Chapter 1047 A decent dinner should have a decent dinner song
On the afternoon when Matvey left, Wei Ran, with Mrs. Via's permission, first disemboweled the headless pike that Lidia had brought back before, and melted the frozen fish entrails with warm water.
After opening it and cleaning it carefully, I threw them all into the enamel pot on the stove. Then I took a single photo of each of the new older children who joined yesterday.
They had broth to drink, new hats to wear, chocolates to eat, and they could watch animal performances and even have the opportunity to take photos to prove that they at least existed. These older children who were brought back by Wei Ran quickly developed a sense of belonging here.
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Not only that, this night, in addition to the bread that Lydia brought back to all the children, everyone's enamel cups also had some fresh diced fish and meat, as well as minced meat that had already been cooked.
As for the main part of the pike, it was naturally re-watered, frozen, and hung on the wall of the next room.
In the warm basement, Wei Yan nestled in the corner after dinner, absentmindedly playing with the luxury lighter that Matvey had given to him in return. This lighter could be relit after he added kerosene.
Comparing the flames he stoked again and again, Ke Na, who was leaning against the wall side by side with him, was also asking again and again without giving up, "So the day after tomorrow..."
"I'll catch mice the day after tomorrow," Wei Ran put away the lighter and responded again.
"Is it necessary to go so far away to catch mice?"
Kona looked at Weiran suspiciously. It was a few kilometers away from the zoo. If the tram transportation system was still operating in the past, it would not be far away.
But now, if this distance is covered on foot, with the physical strength of the residents of Leningrad, it would not be an accident even if they die halfway.
"We can't catch him around here" Wei Ran spread his hands, "so we can only go further."
"In that case, I will go with you the day after tomorrow." Kena said immediately, "You go catch mice, and I will go find firewood."
"no problem"
Wei Ran did not refuse as usual this time, "The firewood in the next room is only enough for two days at most. If you are willing to take the risk and spend a day to bet that you will definitely find firewood by following me, then let's go together."
Already."
"You're cheating," Ke Na muttered dissatisfied. "Go to bed early before you're hungry," Wei Ran said, wrapping himself tightly in the dirty wool blanket.
"The last question." Ke Na looked at Wei Ran without giving up. "What's the question?" "Those chocolates..."
"It was found on the body of a German pilot." Wei Ran deliberately yawned, "Okay, I'm going to sleep, good night Kona."
After saying that, he didn't care what the curious girl said and simply closed his eyes.
After another particularly difficult night due to hunger, Wei Ran was woken up early by the sound of artillery fire. He wrapped himself tightly in clothes and blankets and left the room alone to check the three mouse traps he had set up yesterday.
Even though it was expected and unexpected, these three mouse traps still did not catch any mice at all.
Not only that, the low temperature that day and the beautiful heavy snowfall above his head were beyond his expectations. In this kind of weather, let alone people, even rats would probably hide in their nests and refuse to come out.
Wrapped in a blanket, Wei Ran, who had found nothing, returned to the warm basement and gently added some firewood to the stove in the center of the room.
While he was busy here, Lidya had also gotten up unsteadily.
"It's very cold outside today," Wei Ran reminded, "if you go out to work, you'd better wear more clothes."
"Thanks"
Lidya weakly thanked her and helped Wei Ran prepare the crucial breakfast for the children - broth.
"Eat this," Wei Ran said while handing a piece of chocolate to Lidya.
"No…"
"Everyone has it, especially if you still need to work." Wei Ran said, already putting the piece of chocolate to Lidia's mouth.
But this time, she was unwilling to open her mouth. Seeing this, Wei Ran shook his head helplessly, threw the chocolate directly into his mouth, and then stuffed it into the other person's pocket.
A small piece of chocolate wrapped in paper.
Ignoring Lidya's attempt to refuse, Wei Ran continued his work, filling each child's cup with broth. By the way, he also stuffed a piece of chocolate into each child's mouth.
After a simple breakfast, Lidia went out to work as usual. Wei Ran and Ke Na also watched Mrs. Via eat the chocolate given to her, and then went out with the older children headed by Alexander.
Find vital firewood.
"It's so cold here"
Kona trembled and muttered feebly, and by the way, she swallowed the chocolate that had just melted in her mouth into her stomach.
"Firewood is getting harder and harder to find. Does any of you know where to find firewood?"
Wei Ran sighed. I don’t know how many people would freeze to death in such a ghostly weather. However, this kind of weather also caused many people to freeze to death in Ladongjia Lake. But such a ghostly atmosphere also made La Dongjie freeze to death.
The more flavored ice layer is stronger, allowing the road of life to transport more supplies.
But at this time, none of the girls and children wandering the streets under heavy snow could answer Wei Ran's questions.
"We still need more cotton-padded clothes and blankets," Kona put forward a new demand. "The weather is too cold. I suspect it may be even colder tomorrow."
"Look hard for it," Wei Ran sighed, and randomly walked into a ruins covered with snow.
On this snowy day, Wei Ran and Ke Na searched the city for four or five hours with a few older children, but the only harvest was just a few pieces dug out of the river to provide drinking water.
It's just solid ice.
Although there was no decent harvest today, Wei Ran was not idle. In order to keep warm and resist the low temperature of -30 to 40 degrees below zero, he not only used plant ash and mud everywhere to make some mud balls to seal the
I closed the air leakage gap at the edge of the door frame and moved the wooden beams I found earlier into the room. With the help of the children, I sawed them into small pieces suitable for burning and stacked them neatly against the wall.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Near evening, Lydia returned to the basement on time, and helped everyone get back the corresponding weight of black bread, as well as enough for the baby Galina. One quarter infusion bottle of milk.
"There's good news!"
After Lidia waited for Mrs. Via to collect the food, she placed an extra sack on the ground. "Due to the low temperature last night and the heavy snowfall all day today, the German planes did not dispatch, and there were no aircraft on Lake Ladoga. The ice layer has also become stronger, so not only has the supply of milk increased today, but the most important thing is——"
Having said this, Lidya finally opened the sack on the ground, pointed to the contents and said happily, "Every family can receive some coal. Because we have so many children here, Comrade Political Commissar specially provided it for us. A full 20 kilograms of coking coal was rationed!"
"so much?!"
Ke Na's eyes immediately lit up. With these vital coals, at least tonight or even tomorrow night, we don't have to worry about the children freezing or even freezing to death.
“There’s something else”
It was only then that Lydia opened her canvas satchel, and then took out two potatoes as big as an adult's head, two onions of almost the same size, and two carrots with dirt left on them!
Putting these precious vegetables on the table, Lydia whispered before Mrs. Via spoke, "This is a gift from Captain Simon of the transportation team to the children. He said that all these things must be eaten before dawn tomorrow." Drop it, otherwise it will cause trouble for him."
Hearing this, Mrs. Weiya, who originally wanted to say something, thought for a moment and said, "In that case, let's make a blue apple soup and put all the ingredients in it." In that case, let's make a meal of spaghetti soup. Put all these ingredients in."
"Let the children drink up all the Russian-era broth in the pot first."
Wei Ran joked, "While they are eating soup, we use these precious vegetables to make a decent dinner."
Seeing the children and even the two girls around her looking at her expectantly, and seeing Wei Ran hesitate to speak, Mrs. Wea sighed and finally nodded. Seeing this, both the children and the two girls, Everyone let out a cheer.
While the two girls were distributing the endless broth in the enamel pot to the children, Mrs. Weiya also winked at Wei Ran, and the two left the room one after another, holding candles. The lamp went to the locked room next door.
"What did you want to say just now?" Mrs. Weiya closed the door and looked at Wei Ran with a candle light and asked.
"Comrade Matvey and I will go to the front line tomorrow to look for horse meat," Wei Ran said truthfully. "I will definitely bring back enough horse meat to fill the children's stomachs, and at least some horse bones."
Mrs. Wea opened her mouth, and finally took out a small TK pistol from her pocket and handed it to Wei Ran, "I know I should stop your risky behavior, but the children need food, and I, an old guy, can't help at all. What are you doing? So kid, take it, this is the pistol I was issued when I was working in the Soviet Bank, it might be able to help you."
"You should keep this pistol to protect the children."
As Wei Ran spoke, he pretended to put his hand into his arms. When he pulled it out, his left hand was already holding a Nagant revolver. "You see, I have the ability to protect myself, and you stay here to protect me."
Good kids are the greatest help.
Of course, if you can, help me stop Ke Na, she will become a burden to me if she follows."
Hearing this, Mrs. Via sighed softly, put the pistol back into her pocket and said, "Don't worry, I will stop Kena."
"Let's go make dinner"
While Wei Ran was talking, he was the first to walk out of the room, quickly ran back to the warm room next door, took out a small enamel cup, left the room again, and left the basement under Mrs. Via's puzzled gaze.
Climbing all the way up to the second floor, Wei Ran found a hidden ruined room, took out the basket containing various kitchen utensils as quickly as possible, dug out half a cup of solidified grease from the bamboo tube filled with meat fat, and poured it into the
The remaining half of the cup was filled with chopped peanuts, sesame seeds and golden rice used to make oil tea. Then I put away the basket and returned to the basement with the small enamel cup.
She used various excuses to fend off the curious inquiries of the two semi-adult women. The addition of these condiments also made Mrs. Via a rare moment of generosity.
Bread crumbs, and cut into half a dried fish and a small piece of pike tail, as if "this life is over" bold look.
But only Wei Ran knew that the old lady was actually worried about herself and worried that she would not have the strength to come back alive, so she wanted to let him eat as well as possible before setting off.
Soon, as the grease in the enamel pot melted, the alluring aroma filled the not-so-large room, and the children unconsciously twitched their noses and swallowed their saliva.
With a soft "crack" sound, two onions were chopped and thrown into the pot. Soon, they were fried into transparent particles by the fragrant meat.
Under Mrs. Via's hand, the chopped pike tail was thrown in first, followed closely by the chopped carrots.
When the boiling hot water was poured into the pot, a large oily flower suddenly floated on the water.
These modern people have no appetite at all after seeing a pot of cooking, but at this time, it is irresistible and delicious, so even if it is far from the time to cook, the children can't help but get closer, and a few younger ones,
She couldn't help but drool over her.
Deliberately not closing the lid, Mrs. Via even gently fanned it with the spoon in her hand to make the alluring fragrance float more quickly and make the children's saliva flow more.
"How long has it been since I smelled such an alluring fragrance?" Kena swallowed hard and turned to look at Lidya next to her, "Shall we sing a song?"
"What are you singing?" Lydia asked, holding her chin in her hands and looking at the enamel pot on the stove in concentration.
"With such an alluring fragrance, of course I have to sing a Leningrad dinner song." Before Kona finished speaking, she had already played a beautiful melody with the bayan in her hand.
"Children, who of you knows the Leningrad Dinner Song?" Lydia straightened up on a small stool and asked.
"I can!" A little girl raised her hand and said, "Teacher Yuri sang it for us."
"Then let's sing together!"
After Lidia finished speaking, she beat the time with her hands and sang the battle meal song that was also born and spread in this besieged city with her children:
in beautiful holidays
Gather some good friends together for a happy gathering. Let’s drink to the prosperity of our motherland and everyone’s health.
