War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 201 Bullets and Chips

In the blizzard that didn't abate at all, the hunter's lodge ushered in the third short day.After Dr. Jason completed the routine examination for the four wounded, and Wei Ran helped them change their medicines, the German soldier with his left leg amputated unexpectedly took out a deck of playing cards.

This was like a booster for the people who were doing nothing. There was no need to suggest it at all. Everyone took out some bullets from their bags and used them as chips to kill time.

After seeing the neatly arranged bullets on the table by those bad gamblers, Wei Ran instantly remembered his empty food box and his sidearm with only 10 bullets.

"Gentlemen, who can give me some bullets?" Wei Ran took out a Snickers bar, "I will exchange this with him."

"What's that?" Doctor Jason asked curiously.

"A kind of chocolate, very sweet chocolate." Carl swallowed subconsciously while actively explaining.

"What bullet do you want to change?" Makla asked indifferently as he was comforting the wounded.

Wei Ran generously gave each one a piece, and said at the same time, "9mm Luger bullets, the rifle bullets used by Mosin Nagant, of course, Mauser rifle bullets can also be exchanged."

"This stuff tastes good, how much would you like to change?"

Dr. Jason took only a small mouthful, then decisively wrapped up the rest and stuffed it into his pocket. His thoughts were similar to those of Markla. He also thought that what Wei Ran was doing now was the same as that dinner last night, just to Let everyone's relationship be more harmonious and the atmosphere better.

"Whatever you want, as much as you want." Wei Ran said indifferently, it was only a few Snickers bars, and there were dozens more in his bag, even if he exchanged a piece for a bullet, he would not lose money.

"I have 9mm pistol bullets, but I basically don't need them, so you can take them!" Dr. Jason generously took out two small ones from his hard leather medicine box containing hairdressing tools. Toss the cardboard box to Wei Ran.

"so much?"

Wei Ran hurriedly took the two cartons, such a carton contained 16 rounds of ammunition, two boxes equaled 32 rounds, just enough to fill one MP40 submachine gun magazine, or four Luger P08 or P38 magazines .

For him, just a small Snickers bar can be exchanged for 32 rounds of ammunition, which has already far exceeded his expectations.

"I also have a lot of 9mm bullets." Without thinking, Flory took out four cardboard boxes from his pocket and pushed them to Wei Ran.

"I have that too"

Before Wei Ran could thank him, the two wounded with gauze on their faces and the amputated wounded also took out three or four different cardboard boxes and pushed them to Wei Ran. There are traces of wear and tear, and some have dark red blood stains on them.

While Wei Ran was busy thanking him, Carl, who had a small half of a Snickers bar in his mouth, simply took out all the rifle bullets in the ammunition bag and pushed them to Wei Ran, then licked his face and stretched out his hand to curry favor He said, "Brother Victor, I'll give you all these bullets, can you give me another piece? I want to bring a piece for Shatu to try."

"Give me another piece." Markla pointed out the window, "I'll exchange the big bullet of that anti-tank weapon with you. My wife will definitely want to try this dessert. If you are willing to give me more Together, even the anti-tank weapon can be given to you."

"I have no bullets"

Conon touched his pocket with embarrassment, then sat down on the edge of the table, slapped the unopened Snickers bar on the table, and asked confidently in Finnish, "Who and I Take a gamble? Pay with bullets, and if I lose, pay with this piece of chocolate."

Immediately, these idle foodies turned their interest to the gambling table again. Even if Wei Ran took the initiative to distribute the dozens of Snickers bars left in his bag to them, these rotten gamblers would not be interested at all. Stop, just change the chip from the bullet to the more precious Snickers bar for them.

In desperation, Wei Ran could only take advantage of the time when they took turns queuing up to play cards, and put all the bullets beside the table into his bag, then hid in the toilet again, put them all into the first floor of the food box, and gave them to Pei by the way. The magazine of the gun was full of bullets.

He changed these bullets, in addition to preparing for the story behind the two big lifting rods at home, he also wanted to try to see if he could bring these bullets back to his time and space, although the food box with only two floors is not too big. But if it is possible, it will undoubtedly increase some chances of survival in the future.

"Should have tried to see if I could bring spare magazines in"

Wei Ran, who had already put away the food box, looked at the pistol magazine full of bullets, and muttered to himself belatedly, the pistol presented by Mr. Alexander was accompanied by two spare ammunition in the gun box. If you can bring them here, it will undoubtedly be a lot more convenient.

Keeping this incident in mind, when Wei Ran walked out of the leaky toilet and returned to the warm fireplace, all those dozens of Snickers bars were stacked beside Carl!
In addition to his poisonous tongue, this kid is also so slick in playing cards?How long has it been?Have half an hour?Wei Ran's eyes widened, and he stood looking at the excitement from a distance.

Less than five minutes later, with the end of a game of cards, the last chip in everyone's hands, including Carl's father Markla, became the raw material for the Snickers pyramid that Carl built.

Seeing that everyone had lost their gambling funds, under the angry eyes of everyone, Karl arranged the winning chips one by one and divided them into seven parts, and gave the extra two chips to Conon and Jia respectively. Dr. Sen, at the end, pushed his share into the bag, and said generously, "One for each person, let's forget about Brother Victor. Since he can take out so much, he must still survive, so we divide it up." That's it."

Carl's decision not only made most of the people in the wooden house cheer, but also Wei Ran, who was watching the excitement, received a series of thanks.

"Victor, tell us who Carl learned his card skills from?" Flory asked impatiently after putting away his own chocolate.

"Brother Victor, tell them, of course I learned this by myself."

While Carl was speaking, he picked up the playing cards scattered on the table indifferently, and put them aside after a fancy shuffle. When he looked at the first card, it happened to be an ace of spades.

This inadvertent move not only calmed down the German wounded, but even Dr. Jason and Conon couldn't help turning their eyes to watch him perform curiously.

Seeing that everyone had something to do, Wei Ran quietly walked to the corner and sat down, secretly worrying about the harmonious scene in front of him and everyone's short-lived friendship.

(End of this chapter)