War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 458 God is with you
Beside the bonfire under the stars, martial arts master Jerry Sr. finished telling the supernatural stories related to the aborigines with the help of beer.Sui Sui, who finished the translation work, also fell asleep in Wei Ran's arms.Even Katenka couldn't help yawning.

Seeing that the fat sheep who were fooled by Sui Sui from the country were also enjoying themselves, the cowboys headed by Makar immediately organized them to drive back in a caravan. plan to sleep through the night.

Without any psychological barriers, he handed the sleeping Zhengxiang's spike to Kajianka's care. Wei Ran rode alone at the end, took out the harmonica from his pocket, and tried to play the song from Randy more than once. , Will heard it from Will, the theme song of the movie Casablanca "as time goes by".

Thanks to the teaching of his good teacher and bad friend Metal Ben'er, although Wei Ran played for the first time, he didn't feel the slightest sense of unfamiliarity. Although this weird feeling is hard to describe, it is really handy.

The soothing tune accompanied by the slow knocking of horseshoes wafted through this retro horse team full of tourists, and the tourists gradually quieted down, and the martial arts master Old Jerry couldn't help but hum along with the tune .At the same time, the fat Jack who served the home-brewed beer also played the guitar along with the melody.

Although old Jerry's voice was obviously not as good as that of Black Will, and although that Jack's guitar playing was not as good as Tom's, Wei Ran seemed to see those friends who had been with him for a short time.

Under the embellishment of the stars, the ensemble of harmonica, guitar and singing continued until Makar's ranch.Sui Sui, who was awakened by Katenka, also fell sleepily from the caravan into Wei Ran's arms and continued to close her eyes.

"Your blues harmonica is very good, better than anyone I've ever seen." Old Jerry, who sang all the way, said to Wei Ran before parting, and that big fat Jack also affirmed his performance. thumbs up.

Although he could understand what the other party said, Wei Ran, who was holding Sui Sui, still turned to look at Kajianka who was standing beside him.

"He said that you play the harmonica very well, better than anyone he has ever seen." Katenka dutifully translated it into Russian.

"Thank them for their compliments for me, and also thank old Jerry for the story he told tonight and Jack for the beer." Wei Ran paused and continued to speak in Russian, "And thank you for helping me take care of Aurora ,Thanks a lot."

Katenka raised her beautiful eyebrows, first responded in Russian with a thank you, and then relayed Wei Ran's thanks to old Jerry and Jack.

At the same time, Wei Ran has already carried the sleeping Sui Sui to the bedroom that belongs to them. At the same time, he is secretly thinking about whether he should step in to help deal with the things in the basement that Makar took him to see before, and whether he should Go to the address in Hawaii recorded on the metal book.

After a night of nothing to say, when Wei Ran woke up the next day, Sui Sui had already got up vigorously, and called Kajianka to help her lead those fat sheep who were also bluffing, and happily started a new life. activities of the day.

"Makar, can you take me to find Jack?" Wei Ran asked Makar, who was obviously lazy.

"You want his beer brewing recipe?"

Makar thought he had guessed Wei Ran's purpose, "Just give up, even if that fat man gave you his wife, he would never give you his wine making formula."

"I have no interest in his wife or the brewing recipe"

Wei Ran said angrily, "I want to see the pistol he found in the old Mr. Brown's house, and if it's convenient, I'd like to go to that basement to see it again."

"You said it earlier, I thought you wanted to brew your own beer." Makar walked towards the stables in the distance while saying hello, "Wait a minute, I'll go lead the horse."

"I have a chance to say it." Wei Ran shook his head dumbfounded.

Without making him wait long, Makar came over with two horses and led him through the barbed wire fence on the edge of the farm again to find his neighbor Jack.

Knowing Wei Ran's reason for coming, the big fat Jack was extremely happy and enthusiastic, and without thinking about it, he pulled out a 1911 pistol from his waist and handed it to Wei Ran.

To his surprise, the wooden patch of this pistol still had obvious burn marks, which made Wei Ran easily recognize that it was the pistol owned by Gendarmerie Captain Sean.

As if seeing Wei Ran's doubts, Jack took the initiative to explain, "It was like this when I found it. Although I don't know why it is like this, it can be seen that it has been carefully maintained. I guess the back of this pistol is absolutely There's a story, so I didn't replace the burnt patch."

you guessed right
While Makar was translating, Wei Ran secretly affirmed the other party's guess in his heart.

"Markar, ask Jack, can I go to that basement again?"

Wei Ran asked after the other party finished translating Jack's words. Although he has mastered English now, he doesn't want to expose it, so naturally he has to pretend.

"No problem at all!"

Makar directly gave an affirmative answer, and then switched back to English to inform Jack, but the latter naturally did not have any opinions, and even said that he could go with them and replace the house with a new one by the way wooden door.

Jack was able to follow, so Wei Ran naturally had no objection. The three of them rode horses, using Makar as the medium of communication, and stopped at the door of the house again while chatting along the way.

After getting permission from Makar and Jack, Wei Ran walked around upstairs and downstairs until he was sure that there was nothing valuable to gain, then took the flashlight that Jack had prepared in advance and went into the basement again.

I don’t know whether it’s out of trust or because of the heads stored here, neither Makar nor Jack followed this time, which allowed Wei Ran to be unscrupulous in this not-so-large basement. Look through the shelves with the skulls and see if you can find any clues in the books on the second floor.

It was both expected and unexpected, and in his rummaging and steaming dust, he really found something interesting.The smallest discovery among them was that Brown's name was written all over the books.

Looking at the familiar human skull on the top shelf, Wei Ran has no doubts that at least [-]% of Brown, who visited a strip club at a young age, finally went to study medicine because of that skull. This road, and eventually became a forensic doctor.

In addition, the biggest discovery is a photo album that is not too thick.It is also from this photo album that Wei Ran saw the group photo he took for Marshall and others under the sunrise on the beach, saw the performance of the band formed by Tom and others, and even saw him watching the performance. Photos taken for Marshall.

However, perhaps because the setting sun was included in the viewfinder too greedily, only a black silhouette can be seen in the photo of Marshall holding the Coke.However, it was this small shortcoming that allowed his back to be any soldier present at that time.

Continuing to turn back, Wei Ran couldn't help shivering, there are only two photos on this page of the album.

The one above, they took for Randy's birthday, but in this one, Marshall is holding the cake askew, Tom's guitar is about to fall, and his face is full of smiles. There was a momentary astonishment, while Randy and Marshall's faces were filled with panic.

Looking at the photo below, it is precisely after the war, they took a color photo in the bar that booked the venue. The only difference is that there is no shadow of Wei Ran in this photo.

Continue to scroll back, the photos are basically a group photo of Marshall, Will and Randy, although the background of the photo keeps changing, and although the figures of the three are gradually out of shape and old, they still smile comfortably and leisurely as before. And around Marshall's neck, there was a shiny cross hanging from beginning to end.

Gradually, Randy in the photo was lying in the coffin, and the smiles in the previous photos disappeared from the faces of Marshall and Will.

Gradually, in the group photo of the two of them, there was another young man with a smile similar to Marshall's, who also liked to be shirtless.

The next few pages are dominated by photographs of Marshall with the young man who appears to be Brown.It's just that what makes Wei Ran dumbfounded is that most of the group photos of the old and the young are taken when they each hugged one girl after another.

In addition, there are photos of the old and the young in beach pants basking in the sun by the sea in the album, and between the two of them, there is a young man who looks somewhat similar to Tom.

But just looking at the helpless expression on this young man's face, the large glasses drawn by something on his chest, and the proud and arrogant expressions on the faces of the old and the young on both sides, it is obvious that this honest boy is being bullied used to it.

This little bastard must be Brown, right?Could it be Tom's son, the little guy named Pierce, who has drawn underwear?
Wei Ran continued to flip through it with great interest. As expected, the background behind the three people in the photo changed again and again, and finally there appeared the Ferraro Weapons Store. In this group photo, there is still a standing Ms. Laura, who is already old but has a kind face, has a particularly gorgeous 1911 pistol that Wei Ran is very familiar with pinned to her waist.

Continuing to turn a few pages later, the photo album also came to an end with the photos of Marshall lying in the coffin, and Will and Ms. Laura standing outside the coffin praying for him,

After that, there was nothing in the album except a business card of Ferraro Arms Store.

Putting the light of the flashlight on the business card, Wei Ran couldn't help but smile.

This simple little card not only has the words "Ferraro Arms Store" and the detailed address written in English, but also prints "The owner: Pierce Ferraro" and a series of landline numbers.

Pull it out carefully, and the slightly oxidized back of the business card is printed with the phrase "God be with you".

　I won’t add more updates today, I died suddenly within 100 years of working overtime.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)