War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 147 Home
During the five days in Berlin, Timo, the son of Mr. Hans and his wife, took Mora, mother and daughter, Wei Ran and Jima to visit all the sights in Berlin.The relationship between the two families has also become closer and closer during these five days.

And Wei Ran has slept extraordinarily well in the past few days, completely walking out of the shadow of the Berlin battle.As for Ji Ma, this guy is uncharacteristically, every day he pretends to be a gentleman, trying to impress that beautiful girl named Anna.It's a pity that the other party didn't even bother to say a word to him other than responding to one after another.

At noon that day, Wei Ran and Jima bid farewell to the Hans family and landed in Volgograd after a long flight.While they were returning to the studio, Mr. Hans' son Timo also took Mora and her daughter Anna back to Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, and parked the car at a busy intersection in the city.

After the unidentified mother and daughter got out of the car, Timo handed over a bunch of keys to a dazed Mora, pointed to a spacious shop facing the street at the intersection and said, "Aunt Mora, this is the one we prepared for you. In your new home, the dessert shop on the first floor will be renovated in half a month, but the second and third floors are ready to move in at any time, and we have already moved all the things in your home."

"This"

Before the dumbfounded Moura could say anything, Timo said with a smile, "Of course, your house is also sold, and the money from the house sale is on the living room table upstairs. Besides, this car is also given to you." You prepared it, Anna, you have a driver's license, right?"

"Yes, yes, but"

Before Anna, who was also in a daze, could say anything, Timo had already handed her a car key with a half gold bar fixed on a keychain, and said gently, "Be careful when driving in the future."

Like their mother and daughter, Wei Ran was also surprised. Less than 10 minutes after he opened the shutter door, Xiao Maomei, the receptionist of the travel agency next door, called him over.

When he walked into the office of his aunt Zhou Shujin, the latter said without looking up while peeling an apple, "You are finally willing to come back, boy."

"I was delayed in Berlin for a few days." Wei Ran walked on the sofa, picked up a bright red apple from the fruit plate, and took a bite.

"A few days ago, your uncle sent over 1 [-] million rubles in cash, saying that it was the investigation fee paid by the client."

Zhou Shujin put down the fruit knife and lightly took a bite of the peeled apple, "Can you take this money home and keep it for yourself, or should I remit it home for you?"

After thinking for a moment, Wei Ran said, "Auntie, please send it to my mother. I haven't spent the [-] US dollars I earned in Finland last time. I don't need money here."

"Remember to tell your mother"

Zhou Shujin gave some instructions, and then changed the subject, "In the middle of next month, we will have a group of domestic guests going to Inta, and you will lead the team there."

"Jima told me about this." Wei Ran nodded and asked, "How many people are here? How many days?"

"Not many, counting Sui Sui, there are less than 10 in total, all of whom are her college classmates."

Zhou Shujin opened the drawer as she spoke, and handed a stack of customer information to Wei Ran, "They will fly directly to Kazan, and they will stay for a week in total. Remember to take more photos for promotion."

"Are they on vacation so early?"

Wei Ran asked in surprise, the spike in Auntie's mouth was her daughter with Professor Alexei.Just like Wei Ran went to university in Russia, the mixed-race girl whose Chinese name was Zhou Sui and whose Russian name was Shi Lao Chang was sent to study in the capital of China, and she was usually taken care of by Wei Ran's parents.

In the words of the two families, this is called "exchanging protons", but in fact it is just that each of them dislikes their own children.And unlike Wei Ran who has already graduated, the daughter of my aunt's family is still in college.

"Those little girls came here on leave in the name of practice." The aunt rubbed her forehead helplessly, "In short, I will leave this matter to you."

"You're not going?"

"She took more than half a month's leave, and she won't go back to take the exam until after Christmas." Zhou Shujin thought of her daughter, and her headache became more and more serious. "After sending her classmates away, she will come back with you."

"Sure." Wei Ran gnawed clean apples in twos and threw them into the trash, "Where's my uncle?"

"I haven't finished get off work yet." Zhou Shujin seemed to be in a better mood suddenly, "Since he sent the money back two days ago, he has been regretting it."

"Regret going to work in Mr. Alexander's studio?" Wei Ran asked gloatingly.

Zhou Shujin also nodded happily, "But he just regrets it. It can be seen that he also likes the role of museum curator."

"If he wants to."

"Forget it, let him continue working there." Zhou Shujin refused without waiting for Wei Ran to finish speaking, "At least he won't have to drink so much every day, and he can basically go home on time."

Wei Ran smiled, and simply changed the topic. The two hid in the office and chatted until the travel agency got off work. Professor Alexey came to pick up his aunt home. Return to the studio alone with the tourist information.

After collecting the customer information, he took out a kraft paper bag from the safe, and then he locked the shutter door, and strolled towards Nicholas' house a few hundred meters away.

Since this old guy moved back to Volgograd, he has lived a very fulfilling life every day. Apart from going to the travel agency for a meal every now and then, his main activity is to wander around the city on a motorcycle, or take Sitting by the river with a fishing rod is a whole day.

When he rang the doorbell, Jima wearing an apron opened the door, saw that it was Wei Ran, and immediately said pleasantly, "Victor, you came at the right time, tell me about that pig leg Made? I had a hard time buying these things."

Looking at the scorched pork leg burned by the spray gun in the other party's hand, and then looking at Nicholas who was watching TV on the sofa by the fireplace in the living room, Wei Ran asked as he walked in, "Is the soybean soaked?"

"Soak soybeans? Still need to soak?" Ji Ma patted his forehead, leaving a big black stain, "Why don't I remember this?"

Wei Ran handed the key chain and a wad of banknotes prepared in advance to the other party, "The money is your reward for following me to Kiev and Germany this time, a total of [-] rubles. The extra [-] will be my treat tonight Now, you can go to the neighborhood to buy some food and come back, as for the pig's trotters, I will make them for you tomorrow, so when you come back, go to my studio and get the soybeans."

"Praise be to the generous Boss Victor!"

Ji Ma directly threw the pig's trotters in his hand into the kitchen sink, took the thick wad of cash and the keys to the shutter door of the studio, and without even taking off his apron, he rode on Niu with the stain on his forehead Gula's motorcycle disappeared without a trace.

"Is there anything you want to talk about alone after taking Ji Mazhi away?" Nicholas pressed the remote control, turned around and asked with a smile.

"Indeed." Sitting beside Nicholas, Wei Ran handed over the portfolio that he had been holding all along.

(End of this chapter)