Watching Sophie leave the mostly collapsed church, Wei Ran began to think about the news that Sophie had just revealed - she had informed Captain Letts about the dog chain.
However, there was no detailed explanation of when she notified her and how she notified her.
And Wei Ran can almost confirm that even if he asked, Sophie would definitely not explain it.
After thinking about it, Wei Ran suppressed the doubts in his heart and walked along the path among the grass and shrubs to the edge of the sluice.
There is no doubt that this is the only channel for communication between Letz and Sophie's father and daughter. But obviously, the parabolic water column spurting out from the gap in the sluice cannot be used to convey any news.
Sitting on the edge of the moss-covered sluice, Wei Ran took out his telescope and silently looked at the environment around the ruins of the castle.
As his body twisted, Wei Ran also saw Sophie who was painting in the room, the boys and girls who were looking for things to do, and also saw a small section of the wall next to the ruins of the main building of the castle.
Sitting side by side, hand in hand, was Dominic, and a cute little girl with blond hair.
When the girl, who seemed to be about the same size as Dominic, kissed Dominic on the face, Wei Ran shifted the camera in time to focus on the remaining bell tower of the church.
Viewed from the outside, the bell tower is relatively intact—except that the big bell has fallen off and fallen into the moat not far away like a green onion.
After adjusting the focus slightly, Wei Ran finally managed to see that a well-camouflaged Yagi antenna was vaguely sticking out from the top of the bell tower. In addition, there were also three or two pigeons flying in and out from time to time.
Don't know what will happen next...
Wei Ran muttered to himself, and pointed the telescope at Dominic who was sitting on the broken wall in a playful way, and then was fed a mouthful of green food. In just such a short time, the two of them could at best
The young man and woman, who had just graduated from high school, had already hugged each other and began to exchange salivary enzymes in a serious manner.
"Why didn't I realize it when I was in high school? I spent all my youth in Internet cafes..."
Wei Ran smacked his lips in envy, and finally took back the telescope, wrapped the Soviet cloak tightly around him, and while basking in the sun, he secretly thought about when the American soldier Timov and the seriously injured Buck would come over.
Wei Ran was killing time in a slightly bored manner, and after the sun went down, Wei Ran was pulled by the cuffs by a little bean sprout who looked less than ten years old and returned to the big house.
Different from the daytime, the only two windows in this house at this time have been carefully blocked with wooden boards nailed with blankets, and the canvas curtains inside and outside the windows have also been lowered and stretched extremely tightly with ropes.
In the room, in the center of the long table, two sizzling American-style oil stoves have been placed. On top of the oil stoves, the radiators transformed from gas mask cans are already burning red. Naturally, the room is full of people.
It also seems extremely warm.
After finding his own seat and sitting down, Wei Ran opened the lid of the lunch box and immediately discovered that the food tonight was indeed much richer, and without exception, these dishes all had a strong Bavarian style.
A large lump soup with plenty of ingredients, a cheese snack made from the leftover ingredients from lunch plus a few slices of canned American spirit meat, a charred grilled fish, and even half a sweet and sour apple for each person.
To be fair, the dinner served under the ruins was not only in no way inferior to what was served in the fortress, but the taste was obviously much better.
After filling his stomach with the freshly baked bread, Wei Ran was about to leave when a girl named Qi Qi got up first, walked to the edge of the bookshelf, and accurately pulled out a copy of "Aesop" with a beautiful cover.
fable".
By the time the girl sat down at the long table again, all the children had packed their lunch boxes. At the same time, Heike and her little boyfriend Hoster also gave everyone, including Wei Ran, lunch boxes.
I was given a piece of the great invention of the Weimar Republic - licorice flavored gummy bears.
By the time Wei Ran put the slightly dry jellybean into his mouth and ruthlessly bit off the ginger bear head, Qiqi had already opened the book in his hand.
He found the bookmarked page, cleared his throat, and said in an unhurried tone, "Today is still a story about crows."
"Mr. Crow, do you still want to drink from the bottle today?"
A little girl who looked to be the youngest asked with a grimace, "Will he find another half-filled bottle? I was dreaming last night helping him find pebbles that could be put into the bottle."
"Of course not." Qiqi shook her head seriously, "Mr. Crow will eat meat today."
Clearing her throat again, Qiqi then spoke with great emotion, "Today's story still takes place in the large forest outside the village of Hürtgen. Deep in the forest, in the middle of a swamp where no hunters have set foot, there is a
A very, very tall pine tree.”
"On the first branch of this pine tree, lives our Mr. Crow." The young children said in unison with laughter.
"Of course, of course."
Qiqi nodded, pointed to Wei Ran, who was sitting opposite, and said with a smile, "But under this big tree, a neighbor of Xin recently came. He is our Mr. Fox."
This little joke immediately made these inexperienced children cover their mouths and giggle.
Qiqi, on the other hand, patiently waited until the laughter subsided, and then continued with an exaggerated expression, "On this day, the crow, who was full of water, got such a big piece of meat..."
In the warm room, Qiqi told the story of the crow and the fox in an emotional voice. The children also looked at her intently, obviously being drawn into the plot.
When Mr. Fox in the story took away the piece of meat, Sophie, who was also listening to the story, also imitated Mr. Crow in the story and sang a German nursery rhyme.
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Take a shower and rest, or be responsible for cleaning lunch boxes.
"Remember to remind Dominic to take medicine," Sophie told Wei Ran, "I can't go back until the other children go to bed."
"Do not worry"
Wei Ran put his arm around Dominic's shoulders, led him out of the room, and walked towards the collapsed church in the dark.
"Have you been living like this every day these past few days?" Wei Ran asked in a low voice in the night.
"Um"
Dominic nodded and explained in a low voice, "Sister Sophie is like the mother of those younger brothers and sisters."
"Are the other older students your classmates?" Wei Ran asked following the topic.
"Um"
Dominic nodded, "There are also some students who are my mother's students even if they are not my classmates."
"Where's your little girlfriend?" Wei Ran asked with a smile.
"Remember not to sit on the wall when you go on a date in the future."
Wei Ran patted the other party's shoulder and joked, "Sitting so high, maybe even Mr. Letts in the fortress can see you with his telescope."
"hey-hey"
Dominic grinned goofily, looked behind him rather guiltily, and then explained in a low voice with a hint of showoff, "Her name is Nadia, we have been in the same class since we were in middle school.
Here, you have seen her, she was sitting opposite me during dinner, the most beautiful blonde girl."
So you came here to meet Nadia?
Wei Ran deliberately asked, as for whether the little girl named Nadia is beautiful or not, Dominic is probably the only one who cares.
"No...no, I mean...that, I mean, I do want to see her, but I don't just want to see Nadia."
Dominic, who was only fourteen or fifteen years old at this time, could not withstand an old driver like Wei Ran. After some helpless excuses, he pointed at the ruins of the church in front of him and whispered worriedly, "I heard Sister Sophie say
, two months ago, Nadia's brother and Qiqi's mother were buried by the collapsed church. It took Sophie and the others two full days to rescue them.
Dig them out. But unfortunately, they are all dead."
After a pause, Dominic lowered his voice, "And... and last week, Nadia's parents were... also killed by bombs dropped by American or British planes. This incident
I haven't told Nadia about it yet. My father said that I should stay with Nadia at this time, and it is my responsibility to take good care of her."
"Mr. Carsten is right, that is indeed your responsibility."
When Wei Ran said this, he completely regarded the other party as an adult, but before Dominic could say anything else, he pushed open the door, changed the subject and asked, "Dominique, you know that every time you
How much medicine should I take?”
"I know." Dominic nodded, "Twice a day, one tablet each time."
"That's fine"
Wei Ran closed the door as he spoke, and then lit a kerosene lamp that he found under the bed when he was cleaning the room today.
By the dim light of the fire, Wei Ran inspected the tightly blocked windows, and then he inflated the two American oil stoves in the room, and after lighting them, he put a gas mask on one
A radiator modified from a tank and a kettle filled with water were placed on it.
Taking the medicine bottle from Wei Ran, Dominic lay on the table, playing with the medicine bottle while staring at the red-hot radiator and asked, "Victor, do you have a girl you like?"
"Are you sure you want to discuss these issues with me?"
Wei Ran asked dumbfounded. After all, no matter what, he and this young boy were ten years apart at least, not to mention that the era they lived in was far more than half a century.
"Are you still shy?" Dominic showed off with a look of disdain, "I kissed Nadia today. God testifies, her lips are so soft."
Seeing that Wei Ran was too lazy to answer him, the young boy came over again and asked, "Victor, what do you think of Sister Sophie? She can draw, play the piano, and ski, as far as I know.
Many boys are pursuing her. If you..."
"Do you believe that if you keep talking, Sophie will throw you into the moat for a night to wake you up?"
Wei Ran said as he pushed a cup of slightly heated boiled water to the other party, "Take the medicine and go to bed early."
"I'll ask Sophie tomorrow!"
After Dominic finished speaking, he picked up the cup, threw the pills he had prepared long ago into his mouth, and swallowed them in one gulp with water.
Waiting patiently for this little kid who kept chattering about showing off his girlfriend to finally lie down on his little bed, Wei Ran also took out the British army kettle filled with wine from the metal book and poured the wine inside.
The coconut water bottle hanging on the waist was then carefully rinsed with water, and then a full pot of boiling water was filled.
After turning off one of the oil stoves and lowering the flame of the other slightly, Wei Yan also got into his sleeping bag holding the British army kettle that served as a hot water bottle.
But this time, he did not close his eyes and rest, but listened carefully to the movement outside the door.
As time passed by, Dominic had already fallen asleep and talked in his sleep, and in this extraordinarily silent night, the sound of the door opening was heard again.
Almost at the same time, Wei Ran, who had been preparing for a long time, immediately got out of bed, put away the kettle that he had been holding in his arms, and hid to the side of the door in one quick step.
A moment later, he heard a slight breathing coming from outside the wooden door, and at the same time, he could vaguely smell the unique smell of oil paint through the crack in the door.
Soon, along with the sound of rustling footsteps, Sophie, who had been hiding outside the door and eavesdropping for a moment, walked away quickly. Wei Ran also gently opened the door shaft that he had greased in advance when cleaning.
door.
Quietly leaving the room, Wei Ran crouched, following the thin figure under the moonlight, leaving the castle ruins along the path among the grass and shrubs, then crossing the almost deserted stone bridge, and finally came to the sluice gate.
next to.
However, Sophie, who was walking in front, did not stop and instead entered the forest next to her.
Seeing this, Wei Ran who was following behind simply put on his clothes
Wearing a cloak that could cover her body, she almost crawled and followed from a few meters away.
Fortunately, Sophie, who was walking in front, did not go too far into the forest and stopped beside a tall and lush pine tree.
Then, the girl untied a rope tied to the pine tree, and slowly hung a wooden box from the crown of the tree.
What Wei Ran didn't expect even more was that after the girl took out something from the box, she walked to a stone the size of a millstone not far away, fumbled around and pulled something out from under the stone, and carried it on her back.
Then he started tinkering with Wei Ran.
Just when Wei Ran was wondering what the girl was doing, a loud old-fashioned phone ringing suddenly came from the silent forest!
Less than two seconds later, the rapid ringing stopped, and in the quiet forest, only Sophie's voice was left:
"As long as you're fine, we'll be fine here too."
"Well, Brother Victor is indeed a trustworthy person, and he is very clean and smart.
Do you believe it, Dad? It only took him half a day to find the radio station we hid, and he seems to have some medical skills."
"There is nothing unusual about Dominic. He is very happy now. I also saw him dating Nadia today."
"Of course, of course I know how to tell him to take medicine every day. Don't worry about this!"
"What did you say?!"
Sophie, who was talking on the phone with her father in the forest, let out a suppressed exclamation, "The village of Hürtgen was occupied by the Americans? So soon? Isn't it going to be next..."
"Dad, come here quickly!"
There was even a cry in Sophie's anxious tone, "Bring Uncle Carsten and Aunt Heidi and come over quickly. Hürtgen Village has been occupied. I'm afraid... I'm afraid..."
"well!"
Sophie covered her mouth and said worriedly, "Dad, you have to protect yourself. Well, bye."
After a long time, Wei Ran, who was hiding behind a pine tree not far away, heard the sound of the microphone colliding with the loose push switch when it was put down.
Immediately afterwards, he vaguely saw Sophie tinkering near the stone, and then used a rope to drag the wooden box into the tree canopy and hide it, then turned and ran in the direction of the castle ruins.
