Soul to the Rhine

Chapter 131 Settled
"Lady Adeline?"

The person in the office turned out to be Mrs. Adeline, who had gone to the concentration camp with her. However, there was a resistance in the concentration camp at that time. Adeline was knocked unconscious by a German officer, and she moved to the Eastern Front.

After meeting an old friend after a long absence, Rosia felt a little better, but the current situation didn't seem to be very good. Just looking at Adeline's eyes gleaming, she felt like nothing good was going on.

"Oh my god, it's so great that you're here now!" Adeline sighed and stood up from the desk: "There is currently a shortage of manpower here, and almost everyone is used as three people. It's great."

Sure enough, nothing good happened.

"The Nuremberg Trials are not over yet, and there are really too many things going on now. So, when can you work?"

Rosia glanced at her helplessly: "Madam, you just said that one person here should be treated as three people."

"That's right, that's right."

"So, do you want to give the salary to three people?"

Mrs. Adeline was startled for a moment, then smiled and winked at her: "Okay, I give everyone else one salary, so I'll add three to yours."

"I suddenly had a bad feeling." Rosia put on a sad face.

"what happened?"

"I thought you might use me as nine."

"Haha." Mrs. Adeline laughed heartily: "You are right, that's what I thought."

The two smiled at each other and left the office together. Mrs. Adeline introduced her to several partners she would contact at work.The Red Cross has a lot of work, not only to contact civilians, but also to contact the army. Because she went to the battlefield for a long time and can speak many languages, she is very useful here, just like Mrs. Adeline As she said, she really used her as if she were nine people.

For example, voluntary treatment, material rescue, medical assistance, various physical examinations for the public, military material deployment, drug supplies, and even various Red Cross activities were carried out. At the beginning, she was so busy that she almost couldn't touch the ground. I don't even have time to look around.Usually I'm so tired that I don't even want to lift my arms and legs, so I just fall on the bed and fall asleep.

Two weeks later, she finally had a half-day vacation. She changed into new clothes early in the morning, and took Uncle Dog with her to go shopping.

She had been so busy in the past two weeks that her mind was completely blank. She didn't take good care of her own food, and therefore she didn't take good care of Ted.At first, Ted was still arrogant and unwilling to rush her, but in the end, this guy couldn't bear to eat every day, and would stop her from entering the room to sleep whenever he saw her coming home.

Rosia was the most tired at night, and usually went back to her room to sleep without eating. Ted was big, and blocking the door with his white teeth was particularly scary. Rosia had no choice but to drag her exhausted body. Get it something to eat.After going back and forth, she actually didn't lack for three meals a day, and her body didn't get damaged after such a long time.

She is currently living in a dormitory of the Red Cross Society and has not come out for a long time.It was rare to go out to buy things at this time, and she realized how bad the situation in Berlin was in the Soviet-occupied area.

Perhaps this situation existed not only in the Soviet-occupied areas, but also in the US-occupied areas, but she didn't see it.

At first, she just thought that Berlin was broken, but as she walked, she realized that something was wrong. There were almost no young people in this city, even men.People walking along the street were women hurriedly walking with their heads lowered. They were dressed in shabby clothes, carrying cloth bags, and holding a skinny yellow child with their other hand.

Standing on the street and looking around, the whole city reveals a deep despair. There are only old people, women and children here, with no family support or support.Even when they met the Soviets, they had no reaction. It was a kind of numbness and hollowness after despair.

Rosia has been to so many cities, and the situation in each city was not very good, but there has never been one like Berlin, which has the air of death to its core.

These people are pitiful.They are worthy of sympathy and innocent, but this is also the result of Germany's first invasion of Europe. Retribution comes so quickly. It is impossible to say who is right and who is wrong, who is wrong and who is right. It can only be that from now on no one owes anyone anything.

Rosia and Ted felt like they were walking in a city visited by zombies, which felt very bad.She lost all thought of shopping, found a food store, bought a bunch of food and hurried back.

In the evening, the meal was a little richer, and Ted was very satisfied with the meal, so he didn't block her door, but lay down on the big chair to rest.Rosia poked the empty bowl with her chopsticks in a daze for a while, before she came back to her senses, piled the dishes together, and sent them to the kitchen.

Ted stretched his neck to look at her back, tilted his head, and suddenly jumped down from the chair. His feet made no sound when he stepped on the ground, and he walked in quietly.

The sound of the faucet covered up her movements. Ted waited for a while but didn't see any reaction from her, so he stretched out his paw and patted her feet.

Rosia lowered her head and met its eyes: "What? You haven't eaten enough yet?"

Ted shook his head. His belly was round and full.

Rosia was funny: "Then why did you come in? Do you want to wash the dishes for me?"

Ted stuck out half of his tongue, then raised a front paw and reached for the sink.

"Do you really want to brush it?" Rosia was surprised. This dog raised by Heinrich is really amazing.She looked at the sink and the plastic gloves next to it, and suddenly she got a little playful. She took out a shiny plate and placed it on the ground. She pricked its paws with the plastic gloves, and then poured two drops of cleaning liquid on the plate. .

"Okay, give it a try."

Ted was indeed here to help. He actually put his paw down on the plate and started spinning around.But there was oil in the dish, and the plastic bag inside was very slippery. The guy couldn't control his strength, and with a hard force, his claws slipped on it, and he slid out with a sizzle.It was instantly frightened and hurriedly retracted its claws in an attempt to control its body. However, the more it touched the plate, the more slippery its claws became. After two or three frictions, its whole body fell to the ground.

The plate was spun several times by it, and there was a clanking sound, and all the oil stains and water splashed out. Rosia and Ted hid outside at the same time. As a result, one hit the door, the other hit the dishwashing table, and the other hit the sink. It was such a loud bang.

This is really a crazy situation.

Rosia's back hurt from the impact, and Ted didn't feel much better either. He whimpered and shook his paws, feeling quite aggrieved to see it.

She was rubbing her waist and frowning, but when she saw it like this, she couldn't help but smile and said in a good mood: "You have today too."

Ted bent his legs, walked inside, stopped in front of her, and rubbed her hand.It was the first time in a long time that Rosia had seen it so docile, and she couldn't help but reach out and touch its head.

"Ted, that's great." Rosia stroked the hair on its head: "I'm very happy, thank you."

Ted didn't move, only turned his head, and her eyes were so clear that she couldn't help but be stunned.

Then she rubbed its head vigorously, leaned towards it, and asked: "Ted, you said, Heinrich will definitely come back, right? You are so cute, how could he be willing to leave you?" ,right?"

Of course Ted didn't say anything, and Rosia asked several more questions: "Really, right?"

The kitchen was quiet for a while, then Ted broke away from her hand, turned around and ran out.Rosia was stunned, then smiled, picked up the plate on the floor and put it into the sink.

After packing her things, she returned to the room, sat on the edge of the bed and looked at the small room, and suddenly felt that it was time to write a letter to Aunt Mesha.

There was too much to say, and she didn't mention anything about her experience in the past two years. She only said that she was very good and asked them if they would like to come over. If the situation in France was good, she could come over.

The next day, she found the post office and mailed the letter.

"Hey, miss, please wait."

Rosia turned around: "What's wrong?"

"Sorry, I just have a question." The front desk staff was a young woman in her 30s. She stood up and said, "Is your name Rosia Franti?"

Rosia was startled: "It's me, but..." The sender she filled in on the letter clearly had a Chinese name. How could this person know her German name?

The staff member heaved a sigh of relief, and explained with a smile: "That's right, we received a package a few months ago, which was addressed to Miss Fronty, but we didn't find you according to the above address." , I sent it back and couldn’t find the sender, so I’ve been holding it here for several months.”

Rosia was still puzzled: "Then how do you know that person is me, not someone with the same name?"

"This..." The staff member was a little embarrassed: "It's a bit presumptuous to say that, in principle, we can't press the package here. This package has been pressed here for too long and has exceeded our deadline, so the boss asked us to send the package Take it apart and see if you can find the recipient's information inside, and it just so happens that there is your photo inside... Of course, our staff has not touched anything inside."

Rosia came over. She could understand what people here did, but what she was more confused about was, who would send her a package and send it to Berlin?Could it be Ilana?But they had only been separated for less than a month.

The staff took out a package from inside. The sealant on it was well sealed and there were no signs of disassembly.

This post office is very honest.

Rosia took it and thanked her, then walked out the door with the thin mail.After walking out of the door, she looked at the shipping address carefully.

Zurich?
Switzerland?

She was a little confused, as if she didn't know people in Switzerland, so why would a Swiss bank send documents?

An envelope like this can probably contain nothing but paper.

She returned to the dormitory in confusion all the way, took a paper knife and cut open the envelope. As expected, it contained paper.

Pulling it out to take a look, she took a quick tour and was completely stunned.

Property transfer certificate.

What is this ghost?

There were four pieces of paper in it, and she read them carefully one by one before finally understanding them.

Heinrich's bank account in Switzerland, the property has now been transferred to her name.

The time was changed to August 1943. At that time, wasn't he fighting in the Battle of Kursk?There's still time for this.

The last one shows his assets stored in the bank. In a dense row, there are his salary, promotion rewards, property distributed by military rank, and countless... bribes from others.

Rosia's eyes circled after watching it for a while.As a doctor, strictly speaking, although she is not rich, she is not short of money to spend.

Although the salary from the Red Cross was not very generous, she had not had any big expenses for so many years, and she did not have to buy a house or a car, so she had a lot left over.Originally, she planned to buy a modest house in West Germany when she had enough money, and then live there.

But now it seems that she has the capital to invest?

After wandering away for a while, Rosia stuffed the few pieces of paper back into the envelope and found a place to put it away.

It's not the time for the Cold War yet, and everything is not too urgent.

……

On Christmas Eve in 45, Rosia received a reply from Aunt Mesa, and along with the letter came the little Pinocchio.

After not seeing each other for three years, the little guy had grown a lot and had reached her chest. Rosia made a gesture and felt that she couldn't hold him anymore.

Aunt Mesa is still in France, saying she has some things to deal with and will be back after Christmas.

After Pino arrived, Rosia could no longer live in the Red Cross dormitory.She finally started taking action and went to the US-occupied area every day to look for a house. Finally, with the help of an American architect, she settled on a three-story villa with a very good environment, a small lake and a back garden. It is a newly built community.Of course, the price is quite expensive, but with a batch of money left by Heinrich, both of them paid half, so it was quite easy.

Rosia originally wanted to take a few days off to buy furniture, but Mrs. Adeline directly issued a dispatch order for her. Not long ago, a Red Cross branch office and a hospital were established here in the US-occupied area. Since she settled here , just change the place to work.

The layout of the room was the same as when he lived in France. Pino seemed to be very concerned about such things. He ordered others to look presentable when buying things and placing them. Rosia stepped aside and smiled. Watching him arrange it.

In March 46, when the spring was warm and the flowers were blooming, Aunt Meisha also came back, and the three of them chatted for a while.When Rosia was asked about her experiences in the past three years, she only picked out some interesting things and told them a little bit. When she put them together, she was able to make the story go smoothly.

The turmoil of the war has passed, and it seems that everything has calmed down. Rosia started to work on what Heinrich explained.Every week, she would write letters to the German Funeral Committee, asking about the situation of those soldiers, and almost every week she would get news of the death of several soldiers. At this time, she would silently send out the suicide notes in the box. Just send the military badge.

In the blink of an eye, it has been 47 years, and soldiers captured on the Western Front have begun to be released one after another. Although the number is not large, Rosia still has hope in her heart.

She knew that the Soviet Union would not release him so early, but she couldn't help but put up a sign with Heinrich's name on the Berlin station with some information about him written on it.

At this time, she had stopped sending letters to the funeral committee, because most of the owners of those military plaques were dead, and the status of the few replies was missing.

By 48, more and more people were released, and these people were all captured by the United States and Britain.I have to say that these two are really good opponents. No matter what, at least they act like gentlemen.Rosia watched the broadcast on TV and found that the United States only allowed them to undergo simple labor camps, and then let them have a full stomach and undergo ideological awakening in prison.Not only that, they also gave the German officers enough time to think about how to escape from prison so that their lives would not be boring.

Contrary to the United States, none of the prisoners in the Soviet Union returned.When Rosia saw that the men of the neighbors on this street had returned, she couldn't help but feel strange.

In the second half of the year, Rosia welcomed someone here.

She was weeding in the back garden when she heard a knock on the door, so she dropped her hoe and went to open the door.

As soon as she opened the door, Rosia was stunned. There was a man in military uniform standing outside the door, standing upright and smiling at her.She stared blankly for a long time, then suddenly raised her hand to cover her mouth, crying and laughing.

　I originally wanted to write about the post-war environment, such as the Soviet Union’s xxxx against the people in Berlin. I’ve tortured you for so long just thinking about it, so I’d better not write about it.But if you are interested, you can watch "Women from Berlin". Well, it is quite heavy!

　　
　
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