After that night, the relationship between the two of them became sweeter, and there was a lot more physical contact, and they began to sleep together in bed. Manturov, www.biquge.info the pen "Fun", would also find an opportunity to play with Katia's beautiful legs from time to time, and Katia did not dare to refuse, but the two never did the most passionate thing between them.

They work separately in the morning, but when they leave work, they always talk to each other on the phone, make an appointment for a romantic dinner (neither of them can cook), and then hold hands and go for a walk along the Ob River. After walking for a while, I found a bench to sit on the long lift, and talked about love for an hour.

This romantic life soon passed for a few months, and in March 1939, Manturov was leaving Novosibirsk again.

Where to go? Moscow, yes again, Moscow, but not Katia this time.

What are you going to do? As I said before, as the secretary of the Novosibirsk regional party committee, he can represent Novosibirsk at the 18th party congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), with such a long name? Is there an abbreviation? Yes - ****** CPSU. It's easy to remember.

Is Manturov still missing? Not playing this time. In fact, playing is the same as not playing. Because the whole Soviet Union knew about the holding of the ****** of the CPSU, the party leaders of all the states were present to listen to Stalin's speech, as well as to elect new members of the **********, the Organizational Bureau and the Politburo.

On March 6, 1939, outside the Novosibirsk railway station, Manturov and Katia had an affectionate kiss. Then it was a reluctant parting.

"Volodya, please take care, come back soon after the meeting, don't mess around in Moscow." Katia looked affectionately into Manturov's eyes as they looked at each other for the last time of the day.

At this time, Katya's eyes are completely sincere and tender, and her love for Manturov can be expressed completely with her eyes, without reservation.

"Don't worry, I'll be back after the meeting."

"I wish you to be elected as a member of the Central Committee."

"Hopefully."

"Then I'm leaving."

"Well, goodbye. Uh, by the way, why didn't you take me with you this time? You took me with you again last time you went to see Stalin. ”

In fact, the two of them have already discussed this issue. But Katia was still reluctant to accept Manturov, so she asked the question before leaving.

"Didn't you say that? This time it's the Central Plenum, and my accommodation and itinerary are arranged, so it doesn't seem good to take you there. Besides, you are now the first secretary of the state committee of the Communist Youth League, the leader of the entire department. If you just walk away, you will set a bad example for the comrades below. ”

"Oh yes, thanks for the reminder."

In the past, the naughty and somewhat brutal Katia always liked to quarrel with Manturov a few more words before she would stop talking, but now, she has learned to accommodate the other party. She is already a leading cadre and knows that she should be mature. At the same time, as the wife of others, she has learned to accommodate her husband.

No matter how reluctant they are and how they want to see each other, they still can't escape the fate of parting.

After an affectionate hug, Manturov turned around without hesitation and walked straight into the platform. He caught the train and headed for Moscow.

On the same train, Manturov was not the only one who went to the ****** of the CPSU, but also representatives of the Primorsky Territory, the Khabarovsk Territory, the Irkutsk Region, and the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

These deputies often walked through each other's doors and gathered in one of the rooms to hold a series of discussions on the party and government to get through this long and dreary train journey.

After 48 hours, the train arrived at the Moscow Yaroslavsky railway station. This railway station is located in the northeast of Moscow, near Komsomolskaya Square. It is the starting point of the Trans-Siberian Railway and the starting point of the Moscow-Yaroslav Railway. Most of the railways from Moscow to the East depart from there.

Manturov, as usual, took his luggage and walked out at a very urgent pace.

At that time, there were quite a lot of people in the station, but no matter how many people there were, they couldn't stop his pace and change his living habits. He carried a wooden suitcase through the crowd, and the initial progress was quite smooth, and while "galloping", he did not get anyone else, and did not cause any inconvenience to others.

But when I got to the station entrance, there were more people, and everyone crowded to the station gate. As a result, he accidentally bumped into a man wearing a gray suit, a black tie, and a hair wax on his head.

Manturov knew that he had made a mistake and quickly apologized to the man: "I'm sorry, comrade, are you okay?" ”

The man turned his head, looked at Manturov's young face, and smiled enthusiastically: "It's okay, it's me who is at fault, who told me to stand here?" ”

Manturov felt that this man was a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere. He had a good memory, and he quickly recognized this person, this was actually Mikhail Suslov, a member of the Politburo and secretary of the Central Committee of the "future", known as the "gray leader".

At that time, Suslov was the first secretary of the party committee of the border region, and was not well-known in the Soviet party and political circles. But it is strange that he, as the first secretary of the Stavropol Territory Committee, should not have appeared at this station at all.

His jurisdiction is in the North Caucasus in the south, and the railway lines of this railway station are all to the east, either to Siberia or to the Urals and Yaroslav, why did Suslov from the south appear here?

However, Suslov is also notoriously eccentric, and his behavior is not understandable to ordinary people. Maybe he was waiting for a friend, maybe he wanted to see the construction of the railway in Moscow, and the real purpose of coming here was only known to him.

"Are you Comrade Mikhail Suslov?" Manturov stepped forward and asked.

Suslov looked at Manturov's young, unfamiliar face and replied: "Yes, who are you, comrade?" Have we met before? ”

"I am Villadimo Manturov, First Secretary of the Party Committee of the Novosibirsk Region, and I heard a cadre transferred from Rostov mention your name and your appearance, so I thought it was you."

Suslov's smile became more enthusiastic, he stretched out his hand in the crowd, made a gesture of inviting handshake, and said: "It's Manturov!" I have heard your name before, you are the best of the first secretaries of the state party committee, and you are the object of my study. ”

Suslov likes to compliment others, he always behaves modestly and low-key, and is an ascetic. He likes to satisfy the vanity of others, especially other cadres, and pretend to be forced in front of others. Even some ordinary workers, peasants on collective farms, he would not let go.

After almost everyone comes into contact with him for the first time, they will underestimate this person, thinking that this person is some kind of small person, and they will be tricked.

Of course, Manturov won't get hit. Like Suslov, he also likes to satisfy the vanity of others and behaves more modestly.

But the difference is that he doesn't live a low-key life like Suslov, and he is not an ascetic, otherwise he wouldn't have played with Katia's legs, let alone the caviar rationing, and the semi-luxury apartment at 16 Red Avenue.

"I'm just a newcomer, I'm still inexperienced, and it's not worth learning at all. It is worth learning from Comrade Stalin. It has experience, but also ability. ”

Suslov, who was good at pandering to others, echoed the words: "Yes, we should all learn from Comrade Stalin. ”