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ISIQALO SOKUQALA
inothi 1
unkulunkulu ushaye ikhwela
Ngemuva kokubhalela umama wami ukuthi: «Woza lard, sawubona mama!», Ngangena indlela ehostela lami elifundayo ngacabanga:
– Uyini umehluko phakathi kwabantu baseRussia nabaseMelika nabaseYurophu?
– Futhi ngeqiniso lokuthi baphila futhi bacabanga ngokunengqondo, asikwazi. -Ngiziphendulile ngaqhubeka. Bengifuna ukuphuza – ngokwesabisa nokuluma. Ngiyahamba, ngakho-ke sengidlula kulo i-alley ngiye ebangeni kocingo oluboshwe ngokhonkolo lwebhizinisi elithile lezimboni. Ngibona sekuqala ukubamnyama. Ngizwa ukuthi ngakolunye uhlangothi kocingo othile wenza ethule, kodwa angabhoboze, angakwazi ukushaya ikhwela. Ngaphendula ngokufanayo. Ngibona ukuthi isikhwama samazambane siphuma kokuthile ngakolunye uhlangothi kocingo, sigxishwe okuthile nami. Ngasikhonkotha, isikhwama sathinta ukuphuma kwenja yohlobo olungaziwa, yahamba isikhathi ngaphambi kwami. Ngakhuphuka ngaya kuye, ngamhlolela ngobuhlakani, futhi, ngingasoli noma ngicabanga nganoma yini, ngamthukulula, futhi lapho …, lapho?! Lapho, wayegcwele, ecindezelwe nangososi ababhemayo. Ngaphandle kokucabanga ngalutho, ngakhipha esisodwa, ngabamba isikhwama nge-apula ka-Adamu futhi, ngasiphonsa emahlombe ami, ngashesha ngejubane le-Ferrari ngasehostela lami, ngadla leyo nduku engalibaleki ngasendleleni.
Ngokushesha ngafuna ukutadisha nokuphila.
Kwenzekeni-ke?! Kuzya. U-Lee: ungumhlophe, ungumuntu ophonsa izimbiza zamazambane, futhi ungowokuzalwa eSytytykkar, weza kumngani wakhe futhi wabambisana naye: ongowokuzalwa e-Aldyrbaguy gorge, ipulazi elithi «Nginike ukudla», iqhaza lakhe engilidlalile ekudingisweni futhi alikhulumi isiRussia.
– Siphi isikhwama? Kubuza u-Kuzya.
– Futhi wamphonsa? – IsiHeberu saphendula umlingani wombuzo.
– Futhi ushaye ikhwela?
– Nawe..??
Bese kuza impi eyisimungulu. Kepha ngokweqiniso, umvimba wawumunca-ubonda futhi unambitha…
P.S: Sithengise phansi isikhwama emndenini futhi sagcwala ulwandle olwalubhukuda futhi ubuwula… Iseshini yanikezwa i-bang…
Ngolunye usuku, ngokunganikezeli esimisweni, bangingenisa ezinhlwini zamasosha ahlomile eSoviet Union, okungukuthi, ebuthweni lezempi. Lapho, ngenyanga, ngikhohlwe konke engangikufunda ezikhungweni zokunakekela izingane, enkulisa, esikoleni esiphakeme nasezikoleni ezimbili zomsebenzi ezinenombolo: izinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa namakhulu ayisishiyagalombili namakhulu ayisishiyagalombili namashumi amane nantathu amaphuzu angamashumi amabili nane, okwakungakwesobunxele kwendlela ukusuka eblukhwebeni kuya endaweni yezimpandla, lapho esitimeleni.
Simile, ngakho-ke cishe sisemsebenzini ekungeneni kwebutho lamasosha futhi sibheme ugwayi emnyango. Kwabe sekuba nenkinga ezweni lethu elingaphumeleli. Isikhathi besinzima, ngibhema amaphakethe amathathu ngenyanga. Futhi ingxenye yethu iseduze kwepulazi elihlanganisiwe «iBull udder» futhi lokhu kuyiqiniso. Ngakho-ke simi futhi sibheme, futhi uBaba Yaga ukhishwa ngemuva kwesihlahla. Kuliqiniso, ibizo lakhe bekunguJadwiga. Kahle. – siyacabanga, – iphupho elidala futhi, yize kunjalo, siphupha ngamakhasi anamajikijolo amajikijolo. Futhi uyakhala, ephazamisa imicabango yethu. Uyisithulu futhi uyimpumputhe.
– Hhay, masosha, phendula, www?!
– B, siwula, yini oyikhulumayo, endala? Sikude ngamasentimitha ayisishiyagalombili kuwe?! Ngemuva kocingo!!
– Njani?
– Bes! – kuphendule isikhulu somsebenzi. – Ngabe udinga, uthini, noma uye ku-carrot chop?
– Mina, kusho ugogo omdala kakhulu. – udinga ukuya kuthengiswa, – futhi wamomotheka, – ingulube encane, iBoryusenka. Ngizofaka ukukhanya kwelanga etafuleni, uze unginike lona.
– Unani manje? Ngabuza, indoda ebona izingulube kuphela e-zoo, kodwa ngasizathu simbe ibizwa ngokuthi yimvubu.
– Njani?
– Dras!! Yini lelethele wena?? Ngaphinda ngezwi.
– Ngizokunikeza ingulube … – ngaphandle kokuzwa noma ukungawuqondi umbuzo wami, endala yaphendula.
– Yena, endleleni, undiza obudla izindwani.. – Ngiphakamisa, phambi komngane wami.
– Futhi uhlala kuphi? – ubuze umngani
– Futhi ufike edolobhaneni ubuze uYadu, imigwaqo yethu iyisimungulu.
– Yini? I-Arsenic, noma ini? Ngamemeza endlebeni yakhe, ngathi umbhobho.
– Cha, sithandwa sami! Hehe.. Buza uYad Vigu!!
– Futhi izofika nini? – kubuza umlingani.
– Futhi ngempelasonto, ntambama! Ngeke nje ngimphathise ukudla. – kuphendule ugogo ahambe ayoqoqa amahlahla aluhlaza okotshani.
Ukuqeda, ngabuza uzakwethu.
– Comrade, ubulele izingulube?
– Impela. Bengihlala edorobheni elihlangene.
ISonto selifikile. Sibalekele kwi-AWOL enqamula ekhoneni elikude kocingo. Safika kuleli dolobhana ngaphandle kwezinkinga futhi kwakungekho nzima ukuthi simthole endlini yakhe, ikakhulukazi njengoba kwakukhona izindlu ezinhlanu kuphela edolobhaneni, kanye nehostela elinabasebenzi bokufika. Woza kusho kuye. Futhi yena ne-breadcrumbs, nosawoti, ngisho ne-goofer yatholakala. Sasidla ukudla okungokwemvelo futhi saphuza okunye.
– Hheyi, mfazi omdala? – Umlingani uqale. – iphi ingulube?
– Yebo, ingulube, ethandekayo esigangeni. waphendula wangena egumbini. Ukhipha isigaxa semitha. Kwenzeka futhi kudonsa inkemba yangekhulu lesihlanu leminyaka, ngokusobala kusukela eminyakeni yobudala. Ukugqwala, ukugqwala nesibambo esigoqiwe ngentambo kagesi.
– Lapha, madodana, lo nguJoseph wami ongasekho, emuva eMpini Yezwe I Grant. Lapho efektri yenyama, wayehlala futhi asike wonke umuntu: ngisho nezinkomo nenkukhu.
Ngazizwa ngingakhululekile ebuka uStakhanovsky, ukubukeka kwakhe obala. Umngani uthathe ummese ezandleni zomphathi kabi..
– Woza, ungitshele. – Kutholakalaphi, A?
Usiguqula esibayeni.
– Lapho, – uthi, – – Isithandwa sami uBorusenka.
Ngokweqiniso, ngibheka le Borusenka futhi amehlo ami asezindlebeni zami.
Isidumbu sakhe sidutshulwe emabhodini ngamapayipi amabili ngabathathu. Futhi kusukela ku-crevice Slots imigoqo futhi induku ilenga ngokunwebeka. Ngokusobala le yengulube i-Boryushishche isigamu sempilo futhi ayiqambi amanga.
– O, zithandwa zami, ngizoya emjondolo. – ugogo okhalayo, emboza umlomo wakhe wezinyawo ngamakhora wesikhafu. – Futhi uqaphela kakhulu nge-boryusenka. Yimina ngedwa ezihlotsheni zami. Akekho omunye, ngiyamphatha kusukela azalwa. Ngibingelele, izinkomo zami ezivuthayo. Yyyyyyy!! – Isalukazi sakhala futhi ngokushesha sayeka ukuphefumula kwesinye sehla sowaop, sashintsha izwi lakhe kusuka ku-squeaky kuya ku-bass. – Futhi ungakhohlwa, bafana, nginayo ngokuthengisa…
– Konke kuzobe kumemeza, ugogo!!! – UComrade wakhuthaza futhi waphendukela kimi. – Futhi wena, mngani wami, ngisize ngivule, vula isango.
Ngasondela ngaphenduka amandla ngaphenduka i-turntable, isango lakhula, nengulube ayizange ibuye nendlebe. Ukukhahlela. Hhayi-ke, umngani wami akazange adideke khona manjalo, nangawo onke amandla akhe, ukuthi ulinquma kanjani ingulube ngesiteketiso, wagxuma umgwaqo futhi wakhuphuka. Isidlaliso, usayizi wepuleti. Ngemuva kwemizuzwana embalwa, ingulube yavula iso lakhe lokunene, bese kwesokunxele. Ngemuva kwalokho kwalandela ukugcotshwa, kwathi «imam mam» egama linguBlwa yagxuma okhalweni lwayo inamathela ngaphandle kwesisu, imilenze yakhe ayizange ibonwe.
Ukuphikisana ngamehlo omabili e-dagger, bese iqondisa abafundi be-blond eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngezindlela ezihlukile, ingulube yaphenduka imbonakalo yayo. Ngemuva kokuphinda amehlo akhe ebambe isibambo sensangu, imshukumise ngesiteketiso: phezulu, phansi; phezulu, phansi, ukuqondana kokubona komlingani futhi kuklwebheke kude, kangangokuba i-corral yamane yaphenduka inqwaba yamachis. Kufafazwe umquba omusha kusuka ngaphansi kwezinyawo zakhe futhi wagcwala izimbambo zezinkukhu ezimbalwa, wazikhuhla ekhakhayini, futhi zagqolozela ukubona ukuthi kwenzekani. Umlingani wayevele egijimela engadini, edabula egcekeni lezomnotho. Ingulube enkulukazi engiyilwelayo, ibanjwa ngokushesha nomuntu okonile, isabalalisa zonke izinto eziphilayo ezazinemvume yokuhlala kule ndawo. Ugogo wanamathela ewindini, emthinta ekhaleni lakhe lokuhluza. Ngabambelela ohlangothini, ngathukile nje.
Ngemuva kokuphuma egcekeni, umlingani, eqonda endaweni ebaziwe, waqala ukunqoba indawo etshalwe engadini, eshaya izingadi ezishisiwe nezingcezwana zezingcezwana, nengulube enkulu, uBorusya, ilwa ukuyiluma esithendeni, isibambo kuphela senkemba yangekhulu leshumi nesishiyagalombili inamathela ngaphandle kwe-nickel ephazanyiswe. ukubamba okungenakuqhathaniswa. Ibanga lalifushane futhi umngani ubesevele ekhala ecela usizo futhi ephenduka kuphela, umsize ukuba akwazi ukuphuma futhi aphunyuke, okukhonjiswe yisixuku sabase-Asiatic-Gypsies kanye nababukeli-omakhelwane ababheke ngaphandle kocingo. Omama abangamaTajik nabama-jypsy badonsa izingane bopha uthango, kodwa azange bahluleke, bafuna ukubukela umuntu ophilayo owayebizwa ngokuthi: «ukuziphindiselela nokubulawa kwengulube eyinyamazana uBorusi phezu kwebutho lezempi laseRussia.» Futhi bekungaba buhlungu uma bekungeyona imfumba yesaladi yomquba ekugcineni kwengadi, kodwa kuwo kukhona ama-pitchforks anamathela okunamahlaya lapho izakhamizi zaseRussia zifihla khona utshani ezitokisini. Bababamba, ngokudelela, umlobi kanye naye, futhi ngaso leso sikhathi konke kwenzeka ngendlela ehlukile noma ngokulandelana: ingulube eyinkulukazi i-Fighting yayibaleka, futhi omunye olwa naye wamhlikihla emaceleni omhloshana, ngokusho kwesiqu, futhi ngokushesha nangobuhlakani, ngokungathi wayehlolwa ngobuchule, ayigcinanga imfoloko, kepha isibhamu seKalashnikov sokushaya, ngommese we-bayonet. Futhi ngisho nezilaleli zazisekela ngokulwa ihlombe, zincoma futhi zishaya ihlombe ngokunqoba okuzayo kwama-homo sapiens, amasosha aseRussia ajwayelekile – ngaphezu kwemvelo, axoxa ngengqondo, futhi ngenxa yalokho ingulube ayikwazanga ukumelana nokuhlasela futhi yawa yafa, phambi komnyango wendlu, ngasesifundeni lapho kwakukhona khona ubugagu. ebambe isikhafu ngesandla esisodwa futhi ephonsa owesibili ngemuva komhlane wakhe ophansi, ugogo ongumfundisi we-Yad-Vig. I-comrade yenza okokugcina emzimbeni wesidumbu sengulube ne-pitchfork, yahlaba isidumbu sesilwane esingaphili, yagwilika njengesixha se-bass ephindwe kabili, i-ratter.
– Kulungile, ugogo nomlingani wami uSpartak waqala ubuqhawe. – uqedile, uthele bese usetha itafula!!!
Ugogo wadonsa iphini elaliqhamuka ngemuva kwakhe, eligoqa inhlama yokulahlwa kanye ne-pizza, kwathi ngumbethe wamgwaza ngaphesheya kwesigebhezi. Kwakunokukhala okukhonkotha, futhi sobabili sabaleka samshiya. Ubuye ngamatshe angama-cobblestones, ama-kilos ayishumi kuya kwayisihlanu, asiphonsa. Futhi bonke ababukeli badlulela ngakuye bazimisele ukusiphatha, kepha abazange babhekane, kepha emuva kwamatshe kulimele. Ugogo uYad-Vig, wabe esebhala isikhalazo kumphathi wenhlangano, abanginikeza khona izinsuku eziyishumi, nomlingani – bashaya amakhala ngesihluku seminyaka emibili, lapho aqala khona ukukhala izinsimbi, ahlanzwa umdweshu endaweni yezikhumba yasendaweni, ngesandla…
Kwakunjengalokhu: ngemuva kwesiteshi sika-metro somphathi omkhulu, uSanta kanye no-Sashka nje, endaweni yemfenqo ye-alimony eyingozi, kwakukhona ithoyilethi le-bio lamadokodo amathathu axhunywe ngeketanga elilodwa, elalinenkinga yenjongo eyodwa, amabili awo asebenza njengethoyilethi elisebenza, lapho izakhamizi zaseSt. Petersburg, kwathi elesithathu kwakuyihhovisi lika-opharetha kanye ne-cashier, kumuntu oyedwa owayeqoqa imali yokwenza umsebenzi wokunikeza iqoqo le-shit.
Abantu bemi emgqeni, bephelelwa yisikhathi belindele zonke izindawo zokuqala. Futhi esikhathini sokuvakasha phakathi kwabavakashi, ngayihlawulela imali, ngathengisela yena umamkhulu imali, othatha isikhundla sokuba ngumphathi kanye nomgcini walezi zindlu zangasese ze-bio, uClaudia Filippovna Undershram, ifa iLeningrad esizukulwaneni sesihlanu. Akavumanga ukunqotshwa ukunqotshwa kwami kobugebengu obukhulu, ngifuna ukuqaphela ukuthi angizange ngiveze umbono wami ngaleso sikhathi, futhi ngakhuluma naye. Kepha umphumela waba ebusweni. Ubuso baphindwe kabili. Kwakunjalo, ngandlela thile, kusihlwa. Futhi abantu sebephungile ngobuningi. Mina, ngingacabangi ngamandla omzimba womamekazi wami, nginqume ukusiphonsa kancane. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngangisebenzisa ukukhululeka kokugonywa. Futhi njengoba ngingena kwi-biosort yamahhala, ngazizwa ngofana no-Aunt. Ukudla okudliwayo kungibeka ethoyilethi. Emva kwalokho ngaba nesiyezi, lapho-ke kwaxoxwa nabafokazi, futhi kwaqhubeka, ukuqhuma kwezixhumo zethala lesibeletho ezindongeni, ngomlomo wami nokulala, iphupho elimnandi ngaphandle kwamaphupho. Ngalesi sikhathi, uClaudia Filippovna Undershram waphaphama ekudakweni kotshwala, wavezwa ngomlomo owomileyo nomuzwa womphimbo, okuwukuthi womile, waphuca uketshezi okuthile futhi, ngokushesha nokwesaba ukutshona, njengesizathu sokufika sekwephuzile ekhaya. Wavuka masinyane wavala, kuvulandi, wonke amakamelo owomile nami, ngilala ngaphakathi, kubandakanya nokubaleka…
Bese kuba nobusuku obugcwele imigqumo yezinhlanga nothwala bezindlela ezihlukile zokuphila ababengakafiki esitimeleni, belele emabhentshini. Bebuka ukuqaphela, izikhulu zomthetho ezintathu ezazigqoke umfaniswano, emotweni yenkampani, zohlobo lweZhiguli ezinezinombolo eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nokubhalwe ezinhlangothini ze-MILURE, amaphoyisa abengakasungulwanga eRussia, ahamba ayohamba eyohlola uhlangothi olumnyama. Ngemuva kokuqikelela ukuthi yonke into ihambisana nomthetho futhi akukho muntu ongathatha imali eyishiywe, bafake izimoto zabo zilingana, bezungeza indawo ethengiswayo, okubandakanya i-biosorti… Ababili abanezibhamu zomshini, amabatons, izicubu zegesi, amabhuzu nezigqoko baphuma baqonda ekhanda maqondana nezitolo zabathengisi base-Eshiya be- «shawarma», ezaziphethwe yizakhamizi zaseRussia Federation, ezazinezizwe ezingamaMoroccans, ezazingaqondi nhlobo isiRussia, kepha beyizakhamizi, futhi kwakusembholweni obhalwe ukuthi «GAY SHAURMA FOR PUTIN AND TRUMP». Kungani igama elinjalo lalikhona, mhlawumbe, kungenzeka ukuthi abahumushi babenamahlaya. Umshayeli onesibhamu, wayehlala emotweni e-helm futhi ngokuzumayo?!
Mina, umuntu okugcina umthetho ongeyena isakhamuzi seRussian Federation, ngingumRussia ngokobuzwe. Sivela e-USSR, eRiphabhlikhi yaseKazakhstan, lapho bangishaya khona bonke ubuntwana bami ngoba ngangingamaRussia kuphela. Kodwa-ke, lapho ngikhula, sengivele ngabashaya. Kepha le yindaba ehlukile, futhi manje sibuyele ecebeni: Mina, umuntu ongeyena isakhamuzi esithobela umthetho waseRussian Federation, ngesizwe – isiRussia, umuntu ogwetshiwe ohlonishwayo, ophambili weFSB, impesheni, umuntu okhubazekile nakho konke lokhu ngokuhlangana, ikakhulukazi njengoba ngangikwazi konke lokhu ngingekho, lapho ayengazange khona, wavele wavuka engxenyeni ekhathazayo evela edokodweni elingumakhelwane futhi, ukuba ngicace kakhudlwana, ngangizwa ikamelo elivaliwe, ebusuku, igumbi lesikwele elizungeze kimi, nophahla ngaphezulu. Ngakuzwa konke futhi angikhumbuli noma angiqondi ukuthi ngikuphi?! Izindonga zazichoboza umqondo wami kanjalo. Nginqume ukungena «esiteji esincane», lapho bengihleli ngaphambili, futhi umlenze wami wawela emgodini, ngakho konke kufana ne-bay. Ngakhala ngaze ngaphaphama, ngigqolozela isigqi, ngaphupha ngendodakazi ejwayelekile, i-comrade sergeant, kanye nomshayeli wesikhashana. Wayethukile futhi ekhanyise okomdlwembe, echoboza isifuba sakhe, kodwa ngaso leso sikhathi wasithokozela leso simo, kodwa akakholelwa ku-ghost. Mina, ngingenakhono, ngaqalekiswa ngicela usizo, ngizama ukugqekeza okungenani umgodi othile odongeni oluzungezile, kodwa umsebenzi wami wawungenamsebenzi, futhi ukuhlwitha akubanga.
Ngaleso sikhathi, ngakolunye uhlangothi lwendlu yangasese, omunye umshayeli wenqola yamaphoyisa, lo msolwa wayevele esefonele ukuthi kuqinisekiswe, futhi ababili, bengalindele ukuthi ukudla kwase-Arabhu kusuka enhlama nasenkukhu, amakati nezinja ezithengwe ngeze, bebevele begijimela ukusiza umlingani naye.
Ngezwa amazwi ngaphesheya kwedokodo, kodwa lokho akuzange kusize ekunciphiseni ikhanda le-hangover.
– Ubani olapha? – omunye wabo wabuza.
– Ngilapha, futhi ungubani? Ngibuze.
– Mina? manje uyazi…
– Hlukana nenqaba!! – Ngibuze enye futhi kwakungekho nzima ukwenza lokhu ngesigaxa sesibhamu sokushaya. Umnyango uvulekile. Phambi kwami kwakumi izingane ezintathu ezimangele, eyodwa, ngasendleleni, zinqamleze umfaniswano, zifana neyodwa iphoyisa. Ngemuva kwalokho bangiyisa esiteshini samaphoyisa esiseduze, futhi ithoyilethi lokufuya alizange linciphe.
Unogada wacabanga isikhathi eside ukuthi angasichaza kanjani isizathu sokuboshwa kwakhe emsebenzini lowo mbiko. Futhi kushiwo kanjena:
«Uboshiwe, ngesikhathi uzama ukuphanga okuqukethwe kwendlu yangasese ye-bio kusuka ngaphakathi, ecashe ngobulungiswa nge-padlock, ngaphandle.»
Wonke umuntu wayezijabulisa, ikakhulukazi selokhu lo mboshwa wangaphambilini, owayephoqelelwa ukuba ahlanze ihhovisi elithile, wazama ukubaleka futhi wabambeka phezulu phakathi kwesihlalo sefestile sewindows nezimbambo ezivikelekile zekhulu leshumi nesishiyagalombili lokudala ithenisi. Abacimi bomlilo babizwa, ngokunembile, abacimi bomlilo, futhi abacimi bomlilo yilabo abawucisha umlilo. Ngeshwa, uMnyango Wezimo Eziphuthumayo wawungakasungulwa. Labo bambuza:
– Yini enamathela kuyo?
– I-Pubic namaqanda!! kuphendula izinyembezi emehlweni akhe. Wabuye wasindiswa futhi wathunyelwa ukuba ahlanze i-outhouse, eyayingenawindi. Ngokuphikisana nalokho, ngakuphika ukuthi ngizoqeda impilo yami uma beqhubeka nokuphula amalungelo ami omthethosisekelo futhi bangiphoqa ukuthi ngihlanze imishini yabo endlini. Bahleka uMthethosisekelo futhi bathatha indawo yesijeziso sami ngokungishaya ezinsoni, okwathi ngemuva kwalokho ngaqala ukufuqa ebusuku, ekuqaleni ngegazi ngibe nosawoti. Kepha indlu yangasese ayigezanga!! Futhi mina, ngehora, ngalima izinkathi zobusuku baseNevsky Prospect, ngifuna impilo…
Isiphetho sangiletha okwesikhashana edolobheni iqhawe. ISt. Petersburg, ehostela losizo, imane yabiza abantu njengomuntu ongenakhaya. Banginikeza i-shkonar, okuwukuthi, umbhede, engawushaya isigamu senyanga kusuka kubaphathi bezidakwa bendawo, befaka abayishumi nanhlanu esibhedlela ngaphambi kokungishiya kwami. Ama-Trophies ayematilasi. Ngiqoqe ayisishiyagalolunye kuyo. Ngababeka elinye ngaphezulu kwesinye futhi ngalala cishe ophahleni. Kwakukhona ezinye iziphazamiso: ukuthopha phansi kwakuyimpicabadala kakhulu, futhi ngangincika esitebhisini sokhuni. Impilo yathatha inkambo yayo ejwayelekile: Ekuseni – kusihlwa, kwasemini – endlini yangasese, njalo njalo. Bangikhokhela mina nomngani wami engihlala naye uLyokha Lysy, owayesephothule izifundo ezimbili eziphakeme kuleyo ndawo iminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu, ngesimo esizolile sesitezi sethu sesibili. Wayengafani ngokubona futhi wayeneshumi nesishiyagalombili kobomvu ngamazwi akhe. Futhi njengoba kwakunzima ukuthola izibuko ezinamehlo anjalo, wazigoqa kokutholakala, ngokungeza, ozimele ezintathu ezinezingilazi futhi wazixhuma ngocingo lwethusi. Ngakho-ke wazuza umbono wamaphesenti ayikhulu. Futhi ngaqala ukumhlonipha ngesithunzi amahlaya anamehlo ayisishiyagalombili. Sasihlala naye emndenini, njengakule ndawo, ngamafuphi, sasinezimpande futhi sabelana ngesinkwa ngokubhaka, noma kunjalo, ngasizathu simbe wanginikeza iqhebe elikhudlwana, wangihlonipha noma wangondla izikhathi zokulinda zokuphila ukuze ngandise impilo yami ngokufaka inyama yami. Njalo ekuseni mina, ngivuka, ngithola etafuleni lami ukudla okwenzeka usuku lonke noma ngaphezulu. Abantu asebekhulile kanye nezakhamizi zakwezinye ubudala, bonke abahlala ezindaweni ezingekho kude kangako futhi abemfishane kakhulu: omncane kunabo bonke wayeneminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu, ngokuzithandela wabelana nathi izabelo zabo, ezitholwa ngezindlela ezahlukahlukene zobusela obuncane nokunikezwa kwezingxenye ezicebile zabantu, okubizwa ngokuthi yikhaya. Ngangihlala ngiphikiswa futhi ngibuyisa lokhu emuva, ngakho-ke babekhokha intela lapho ngilele. Onempandla wakujabulela lokhu ukunakwa futhi waqala nokudla amanoni.
Ngolunye usuku ekuseni ngineqhwa. Isithwathwa sasiwela ngaphandle kwewindi. Ukuvuka njengenjwayelo bekungamavilapha, futhi bezingekho izinhlelo zokuthenga imali, ikakhulukazi kusukela izolo, ikhanda lami labe selimile. Indoda eyimpandla, njengenjwayelo, ifunda okuthile engqondweni yayo, ihamba kuphela ngezindebe eziphansi. Futhi konke lokhu bekuyoqhubeka, ukube bekungekho ngokubonakala kwendoda endala yamashumi ayisikhombisa ubudala i-cormorant-recidivist, itilosi, ibanga elide, umphenyi kanye noMethodius ongenakhaya onezimpande zaseFinland. Ngifuna ukuqaphela ukuthi iziboshwa zivame ukuxhumana nezinhlangano, njengakulesi simo. Futhi wayekhuluma kakhulu ngeCaucasus kunokukhuluma ngendlela yaseFinland.
– Hawu, izinambuzane, sinokopha? waqala kusuka ehlombe. Ngaphenduka, uBald wehlisa le ncwadi. Kudlule umzuzu.
– Yini oyidingayo? – kubuza uBald wazingcwaba kwinoveli.
– Yima ubheke isiphawulo, thatha iziqhosha zegolide, okungukuthi, kimi, bese uyaphonsa. Iminyaka emine ngathola impesheni.
Ngemuva kwamazwi akhe, sekudlule imizuzu emibili futhi iqhwa elisha lashwabana ngaphansi kwezinyawo zethu. Kude kude, bekukhona isitolo esinezitezi zohlobo oluthile lwesiGeorgia. Sangena kuwo sa-oda amakhulu amabili. Nge-Methodius enziwe kahle futhi:
– AmaTatar awaphili ngaphandle kwezithandani! – Sikhishwe enye ikhulu. Okulandelayo, emva kwethosi lakudala:
– uNkulunkulu uyabuthanda ubathathu! – Sikhishwe lezi zingilazi futhi. Ngemuva kwalokho saxoxa sathula, ngamunye waba yedwa futhi uMethodius kuphela akazange athule azitshele ukuthi ikota yokuqala yamukelwa kanjani kulawa amahlanu atholakalayo. Sasingezona izilaleli ezikhululekile.
– Umkhumbi wethu weza noKyuubi. Ngaya emzaneni kamfowethu. Siphuze isonto lonke. Ngakho-ke ekuseni sahlangana kumnini-ndlu, emva kwento ebekonakele sadlula endlini lapho kwakukhona umshado. Ngabancoma, futhi bangithumelela nezincwadi ezintathu… Ngabuka lapho ngabona inqwaba yezitini ngemuva kwami, ngenkathi umfowethu ehamba eyokhanya inyanga nembazo, ngathatha onke amatshe endlini, kunenxeba, yebo, umakoti wayephambili ebunzini. Ngemuva kwalokho, waqala ukuthulisa amafasitela. Inqwaba ibingenaso isikhathi sokuphela lapho sengiboshwe iminyaka emithathu ejele. Yini enye ozoyiphuza? -uqedile waya kwikhawunta yempahla yabathengi.
Siphuze kakhulu futhi isikhathi eside, ngibe nokudla okulula. Kusihlwa, uphahla lukaLysy lwaludilikile futhi waqala wagijimela kwabanye. Ngabheka lesi sifundo se-bespontovoe futhi ngasiholela isidekick esidakwayo endlini. Futhi uMethodius ngalesi sikhathi, wayesamukele kuLysy, ngamathuba noma cha, ngaphansi kwamehlo akhe, wayethule phezu kwetafula, emi phansi.
Ekuseni ngivuswe ngumsindo oshubile kanye nokuxokozela kukaBald. Kwavela ukuthi ngesikhathi elele, uMethodius owayethukuthele wabaleka wangena egumbini elinesixakaxaka futhi washaya uLyokha owayelele nge-crutch ngqo ebunzini lakhe. Agxume embhedeni awele phansi, asukume ephethe umucu amhlabe ngawo kwakudala. Ngibe sengikhumbula ngidlula nje, kwaba nokulwa, baze bahlukana. Kwavela ukuthi lapho ngisusa uLysy endaweni yokucima ukoma, uMethodius waphelelwa amandla. Waphonswa ngaphandle ngokwesiko emgwaqweni ngaphambi kokuvalwa, futhi wakhasa ekhaya, encike emvelweni wakhe.
– Ungiphonsa, Bald!! -Ukhonjwe njengegramophone futhi uyeka ukugqekeza futhi uyisikhulu, umkhulu, usevele ulele phansi, umhlane wakhe phansi.
– Kanjani? – ebuza, ethinta umphimbo kaMethodius futhi ehleli njengengulube, uBald enamathambo akhe ezandla zakhe.
Ngaleso sikhathi, i-cormorant yakudala, izama ukukhamba iphuma ngaphansi komfundi oleminyaka ephakathi nendawo, isuse izindlebe zayo zesobunxele ikhiphe iplamu ekhaleni lakhe. Indoda eyimpandla yaphendula ngaphandle kokukhulula izandla zayo, imshaye ekhanda ekhanda.
– Kuhle, ngomusa. – Ngazama ukuzola abo cormorant abo abasha, ngiqonde. – Hheyi, bantu abangenamakhaya, bachitha emibhedeni. Ake ungitshele, Methodius, yini eyaqala ukubhuza?
– Me!! -ngavumi ukuhamba noBald, umkhulu waqala ukuzithethelela. – Ngilala, ngandlela thize, ngizwa othile etha uthango, ngivula amehlo – iqhwa. Ngashukumisa futhi ngaqala ukusukuma. Ngiyajika, futhi phambi kwami kukhona u-anti no-tram, amasentimitha ayishumi ukusuka kimi. Ubusuku buyabanda, nge-hangover, futhi noLysy, izinkomo, baziphonsa, ah!! Yay!! Yay!! – kathathu wamemeza uMethodius.
– Yep!! Yep!! Yep!! – Kathathu uLysy wamshaya emehlweni.
Ngemuva kwesigamu sehora, sesivele sa-oda ama-gramu angamakhulu amabili futhi besizokucacisa ukungaqondi kwethu. Futhi ngakho inyanga yonke, ngenkathi uMethodius engazange abe mpofu. Into enhle ikhadi lasebhange. Ngokomnotho…
– Kwakunjalo, kulezo ezikude ngaphandle kwezikhathi zomthetho, lapho i-tundra yayingumuntu. Phakamisa umphetho we-tundra-man, isigamu sosuku, wehlise i-armpit ye-tundra-man, uhhafu wobusuku. Futhi izintwala zahlala kukho. Futhi ukubhekisisa umbono wamaphesenti ayikhulu, lezi bezingezona izintwala nakancane, kodwa ama-mammoth, amabhere amnyama, umbethe ekugcineni nezingulube. Futhi-ke wonke umuntu wabiza amaChukchi – abantu, ngoba kwakuyibo kuphela abazalwayo abahlala eTundra. Ngandlela thile indoda ye-tundra ihamba ne-armpit iphakanyisiwe futhi iyisakaze, ngenkathi amaChukchi e-yaranga asinda esivunguvungwini esibi. I-armpit yayeka ukuklwebhula i-tundra-man, futhi isiphepho sancipha. Futhi abakwaChukchi bashiye amakhaya abo e-tundra ngokushesha bambonga ngeqhwa elimhlophe elihlanzekile nomchamo wakhe ophuzi. Futhi i-tundra yafana nokuntuleka kwamavithamini emzimbeni, njengamqubuko emzimbeni. Futhi konke lokhu kwavela futhi wonke umuntu waqala ukudansa, kepha buthule izithonjana eziphuzi zaqala ukunyamalala, othile wazintshontsha futhi washiya izimbobo. Futhi-ke, uSerezha wasendaweni engenamakhaya yaseChukchi, wonke umuntu ayibiza ngokuthi «iqhwa eliphuzi,» yaqhubeka nendaba yakhe, le ndoda ye-tundra yamyalela ukuthi afune isela aligxobe aluhlaza. Onke amaChukchi angcwatshwe eqhweni futhi, ebheka, alinda futhi amangala. Kuyavela ukuthi izingane zabo zaphenduka isela, ebheka lezi zimpawu zama-cockerels, abazithengisa kwi-bazaar. Futhi njengoba ingane izelwe, bathi kuye:
– Ungadli, bastard, iqhwa eliphuzi!! -amshaye, amshaye ngaphambi kwesikhathi, ikakhulukazi ekhanda.
Sekukonke, uSerezha-Yellow Snow wayebukeka emncane, eneminyaka engamashumi amabili nesikhombisa, konke okunye kufana nokwakwaChukchi. Waya e-Central Library waqoqa amabhodlela lapho. Lakanye waqala ukunyamalala okwensuku. Wonke umuntu wayehlukile, kodwa enelukuluku lokwazi. Ngesikhathi evele, wabuzwa imibuzo. Wayethule. Kepha kwathi lapho esephuzile futhi uSerezha Yellow Snow wavuma ukuthi uzoshada kungekudala.
– Futhi kubani? – kulandelwa ngumbuzo.
– Yebo, kunengxenye eyodwa yenhliziyo yami, uhlala esifundeni, yize eseneminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha nanye, ngoba lokho akudingeki ukwenza noma yiziphi izingane, sekuvele kukhona eziyisishiyagalombili. Lapha ngiyabondla futhi ngifundise, njengoba ubaba angikhulisile, nobaba wakhe ongubaba, nobaba – ubaba, umama wakhe ngoba ubungenababa wawunjalo. – USerzzha waziqongqotha emakhaleni akhe, wakhipha imbuzi, wayibuka wayidla. – Ngiyamthanda uChupa-chups, kepha unikeza imicabango ehlakaniphile. Hhayi, kudala nje akekho owathola indlu. Wakhwela phakathi lapho, wabheka, yayikhona indawo eyanele wonke umuntu: umkakhe, kanye nami, nezingane. Kuliqiniso, lo mdala uyaxolisa, uboshwe iminyaka eyishumi nambili. Kepha ngisemncane, ngiyisiphukuphuku, kungqongqoza abangamashumi amane kuphela. Ngamfundisa, kepha akazange akholelwe isipiliyoni sami. Yebo, ihlobo lisekhona, ngakho-ke nginqume ukwenza ukulungisa i-euro endlini, sengivele ngithenge i-putty, umbala, amabhulashi. Kuliqiniso, abanye omalume bangena: «Wenzani?». – bayabuza. «Ukulungiswa». – Ngithi, kodwa ngavele ngabona ukuthi base bephuze, indlu yayivele ihlala kimi. -I-Serezha Yellow Snow yathatha i-cracker ngaphansi kombhede, yachofoza i-cockroach engazi ukuthi ingagxuma kanjani kusukela kumthengisi, yagcoba ngo-ketshezi ophuzi futhi, yayisonga, yayicima. URusk uqhekekile, kepha akazange aqhekeke. UChukchi wavula kancane amehlo akhe, ebuka i-fang ephukile enamathela ngaphandle kobuhlakani bomqhekeki.
– Ooooooo!! wabubula futhi waqala ukufudumeza izinyo lakhe ngentende yakhe…
Ihlobo selidlulile. UChukchi wafika namaFingals, ngaphandle kwamazinyo angaphambili. Ekhanda lakhe kwakukhona ugebhezi lwegazi oluhlanganisiwe.
– Yini uSeryozha, okwemuka kwendlu kugujwa, kwakumnyama, ukukhanya kuphume? – Abangenamakhaya babedlala.
– Cha, labobabekazi nabanikazi bale ndlu bafika, kodwa ngangivele ngiqedile ukulungisa, ngangifuna ukuhamba nomndeni wami. Ngakho bangishaya ngezinduku. Izinja. Ukuphela…
Ilanga lalikhanya. Isibhakabhaka sasicacile futhi izimbangi zasekhaya ezingenamakhaya zihlala emagumbini okuhlala zigcobise amakhadibhodi, zifaka amanye amabhodlela, kanti ezinye zisaphaza amathini we-aluminium wama-cocktails nobhiya. Konke kuzohamba kahle, kepha kwenye yezindawo zokuhlala abafundi, kwakukhona ama-UAZ amabili anezibani zokukhanya ezihlaza okwesibhakabhaka kanti «obaba» baphume ngomnyango futhi «babanjwe izandla» owesifazane kanye nabafana ababili ababegqoke izambatho zangaphambilini, ezibizwa nge- «yolks» kubantu abavamile. Izakhamizi zakule ndawo bezingakaqondi isizathu sokuboshwa, ngoba le nhlangano ibigcwele imfucumfucu endaweni yokulahla udoti, futhi ihlanza nemigwaqo nsuku zonke. Yilowo nalowo wayenomqhumo wakhe, izandla zakhe ezazivele zijwayele, futhi lezo zazimakwe umhluzi, isikhoji nesikhwama. Lawa mathuluzi abonakala kubo njenge-talisman noma i-amulet, njengendlu noma i-cottage ekhaya. Futhi, kwenqabe, ukuthi umuntu athathe umfokazi. Konke, ukufa. IKranty. Kepha uvele kulo mthandazi phambilini ngaphambi kwalesi sigameko kanye noMadame Tumor wesine. Futhi siyahamba.
Ngosuku olwedlule. Ngakusasa ekuseni, uMadame Tumor uvuke okokuqala wanquma ukuyobonisa enye indlela, enze umsebenzi ongcono futhi ahlanze le ndawo ngenkathi wonke umuntu elele ephethwe yisivunguvungu soshukela, okungukuthi ukubhaliswa emndenini. Onke amalungu ale «genge» awazange aboshwe. Ngenxa yokungabi neyakhe, uthathe iqoqo lomunye umuntu, ngethemba lokuthi, bathi, konke okungokwakhe?! Kuyahamba, kuyashanela, kuqoqa izinkabi zikagwayi, kususe zonke izinhlobo zamaswidi weswidi futhi kungadeleli, kubheke okuthile emabhineni bese kuqoqwa udoti osakazekele emaphethelweni namathangi asendleleni. Usehlanze phansi insimu futhi ngokushesha ubona indlela ngaphesheya komgwaqo owesilisa nowesifazane bahlela ngokuqinile.
– Scandal. – UThandame Madame Tumor futhi uqhubekele phambili ekuhlanzeni insimu. Ingxabano yafuthelana futhi kwavele kwezwakala amazwi, lapho le nkosikazi ikhala ngokungazelele, ngezwi elikhulu kangangokuba kwazwakala ukuduma kwezwi. UMama Tumor waphakamisa amehlo wabona ukuthi lendoda ngendlela ebabayo ishaya intokazi izihlathini. Abantu abedlula benganaki, kepha isela elishisiwe lezinkukhu namaqanda enkukhu esikhathini esidlule, ikakhulu osayizi abakhulu, lelo elangezwe ngabaphathi bepulazi lezinkukhu kumaqanda amabili athathwe kuye ngesicelo se-loader-cohabitant, esasiqoshwa yikhamera yezokuphepha yaleli bhizinisi. Angikwazanga ukumelana nayo ngaqala ngomshanelo ngaphesheya komgwaqo. Izimoto ngokuxakeka zamyeka, kwaba sengathi uyahlanya. Yena, enganakile izimoto zakwamanye amazwe ezibabazekayo, wagijimela emgaqweni futhi, njengekhayithi evela ezulwini, wagijimela kumlimi, wamshaya ngezindiza ebusweni ngomshini onomshanelo, lapho inyoni yenja yaphuma yaya emaceleni. Le ntokazi yahlikihla amehlo ayo ngokungakholelwa futhi, emboze umlomo ngezandla, yahleka kabuhlungu. Ngokuphazima kweso ukuthi uzoyithatha kuphi. Kungazelelwe, ngaphandle kwendawo, kwaqhamuka amaphoyisa amathathu ngokushesha aqala ukudonsa uMadame Tumor. Ukumemeza:
– Le boor, shaya lentokazi!!
– Thambisa umoya, yehlisa umoya! – Amaphoyisa abuzwa ngenhlonipho. – Akekho umuntu oshaye umuntu. Bheka lapho. – Kude kude ungabona ikhamera ye-movie nabasebenzi befilimu abanodondolo.
– Le filimu idutshulwa ngumseshi ophenya amahlaya! – Ungeze iphoyisa lesibili.
– He he he he!!! – ukhokhise owesithathu. – Futhi inkohliso inkohliso! Hu hu hu!!! Futhi ukulwa!
Isishubhu sahlala phansi, sanyakaza okuthile, sababaza abaculi, sabheka emaphoyiseni, sathatha umhluzi saya emgaqweni omkhulu uFurshtatskaya.
Futhi ngalesi sikhathi e-candeyka, lapho inkampani ye-gop yayikade ihlangana khona, futhi manje abasiki bengqephu bavuka kumuntu obophela imishini, babona ukuthi enye yezinto ezatholakala ingekho noma ilahlekile, yakhula imilenze yakhe babaleka, baqala ukulungiselela uzungu lokudalula isela noma imilenze yakhe. Sebehambise amabhodlela ashiywe ngempelasonto edlule, bathola imishini yokuhlanza ebizwa ngokuthi yi- «Snowflake» kanti, sebeyixhakamisile ngamanzi asendlini yangasese, ngenxa yokushoda kukompompi, maqondana nokulungiswa kwepayipi, baqala kancane ukuphuza, bedla izinsalela ezazicishwe izolo emgqonyeni kadoti ubizwa – bay futhi omuncu kakhulu.
Kwakusondela ntambama. U-Madame Tumor ushaya ingoma yentombazane yakhe elahlwe yicala, wabuyela e-canday, ephethe, ngesandla esisodwa, yokusungula, kwesinye isikhwama enamathini ka-aluminium kabhiya namabhodlela. Ngaphandle kokucabanga noma ukusola noma yini, wavula umnyango wangena ngaphakathi kwe-candeika, ebhekene nesiphetho sakhe…
Ekuqaleni, wahlangatshezwa ukubonwa phansi kwangaphambilini.
– Hawu, yini? – Kuqala ikhonsathi esabekayo, umfelokazi omnyama, owedlule wabulala abayeni bakhe abathathu, kusukela ehleli endaweni yababulali eneminyaka engu-15 waqamba igama elithi Kampuchea, nangobuzwe bakhe – uKalmyk ngaphandle kwamazinyo angaphambili.
– Yini? – ethuke kancane futhi edidekile, wabuza uMadame Tumor futhi wabeka i-yokusungula.
– Yini, ini? – ungeze ngokuqinile igama lakhe elithi hahal elaziwa ngegama elithi – uBalamut ngohlobo lwesifo sofuba esivulekile. – Esikhathini imbongolo fuck, hhayi hot?
– Mina, ngicabanga isizathu sokushayisana, kusho uMadame Tumor. – Ngihlanze insimu.
– Futhi kanjani? – ubuze umlingiswa wesithathu wale geyimu yamahlaya, igama elihlwabusayo elithi – Fox.
– Ngabe konke kuhlanzekile?! kusho yena.
– Futhi thina Fuck! – Bhekiswa Kampuchea. – Akuwona umsebenzi wakho, ngeke uthathwe nguwe, awuzange uwuthathe njengento ebhakedeni, kepha, bitch?
Futhi lapho siya khona: ekuqaleni wayeshaywa kabuhlungu futhi ekhahlelwa emilenzeni nasenqindi. Ngemuva kokungena, izinto zahamba: ama-thermometers amathathu, ephukile emgodleni wakhe womlomo, ukushayeka okubili ngesinqe sentambo entombazaneni, kunqamula kanzima nge-rose kusuka ebhodweni elalihlekile lamehlo nezihlathi, izilonda zommese eziyisikhombisa emzimbeni ngommese, kuphule amabhodlela kabhiya alethwe kuye ngesando esidonswe ngaphakathi kuye. ukuqala ezindaweni ezingamanyala zokusondelana. Futhi ngenkathi ukwazi ukucula «ikhekhe leqhwa» nokwenza amathile. Ekugcineni, ngemuva kokuduka, isidumbu esingaphilanga sasihudulelwa echibini, kepha umakhelwane wahlangana wabiza amaphoyisa ngasese namaphoyisa nge-ambulensi.
Kuze kube sekuseni, baphenya imbangela yalokhu kubanjwa inkunzi ngenqindi babayisa esikhungweni sokuboshwa kwangaphambi kokuqulwa kwecala ekuseni, kwathi uMadame Tumor waxoshwa odokotela. Manje uhambahamba endaweni kamasipala waseChernyshevsky, amakhwela, ukhuluma nonkulunkulu futhi uphuza kakhulu. Abalishumi baba ngumngane wabaphathi ababi. Futhi kwenye i-candeyka, ngokuvamile, ngokudlwengulwa okungenangqondo kowesifazane ofuywayo, amadodana akhe ajezisa abaseshi ngezando nangemimese kangangokuthi bagqolozela iso elilodwa babeka elinye ezimpaphe, abanye basinda ngokushaywa ngesando ekhanda. Futhi lokhu kwenzeke ngo-Eva woNyaka oMusha, kepha le ngenye ingoma yeSodoma neGomora…
Kule ndlu eyayihlukumezekile enamabhomu, yabangenamakhaya, eSinopskaya enetulo 26, ngaphansi kwegama elithi RBOO «Nochlezhka», kwakungezona izigebengu kuphela, amathokheni, amaChukchi kanye nabathathu base-Ukraine, okungukuthi, izakhamuzi zaseDonetsk. Abanye bonke abantu base-Ukraine bangabalandeli benkolo yaseBandera, kodwa futhi bekuhlala izindela ezimbili zeSonto lama-Orthodox ezazivele zikhathele ukukholelwa kuNkulunkulu, futhi banquma ukuthatha ikhefu ehlobo ekudleni kwabo kwasemini kokulalela kanye nokuvinjwa kwezinye izilingo zomhlaba, ukubukela, yiqiniso, isidlo esikhulu sokungashadi, enikezwe ngesilinganiso. Kuyiqiniso, bona, ngasese kwabanye ebusuku, baphonsa iminwe yabo embotsheni yomunye, futhi, ngokusobala, akudingekanga ukuthi bakhansele lesi sidlo sakusihlwa, ngenxa yokungahambisani nezinye izingxenye zomzimba endaweni yomzimba. Njengoba baphunyula esigodlweni sezindela sase-Alexander Nevsky Lavra, idolobha laseSt. Petersburg, bayikhohlwa yonke imithetho yemithetho futhi balalela ukungabi namthetho kwezwe: babhema, bachitha, bafunga, futhi, ekugcineni, ngemuva kokulala, baphendukela eNkosini yabo. Kuyiqiniso, babengaqondakali, ngoba uBaba uSeraphim wayeseneminyaka engamashumi amabili eyinkosi, kusukela ezikhumbuzweni zezikhathi zaseSoviet futhi wayehlala ngisho nasendaweni, izigebengu, ngenxa yezinkolelo zenkolo. Ubaba kaFion, ubekhonze insimu engcwele isikhathi esingaphansi kweminyaka eyishumi nambili, kepha usanda kuthola lo mnotho ovela kule monki ebabazekayo, waseKiev Pechersk Lavra, lapho atshalwe khona emuva emkhandlwini, waqala ukuzulazula ezungeza izindlu zezindela namasonto. Njengoba uSeraphim eseshilo kaningi ukuthi umphefumulo wakhe kade wawusezulwini, kepha inyama ayikwazi ukwehlisa umoya futhi ife. Futhi wayelinda leli hora njalo kusihlwa, ethandaza ngaphambi kokulala. UNkulunkulu wabo ngokusobala futhi wayeqonda ukuthi kwakungeyona eyensimbi, ngoba babekhonza isidlo esikhulu sangaphambi kokungashadi, bengaqali, futhi ngokuvamile ababanga nabesifazane uma besondelana. Futhi imali yabo yachithwa ngaphandle kokusebenza futhi yanyamalala njengoba befika nje.
ENochlezhka, ngokushesha benza abangane abaningi bamanga, abaphuza nabo, nezindela, ngokudingiswa, baba uhlobo lokuphakela abanye izinambuzane ezihlwabusayo ezenza izigqila zabantu abakhubazekile nabadala bephansi kwabo, kanye nabantu abampofu abangenalutho balinganiswa nabo, ukufumbathisa kwabo kwansuku zonke. Kepha izindela kancane kancane zayidelela le freebie ngokwazo futhi yanquma ukuguqula umbuthano woxhumana nabo nendawo yokuchitha ubusuku, zangithinta futhi zangichitha ubusuku bonke egumbini elingaphansi kwegumbi leSeminari le-Alexander Nevsky Lavra, lapho u-Aleksashka Nevzorov ake wafunda khona. Bengingakalilahli ikhono nesipiliyoni sokulwa emgwaqweni futhi ngijabulele igunya elikhethekile phakathi kwamasela. Bangibiza ngaphandle kombhoshongo futhi kwesinye isikhathi bebengalokothi baphikisane. Ngamafuphi, angizange ngithintwe, futhi mina, ngemuva kokulalela uSeraphim noFiona, ababazi ngegunya lami ngempela, hhayi ngamahemuhemu, ngokuxhumana nangamaholo, ngavuma ngokuvuma. Okusemqoka ukuthi ngangiwuhlobo lwesikhwama sezokuphepha. Bona, begqoke isudioscock, bangena kunoma yisiphi isitolo bathembisa ukuthandazela impilo yezihlobo zabo, ngosuku olwedlule, kuthiwa, bashiya imihlambi ethile yasePoland. Igama elilodwa lalifanele futhi kwinani lama-ruble angamashumi amabili. Imali idluliselwe kimi, futhi namarisidi athathwe eKazan Cathedral ashiswa ngaphansi kwenkonzo yabo yomkhuleko. Mina, ngokungafani nabo, ngangigqoke izingubo zomphakathi, kodwa nginesilevu. Lokhu kwenziwe uma kwenzeka ukuthi la maphoyisa asibambe, bese ngifana nesobunxele, futhi awunayo nepeni phambi kwawo. Futhi konke kwahamba kahle. Ngosuku «esilinqunyiwe», okungukuthi, sathola kanjalo nje, hhayi ama-ruble ayinkulungwane umuntu ngamunye futhi ngemuva komsebenzi sazulazula emisebeni, lapho sathela amagremu ayikhulu, saphuza ukubukeka kwengulube. Futhi bazulazula emangqamuzaneni abo, ehostela lokufundela, e-Alexander Nevsky Lavra, benama kahle futhi bedakiwe, bejabule futhi bekhathele, kusukela osukwini olwedlule, kepha umgwaqo oya ekhaya ubuyingozi futhi unzima. Kuqhamuke ngezindlela ezahlukene, kwenzeka esikhungweni sokukhucululwa kwezidakamizwa. Futhi nakhu manje sesiphuzwe kakhulu esiteshini samaphoyisa. UFiona ukhubazekile ngokuphelele. Wayemncane, enomusa kakhulu, efundeka kahle futhi emile. Isimo sobuso bakhe, ikakhulukazi obedakiwe, sasinjengobuso benqama enamehlo amnyama. Iserafi, ngakolunye uhlangothi, lalidonsa futhi likhuluphele, njengengulube, lihaha futhi linobuqili. Wayehlale efuna ukuseshwa, aze afike ku-anus, lapho i-heroin, i-cocaine kanye nokhula kuvame ukufihlwa khona. Kuliqiniso, ubaba kaFiona ukhwele e-anus, futhi wayengumsunguli wokusesha wonke umuntu naye, ngeqiniso, ngaphandle kwami, ngoba nganginemali, futhi ngangingayinqamula emthambekeni noma esibindini, ngokwethemba nokholo emazwini ami, ngakho-ke behlala bekholelwa ekucaceni kwami. Ngemuva kokutholwa kwama-banknotes, uBaba uSeraphim waphenduka futhi wacela intethelelo, waguqa ngamadolo, ezibuza ezibuza ukuthi bangena kanjani lapho, bethuthumela:
– Kodwa bafika kanjani lapho?
Njengoba besiyise esiteshini samaphoyisa esilandelayo, iphoyisa ebelisemsebenzini lasiyala ukuba sivale iqembu lethu endlini yezinkawu, lapho amaTurkmens amabili ne-lousy, enephunga elimnandi, engenamakhaya ayegqoke ubusika, esevele edlubhe, yize ukushisa bekungaphezu kwamashumi amathathu, futhi egqoke nesigqoko sasebusika. Futhi uthi ngaphandle kokufuna ukuthi kuyabanda ekuseni kusukela ekudobeni, abheke amabala ehlombe, bese kuba inkinjana, intamo, bese umphetho, noma okuwukuphela, ngaphandle kokukhumula izicathulo zakhe, bese kuthi ukhokho nezinye izindawo. Futhi kuyiqiniso.
Silethe uFiona emgibeni wekheji sambeka ebhentshini lokulinda. Uthathe umhlalaphansi wahlwitha, wavula umlomo wakhe kakhulu engingakufuni, okuvela kuwo amathe ngamathe wavele wakhungatheka, wadonswa izinwele izinwele zesilevu namadevu. Zibambe umiyane, izimpukane zazinamathele, njengepheshana elinoshevu lomiyane. USeraphim wayephithizela ngenkathi ehleli. Futhi ngazama ukufihla izinsalela zemali kuphela, lapho ngangine-cache eyakhelwe ngaphakathi. Kungazelelwe, i-wavu yavula futhi yayinempilo kunabo bonke, cishe abavela kulo lonke i-Central Internal Affairs Directorate, yangena ngaphakathi, i-android enesibhamu ehlombe. Kancane kancane, edla amehlo akhe, ehlola i-chmyr, lapho-ke, njengoba ukhozi ligqolozela amawele ase-Asia yeminyaka ehlukene, base bevele benamathele emehlweni omqaphi kuya odongeni, bevula iso elincane belibhekisa ezinhlamvwini ezinhlanu zama-ruble, babiza abafundi bethu babheka uFiona owayelele, okwathi lapho ngaleso sikhathi uquqaba lwezimpukane luzungeza emlonyeni wakhe, lufana nomqobelo wesichotho. USeraphim wavula iso lakhe lesokunxele wathi:
– Commander, mqede! – nalabo abasebenza emugqeni, ukugaxaza kungalethi amathe embuthanweni, behleka. Indwangu ebomvu yezingubo zomzimba izolile, idonsa ngamathambo e-vertebra yomlomo wesibeletho, yaphenduka ikhanda, ngaphandle kokunyakaza nokukhohlakala, okungukuthi ngezwi elinjengentombazane encane, yaphenduka umoya:
– Wena, nsizwa ehlakaniphile, nezinto okufanele zihambe.. Fast!!
USeraphim wanikina ikhanda kancane ukuze abambe iso lomqaphi nezitshudeni zakhe, wasukuma kancane washiya idrayivu.
– Igama. – kubuza isiphathimandla esiphethe.
– Mina?! Ubaba uSeraphim! – indela endala yaphendula ngokuziqhenya futhi yaphuca intshebe yayo.
– Ngathi, igama eliphelele!! – kufika isisebenzi. – noma uye kukhamera izinsuku ezintathu.
– Inkomo uSergey Baituleuovich. – wathuka igama lakhe ngokuthi uSeraphim wezwe. – Ngizokuthuka. hesed.
– Yini? – Kubuza iphoyisa.
– Ngithi ngigqoke leli gama isikhathi eside, ngaphambi kokugcwala kanye nokwamukelwa kwesidlo sakusihlwa sokungashadi. wamemezela waphinda futhi wamlaba. – Ngizokuthuka.
