In the raging snowstorm, Weiran had already completed the task of taking 10 photos. These photos not only included group photos of everyone except Konon in various combinations, but also single photos of everyone including Konon. He even had
I ran outside in the raging snowstorm and clicked the shutter on this hunter's cabin that provided shelter and friendship to everyone.
However, on the second night of the snowstorm, Yannick, who had never woken up, quietly stopped breathing. This made Wei Ran confused for a moment. He was here for Yannick, but
From beginning to end, he didn't say a word to the other party at all, and now the other party died in such a chaotic manner.
In the silence of everyone, Flory read out Yannick's name and origin briefly based on the content on his ID, and then stuffed half of the soldier card into his mouth wrapped in gauze. Dr. Jason
Using a torn off trouser leg, he wrapped a P38 pistol, a pocket watch with a gold case, and Yannick's ID that were found on Yannick's body and put them into his pocket.
"I'll go outside and chop some firewood and come back."
Markla couldn't stand the silent atmosphere in the hunter's cabin, so she picked up the ax and opened the wooden door wrapped in animal skins.
"I...I'm going to see if there are any harvests from the animal traps planted yesterday. There is almost no food." Karl ignored the wolf meat hanging outside the door and walked out of the depressing room.
"I'm going to help Karl." Although young Flory couldn't understand what Karl was saying, he still got up and followed him.
For a time, only Wei Ran and Dr. Jason were left in the wooden house with a bonfire burning, as well as four wounded people including Konon.
Dr. Jason glanced at the three wounded German soldiers sitting together, and then at Konon who was silent and wondering what he was thinking. After hesitating for a moment, he walked to the latter's side. Under the vigilant gaze of the other party,
, said seriously in Finnish, "Konon, I want to talk to you."
"Where are we going to talk?" Konon slowly stood up and asked.
"How about the utility room?"
"Let's go." Before Konon could finish his words, he had already taken steps toward the utility room.
Watching the two of them enter the utility room, which was not that big, and closing the door, Wei Ran waited for a moment, then silently put away the pistol hidden under the wolfskin blanket.
After a long time, Dr. Jason and Konon came out one after another. The former's face was still serious, while the latter's face was still dull. No one knew what they had talked about.
In the long silence, the kettle placed next to the fireplace was steaming, giving the flickering bonfire an indescribable distortion.
After a long time, Markla walked into the cabin carrying a bundle of snow-covered wood, and Karl and Flory also walked in not long after, carrying two frozen rabbits. However, after seeing that the atmosphere in the cabin was still the same
Suppressed, the three people immediately had the urge to quit and continue to find something to do.
Wei Ran, who had been just a spectator, sighed, stood up and asked in German and Finnish respectively, "Which of you has candy on you?"
"What candy?"
Konon asked in a rare initiative. Only one day had passed since he woke up, and his identity was still a secret among the remaining German soldiers.
At the same time, except for Dr. Jason, who treats everyone equally, the other Germans are subconsciously avoiding any contact with any non-Germans. And before Conon opened his mouth, he also silently refused to have any contact with everyone.
comminicate.
"As long as you can eat the candy," Wei Ran said quickly.
"I have a sugar cube." Konon reached into his bag and took out a canvas ammunition bag. He took out a paper bag and handed it to Wei Ran.
"I have a bag of sugar"
A German soldier whose face was wrapped in gauze, with only his eyes and mouth exposed, took out a paper bag folded with newspaper and handed it to Wei Ran.
Wei Ran took the paper bag and put it on the table, "Then the next question is, who has wine? Wine that can be used for drinking, or anything that tastes spicy."
"I have a chili"
Karl opened his dry food bag, took out a dried red pepper and handed it to Wei Ran, saying without forgetting, "I use it to refresh myself. It's very spicy. I usually only dare to lick it."
"I have a bottle of red wine." Dr. Jason also joined the conversation and generously took out an unopened bottle of red wine from his bag.
Wei Ran gestured with his thumb and index finger, "Just a small cup is enough."
Dr. Jason directly placed the red wine and a corkscrew on the table next to Wei Ran, "Take it! It doesn't matter if you drink it all."
"Finally, Mr. Macra, you must have bear fat, right? Bear fat that can be used for eating."
"Of course!" Markla simply took out a can and handed it to Wei Ran, "I put some pine needles and rosemary in it when I cooked it, and it tastes pretty good."
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Wei Ran looked at the two rabbits that were frozen into sticks in Flory's hand and said, "Flory, please and Karl, please cut those two rabbits into small pieces, like matches."
Box size, or smaller."
"Do you want to show off your cooking skills?" Carl asked curiously.
"You'll find out later"
Wei Ran waited until Flory and Karl helped him cut the two rabbits into pieces, then he opened the bottle of red wine, poured out a small glass and put it aside, and then took off a cast iron pot hanging by the fireplace.
, dug out a large piece of bear fat with a spoon. When the bear fat melted, he threw in the sugar provided by Conon and the German soldier and kept stirring until green smoke came out of the pot. He immediately put the rabbits out.
The meat was thrown in together with the two skinned rabbit heads that he specifically requested to keep.
He stirred it with an iron spoon until every piece of meat was colored with sugar. Then Wei Ran poured the small glass of red wine into the pot while everyone was watching.
For a moment, the aroma of wine and meat steamed up, making everyone couldn't help but twitch their noses, and even the depression on their faces dissipated a little with the aroma.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Wei Ran, who was busy making braised rabbit meat, secretly curled his lips and muttered to himself that foodies do not respect national boundaries, let alone which side of the battlefield they are on. After all,
Even if it is a war, its essence is just to make ourselves eat better and more.
While everyone was waiting more and more curiously, Wei Ran tore off a small half of the chili pepper and threw it into the pot, and returned the other half to Karl. Then he calmly picked up the salt brick next to the fireplace and knocked off a piece of it on the wood.
Crush it in a bowl and pour it into the pot with hot water.
Finally, he put the lid on the cast iron pot, and Wei Ran stood up calmly and said, "Sir, if you have a watch, remember to check it. You can eat it in an hour. You can't open the lid before that."
Hearing this, Konon subconsciously put his hand into his pocket, but when he saw that Dr. Jason had rolled up his sleeves, he immediately took his hand out of his pocket.
Just a pot of rabbit meat with an unfamiliar but appetizing aroma made the next wait no longer so depressing. The living people finally broke through the inexplicable barriers again, and were in full swing between Wei Ran and Jason.
Under the translator, they chatted about the delicacies of their respective hometowns, and exaggerated boos were made from time to time.
Soon, the hour came to an end, and Markla took the initiative to give everyone a wooden plate and a piece of black bread that was hard enough to be used as a weapon.
Amid everyone's expectations, Wei Ran brought the heavy, steaming cast iron pot to the table, while Dr. Jason poured an equal amount of red wine into everyone's glasses.
As the lid of the cast iron pot was lifted, a large pot of braised rabbit meat that had not been cooked very successfully steamed out a rich aroma and a lot of water vapor.
"Konon, come and share the meat with us!" Wei Ran handed a slightly rusty cast iron spoon to Konon, who was sitting opposite.
The latter was stunned, then subconsciously reached out to take the spoon and took up the task of serving food. Fortunately, this Leningrader who had experienced 900 days of siege and starvation did not have the severe Parkinson's disease of the canteen aunt.
Therefore, not only did everyone keep the same amount of meat and soup on their plates as much as possible, but after distributing the last spoonful of thick soup, he also gave the three remaining pieces to the three injured German soldiers.
.Although this move was slightly deliberate, it also made everyone smile involuntarily.
After Dr. Jason waited for Konon to sit down, he immediately raised his wooden cup and proposed repeatedly in German and Finnish, "Gentlemen, let us use the first glass of wine to toast the precious friendship in the snowstorm!"
"To the precious friendship in the snowstorm!"
In the warm hunter's cabin, the soldiers from the three countries except Wei Ran repeated one sentence in German and Finnish respectively, and shouted "Cheers!" in both languages in unison.
On a winter night on the northwest border of Finland in 1944, eight cups of different materials and styles put aside all scruples and finally bumped into each other.
In the splashing wine, everyone seemed to see something particularly precious in the steaming water mist based on their different standpoints.
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