- Ifolda! Misa it! Ungenzi lokhu! Ngememeza ngemva kukababa. Kodwa sekuphuzile kakhulu. Uvele wangena emotweni futhi washiya esiteshini samaphoyisa wesifunda. Ngawela emgwaqweni wangena eqhweni futhi nginqotshwa. Kwenzeke nje ngaphambi konyaka omusha wokugcina. Sasihlala neRom ekhishini futhi silindele ukuthi i-kettle ikwazi ukufudumala. Njenge-octopus, igesi laphonsa amathambo alo aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, njengendoda endala enesindayo esindayo, yaxolisa isamukeli esiphezulu sekhishi. Ngahlala esitokisini, ngigqoke ihembe likaRomina flannel emgqeni obomvu obomvu. Futhi wayebhema ewindini elivulekile. "Angiqondi," ngathukuthela, "kungani ungafuni ukungishada?" Abazali bazosithengela igumbi lokulala elinezindlu ezintathu futhi banikeze amaRandi ayizinkulungwane ezinhlanu. Sizophila impilo yenkosi futhi ngeke siyazi. Futhi upapa usithembisa uhambo oluya e-Canary, ngakho-ke sachitha isikhathi sezinyosi lapho.
"Futhi wena nobaba wakho omuhle ungangikhathazi, ukuthi ngingumgomo njengenkohliso," kusho uRoma. "Ngesaba ukuthi uyihlo uzongidelela ngoba engakwazi ukuvikela indodakazi yakhe ngokwanele."
Futhi ngokujwayelekile sisezindaweni ezahlukene zomphakathi.
Ngemuva kwalokho, uBoris Sergeevich ungumuntu odumile, futhi ngingumakhi ojwayelekile. Futhi usebenze, njengoba uyazi, akuyona into engivamile kakhulu kimi. Ngezinye izindlela, wayeqinisile. Ubaba wayengenalo imizwelo yothando ngomthandi wami, ngoba wayekude kakhulu nomfanekiso womlingani wokuphila ofanelekayo indodakazi eyodwa. Upapa wayengumdwebi wesimanje. "Wagijima" ngentshisekelo yomphakathi kwezobuciko obuhlukile futhi manje wahlaziya izithombe zakhe ezibucayi, zashabaya imali embi. Wayesevele enemibukiso eminingi yamahhashi ngaphandle, nakuba imisebenzi yakhe yayithengiswa kahle lapha. Cishe wonke u-Ukraine omusha wayebheka njengesibopho sakhe ukubeka endlini yami ubuciko obuhle bukababa. Ngelinye igama, asizange siphumelele. Cabanga nje: kuzo zonke izingxenye zendlu yethu emihlanu-ku-TV noma esikhungweni somculo, ezindongeni - amathipithi abizayo, emabhokisini angaphandle, amashalofu - ama-vastic cryes. Naphezu "kokuphikiswa kwakhe ngokuphila kwansuku zonke" emsebenzini wakhe, upapa ekuphileni kwansuku zonke kwakuyi-philistine evamile eyayingekho ukunambitheka okucwengileko. Waphupha ukuthi ngizohlangana nomuntu onenhlanhla kusuka kwezobuciko. Isibonelo, nomfundi wakhe uRostislav noma umbongi ohlambalaza u-Olesem, owayevame ukuvakashela indlu yethu.
Kodwa ngakhetha iRomania , lapho ngihlangane naye, lapho evuselela indlu yethu. Ngahlatshwa umxhwele ngamehlo akhe amnyama, asemaphandleni kanye nezinwele eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Nokho, ngaphandle kwami, wayengathandi muntu. Amantombazane amtholile ephansi futhi afana noGenghis Khan. Kodwa angingakhathaleli imibono yabanye. ERoma, ngithandana ukuze ngiqede ukuzitholela! Ubaba ekuqaleni wayephikisana nokuvakashelwa kwethu, kodwa wabe esezihlukanisa, ekwahlulela ukuthi ezweni lethu inkululeko yenkululeko, ngakho-ke, kungaba nokuhlangana okungenani ne-locksmith noma i-janitor. Uthi: "Ungavumeli indodakazi yakho idlale nawe," kusho uyise. "Uma uthanda, shada." Ngangilungele ukugqoka ingubo yomshado, kodwa nansi inhlanhla: Ngokuqhubekayo uRoma akazange afune ukungishada, naphezu kwezintaba zegolide abazali bami abathembisa zona. Ngalobo busuku ngemuva kwesinye ingxoxo waphinde wathi: Angifuni ukubhalisa umshado.
- O, kunjalo? - Ngathi. "Khona-ke konke kuphakathi kwethu." Ngeke ngizithobe futhi.
Ngashintsha ngokushesha izingubo zami futhi ngaphuma endlini yakhe encane . Ilanga selivele selihlezi, kodwa laliqhwaqhekile ngaphandle. Njengepakethe yentsha ekhukhumezayo, ama-snowflakes ajikeleza nxazonke, ewela eyelashes abo futhi ehamba phansi ngaphansi kwamakolishi abo. Ngangena ebhasini le-trolley futhi ngaqala ukubheka ubuso bomuntu ohamba nabo ngentshiseko. "Manje ngizophatha izinto ezingavamile, ngithandane nomunye umuntu ojwayelekile futhi ngizame ukushada naye. Ukuze ngiphakamise Roma, "ngacabanga. Kodwa, njengokungathi ngabona isidumbu esilambile kimi, la madoda aphenduka. Ngabuyela ekhaya ngidumala ngezinyembezi: Ngangizohlangana noMnyaka Omusha wedwa. I-Roma yabiza izinsuku ezimbili kuphela kamuva.
"Bantwana, ngangiphutha," waxolisa. "Kungani thina, ekugcineni, singabhalisanga ubuhlobo bethu bokungcwaba?" Ngabambezela umshado wami ngoba ngangesaba ukulahlekelwa inkululeko yami. Kodwa kungani kufanele "ngikhululeke"? I-Roman isakhuluma okuningi mayelana nokuthi ngangijabule kangakanani, yeka indlela enenhlanhla ngayo kanye nami, ukuthi ngangingu-diamond ye-rarest ngaphandle kwesigubhu futhi lesi sigubhu savuma ukuba sibe.
- Romka! Ngakhala ngomsindo omkhulu kangangokuthi ngacishe ngibeke phansi izwi lami. "Woza kithi ngokushesha, ukhulume noyihlo."
"Masenze isimanga ngoNyaka Omusha," kusho i-betrothed yami.
"Lokhu kuphela." Angikaze ngenze isiphakamiso kunoma ubani futhi ngikhathazekile kakhulu. Uma ungakhathazeki, ngizofika no-Alex. Futhi uzoba nomlobokazi uValya.
Yiqiniso, angizange ngicabange. Ngo-Eva Wonyaka Omusha, sasivame ukugibela iholide elikhulu, cishe kubantu abangaba ngu-50. Izivakashi ezimbili ngaphezulu, ezimbili ngaphansi - kwakungekho umehluko kubazali bami. Ngaphezu kwalokho, empilweni yami kwakuhlelwe umcimbi omkhulu: ekugcineni umyeni wami ukhule futhi wanquma ukungiholela emgqeni. Umkhosi Wonyaka Omusha, njengokuvamile, waqala ngo-10: 00 kusihlwa. I-toast yokuqala yayivamile "ngenkazimulo yonyaka wokuhamba." Khona-ke u-Oles othukayo wafunda inkondlo entsha lapho kungekho muntu owazi khona. URostislav wahlabelela into emgodini.
Futhi angikwazi ukulinda kuze kube phakathi kwamabili . Ngokusho kweskripthi, kwakukhona kuleli hora lapho amaRom afuna ukucela ngokusemthethweni isandla sami. Njengokungathi ngengozi, ngangihlezi neRom phakathi nendawo, futhi abangane bakhe uLesha noValya bahlezi emaphethelweni. Futhi-ke, lapho iwashi lishaya ishumi nambili, iRoma yaphakamisa ingilazi ye-champagne:
"Owathandekayo uBoris Sergeevich no-Olga Stepanovna," waqala inkulumo ehloniphekile, ekhanda ngekhanda kusengaphambili. "Ngithanda indodakazi yakho futhi ngicela isibusiso sakho sabazali." Ngizothatha njalo u-Irina njalo. U-Ira, - umRoma waphendukela kimi, - uyavuma ukuba ngumkami? Izivakashi zahlehliswa. Wonke umuntu wayazi ngeveli yethu futhi wazibuza lapho ukugcina, okungukuthi, umshado. Abangane bomama baqala ukungishaya, abangane bakababa bathululela isandla samaRoma. Ama-oles kuphela aphendukile futhi aphuma ngephandle egumbini. Ngangazi ukuthi wayethandana nami futhi wathumela emibhokisongweni yezimvilophu ezithandwayo, okwehluke kakhulu kulokho okwaboniswa emphakathini. Ngokungazelelwe ukukhanya kwaphuma. "Uyini, uzamcolo? Usuku Lokwahlulela? "- wamemeza uyise, egijimela ngendlu. Waqala ngaphandle kwefasitela - kwakukhona ukukhanya endlini elandelayo. Phakathi kwezivakashi zaqala ukwethuka: abaningi abazange bathande ubumnyama. Ngezwa othile ephahla okuthile kristall. "Rostik, usizo!" - obizwa ngokuthi uyise we-sculptor-student naye naye waphuma wangena emgodini. Sonke sifike ngokulindela.
Ngemuva kwemizuzu emihlanu, ugesi uvele futhi.
"Kuhle," kusho ubaba othokozile, engena ekamelweni nge-screwdriver esandleni sakhe. - Abanye ama-jokers baphonsa ama-plugs. Yeka isimangalo ngo-Eva Wonyaka Omusha! Ibukeka kuphi i-concierge, yeqa zonke izinhlobo ze-rascals? Esebenza ne-counter, wahlushwa kancane ngokugcoba futhi waya ekamelweni lokugqoka izingubo zakhe. Kodwa ngemva kwesikhashana wagijima waphuma lapho njengoba scalded.
- U-Olenka, - ubaba wayebhekiswe kumama, - thina, ngombono wami, sabanjwa !!! Udaba lokuthi ubaba wami akazange athembele amabhange futhi athembele futhi agcine yonke imali yakhe ehlala ekhaya, noma kunalokho, egumbini lakhe lokulala. Manje i-alcove yomzali yayifana nomuzi ngemva kokuqhuma kwamabhomu: izimpaphe zezinkambo zokusika zahamba yonke indawo, amanye amaphepha, ama-scraps, izikhonkwane zafakwa. Iphephethi, lapho umama egcina khona zonke izindwangu zakhe, engenalutho.
"Kwakungenziwa kuphela umuntu okhona lapha," umngane kababa, uVasili, owayenombono wokubamba uSherlock Holmes, waphakamisa.
"Lapho ngifika ekhishini, kwabonakala sengathi kukhona umuntu olala ekamelweni lokulala," kusho u-Oles. - Futhi ngabona ukuthi le ntombazane eyaza nomngane waseRoma yaphuma yangena emgodini. Ngemva kwalokho, ukukhanya kwaphuma. Yebo, isiRoma, kodwa abangane bakho baphelaphi? - Wambheka umkhwenyana wami ngokucophelela, wamshaya amehlo.
"Akungabazeki ukuthi kuphela abangakwenza lokhu," kusho uVasily. Ngangingenalutho lokukhuluma, bangabangane bamaRoma, futhi kumele ngibe ngakwesokunene nomngane wami, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwenzekani. Nakuba kwakunzima ukugcina ukungathathi hlangothi: u-Alyosha noVali babengatholakali ndawo ...
Baboshwa ngokushesha. ULesha wathola yonke imali yethu namagugu, futhi amaphakethe kaVali ayengenalutho. Wakhala futhi wamphika ukubandakanyeka kwakhe ekuthangeni: kuthiwa u-Lesha wayemcele kusengaphambili ukuba ahlasele phezu kweRom futhi akhiphe ama-plugs.
"Wazi kanjani ukuthi sigcina imali ekamelweni lokulala?" Bambuzwa upapa, ebheka ngokumangalisayo eRomania.
"Ngombono wami, u-Irina wake wamtshela ngakho," umlingani wami wathi kuyise.
"Ukhononda ngokuthi awugcini imali yakho, njengoba kulindeleke, ebhange."
"Kangaki izikhathi engikuxwayisile? Ungabhali!" Ukhalele ubaba, owayeseceleni kokuphazamiseka kwemizwa. Kwaphela amasonto ambalwa. U-Alyosha wayekhona esikhungweni se-remand, kanti uValya wayekhululekile - wakhululwa ngokubona kwakhe njengofakazi.
I-Cape Roma ayinaso isikhathi sokufaka isicelo ehhovisi lokubhalisa . Ukanina wakhe wawagula ngokuzumayo, waya e-Dzhankoy. Ngobusuku obubandayo, ngangihlala nge-TV, ngiphakamise ukukhala kwefilimu ethile evuthayo. Ngokungazelelwe u-Valentina wabiza.
"Ngiyazi ukuthi awuthandi ukukhuluma nami," kusho yena, "kodwa ngiyanincenga, ungagcini." Kudingeka sibone futhi sikhulume ngokujulile. Ngangizibuza ukuthi ngabe lo lover-loser wayefuna kusuka kimi, ngafika endaweni yokuhlangana. U-Valya wayegqoke isembatho esidala, isigqoko se-hare, amabhuzu agqokile, futhi ethuthumela ngamakhaza. Ngimhawukela, ngammemela e-cafe.
"Ngithembisa ukuthi ngeke ngithule, kodwa angikwazi ukuphinde ngikubone, ngibheke othandekayo wami," waqala ingxoxo. "Ngifuna ukukutshela iqiniso, futhi unquma ukuthi kufanele wenze kanjani." Ngokombiko wakhe, umsunguli wokuphanga uNew New Year ... wayengumngane wami ongumRoma, noLesha wayengumdlali nje kuphela.
Ngokwalolu hlelo, uLesha ekuphakameni kwemnandi kwakudingeka aphume egumbini elivamile futhi angene ekamelweni, lapho, ngokusho kwamaRom, kwakuyizo zonke izindinganiso zikababa. Umngane kaRominy wayenesiqingatha sehora: ngalesi sikhathi kwakudingeka athole futhi angenalutho isilondolozi sikababa. Ngemva kokukhuluma kukaRomina, lapho zonke izivakashi ziqala ukuxoxa ngomshado ozayo, uValya wayephoqelekile ukuba angene emgodini futhi ahlukumeze imishayezo yezimoto ukuze uLyosha angabonakali.
"Engikwenzile," kusho u-Valentina. "Kodwa sasingekho ochwepheshe, futhi asikwazanga ukucabanga ukuthi umsebenzi" Unyaka Omusha "uzohluleka. Sasilindele ukuthi indlu izogcwala abantu, wonke umuntu uzosolwa futhi sibe nesikhathi esanele sokuthengisa ubucwebe futhi sifihle imali.
Nokho, sasibala masinyane . U-Alyosha ekuqaleni wenqaba ukweba noma yini. Kodwa i-Roma yakho yamkhumbuza ukuthi wayenezikweletu kuye. Yiqiniso, ngezindinganiso zakho, kuncane - ama-dollar ayikhulu. Kodwa umngani wami ongasebenzanga utholaphi isamba esinjalo? Ngaphandle kwalokho, uRom uthembise ukuthi sizokwabelana ngemali kababa wakho komunye nomunye. Futhi manje, ngenkathi sibanjwa, uLesha ubhekene naso sonke icala ngaye. Ngezimiso zakhe, nami ngiyathula, kungenjalo iRoma izocabanga ukuthi u-Alexei wamkhaphela.
"Isiphi isikweletu?" - Ngiphikile. - Yimuphi umsebenzi "onguNyaka Omusha"? Kungani kufanele ngikukholelwe? Uzama nje ukuvikela umlingani wakho, yilokho konke!
"Ake sihambe," u-Valentina wathi ngokuzimisela. "Ngizofakazela ukuthi ngiqinisile." Ngicela uthembise ukuthi awuyikusika imivimbo yakho, ukugijima ngaphansi kwemoto noma ukugxuma ophahleni lwezakhiwo eziphakeme.
Sasizulazula isikhathi eside ngasemigwaqweni yangemuva, futhi ngangikhathele kakhulu ngengubo yami yemfashini yemfashini esindayo. Ekugcineni safika egcekeni elincane futhi sifihla ngemuva kocingo.
"Bheka lapho," uValya ubhekisele endaweni yokudlala. "Manje ungaqiniseka ngakho konke ngokwakho." Ngempela bathi: uthando luyimpumputhe. Ngabe amehlo ami ayehlala kuphi? Kungani ngingaboni ukuziphatha okungavamile komkhwenyana? Ukunyamalala kwakhe, ukuthukuthela okungazelelwe, ukungafuni ukushada nami - ungacabange ... Emva kwegquma labantwana eliqhwaqhaqhaqha, uRomani wema futhi wamanga intombazane encane. Eduzwini labo bagijima begqoke ijaji elikhanyayo nezingane ezihlekisayo bese bephonsa ama-snowballs. "Yilokho eyimfihlo engakunikela yona," u-Valya wangihlambalaza. "Baye bazana nomunye ngonyaka, futhi uRom uthanda naye ubuhlanya." Kunoma yimuphi umama wase-Dzhankoy, akekho, kodwa wahlala noTanya. Angazi ukuthi yini ayitholile kuyo. Uhle, ngemali, futhi le Tatiana ayinaso isikhumba, akukho ubuso. Futhi indodana eneminyaka emine ubudala, hhayi ipeni lomphefumulo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, unenkinga yokuphefumula. Umngane wakho uthemba ukuchitha imali eyebiwe ekwelapheni kwakhe. Ezinsukwini ezintathu ezedlule iRomania noTanya bashadile, futhi isicelo sehhovisi lokubhalisa senziwa ngoDisemba. Mina noLesha bekufanele sibe khona emshadweni, kodwa, njengoba wazi, kwakungimi kuphela phakathi kwezivakashi.
Akazange abuze ngisho nangomphumela womngane wakhe, nakuba ngangizibona ngamehlo akhe. ULesche ubhekene necala iminyaka eyisithupha ejele, ngaxoxa nommeli. ... Emuva ekhaya, emshinini, ngikhohlwe ngokuphelele ngesithembiso sokungenzi lutho ngami. Ukungazi lutho kwami kuhlupheka kakhulu kulokho engakubona. Ngathatha i-razor yami ngayibamba esandleni sami. Cha, cha, cha! Isifiso sokuphila sasinamandla kunesifo esibuhlungu. Ngangcwatshwa ubuso bami emilenzeni futhi ngakhalaza kancane. IRoma yayisithandekayo kimi, futhi angikwazi ukumdlula ngisho nangemva kokuba konke akwenzile.
Uyini udaba kuwe, ndodakazi? "Ubaba wabuza, ezwa ukuzwa kwami.
Ngabuka phezulu. Ngaphambi kwami kwakungumuntu kuphela emhlabeni owangithanda ngempela. "Ukumboza isigebengu, angiyikukhaphela ubaba wami?" - Ngacabanga futhi ngitshela ubaba konke.
"Ngangazi lokho!" Ngakhala ubaba, emva kokulalela kwami. "AmaRom akho ayehlala elula." Futhi izivumelwano eziningi kakhulu: saphangwa ngosuku lapho ecela isandla sakho. Ngavele ngimsola, kodwa ngangingekho isizathu sokukhuluma ngalokhu kumphenyi. Yebo, angiyikushiya kanje. Njengoba uZheglov esho, isela kumele sibe sejele.
Ubaba wagqoka isambatho , ingubo yasebusika futhi washiya indlu. Futhi mina, ngigqoke isigamu, ngigijima ngimlandela. "Ngenzeni? - Ngakhala. "I-Roma izofakwa etilongweni, futhi impilo yakhe izobhujiswa phakade." Yebo, wangihleka. Kodwa-ke, ukuphi uthando lwami? UNkulunkulu ufundisa ukuthethelela. " Angizange ngikwazi ukumisa ubaba. "I-foray" yami ayizange idlule ngaphandle kokulandelela. Ngabamba i-pneumonia futhi ngagula inyanga. Ku-delirium, kubonakala sengathi mina njengoRomana uhlushwa nje ejele, njengoba uTatiana owayengumntwana ongenalutho wayehleka us. Futhi lapho ngiqala ukuphulukisa, ngafunda iqiniso. Ubaba wanquma ukuthi ngeke aphumelele ukutshala amaRoma. Ukulwa naye kwakungenasici, futhi mina nobaba sasingeke sithathe indaba ngokujulile. Abahluleli banganquma ukuthi sizama ngale ndlela ukuphindisela eRom ngenxa yokuthi washada nomunye owesifazane. UPapa wathatha isitatimende sakhe esitokisini, futhi u-Alyosha wakhululwa. U-Valya uyangibiza nsuku zonke futhi uyangibonga njalo, ufunga ukuthi uzokwenzela noma yini. Lapho ngizwa izwi lakhe, ngiyaphakamisa, ngoba ngibuthakathaka kakhulu ukuziveza ezicindezini ezintsha. I-Valentine ingikhumbuze ngothando lwami kuphela, kodwa futhi nolwazi oluhlangenwe nakho kuNyaka KaNcibijane. Akufanele ngicabange ukuthi ubaba wamthethelela amaRoma lokho ayekwenzile futhi wamshiya yedwa. Wayephindaphinda njalo ukuthi "isela kufanele liboshwe", futhi "zonke izigebengu kufanele zijeziswe".
Futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo wanezela ukuthi wayenezihlobo eziningi phakathi "neziphathimandla zendawo". Futhi iRom isanda kutholakala ishaywa ngokufa emnyango ... Ngemva kokubhekana nokugula kokugula, ukukhashelwa nokulingwa, ngithemba ukuthi lokhu kuthuthumela kwakuphelile. Kodwa konke kwaqala futhi.
Abaphenyi bafika endlini yethu endleleni eshaywa ngayo, kodwa hhayi ukurekhoda ubufakazi bethu njengezisulu zokuphanga, kodwa ukungibuza ngokuthi "umyeni wami engumngcwabo" uyingozi. UPapa ubenqabe ngokuqinile zonke izinsolo ukuthi angizange ngiqiniseke ukuthi uhilelekile kulolu cala. Ngedwa, waqhubeka engitshela ukuthi wayengenzanga lutho kumaRoma. Angizange ngizame ukufika eqinisweni, kodwa nganginesiqiniseko sokuthi ubaba wabeke isandla sakhe kulokhu: uthando lwakhe lwami lwalunamkhawulo. Futhi okubaluleke kakhulu, manje angizange ngizisole neze ngamaRom. Bathi leso sikhathi siyaphulukisa. Ngokusobala, lokhu kunjalo, ngoba kwakubaluleke kakhulu kimi ukuba ngisuse wonke amapolisi papa, futhi umkami wangempela kufanele manje anakekele impilo yomyeni wami wangaphambili. Yini enye ongayengeza? URoma waphinde wabuyiselwa futhi wathatha isitatimende emaphoyiseni. Unembeza uvukile futhi waba nomuzwa wokuthi unecala phambi kwami, noma "abajwayelene" nobaba bakhe bamthinta ukuba angaboni - angizi. Ngiyaqiniseka kuphela into eyodwa: emva kwalesi siqephu, ubuhlobo bethu nobaba bami buguqukile. Ngaqala ukumethemba ngezimfihlo zami, futhi yena-ukuba aqaphele ngokucophelela izinhloso nemvelaphi yazo zonke izithandani zami ezalandela, abangani ngisho nabajwayelene nabo nje.