Azerbaijan! As soon as I heard the name of this country, I hated it.

This bitter hatred stems from the abrupt closure of the Cherkizovo market in Moscow in late June and early July 2009, when all merchants' goods were sealed in the market. In this case, the black-haired people, who already had a bad reputation, started to think crookedly, especially those Azerbaijanis who were doing business. Even if they still pat you on the shoulder during the day, call you brothers, and swear that they will be with you. But at night, they would quietly pay the security guards to guard the market, sneak into the market, and either pry open the Chinese merchants' shops and steal the goods and money inside, or sweep away the goods that the Chinese merchants put in their shops for sale and then flee.

In this way, in just a week or two, the actions of this small group of people have turned Azerbaijanis into notorious street rats. So much so that those who later dealt with Chinese businessmen had to solemnly declare: "I am not an Azerbaijani." Then he will be indignantly scolded: "Azerbaijanis are all bad guys!" ”

I often wondered: if I had met the Azerbaijanis who had run away with my goods, and I happened to have a knife in my hand at the time, would I not hesitate to stab them?

Zhukov inadvertently turned around and saw my gritted teeth-gritting dignity, and couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Lida, what's wrong with you?" ”

When he asked, I immediately woke up from my gaffe, and I hurriedly covered up and said, "It's nothing, toothache!" ”

"Toothache?!" Zhukov looked at me sympathetically, "There are no dentists in the army. If you are in a lot of pain, I will accompany you back to the hygienist to order painkillers, and we will not go to the wedding. ”

"Don't, don't delay you to go to the warrior's wedding, my toothache doesn't matter, just bear with it. Thank you for your concern, Georgy Konstantinovich. "You must know that Lu Dao Nomenkan is Zhukov's famous battle, and he doesn't know how happy Lu Dao is to meet his former old comrades-in-arms here. Since he had already agreed to the colonel to attend the wedding, I could not let him break his promise, even if he hated the Azerbaijanis in his heart, in the immediate form, he could only sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman.

Under the direction of Colonel Porosushi, our car came to a building two or three kilometers away from the battle line, where the wedding was to take place. There were a few young soldiers standing at the door, greeting the guests who had come one after another, and I saw that those who walked into the building were almost all soldiers.

Seeing us coming, the two soldiers at the door ran briskly towards us. Arriving in front of the courtesy, one of them loudly reported to Zhukov: "Comrade General, Sergeant Elson reports to you that we are preparing for the wedding. Please instruct! ”

"There's nothing to instruct," Zhukov said with a smile: "You guys keep busy, let's just come and take a look, don't be so restrained, we are all old comrades-in-arms who participated in the Battle of Nomenkan." ”

"I've seen you, Comrade General." The young soldier next to Ielson suddenly spoke.

"Oh, is it? At what time? Zhukov asked with interest.

"In August 1939, the day before we launched a counteroffensive against the Japanese, you went to our regiment to give instructions. After defeating the Japanese, you personally awarded me a medal. ”

Medal, hearing this word, I really saw a shiny medal on the soldier's chest, Zhukov looked at the medal on the soldier's chest, nodded and said: "Well, I'm a little impressed." I remember that you killed seventy-five Japanese soldiers on the battlefield alone, and I remember correctly, the Gasang Private Class. Oh no, you're a corporal now. ”

"It's me, Comrade General." The soldier proudly puffed out his chest and said with some excitement: "I can't believe you remember me." ”

"Comrade General," Colonel Porosuhi, who had been silent beside him, spoke, "I didn't expect you to know Gasang too, and we are here to attend his wedding today." ”

"Oh, so tonight's groom is you, Corporal Gasan." As soon as Zhukov grabbed Gasang's hand, he said repeatedly: "I really didn't expect that our hero has also reached the age of starting a family, I sincerely congratulate you!" ”

Seeing that Kasang's face was flushed with shame, Elson even stepped forward to relieve him: "Comrade General, thank you very much for coming to my brother's wedding. Don't keep standing at the door, it's cold outside, please go inside and sit down. ”

The place where the wedding banquet was held turned out to be a restaurant. There were no lights in the hall, there was no festive atmosphere at all, and the tables were placed on the four sides of the hall, leaving a wide space in the middle. As I sat down, I wondered if the bride and groom would be going to stand here and perform for the guests.

I looked around curiously, and I couldn't see any women except me. Without a bride, how can this wedding be held?

Once everyone was seated, the wedding officially began.

Corporal Gasan, accompanied by his brother Elson, came to the middle of the room. I thought that as in the case of domestic marriage, I would first invite the leader to speak, so I turned my attention to Zhukov and Porosushy, but when I saw that the two were still sitting motionless, watching the excitement with interest, I also turned my attention to the brothers who were standing in the middle.

Elson spoke in Azerbaijani for a long time, and I didn't understand a word. Then another old man in civilian clothes came up, and he continued to speak for a long time, but I still didn't understand a word. It wasn't until Elson spoke again, repeating everything he had just said to us in Russian, that he realized that he was wishing his brother a blessing.

After Elson finished speaking, the uncles and uncles of their village took turns to speak in the middle, all congratulating Ghasan and wishing him happiness. Until the beginning of the dance, no one invited Zhukov or Porosuech to come forward and say a few words, as if they had forgotten about them, and it was unthinkable to change the leadership in China to snub like this.

Why there was no bride at the wedding, I asked Porosusi curiously. He was also vague and vaguely said that it might be an Azerbaijani tradition. According to the rules, if there is no bride at the wedding, there can be no other women at the wedding, and my presence is definitely an outlier.

After the blessings to the bridegroom, the bridegroom, accompanied by the two best men, returned to a table in the corner and sat down to eat, and as for the toast to the guests, his brother Elson was represented.

When Elson came to our table to toast, Zhukov drank two full glasses of vodka in a row, and Porosusch did not hesitate, and drank all the vodka in the glass. When it was my turn, I only took a symbolic sip, and I knew that I didn't drink well, and that it would be great to get drunk and look good.

After a round of drinking, the guests flocked to the middle of the venue, kicking the wooden floor with their leather boots and dancing to the upbeat rhythm of the accordion. When they were happy, two people actually stood next to the dance floor and threw money in the air, and these five kopecks and ten kopecks fell like snowflakes. When the money was finished, the two of them squatted down again to pick up the money on the ground, and sprinkled it again, and so on and so forth. It is said that throwing money at a wedding means that the newlyweds will have endless wealth in the future.

Zhukov looked at the dancing people with a smile and whispered a few words to Porosuesh from time to time. I turned hatred into food, and anyway, the descendants of these Azerbaijanis have cheated me, and at this wedding feast I will open my appetite and eat back all my losses. I pulled the caviar, foie gras, salmon and so on from the table into my bowl and ate it completely without regard to my ladylike image.

"Comrade Major," I suddenly heard a nice voice beside me, and when I looked up, I saw a young and handsome sergeant standing in front of me, and he asked me with a smile on his face, "May I ask you to dance?" ”

I put down my knife and fork and glanced at Zhukov, who was sitting across from me, and nodded with a smile as I agreed to the invitation. Since he didn't object, I have little reason to object. Stretching out a hand, he stood up with his help and jumped up with him as he came to the middle.

He put his arm around my waist and slowly circled around in the middle of the dance floor. He whispered close to my ear, "Honey, you are so pretty. ”

"Xie Lu Xie, of course this is." The tone of my voice is now more and more like that of an old hairy woman.

"My name is Rai. What should I call you? ”

Hearing this name, it was actually the same as the name of the black-haired man who ran away with the most goods that rolled up my cargo, and I couldn't help but hate it again, thinking that this Rai in front of me wouldn't be the ancestor of that Rai in the future, right? I didn't want to deal with him, but since everyone else had already asked me very politely, it would be too rude for me not to answer, so I just said lightly: "You call me Oshanina." ”

"Beautiful girl, let's go for a walk outside." As soon as I finished saying my name, he suddenly made such a request. I know very well that the walk he talks about is not the same as drinking beer and eating crayfish in the next generation, and then finding a quiet place to discuss life. On such a cold day, go outside to find a haystack to discuss life, and you won't get sick from freezing. So I rejected him very directly: "I'm sorry, no. ”

"Honey, I love you." His confession was straightforward.

"But I don't love you." I replied coldly.

With that, I wanted to push him away and go back to my seat. But he hugged me tightly, his left hand wrapped around my waist, and his right hand very skillfully reached in between the buttons of the front placket of my military uniform, grabbed my right breast and rubbed it unscrupulously. My blood rushed to my face at once, I couldn't imagine that this person was so shameless, but in such an occasion, I couldn't shout loudly. In the United States, this is considered sexual harassment; But in Russia, this is a very common thing, and everyone thinks it is a natural thing. I didn't want to suffer such a dumb loss, so I struggled a few times and didn't break free, so I stomped the instep of his foot. While he was holding his injured foot and jumping in pain, I took the opportunity to get out and run back to my seat.

I caught my breath when I caught a glimpse of Zhukov looking down at his watch, and then I heard him say to Porosushy: "Colonel, it's getting late, it's time for Lida and I to go back to headquarters." Then he stood up, stretched out his hand and shook the colonel, and said, "I wish you good health, and see you again!" ”

Then he walked around the table and strode outside. I quickly shook hands with the colonel, and fled after Zhukov out of the room.

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