"Why didn't you call me?" Kopalova said somewhat unhappily: "You know, the three of us used to be good friends."
Sokov said, somewhat dumbfounded: "You were already lying down to rest. In order not to disturb your rest, I went out to have a cup of coffee with Seryosha."
"So that's it." Kopalova patted the bed with her hand, "Misha, sit here with me!"
Sokov walked forward, sat down next to Kopalova, and asked with concern: "Won't you feel sleepy if you don't rest?"
"I've already said that although I feel very sleepy, my brain seems very excited and I can't fall asleep no matter what."
"Since you can't sleep, let's chat." Sokov said, "Maybe you will fall asleep while chatting."
"Then you lie down with me and talk together."
"This bed is a bit narrow. It's too crowded for two people to sleep in."
"I don't care, I want you to lie down with me." When she said this, Kopalova was like a little girl who loves to act coquettishly.
"Okay, okay, then let's lie down together."
Sokov let Kopalova sleep inside and he slept outside, with one foot on the ground to prevent Kopalova from turning over and forcing him out of bed.
"Misha, I'm curious, why are you unwilling to accept Comrade Khrushchev's invitation to work in Ukraine?" Kopalova thought that Sokov had mentioned the Great Famine many times, so she asked tentatively: "
Are you really worried about a famine?"
Sokov was thinking that according to later records, the problem of food supply difficulties did not only exist in 1946, but persisted until 1953, when the food rationing system was completely abolished.
Thinking of this, he asked: "Kopalova, do you remember the food ration certificates used during the war?"
"Remember, of course I remember." Kopalova nodded and said: "After the Great Patriotic War began, Moscow and Leningrad began to issue food stamps and certain industrial consumer goods stamps from July 1941 to November 1942.
Ticket supply was implemented in 58 major cities across the country. Wartime food ration limits were: bread, 800 grams per day for workers, 500 grams for clerks, 400 grams for dependents, 400 grams for children. Sugar, 500 grams per month for workers, 300 grams for clerks, and 300 grams for children.
200 grams for dependents and 300 grams for children. However, when you actually go to collect it, there may be a discount or the supply may be stopped due to insufficient reserves.”
"Do you think food ration certificates will continue to be used?"
"How is this possible?" Kopalova shook her head and said: "It was only in November last year that the food ration certificate was completely canceled across the country. Now just a few months have passed, how is it possible that it has been reinstated again? Misha, I think
You think too much."
Sokov said solemnly: "Kopalova, this is not unfounded. Judging from various signs, as long as Ukraine experiences a significant reduction in grain production, it is possible to restore grain ration certificates again."
Kopalova turned to look at Sokov: "Is it really that serious?"
"Well, the probability of a great famine is very high." Sokov shook his head and said: "The reason why I repeatedly refused Comrade Khrushchev's invitation is that I didn't want to see countless starving people with sallow faces and skinny bones appearing in front of me.
in front of."
Kopalova was silent, thinking over and over what Sokov said in her mind, wondering whether such a thing would really happen, or whether Sokov was simply thinking wildly.
Seeing that Kopalova stopped talking, Sokov thought she had fallen asleep. Just as he was about to get up, Kopalova, who was lying on her back, turned over, hugged him with one arm, and uttered a vague
He murmured: "Misha, just lie with me like this for a while. Only when you are by my side will my heart feel at ease."
At this moment, Sokov wanted to die. The bed was too narrow. Two people were lying side by side. Most of his body was suspended in the air. He only relied on one foot on the ground to prevent him from rolling out of the bed. If he continued like this
Position, it won't take long for her waist to be completely disabled. But Kopalova finally fell asleep. If she got up at this moment, she would definitely wake her up. Once woken up, she didn't know when she would be able to fall asleep again.
There was no other way. Sokov could only maintain this uncomfortable posture, lying half of his body on the berth, praying secretly in his heart that after Kopalova's hand let go of him, he would be able to get up and leave the berth.
I don't know how much time passed, but when Sokov felt that his waist was about to break, Seryosha's voice came from outside the door: "Misha, Misha, are you sleeping?"
Hearing Seryosha's cry, Sokov quickly removed Kopalova's hand from his body, then rolled over and rolled out of the bed, lying on the ground and stretching his body before holding on to the bed on the other side.
He stood up, stumbled to the door, and opened the door of the sleeper: "Seryozha, what's going on?"
Seeing Sokov's virtue, Seryosha showed a meaningful smile on his face.
Seeing this, Sokov quickly explained: "Seryozha, don't get me wrong, I just lay on the berth and slept for a while."
"Don't worry, Misha, I will keep this matter a secret and will never tell anyone."
Hearing what Seryosha said, Sokov couldn't laugh or cry, but he also understood in his heart that this kind of thing was really hard to explain, and the description became darker and darker. A man and a woman were alone in a box. When the man came out, his waist was sore and he couldn't walk.
If your legs are wobbly, it would be strange if others don't think about it.
"Seryozha, what do you want from me?"
"I asked you to have dinner." Seryosha said, "The major is already waiting for us in the dining car."
Hearing that he was going to have a meal in the dining car, Sokov covered his lower back with his hands and walked forward slowly. Seeing that he had difficulty walking, Seryosha stretched out his hand to support him and said sincerely: "Misha, although you are
You are young and strong, but you still have to exercise some control over some things, otherwise it will be bad for your health."
"Seryozha, do you really think that Kopalova and I have been struggling all afternoon?"
"Isn't it?"
"Of course not."
"But why are you covering your waist when walking and looking like you're exercising too much?"
Just when Sokov was about to explain to Seryosha, he heard someone calling Seryosha's name. He turned around and saw a bald man wearing Lenin clothes and glasses, and casually asked: "Seryosa, what are you doing?"
Is this your friend?"
Seryosha leaned close to Sokov's ear and said: "It's Kopalova's leader, the leader of the interview team."
"Hello, Comrade Maxim!" After Seryosha finished explaining, he extended his hand to the visitor and said in a friendly tone: "I didn't expect to meet you again."
"I was going to see a friend. I passed by here and happened to see you in front, so I called you." After Maxim said this, he turned his eyes to Sokov and asked with some hesitation: "Seryozha,
I wonder who this general is?"
"Maxim, let me introduce you. This is Misha, my good friend and the partner that Kopalova grew up with."
"So you are General Sokov!" Maxim had obviously heard Sokov's name before. After listening to Seryosha's introduction, he stretched out his hands to hold Sokov's hand and shook it vigorously a few times.
, "I have heard of your name a long time ago. I didn't expect to meet you here today. I am so lucky."
When Sokov shook hands with Maxim, he saw that the other person was a talkative person. If he stood in the aisle chatting, he didn’t know how long the conversation would last, so he took the initiative to invite the other person: "Comrade Maxim, Seryo and I
Sha happens to be going to the dining car for a meal, if you don’t object, you can go with us."
"That's really what I want."
The three of them came to the dining car and found that it was full of people.
Fortunately, Vaserigov came in advance to occupy a seat, otherwise the three of them would have to come back later.
Sokov sat down next to Vaserigov, while Seryosha and Maxim sat opposite him.
Although he already knew the reason for Maxim's appearance here, Sokov deliberately asked in order to find a common topic: "Comrade Maxim, I heard that your team was ordered to go to Vienna for interviews?"
"Yes, General Sokov." Maxim nodded and said: "You are not an outsider, so I won't hide it from you. Our superiors asked our interview team to go to Vienna for two purposes. One is to conduct interviews.
The military exercise is about to begin, and the second is to establish a reporter station there to report to the country everything that happens in Vienna in a timely manner."
As he spoke, he coughed violently.
"Comrade Maxim, are you okay?"
"I have nothing to do." Maxim waved his hand and said, "This is a problem left over from when I was stationed in Leningrad. As long as it enters summer, there will be nothing to do."
Sokov thought to himself: The purpose of the interview team's trip, called to cover military exercises, was actually to establish a reporter station in Vienna. Their interview work was just to open up the initial situation.
"Comrade Maxim, if you want to establish a press station, how long will it take for you to return to Moscow?"
Maxim thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "When I left, the editor-in-chief specifically talked to me. I heard what he meant. If the reporter station is established, we will have to stay there for at least half a year or more.
We will not return to Moscow until someone new takes over."
Sokov secretly thought that although Kopalova would have to stay in Vienna for half a year or more, it would not be a bad thing for her. At least she could escape the days of famine. Thinking of this, he smiled and said to Maxi
Mu said: "Comrade Maxim, Vienna is a picturesque city. If you can stay there for a long time, it will be very helpful for your physical recovery."
Hearing what Sokov said, Maxim showed an unexpected expression on his face: "General Sokov, have you been to Vienna before?"
"No, I have never been there." Sokov shook his head and said: "The reason why I said your body can recover in Vienna is because I once read in a book that Elizabeth, the Empress of the Austro-Hungarian Empire,
The Duchess, when she was Queen of Hungary, suffered from lung disease. Later she returned to Vienna to rest for a period of time and recovered."
"Is it true?" Maxim heard Sokov say this, with an expression of surprise on his face: "Duke Elizabeth was infected with pneumonia, and after returning to Vienna to recuperate, she really fully recovered?"
The information Sokov knew was from the movie "Sissi" trilogy. After the heroine was infected with pneumonia, she went to many places to recuperate and finally miraculously recovered. However, due to the long time since watching the movie,
He couldn't remember exactly where he was recuperating and his body recovered, so he made random nonsense about Vienna. Maxim couldn't find out the truth anyway.
"Misha, I don't quite understand what you said." Seryosha took advantage of Sokov's speech and asked curiously: "You said that Duchess Elisabeth was the queen of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Why did she go to Hungary to become the queen?
Well, what on earth is going on?"
"Seryozha, let me explain it to you." Maxim said to Seryosha: "Duchess Elisabeth of Bavaria, whose full name is Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, is also known as Princess Sissi.
Her birth and death dates were December 24, 1837 ~ September 10, 1898. She was the wife of Emperor Franz Joseph I of the Austrian Empire, the Empress of Austria and the Queen of Hungary.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire is today's Austria and Hungary, and Hungary is a vassal state of Austria. The emperor of Austria also serves as the king of Hungary, and the queen naturally also serves as the queen of Hungary."
"Oh, that's what happened." Seryosha nodded repeatedly after hearing this, "I really didn't expect that the relationship between Austria and Hungary is so complicated."
"General Sokov," Maxim asked Sokov tentatively: "Did you also participate in military exercises when you went to Vienna?"
"Yes, I just went to participate in the military exercise." Sokov felt that at this moment, some things no longer needed to be kept secret, so he openly admitted: "I will participate as the commander of one of the troops.
This is a massive military exercise."
"The current commander of the troops in Austria is General Malinin." Maxim then asked: "As far as I know, he has a good relationship with you, right?"
"Yes, Maxim, you are right." Sokov replied: "During the war, I was under the command of Marshal Rokossovsky most of the time, and General Malinin served as Marshal's commander.
The best partner naturally spends a lot of time interacting with each other. As time goes by, the relationship will naturally become closer."
"I don't quite understand." Maxim said hesitantly: "Since you were once in Marshal Rokossovsky's army, why didn't you go to Poland with him and stay in Moscow for a long time?"
Facing the question raised by Maxim, Sokov couldn't help but frowned. He was considering whether he should answer the other party's question.
Seeing that Sokov didn't speak for a long time, Maxim realized that he was too reckless and asked questions that he shouldn't have asked. He quickly apologized and said: "I'm sorry, Comrade General, this is my occupational disease as a reporter. I mistook you for..."
My interview subject. If I ask questions that I shouldn’t ask, you don’t have to answer me.”
"It's okay," Sokov said nonchalantly: "Since you want to know, it's okay for me to tell you. The reason why I chose to stay in Moscow instead of following Marshal Rokossovsky to Poland is entirely because
My wife is going to have a baby."
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Maxim showed a shocked expression on his face. He first turned to look at Seryosha, and then cautiously asked Sokov: "Comrade General, you just said that your wife is going to have a baby.
