War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 759 New Year's Gift
On the morning of the first day of the new year, Sui Sui got up early in the rare morning. After opening the door, she threw the presents on the bed one by one.

Almost before and after, sisters Katenka and Lola also opened the door, and each saw the door gift.Glancing at the "neighbors" on the left and right, the girls immediately carried their presents back to their rooms, sat on the carpet and began to unwrap the presents.

"This is from my father, and this is from my mother." Sui Sui handed the two boxes to Wei Ran who was on the bed, then picked up a long box to look at, and handed it over, "This is Grandpa Nikolai gave it to you."

After receiving three gifts in a row, Wei Ran was the first to unwrap the one his aunt gave him. What made him dumbfounded was that there was a big glass jar in the box, but inside was a layer of red dates and a layer of peanuts. A layer of longan and a layer of melon seeds.

"This is the early birth of a precious son?" Wei Ran looked at Sui Sui dumbfounded, but found that the other party was also holding a glass jar of the same size in a daze. The only difference between the two jars was the arrangement of the four dried fruits inside. The order is different.

"Very good, very good." Sui Sui grinned awkwardly and said, "There is no shortage of snacks to eat now."

"Indeed, one can for one fox." Wei Ran said, and handed over the glass jar in his hand to the former, and at the same time did not forget to tease, "My aunt is quite thoughtful."

Hearing this, Sui Sui rolled her eyes, and angrily stuffed the two glass jars directly under the bed.

The two tacitly picked up the gift the professor gave them, Sui Sui shook the gift in his hand and said flauntingly, "Mine is bigger than yours."

"Not a jar of pickles?"

Wei Ran joked with a smile, and when the other party rolled his eyes for the second time, he tore open the packaging of the gift box that was only the size of a power bank in his hand.

What he didn't expect was that what he took out this time was a very good-looking German Air Force gravity knife from World War II!

On the wooden handle of this gravity knife, the name "Felix von Goethe" is also written in beautiful Gothic German script. outlined by silk.

Turning the handle of the knife over, the Gothic German writing on this side is also outlined with gold wire, but the content has changed to the notorious sentence "My glory is loyalty".

Skillfully throwing away the blade, there is not even a trace of rust on it, let alone any traces of use, and even the edge is still sharp.

Could it be that this thing was also found in this house? Wei Ran muttered to himself, retracted the blade of the gravity knife, and put it into the pocket of his pajamas.

Meanwhile, Sui Sui let out a cheer as she unpacked a camera from her gift box.

Finally, he tore open the gift from Mr. Nicholas, and what was inside was a Tula brand double-barreled shotgun with complicated decorative patterns.

Looking at the gift that Nicholas gave Suisui, although the other party has not opened it yet, just looking at the big and small Wei Ran of that gift, one can tell that the other party will soon open a shotgun.

At the same time, the Katenka sisters in the next room also opened the gift given to them by Mr. Nicholas, but, unlike Wei Ran and Sui Sui, what the two sisters got were two weird-looking dark gray guns. Matte Dagger.

If Wei Ran saw it at this time, he would probably immediately remember that he had seen Teacher Dalia use the same style of dagger more than once.

In contrast, the New Year's gifts that the Lola sisters received were much more normal. In addition to a beautiful Snow Maiden doll, each of them also got a beautiful dress.

Before Wei Ran and Sui Sui could pack up the torn wrapping paper, Gou Zi, who was lying on the floor at the foot of the bed, suddenly stood up, hunched over and stared out of the window vigilantly.

Immediately afterwards, the two big-eared foxes that were overturned by it also imitated the posture of guarding with their big ears. From time to time, they turned their heads left and right, driving the big ears to turn the direction, apparently hearing what.

He opened the curtains and looked out. Unfortunately, except for the mist escaping from the direction of the river, he really didn't find anything unusual.

"There seem to be wild boars and foxes on this island"

While Sui Sui was talking, she had already put the shotgun she just got on her shoulders, and asked excitedly, "Shall we go out and have a look? By the way, we can go hunting again?"

"In such a cold day, you still plan to go hunting in your pajamas?"

While Wei Ran was talking, he had already started to change his clothes. However, until Sui Sui got dressed, Beria was still vigilant, but the two little foxes had long since lost patience and jumped to the On the bed, he got into the quilt that was still warm.

By the time the two of them walked downstairs with their shotguns, Professor Alexei had already filled the fireplace with firewood, and Mr. Nicholas had leisurely cooked a large pot of black tea.

"Victor, thank you for giving me the leather jacket and leather boots." Mr. Nicholas paused, then continued with a smile, "Thank you, Aurora, for giving me the riding helmet."

"As long as you like it." Wei Ran shook the shotgun in his hand, "Thank you for giving me such a good gift, I can't help but want to go out and try it now."

"Dad, do you have any 12-gauge bullets?" Sui Sui directly approached Professor Alexei who had just finished working.

"It should be in that drawer"

Professor Alexey pointed and complained dissatisfiedly, "Don't you thank me?"

"Did you dig this out of this house?" Wei Ran asked curiously, taking out the gravity knife in his hand.

"I refuse to answer your question." Professor Alexey said with a stubborn attitude, "unless you give me another New Year's gift."

"The alcohol detector I bought doesn't work?" Wei Ran asked with a grin.

"I've quit drinking"

Professor Alexey blew his beard and stared, and waited until Sui Sui had stuffed the bullets into the pocket of Wei Ran's down jacket, and then explained impatiently, "I was in the attic when I was decorating. It was found in the house, when it was placed on the beams of the house."

"Is there anything else in the attic?" Wei Ran asked subconsciously. When cleaning up the house two days ago, he didn't go to the attic to look.

"There is also a TT33 pistol and a P38 pistol." Professor Alexey spread out his hands, "but I have already sold those two guns."

"Let's go, now is not the time to talk about this." Before Sui Sui finished speaking, she had already dragged Wei Ran out of the room.

“It's nice to be young”

Holding the teacup, Nicholas sighed, and seeing the Katenka sisters coming down, he immediately greeted the two sisters warmly and kindly to drink tea, and also expressed his gratitude to the two of them for the gift they gave him.

Outside the door, Wei Ran also let go of Beria's leash after loading the shotgun with bullets.

Thanks to the training of the past few months, even at this time, the dog did not rush up, but walked in the middle of Wei Ran and Sui Sui step by step, neither faster nor faster than the two of them People are slow.At the same time, he did not forget to help the two of them guide the direction of the prey.

However, after chasing all the way, the expression on Wei Ran's face became more and more strange, because this direction was exactly the direction in which the New Year's fir tree was cut down before!

Seeing the distance getting closer, Beria's state became more and more focused. At the same time, Wei Ran also smelled the unique smell of burning cigarettes.

Gradually, a Ural 375 truck wrapped in a white thermal insulation blanket appeared in the field of vision. The cargo compartment of this truck was also covered with a white thermal insulation blanket tarpaulin, but it was colorfully painted with various seemingly and mysterious Learn the strange patterns of detachment.

Not to mention, the back of the truck is also pulling a walking tractor full of garbage. On the left hand side of the front of the truck, there is a blonde woman in the same colorful clothes, trying to light a bonfire in a tin bucket On the right hand side, there is a bearded man vigorously swinging the pickaxe, obviously preparing to dig out the half of the tail.

Before Wei Ran could figure out how to deal with it, Sui Sui aimed the gun at the canopy above the truck's head and pulled the trigger decisively!
"boom!"

After the deafening gunshots, the pickaxe in the bearded man's hand flew out and was installed on the tree trunk, the lighter in the woman's hand also fell into the tin bucket with a clang, and even the pickaxe in the middle of Wei Ran and Sui Sui Beria, the dog, put his ears back and put his tail on his back.

It wasn't until the snow that was shaken by the gunshots and shotguns fell on the heads of the two people that Sui Sui said coldly, "This is private land, please leave immediately!"

Before she finished speaking, the bearded man and the colorfully dressed woman immediately raised their hands. Just by the way the woman's eyes were rolling around, it was obvious that the other party was not planning to leave so easily. .

"We just want to camp here for a few days to rest," the woman said as she walked towards Sui Sui, "for New Year's sake, please."

"boom!"

After the second gunshot, a scar the size of a bowl appeared on the trunk of a pine tree less than five meters away from the rear of the car. The woman also swallowed the second half of her speech and hurriedly stepped back. took a step.

"Can you at least let us take this piece of scrap iron?" the bearded man asked, "We found it after a long search."

"You better not let me shoot"

Taking advantage of Sui Sui's time to change bullets, Wei Ran raised the shotgun in his hand, "My aim is much better than hers, you either leave now, or I invite the police to lock you up for the crime of stealing and digging war sites .”

Before Wei Ran finished speaking, the bearded man's expression changed immediately, "We're leaving right away, we're leaving here right away! Do you need me to help you bury the half of the tail of the plane?"

"You still have a minute to put down our walking tractor and start your car, otherwise I don't mind using a slug to boost the power of your truck engine." Before Wei Ran finished speaking, he had already changed the bullet Sui Sui also raised the shotgun in his hand again.

The bearded man gritted his teeth, and happily disconnected the trailer bar between the truck and the tractor, then reached out and opened the door cursingly, talking to the woman in a language that Wei Ran couldn't understand.

"Sui Sui, hide behind that big tree!"

As Wei Ran spoke, he pulled Sui Sui vigilantly and hid behind a waist-thick pine tree. By the way, he also called Beria over.

Even through the car window, he could still see the flash of cruelty on the faces of the bearded man and the colorful woman.

Fortunately, in the end, after the truck that came out of nowhere deliberately hit the walking tractor, it followed the ruts left by them and left the miscellaneous forest from another direction.

"Gypsies?" Wei Ran asked Sui Sui who was also relieved until the truck ran away completely.

"It must be them," Sui Sui said in a particularly affirmative tone, "It's really unlucky to meet them on the first day of the new year."

Hearing this, Wei Ran couldn't help but secretly cursed bad luck.The so-called Gypsies have a more resounding name - Gypsies.

But don't think of gypsy girls and romantic caravans when you see this word. They are all artistic beautification.

In fact, in Europe and even the Americas, especially in the Balkans, these gypsies can basically be linked to a series of unscrupulous adjectives such as "lazy", "subsistence allowances", "thief", and "human traffickers".

This is not discrimination or ugly words. In fact, even in Russia, the best way to get along with gypsy people is to stay away from them, especially when the other party has begun to take advantage of you. Most of the time, Sui Sui’s response is really The best way to deal with it.

Otherwise, just be a little more polite to them, and in the days to come, there may be less of this and less of that in your home.

The most exaggerated thing is that once they think there is something cheap to take, a large number of gypsy people will appear around your house in a very short period of time.

As for whether there are good people among the gypsy people, be it Wei Ran or Sui Sui, they don't have the time and experience, and risk being deceived to make a careful distinction—especially when the other party is still preparing to send them away on the first day of the new year. The premise of stealing the walking tractor for himself.

“Not bad luck”

Wei Ran, who came back to his senses, pointed to the tail of the plane that had been dug out in half not far away, "At least they left a New Year's gift."

"Is this the wreckage of the plane?" Sui Sui asked quickly, "Is it the same as the wreckage you took me to see in the garage yesterday?"

"I guess it should be," Wei Ran replied vaguely.

"But why did they come to dig it at this time?" Sui Sui squatted down on the edge of the wing and asked in puzzlement.

"Volgograd and its surrounding areas are the war relic protection areas of the Battle of Stalingrad. It is illegal to excavate war relics here. If anyone digs the Mamayev Mound, I guess they will be shot. It's not impossible to consider."

After the teasing, Wei Ran continued with an affirmative tone, "It's not surprising that they came to dig at this time. Everyone is busy with the New Year now, and only at this time no one noticed them."

"Will you be fined if you get caught?" Sui Sui asked with a pointed smile, "I remember that there was no ferry leaving Goronid Island today, right?"

"Maybe it will be sentenced to a few years." Wei Ran responded at the same time, he had already pulled out his mobile phone and dialed the alarm number.

(End of this chapter)