War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 1423 Zongzi

When the private plane landed at Kazan Airport, the sky outside the window had already darkened completely.

Although the night lighted by the lanterns gave Liu Ivan, who was wearing a baseball cap and mask, a natural disguise and cover, it also made him increasingly uneasy and excited.

Almost like a goose, Wei Ran followed Wei Ran into an exaggerated armored pickup truck. Before he could sit firmly, Wei Ran stepped on the accelerator and took him out of the airport first.

"Don't worry about them?" Liu Yiwan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, pointed to Suisui and others outside the window and asked kindly.

"Need not"

Weiran responded calmly, drove the car out of the parking lot, increased the speed and drove straight to the satellite city of Volgask. Finally, he drove into a community wrapped in forest on the edge of the city, and parked in a two-story triangular building. Attic house door.

This house was left by Lola's grandfather. Not only Lola's sisters and her unreliable aunt lived here, but also Cinderella Lu's brother Egg, and even Jerry, the female partner of Gunslinger Shrike, lived here. The only difference is that she was sent here in a dog cage.

Of course, most of the people living here are actually Greva's gang members, and this is almost one of their strongholds or one of their "guest houses."

As for whether you are entertaining friends or "friends", it depends on the situation.

For example, right now, the first floor of this cabin is still guarded by several of Greva's most trusted brothers and sisters. But living on the second floor were Liu Yiwan’s wife and daughter.

"Come with me," Wei Ran greeted before pushing the door open and getting out of the car.

No slower than him, Liu Yiwan quickly got out of the car and followed him.

"Mr. Victor"

At the door of the cabin, two little girls dressed in business attire greeted each other.

Fortunately, whether these two girls looked familiar, or the two gangsters hiding in the door, wearing camouflage uniforms and holding a shotgun in their hands, their hair this time finally maintained the natural look of their mothers. color.

"Thank you for your hard work. This is a small gift from Inta."

Wei Ran said as he handed a pack of smoked fish produced locally in Inta to the other party.

"Thank you, Mr. Victor." The little girl in a suit who took the smoked fish said her thanks happily.

"Are they upstairs?" Wei Ran asked as he led Liu Hanzai inside.

"here I am"

Another little girl explained while letting Wei Ran and the two sit down on the sofa in the living room on the first floor, "The little boy will undergo surgery next Monday night and is currently in the hospital for observation.

Starting from today, every afternoon we will take the two people upstairs to the hospital to stay with the child and return here before dawn. "

"You heard them just now, they are upstairs." Wei Ran turned to look at Liu Yiwan, "Go up by yourself."

Before he finished speaking, Liu Yiwan couldn't wait to get up and ran up the stairs to the second floor.

Signaling the two young ladies and the two young men dressed as hunters to sit down, Wei Ran asked, "Is there any problem at the hospital?"

"no problem"

The person who answered the question was still the little girl who just said, "We spent money to rent an entire ward. The nurses and doctors responsible for taking care of that ward are all from our village. They will perform the surgery on the little boy next Monday. The doctor was introduced by Mr. Kajik, Miss Maya’s teacher.”

"When the little boy was admitted to the hospital, he was registered as my younger brother."

Another little girl who had placed the smoked fish came over and explained, "They are the same age, so please don't worry."

"I'm causing trouble for you."

Wei Ran was as polite and generous as ever, "You have time to go to the library by yourself, and let Lola take you to the basement to move some Chinese snacks and white wine bars."

"Thank you Mr. Victor!"

The four young gang members thanked each other, obviously enjoying this little benefit very much.

"What has Greva been up to lately?"

Wei Ran took out a pack of Hongtashan cigarettes from his pocket, distributed them to everyone, and changed the topic.

"Boss Greva recently went to Murmansk for negotiations."

One of the gang boys took the cigarette and helped Wei Ran light it while replying, "Negotiations about fruit."

A little girl lit a cigarette and explained in a more understandable way, "Actually, I went to sell fruit. I heard that we have a lot of sugar apples and mangosteens that we can't sell out."

"I heard about it too"

Another little girl took over the conversation in a sultry voice, "And there will be an equally large amount of durians and jackfruit that can't be sold out. The boss is already worried about where to sell these tropical fruits."

“Not only are we worried about not being able to sell out all the fruits, but we are also worried about insufficient transportation capacity.”

A younger brother holding a shotgun sighed in disbelief, "I was the one who sent the boss to the airport that day. He complained all the way that one transport plane was no longer enough. I just couldn't understand. It wasn't that there were too many fruits to sell. ?"

"Mr. Victor, do we have a chance to get another transport plane?" a little girl asked expectantly.

However, before Wei Ran could answer this obvious daydream question, Liu Yiwan also walked downstairs with his wife and daughter.

Seeing this, the four young gang members immediately stood up, said hello to Wei Ran, and while continuing to discuss the topic of transport aircraft, they walked out of the wooden house together, and finally got into the unruly car parked at the door of the yard. In an unassuming van.

"Sit down." Wei Ran raised his hand politely towards Liu Yiwan's family.

"Thank you"

Liu Yiwan thanked him, held his wife with one hand and his daughter with the other, and sat on the sofa opposite Wei Ran with a little restraint.

"This is my wife Kim Seong-hwa and my daughter Yoo Hwan-hee"

Liu Yiwan, no, he should be called Liu Hanzai at this time, because at this moment, he is introduced by Chao Moss.

However, this time, Wei Ran did not give any response. He just looked at the family of three with a smile in the swirling smoke, then put out his cigarette and looked directly at Liu Iwan.

Just like the saying "Southern men and northern women", even though Liu Yiwan looks very ordinary, both his wife and daughter can be called "tall and skinny". White and beautiful."

This means that I was born in the north, or rather thanks to being born in the north.

If they were in the world's largest cosmic country in the south, the mother and daughter might not have to go through the assembly line of plastic surgery before they would be qualified to join the girl group.

I'm afraid that I will inevitably have to dance for those American soldiers to show their legs. By the way, I may also bring back some canned luncheon meat to cook a hot pot or something with a sense of ceremony.

No, no, times have changed, but the change probably won’t be too big, since it’s all protein anyway.

While he was wandering around thinking about things, Liu Ivan finally reacted slightly slowly, changed to Russian and introduced again, "Mr. Victor, let's get to know each other again. I am Ivan Liudny." "Kov, this is my wife Katyusha and my daughter Lyubov, we come from the Komi area of ​​Vorkuta."

As if he had just received the signal, Wei Ran immediately responded in Russian, "Hello, nice to meet you, welcome to live in Kazan."

Wei Ran shook hands with the three members of the family in a very formal manner, and Wei Ran recounted the news he had just received from the gangster, "Next Monday, Sasha will undergo a pacemaker implantation surgery."

"We already know the good news"

Liu Yiwan said gratefully, "It was those young people who told my wife the news through the translation software."

Hearing this, Wei Ran nodded, "You will live here for the next period of time. For safety reasons, you'd better not go downstairs. After your son Sasha completes the operation, he will be sent here to recuperate and wait for it to be completed." Rehabilitation.

During this period, I will arrange for a doctor to conduct a detailed physical examination for your whole family. In addition, Ivan, as I said before, you'd better teach your wife and children Russian as soon as possible and learn as much as you can. "

"I will teach them Russian as quickly as possible"

Liu Yiwan made a serious promise, and then asked after hesitating for a moment, "Mr. Victor Victor, what are you going to do with us next?"

"For your own safety, you will change your identity again."

Wei Ran smiled and explained, "You and Katyusha will go to another place to live and work. Your two children will also be temporarily separated and have different identities. This is the best protection for you."

Hearing this, Liu Yiwan was startled, and finally nodded as if he was resigned to his fate.

"Okay, I won't disturb your family reunion."

Wei Ran stood up as he spoke, and said as he walked out, "The four young men outside the yard are responsible for protecting your safety. If you need to buy anything, you can ask them to help.

Every night, they will take you to the hospital to see Sasha. Remember to wear hats and masks. "

"Okay, okay, we will cover all our faces." Liu Yiwan quickly replied.

"That's it, have a good rest."

After saying that, Wei Ran opened the door and walked out. By the way, he didn't forget to close the door from the outside.

"Mr. Victor, are you planning to leave?" At the entrance of the courtyard, a young man pushed open the car door and asked enthusiastically.

“Going back”

Wei Ran smiled, lowered his voice and reminded, "You guys don't need to be too vigilant. If you hear any noise, don't worry. It doesn't matter even if the person runs away."

"Don't worry!"

A little girl who came out immediately followed and whispered her assurance, "Sister Anfisa has already warned us."

"Then I'll leave it to you. Also, when you take them to the hospital later, send me a message in advance."

As Wei Ran spoke, he gave most of the pack of cigarettes in his pocket to these young people. In the midst of their warm farewells, he got into the armored pickup truck on the other side of the courtyard gate, turned around and drove back to Kazan.

Not to mention how Liu Yiwan's family, who was surviving the disaster, was looking forward to visiting his family member Sasha who was waiting for surgery at night. Before Wei Ran could rush home, he received a spam text message. He slowly pulled over and connected his phone to the authenticator provided by Anfiya. After logging into his mailbox, Weiran clicked on the email he just received and browsed the content carefully.

According to the description of this email, there is indeed a closed-managed logging farm at the address provided by Liu Yiwan, and several loggers are indeed missing there. These few loggers are even posted on the telephone poles outside the logging farm. A missing person notice for a missing logger, including Liu Hanzai.

Continuing to scroll down, there is indeed a restaurant with stick people mentioned by Liu Hanzai in Yebao, and it did employ Liu Hanzai and his wife.

Not only that, even the Pechora Coal Mine found employees who had worked in the canteen with Liu Hanzai and his wife. In Inta Prison, they also found employees who had planned to take their family to dig mammoth ivory, but instead The miner who was imprisoned for assaulting a police officer.

Even at the bottom of this email, there is simple information about the other two stowaways who were killed.

According to the description here, the smuggler from Mongolia seems to be a murderer, and the smuggler from Wuklan is a drug dealer.

Some of the above information was found by the Hela girls, some of it was found by Greva's younger brothers, and some of it was even obtained by Anfiya through network intrusion and other methods.

After initially verifying the authenticity of Liu Yiwan's words, Wei Ran did not relax his vigilance. He just replied to an email carefully, then disconnected the authenticator and stepped on the accelerator again.

By the time he returned to his home by Lake Kaban, Suisui had already prepared a sumptuous dinner with the girls, and also invited the Hela international students next door and the library security manager April.

"They met?"

Suisui took advantage of Lola and Lu Xinda to pour cider for everyone, and approached Wei Ran and asked in a low voice.

"We've met." Wei Ran nodded, "The surgery will be next Monday."

Before he could finish his words, Marta and the wizard Samantha each came out of the kitchen carrying a large steamer.

The steaming steamer was filled with green rice dumplings.

"Where did this rice dumpling come from?" Wei Ran asked curiously.

"Yesterday my mother asked a friend who came to Kazan to send it to me."

While Suisui was speaking, she had already picked up two rice dumplings and gave one to Wei Ran, "Try it, she made it herself. It's stuffed with candied dates and bean paste."

"She made these by herself?" Wei Ran looked at the two large steamer baskets full of rice dumplings and asked in astonishment, "Is the Dragon Boat Festival coming soon?"

"Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, and it will be celebrated later."

Suisui replied while unwrapping the rice dumplings, "I heard that my mother was the only one making these rice dumplings at first, and then my father and Grandpa Nicholas also helped. Later, even the children of Marta House also helped make the rice dumplings. I packed hundreds of them.”

With that said, Suisui took a big bite of the rice dumplings stuffed with red bean paste and continued vaguely while chewing, "I also asked Greva's little brother to help Jima's parents and the sisters in the studio. I gave away a lot, so there is still a full refrigerator in the kitchen, which may be enough for us to eat until next year.”

“Send some to Liu Yiwan’s family later.”

Wei Ran said and took a bite of the rice dumplings he had just opened. The one he ate was filled with candied dates. "Let Xinda go with me then. I need her help to draw blood for Liu Yiwan's family. "

"Okay" Suisui agreed casually, then asked, "When will you go to the United States?"

"At the end of the month," Wei Ran thought for a moment and replied, "Maybe earlier or later."

"Let Marta and Cinda go with you then."

Suisui swallowed the rice dumplings in her mouth, took a sip of the juice from Wei Ran, "Lest you run into any danger and lose your life in the United States, by the way, they can also be your translators."

"No, there is Cha Xifeng and his family."

"Okay." Suisui nodded happily, "When are you going to deliver rice dumplings to that family?"

"Not urgent"

Wei Ran had already picked up the second rice dumpling as he spoke, "If it's later, just send it to the hospital directly."

While eating and chatting about rice dumplings, Wei Ran filled his stomach. After taking a short rest, Wei Ran called Lu Xinda, picked up a thermos bucket full of still steaming rice dumplings, and drove out of the yard.

"What is your brother Aige busy with recently?" Wei Ran slowed down and asked on the way to the hospital.

"Busy picking fruits, all kinds of fruits."

Lu Xinda, who was sitting in the back row, replied happily, "When I was on the phone with him the day before yesterday, I heard him say that almost all the young adults in Aunt Samantha's tribe are working for him, and he also found someone A white girlfriend.”

"Aige found a girlfriend?" Wei Ran raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"It's the Russian bilingual translator sent by Uncle Greva"

Lu Xinda explained while swiping her phone, "And that young lady is from Inta."

"How old is Aige?" Wei Ran asked with a strange expression.

"18 years old, just 18 years old." Lu Xinda replied helplessly, "He is only a few months older than me."

"I thought you two would be together," Wei Ran teased Lu Xinda, who was sitting in the back row.

"Him? Ha!"

Lu Xinda snorted disdainfully, obviously looking down on Aige, "I don't want to waste my life looking for a boyfriend."

"Where is his girlfriend? How old is that girl Inta?" Wei Ran continued to ask along the topic.

"Three years older than him," Lu Xinda replied, "She is a sister who just graduated from college. I heard that they are already discussing getting married."

“Get married? In PNG?”

"Yeah" Lu Xinda nodded, "It's just in the discussion stage."

"When you decide on the wedding date, remember to let us know," Wei Ran said with a smile.

"Boss, do you want to give a red envelope to Iger?" Lu Xinda asked with a smile, "How about I hand it over to you?"

"By the way, can you erase a zero from the back?"

Wei Ran joked that Lola and Lu Xinda were not short of money. After all, Sui Sui was also paying them wages, and the salary level was not low even in China.

It's just that these two little girls, now led by Suisui, have begun to have an eye for money.

Seeing the silly smile of the little girl in the rearview mirror, Wei Ran slowly changed the topic and sounded a little more serious, "Xinda, please pick a time recently to invite your brother Aige. Let’s go to Kazan.”

"Row"

Lu Xinda clearly saw that Wei Ran seemed to have trouble with her brother, so she didn't ask in detail why, "When should he come over?"

"I will go to the United States in the next two days. After I leave, you can ask him to come over."

Wei Ran thought for a while and then added, "Let him take his girlfriend. Remember to go to Inta first after coming here to visit his father-in-law and mother-in-law. Then I will let Suisui help Egg prepared some gifts.

After all, it is a big matter of marriage and your parents are gone. Although Suisui and I are not qualified to be of the same generation as your parents, we can at least make decisions for you two as your elder brothers and sisters. "

"Thank you, thank you boss." Lu Xinda replied as she wiped the corners of her eyes.

"When the time comes, remember to let Egg stay for a few more days and wait until I come back before leaving. I have something serious to do with him." Wei Ran gave the last instruction.

"Yes! I will definitely ask him to wait for you to come back." Lu Xinda nodded quickly and made a promise.

"Then it's all about now."

Wei Ran said as he drove the car into the hospital, "You will draw blood from all four members of Liu Yiwan's family later, and let Anfisa take you to find a place to do a paternity test on their family's blood samples tonight." , as long as you two know about this."

"Okay!" Lu Xinda quickly promised, "I will definitely not tell anyone else."

Hearing this, Wei Ran smiled, drove the car into the parking lot and turned off the engine.

Without letting them wait long, the four gang members drove a van and took Liu Yiwan's family to the hospital. At the same time, Wei Ran also received a message from the other party.

"go"

Wei Ran put away his cell phone, pointed to the van that had just parked next to him and said, "Go to their car, draw their blood and come back, and give them the rice dumplings by the way."

"okay!"

Before Lu Xinda finished speaking, she was already carrying the medical bag she carried with her in one hand and the thermos bucket in the other, pushing the door and leaving the car, and got into the van next door that had just turned off.

Without letting Wei Ran wait long, Lu Xinda returned to the carriage carrying the medical bag.

Almost as soon as she closed the door, the van restarted and drove straight to the inpatient building of the hospital.

"They were very grateful for the rice dumplings we gave them."

Lu Xinda scratched the back of Wei Ran's seat and said, "The uncle kept saying thank you, and the aunt and the little sisters almost shed tears when they saw the rice dumplings."

Wei Ran smiled and said while steering the car to leave the hospital, "Call Anfisa and ask her to pick you up halfway to find a place for a blood test."

"What about you, boss?" Lu Xinda asked subconsciously, "Are you going to do other things?"

"Of course I'm going back to rest, it's so late after all."

Wei Ran naturally gave an answer that made the little girl speechless and rolled her eyes, "Please let me know if you have any results."