The little girl came over with the bottle she had found, and I looked at the prices around me and thought it was the cheapest vodka here.

Sergei took the bottle and looked at it carefully. The little girl held a handful of coins in front of me. I clenched the little girl's little hand holding the coin into a fist, and said to her with a smile:

- "Today is a good day for Auntie, I just want to give someone a gift, you can keep the money for yourself, not only that, Auntie also wants to give you a gift, what do you want?" ”

The little girl looked at me with shiny eyes.

Sergei also leaned down and smiled at her and said to her:

- "Just listen to Auntie, or she'll be angry." ”

We asked the little girl who else was in the house. The little girl said that she had a father and a mother at home.

Mom is a cleaner and has to go to work every day, but Dad has been disabled in his leg and foot due to a work injury two years ago, and he has not worked.

- "Your dad asked you to buy this wine, right?" I asked.

- "Yes. The little girl replied.

- "Sergey, I want to ......" Before I could finish my sentence, Sergei smiled at me and said to Genia:

- "Go find a bigger shopping cart." ”

We stuffed a cartload full of meat and food and drinks.

I took the little girl by the hand and walked towards the checkout area and asked her where she lived.

It turned out that the little girl's house was next to the building where I lived.

Passing by the toy section, I saw a young man showing a doll of a gray rabbit to a girl, who said with some displeasure:

- "It's not this! I'm talking about the gray rabbit, but it's not like that, the rabbit is twice as big as this one, and I want that. ”

The little girl slowed down, her eyes fixed on the fluffy rabbit, her face full of envy.

- "Do you like this rabbit?" I asked

The little girl didn't speak, nodded, and never took her eyes off the toy.

When the young man heard his girlfriend's words, he lowered his hand with some regret.

I walked over and asked:

- "Excuse me, where did you find this toy bunny?" I would like to buy one too. ”

The young man turned to look at me with gray-blue eyes.

- "Vasya! I shouted.

- "Is that you?" Vasya was also surprised.

- "Picking a gift for your girlfriend?" I asked with a smile.

Vasya's face was slightly red, and he smiled coyly and acquiesced.

At this time, Vasya's girlfriend looked me up and down. Vasya Says:

- "This is my girlfriend Martha, this is Linna, Chinese." ”

Vasya's youngest girlfriend, Martha, looked to be only sixteen or seventeen years old, of medium height, with a thin build, a thin face, wearing an ankle-baring jeans and a crop top with a red mouth print, and her hair was dyed in red and green. I saw a distinct rose tattoo on her lanky neck.

Martha's slender face had small but somewhat deep gray-blue eyes, and what caught my eye even more was her heavy green eyeshadow and shiny nose ring, which affected my overall perception of her facial features.

- "She is Chinese?" Vasya: Did I hear me right? Martha asked.

- "I am indeed Chinese, I know Vasya from the Chinese company where Vasya works, do you have doubts about this?" I asked with a smile.

Martha shrugged and said:

- "You don't look like a Chinese person." ”

I looked at her and smiled and said:

- "Yes, that's my fault! ”

Vasya also laughed, and he handed me the stuffed rabbit and said:

- "Here's this for you!" ”

I took the toy and looked at the little girl, who looked at me with a smile on her face, her eyes full of anticipation.

I turned around and saw Sergei watching Vasya and Masha leave.

- "I'm done here, do you have anything else to buy?" I asked

Sergei looked back at me and smiled and said:

- "Lina, is it possible that in two years you will be running for mayor of Irkutsk?" Why do you know everyone? ”

- "Hehe...... Your suggestion is good, why didn't I think about it! I laughed.

Our car pulled up in front of the little girl's house.

I, Zhenia and Sergey barely managed to bring all the shopping bags.

The girl's house was on the second floor, and we went up the stairs, and Sergei finally couldn't help but whisper, what if the girl's parents don't want our gifts?

I laughed and said that if they didn't want it, it would be fine, and I would take it all back to the office and eat it myself.

Sergei smiled and looked at me and didn't speak again.

The door opened, and a lanky woman in her forties stood in front of us.

It turned out that the girl's mother was the cleaner who cleaned our hallway. I see her often and greet her every time.

The woman looked at us in amazement.

- "I'm sorry I didn't say hello to you. I said.

- "Huh? Where's the word? Very welcome! The woman said and smiled and invited us in.

We piled up the things we had brought into the house, and the girl's mother was a little overwhelmed and said, "What's so embarrassing about this?" We can't take it. 》

Sergei smiled and said to her, "Lina said that she and your daughter are good friends, and the mother who came to visit her friend naturally couldn't come empty-handed. 》

The woman caressed her daughter's head lovingly and looked at her lovingly. The girl looked up at her mother with pride in her eyes.

The girl's mother asked us to prepare tea, and Sergey and I looked at the little hall.

Under the window is a couch, and in the center of the room is a square table. It seems to be a dining table, too.

The only side without a door in front of the wall is a combination cabinet. Inside the glass cabinet door are tea sets and the like. It's not unlike the furnishings of most Russian homes, but what intrigued me and Sergey was the placement of a few trophies and a few photographs on the shelves of the cabinet of combines.