Напряжение / Voltage: Глава 6

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This is Masha. She's coming to live with us! - I said confidently from the threshold of the room into the back of the tea-drinking uncle.

Camrad_RIP 28.02.23 в 21:21

"W-what...?" coughs his neighbor, spilling half a cup on the table.

Camrad_RIP 01.03.23 в 07:26

"Well... she can't live on the street, she's pregnant," I argued.

Camrad_RIP 01.03.23 в 07:26

"The mug tinkled on the floor, and the uncle slowly turned in his chair."

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 18:27

"Maxim!" he growled, looking at me and Masha.

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 18:27

"W-what?"

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 18:28

"Give me the belt."

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 18:30

"N0-no-no! Let me explain!" I shook my head and pressed my back against the inadvertently closed door.

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 18:30

A cat meows pitifully in his hands.

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 18:31

"You have a minute..." he closed his eyes and sighed heavily.

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 18:31

"You can't keep a cat in a boarding school, and they're flea-ridden outside!" I yammered. "So I thought, if we could take Mashka off the street and wash her, we could let her be fondled for a fee!:

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 18:32

"Well..." the man made a clenched fist.

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 18:33

"That's it. Five minutes - one glass of milk. Yes! Milk spoils quickly, but you can make cream out of milk! And cream can be exchanged in the cafeteria for chocolate," I quickly concluded, glancing at the second hand on my uncle's wristwatch. "That is, rent Mashka, take the cream, and we are in the chocolate!"

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 18:35

The uncle rose heavily from his seat, grabbed his belt on the way, and hovered over me after two steps.

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 18:36

"I have two pieces of news for you," said Uncle Kolya in a strange, echoing voice. "First, it's a cat. A fat, well-fed cat."

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 18:36

"Oh, damn, I'd already arranged the kittens in advance..." I hesitated at the last word and hiccupped, staring at Uncle's black eyes.

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 18:44

"Second, let the cat go outside."

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 18:44

"I invested do many cutlets!"

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 18:46

"Now! And on the way, think carefully about your behavior."

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 18:47

Two minutes later, I was standing in front of the uncle again - as if he had frozen, waiting for me in the same position, belt in hand.

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 18:48

"So?" he asked in a stern voice.

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 18:49

"Did I forget your share?" I said in a questioning tone.

Camrad_RIP 01.03.23 в 07:26

"Wrong, Maxim!" And he pointed his belt at the bed.

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 18:49

The wrong answer was even: "I won't do it again".

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 18:50

"Understand, there will be a lot of power in your life, a lot of authority. But you have no right to dispose of other people's lives and freedom!" The uncle was furious between swings of the belt. "And if you ever forget that, I'll even come to you from hell and whip you with the belt again!"

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 19:02

He could have just explained - I would have sorted it out without the belt. If you can't, you can't. And he seemed to realize it himself - so he put the sugar bowl and the brew on the table and staggered off around the area.

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 19:25

Anyway, by the time Simon arrived, I was able to sit in my chair after all. He had been coming in for two months, almost every evening after dinner, and that was enough to explain the meaning of Horseshoe, Stick, and the capital "P" with a ponytail. Very interesting!

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 19:26

"Here's a look. Voltage equals resistance multiply amperage. Is something not clear?" Simon patiently poked the formula with a pencil, showing the squiggles and telling me what they meant.

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 19:42

"Yeah. What's multiply?"

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 19:43

Simon slapped his open palm on his face with a clinking sound. He often does that before he answers. It probably, helps him think.

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 19:44

"Multiply is an action," he explained, rolling his eyes to the ceiling.

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 19:45

"Cool! Can I do this action?"

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 19:46

"Yes. You are multiplying the sorrow."

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 19:46

"To what?" I asked, writing down important information in a notebook.

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 19:47

"To the sadness."

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 20:08

"What do we get out of it?"

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 20:08

"Hopelessness," my teacher sighed wistfully. "Anyway, close the notebook and turn it over. See the columns?"

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 20:09

"Yep." I stared at the flat lines of numbers with the same sign.

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 20:09

"You'll learn it by next time. You'll understand multiplication at the same time," Simon said.

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 20:10

"Two times seven equals fourteen..." I read the line. "Is this information accurate?"

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 20:11

"Absolutely. Everything written here is completely true."

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 20:12

"Hmmm..." I put 'Maxim = Emperor' at the end of the column. Now this table can be trusted.

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 20:11

"I'll come back tomorrow," Simon waved.

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 20:18

The man returned towards nightfall, clearly from the big city - the smell of his clothes and the dust on his boots indicated this.

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 20:19

"Have a seat," he pointed to a seat at the table and poured tea into mugs.

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 20:20

Is he going to apologize?

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 20:21

"I keep looking for your family," he began, taking a packet of real waffles out of his pocket. "It's not going well," he admitted, taking a seat across the table.

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 20:22

"Is it really that bad?" I grimaced, pulled the pack to me and, not noticing the forbidding glance and gesture, generously forgot about this morning's insult.

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 20:24

"Through the maternity hospital - not a single lead. Through the Power of Blood, not much success, either. There was a Japanese clan that seemed to have something similar, but you," he looked me over from head to toe, "didn't look like anything."

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 20:25

I stopped stretching the corners of my eyes sideways and slouched down.

Camrad_RIP 02.03.23 в 20:26