- Ifolda! Yeka! Musa ukwenza oku! Ndememeza emva kobawo. Kodwa kwakunzima kakhulu. Wayesevele engena kwimoto waza washiya kwisikhululo samapolisa wesithili. Ndawela endleleni eya kwiqhwa kwaye ndabetha. Kwenzeka nje ngaphambi koMnyaka omtsha wokugqibela. Sahlala kunye no-Roma ekhitshini size silinde i-kettle ukuze ifudume. Njenge-octopus, igesi yaphonsa iintambo zayo eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngaphandle kwesitshisi, njengendoda endala enentonga enzima, igaqa i-kitchen receveru. Ndadla kwisihlalo, ndambatha iRomina i-shirt flannel kwisiqalo esibomvu esibomvu. Kwaye wayebhema ewindini evulekile. Ndiyayiqonda, "ndandicinga," kutheni ungafuni ukutshata nam? " Abazali baya kuthengela indawo yokuhlala kunye neendawo ezinamakhulu amahlanu. Siya kuhlala ubomi besikhulu kwaye asiyi kukwazi. Kwaye upapa uthembisa ukuba sihambe kwii-Canary, ngoko sachitha i-honeymoon apho.
"Yaye wena kunye nooyihlo onyanisekileyo andiyikhathazi, ukuba ndiyinjongo njengengonyama," amaRoma ayedlala. "Ndiyayika ukuba uyihlo uya kundidelela ngenxa yokuba akanako ukukhusela ngokwaneleyo intombi yakhe."
Kwaye ngokubanzi sivela kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zoluntu.
Emva koko, uBoris Sergeevich ngumdumo, kwaye ndingumakhi oqhelekileyo. Yaye usebenze, njengokuba uyazi, akuyona into eqhubekayo kum. Ngandlela-thile, wayelungile. UBawo wayengenayo imvakalelo yothando kum umthandi wam, kuba wayekude kakhulu nomfanekiso weqabane elifanelekileyo lokuphila kwintombi enye. Upapa wayengumdwebi wesikhombi. "Wagijima" ngomtsalane woluntu lolunye utyando kwaye ngoku uvakalise izicathulo zakhe ezizenzekelayo, zashabaya imali enomdla. Wayesebenemibonakalo emininzi yangaphandle, nangona imisebenzi yakhe yayithengiswa kakuhle apha. Phantse yonke i-Ukrainian entsha yayicinga ukuba yayimfanelo yokumisela kwindlu yam ubugcisa bobawo. Ngelinye igama, asizange siphule. Khawucinge nje: kuzo zonke iindlu zegumbi lethu lezithuba ezintlanu-kumabonakude okanye kwisikolo somculo, kwiindonga - iimpapa ezibizayo, kwiibhodi zangasese, iithalafu - i-crystal vases. Nangona "ukubhikisha ngokuphathelele ubomi bemihla ngemihla" emsebenzini wakhe, upapa ngobomi bemihla ngemihla yayisisiqhelo se-philistine esasingenayo into ecocekileyo. Wayeliphupha ukuba ndiza kudibana neenhlanhla ukusuka kwezobugcisa. Ngokomzekelo, kunye nomfundi wakhe uRostislav okanye umbongi wase-Olesem, owayesoloko etyelela indlu yethu.
Kodwa ndakhetha iRomania , emva kokuba ndidibene naye, xa wayenza ukulungiswa kwindlu yethu. Ndatshitshiswa ngumbono wakhe omnyama, obalasempumalanga kunye neenwele ezimnyama ezimnyama. Nangona kunjalo, ngaphandle kwam, wayengathandi mntu. Iintombi zamfumana ziphantsi kwaye zifana noGenghis Khan. Kodwa andizange ndikhathalele ngemibono yabanye. ERoma, ndandithandana nje ukugqiba ukuzimela! Ubawo ekuqaleni wayechasa ukutyelela, kodwa emva koko waziyeka, ukugweba oko kwilizwe lethu idemokhrasi, ngoko ke, idibana nomncinci okanye i-janitor. Utsho nje uyise wathi: "Masivumeli intombi yakho idlale nawe." "Ukuba uyathanda, tshata." Ndandilungele ukugqoka ingubo yomtshato, kodwa nantsi inkolelo embi: Ngokuqhubekayo amaRoma akazange afune ukutshata nam, nangona iintaba zegolide abazali bam bathembisa. Ngaloo busuku emva komnye intetho wathi kwakhona: Andifuni ukubhalisa umtshato.
- Akunjalo? - ndathi. "Yonke into iphakathi kwethu." Andiyi kuthobeka kwakhona.
Ngokukhawuleza ndatshintsha iingubo zam, ndagijima ndaphuma endlwini yakhe encinci . Ilanga sele lisele, kodwa laliphantse likhephule ngaphandle. Njengepakethi yabaselula, iinqaba ze-snowflakes zijikeleze ngeenxa zonke, ziwela kwi-eyelashes zazo zihamba phantsi kwee-collars zazo. Ndangena kwibhasi ye-trolley ndaqala ukukhangela ngenyameko ebusweni bohamba nabo. "Ngoku ndiza kulawula into engafanelekanga, yithandane nezinye idiot eziqhelekileyo uze uphume ukutshata naye. Ukuchasa iRoma, "ndacinga. Kodwa, njengokungathi ndandizibona isidumbu esilambileyo kum, amadoda ajika. Ndabuyela ekhaya ndathukuthela ngezinyembezi: Ndakufuneka ndihlangabezane noMnyaka omtsha wodwa. AmaRoma abiza ezimbini iintsuku emva koko.
"Bantwana, ndiphosakele," waxolisa. "Kutheni thina, ngokwenene, ekugqibeleni singagunyazisanga ubuhlobo bethu beentlanga?" Ndilibale umtshato wam ngenxa yokuba ndiyesaba ukulahlekelwa inkululeko yam. Kodwa kutheni ndifanele 'ndikhulule intando'? UmRoma wayesathetha kakhulu malunga nendlela endandiyibonakalisa ngayo, inhlanhla wayenayo nam, ukuba ndiyidayimani ephazamisayo ngaphandle komtya kwaye lo mgca wavuma ukuba.
- Romka! Ndakhala ngokukhawuleza kangangokuba ndiphantse ndibeke ilizwi lam. "Yiza kuthi ngokukhawuleza, uthetha noyihlo."
"Masenze isimangaliselo kuMnyaka omtsha," wam unyanzelisa.
"Oku kuphela." Andizange ndenze isiphakamiso kumntu kwaye ndikhathazeke kakhulu. Ukuba awuyiqondi, ndiza kunye noAlex. Yaye uya kuba nomtshakazi uValya.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, andizange ndikhumbule. Ngo-Eva onguNyaka omtsha, sasidla iholide enkulu, malunga nabantu abangamashumi amahlanu. Iindwendwe ezibini ngaphezulu, ezimbini ngaphantsi - akukho mmahluko kubazali bam. Ngaphezu koko, ebomini bam isiganeko esikhulu sasilungiselelwe: ekugqibeleni umyeni wam ukhulile waza wagqiba ekubeni undikhokele kwisithsaba. Umthendeleko woNyaka omtsha, njengesiqhelo, waqala ngeyeshumi ntambama ngokuhlwa. Isiqhumiso sokuqala sasisiko "ngenxa yozuko lonyaka wokuhamba." Emva koko u-Oles othukisayo wafunda inkondlo entsha apho kungekho mntu wakuqonda nto. URostislav wacula into ethile kwigarita.
Kwaye ndingazange ndilinde kuze kube phakathi kobusuku . Ngokutsho kwesikripthi, bekukuleli lixa apho amaRom afuneka acele ngokusemthethweni isandla sam. Njengokuba ngaba ngengozi, ndihleli kunye no-Roma phakathi, kunye nabahlobo bakhe uLesha noValya baxhomekeke emaphethelweni. Kwaye ke, xa iwashi libetha ilishumi elinambini, amaRoma aphakamisa iglasi ye-champagne:
"Uthandekayo uBoris Sergeevich noOlga Stepanovna," waqala intetho enesidima, ekhunjulwe kwangaphambili. "Ndiyayithanda intombi yakho kwaye icele insikelelo yakho yomzali." Ndiya kukunyamekela u-Irina rhoqo. Ira, - umRoma wabuyela kum, - uyavuma ukuba ngumfazi wam? Iindwendwe zancuma. Wonke umntu wayesazi malunga neveveli yethu kwaye wazibuza ukuba ngowokugqibela, oko kukuthi, umtshato. Abahlobo bam umama baqala ukundibamba, abahlobo bam ka-Dad baxosha isandla samaRoma. I-Oles kuphela yajika kwaye ibonisa ngokushiya kwigumbi. Ndazi ukuba wayethandana nam kwaye wathumela kwimvulophu yeemvakalelo ezinokwakheka kwakhe, ezahluke ngokugqithisileyo nalawo abonakaliswe kuluntu. Ngokukhawuleza ukukhanya kwaphuma. "Yintoni, umkhukula? Usuku Lokwahlulela? "- wamemeza uyise, ekhwela ngendlu. Wajonga ngaphandle kwewindow - kwakukho ukukhanya kwindlu elandelayo. Phakathi kweendwendwe zaqala ukwethuka: abaninzi abazange bathande ubumnyama. Ndakuva umntu ephosa into ethile yekristal. "Rostik, uncedo!" - obizwa ngokuba nguyise womfundi wezithombe zakhe kunye naye waphuma waya kwikorori. Sonke siqabile ngokulindela.
Emva kwemizuzu emihlanu, umbane wavela kwakhona.
"Kulungile," watsho ubaba othobileyo, engena egumbini nge-screwdriver esandleni sakhe. - Ezinye i-jokers zisonte iiplagi. Yimangalisa ngoMhla woNyaka omtsha! Ingaba i-concierge ikhangeleka kuphi, iyakwehla zonke iintlobo ze-rascals? Ukusebenza kunye nekontraki, wayenomfutho omncinci ngokugaya umhlophe waza waya kwigumbi lokulala ukuze atshintshe iimpahla zakhe. Kodwa umzuzu kamva wagijima waphuma khona.
- U-Olenka, - ubaba wayethetha kumama, - thina, ngombono wam, sabanjwa !!! Umba kukuba ubaba akazange amethembe ibhanki kunye nethemba aze agcine yonke imali ayilondolozile ekhaya, nokuba kunjalo, egumbini lakhe lokulala. Ngoku umzali we-alcove wayefana nesi sixeko emva kokuqhubhisa ibhomu: iintsiba ze-cushion zinyuka yonke indawo, amanye amaphepha, ama-scraps, izikhonkwane zafakwa. I-casket, apho umama wayigcina yonke iingubo zakhe, wayenanto.
"Kwakungenziwa kuphela ngumntu okhoyo apha," umhlobo kabawo, uVasili, owayenomdla wokunciphisa uSherlock Holmes, wacetyiswa.
"Xa ndangena ekhitshini, kwakubonakala ngathi ndikhona umntu olala egumbini lokulala," u-Oles wangena kwingxoxo. - Kwaye ndabona ukuba intombazana eyayiza nomhlobo wamaRoma yaphuma yangena kwikorori. Emva koko, ukukhanya kwaphuma. Ewe, amaRoma, kodwa abahlobo bakho bahlala kuphi? - Wayejonga umyeni wam ngokukhawuleza, egxininisa amehlo akhe.
"Akungabazeki ukuba kuphela abaya kufeza oku," kusho uVasily. Andizange ndithetha nto, bahlobo bamaRoma, kwaye ndimele ndibe kwicala lam, ndingakhathaliseki ukuba kwenzekani. Nangona kwakunzima ukugcina ukungathathi hlangothi: u-Alyosha noVali babengabikho ndawo ...
Bavalelwa ngokukhawuleza. ULesha wafumanisa yonke imali yethu kunye namatye, kwaye iipokotshi zikaVali zazingenanto. Wakhala waza wakhanyela ukubandakanyeka kwakhe ekutshweni: kuthiwa uLesha wayemcelile kwangaphambili ukuba ahlasele iRom kwaye wawacima ama-plugs.
"Wayeyazi njani ukuba sigcina imali kwigumbi lokulala?" Bambuzwa upapa, ekhangelelana kakhulu kumaRoma.
"Ngokombono wam, u-Irina wambi wambi ngaye," umyeni wam wathi kuyise.
"Wakhalaza ukuba awugcinanga imali yakho, njengoko kulindelwe, ebhankini."
"Ndingawaphanga kangangeexesha? Musa ukubhala!" Ndakhala ubaba, owayesecaleni lokuphazamiseka kwemihlaba. Kwagqitywa ezimbalwa iiveki. U-Alyosha wayese-centre ye-remand, kwaye uValya wayekhululekile-wakhululwa ngokubona kwakhe njengobufakazi.
ICape Roma ayinaso ixesha lokufaka isicelo kwiofisi yokubhalisa . Unina wakhe wawagula ngokukhawuleza, waza waya e-Dzhankoy. Ngobusuku obushushu, ndahlala phantsi kweTV, ndaza ndaza ndaza ndabona ifilimu ebolileyo. Ngokukhawuleza uValentina wabiza.
Uthi: "Ndiyazi ukuba andithandi ukuthetha nam," kodwa ndithi kuwe, musa ukuxhoma. " Simele sibone kwaye sithethe ngokubalulekileyo. Ndandicinga ukuba yintoni into eyayidinga i-looter-loser evela kum, ndafika kwindawo yokuhlangana. UValya wayeseengubo endala, intonga yomlenze, iibhuthi ezigqityiweyo, kunye nokuthuthumela. Ndimkhathaza, ndammema kwi-cafe.
"Ndathembisa ukuba ndihlale ndithe cwaka, kodwa andinakuyigcina, ndibukele umhlobo wam esifa," waqalisa ingxoxo. "Ndifuna ukukuxelela inyaniso, kwaye unquma ukuba kufuneka wenze njani." Ngokutsho kwenguqu yakhe, umqalisi wokuphanga konyaka omtsha waye ... u-Roman wami, kunye noLesha wayengumdlali nje kuphela.
Ngokwesi sicwangciso, uLesha ekuphakameni kokumnandi kwakudingeka aphume egumbini eliqhelekileyo aze angene kwigumbi lokulala, apho, ngokubhekiselele kumaRom, zonke iimpawu zikabawo. Umhlobo kaRominy wayenesiqingatha seyure: ngeli thuba kwakufuneka afumane kwaye angenanto inqolobane kayise. Emva koko emva kweRomina intetho, xa zonke iindwendwe ziqala ukuxoxa ngomtshato ozayo, uValya unyanzelekile ukuba aphume aye kwikorori aze ahlaziye i-traffic jams ukuze uLyosha angaboni.
"Into endiyenzayo," uValentina waphetha. "Kodwa asizange sibe ngabachwephesha, kwaye asikwazanga ukucinga ukuba ukusebenza" uNyaka omtsha "kuya kuphumelela. Silindele ukuba indlu iya kugcwaba abantu, wonke umntu uya kukhankanya kwaye sinexesha elaneleyo lokuthengisa ubuncwane kunye nokufihla imali.
Nangona kunjalo, masinyane sibalwa . U-Alyosha ekuqaleni wavuma ukuba into. Kodwa i-Roma yakho yamkhumbuza ukuba wayenetyala kuye. Ewe, ngokwemigangatho yakho, incinci - ikhulu leedola. Kodwa umhlobo wam ongasebenziyo ufumana phi isamba? Ngaphandle koko, uRom uthembise ukuba siya kubelana yonke imali kayise. Kwaye ngoku, xa sasibanjwe, uLesha wabamba ngokusobala ngokwakhe. Kwiimyalelo zakhe, ndihlala ndithule, mhlawumbi umRoma uya kucinga ukuba u-Alexei wamngcatsha.
"Liliphi ityala?" - ndichasa. - Nguwuphi umsebenzo "onyaka omtsha"? Kutheni ndifanele ndikukholelwe? Uzama nje ukukhusela umlingane wakho, oko konke!
"Masihambe," uValentina wathi ngokugqithiseleyo: "Ndiza kukubonisa ukuba ndilungile." Nceda uthembisa ukuba awuyi kunqumla imithanjeni yakho, ugijime ngaphantsi kweemoto okanye usuke ephahleni lwezakhiwo eziphakamileyo.
Sasihamba ngexesha elide ngaphaya kwezitrato zangasemva, kwaye ndandinokukhathala kakhulu kwindwangu yempahla yezimvu. Ekugqibeleni sasiya kwintendelezo ye-shabby kwaye sifihla emva kocingo.
"Khangela ngaphaya," uValya wabhekisela kwindawo yokudlala. "Ngoku unokuqiniseka ngezinto zonke." Inene bathi: uthando luyimfama. Ndaphi na amehlo ami? Kutheni ndizange ndibone ukuziphatha okungaqhelekanga komyeni? Ukunyamalala kwakhe, ukuvutha komsindo ngokukhawuleza, ukungafuni ukutshata nam - ungacinga ... Emva kweentaba zezingane ezinqabileyo ebomvu, uRomani wema waza wamanga intombazana encinane. Bajikeleza babembethe iingubo ekhanyayo kunye nekhanda elimnandi kwaye baphosa iinqwelo zeqhwa. "Yiyo eyona mfihlelo endikunikele yona," uValya wandibuza. "Baye bazana omnye unyaka, kwaye uRom uyamthanda naye." Kunoma yimuphi umamakazi e-Dzhankoy, kunjalo, akazange ahambe, kodwa wahlala kunye noTanya. Andiyiqondi into ayifumene kuyo. Ulungile, ngemali, kwaye le Tatiana akanalo isikhumba, akukho ubuso. Yaye unyana oneminyaka emine ubudala, kungekhona ipenki yomphefumlo. Ukongezelela, unesifo se-asthma. Umhlobo wakho uthembele ukuchitha imali eyebiwe kunyango lwakhe. Kwiintsuku ezintathu ezedlule iRomania kunye noTanya batshatile, kwaye isicelo kwiofisi yokubhalisa safakwa ngoDisemba. Mina noLesha sasifanele sibe khona emtshatweni, kodwa, njengokuba uyazi, kwakukho kuphela mna phakathi kweendwendwe.
Akazange abuze malunga nexesha lomngane wakhe, nangona ndandifuna ukujonga. ULesche ubhekene neminyaka emithandathu ejele, ndadibana nommeli. ... Ekhaya, kumatshini, ndalibala ngokupheleleyo ngesithembiso sokungenzi nto nayiphi na mna. Ububuxoki bam buhlungu kakhulu kwizinto endazibona. Ndathabatha i-razor kwaye ndawubeka esandleni sam. Hayi, hayi, hayi! Umnqweno wokuphila wawunamandla kunentlungu. Ndangcwaba ubuso bam emlanjeni waza ndincenga ngokukhawuleza. UmRoma wayesenomdla kum, kwaye andinakuyithatha yonke into ayifumene nayo.
Utata ntoni kuwe, ntombi? "Utata wabuza, ukuva ukuthetha kwam.
Ndakhangela phezulu. Ngaphambi kwam kwakuphela umntu ehlabathini owamthanda ngokwenene. "Ukugubungela ubugebengu, ndingamngcatsha ubawo?" - Ndacinga ndaxelela uyise konke.
"Ndiyazi ukuba!" Ndikhala ubaba, emva kokuphulaphula kwam. "I-Roma yakho yayisoloko igxotha." Kwaye zininzi izivumelwano: sahlanjwa ngosuku apho ecela isandla sakho. Ndandicinga ngokukhawuleza, kodwa ndandingenaso isizathu sokuthetha ngale nto kumphandi. Ewe, andiyi kushiya njengolu hlobo. Njengoko uZheglov uthe, isela kufuneka sibe setilongweni.
UBawo wayifake isambatho , ingubo yasebusika kwaye washiya indlu. Kwaye, mna, ndandigqoke isigxina, ndaphuma emva kwakhe. "Yintoni endiyenzile? - ndakhala. "AmaRoma aya kufakwa entolongweni, kwaye ubomi bakhe buya kubhubha ngonaphakade." Ewe, wamhleka. Kodwa ke, phi, uthando lwam? UThixo ufundisa ukuxolela. " Andizange ndikwazi ukumisa ubaba. "I-foray" yam ayizange idlule ngaphandle kokulandelwa. Ndabamba imiphunga kwaye ndagula ngenxa yenyanga. Kwi-delirium, kwakubonakala ngathi njengoRomana wayehlanjululwa ngqo entolongweni, njengoko uTatiana owayengumntwana ongenasiphelo wayehleka nathi. Kwaye xa ndiqala ukubuyela, ndafunda inyaniso. Ubawo wagqiba ekubeni akayi kuphumelela ukutshala iRoma. Ukumelana naye kwakungekho ncamango, yaye mna noba sasingenakuyithatha ibali. Abagwebi banokugqiba isigqibo sokuba sizama ngale ndlela ukuphindisela kwi-Roma ngenxa yokuba watshata omnye umfazi. Upapa wathatha ingxelo yakhe kwi-militia, yaye u-Alyosha wakhululwa. UValya uyandibiza imihla ngemihla kwaye uyandibulela rhoqo, ufunga ukuba uza kwenza nantoni na. Ndiphulaphule ilizwi lakhe, ndixhomeke, kuba ndibuthathaka kakhulu ukuba ndizingcinezele iingcinezelo ezintsha. UValentine uyandikhumbuza kungekuphela nje kwothando lwam, kodwa nakwamanye amava ngo-Eva. Andifanele ndicinge ukuba ubaba wamxolela amaRoma oko wayenze waza wamshiya wedwa. Wayesoloko ephindaphinda athi "isela kufuneka sibe entolongweni", kwaye "zonke izigwenxa kufuneka zijeziswe".
Kwaye kwangexesha elifanayo wongezelela ukuba unolwazi oluninzi phakathi "kwamagunya asekuhlaleni". Kwaye uRom usandul 'ufunyanwe wabulawa waya ekungeneni ... Emva kokufumana ubusuku bokugula, ukungcatsha kunye nokulingwa, ndathemba ukuba le ntoyiyo yaphela. Kodwa konke kwaqala kwakhona.
Abaphandi baya endlwini yethu kunye nomzila onqabileyo, kodwa ukuba bangabhalisi ubungqina bethu njengexhoba lophangi, kodwa ukuba ndibuze "ngengozi yomzimba" kumyeni wam wangaphambili. Upapapa wagatya ngokucacileyo zonke iinkoliso ukuba andizange ndiqiniseke ukuba wayebandakanyekile kule meko. Ngedwa, waqhubeka endiqinisekisa ukuba wayengenzanga nantoni na kumaRoma. Andizange ndizame ukuya enyanisweni, kodwa ndaqiniseka ukuba ubawo wabeka isandla sakhe kulo: ukuthanda kwakhe kwakungenamkhawulo. Kwaye ngokubaluleke kakhulu, ngoku andizange ndibuhlungu gqitha ngamaRoma. Bathi ixesha liphilisa. Kubonakala ukuba, oko kunjalo, kuba kubaluleke kakhulu kum ukususa konke ukusola kwipapa, kwaye umfazi wam wenene kufuneka ngoku ngokunyamekela impilo yemyeni wam wangaphambili. Yintoni enye yokongeza? AmaRoma ayiphumelele ngempumelelo kwaye athabatha le nkcazelo yamapolisa. Isazela savuka waza waziva enetyala phambi kwam, okanye "obaziyo" bakaTata baye bambonisa ukuba angayigxina - andazi. Ndiqinisekile nje into enye: emva kwesi siqhelo, ubudlelwane bethu nobawo batshintshile. Ndaqala ukumthemba ngaye ngeemfihlelo zam, kwaye yena-ukujonga ngokugqithiseleyo iinjongo kunye nemvelaphi yazo zonke iifayili zandulandelayo, abahlobo kunye nabaqhelana nabo.