Classics fantasy – 9

– And navishche to exchange on the mountain dertitsya. Meni and here much.

– It is impossible, old times. Here water will fill in everything soon.

Panas listens carefully, irons long moustaches, slowly takes out a tavlinka, smells tobacco and at last negatively swings the head.

– Not the mozha tsyy quarrystone – is surely answered by him. – God обицяв, що zliv бильш without awaking.

Visitors exchange glances. They did not expect such objection. Marishkin, at once not to embitter the old man, decided to act diplomatically.

– Yes that about a Flood is told, and here Volga only, will fill in several villages, here and yours too. For irrigation of fields, you understand? From a drought. Fills in villages and villages a spring flood. So same not a flood.

– Повинь – an insha on the right. To Rozilletsya a richka й in protect a znova having come. And ви you show, шо all the hall on vichno. And ви дурницю you show, шо the hall. Not to a mozha tsyy quarrystone. God казав, шо zliv without awaking, thaw without awaking. Nikudi not pita.

Well you will do with it? Marishkin took out a scarf from a pocket and wiped the sweated forehead.

– You think: we will give lifting on new building. You will live in a new hut.

– Not an occasional office to exchange of your crossing. Not pita, thaw a kineets.

– I see, you do not trust us. Well and so that, grandfather. Go with us on the car. Building you will look at itself, you will be convinced with own eyes. You will see what there with Volga becomes, and you will believe.

– And on an encore to exchange your car? Not pita. An axis of a tutochka it is live, i in a domovina to a lyazh here.

And left city with anything.

But after their departure Panas strong thought. And the next day unexpectedly for all harnessed the fad, took a loaf of bread and left the yard it is unknown where.

It arrived to Volga, came to building. To the people multitudes. Through Volga the bridge, cars, a roar, vanity. Between bulls workers fit iron boards. Will lower boards – and the dam is ready. Will dam Volga, you will begin to flow steppes – more water has no place to disappear.

Panas went to catering establishment from where all building is visible. Stayed at a window the whole day is silent and drank infinite quantity to tea. And when evening fires filled in building and noise of works was not lowered, the old man spoke deafly in gray-haired moustaches:

– So a stench, roll out dit, to sink us. – Also it was difficult to understand what it is more in his words – censures or praises.

Panas arrived home and three days did not leave a hut. Thought whether got sick after the journey.

And then left and began to tell it that sukhodolna even pootkryvat mouths on a descent. Did not happen at “the Piping of Volga” of such propagandist.

And amicably also the neighboring villages reached on a sukhodolna hill, and for them.

6

– Hit into my head! – Kondrat Semenych knocked a huge fist on a table so that the inkwell jumped up. The chairman of the board of “the Piping of Volga”, companion Markov, shuddered and corrected points.

– Well, however, you that… not too – he, щуря told weak-sighted eyes.

– What that? It you that – Kondrat Semenych was not appeased, and he suddenly rose in all growth as if preparing for fight. His red hair were disheveled, eyes threw sparks. The huge person was crimson as if it descended from a bathing regiment. – I will not allow to touch state farm. And you would visit “Red dawns” yes looked that there is heaped up. One silage tower of what costs! – Kondrat Semenych bent a thick finger. – From cement. Beauty! You will not transfer it. So, so and to throw? Will stand among the lake as a beacon. And эмтеэс – bent the second finger. – In all the district you will not find such machine and tractor station. Stone, capital construction. Elevator, repair shop, power plant, stables, sheds, cheese dairies, creameries… To list everything – there will not be enough fingers. All this under water.

Before “Piping” corrected points again and softly told:

– But you know that Volga will begin to flow spontaneously. Leveling shows that “Red dawns” lie on the way of a flood and will be filled in almost on meter.

– Means, it is not necessary to start up Volga spontaneously. You build dams, build bypass canals.

– If to dig channels yes to build dams, then all plan of works will change – Markov objected. – It will cost huge money.

The secretary of a cell the Inhabitant of Tula, small growth, thickset, in an old leather jacket, grinned, rose and, looking directly in eyes to Kondrat Semenychu, started talking by an equal metal voice:

– Nobody doubts, the companion, that you strong love “Red dawns”. You – the beautiful business executive. But also beautiful business executives have the shortcoming. Even defect: narrow-mindedness. It is impossible to take only a narrow. We cannot break the plan of work. The question was discussed by experts and here and in the center and cannot be changed. You want it or do not want, and “Red dawns” will be transferred.

– I do not want.

– Then you should be cleaned from the road.

Kondrat Semenych did not even understand at once. Then his thick fingers trembled, and the person turned pale.

– … to move away me… Me which created this model state farm. Me…

– Yes, you. Because you are not able to submit to directives. At the front buildings there has to be the same cast-iron discipline, as well as in the war, and you were at the front and have to know what is discipline. I repeat: we very much appreciate your economic and organizing abilities. Therefore I also give to you a good advice: think again and do not go obstinate. We are able to appreciate people. But the one who will become us on the way will be removed, whatever merits behind it were.

Kondrat Semenych heavily fell by a chair.

Also the Inhabitant of Tula sat down.

There came intense silence. All attentively watched Kondrat Semenychem. Deep folds on his forehead and a bridge of the nose spoke about heavy internal fight.

– All right – at last he muttered gloomy, darted off, shouted: – So long! – Also escaped.

All breathed a sigh of relief.

– With it it was more difficult to cope, than with old Panas – smiling, Markov told Marishkin. – Nevertheless the Inhabitant of Tula understood it.

– Still. Easier, as they say, for soul to leave a body, than to Kondrat Semenychu from “Dawns”.

7

Still the young man, without being afraid of bullets, broke Valkirny ridges to Kolchak soldiers. Visited also under walls of Warsaw. Everywhere surprised with iron will and character. Finished civil, settled in the Zavolzhye steppes and was engaged in economic activity. “Red dawns” – one of the first big state farms which arose in Zavolzhye. A lot of Valkirny had to fight also for “Red dawns”, for the breeding cattle, for cars, for each tractor. Children suitable were selected and made big business. And now that all order to dig up to the basis the hands.

– Posh-shel! – angrily Valkirny shouts and beats full state-farm horses on each side.

Cold… Burning east wind burns a face, lifts from the earth small, dry snow with dust. Snowless winter. As if did not damage winter… In places wind blew off snow after the journey, and under iron runners of sledge sand cracks and hisses. Kondrat Semenych pulls down more strong a bowie knife and quilts horses…

– Posh-shel!.

Arrived at dawn, woke the groom, itself unharnessed horses, put in stalls…

– Something as though it is gloomy, Kondrat Semenych? – the groom asked, yawning and being scratched.

– The devil of a hog on an aspen hung up, because and is gloomy – Valkirny angrily answered and quickly left a stable.