In the raging snowstorm, Weiran had already completed the task of taking 10 photos. These photos included not only group photos of various combinations of everyone except Konon, but also individual photos of everyone including Konon. He even ran outside in spite of the violent storm and snow, 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 feel confused for a moment. He came for Yannick, but from the beginning to the end, he didn't say a word to him at all, and now he died in such a noisy way.
In the silence of everyone, Flory read out Yannick's name and origin simply based on the content on his ID, and then stuffed half of the soldier card into his mouth wrapped in gauze. inside. Dr. Jason used a torn trouser leg to wrap up a P38 pistol, a gold-case pocket watch, and Yannick's ID that were turned out of Yannick's body and put them into his pocket.
"I'll go outside and chop some firewood and come back."
Markla really 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. 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 Doctor Jason were left in the wooden house with a bonfire, as well as four wounded people including Konon.
Dr. Jason glanced at the three wounded German soldiers sitting together, 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, he said seriously in Finnish, "Konon, I want to talk to you."
"Where to talk?" Konon slowly stood up and asked.
"How about the utility room?"
"Let's go" before Konon finished speaking, he had already taken steps towards the direction of the utility room.
Watching the two of them enter the utility room which was not that big and close the door, Wei Ran waited for a moment and then silently put away the pistol hidden under the wolfskin blanket.
After a long time, Dr. Jason and Konon walked out one after another. The former's face was still serious, and 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. Karl and Flory also walked in not long after, carrying two frozen rabbits. However, after seeing that the atmosphere in the wooden house was still depressing, the three people immediately had the urge to exit 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 sugar on you?"
"What kind of sugar?"< /p>
Conon rarely took the initiative to ask. 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 spoke, he also silently said: Refuse to have any communication with everyone.
"As long as the candy can be eaten," Wei Ran said quickly.
"I have a piece of sugar cube" Konon reached into his bag and took out a canvas ammunition bag, took out a paper bag from it and handed it to Wei Ran.
"I have a bag of granulated 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 him. Gave 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."
< p>"I have a chili pepper"Karl opened his dry food bag, took out a dried red chili pepper and handed it to Wei Ran, without forgetting to say, "I'll 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 from his bag. of red wine.
Wei Ran gestured with his thumb and index finger, "Just a small cup is enough"
Doctor Jason directly placed the red wine and a bottle opener next to Wei Ran On the table, "Take it! It doesn't matter if you drink it."
"Finally, Mr. Macra, you must have bear fat, right? Bear fat that can be used to eat."
"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 everyone looking at him, Wei Ran looked at the two rabbits frozen into sticks in Flory's hand, "Flory, please cut those two rabbits into small pieces with Carl. "Okay, it's the size of a matchbox, or smaller."
"Do you want to show off your cooking skills?" Karl asked curiously.
"You'll find out later"
Wei Ran waited until Flory and Karl helped him cut the two rabbits into pieces, then opened the bottle of red wine, stingy He poured out a small cup and set it aside. Then he took off a cast iron pot hanging by the fireplace and dug a large piece of bear fat into it with a spoon. When the bear fat melted, he put Conon and the German soldier in it. He threw the provided sugar in and kept stirring until green smoke came out of the pot. He immediately threw in the rabbit meat and the two skinned rabbit heads that he specifically asked to keep.
I used an iron spoon to stir it up randomly.Stirring until every piece of meat was covered with sugar color, Wei Ran poured the small glass of red wine into the pot in front of everyone watching.
For a while, 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.
Wei Ran, who was busy making braised rabbit meat, curled his lips secretly, muttering to himself that foodies really 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 nothing more than war. Just to make myself eat better and more.
While everyone was waiting with increasing curiosity, Wei Ran tore off a small half of the chili pepper and threw it into the pot, while giving the other half back to Karl. Then he calmly picked up the salt brick next to the fireplace, knocked off a piece, crushed it in a wooden bowl, and poured it into the pot along with the hot water.
Finally, he put the lid on the cast iron pot, and Wei Ran stood up calmly, "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, and the living people finally broke through the inexplicable barriers again, and had a passionate Under the translation of Wei Ran and Jason, they chatted about the delicacies of their respective hometowns and made exaggerated boos 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 was not very successfully cooked evaporated 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 for a moment, 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.
So not only did everyone keep the same amount of meat and soup on their plates as much as possible, but after completing the distribution of the last spoonful of thick soup, he also divided the remaining three pieces among them. The three wounded 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 storm." Precious friendship!”
“To precious friendship in the snowstorm!”
In the warm hunter’s cabin, except for Wei RanThe soldiers from the three countries repeated one sentence in German and Finnish respectively, and shouted "Cheers!" in both languages in unison.
On the winter night on the northwest border of Finland in 1944, eight different material styles The different cups put aside all scruples and finally touched together.
In the splashing wine, everyone seemed to see something particularly precious in the steaming water mist based on their different positions.