On the afternoon of the day they escaped to Mr. Derwent's farm, the farmer, Mr. Derwent, left the farm on a horse-drawn carriage with the ID photo film that Weiran had taken and a notepad filled with his name and age.
When night fell, Mrs. Lerner and two nurses were the first to deliver sumptuous meals. Almost as everyone was working together to place these meals on several dining tables in the room, Derwent also drove the dusty carriage.
hurried back.
In the room, which is not too big but has been tidied up by the children, young and carefree children gather in small groups at the dining tables that are joined together by the fireplace, enjoying the unlimited supply of food.
Hot milk and dinner, while whispering to each other about their respective division of labor.
Even after a sufficiently fair and just election, these children elected Dominic and Nadia, who were inconvenient to move around, to become the captains of the boys' and girls' teams.
Don't think this is an easy position. Although the two of them don't have to do anything personally, they are responsible for assigning work to each partner.
This young couple is not the only one who also needs to take responsibility. Even the two girls who were rescued halfway in the forest were assigned the job of telling bedtime stories to younger children.
At another separate dining table some distance away from the fireplace, Wei Ran also raised his wine glass with the Walters and Mr. de Winter again and again, and drank up the pot of wine he "brought".
After having had enough wine and food, Wei Ran changed the medicine for the injured children again with the help of Mr. and Mrs. Walter, and then he took the children except Dominic and Nadia along the ladder to the second floor and squeezed in
In the four rooms that were temporarily packed up.
During dinner, Mr. de Winter once said that three of the four rooms on the second floor were previously occupied by his children, and the other was shared by the three children who were about the same age as Dominic.
study.
But since the three children and their mother were burned to death by the Germans in the spring, the room upstairs has been unused. It was also from that time that Mr. de Winter, who had almost lost all thoughts about life,
I never went to the second floor again.
Now, with so many children moving in, Mr. de Winter seems to have come to life. Not only did he have a few more drinks at the dining table, but he also made all the fireplaces in the room warm.
"Victor, you can just stay here."
At the top of the stairs, Mr. de Winter, who was wearing pajamas, wiped the corners of his eyes and said, "You can stay here for as long as you like. My farm can produce enough milk, and there are enough potatoes and sausages in the cellar for the children."
It will be fine until the war is over."
"We will also do something to help"
After arranging for the last child, Wei Ran said, "Uncle Derwent, if there is any work on the farm, don't be polite. They... we can have something to do and feel better."
"well!"
Derwent agreed with a smile on his face, "If I need your help, I will talk to you... No, no, I will talk to Dominic and Nadia. They are the captains, right?"
"Yes." Wei Ran smiled and nodded.
"Then, let's go to bed early."
Derwent sniffed his rosacea and said loudly, "Good night, Victor, good night, kids," while walking downstairs holding on to the handrail.
"Good night, Uncle Derwent!" the children who were eavesdropping on the conversation in the room immediately responded in unison.
"It would be great if those three little guys were here, you will definitely become good friends..." Derwent murmured to himself and got into the bedroom next to Dominic and Nadia's room.
"I don't know what happened to Sophie and Qiqi..."
Wei Ran, who was standing at the top of the stairs, also murmured to himself, and then began to wonder whether Captain Timov, an American soldier, survived.
In the blink of an eye, the next morning, when Wei Ran, who was laying on the floor in a room full of lightly wounded people, was woken up by a little guy accidentally stepping on his hand, sporadic snowflakes were already falling outside the window.
Several energetic children, including Jonas, who had gauze wrapped around his eyes,
The children who had just woken up also lined up in front of the window, or breathed into the glass window, or used their fingers to write and draw on it, leaving some fleeting graffiti, and some even stared out the window.
The two dueling goats giggled.
He leaned over to the bed and looked outside. As he said "Good morning", Wei Ran also noticed that there were already several slightly older children helping Derwent, who also got up early, busy on the farm.
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Pushing the door and going downstairs, the girl named Yuta who was rescued in the forest was busy boiling milk and eggs in an enamel pot. The girl who was rescued by Wei Ran together with her, the girl named Boyi, was at this time
But outside the house separated by a window, bread was being made in the oven.
"Good morning, Victor." The girl named Jutta was the first to say hello to the savior.
"Good morning, Victor." Boyi outside the window also said hello after hearing the movement.
"Good morning," Wei Ran responded politely, and then asked curiously, "Why are you preparing breakfast?"
"We discussed it with Mrs. Lerner yesterday."
Boyi pushed open the window from the outside, supported the window sill with his flour-covered hands, and said, "We can be responsible for breakfast from now on, so they don't have to get up early."
"Boy and I have worked in bakeries before, so these are very simple for us."
As Jutta spoke, he handed a piece of dough to Boyi through the window, "Besides, you, Sophie and everyone saved us. We always have to do something for everyone. Just telling bedtime stories is not enough."
Seeing that the two girls seemed to have stepped out from the shadow of the two chained dogs, Wei Ran secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After a moment of hesitation, he tentatively asked, "Yuta, Boyi, you...you know each other?"
Captain Letts? Captain Letts, the quartermaster of Fort No. 3, do you have any news about him?"
Juta and Boyi looked at each other, shook their heads and said, "Sorry, we don't know Captain Letts."
"But among the sisters who went to Fortress No. 3 with us at that time, someone did seem to have said that the lame quartermaster was their former teacher."
Boyi didn't know what he was thinking of, and trembled subconsciously. After some hesitation, he lowered his voice slightly and continued, "Before... before being taken away from the fortress by those two demons, I seemed to have heard them talking about that.
A quartermaster."
"What did they say?"
Wei Ran asked immediately. He actually wanted to ask these two girls yesterday, but the two girls were in a daze at that time. It was obviously not a good time to ask for clues.
Boyi's face became a little pale, and his thin body subconsciously moved closer to the warm oven, and then he said, "I remember one of them was worried about whether Letz would find them after he came back.
The fact that Jutta and I are left here will affect our financial prospects."
"Then what?" Wei Ran asked subconsciously.
Boyi tightened his grip on the blanket and replied with a trembling tone, "I didn't hear clearly what the other one said, but I saw that he seemed to be wiping his neck. I guess they must want to kill him."
Leave me and Jutta alone."
"Okay, the matter is over."
Wei Ran tried his best to keep his tone gentle enough, "Those two bastards are dead. Forget about them. After the war is over, you will be able to start a new life soon."
Just as the three of them were about to continue talking, behind Boyi, a four-wheeled carriage with a canvas shed ran in from the entrance of the farm outside the window.
Before the carriage stopped, Derwent stepped forward and took two cloth bags from the hand of the woman driving the carriage.
"Victor!" Derwent waved to Wei Ran who was standing by the window from a distance, "Come out quickly!"
"coming!"
Wei Ran also waved his hand in response, then smiled apologetically at the two girls, and quickly ran out of the house to greet them.
"Victor, please send these passports to everyone quickly."
Derwent handed the two cloth bags in his hand to Wei Ran, "This bag is the passport prepared by Comet Line for you and the children. Send them out immediately and let the children carry them with them at all times."
After Wei Ran took the cloth bag, Derwent handed the other one over and said very apologetically, "This bag is for you train tickets and your destination. Victor, eat later."
After breakfast, I will send you and the uninjured children to the train station. You will take the noon train to Mons today."
Without waiting for Weiran to ask, Derwent took the initiative to explain, "Don't get me wrong, Victor, I look forward to you being able to live on my farm forever. But this is Comet Line's decision, and this is for your own good."
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"Uncle Derwent, those injured..."
"Except for Dominic and Nadia, who have limited mobility and are staying temporarily, the other children, Mr. and Mrs. Walter and I and some other helpers will send them one after another to reunite with you."
Derwent pointed outside the farm and said, "I just got the news that the Americans are already looking for the people who passed through the minefield yesterday, and even exchanged fire with the Germans on the opposite side.
So in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, the best solution is to stay away from the border so that you can be safer. Frankly speaking, because it is so close to the border, everyone's nerves are very sensitive."
Having said this, Derwent patted his chest again, "But don't worry, Mr. and Mrs. Walter will take good care of Dominic and Nadia. When they can get out of bed and move around freely, I will personally
Send them to Mons to meet you."
"Then I'll trouble you." Wei Ran, who had no choice, simply agreed to the other party's arrangement with a grateful look on his face.
