Nginqume ukuthi ubaba wahlakaza isisekelo sendlu yakudala esele esizeni. Futhi njengoba ubudala abuzivumanga ukwenza lokhu, waqasha ama-brigade amaTajiks. Futhi ngize ngivakashele ngandlela thile futhi ngabona ukuthi abasebenzi ngandlela thile bangashisi nesifiso sokusebenza kanzima ngokomzimba. UBrigadier wabo - indoda eneminyaka engamashumi amahlanu ebukwayo i-brow yaphosa isisekelo se-sledgehammer, futhi abanye bafundisa amatshe odoti.
- Ubaba, futhi yini onayo abakhathazayo abakhathazayo? Awukhokheli, noma yini? - Ngaphendukela kubaba.
- Kungani ungakhali? Ngiyakhala, kunjalo. Bathola imali ngenani lomsebenzi, hhayi ngesikhathi.
- Yebo, kungaba matasa kakhulu, ubukeka, futhi uqede ngokushesha. Isikhathi sini sidonsela, singaqondakali ...
- Ndodana, kahle, njengoba uhlakaniphile kakhulu, bese uhamba uzenzele wena.
- Ngiyahamba! - Ngaphuka.
Ngabamba umsele wesibili we-sledgehammer futhi ngaqala ukufisa ukushaya isisekelo. Ngemizuzu engamashumi amabili, ngakwazi ukuhlukanisa inani elifanayo lamatshe njenge-tajik yasendulo.
- Lapha, ubaba, bheka, ungasebenza ngokushesha! - Ngathi ubaba, ugcina ebunzini lakhe.
- Ngiyabona, ngiyabona ... futhi yini oyiphuthume okuthile?
- Manje sizophumula kancane futhi siqhubeke.
Ngahlala phansi, ngathuthela kancane, ngiphinde ngaqala ukumisa i-sledgehammer kakhonkolo. Kulokhu amabutho ami ayenele imizuzu eyishumi, futhi izinto ezibonakalayo zakhula zingabonakali kahle. Ngalesi sikhathi, ama-tajik amadala ngakolunye uhlangothi, asalingana ne-sledgehammer yakhe. Ngihlale isikhashana futhi ngiphinde ngibe ne-sledgehammer. Ngosuku lonke ngakwazi ukufeza ivolumu efanayo yomsebenzi njenge-brigadier of tajiks.
Kusihlwa ngangihlala ebhentshini futhi ngahluleka ukunyakaza, izandla zami azisebenzanga nhlobo, futhi emuva kwangenziwanga. Futhi i-Brigadier-tajik yakudala isuse wonke amathuluzi akhe, yasiza kokunye ukuba kwenziwe ngezikhwama zezitsha ngodoti, ishintshe ngezingubo ezihlanzekile futhi, ihlele kuyo yonke isidlo sakusihlwa.
Manje sengikhumbula le tajik endala ehlakaniphile ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho kufanele ngenze umsebenzi osindayo noma onobunzima.
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