War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 1215 Notes
On the second floor of the Love Letter Apartment, after the girls and boys who were practicing dancing went downstairs and went back to their rooms temporarily, Wei Ran also sat down at the piano table in the corner of the living room and played a piece of music leisurely. Guanglingsan was not far away, while Meixiang accompanied Ueda and others and listened quietly.

At the end of the song, Furukawa, Ueda and the girl named Yumi began to applaud in unison, but Xiao Su's mother was eating melon seeds from beginning to end, and from time to time she would whisper something into Furukawa's ear.

When Furukawa also whispered something into Ueda's ear, Ueda said in Japanese after praising him, "Mr. Wei Ran's piano skills are indeed much higher than Tao Canhua's, but as the saying goes, Tao Canhua's piano skills are better than those of Tao Canhua." Let’s teach Yumi the piano, so that she won’t despair because of the huge gap between the two sides.”

"Okay, then let Canhua teach Yumi the piano art."

Meixiang responded happily in Japanese, but there seemed to be some kind of weird smile hidden in her expression.Then, she looked at Wei Ran with a strange expression, switched back to her native language and said, "Cousin, continue to play all the songs you know."

"Okay" Wei Ran, who pretended not to understand Japanese, gently plucked the strings and played the second song. Mei Xiang and others also started chatting casually.

After he finished playing the three axes he only knew, Tao Canhua was replaced by Tao Canhua. Wei Ran, knowing that he had been eliminated, naturally returned to the first floor knowingly.

But what he didn't expect was that in less than 10 minutes, Xiao Su's mother walked downstairs, gestured to Wei Ran, and shouted to Yang's mother in the kitchen downstairs. While making a good meal for noon, he pushed a small piece of paper to Wei Ran, and then winked.

Nodding towards Xiao Su's mother, Wei Ran turned around and walked into his room and closed the curtains, and then opened the folded note that was only the size of a fingernail.

On the front and back of this piece of paper, which is only about the size of cigarette paper even if it is unfolded, are written: "The field has no queen, the partition wall has ears." Eight scrawled small characters, and "Boss Jiang of Risheng Electrical Materials Co., Ltd." are relatively neat. Lots of pen writing.

Sure enough, who is this Boss Jiang?Could it be that he betrayed Tang Juechen? !But what about Xiao Su’s mother?
Wei Ran frowned, waved his hand, took out the food box, put the note in, and then put it away as quickly as possible.

When he opened the door again, he immediately heard Xiao Su's mother warning in an annoying tone, "Cheap nephew, don't blame my aunt for not warning you.

When Yumi moves here tomorrow, you have to take good care of your third leg and figure out your identity!If you let me know that you dare to plot against Yumi, I will twist off your third leg and stick it in your face! "

"Aunt Su, you said this"

Wei Ran glanced at Jasmine and Uncle Meng who were suppressing laughter, and said awkwardly with smiling faces, "It's not that you don't know, apart from Uncle Meng, I am the most honest person in this study apartment."

"Are you honest?!"

Xiao Su's mother laughed angrily, "You are honest. You have made Miss Guan's belly so honest, right?"

"No! It's nothing!" Wei Ran argued loudly with embarrassment, "We are in love."

"Look at your grandma's front teeth! Damn you, please keep your voice down!"

Xiao Su's mother also raised her voice a little, and even turned her mouth in the direction of the stairs, and then lowered her voice slightly and said, "Do you really think that Mr. Guan is a vegetarian?! You kid, please remember, you are a waste of time." If the eldest daughter of the Guan family is married, how can your cousin and I beg you for mercy? When the eldest daughter of the Guan family comes back, if she is willing, you can get married and move out to live a good life."

"Ah——?" Wei Ran responded reluctantly with a long voice.

"Ah for what?"

Xiao Su's mother snorted angrily, then raised her voice again and warned with a slightly cruel tone, "But if you dare to attract Miss Youmei, even if you escape from Jinmen, you will never escape from Tian." Sir’s palm!”

"Aunt Su, please be careful," Wei Ran said repeatedly, "I'm sure I won't even touch Miss Youmei's finger!"

“You better keep your word”

As she spoke, Xiao Su's mother had already pulled out the two gold bars that Mr. Furukawa had stuffed into her bag from the cracks of the sofa. At the same time, she motioned for Wei Ran to come over and asked in a low voice with a fierce look on her face, "Is the person the devils are looking for right now here with you?"

Hearing this, Wei Ran was startled, but then he heard Xiao Su's mother continue to say, "I'll help you little bastards who are not afraid of death. If that person is here, put him in the trunk as soon as possible." Here, I can send it to you wherever you want, if it's any later it will be too late!"

He casually glanced at Aunt Su, who was facing away from the stairs and winking at him, while quietly waving her hands slightly. Wei Ran didn't even dare to look up in the direction of the stairs, and asked with a blank look, "Aunt Su, you, you What are you talking about? Why can’t I understand you?”

"You want to know what you want to hear?"

The expression on Xiao Su's mother's face was obviously relieved, but at the same time, she also said in a tone of hatred, "When we go back to the patrol room and arrest you, don't say that I didn't rescue you! Humph!"

After Xiao Su's mother finished speaking, she went up to the second floor angrily. Her eyes naturally followed Wei Ran, who was passing by, and she also saw a blurry shadow flashing past on the wall of the stairs.

Who drew the devil's attention here and coerced Xiao Su's mother to come and test it in person?Could it really be the boss Jiang from Risheng Electrical Materials Store written on the note?Or maybe, Boss Jiang is actually a trap deliberately set by the Japanese to test whether Xiao Su’s mother is single-minded?

Thinking of this, Wei Ran couldn't help but become more vigilant, and then began to wonder whether to let Cao Mute's people take away the sacrificed Tang Juechen in the evening.

The answer is obvious. It is definitely not appropriate to take this risk at this time. He is even worried that someone may have noticed that he and Tao Canhua went to see Cao Duba in the morning. Otherwise, how could Zhitian come so early and suddenly? visit?

Keeping this incident in mind, Wei Ran drove out of the courtyard on the pretext of helping Yang's mother buy groceries, and drove unhurriedly in the direction of Sanguanger.

Along the way, he soon noticed something was wrong. Although no one was following his car, he always had a bad feeling.

Thinking of this, Wei Ran simply speeded up the car. After arriving at San Guan Er, he randomly found a butcher shop and bought ten kilograms of ribs and a knife of greasy pork belly with his own money, plus a few pieces of frozen pork belly. Sea fish and two particularly spirited big roosters.

After deliberately choosing a few stalls to wander around, Wei Ran became increasingly certain that there was indeed someone following him.

Not daring to continue wasting time in this lively mess, Wei Ran returned to the car with the meat he had bought and returned to Xuqing Letter Apartment in a leisurely manner.

This back and forth took nearly an hour, but Tao Canhua on the second floor was still playing the guqin, and from time to time, Mei Xiang and others could be heard talking in Japanese.

Wei Ran handed all the ingredients he bought to Yang's mother with a normal expression. Wei Ran glanced at the blazing fireplace in the hall on the first floor, then returned to the room, took off his woolen coat and lay on the bed, continuing to complete his daily tasks. --smokes.

Time passed by noon, and the children who had been practicing were also called up to the first floor to start eating.Wei Ran, who had almost finished smoking a whole pack of cigarettes, was called up to the second floor by Qiushi and had a few drinks with Mr. Ueda and Furukawa.

"Wei Ran has been following Mei Xiang for many years, right?" Mr. Furukawa asked during the dinner.

"I have been following my cousin since the summer of 37."

As Wei Ran spoke, he picked up the bottle of wine and said in an extraordinarily on-the-go manner, "Come on, uncle, I'll fill it up for you."

"Uncle?"

Furukawa was stunned for a moment, apparently unable to realize where this title came from.

"I am Aunt Su's nephew, aren't you my uncle?"

Wei Ran said matter-of-factly, "You see it's only your fourth drink, how come you're already drunk?"

"Oh——! Yes, yes!"

Furukawa finally came to his senses after Wei Ran's explanation. His skinny black face seemed to be blooming like a chrysanthemum, and Xiao Su's mother, a fat woman, also giggled like she had laid an egg. Like an old hen, he boasted about Wei Ran's ability to speak.

It was obvious that Wei Ran's name just now hit Furukawa's arousal accurately. This Japanese guy with a somewhat unique taste was also very enthusiastic about Wei Ran. The two of them even started punching and guessing numbers across the table during the dinner.And Meixiang, like a gentle sister, explained the "relative relationship" between Wei Ran and Furukawa in Japanese to the confused Yumi, as well as the drinking game they were playing.

Such a meal lasted from eleven o'clock to two o'clock in the afternoon. Wei Ran was drunk as expected, but he still shouted for Mr. Wada to have another drink.

"My cousin has too many bad habits, and I hope Mr. Tian and Mr. Furukawa will forgive me." Mei Xiang said apologetically, but as soon as she finished speaking, Wei Ranbian had already slipped under the table, but he was still holding the empty wine glass and the chair leg. I touched it.

His drunken look made Yumei laugh out loud, but then she found that Wei Ran, who had drunk too much, was looking at her unscrupulously with eyes that made her feel like she was naked. Own.

"Canhua, your cousin drank too much again."

Mei Xiang said helplessly, "Ask a few people to come up and help him down to sober up. If he still behaves like usual, lock him in the basement and turn off the lights to let him sober up."

"Hey!"

Tao Canhua responded and muttered as he walked downstairs, "If he does this every time, don't let him come to the table. It will bring shame on our Tao family."

"You too, you are too spoiled to your cousin." Xiao Su's mother said angrily.

"He is my cousin after all"

Mei Xiang sighed helplessly, "If it hadn't been for him, how could we have escaped from Fengtian alive? So let him leave it to us, as a way of repaying our kindness."

"Hmph! Mud can't hold up a wall!" Little Su's mother snorted with disgust, watching coldly as Tao Canhua and his three and a half-year-old children forcibly lifted Wei Ran down, who was talking nonsense.

"I made you laugh." Mei Xiang bowed apologetically.

"No, my nephew and I drank it - we had a great time drinking it."

Furukawa, who was already drunk by Wei Ran, said with a loud tongue, and then hooked his hand around Ueda's neck, "Senior Ueda, what are you doing for fun?"

"Wei Ran is a young man with a frank character"

Ueda, who had also drank a lot just now but was still sober, praised, then changed the subject and said, "Miss Meixiang, why don't you arrange for someone to drive us back, and we have to trouble Canhua to pick up the little girl tomorrow. .”

"should"

Meixiang made the decision without thinking, "Canhua didn't drink just now, why not let him take you back."

"I'm causing trouble to you." Ueda bowed politely, and his daughter Yumi also bowed.

After being polite, Ueda and his daughter Yumi followed Xiao Su's mother and Mr. Furukawa, who was supported by Xiao Su's mother and Jasmine, and went downstairs and got into the car. They were relieved to let Tao Canhua drive away in the car they drove. A story of love letters.

Almost at the same time that Uncle Meng bolted the fence door, Wei Ran, who had been carried out after drinking too much, also opened the door.

Seeing this, Mei Xiang smiled, raised her finger and pointed to the second floor, letting Wei Ran follow her back to the place where she had just eaten. "You're acting pretty good. You didn't drink too much, right?" Mei Xiang asked after sitting down and lighting a cigarette.

"It's all right"

Wei Ran replied very soberly, his drinking capacity had long been developed by following his real foreign uncle.

Mei Xiang sighed, "It seems that Brother Tang will stay with us for a while."

“When I went out to buy groceries in the morning, people were staring at me.”

Wei Ran burped, lit a cigarette, and handed over the note that Xiao Su's mother had given him. Then he told everything about what had just happened and all his guesses.

"Boss Jiang?"

Mei Xiang glanced at the crumpled note in her hand. After thinking for a moment, she picked up a lighter, lit it and threw it into the ashtray. Then she poured a little more water into it and said with a smile, "Although the words are small, It was written by Mother Su, but what little Mother Su wants to tell us is probably the other eight words."

"Why?" Wei Ran picked up a piece of ribs from the dining table that had not yet been cleared away and asked curiously while eating.

"Xiao Su's mother didn't learn to write until she married my father. She was 17 years old that year."

Meixiang replied in a puff of smoke, "The most annoying thing for her is to write well and comb my grandma's hair to say hello. According to her temperament, she can only write me the words "Zhi Tian has no heirs, and the walls have ears." In addition, those eight characters are too neat and neat and are meant for outsiders to see."

"You guys have a good understanding of each other," Wei Ran couldn't help but say as he had already eaten his second piece of ribs.Meixiang smiled when she heard this, "I won't see Brother Tang off this afternoon. Let's unload a truck of coal as normal."

"The temperature in the basement can't be kept. Can I send a few buckets of snow down later?"

Wei Ran couldn't help but remind him that although the hidden basement was heated by dozens of kettles filled with hot water and a hot water bottle for each person, the temperature inside was actually not that low. There are fifteen or six degrees.

With such a temperature, it was difficult to say how long Tang Juechen's body could be kept inside. What's more, this little devil was about to invade the concession in a few days.

"This is a good idea"

Mei Xiang replied confidently, "Just let Brother Tang rest in the basement for three days. On Friday, there will naturally be a way to send him away."

"When Xiao Su's mother went down before lunch, was there someone listening at the stairs?" Wei Ran asked, changing the question.

"Youmi" Meixiang pursed her lips toward the stairs, "She's pretending to look at the bottle."

"Speaking of which, who is that Zhitian?" Wei Ran asked, looking at the bile bottle.

Meixiang shook her head when she heard this, "How do I know? He is now a businessman from Fengtian who came to Jinmen to do business. No one knows what his identity is behind the scenes, but what I can be sure of is that Brother Tang's The death is probably related to him."

"How about we find a way to drug him to death?"

Qiushi, who had been cleaning up the dishes, couldn't help but join in the conversation, "There are many people of all ages bought the rat medicine that Yang Ma bought before, but it worked. The stray dog ​​that kept peeing at the door two days ago took one bite. I didn't even take two steps before I started kicking my legs."

"To put it lightly, it is easy to kill him, but how to remove the suspicion is the trouble."

Meixiang said angrily, "And no matter what Ueda's identity is behind the scenes, we know him better after all. What's more, Xiao Su's mother is still on our side at the moment of life and death. If there is another person, not only will it be impossible to guard against, but also Re-establishing friendship with the other party is not a deal that is worth the loss."

"That's true." Qiushi sighed, "Is it possible that we just endure it?"

"Haven't we been enduring it?" Jasmine, who was also clearing the table, said in a sullen voice, "As long as we can help Miss Andy and the mute, all these grievances don't matter."

"Moli is right. These grievances are nothing compared to what Brother Tang has experienced."

Meixiang sighed, "Okay, Jasmine, you and your sisters will tidy up Qiushi's room on the third floor for Yumei to live in later. Qiushi, you can move to the second floor and sleep in the same room with Jasmine. Also, please tell everyone." Everyone kept their mouths shut,"

"Don't worry, miss, I'll be there right away." After Jasmine said that, she directly picked up the plate in the basin and walked downstairs.

"Is it dangerous for you and Yumi to be alone upstairs?" Qiushi asked nervously, "How about I share a room with you? I can protect you!"

"you?"

Meixiang patted the top of Qiushi's head gently, "You silly girl, how can you protect me when you fall asleep and can't be woken up by thunder?"

"At least you can hide behind me!" Qiushi said stubbornly.

"Okay, don't worry, I won't be in danger."

Meixiang yawned and walked upstairs and said, "I'll go up and take a nap. If you have nothing to do, don't call me. Qiushi, you take your brothers and sisters to the second floor to practice dancing. Cousin, you send Xue down." When you get there, explain it to Andy."

"Okay" Wei Ran responded simply, turned around and walked downstairs.

"Help me get something, why are you so lazy again, young master?"

Qiushi stopped Wei Ran dissatisfied and waited until he helped carry a few leftovers downstairs before asking worriedly, "Is the lady really not in danger?"

"No, don't worry."

Wei Ran assured her that Mei Xiang would not be in danger unless Yu Mei discovered the secret of the basement.

After Qiushi sent the half-grown children back to their rooms to take a nap, Wei Ran, with the help of Qiushi and Yang's mother, sent several buckets of compacted snow and late lunches into the underground printing room.

After explaining the cause and effect, Wei Ran, with the help of the three girls hiding in the basement and Andy, first carried a wardrobe to the statue of Jesus at the end of the passage, and then wrapped Tang Juechen's body in a quilt. Put it in and cover it with snow. Finally, it was filled with snow and covered with several extra layers of thick quilts.

"I'm going up first," Wei Ran said to Andy, whose eyes were red.

"Go ahead, I'm fine." Andy responded absently.

"It's cold in the basement. Take this, it will keep you warm." Wei Ran said, taking out the stove from his pocket and putting it on the other person's hand.

"Okay" Andy responded still absentmindedly.

"When the matter is over, I will teach you how to write a telegram." After Wei Ran said this, an emotion called hope clearly flashed in Andy's eyes.

"Okay, I'll wait!" Andy's tone was much firmer this time.

Bidding farewell to this girl who was still trying to be strong, Wei Ran quickly left the underground printing room.

That evening, a mule cart delivered a cart full of briquettes. The cart driver, who looked to be 60 or [-] years old, was taking away the silver coins prepared by Weiran and was targeted by the Japanese. bad news.

Watching the empty mule cart squeaking away, Wei Ran also sighed secretly. He knew that there would probably be a rat infestation in this book apartment in the next few days.

Although the situation was not optimistic, at 07:30 in the evening, Meixiang, who had had enough sleep, put on a beautiful dress just like yesterday, called Wei Ran, Tao Canhua and Qiushi, and rushed to the Golden Boat in the Seventh Heaven to dance again field.

This dance was really not of much interest to Wei Ran. However, when he went downstairs, a familiar-looking young man came up to him holding a cigarette case. After bowing, he tried his best to put the cigarette case to the ground. He leaned against the car window and said, "Boss, would you like to buy a pack of cigarettes? Buy two packs and get a pack of matches for free."

"Then get two packs."

As Wei Ran spoke, he threw a big ocean into the other party's cigarette case, "One for the front door, and another for the camel."

"Add another pack of fairies," added Mei Xiang from the back row.

"Okay! Three packs of cigarettes and two packs of matches for you! Here is the change, please take it first."

The little guy handed over three packs of cigarettes with frostbitten hands, and then handed over two packs of matches. He put some effort into handing it to Wei Ran, but said, "Take it."

"These are for you"

Wei Ran threw the two coins that the other party had found back into the cigarette case, and rolled up the car window amidst the little guy's gratitude.

It wasn't until Tao Canhua started driving the car again that Wei Ran opened the two packs of matches.Sure enough, there was actually a note in one of the packs of matches.

"What are you writing about?" Meixiang asked Qiushi in a leisurely manner as she lit a cigarette.

"Hong Er Pass is safe" Wei Ran read the five small words on the note through the street light outside the car window.

Hearing this, Mei Xiang immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "Finally there is good news."

"The Guan brothers and Mr. Feng?" Wei Ran asked while burning the piece of paper that seemed to be torn from the corner of the newspaper with a lit cigarette.

"Um"

Mei Xiang responded, and said with coldness and expectation in her tone, "Soon we will know who betrayed Brother Tang."

"Yes, it will be soon."

Wei Ran muttered something while crumpling the paper with the writing on it into a ball and popping it out of the car window. At the same time, he became increasingly uneasy - there were really only a few days left before December 12th.

　On this night 78 years ago, many, many people must have been happily drunk.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)