Red Moscow

  Chapter 184 Unrecognizable friends

  Whether it was Solikovsky's arrival or Constantine calling for help everywhere, this scene fell into Sokov's eyes. But he didn't say anything, because he knew very well in his heart that no matter what happened, Yakov would be enough to settle it, so why should he be strong. Therefore, he pretended to be nonchalant and talked and laughed happily with Yakov who was sitting across from him.

  Yakov asked: "Misha, do you think the Germans will attack Moscow?"

   "No." The answer blurted out from Sokov's mouth. But when he saw the surprised expression on Yakov's face, he quickly added: "At least there will be no more attacks in the short term. You know, it's the spring thaw season, and the roads have become muddy. Both the German army and the German army’s logistical supplies will be affected to varying degrees. In this case, the enemy and the enemy will enter a relatively peaceful stalemate.”

   Regarding Sokov's statement, Yakov was about to express some of his opinions, but saw the restaurant's deputy manager Konstantin running over. He put the two menus in front of Yakov and Sokov respectively, and then said to Yakov graciously: "Comrade Captain, this is your menu. You can see what you need. I will immediately order the kitchen to prepare for you." You are ready."

Yakov is also a smart person. Seeing the attitude of the deputy manager bowing before bowing and then respecting, he guessed that the other party must have got some hints, so he didn't say anything. Instead, he simply looked at the menu and started to order: "beet shreds Herring salad, pickle platter, pickled fish, aspic, smoked sausage, grilled lamb chops…”

  After clicking here, Yakov put down the menu and asked Sokov who was sitting opposite: "Misha, can you eat fat now?"

  Sokov didn't know the purpose of Yakov's question, so he could only answer casually: "Eat a little once in a while."

"Then have another Salo." Yakov handed the menu to Konstantin, and continued: "Hot soup, red cabbage soup; wine, no, give us two glasses of kvass. "

  Konstantin took the menu and replied respectfully: "Comrade Captain, please wait a moment. The dishes you want will be brought to you as soon as possible." After speaking, he backed away from the table.

   "Is it a bit too much?" Sokov thought that Yakov ordered almost ten dishes in one breath, and asked with some concern: "Can we finish it?"

Hearing what Sokov said, Yakov couldn't help but blushed, and then said: "No problem, my appetite has been good since I came back from there. If the food here is not too expensive, I might still eat it again." Order a few more."

  Almost when the dishes started to be served, a man in a black wool coat and a gray **** fur hat hurried in from outside the restaurant. Seeing this person's arrival, Konstantin, who was standing by the counter, showed joy on his face. He hurried up to meet Yakov and the others, pouted at the seat where Yakov and the others were sitting, and said in a low voice: "Comrade manager, you But I’m back, and I’m serving the captain and the others.”

The manager of the restaurant, Fadeyev, after confirming the location of Yakov and the others, walked quickly to the table, took off his hat, and said to Yakov with a smile: "I'm sorry, Captain Yakov , due to the recent personnel adjustments in the restaurant, the newcomers do not know you. If this has caused you any inconvenience, I would like to apologize to you on behalf of them."

  Konstantin, who was standing aside, saw that the manager, who was always indifferent, nodded and bowed to please a young captain, which surprised him. However, the captain had a calm attitude when facing the manager's overtures. He just said casually: "It's okay, Comrade Manager, it was all a misunderstanding. Look, the dishes are all here."

   Seeing that Yakov didn't blame himself, Fadeyev couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief, and quickly said: "Since this is the case, I won't disturb your meal. If you need anything, please feel free to ask. Good appetite!"

After Konstantin saw Fadeyev leave the table, he headed for his office, hurriedly chased after him, and asked in a low voice: "Comrade manager, I would like to take the liberty to ask, who is that captain? "

Fadeyev stopped, looked around, saw no one around, and said in a low voice: "That's Yakov, Captain Yakov Dzhugashvili, although it is a very common name. But , he has another surname, so it is worth all the convenience we provide for him."

   "What's the last name?" Constantine asked curiously.

   "Stalin!" Fadeyev turned and left after saying this, and returned to his office, leaving only Konstantin standing in the corridor in a daze.

   "Stalin?!" Constantine repeated the surname he heard in his heart, and couldn't help being startled into a cold sweat. He really didn't expect that the captain who was almost kicked out of the restaurant by himself was actually Stalin's son! But I thought he was here to make trouble on purpose, and secretly called the police, trying to drive them away. Fortunately, the chief of the police recognized the other party in time, so no major mistakes were made.

   But thinking of this, he felt resentful towards the chief of the police, Solikovsky, and secretly said that he recognized Stalin's son, but he didn't tell him, trying to make himself look bad. But he forgot that before leaving, Solikovsky specifically reminded him to get in touch with manager Fadeyev to resolve the crisis, otherwise his fate is not only dismissed, but may even be imprisoned .

   When Sokov saw the sliced ​​Ukrainian famous dish "Salo" on the table, he immediately understood why Yakov asked himself whether he ate fatty meat when ordering. This kind of fat pork that has been marinated with salt, although it is said to have a unique meat flavor, fat but not greasy, thin but not woody, but it is really not everyone can eat it, at least when I look at this dish now, I just want to eat it. Kind of gross.

  Among Yakov’s dishes, except for this “Salo”, the rest are all delicious, which makes Sokov, who gnaws slices of bread on the front line every day, feast on it.

  Sokov was enjoying his meal when he suddenly saw a man and a woman walking in from outside the restaurant. The man was wearing a black windbreaker and a bowler hat, which looked like crooked nuts from a certain country; while the woman was a young girl with her hair tied high, wearing a knee-length skirt Iron gray mink fur coat, with a wide black leather belt tied around the waist, and a pair of red high-heeled shoes under his feet. When Sokov saw the other person's face clearly, he couldn't help being stunned.

"Misha, what are you looking at?" Yakov saw Sokov who was eating, and suddenly fixed his eyes in one direction. He quickly reached out and shook his eyes twice, and asked curiously: "What makes you look so engrossed?" After asking, he instinctively turned his head and looked behind him.

  After he saw clearly a man and a woman who had just walked into the restaurant, he turned around and smiled at Sokov and said, "Misha, you have a good eye, this is indeed a beauty."

"That's right, she is a rare beauty." Sokov said in his mouth, but he thought to himself: "Strange, isn't she a female translator Adelina? She should be trained in a special department at this moment , how did it appear here?"

When the male waiter in the restaurant saw two people sitting at the same table, he quickly walked over with the menus, put the menus in front of the two people, and asked politely: "Sir, madam, this restaurant welcomes you." Come, what do you need to eat?"

The man seemed to be such a regular customer, he didn't look at the menu at all, and ordered several dishes in a row. After he handed the menu back to the male waiter, he smiled and asked the woman: "Aina, what would you like to eat?" ?”

  The woman called Aina smiled sweetly at the other party, then handed the menu to the male waiter, and said, "It's the same as his."

   "Please wait a moment, the food you want will be here soon." After the male waiter collected the menu, he bowed slightly to the two of them, turned and left.

  Sokov carefully looked at the woman who was chatting and laughing with the man, and the more she looked, the more she looked like the female translator Adelina he met in the prisoner-of-war camp. In order to confirm his judgment, he said to Yakov: "Yakov, I seem to see an acquaintance, I will go to say hello to her." After finishing speaking, he put down the tableware in his hand and wiped it with a napkin After biting his lips, he got up and walked towards the woman who was suspected to be Adelina.

  He walked to the dining table, nodded politely at the man, and then asked the woman, "Hi, are you Agelina?"

  Unexpectedly, as soon as his voice fell, the woman's face showed a confused expression: "Adelina, who is Adelina? Comrade commander, did you recognize the wrong person?!"

The man originally thought that his female companion was an old acquaintance with the Soviet officer who came over and kept silent, but now that Aina didn't know him, he said in broken Russian: "Mr. Na, it's not Adelina. If you don't have anything to do, please don't disturb our meal! Okay?"

  The man's accusation made Sokov regret his recklessness. He felt that he might have made a mistake. This woman just looks like Adelina. Just when he was about to apologize to the two, and then turned back to his dining table, he accidentally found a mole on the woman's left earlobe. When he saw this mole, he knew in his heart that the woman sitting in front of him was Agelina who had been with him for a while, and she might have some difficulties in not recognizing him.

  Thinking of this, he turned to Adelina, looked into her eyes, bowed slightly, and said with a smile on his face: "Beautiful girl, I apologize to you for my recklessness, please accept my apology!"

There was a sweet smile on Adelina's face, and she said: "Comrade officer, I accept your apology." winked.

   When Sokov returned to his seat, Yakov asked, "Is this your acquaintance?"

"No, not an acquaintance." Sokov knew that Adelina must have his own reasons for not recognizing him, so he shook his head and replied to Yakov's question: "I recognized the wrong person! "

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