All Heavens Film and Television: Starting from Caring for the Widow of a Comrade-in-arms

"No problem, then call Philisto to have dinner at the factory tomorrow night."

"Have you prepared good wine?"

"This time it's shochu! I finally got it, and I even prepared a bottle of red wine from 20 years ago for the boss."

"I'll call Philisto tomorrow night," said Ollieto.

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Philisto drove very steadily, even if the road was bumpy, Russell didn't feel the car shake too much.

"Tell me about the town."

"Okay, there was a burglary case in the small town. Lawyer Ottobi died at home. His chest was pierced by his family's kitchen knife, and tens of thousands of lire of items and cash were lost."

"Mr. Mayor went to check it himself and said it was done by bandits. We must investigate thoroughly."

"But some residents don't think so. They think Ottobi's death is very strange, saying that the soul of Castilla came back and took his life, because Ottobi often hangs around Marlena's house."

"Someone also mentioned you, but the mayor stopped the rumors, saying that you are a dedicated security officer, but there are some things that need to be dealt with in my hometown these days."

Russell wanted to laugh when he heard that.

The mayor became a lot more sensible after being scared to pee.

"Godfather, there is one thing that is unusual."

"what's up?"

"Marlena, the most beautiful woman in the town, went out to the beach after you left the town. But after Ottoby died, Marlena never left her room."

"Did she hear the gossip?"

"Yes."

The residents of the small town can be said to have shown their humanity to the fullest, no matter what happens, they can always blame Marlena.

It seems to want to dye this white flower black.

It's all about jealousy.

When the topic came to this point, Russell was not ready to continue asking, he had already heard the answer he wanted.

Lawyer Ottoby is dead.

"Philisto, you will be in charge of leading a team in the future, and usually drive for me."

Ahead, Philisto couldn't help expressing his joy when he heard the words.

"Yes, thank you, Godfather! I, Philisto, would give my life and do anything for you."

"Do well."

"Ok."

The car stopped at the door of the sea view room, and Felisto got out of the car and opened the door.

Russell got out of the car and said, "I'm going to treat Marina to dinner tomorrow, you go and prepare a good bottle of red wine."

Philisto was taken aback, and lowered his head in response: "Okay."

This sentence is to reveal to him the relationship between Russell and Marlena, and it is also telling him that you will be on your own in the future.

Not everyone is qualified for the position of driver, and those who are capable are absolute confidants.

Now Philisto, Olijatu, and Niveno are already on the same starting line.

And the three people have a clear division of labor, one is in charge of the cigarette factory, one is in charge of food export, and the other is in charge of the "legion".

Sylvana was very happy to see Russell back. She prepared a table of food and went to boil hot water.

"I'm sorry, sir, I forgot one important thing."

"what's up?"

Sylvana took out a wallet from the cabinet and put it on the dining table.

"This is the wallet from Marlena. I didn't open it."

Russell opened the wallet, and knew the reason why Malena hadn't been out of the room for several days.

"Well, tomorrow I will personally invite Marlena to my house for dinner."

"Okay, I'll be ready."

As for Marina knowing the real reason for the death of lawyer Ottoby, Russell had nothing to say. Even if he told her clearly that Ottoby was disposed of by him, so what?

Malena didn't want to go out of the room, just because she didn't want to face the pointing fingers of the residents.

The last time the dentist couple died, she also heard gossip, but she still passed by the busy street to her father's house calmly.

As for Ottoby's death, the residents poured dirty water on Marlena again.

But this time something is different...

The next day.

The sky is clear and it will be autumn in a few days, and the temperature in Sicily has dropped a few degrees.

After lunch, Russell was drinking tea and reading the newspaper on the sofa.

Here comes Philisto.

He was carrying a wooden box and a basket of chocolates.

"Godfather, good afternoon, this is a 1920 red wine, which Niveno got from Palermo."

"Niveno is very good at enjoying it."

Philisto scratched his head.

"Is something wrong?"

Philisto nodded, and said cautiously: "Godfather, Nivino wants to drink with me tonight, Olijatu will be there too, I..."

Russell said, "Nivino wants to get close to you, so go ahead."

"But I still have to drive for you."

"I won't go there today. If you are there, it will disturb my good business."

Philisto opened his mouth, "Okay."

After he leaves, Russell glances at the wine, which says 1920 Marsala on the label.

This wine has a centuries-old history in Italy and is produced in western Sicily.

It's just that no one drinks it just out of the pot, because it's really hard to drink.

In fact, it is a kind of blended wine. On the way to England a hundred years ago, businessmen were afraid that the long journey would spoil it, so they mixed high-purity spirits into it, but they did not expect that it was very popular in Britain. Fifty barrels of Marsala The wine sold out quickly!

Therefore, the older the wine, the purer the taste.

"It seems that the wineries in Sicily are also doing something wrong."

In a few years after the war is over, tobacco and alcohol are the most indispensable things in the upper class.

Russell got up, picked up the chocolate, and left the sea view room.

Time to meet Marlena.

She should be anxious too.

Chapter 19 Lovely Malena, do you want me to feed you?

After saying goodbye to his godfather, Philisto walked home.

I met a few acquaintances on the street and greeted him cordially. In the past, these acquaintances would only avoid him.

His home is located at the edge of the town, a dilapidated clay tile house, with two small rooms crowded with six people, including his wife, two children, and elderly parents.

Since Mussolini came to power, the war has followed closely, making the already poor families even worse.

In order to survive, Philisto once went to the docks of Palermo to work as a stevedore, leaving his children and parents to his wife.

A few years ago, when his father was able to move, he repaired houses for others to earn some extra money. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. His father fell from a height and broke his leg during a job. He has been bedridden ever since.

However, his mother's health is not good, and she can't do heavy work, so she can only do some weaving work at home.

After Philisto came back, he gave all the money he saved to his wife, but the wife exchanged the money for medicine to treat his father...

If it hadn't been for Olijatu's help in the past two years, their family would have starved to death.

Some time ago, Olijatu invited him to go to sea to work, and Philisto agreed without any hesitation. He went to sea with him once and got a thousand lire.

When he came back, he bought his wife beautiful clothes, and he was scolded by his wife, saying that he spent money recklessly.

Sicilians attach great importance to family, and they have integrated the concept of family into their bones. Even when taking photos, they can't do without any member of the family.

Also, Sicilians never considered themselves Italian.

Although Philisto didn't go to sea this time, he didn't get paid.

But he did something for the godfather, so he was promoted!

Is it just promotion?

Do not!

There is also cash compensation.

After killing Otuobi, he made the scene of Otuobi's death look like a burglary, and took away all the wealth accumulated by Otuobi.

A whole forty-three thousand lire!

Philisto wanted to see the godfather and hand it over to him, but the godfather didn't even look at it, as if it had nothing to do with this matter.

He knew very well that this was a gift from the godfather.

From the gap in the wall, Philisto took out a square wrapped in newspaper, which contained more than 4 lire banknotes.

At the moment, he is very excited.

Because he didn't feel that the money belonged to him a few days ago, he didn't give it to his wife.But now the money belongs to him!

With this money, his family will no longer have to go hungry, and can repair the dilapidated house, and even change his father's bicycle into a wheelchair!

He returned home and called his wife into the empty warehouse.

"look!"

The wife stared and covered her mouth in astonishment, with a look of disbelief.

"Oh! Philisto, where did you get that?"

"I did something for my boss, which was rewarded to me by the boss."

"Yes, but this is too much. Is your boss so generous?"

"Of course, you will know later. Now you need to plan how to spend the money, because there will be a steady stream of money coming into your pocket later."

Wife: "But I'm just a peasant woman, and I don't know how to spend money."

"Please, you are my wife, you have the final say on our family! You can spend it however you want."

The wife rubbed her hands and said, "Then build a wheelchair for father first, and then buy ten sheep... Mom's bed creaks, how about we make a new bed?"

"Otherwise we build a new house, the children each have a room, so we will have a private space, and buy some clothes for mom and dad."

"Building a house is very expensive... We can buy clothes for our parents first, and the most important thing is to build a wheelchair for my father. He must be in a bad mood every day in bed."

Seeing this, Philisto hugged his wife emotionally, and revealed his true feelings: "You have suffered with me these years."

"No, I'm very happy."

Philisto is very grateful to Russell, because his appearance has given the impoverished households on the edge of the town enough to eat.

Now, he can also make life good for parents, wives and children.

You can also live like the residents in the center of the town, and you don't have to live the hard life of eating bran swallowed vegetables.

And all of this is given by the Godfather.

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The surroundings of Malianna's house are very quiet. What is different from the past is that now no one dares to come near her house in an attempt to see the spring scenery.