War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 1431 The kindness between a father and his son

Back at home, Wei Ran lay on the bed and slept soundly. When he was woken up, the large dining table on the first floor was already filled with food, especially in the middle, where there was a bar that exuded seductiveness. Fragrant braised fish.

"Victor! My good nephew, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

Before he finished speaking, Professor Alexei had already walked out of the storage room on the first floor carrying a bottle of gin.

"Professor, when did you come back?"

As Wei Ran spoke, he subconsciously looked towards the kitchen. As expected, his aunt was busy inside at this moment.

"We heard that you were in a car accident in the United States, so we took the flight here this afternoon."

While talking, my aunt also walked out of the kitchen carrying a large pot of casserole with pork and vermicelli stew.

"Where's Ige? How's his marriage going?"

Wei Ran looked into the kitchen and found that not only Egg was not there, but their wizard housekeeper Mrs. Samantha was not there either.

"Everything went well, but the couple wanted him to stay in Inta for a few more days, so I made the decision not to let him come back with them." While the aunt was talking, Professor Alexei had already unscrewed the bottle of wine and was taking a nap. He poured himself a large glass.

"Auntie, you don't care if he drinks?" Wei Ran asked with a smile.

"Let him drink"

The aunt was extra tolerant this time, "Wei Ran, I heard from Suisui that you had dinner with a treacherous man named Wang Beizhan last month?"

"That's what happened."

Wei Ran nodded, "Uncle Wang said he knew you, does my aunt know him too?"

"We know each other, but we must not recognize each other."

The aunt sighed, then looked at the professor, and then winked at Wei Ran and Suisui.

"Mom, speaking of Uncle Wang, I just want to show you the emerald jewelry I received two days ago." Suisui sent out the invitation with understanding.

"Let me go up with you and take a look."

After Wei Ran finished speaking, he did not forget to deliberately gesture towards Professor Alexei to drink quickly, and the latter immediately gave a thumbs up gesture.

Taking advantage of the time before dinner, Wei Ran and the other three went up to the second floor and got into an unused room that was nominally used for piano practice.

"Mom, there's nothing going on between you and that Uncle Wang." Suisui asked with a gossipy face, her little hands still clenching their fists, letting their thumbs touch each other.

"What are you talking about?"

The aunt nudged the back of Suisui's head angrily, and easily extinguished the flames of gossip that came out of nowhere.

"Then why did you wink at us just now?" Suisui said dissatisfiedly, covering the back of her head.

"If you have time recently, take me and your dad to visit that Wang Beizhan." My aunt suddenly said, "I have to thank him properly."

"Thank him? Thank you for what?" Suisui asked in confusion.

"This matter started at the end of 1992."

The aunt sighed, "At the end of that year, more and more people were selling goods to Russia, and robberies on trains became more and more frequent.

It was also at the end of that year that Wang Beizhan approached us retail investors who were carrying big bags and asked us if we wanted to pack train skins with him for a whole year. "

"Is that what you and dad often say, the most profitable year?" Suisui said subconsciously.

"Yes, the most profitable year."

The aunt nodded, "Starting from Mao Zi's Christmas in 93, your dad stayed in Moscow to take charge of sales, and I was in charge of purchasing in our domestic capital. The transportation in between was all handed over to the king."

Speaking of this, the aunt couldn't help but shuddered, "Shi Ye Ming Ye, it was really thanks to that Wang Beizhan who took the initiative to find us. That year, there were more robbers on the train than people doing business.

In that movie, even though a train was robbed several times, it was filmed with restraint.

Your dad's and I's business, because we gave the transportation package to Wang Beizhan and went directly to the train, not only did we not suffer any losses, but the volume of each shipment was enough for someone to carry it several times. "

At this point, the aunt changed the subject again, "Do you remember that crazy colorful-faced grandpa from the town next to your grandma?"

"Know"

Wei Ran nodded, "I heard from my mother that he was the one who took you to be the prostitute in the first place, and it seems that you still visit him every year when you go back for the holidays."

"Can't"

The aunt sighed, "Although he is only four or five years older than me, according to seniority, I have to call him Uncle Seven. Moreover, he served as a soldier in the north before becoming a prostitute and learned Russian. My I also learned Russian from him in those years.

It's a pity that Uncle Qi couldn't trust Wang Beizhan back then. He always felt that he wanted to take advantage of others, so he didn't join him in renting a carriage.

He decided to take a hairy woman he met in Moscow and continue carrying goods as before. "

"What happens next?"

Suisui subconsciously squeezed Wei Ran's hand and asked, these things they had never heard from the previous generation.

Even looking at the way his mother was deliberately avoiding his father, it was very possible that a certain Jiu Mengzi downstairs didn't know about it.

"Then"

The aunt shook her head, "In the spring of 93, the couple was robbed after all. In addition to their money, his wife was also robbed. He was stabbed several times to save the woman, and his face was also scratched. . Later, when he came back, he was already crazy. "

"He his"

"did not find"

The aunt shook her head again, "How is it possible to find it? If I could find it, I probably wouldn't go crazy."

Having said this, the aunt looked at Wei Ran, "Thanks to Wang Beizhan who invited us to rent the carriage that year, otherwise it would be unknown whether I am alive or dead now."

"Why did you lose contact later?" Suisui asked subconsciously.

"Later, your father and I got married, and then I got pregnant with you, so I stopped trying.

By 94, Wang Beizhan's side suddenly couldn't continue to package trains, and contact was gradually lost.

At that time, let alone mobile phones, not everyone had a BP machine. It was not as convenient as it is now. "

The aunt gently touched Suisui's head, "After you were born, I gradually stopped doing this 'speculation' business. With the money I earned before, I studied law at your father's school for several years. .

After I finished my studies, I almost completely lost contact with my previous colleagues. The few people I had contact with only knew that Wang Beizhan also stopped working in this field.

Some said he was also robbed and lost his life on the train. Some said that he was shot to death by Mao Zi for reselling Mao Zi's arms.

Others say that he immigrated to the United States a long time ago. But even so, I don't dare to forget Wang Beizhan's kindness back then. He is your mother and my noble man. "

Wiping the corners of her eyes, the aunt continued, "So I'm thinking, if either of you has time, take us to visit Wang Beizhan. Our family is where we are today. I really want to thank him for giving me a hand. "

Seeing Suisui and his aunt looking at him, Wei Ran immediately nodded happily, "Leave it to me, I'll make the arrangements. It just so happened that Cha Xifeng and his family also returned to China. I'll calculate the time difference and give him a call when the time comes. Make an appointment with him."

"I wait for your news"

The aunt immediately patted Wei Ran on the shoulder with a smile on her face, "Arrange it as soon as possible. It's summer vacation soon, and my little travel agency is going to be busy."

"Why don't you come over and work for me?" Suisui invited with a proud look on her face, "My travel agency business is very profitable!"

"I'm finally reaching retirement age, but I have no interest in working for you."

While the aunt was speaking, she had already stood up, "If I hadn't found something to do to keep myself idle, I would have closed the travel agency long ago. Okay, hurry up and go downstairs to prepare for dinner. Your dad will have a drink later. ”

Not to mention the sumptuous dinner that the family and the girls who occupied most of the table were having by changing glasses. At this time, they were in a separate ward of a hospital in Kazan City.

Liu Yiwan's family also sat around Sasha's hospital bed, sharing cakes they made with tools they didn't know much about, discussing in a low voice Wei Ran's "arrangements" for their family during the day, and encouraging each other. I couldn't help but think about it.

In contrast, in a sentry tower that had been abandoned in the Soviet era at the edge of Mine No. 52 at the foot of the Ural Mountains, Gorman, wearing a formal dress, controlled the tablet computer he brought and turned on the small Bluetooth speaker on the table. Start playing the waltz downloaded in advance.

He stretched out his collar in an extremely formal manner. Gorman stretched out his white-gloved hand towards Uma, who was wearing a dress not far away and could not help but smile. "This beautiful lady, I don't know if I am lucky enough." May I ask you to dance?"

"It would be my pleasure too, sir."

Uma, who couldn't help smiling, responded in a pretentious manner and placed her hand in the other's palm.

While the reunited couple was dancing together in this warm nest in the wilderness, lawyer Judy who was far away in the United States had already been discharged from the hospital and went home to recuperate.

Because of the time difference, it was only three or four o'clock in the morning for her here, which was the time when she slept the most soundly in the day.

However, Lawyer Judy and her husband, who were sleeping in the bedroom, did not seem to notice the soft sound when the window was opened from the outside. They didn't even notice that someone had quietly sneaked into the single-family building where they lived in the dark.

The intruder sat on the sofa in the living room, took out a zippo lighter and quietly lit half a cigar picked up from Judy's husband's office, and carefully placed it on the ashtray on the coffee table in the living room. edge.

Immediately afterwards, this man walked to the kitchen with familiarity, first destroyed the alarm device, then opened the cabinet door, and used a sharp scalpel to cut a gap in the gas pipeline that was as big as a melon seed.

Gently closing the cabinet door, the man put away the scalpel and quietly left this beautiful house.

"boom!"

The sudden explosion woke up most people in this upscale community. When they opened their curtains, they immediately saw the beautiful building that had been swallowed up by the fireball.

Calling to God, these kind-hearted neighbors called the police one after another.

In less than ten minutes, several fire trucks rushed to the community with piercing sirens. As the firefighters were busy, high-pressure water jets or water curtains enveloped the building, which was burning almost everywhere. wooden building.

Not far away, a homeless man watching the excitement smiled, threw the scalpel blade in his hand into the trash can, turned around and pushed a supermarket shopping cart filled with various household items towards the park not far away.

"am I right?"

Some distance away, but not particularly far away, in a parking lot, a faint light came on inside a second-hand trailer, and lawyer Carlos' sleepy voice could be heard vaguely, "Anyway, don't worry yet. Leave now, someone will take you away later.”

"where are we going?"

On the other end of the phone, Judy's husband and his wife lying on the bed looked at each other and asked in a worried voice.

"I don't know about that. Anyway, don't get out of the car yet."

"Can we, can we bring the murderer behind the scenes to court and then to prison?" Judy looked out the window at the fire that almost turned the night sky red, and asked through gritted teeth.

"Of course, this is our responsibility, isn't it?" Attorney Carlos assured confidently, and then simply hung up the phone.

Looking at each other again with his wife Judy, before the couple could say anything, a Raptor pickup truck had already driven to the edge of the RV.

Through the glass and the opened blinds and curtains, Judy and his wife could clearly see a figure from the back who was not very tall, whistling the car that was produced more than 20 years ago. However, the second day after Weiran left, One day, the second-hand trailer that was just bought by Carlos' lawyer's friend was hung on the back of his pickup truck with ease.

Amidst the roar of the engine, the pickup truck dragged the RV slowly out of the parking lot and drove towards Houston without stopping.