woman: "Get me a bouquet of seven."
When Kaja saw Grissa appearing in front of her with a bouquet of flowers, two flusheds appeared on her face. She looked at Grissa and asked embarrassedly: "Dear, is this the flower you gave me?"
"Yes, Kajia. This bouquet of bright red roses was given to my beautiful wife." Grissa looked at Kajia and said affectionately: "I just don't know if she likes it?"
Kajia took the flowers, nodded vigorously with a red face, and said loudly: "I like it, I like it. As long as it is the thing you gave me, I like it."
After Nina and the two of them showed their love for a round, they urged impatiently: "Kajia, it's getting late, so we'd better rush to school as soon as possible."
Grissa pulled out two paper bags from Sergeant Yelizavita's arms, stuffed them into Kaja's arms, and said, "Kaja, bring them all."
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After listening to Grissa's marriage, Sokov and Belkin were silent. While envious of Grissa's blessing, they also felt sorry for his separation with his newlywed wife. Sokov even thought secretly: "From the tragic level of the Stalingrad defense battle, whether Grissa's wife is in an ordinary infantry or an air defense force, the chance of survival is almost zero."
Thinking of this, Sokov asked, "Lt. Grissa, do you know where Kaja's home is?"
Grissa did not expect Sokov to ask this question suddenly. After hesitating for a moment, he shook his head and replied, "I don't know."
"Then do you know what her parents are and how old are?" Seeing that Grissa could not answer his question, Sokov continued to ask, "What job is he doing now?"
Sokov had just heard from Grissa's story that he knew nothing about anything except that he knew that the woman's name was Ekaterina and was a tenth-grade student, so he no longer had any hope of whether he could answer his own questions. As expected, Grissa still chose to shake his head for Sokov's new question.
Seeing Grissa asking questions, Belkin couldn't help but feel anxious for him: "Comrade Lieutenant, you don't know where Kaja is studying; you don't know where her home lives. You even know nothing about her parents. I want to know now, how can you find Kaja after we defeat the enemy who attacked Stalingrad?"
The question raised by Belkin was quite sharp, which immediately left Grissa speechless. Grissa was silent for a long time, and then said, "I think you should be able to find relevant information in the marriage registration office."
"Comrade Lieutenant, you are too optimistic." Sokov felt it necessary to remind Grissa to prepare in advance: "The defense battle that will take place in Stalingrad will be extremely cruel, and its tragic level will be completely beyond your imagination. Many buildings in the city will be gone in this battle. Maybe the marriage agency you registered for marriage will be wiped out. If the information is destroyed, where do you go to find your newlywed wife? To put it bluntly, you have only known each other for a few hours, and probably you will not be able to recognize each other when you meet face to face next time."
After Grissa left, Belkin suddenly asked Sokov: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I want to ask, will the upcoming Battle of Stalingrad be as tragic as you said?"
"Yes," Sokov nodded, saying in a affirmative tone: "I think it will be ten or a hundred times more violent than any battle we have ever experienced."
Although Belkin was a little dissatisfied with Sokov's statement in his heart, he thought he was an exaggeration. What kind of battle would be ten or a hundred times more violent than the battles he had experienced? However, he did not argue with Sokov on this matter, but asked unexpectedly: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I think Asia has always been interested in you. I don't know when you will register for marriage?"
Sokov was asked by Belkin. He didn't expect his political committee to ask him such a sensitive question at this time. He thought to himself: In addition to liking Asia, he also liked Ajelina who had repeatedly penetrated into the heart of the German army, and two female medical staff who worked near his apartment. He seemed to have a good impression of him. He really wanted to choose a marriage partner, Asia was really not the best candidate.
Seeing that Sokov was speechless by his own question, Belkin did not continue asking, but said to himself: "Comrade Brigade Commander, if the next battle is really as cruel as you said, I think you should give Asia an explanation. No matter who you two dies in the battle in the future, there will be no regrets. Are you right?"
Belkin's words made Sokov feel speechless. He grinned and said to Belkin with a slight tantrum: "Don't worry, comrade political commissar, I know this in my mind."
Sokov thought to himself that when he went to wander around the city last time, he felt a little frustrated because of the department store, and ended up having a bad time. Although the city leaders of Stalingrad had already issued an alarm to the people of the city that the entire city had officially entered a state of war, no matter what, the battlefield was still a long way from Stalingrad. He might as well take this last time to take Asia to the city to stroll around the city another day and buy her some gifts, which would also make her happy.
After making up his mind, Sokov said to Belkin: "Comrade Political Commissar, I plan to take Asia to the city tomorrow. If possible, we will find a marriage registration office to get married. I will ask you to take care of the matters in the brigade."
When he heard that Sokov planned to take Asia to the city to apply for a marriage certificate, Belkin immediately smiled: "Comrade Brigade Commander, it's great, this is great. On behalf of the commanders and soldiers of the entire brigade, I would like to congratulate you in advance." After that, he reached out and shook Sokov.
Sokov's original intention was to take Asia to the city. The so-called marriage was just a casual statement, but Belkin took it seriously. However, he did not explain it specifically to Belkin, but instead changed the topic in time: "Comrade Political Commissar, the superiors have always said that we have sent a chief of staff to us, why hasn't there been any movement yet? If not, let the Fourth Battalion Commander Brisky temporarily serve as the Chief of Staff."
"I think I'd better wait." Berkin said to Sokov: "When I met Ozor at the city defense committee yesterday, I met General Goldorf, the commander of the front army. I mentioned to him that the brigade lacked commanders at all levels. He agreed at the time that he would send us a group of capable military cadres to the brigade in the shortest time. Comrade Brigitte Commander, we might as well wait for two more days, otherwise even if we were in a hurry to act as Chief of Staff, we would have to let him go back to be the battalion commander in a few days. Doing so would definitely undermine his enthusiasm for work."
Chapter completed!