Borisova turned her head and glanced in the direction of the door, and said with some wonder: "Who will come at this time?" She put down her glass and got up and walked to the door.

When I opened the door, there was a middle-aged woman of medium stature and charm, followed by a soldier of the internal guard. Borisova looked at the other party carefully, and felt that she had never seen this person, so she asked a little strangely: "Who are you looking for?" ”

"You are Comrade Borisova, right?" The other party said with a smile on his face, "Hello, it's nice to meet you." Let me introduce myself, my name is Yulia Petrovna Rokossovskaya, I am Rokossovsky's wife, I heard that he is with you, and I came to look for him. ……”

Hearing that the woman in front of her was Rokossovsky's wife, Borisova's mind suddenly became blank, so that she didn't hear clearly what the other party said later.

Yulia saw Borisova standing at the door in a daze, shook her slightly, and asked with concern: "Comrade Borisova, are you okay?" ”

Yulia's voice woke Borisova from shock, she shook her head vigorously, bit her lip and said: "It's okay, what can I do." ”

"Comrade Borisova," Yulia asked tentatively, seeing that Borisova was still blocking the door tightly, "can I go in?" ”

"Of course, of course," Borisova took a step back in a panic and made a gesture of invitation sideways: "Please come in, Comrade Rokossovskai." ”

After Yulia entered the door, she stopped, turned to the soldier who followed her, and said, "Comrade soldier, I may have to stay here for a while, you better go back to the car and wait for me first." The warrior did not speak, but raised his hand in a salute, turned and strode away.

Rokossovsky was sitting in the living room for dinner, and only heard Borisova talking to someone at the door, but what was being said, he did not listen carefully. Hearing footsteps in the corridor, he asked without raising his head: "Borisova, who is coming?" ”

"Koschica, it's me!" A familiar but unexpected voice suddenly sounded at the door of the living room, he raised his head in surprise, looked at the person who spoke, and when he saw the person who came, the knife and fork in his hand fell on the table with a click, he never dreamed that his wife, who had not seen him for three years, would appear in front of him so suddenly.

Seeing Yulia standing opposite and opening her arms towards herself, Rokossovsky hurriedly got up and hugged her, and at the same time asked a little nervously: "Yulia, why did you come here?" ”

Yulia let go of Rokossovsky, raised her hand and wiped it on her face, and then said with a little choked up: "I received a call that you were admitted to the hospital, so I immediately put down my work and rushed over from Vladimir." The person who picked me up, said you are here, and told me to be here. After speaking, she raised her head and looked at Rokossovsky, and asked in a reproachful tone, "Koschika, you are not in good health, why don't you stay in the hospital and run around, if something happens to you, what should I do with the child?" ”

When Rokossovsky heard Yulia say this, he felt as if he had been plotted, so he took her by the shoulders and sat down at the table, pretending to be calm: "Don't worry, Yulia, don't you see that I'm not fine now?" After a pause, he asked tentatively, "Who told you that I was here?" ”

Regarding Rokossovsky's question, Yulia frowned and thought for a while, and then replied: "It seems to be called Lunev, it is from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he specially called me, saying that you have an old injury and are admitted to the hospital, and asked me to leave work as soon as possible and come to accompany you." He also installed someone to pick me up at the train station, saying that you were visiting friends here, so he sent me straight over. ”

Speaking of this, she suddenly remembered Borisova, and hurriedly turned her head to look at the door, only to see that the other party was standing at the door at a loss, and hurriedly greeted: "Comrade Borisova, why are you still standing at the door, hurry up and come and sit." When Borisova came over tremblingly and sat down at the table, she smiled and asked, "I hear, you once fought side by side with Koschyka in Yaltsevo?" ”

"Yes," Borisova, after a sneaky glance at Rokossovsky, nodded, and replied: "Comrade Marshal also once saved my life." Seeing that Yulia didn't look like she had come to ask the teacher about the crime, she asked carefully, "Have you had dinner?" Otherwise, eat a little here. ”

"Thank you, Comrade Borisova." Yulia smiled and said to Borisova: "I happen to be hungry, so together with Koschika, I will eat something at your place." ”

Rokossovsky heard the two of them call each other by adding a "comrade" and using "you" to address each other, so he couldn't help but say: "You can call each other by their nicknames, and don't use 'you' anymore, I feel uncomfortable to hear." ”

Borisova took out another set of utensils from the kitchen, scooped two spoonfuls of vegetable salad and a spoonful of oatmeal into the plate, put it in front of Yulia, and politely said: "Please use it." ”

The three people who had their own hearts buried their heads in their hearts ate and did not speak a word, and this dinner was extremely dull. After finally finishing eating, Borisova asked while cleaning up the dishes: "Do you drink tea?" ”

When Rokossovsky was eating, he was already sitting on pins and needles, where did he have any thoughts to drink tea, and hurriedly waved his hand at Borisova and said: "No need, thank you." It's getting late, and it's time for me to go back to the hospital. ”

When Borisova heard that Rokossovsky was leaving, she couldn't help but blurt out: "I'll send you!" But suddenly remembering that Rokossovsky's wife was sitting in the living room, he hurriedly took the cutlery in his hand and fled into the kitchen.

Rokossovsky turned to Yulia, who was sitting on the side, and said, "Let's go back." ”

Yulia, who already knew what was going on, still pretended to be okay and asked, "You won't sit for a while longer?" ”

"No," Rokossovsky said with some humility, "the doctors may have to make rounds, and they will be worried if they find out that I am not in the ward." ”

Yulia didn't want to embarrass Rokossovsky, so she stood up and said, "Since that's the case, then I'll accompany you back to the hospital." Then she shouted in the direction of the kitchen, "Borisova, we are back to the hospital, thank you for the dinner, it tastes amazing!" ”

Borisova, who was washing dishes, heard that the two were leaving, and she didn't even have time to take off her apron, so she ran out of it. A little flustered, he asked, "Why don't you sit down and have a cup of hot tea?" ”

Yulia shook her head, trying to squeeze a smile out of her face, and said, "Koschika needs to rush back to the hospital immediately, and we won't bother you." When I have the opportunity in the future, I will come to you for tea. After speaking, he waved his hand at Borisova, pulled Rokossovsky, who was standing there in a daze, and walked outside.