War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 702 Level 14 Pagoda?
Standing in the dark room full of people, everyone who was thinking about the two photos followed Wei Ran's question, and all looked at the bewildered Lola in unison.

"I I don't know"

Lola carefully took the negative from Wei Ran, and asked tentatively, "You guys, are you willing to let us go?"

"House arrest of minors is illegal," Wei Ran and Sui Sui said in unison.

"And you will be convicted of a felony," Maya added.

"But she was smuggled from Ukraine"

Jima then reminded, seeing that everyone was looking at him with contempt, this guy realized that everyone misunderstood him, and hurriedly said, "I mean, she didn't even look for her in Russia. If you don’t get a legal and serious job, the best result is to be arrested by the police and sent back to Wu Kelan.”

"I will not return to Wukelan"

Lola said firmly in a rare tone, "I'm going to sell the two demantoids just now, and then take Kolawa to the hospital for treatment."

"Speaking of which, what exactly is a demantoid?" Wei Ran asked again.

"I do not know either"

Lola clutched the bullet casing hanging around her neck and said, "It was my aunt who told me it was demantoid and that it was worth more than diamonds."

“An upscale gem”

Anfisa, who failed to answer this question last time, explained, "It was first discovered in the Ural Mountains in the 18th century. Although this kind of gemstone is indeed more expensive than diamonds, because the particles are generally not large, more than two carats are considered diamonds. It is rare, and if it is more than 10 carats after cutting, it is enough to send it to the auction.

It is precisely for this reason that there are actually not many people buying and selling, and there is not enough market like diamonds at all.In other words, start with a demantoid as large as 10 carats, otherwise it is not easy to sell, and it may not even be as expensive as a diamond of the same size. "

"And those two stones haven't been cut and polished yet"

Sui Sui didn't notice the desperate expression on Lola's face, and said subconsciously, "At least half of the value of a diamond is in the cutting process, and I guess the demantoid should be the same."

"If you continue talking, this girl may cry again."

Jima pointed at Lola while talking, and the latter also seemed to have received a signal, and the tears that had been hard to hold back also fell down.

"I can't help you with the gem matter, but I can introduce you to a hospital in Kazan. My classmate's father is a psychiatrist in that hospital."

Maya patted Lola on the shoulder and said, "If you want, you can come with me and take your sister to check."

"If you can't sell your gems, try selling them to this bastard."

While Jima was speaking, he pointed at Wei Ran who was about to go out, "In addition to being a well-known historian, he is also a damn rich man."

"If you are willing to take your sister to see a doctor with Sister Maya, you can live here temporarily."

Sui Sui also expressed her kindness. Anyway, unless she needs to blow up the kitchen, the work of cooking will never fall on her.So in her opinion, this "additional pair of chopsticks" is really nothing.

"Since when have you been so kind?"

Wei Ran, who was about to walk out of the darkroom, asked dumbfoundedly. Not long ago, he was kind to those young mothers in Africa, which caused him a lot of trouble. Now he really doesn't want to be on it anymore. I stumbled.

"Who would have the heart to let such a beautiful girl be wronged?" Maya said with a smile, "Right? Jima?"

"Maya was right"

Jima subconsciously agreed, and then realized the trap in the words, and immediately added an explanation, "I mean, everything Maya says is right, besides, except for sending her aunt to prison Besides, you don’t need me to do anything, do you?”

"It's much safer than letting her live at Jima's house"

Sui Sui said solemnly, when the words came out, not only sisters Katenka and Wei Ran, but even Maya nodded in agreement.

"What do you mean?" Jima asked dissatisfied, "Even if she lives in my house, I won't do anything. From the first meeting, my heart and body already belong to Maya."

"It's disgusting," sisters Katenka complained in unison, turned around and walked out of the darkroom in unison.

"It's really disgusting," Sui Sui also echoed, and she and Maya pulled Lola and her sister out of the darkroom.

"Is it disgusting?" Ji Ma looked at Wei Ran blankly.

"It's as disgusting as kissing Brezhnetsov." Wei Ran grinned and walked out of the darkroom, leaving only the two photos waiting to dry and Jima fingering him.

In just one morning, Lola, who had nowhere to go after losing her aunt, took her autistic younger sister and lived in Wei Ran's house temporarily in a daze.

In this regard, whether it was Suisui and Katenka sisters, or Maya and even Jima who came to visit, they all showed enough kindness because of the girl's tragic experience.

Before lunch, Maya made an appointment with the doctor through her classmate relationship, and Jima also helped unpack the leftovers after sending Lola's aunt on the freight train bound for Inta in advance. Those dozen rounds of bullets.

It's a pity that these are all real bullets, and what he tried to take out from them is only propellant powder.

By two o'clock in the afternoon, the snow outside the window was getting bigger and bigger, but even so, Sui Sui and Maya rushed to the hospital with Lola and her sister, accompanied by sister Katenka.

Not even Jima was idle, he was in charge of retrieving Lola's and her sister Korava's luggage, especially a certain teddy bear that the latter had been looking for since morning.

In contrast, Wei Ran was leaning on the rocking chair by the fireplace, patiently waiting for the sweet potatoes buried in the ashes to be cooked, while teasing the dog Beria lying next to him, and the dog lying on the dog. Two foxes with big ears.

And in his hand, he was holding the one named "Cultivation of Group Obedience and Psychological Correction of Prisoners of War Order" among the three projects borrowed by Sui Sui to read as a story.

According to the description at the beginning of this project, after finishing his three-year work in No. 49 labor camp, the person involved was transferred to a place called No. 52 Mine, where he continued to work as a doctor.

Unlike the previous No. 49 labor camp, all the prisoners in the No. 52 mine were recruited from the nuclear war.

Of course, what attracted Wei Ran was definitely not the various psychological experiments experienced by the nuclear prisoners who only had numbers but no names in this project, but the No. 52 mine itself.

可以说，上午在暗房里和大家猜测照片里“Cr52-4-7-24”的含义时，卫燃便想到了这份课题里记录的52号矿山。

According to his thinking at the time, the Cr52 at the beginning undoubtedly represented the chromium ore produced by the No. 52 mine.It was also to verify this conjecture that he dug up this subject for verification while everyone was away.

However, to his disappointment, in the few pages he had read, the No. 52 mine, which was inadvertently mentioned between the lines, seemed to produce only ordinary iron ore.

"Tsk tsk tsk, which genius came up with this method of recruiting two devils who were captured together to manage the little devil?"

Wei Ran couldn't help smacking his lips. Although he originally hoped to find some clues from this topic to unlock the meaning of the string of numbers in the photo, he still couldn't help being attracted by the description about the management of prisoners of war. .

According to the description here, it seems that the person who wrote this project was awarded a Red Banner of Labor Medal, 52 rubles and a Reward for the revolver.

Even, as he flipped through the pages later, Wei Ran found a few manuscript papers among them, which described in detail his psychological feelings after he followed the executioner to shoot the prisoners of war, and the whole process of his self-guidance.

It took an afternoon, and Wei Ran didn't read the first file of this research project, but Sui Sui and others and Ji Ma had already rushed back.

"I've found their things." While speaking, Jima took out a worn gray suitcase from the carriage and handed it to Lola.

"How is the situation over there?" Wei Ran asked Suisui.

"Typical congenital autism, but some test reports won't come out until tomorrow, and I will have to take her to do other checks and tests in the next few days before I can know."

Sui Sui gritted her teeth angrily and said, "Although many reports have not come out, the doctor inquired about the situation of Korava's parents in detail, and based on Lola's description, and Jima helped to inquire about the situation of that person. After getting the answer, Zha has already roughly judged that the reason why Korawa was born with autism is probably related to her mother's reading when she was pregnant."

"so."

"It's hard to be completely cured." Lola put her arms around her sister Korava, said with a downcast expression, "Many hospitals finally gave such a judgment."

"Let's eat first"

Wei Ran changed the subject in a timely manner, invited everyone to sit down around the long table, and then placed a sumptuous meal and a large plate of sweet potatoes he baked on the table on the table.

Of course, he didn't cook this meal himself, but brought it from the construction site next door.This time the snow fell, and there were still sweet potatoes and potatoes left in the yard that hadn't been dug up. Dig by yourself, and how much you can dig is all theirs.

Not only that, even the vegetables in the greenhouse that can't be eaten are completely open to them, which can be regarded as an extra meal for them.

You know, the meat here in Maozi may be as cheap as no money, but the food is definitely not cheap.It was also because of this that the contractor, Lao Li, directly assigned more than a dozen people to complete the long-overdue harvesting work in less than two hours.

As the saying goes, after the dinner was prepared at the construction site, the foreman, Lao Li, led a few people, and personally delivered several delicious stir-fried vegetables and stews.This happened to save Wei Ran a lot of time.

After dinner, Maya and Jima lived in peace of mind without asking them to stay. The former even took Lola and Katenka sisters to play mahjong, which they had just learned. Instead, they took care of the autistic girl Cora Wa's job was lost to Jima.

On the contrary, Wei Ran and Sui Sui wandered to the third floor and once again got into the room belonging to Teacher Dalia.

"What are your plans next?" Wei Ran opened the curtains of the floor-to-ceiling windows, leaned against the handrail, and asked in Chinese that only the two of them could understand.

"Let them live here first. Anyway, she is less than half a year away from becoming an adult. Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Let's save two now, and we will be level 14."

Sui Sui and Wei Ran leaned side by side on the armrest and replied, she naturally knew that the other party was asking Lola and her sister Korava.

"Live there all the time?"

"Stingy"

Sui Sui rolled her eyes, "I asked Lola in the afternoon, she has no relatives in Kharkov, and even because her father and Korava's parents read together, she also provoked a lot Trouble.

Otherwise, her scumbag aunt wouldn't have smuggled to Russia. At this time, letting her go back to Wu Kelan, or just driving them out of our house is no different from sending them to death.So how about letting them live, at least until Lola comes of age? "

"What about the rent?" Wei Ran asked jokingly.

"I'll pay for her." Sui Sui asked angrily, "You don't think about those two broken stones, do you?"

"Can't you suspect that I'm targeting that girl?" Wei Ran asked the other party helplessly.

"You're not that scum king Jima"

Sui Suile couldn't help but gave a trusting response, and then asked tentatively, "Why don't you show kindness and help, and ask Jima to get Russian passports for the two of them too? This way, when Lola becomes an adult In the future, she will at least have a way to find a legitimate job to support herself and her sister."

Wei Ran raised his eyebrows, "Wait, what is it called?"

"Didn't you help Katenka and the others get Vorkuta's new identity?"

Sui Sui said proudly, "The day they got their passports, they told me that you specially gave them new identities in order to save them from paying taxes, and that it was my instruction."

"Pay less tax?"

Wei Ran grinned to himself, nodded bluntly and said, "That's the case, I asked Jima to help them get it for them, so that it will be more convenient no matter where they go in the future."

"Then help them both get a new identity?" Sui Sui begged again, "Level 14 Buddha!"

"You can go to Misha directly for this matter." Wei Ran asked puzzled, "Isn't your words, Queen Inta, better than mine?"

"Misha and I are business partners"

Sui Sui said seriously, "In other words, Inta and I are business partners. But the more this is the case, the more I can't do this kind of thing. In terms that you, a historian, can understand, I can't owe Inta a little bit." Favors, only the favors they owe me, otherwise there will be no way to do business in the future."

"What about me?" Wei Ran asked with interest, "I can?"

"Of course you can"

Sui Sui continued her nonsensical explanation, "You owe Jima a favor when you ask Jima for help. It's the relationship between the two of them that Jima asks Misha.

So no matter what happens in the end of this matter, it will not affect the cooperation between me and Inta, and I don't owe them any favors, even if I don't care, I will pretend that I never knew about it. "

"You businessmen are in trouble"

Sui Sui smiled and kissed Wei Ran on the face, and said with a smile while walking out, "It's not as easy as you, a historian who can make money."

"I'm easy as hell."

While laughing at himself, Wei Ran subconsciously rubbed the tattoo on the tiger's mouth on his left hand. As a historian, he almost paid for his life.

Not only that, strictly speaking, since the end of the desert incident, he hasn't earned any income for a long time, and he bought a house and a car. Now, except for those diamonds and gold that he doesn't want to move easily, he has nothing to do. His pockets were almost cleaner than his face.

But who knows if it's a feng shui problem or the bad luck from being too close to Jima? It's been two or three months now, except for Kajik, the old man who doesn't pay for his work, he hasn't received any It's a decent business.

Strolling all the way down the stairs, Sui Sui returned to her heartless appearance, joined the poker game yelling, and helped Lola, who was still a bit reserved, to kill all directions at the poker table.

At the same time, Wei Ran approached Ji Ma with two glasses of gin, and asked him to help him find two new identities in his own name.

"It's easy"

Ji Mahun agreed indifferently, and then said enviously, "When will I be able to live a life like yours?"

"My life like this?" Wei Ran didn't realize it for a while, "What kind of life?"

"Of course it's the life of a house full of beauties"

Jima pointed to the mahjong table in the distance, "Among the people I know, perhaps only Mr. Karp enjoyed this paradise-like life before we went to Hongqi Forest Farm for classes."

"Enjoy? Enjoy ass"

Wei Ran grinned secretly, it doesn't matter if there is only Sui Sui in this family, after all, this girl is usually careless and doesn't pay attention to some trivial things at all.

But the Katenka sisters are different. These two girls are beautiful, but are they normal people?
It is no exaggeration to say that Wei Ran is worried in his dreams now, worried that one day these two over-the-top girls with strong observation skills and vigilance will accidentally discover the existence of the metal book.

Now it is very possible that two more girls will come. When he thought of this, he even suddenly understood the feelings of those wild animals whose living space was being continuously compressed due to the destruction of their habitats. to the loophole.

Tacitly ended the topic that made Ji Ma envious and gave Wei Ran a headache, Wei Ran dug out a few more sweet potatoes from the ashes on the edge of the fireplace, gave one to Ji Ma first, and then gave it to the other to sit quietly on the sofa The girl holding the fox on the bed shared a small piece.

It's a pity that this little girl with an innocent smile on her face from the beginning to the end is like a puppet on a string. Although she can hold the small piece of sweet potato steadily, she doesn't give any hint to Wei Ran calling her name. response.

"I will go to Kirov to continue my classes the day after tomorrow"

Jima held a wine glass and touched Wei Ran, "I will also ask Mr. Gorman to see if he can do anything about this situation."

"Hope you get good news from him"

Wei Ranhun said indifferently, this little girl is different from social phobia or obsessive-compulsive disorder after all, so even Gorman may not be able to do anything about it.

While the two of them were chatting, the snow that had been falling outside the window for a whole day also stopped, and Sui Sui and the others finally finished their poker game, and returned to their rooms to prepare for a rest.

Taking her sister back to her own room, Lola closed the door and stared at the handbag on the table in a daze.

Those handbags contained clothes and shoes that Sui Sui and others bought for her and her sister during the day.Even in the corner of the table, there is an unpacked mobile phone and a children's watch that can be used for positioning.

Wiping the corners of her eyes indiscriminately, Lola hesitated for a while, and finally unpacked and put the pink children's watch on Corava's wrist. Then she unpacked the phone and gave it to Cora. Watt took a photo.

In this room that already belonged to her, while she was unpacking gifts and trying on clothes with Kelava, Sui Sui, who had already taken a shower, pushed away Wei Ran who came up to her, and dug out the three topics with great interest looked up.

"Why are you so interested in this?" Wei Ran asked curiously.

"Although I don't care about Lola's two small stones, do you still remember the note in her bullet casing?"

Sui Sui angrily patted Wei Ran's paw that was in the wrong place, "It says on the note, this is the first fortune I left you. Since there is the first fortune, there must be a second fortune. Once I find it? And there is that set of numbers, what if it is the password of the safe or the password of the bank account? At the very least, I can find the location of the map in the photo."

“Where is it so easy to find”

Wei Ran couldn't help shaking his head, although this girl thought of being with him, it was really not an easy task.

Among other things, among these three subjects, even the subject of "How to Artificially Create Mental Illness" has two and a half portfolios, and the thickness of the materials in each portfolio is at least two or three. centimeters.

This is the least, and the most, "Cultivation of Group Obedience and Psychological Correction of Prisoners of War Order" project, has a full 7 bulging portfolios, and the rest is "Investigation of Human Physical and Spiritual Limits in Extremely Cold Environment" The project also has 6 portfolios.

With so much information, even if you want to read it carefully, it won't take you ten days and a half months, let alone trying to find clues about those two photos.

Sure enough, after reading less than ten pages before and after, Sui Sui yawned and chose to give up temporarily, and was immediately dragged into another battlefield full of gunfire by Wei Ran.

(End of this chapter)