War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 800 A New Year's Gift for Chen Qi

On the night of returning to China, when Wei Ran finished his stay at Chen Guangling's house and returned to the hotel, the four girls headed by Sui Sui were building the Great Wall around the mahjong table in the room.

Hearing words such as "[-], Erbing, Yaoji, Peng" coming out of the mouths of the little girl Lola and sister Katenka, Wei Ran couldn't help but shook his head, resigned to his fate Put the milk tea bought along the way on the table.

"Thank you." Suisui took the milk tea and took a sip from the boss, and asked while throwing a piece of mahjong, "What are your plans for tomorrow?"

"What about you?" Wei Ran sat cross-legged on the sofa, "What's your arrangement?"

"Tomorrow and the next two days, I will take the three of them to work for two days, and have a small meeting with my classmates to plan the future development."

Sui Sui simply buckled up her cards and sat cross-legged on a chair, showing off while drinking milk tea, "Now we have four routes: Inta, Tunguska River self-driving, American Farm, and Maya's ranch. So I have to make a good plan, and by the way, I am going to ask my godfather and godmother to come over and help me, and I will organize a product launch conference between peers before the year."

"Need my help?" Wei Ran asked with a smile.

"I don't need your help," Sui Sui said proudly, "I have Katenka and Lola helping me."

"Since that's the case, you should do your work first. I'm going to meet some friends in the next two days." Wei Ran couldn't help but secretly heaved a sigh of relief when he said this.He really can't help with what the other party said just now.

A few words and a few words settled the matter for the next few days, sisters Katenka and Lola each got up and left the room with their own milk tea.

"This drink is delicious." As the door closed, Lola couldn't help but said, "I wonder if this kind of drink can be sold in the Time Library."

"Tomorrow you can ask Aurora"

The Katenka sisters responded in unison, and then took a sip of the milk tea in their respective hands in unison.

"I guess there will be something better and more delicious tomorrow," Anfeya said with full expectation.

"That's right"

Anfisa nodded in agreement, "The hawthorn pierced with very thin chopsticks that I ate today is also delicious. We can try to make it ourselves when we go back."

Hearing this, Lola shivered subconsciously, and said in a panic, "Just do it yourself. Don't you need it?"

"Are you doubting our cooking skills?" Anfeya asked with a smile as she put her arms around Lola's shoulders.

"No, I never doubted it!" Lola cried sadly, "I swear, no one will doubt your cooking skills."

"I guess so." Anfisa nodded with a smile, "I remember that the boss seems to have planted a hawthorn tree in the yard this fall, but he seems to be only interested in the leaves."

"We'll try it when that tree bears fruit next year!"

Anfeya swiped her card to open the door and said, "We can try filling it with cheese then, it's definitely better than the red stuffing we ate today."

"You can also try chocolate." Before Anfisa finished her sentence, she had already pushed Lola, who had no sense of expectation on her face, into the room of the three of them.

In the blink of an eye the next morning, Sui Sui left the hotel with sisters Katenka and Lola who knocked on the door.In the room, Wei Ran, who was still lying on the bed, stared at the phone screen with rounded eyes.

Because just overnight, he found a trending search that seemed to have something to do with Ji Ma—chicken and eggs again.

Clicking in and looking at the video inside, Wei Ran grinned involuntarily. It was only a day. In the video, Jima and his parents already had a Leifeng hat with a red five-pointed star on their heads. , Even on the shoulder of this guy, there is a small canvas bag serving the people.

In addition, there is an extra Maya in this video who is not wearing a Leifeng hat, but is holding a folding fan from time to time to open it in these nine cold days, and let it twirl around her fingertips from time to time.

Not only that, the girl, like Jima's parents, held a large handful of candied haws in each hand, and there were also a few broken sugar figurines and amber sugar paintings in between.

And the Russian introductions with a strong Jinmen accent, which come from time to time in the video, also add a lot of comedy elements to this highly played video.

Seeing that this guy was having fun, Wei Ran put away his phone, got up and left the hotel.I took a taxi and went straight to a 4S store I was optimistic about yesterday.

With so many people brought back this time, buying a car has become a rigid need.After all, it is inconvenient to always take a taxi to go anywhere, plus the chatting in bed last night, even though Suisui's classmates rented an office address in their school, the only means of transportation is the one that Suisui bought back then. An electric car that is not much bigger than a matchbox, so even if this car can't be driven a few times a year after buying it, at least it won't be idle all the time.

Chatting with the taxi driver, Wei Ran wandered around the 4S shop for less than an hour, then picked out what was in stock and bought a low-end black Mattway.

However, Wei Ran's expression was not so satisfied until he paid by card and with the help of that enthusiastic salesman, successfully got a temporary license to drive back.

"It's different from what was written in the novel. Why didn't I meet a salesman who looked down upon others? This service is also a little bit better."

Wei Ran's face is full of regrets, this is the first time in his life to buy a car, and it's a full-payment car, not only the expected beautiful female salesman, but also the big salesman who weighs at least two hundred catties Incomparable enthusiasm.

Although this little evil taste was not satisfied, fortunately he still remembered the business to do today.

Now that the ending mission is completely over, and the matter of assassinating those scumbags has completely disappeared in the past few months, some things can naturally be done.

Driving the newly bought car all the way, when he parked the car again at the entrance of the alley in the small village of Langshi, it was just in time for lunch.

Glancing at the row of slightly low houses on top of the row of houses, there was a little green smoke coming out of the chimneys, but Wei Ran didn't get out of the car in a hurry, but just lowered the window, picked up a box of Zhonghua bought on the road and opened it. , took out one in his mouth and tapped it, casually observing the surrounding environment.

Until it was confirmed that there was no surveillance around the entrance of the alley, and before the plastic film had been torn off, a big red food box appeared on the passenger seat.

Gently opening the lid, Wei Ran took out a five-pointed star hat badge wrapped in glasses cloth from the second layer of the food box, and then turned out the business card that the American lawyer Carlos gave him back then.

"Hope you enjoy this New Year's gift"

Wei Ran put away the food box while muttering to himself, holding the five-pointed star cap badge and the business card that had been saved for a while, and pushed open the car door.

Walking along the not-so-spacious alley to the end, before Wei Ran had time to knock on the door, he heard an old but particularly powerful gong voice singing in the middle of the yard, "Forward! Forward! Forward! !Our troops to the sun, ready-sing!"

forward!forward!forward!

Our ranks to the sun,

Stepping on the land of the motherland,
Carrying the hope of the nation,
We are an invincible force.

At the end of the alley, Wei Ran withdrew his hand that was about to knock on the door, leaned against the wall and lit a cigarette again, smiled and listened to the small chorus from the yard, and tried hard to distinguish the voice of Mr. Zhao Shengli from the inside. Mr. Chen Qi's voice was heard.

But apart from these two old acquaintances, there are obviously more younger voices in the chorus. At the same time, in addition to the singing, there are also children's clapping, mixed with strong Good laugh.There is even a unique sound when it is almost continuous.

Until the singing ended, until the applause started, and patiently waited until the applause stopped, until Chen Qizhong shouted angrily, "Eat!"

Wei Ran in the alley outside the door just stubbed out his cigarette, reached out and knocked on the large iron gate that had obviously been repainted.

"The door is unlocked, just push it open!"

Inside the iron gate, Chen Qixuan's son, Chen Kaixuan, yelled loudly. At the same time, Wei Ran also saw Chen Kaixuan, who was wearing new clothes, running quickly through the crack of the door.

As the iron door was pushed open by Wei Ran, the middle-aged man's face was filled with surprise, "Wei Ran! Haha! Wei Ran! Why are you here! Hahahaha! Hurry up! Come in with me ! You came just in time!"

Before the words fell, the middle-aged man enthusiastically grabbed Wei Ran's arm, and led him inside while shouting, "Dad! Look who's coming!"

"Two old men, do you remember me?"

Wei Ran, who was almost empty-handed, asked loudly with a smile from a long distance away, and at the same time, he was also observing the whole yard full of people who were obviously taking pictures just now.

Among these people, there are not only the owner of the small shop who led Wei Ran with a SLR camera, but also a few people Wei Ran only met in the group photo hanging on the wall at Zhao Shengli's home.

Among these people, Wei Ran can still keenly perceive that there is a middle-aged man whose appearance is [-]% or [-]% similar to Zhao Shengli, and who stands extraordinarily straight with the middle-aged woman next to him holding his hand.

Unobtrusively glanced at the middle-aged hairstyles of the suspected couple, and then sneaked a glance at the indentation and color difference on the temples of the two of them, as well as the exceptionally clean shoes, Wei Ran quickly let his gaze focus on this The yard was swept around.

In addition to the middle-aged people just now, there are also a few young people who are not much different in age from him, as well as five or six children in the yard.

Needless to say those children, but among those young people, Wei Ran couldn't help noticing a young boy who subconsciously straddled his back and his skin was darker than the rest.

"You young man, how can you not remember!"

Zhao Shengli and his wife, Mrs. Sun, were the first to react, and enthusiastically held Wei Ran's hand, "Hurry up! Come and sit down, Lao Chen and I have called you several times, but we couldn't get through."

"Thanks to the kid"

Chen Qi smiled and said to the people around him, "If it weren't for this young man, Lao Zhao and I might never have the chance to meet each other in this lifetime!"

"That's what you said"

Wei Ran nodded politely to the people around him, and asked with a smile, "You two old men, are you taking a group photo?"

"No!"

Chen Qi patted his thigh, and greeted cheerfully, "Your arrival is just in time, before we move the stool back, hurry up and take a photo with us."

"That's a good proposal!" Zhao Shengli yelled angrily, "Take a picture together! I'll introduce you to each other after the shoot is over."

"Zhenzong, you are tired, bring this young man a chair!"

Mr. Chen Qi greeted him involuntarily, the spirit and vigor in his words was completely different from when Wei Ran first met him.

Taking advantage of the old man's inattention, Wei Ran gave Mr. Zhao Shengli a thumbs up, and the latter also blinked with a smile on his face, obviously understanding Wei Ran's silent praise for him.

Under the command of the owner of the commissary, under the insistence of the two old men, and under Wei Ran's refusal, he did not sit on the small stool between the two old men in the end, but squatted In front of them, he got together with those children and let the owner of the commissary take a group photo again.

After the shutter sound of continuous shooting ended, Mr. Zhao Shengli immediately introduced Wei Ran, and then introduced the people around him.

As expected, these people are all descendants of Zhao Shengli.Among them, the pair of middle-aged people who caught Wei Ran's attention were his youngest son, Zhao Heping, and Zhao Heping's wife, whom Mr. Zhao Shengli had mentioned to him.

In addition, the young man with slightly dark skin is also the youngest grandson Guowei mentioned by Zhao Shengli, and he is also the son of Zhao Heping.

After exchanging pleasantries, Wei Ran approached Chen Qi with a smile on his face, and asked with a smile, "Old man, guess why I came here?"

"I see, you kid must have come here for my military medal, didn't you?" Chen Qi asked jokingly.

"Then you are wrong"

Wei Ran signaled the other party not to enter the room in a hurry, "I'm here this time, besides having a meal with you, I'm also going to give you a small gift. Take a look at this and see if you know me?"

Before he finished speaking, he had already taken out the five-pointed star eight-one cap badge from his pocket, and gently placed it on Chen Qi's palm.

"This is our cap badge at that time."

Chen Qi subconsciously turned the cap badge over, then raised his brows in surprise, and trembled with excitement, "This is my cap badge! This is my cap badge! Look at the engraved on it. It's the word "Chen", and my daughter-in-law carved it with an awl on the sole of her shoe!"

"Where did you find it?" Zhao Shengli asked in surprise to Wei Ran who was standing under the eaves and giggling.

"I guessed it belonged to Mr. Chen"

Wei Ran feigned complacency and took out the business card he had prepared in advance and handed it over, "Mr. Chen, this cap badge is obtained from the person on the business card. He also has an Olympic hoodie with many people's names written on it." Woolen cloth!"

"What did you say?" Chen Qi excitedly looked at the business card in his hand, and then at Wei Ran.

"Do you want to call and ask?" Wei Ran took out his satellite phone while speaking, "Let's say it first, I don't speak English."

"Old Chen, how many sentences do you remember in English?" Zhao Shengli asked with a smile.

Hearing this, Chen Qizhong said angrily, "Give me a gun, and I'll make the American devils obediently raise their hands!"

(End of this chapter)