Ahhh!!
Yasha. Ahhh!
Liza. Hee-hee…
Fedor. Lisa, don't be too happy. Do you think she's the youngest, so you'll get some indulgences? I'm not going to beat you up yet, but after dinner you'll wash the dishes again! In cold water and without any talking!
Liza. Ahhh!
Fedor. And the water tank in the yard has already bloomed. He also needs to be washed properly. You too.
Liza. Ahhh!
Katya. Hi-hi…
Yasha. Hi-hi…
Fedor. Yasha, did you drain the water from the tank? I told you this morning.
Yasha. Leaked it.
Fedor. That's good. And now everyone is at the table. We'll have lunch. Well, what about lunch? How much longer?
Anastasia. Yes, I'm carrying it.
Fedor. What do we have there? Cabbage today? I see.
Yasha. Dad? I don't want to eat.
Fedor. Do I want to? I can't look at this cabbage anymore. Mother will cook it, so at least hang an axe. And both in the house and in the bathroom in the yard.
Anastasia. Cabbage has a peculiar smell, but it is useful, you need to eat. Yes, it smells, so what now? Do you want to eat one potato every day?
Fedor. Okay, son. Give me some bread. Katya, bring the fat to the folder, and choose a piece with streaks there. And you, Lisa, don't cry, your mother will help with the dishes, tea is not a stranger to her. Will you help me, zhinka?
Anastasia. I'll help you. And I hid the lard. Katya won't find him. Everyone has cabbage and don't turn their noses up, or I'll cook it tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Look, they're going to start a riot for me here on the ship. Everyone calmed down, calmed down and ate in silence!
Yasha. Mom?
Anastasia. Eat, she said! Otherwise, I'll give you more from myself after lunch for the neighbor's garden, and for the twos at school. And what about the cigarettes? Katya? Lisa, are you in this gang too?
Liza. Mom, what are you doing?
Anastasia. Okay, we'll figure it out later. So. Sat down? Like that. Bon appetit, everyone.
Scene 3
Anastasia. Oh, Lisa? Why are you so early today?
Liza. Mom, I had two couples canceled, the teacher got sick.
Anastasia. Why are you so funny? Are you glowing already?
Liza. Are you home alone?
Anastasia. Alone, why?
Lisa. Uh… Then sit down and I'll tell you.
Anastasia. Oh, my God, what happened?
Liza. Mom, don't worry, nothing like that, but take the stool anyway.
Anastasia. Lisa, you're scaring me! And I beg you, get that phrase out of your head.: "Just don't worry!" Because as soon as I hear it, I immediately start to worry a lot more.
Liza. A stool!
Anastasia. Yes, I took it. Here. Sat down! Are you happy?
Lisa. Yeah.
Anastasia. Well?
Lisa. Seryozhka confessed his love to me!
Anastasia. What are you doing?
Liza. mmmmm!
Anastasia. Let me hug you.
Liza. Really, Mom. You know, he was so careful, so shy. But in the end, he still said these three cherished words.
Anastasia. Between you and me, he had those three words written on his forehead about you a couple of years ago. Ever since he moved here, I saw everything in his eyes back then.
Liza. Here! And he also told me that he has loved me ever since. Can you imagine?
Anastasia. I can imagine. Well, what about you?
Liza. And what about me?
Anastasia. Well… what?
Liza. Well, I… don't know. I'm pleased.
Anastasia. It is clear to a fool that it is pleasant. I'm asking how you feel about him. Do you feel anything for him?
Lisa. Well… He's good.
Anastasia. Everything is clear.
Liza. What's clear, Mom?
Anastasia. It's clear that you don't love him, and you never have.
Liza. And how did you draw conclusions so quickly, I wonder? I don't know yet, but she already knows!
Anastasia. And I'm a mother! I know better.
Liza. And what do you know best?
Anastasia. Listen, daughter. This Earring, he's a really good guy.
Liza. He's good!
Anastasia. A good one, yes. Sweet, well-mannered. I'll tell you honestly that I like such a son-in-law, but you won't be happy with him.
Liza. Why is that?
Anastasia. Because your heart didn't flare up with an answer, that's all the wisdom.
Liza. But you just said yourself that I'm cheerful, that I'm glowing all over!
Anastasia. You're glowing because they've confessed their love to you. Not in the way they confessed to each other in childhood, but now in an adult way. With serious far-reaching intentions. You feel it, appreciate it, that's why you're all glowing, shining.
Liza. I don't understand your logic. And how should it be? What's wrong?
Anastasia. Lisa, I understand that you will be angry with me at first, but still listen, Mother. No matter how many times this Earring has been hitting the thresholds around our house, you have never looked at it seriously. I'm even surprised that he took so long to confess, it would have been time to confess long ago. But he didn't touch you inwardly. Do you think I haven't been watching you? She became an adult, so her mother let her go free swimming? How so… I'm keeping an eye on it.
Liza. And what do you recommend to me? Refuse him?
Anastasia. I have no right to interfere and decide anything for you. If you just want to have fun without consequences… You know what I mean, right?
Liza. I understand, it's not small.
Anastasia. Then please! Meet, walk, gain experience. Who knows, maybe it will be tolerated – it will be loved.
Lisa. Mom… I don't want to do that.
Anastasia.
