War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 1515: A Girl's Telepathy

On the morning of the second day after attending the banquet at Qin's house, Wei Ran, who had just arrived at the small western-style building in Tianjin with Sui Sui and the Kajianka sisters, received another phone call from Secretary Bai inviting him - the martyr's tomb for Li Zhuang had been built, and the memorial ceremony was scheduled for the special day of September 18, two days later.

After some casual chatting, they agreed on a meeting time. Wei Ran hung up the phone and turned to look at Sui Sui, who was busy watering flowers and pruning branches with the girls.

Without even saying a word, the latter made an OK gesture and took the initiative to take charge of matters such as booking air tickets.

Picking up the brush again, Wei Ran carefully cleaned the glass medicine jars that he had replaced with "Metal Book Products" from the old cave.

At this point, he was truly grateful for the metal notebook.

When the medicine jar was first dug out, everything inside had turned into debris mixed with sand and soil, and there was also a dead mouse that had turned into a dried shell.

If there were no metal book, the film and application to join the party originally stored in it would never be seen again - that would be a huge regret that would never be forgiven.

Wei Ran carefully wiped the medicine jar inside and out with alcohol again, then sat on the steps and waited patiently for it to be dried in the bright sunshine. He then took out a black plastic lid that he had specially ordered from the express box beside him, screwed it on and tried it out.

Seeing that the lid didn't fit at all, he picked up the second and third ones and matched them one by one.

Fortunately, after trying half of the lids in the express box, I finally found one that could be screwed on tightly.

With a satisfied smile, Wei Ran stood up and walked into the villa behind him, opened the briefcase casually placed on the table, put on a pair of silk gloves, and took out a stack of 27 photos and a wooden photo frame from the bag.

Those 27 photos were a gift sent to him by Secretary Bai, and were also the main reason why he came here today.

But in that photo frame was the one that Metal Book had given him, the photo of the little lama and Nurse Ji, "By the Hulu River".

After flipping through these old photos that were so familiar to him one by one, he was satisfied and stuffed the 27 photos sent by Secretary Bai into the medicine jar that he had just washed. He also threw in two extra packets of desiccant, tightened the lid he had just put on, went upstairs, walked into the darkroom, and placed it next to the double-sided camouflage beanie hat.

Finally, the framed "Hulu Riverbank" was placed on the old table facing the window. Wei Ran sat on the chair and breathed a sigh of satisfaction. A box gun appeared in his hand.

He gently pulled the trigger and a bullet hit the top of the gun. He raised the gun and aimed outside the window with gauze curtains. Then he sighed and put the box gun back into the metal book.

He had always been looking forward to having the opportunity to get a box gun, but now that he finally got it, he did not feel the satisfaction of having achieved what he wanted.

If there was an exchange, he would rather use this gun and that carrying pole in exchange for the survival of squad leader Liu, Li Zhuang and nurse Ji, or even if any one of them survived.

Or maybe, it was just to give the little lama a chance to see Nurse Ji again in the rest of his long life.

"pat"

Wei Ran took out a lighter and lit a cigarette with a tortoise-shell holder. He put his feet on the table and comfortably spent his moment of peace.

The next morning, Wei Ran took the sisters Sui Sui and Kajianka, as well as Marta and Lu Xinda to the airport and boarded a direct flight early.

"Why are you taking them with you?"

While waiting for the plane to take off, Wei Ran whispered in Sui Sui's ear. At this time, Marta was sitting by the side, Sui Sui was sitting by the window, and he, the "big boss", was sitting in the middle.

Not only was the seat uncomfortable, but there was a pretty girl on the left, a pretty girl on the right, and three other pretty girls sitting in the front. In particular, there was a pair of twins who squeezed Lucinda in the middle.

This was a bit too conspicuous. He and the Kajianka sisters in the front row had noticed more than once that other passengers and even the stewardess were taking pictures of them.

"I'm not bringing Kamei and the others with me. Can you help me with the work?" Sui Sui asked in a low voice in his ear.

"What's the matter with taking Marta and Xinda?"

Wei Ran asked without giving up. He highly suspected that the girl did it on purpose to confirm his reputation as a "general whore".

"A few days ago, they accompanied my parents and your parents to the south and helped a lot in purchasing samples."

Sui Sui said as a matter of course, "This time I just bring them out to play for two days so that they can have a rest. Do you have any objection?"

Although Sui Sui obviously did not tell the truth, the excuse she gave was reasonable enough, so Wei Ran could only express that he had no objection.

After a short wait, the flight took off smoothly and landed smoothly at the destination airport after a short flight of more than three hours.

When he, Sui Sui and four other girls walked out of the airport reception area, they immediately saw Secretary Bai waiting in front of them in casual clothes.

"Thank you for coming to pick me up in person." Wei Ran took two quick steps and shook hands with the smiling Secretary Bai.

"You are my guest, so of course I have to come to pick you up at the airport." Secretary Bai was as easy-going as ever.

After politely declining the other party's offer to help push his luggage, Wei Ran followed the other party out and briefly introduced the girls headed by Sui Sui.

After getting to know each other, Secretary Bai led them out of the airport reception hall and came to the parking lot, where they got in front of a semi-new domestic SUV.

Taking the initiative to take over the driving job, Wei Ran waited for Secretary Bai to sit firmly in the passenger seat and fasten his seat belt before releasing the handbrake and, guided by the navigation, drove everyone away from the airport.

Along the way, Secretary Bai also took the initiative to talk about the process of their search for Li Zhuang's tomb, the selfless help of Sister Juan and her family, and the people in their town, and the strong support from all walks of life that enabled them to repair the martyrs' tomb in less than a week. Wei Ran could hear the pride and sincerity in the words of this secretary, who was almost the same age as his father.

"And one more thing"

Just when Wei Ran was distracted, Secretary Bai started a new topic, "This matter is related to Yao Juanjuan."

"Sister Juan?" Wei Ran came back to his senses and asked with a smile, "She didn't find anything in her old cave again, did she?"

"That's not true"

Secretary Bai smiled and shook his head, explaining in a leisurely tone, "The tomb of Martyr Li Zhuang is in the Yao family's food ration land. In order to build Martyr Li Zhuang's tomb, two mu of his wolfberry land was occupied. I asked Third Brother Yao how he hoped the county would compensate them.

Neither Third Brother Yao nor his son Dajun asked for compensation, but Yao Juanjuan asked me to do something for her. Wei Ran, guess what she asked for? "

When he said this, Secretary Bai couldn't help but reveal a slightly helpless smile on his face.

"She doesn't want you to arrange a blind date for her or something, does she?" Wei Ran asked jokingly.

"That's not the case. Sister Juan is much more conscious than you."

Secretary Bai teased Wei Ran a little, and then explained, "Do you know that Sister Juan has a daughter?"

"I know." Wei Ran nodded. "If I remember correctly, it seems to be called Lingxi?"

"Yes, Yao Lingxi."

Secretary Bai said, "This child is in the fifth grade and is attending a boarding school in our county. He is an excellent student with outstanding grades."

"It seems that this matter is related to Sister Juan's girl?"

"related?"

Secretary Bai smiled and said, "Sister Juan asked me to help her. She wants to change her family's surname to Lingxi."

"Change your last name?"

"Change surname to Li"

Secretary Bai said with emotion, "Our area has always been poor, and decades ago we had the custom of offering our children to the Red Army soldiers buried in our own graves.

The common people were simple and honest. On the one hand, they felt that they could not let the Red Army soldiers be without descendants. They also naturally believed that if they offered their children sacrifices to the Red Army, the Red Army would bless the children and the children would have fewer difficulties in the future and be easier to raise.

Sister Juan thought so too. She said that she had long given up the idea of ​​remarrying, and she and her daughter Lingxi no longer had to worry about the task of continuing the Yao family's bloodline.

It would be better to offer Lingxi to the martyr Li Zhuang. At least, it means that the martyr Li Zhuang has a descendant. In the future, every year during festivals, there will always be a descendant who will burn paper and kowtow to him. "

At this point, Secretary Bai looked out the window. "I asked the old couple of Yao Sange and his wife, and also asked his son Dajun and his wife. They all support Sister Juan's idea. I also asked the little girl named Lingxi. Guess what she said?"

"What do you mean?" Wei Ran suppressed the soreness in his throat and asked in a hoarse voice.

Secretary Bai's tone was full of smiles and undisguised admiration. "That girl is amazing. She said she is willing to do it, but she is worried that her academic performance is not good enough and she is afraid that she will bring shame to her martyr grandfather in the future."

"The results of it?"

Wei Ran asked with a smile that he couldn't hide, "Did you give her this convenience?"

"I started working at the age of 23, and this is the first time in my life that I have used my position to help someone get a backdoor. But I feel like I am taking advantage of this."

Secretary Bai said with emotion, "I told Sister Juan that she could make the changes by following the normal process. What did she say? She said she was afraid that she would not be able to make it in time, and that on the day the martyrs' tomb was completed, there would not even be any descendants around to light incense and pour wine."

"So the child is now called Li Lingxi?" Wei Ran muttered to himself.

"Yes, his name is Li Lingxi."

Secretary Bai nodded and muttered to himself, "Li Lingxi, Li Lingxi, this kid must be a qualified successor."

"Definitely is"

Wei Ran murmured in agreement, but his mind was inexplicably wandering to another question.

Who was the idiot who ate shit every day that so confidently labeled Sister Juan and his own generation the "Lost Generation" with such a vicious label?

Now it seems that the generation of the little lama, Li Zhuang, Zhang Erwa, and Nurse Ji did not collapse, the generation of Sister Juan did not collapse, and the generation of Lingxi children today will not collapse either.