War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 669 The Soon-to-be-Forgotten "Ode to the Soviet Union"

In the conference room with half of the windows open, Wei Ran finally activated the fuel generator left behind after a lot of trouble.

Along with the roar, light blue smoke drifted out along the gaps in the windows.Seeing this, Wei Ran opened the door and strolled towards the roof.

At the same time, in the radio station on the top floor, after the engine started to provide power, a radio placed on the table also started to run automatically. After being silent for more than [-] years, it also started broadcasting again.

Although the speakers inside and outside the building were split because they had been used for too long, everyone could tell that what was playing on the speakers was precisely the program called "Orbit" of the All-Su Radio Station.

In the radio station, Apoli put down the electronic tube he had just picked out, and stared blankly at the working radio.After a long time, he tried to turn on the radio system on the table.

And in the room where there were several cabinets of wine, Murat and the others stopped clinking glasses, and everyone sat quietly on the dusty long chairs on both sides of the table.

Even Wei Ran in the corridor stopped and sat on the steps with his AK rifle in his arms.In a sense, the voice on the loudspeaker comes from the Soviet Union, which was still at its peak 20 years ago, but what is being analyzed on the radio is the treacherous situation in Moscow before the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

Presumably, at this time in this building, regardless of the audience except Wei Ran, or the speakers hanging everywhere, it may not be very pleasant for both of them.

"I knew it would have smashed that generator"

Wei Ran stood up while muttering to himself, walked out of the building with complete entertainment facilities with a gun in his hand, and returned to the workshop where the bonfire was still burning.

Finding a rag from the living cabin and bringing out a bucket of snow, Wei Ran carefully cleaned the bathtub he had brought back, lit a bonfire around it, and started pouring buckets into the bathtub one after another. snow.

Added a few extra pieces of coke around the bathtub, Wei Ran waited patiently until the snow in the bathtub melted into water and gradually steamed up, until the temperature was a little hot, and then he opened the surrounding campfire a little bit, wearing only a pair of The shorts fit comfortably.

But even at this time, Apoli and others did not come back. Of course, the loudspeaker broadcast on the roof of the building did not stop either.

After taking a comfortable hot bath, Wei Ran sat refreshed on the chair prepared in advance by the campfire, until the water stains on his body dried up, and then slowly changed into a clean set. clothes, put on the apron I made out of bed sheets, and leisurely got busy with the work of the chef.

Until he finished the usually popular stewed wolf meat, and he also specially cleaned the crystal plate that everyone found not long ago, and even spread an unused bed sheet on the table, but Apoli Waiting for people but still did not come back.On the contrary, the uninterrupted broadcast changed from news to a popular song in this era, followed by "Ode to the Soviet Union" which was played abruptly.

Just as he was thinking about whether to take this opportunity to see what was in the tin cabinet in the living cabin, the iron door of the workshop was pushed open from the outside, and everyone who was reeking of alcohol left one by one Come in.

"Where's Apoli?" Wei Ran went up to him and asked.

"He's still trying to fix that radio"

Agwan, who was holding a box of vodka, responded absently, "But what's the use of repairing it? Who cares about us at this time?"

"At least Victor cares about us"

Shalip reached out to test the water temperature in the bathtub, "Look, he even boiled the bath water for us. God testifies, my mother has never been so kind to me since I was an adult."

"Exactly the bath water I used"

Wei Ran was busy serving vegetables on the crystal plate and said, "If you don't dislike it, you can continue to use it. If you don't dislike it, you can go outside and get new snow to replace it."

"I don't mind it," Gennady said while taking off his clothes, "I wanted to take a shower when I went back to the camp last time."

Wei Ran smiled, and served a plate of steaming and fragrant wolf meat for everyone.He opened four more bottles of vodka that Agwan had brought back with him, and filled up the crystal cups brought back by someone who didn't know who brought them back. Then he picked up the cups and asked, "Who would like to have a drink with the chef?"

"Victor, you can go to work in a high-end restaurant in Moscow." Dr. Pavel raised his wine glass vigorously, and touched Wei Ran.

"Thank you for the tableware you found."

Wei Ran drank the wine in the glass, "Well, it's rare that everyone decided to rest for a whole day today, and it's rare to find so much good wine, so don't waste it."

"Let's eat after Apoli comes back." Dr. Murat's proposal immediately got everyone's response.

"And I haven't finished my shower yet"

Gennady in the bathtub said while scrubbing his body with soap, "Victor, I think we should take this bathtub, we need this."

"Why do you ask me such a thing?"

While Wei Ran was speaking, he had already filled the lunch box with wolf meat, and rolled two large pieces of bread with newspaper.Finally, I took two clean crystal plates and two sets of knives and forks, and said as I walked out, "I'm going to deliver some food to Apoli. It's rare to have a holiday. Maybe I will have a drink with him, so you don't have to Wait for us. Of course, for safety’s sake, you’d better lock the door of the workshop.”

"Victor" Pavel held up his second glass of wine and called Wei Ran to stop him.

"What's the matter?" Wei Ran who had already walked out stopped, turned around and asked.

"After dawn tomorrow, take a group photo for us, right next to the bulldozer."

"no problem!"

Wei Ran happily agreed to Pavel's request, pulled up his mask and fastened his goggles, and walked towards the abandoned building where music was still playing with the food in his arms.

When he locked the door on the first floor and climbed up the stairs step by step to the top floor again, he heard Apolly humming the soon-to-be-forgotten "Ode to the Soviet Union" from a long distance away.

When the crying voice in the singing made Wei Ran stop, his footsteps also stopped the singing from the radio station.

Moments later, Apollo cleared his throat and called, "Come in! I hear you."

Hearing this, Wei Ran took another step and walked into the cold radio station with his usual expression.

Silently, he put all the things in his arms on the table, but Wei Ran turned and left again, randomly selected two bottles of wine from the room where a lot of vodka was left, put them in his pocket, and picked up the other The not-so-large cast-iron stove returned to the radio station.

Under Apoli's surprised gaze, Wei Ran brought another barrel of coal from the boiler room on the first floor, removed a chair and lit the cast iron stove.

"Eat later"

While Wei Ran was speaking, he put the lunch box full of wolf meat on the stove, and put the cold bread on top for secondary heating.

"have a drink?"

Although Wei Ran said it was a glass, he directly put a bottle full of vodka in front of the opponent.

After a moment of silence, Apoli smiled, picked up the wine bottle and touched Wei Ran, "Have a drink!"

"There are some things we can't change." After Wei Ran finished speaking, he directly raised his head and took a big mouthful of cold wine.

"I have to do something." Apoli responded vaguely, and also raised his neck and took a sip.

"How's the situation?" Wei Ran changed the subject after putting down the wine bottle.

Apolly shook his head and did not give an answer, but just raised the wine bottle again.

Sighing secretly, the other party didn't want to say more, so Wei Ran simply didn't ask any more questions, but silently accompanied the other party to drink a whole bottle of vodka and finished eating everything he brought.

"I'm going to sleep here tonight," said Apolly, throwing away the wine bottle in his hand.

"Anything. Whatever you want"

Wei Ran, who drank less than half a bottle of wine the whole time, shook his head, stood up unsteadily, "I'll get you a sleeping bag."

"I will do it myself"

Apo rubbed his face vigorously, grabbed Wei Ran who was about to fall, and the two supported each other and walked towards the workshop.

When it got closer, the sound of playing poker inside became more and more clear. Apoli, who stopped at the gate, glanced at the four peers who were surrounding the messy table, but the sadness in his eyes became more and more intense. up.

"Victor, help me get my sleeping bag and blanket."

Apoli pointed to the front of the transport vehicle, "It's in the cab, remember to start the engine later to warm it up."

"No problem!"

Wei Ran confidently made a promise, walked unsteadily to the side of the driver's cab, pulled the door and tore off the neatly stacked sleeping bags and blankets from the inside, and dragged them all the way to Abo at the door of the workshop. Leigh's hands.

"go to bed early"

Apoli patted Wei Ran on the shoulder, put on his sleeping bag, turned around in the rising night and walked towards the building that was still playing music again.

Watching Apoli go away, Wei Ran closed the iron door of the workshop, climbed unsteadily into the driver's cab and lay down on the cold seat.It's just that as the car door was closed, his original drunken eyes immediately regained their sobriety.

It's the 15th and there are 15 days left.
Wei Ran muttered to himself, and then he noticed that someone opened the co-pilot's door.

Restoring his drunken look, Wei Ran, who squinted his eyes and pretended to be asleep, saw Gennady get into the driver's cab at a glance, carefully covered himself with a blanket, and then gave the cast iron stove in the passenger seat Added a large bucket full of charcoal fire that was burning vigorously.

Accompanied by a muffled "bang", Gennady closed the car door, and after a while, Wei Ran heard the cheers of him fighting with Agwan and others again.

(End of this chapter)