Red Moscow

Sokov's descendants have stayed in Russia for more than ten years, and he can be regarded as a Russian expert. He clearly knows that Russians can freely choose places in the suburbs to build their own houses. For example, in the forest on the outskirts of Moscow, if you fancy a place, you don't need to ask the relevant departments for approval, just cut down the trees in this area and dig the foundation here. After the foundation is dug, order a house with a wooden structure from the building materials company. After it is transported to the building site, the staff sent by the building materials company will assemble it. After the house is repaired, apply to the relevant departments and ask them to help you apply for the land use certificate and real estate certificate, and set up a special power supply line.

But what Sokov knew was the rules of later generations, and he didn't know what rules this era had for building his own house. So he put down the tableware in his hand, and asked Asiya curiously: "Asiya, do you need to ask the relevant department for approval when your family repairs the house?"

"Look for approval from relevant departments?!" Assia heard Sokov's question, with a confused expression on her face: "If you build a house in the suburbs, you can choose the ideal location freely. It seems that you have never heard of the Find the relevant department for approval."

Just as Asiya finished speaking, Yakov chimed in and said: "Only after the house is built, do you need to go to the relevant department to apply for the land use certificate and real estate certificate, and let them help set up the power supply line by the way. In addition , When and where you repair the house have nothing to do with them."

After listening to Asiya and Yakov's words, Sokov felt a lot more at ease. It turns out that this regulation has been around for a long time, and it is not a new regulation added by later generations. It is estimated that from this era onwards, these wooden houses built in the suburbs, It is habitually called a villa. He then asked, "Asiya, how long did it take your family to repair the house?"

Asiya thought for a while and replied, "About three months. When leveling the land, it took a week just to cut down the trees in that area. Then, when building the house, it took another nearly two months." time……"

Sokov thought to himself that there is probably no wooden structure house that can be assembled in this era, and it can only be built with rested logs, which will definitely take a lot of time. I have time to go to the villa of Asiya's family another day to see if the house is still there. If it is really blown up by German planes, it is better to find a place to build a new house.

Seeing that Sokov suddenly stopped talking, and seemed to be thinking about something while staring at the plate in front of him, Assia asked curiously, "Misha, what are you thinking about?"

"I'm wondering if I should take some time to visit your villa these two days to see if the house is still there." Sokov looked up at Asia and said, "If the house is blown up by a German plane, Then I’m afraid we’ll have to consider finding a new place to build a villa for your family.” The reason he said this was because he remembered that in a later post, Stalin said that in order to prevent the German army from using private houses on the outskirts of Moscow for heating, So they ordered people to burn down most of the houses in the suburbs. I don't know if Asiya's villa was also burned down.

"If we can find the car, we can go and have a look tomorrow." Assia said, "I haven't been to the villa for several years, and I really miss it."

"Or, we'll come here with vegetable seeds." Yakov interjected, "If your villa is still intact, then we can plant some vegetables in the yard and harvest them after September."

"That's a good idea." Asiya's eyes lit up when she heard Yakov say this: "The yard of my villa is 300 square meters, and I can grow a lot of vegetables."

"Do you have any tools for growing vegetables at home?" Sokov asked, "If not, we need to bring some from the nursing home."

"Yes, there are." Assia nodded and said, "There are villas in the suburbs, and every household has tools for growing vegetables. Every year in mid-May, everyone will start to take vacation and go to their villas in the suburbs to grow vegetables." Vegetables, and then wait until September to harvest."

"How do you dispose of the harvested vegetables?" Yakov asked.

When Sokov heard Yakov say this, he couldn't help being a little more curious. You know, there is no refrigerator in this era, and some vegetables can't be kept for long even if they are thrown in the cellar, so he is eager to know, How are these harvested vegetables handled?

"Potatoes, onions, carrots, these non-perishable vegetables are usually stored in the cellar." Seeing Yakov so curious, Asiya patiently explained to him: "As for vegetables such as cucumbers and tomatoes, they are made into Canned vegetables, wait until winter to eat slowly."

"Is there any canned fruit?" Yakov continued to ask.

"Yes, Yasha." Assia nodded and continued: "For example, apples, pears, yellow peaches and oranges, we will make them into cans, so that in winter, we can have fruits to eat. Yes Yes, there are seven or eight apple trees outside my yard, and every late August, when ripe apples fall from the trees, I will take a basket to pick them up and make them into cans.”

Speaking of apple trees, Sokov thought to himself that the most fruit trees on the streets of Moscow are apple trees. Every year until the end of August, the apple trees are full of green apples, but few passers-by will pick up these fallen apples until they rot in the ground.

After dinner, Asya took Sokov's hand and walked towards the building where she lived with Yakov.

On the way, Yakov suddenly asked: "Assia, Misha now dreams of going to the Far East to fight the Kwantung Army. If the Supreme Command really appoints him as the commander of a certain army group, you will go with him. ?"

Assia turned to look at Sokov and said with a smile, "I listen to Misha. If he tells me to go, I'll go; if he doesn't let me go, I won't go."

After hearing this, Yakov couldn't help but be a bit dumbfounded: "Assia, so, whether you will go to the Far East in the future depends entirely on Misha's attitude?"

"Yes," Assia nodded and said affirmatively: "In my family, my father has the final say on everything. Now in our family, Misha is the head of the family. Whatever he says, I will I obey."

Hearing what Asiya said, Sokov couldn't help but feel a little proud, so he stretched out his hand and patted the back of the other's arm holding his arm lightly twice.

The first one came to Yakov's room. He opened the door and said to the two of them, "Misha, Asiya, go to bed early. Good night!" But when he closed the door, taking advantage of Asiya's inattention, He made a cheering gesture to Yakov, and then closed the door.

Sokov and Asiya returned to the room, and after closing the door, Asiya restrained the smile on her face, and asked seriously: "Misha, if you can really go to the Far East, will you let me and you Shall we go together?"

"Assia, the decision on this matter is up to you." Sokov thought in his heart, although the Far East campaign was one-sided, who can guarantee that there will be no surprises. Among other things, if Asiya went to the Far East, if something happened, I'm afraid I would regret it too late. Therefore, he decided to let Asiya decide whether to follow him to the Far East: "If you are willing to go, I welcome it; if you don't want to, I will not force it."

But Asiya did not answer Sokov's question, but said calmly: "Misha, it seems a bit too early for us to discuss this matter now. You know, whether you can go to the Far East or not It's unknown."

"Assia, I didn't know whether I could go to the Far East." Sokov said, "But since I came here, I am sure that my superiors will definitely let me go to the Far East."

"Why?" Assia asked curiously, "How did you judge?"

"Before we went to dinner, both Bezikov and Gurchenko mentioned that the reason why we were arranged in this nursing home was to prevent people from discovering us. Think about it, the superiors even want to keep our whereabouts secret It proves that there will definitely be important work arrangements for me and Yasha in the future." Sokov explained: "I can't think of any other tasks that are more important than this except going to the Far East to fight the Kwantung Army. "

After listening to Asiya, she nodded slowly and said, "You're right, I think there will be definite news in two days." She looked up at the clock on the wall, "It's not early Now, go and wash up quickly, so we can rest early."

Early the next morning, Sokov was awakened by a hasty knock on the door. He quickly got out of bed, put on his pajamas, walked out of the bedroom, and closed the bedroom door behind him. After doing all this, he came to the door, reached out and opened the door, and saw Yakov standing at the door.

"Yasha, good morning!" Sokov greeted the other party actively: "You got up so early, why don't you sleep more?"

Yakov didn't speak, but pushed Sokov into the room with his hands, and closed the door casually. After pulling Sokov to sit in front of the sofa, he said, "Misha, it's not good, we are under house arrest. gone."

"Yasha, what are you talking about?" Sokov asked in a daze, "We are under house arrest. Who said that?"

"No one said it, I analyzed it myself."

"Yasha, are you nervous, that's why you have such hallucinations." After listening to Yakov's words, Sokov said jokingly, "Why are we under house arrest?"

"Misha, I'm not joking with you, it's all true."

Sokov stared into Yakov's eyes for a while, and seeing that your opponent never looked away, he was sure in his heart that what he said should be true, so he suppressed the smile on his face and asked tentatively: "Yakov Sha, how did you know that we were under house arrest?"

"After I got up, I wanted to take a walk outside the nursing home to get some fresh air." Yakov said with a straight face, "Who knew that when I reached the gate, I was stopped by the sentinel on duty. Although I showed my identity, But the sentinel told me that he was ordered not to leave the nursing home, even if I was no exception.”

"Well, we are not allowed to leave the nursing home?" Sokov realized the seriousness of the problem. Apart from the three of himself, there are now several waiters and a platoon of soldiers in the nursing home. It's about keeping an eye on your posture. But in order to find out the truth of the matter, he decided to try again: "I will change my clothes now, and we will try again later to see if the sentry at the door will stop me. If we are really not allowed to go out, then we will Under house arrest."

Sokov got up and walked into the bedroom, took off his pajamas, and began to change into his military uniform. Asiya, who had just woken up, asked sleepily, "Misha, who's here? Is it Yasha?"

"Yes, Asya, it's Yasha." Sokov didn't hide the fact that Yakov came, but he didn't mention that he might be under house arrest. After all, it hasn't been confirmed yet. Everyone panicked: "He and I are going out to do some errands, we will be back soon, you can continue to sleep."

Sokov came out of the bedroom, closed the door behind him, and said to Yakov, "Yasha, let's go."

The two came out of the small building where they lived and walked towards the gate of the nursing home.

Sure enough, when they approached the gate, a sentry came up to greet them and asked politely, "Two generals, where are you going?"

"Comrade soldier," Sokov was worried that Yakov would do something wrong because of his agitation, so he said first: "Let's go for a run first, can you let us out?"

Hearing Sokov's question, the sentinel had a troubled expression on his face: "I'm sorry, Comrade General, I have no right to let you out."

Seeing the sentinel's reaction, Sokov's heart sank. It seemed that Yakov was right. The three of them were indeed under house arrest, and they couldn't leave the sanatorium at all. However, facing the sentry blocking the way, he still asked politely: "Comrade soldier, can you tell me why?"

The sentinel replied nervously: "Comrade General, the order I received is to ensure your safety. You know, although the war is over, who can guarantee that there are no enemies lurking outside? What if they take advantage of you? The opportunity to go out, hiding in the dark and sniping at you, what should I do?"

Faced with such a far-fetched explanation, Sokov just couldn't laugh or cry. But he knew that the other party was just a small soldier, and the order he received was not to allow him to go out, and he couldn't decide anything else. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Comrade soldier, can we move around in the yard?"

"Of course, of course." The sentinel nodded vigorously, and replied in an affirmative tone: "As long as you guys don't leave the confines of the nursing home, you can do whatever you want, and no one will interfere with you."

After confirming the fact that he and others cannot leave the nursing home, Sokov turned to Yakov and said, "Yasha, let's go, let's go back."

Seeing that Yakov seemed to be preparing to teach the sentry a lesson, he quickly stepped forward to hold Yakov's hand, and said in a low voice, "The sentry is also following orders, so don't make things difficult for him."

Hearing what Sokov said, Yakov put down his raised fist and could only follow Sokov back in despair.

After a certain distance from the gate, Yakov stopped, looked at Sokov and asked, "Misha, tell me, what is going on, why are we put under house arrest for no reason? Could it be that the two of us Did man do something wrong?"