Sergey, who came back from the bath in the early morning, saw that I had almost opened my suitcase, and he was a little puzzled what I was looking for. I told him I wanted to give some gifts to the Tubu Zabu family and thank them for taking us in.

Sergei said that he wanted to give them some money when he left, but I think they might not take our money.

I sorted out a large number of gifts from the country that were suitable for the elderly, and food for the children, and also selected a few shawls and ornaments suitable for Tubu Zab's wife.

Sergey looked at the gift I had chosen, smiled with satisfaction and did not say anything.

My door was not closed tightly, and the little boy pushed it open, poked his little head in, looked at us and said shyly:

- "Have breakfast!" ”

We looked at him with a smile, and I walked over and took the little child's hand and asked him;

- "You got up so early? ”

The boy did not answer me, but looked at me earnestly;

- "Mom said, have breakfast!" ”

Tubuzab's son led us into the hall and ran over to play with his sister, who was jumping in front of the window.

Behind the large dining table, Tubuzab's mother was chatting with a young man in a police uniform with their little brother in her arms, and Tubuzab's wife brought a plate of hot soup to the young man. The young man thanked her politely.

Tubuzab's wife looked back at us and said enthusiastically:

- "Seeing your door open, I think you might be up, come quickly, just in time for breakfast with Peter!" ”

The young policeman, Peter, stood up and shook our hands politely.

I asked, don't Tubu Zab and the others eat?

She said that the men had finished their meals early in the morning and went to work, so we didn't eat.

We dined with Peter.

This is a Buryat young man in his early twenties, medium height, straight body not fat or thin. Peter had the long, narrow eyes common to Buryats, but his skin was not only not as coarse as that of the steppe men, but was particularly delicate and fair. Peter's tone of voice is also very clear and gentle, and his temperament is also polite. If it weren't for the fact that he was wearing a police uniform, I really wouldn't have imagined that he was a police officer, but I felt like a civil servant in a government unit.

Tubuzab's mother told us that Peter was Sanjay's distant cousin and a regular visitor to their home.

Peter said that when he was on duty in the area, he often came to Tubuzab's house to eat.

Peter told us that yesterday's blizzard was extremely rare. He came out early in the morning to inspect the situation, and in some places the telephone lines were scratched, and there were also problems with the signal base station, which is currently being repaired.

Sergey said that it is no wonder that the phone has no signal all the time.

Peter said that we were really lucky, if we had stayed outside, maybe we would have found out now, yesterday the outside temperature had dropped to more than minus 40 degrees, and they were all checking the situation everywhere, afraid that people and animals would get frostbitten......

Listening to Peter's introduction, Sergei and I looked at each other and congratulated ourselves on our luck!

Peter asked us what we were going to do in Horlinsk? Sergei said that he was invited by a friend to be a guest.

- "Whose house are you visiting?" Peter asked.

Before Sergey could answer, Peter smiled and said:

- "If I'm not mistaken, you should go to Chief Yuri's house, right?" ”

Sergei looked at him in amazement, nodded and asked:

- "How did you guess?" ”

Peter smiled slyly and said:

- "Horlinsk is my jurisdiction, and I know the situation of each one of them. Chief Yuri had returned last week, where his father had lived, and it had been two years since the old man died...... You're from Moscow, and you know, there are very few people in Khorinsk who have friends and relatives in Moscow! ”

Maybe it's the peculiarity of Yuri's identity, but Sergei doesn't seem to want to talk to people about who we're going to meet.

Yet, in the face of this clever Peter, we don't seem to have to hide anything.

Peter said that his next destination was Hollinsk, and he could take us to Yuri.

Sergey is clearly grateful to Peter! He said that he had not been able to contact Yuri, and that he was worried, and even if we got there, we didn't know Yuri's address, and we were afraid that we would have to inquire from house to house.

Peter laughed when he heard this.

- "It seems that this blizzard can't stop you from meeting either!" ”