In the hunter's cabin protected by barbed wire, Ralph lit the firewood piled under the fireplace. The crackling bonfire only took a short while to warm the cold cabin again.
On the sofa facing the fireplace, Wei Ran and Andy each held half of the script and carefully read every line and narration on it.
"Andy, look at this sentence, when the setting sun shines through the narrow window into the entrance of the ice cellar in the utility room."
Wei Ran held up the glass he was responsible for. That part of the script manuscript came to Andy's side and asked, "Which way does this house face south?"
Andy subconsciously raised his finger and pointed in the direction of the window, and then realized the problem. .
Wei Ran returned the script in his hand to Andy, "Since the window is facing due south, the utility room in the script should be to the west of the hunter's cabin, which is where the entrance is now. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the sunset to shine into the utility room."
"I will lift up the platform floor outside the door now."
Andy put down the script in his hand and reached out to take it off. A rusty ax hanging on the wall headed towards the door.
"Ralph, go help Andy, maybe he has found the entrance to the basement."
"Oh! Okay!"
At Wei Ran's reminder, Ralph quickly put down the firewood he had just brought in, grabbed an ice ax hanging on the wall and followed Andy.
On the other hand, Wei Ran did not stand up from the sofa from beginning to end. Instead, he reached out and picked up the other half of the script that Andy had just put down, and continued to read the familiar lines above:
< p>In the cold utility room, Dr. Jason took off his military cap and lowered his voice, "Mr. Konon, even without your pursuit, even without the obstruction of this blizzard, we would have already missed the opportunity to The ship we sent back to Germany. In other words, it is impossible for us to leave Finland or Norway alive." Konon blocked the narrow wooden door of the utility room with his body and asked in a cold tone. , "Do you want to surrender to me?"Doctor Jason held his military cap in one hand and took out a cloth bag from his pocket with the other hand, "Surrender? No, no, no, surrender. It doesn’t make any sense whether it is or not. But if you can, please return Yannick’s belongings to his home after this stupid war is over.”
Conon is blocking the door. After a long silence, he said, "I can accept your surrender and do my best to let you enjoy the treatment that prisoners of war deserve under the Geneva Convention."
Dr. Jason re-sewn the eagle emblem and edelweiss on the The military cap was placed on his head, "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Konon. But let us retain the last dignity and glory as a soldier."
Until this moment, Konon took over The cloth bag that the other party had been holding was put into his arms, "After the war, if I am still alive and if I can go to Germany, I will give these relics to Yannick's family."
"If I live by then, we can sit together and have a drink as real friends. There is a bar opposite Yannick's gallery. Of course, if I don't survive, please tell Yannick's message Wife, her father will always love her."
"You are..."
Dr. Jason nodded, "Yannick is my son-in-law, I spent a lot of money. It took me all my strength to find a way to make him my ambulance driver. I thought this would protect his safety, and I thought I could bring him home..."
"I still need to do something. What?"
"Leave her some hope of living, try...try not to let her know that Yannick is dead, they still have a child to support, she...she I need an excuse to live."
...
Closing the unfinished script, Wei Ran leaned on the sofa and closed his eyes until he saw this script, which was completely handwritten. Only then did he know what happened when Dr. Jason called Conon alone to chat in the utility room after Yannick died. It wasn't until this moment that he knew that Yannick was actually Dr. Jason's son-in-law!
After finally recalling everything that happened in the hunter’s cabin, Wei Ran sighed secretly. He could not imagine the kind of grief that the serious-looking German doctor at that time endured while smiling. Intentionally weaving dreams of returning home for other living people. What kind of mood does it take to find an enemy who is on the opposite side while still alive, and muster up the courage to give the other party trust and the legacy left to his daughter?
"Found it!" Outside the door of the hunter's cabin, Andy and Ralph exclaimed in unison, bringing Wei Ran back from his thoughts.
Putting the script in his hand back into the waterproof bag carefully, Wei Ran rubbed his face vigorously, got up and walked out of the warm hunter's cabin.
After a while, Andy and Ralph opened the wooden platform at the door, revealing a small square wooden platform slightly higher than the ground.
Seeing Wei Ran come out, Ralph immediately took out his mobile phone and turned on the video function and put it into Wei Ran's hand, and then he danced and communicated with Andy through gestures. The two of them worked together to use the tools in their hands to pry open the wooden boards that were firmly nailed to the small wooden platform, allowing the ice cellar that had been sealed in dust for more than half a century to be shrouded in the sun again.
Tilting his head and looking at the situation at the bottom of the ice cellar, Wei Ran nodded secretly. Compared with the original ice cellar, this ice cellar has been carefully reinforced. There are not only log frames that have been smashed into the permafrost, but also Staring at a layer of animal skin.
In the frost-covered bottom of the cellar, you can vaguely see several corpses wrapped tightly in animal skins, lying quietly on wooden boards about half a meter above the ground.
After turning off the video recording function, Wei Ran returned the phone to Ralph, "When will Mr. Noah arrive?"
Ralph took the phone and answered hurriedly. , "Tomorrow at noon, we can arrive at noon tomorrow at the earliest."
Hearing this, Wei Ran turned to Andy and suggested, "Mr. Andy, one of those bones in the ice cellar isA descendant will arrive at noon tomorrow, why not wait until he arrives and then..."
"No problem, of course no problem! ”
Andy, who was already shocked by the bones in the ice cellar, hastily agreed to Wei Ran’s suggestion. Although he had always wanted to find the ice cellar in the hunter’s cabin, he was just curious about the one in the ice cellar. It’s just a matter of whether the story that has been passed down in the family for two generations is true. Now that the story has been verified, all that’s left is the fear of corpses.
“Victor, I want to stay here tonight. here. "Ralph, who was also shocked just now, calmed down and said, "Help me translate, I hope to get Andy's consent. ”
After listening to Wei Ran’s translation, Andy nodded and agreed to Ralph’s request without hesitation, and also expressed that he would also stay tonight.
These two After they all stayed, Wei Ran naturally couldn't go back on his own, so after Andy and Ralph repeatedly promised that they would send him directly to the airport by helicopter tomorrow, it was a matter of course that he stayed again in this hotel full of memories. and the story of the hunter's cabin.
As night fell outside, Andy skillfully dug out a kerosene gas lamp and an oil drum used by the Germans in World War II from the changed utility room.
p>Wei Ran, who was watching the excitement on the side, shook his head in confusion. These things were all brought here by sleds at that time. Unexpectedly, they were still in use after more than half a century.
With Andy's busy work, the small hunter's cabin was quickly illuminated by the whistling kerosene lamp. Then he moved a plastic box out of the utility room and took out some. Self-heating food and bottled water frozen into ice lumps explained, “In winter, I occasionally come here to hunt with my friends, so I prepared a lot of food and drinks. "
"A Finn and a German are really similar to the winter of 1944..." Wei Ran couldn't help but muttered.
Andy heard this. Stunned, he nodded with a smile, "Fortunately, we are not both friends and enemies like we were in the winter of 1944. Even more fortunately, there are probably not many Soviets left in the world. But to be honest, until we discovered the entrance to the ice cellar, I thought it was just a tall tale in the script. "
"The reality is far more absurd than the story," Raffl sighed after listening to Wei Ran's translation. "It would be great if there was a chance to interpret that script. "
"Perform that script? ”
Wei Ran didn’t expect that Ralph’s sudden idea would be approved by Andy, so that for the next half hour, the two of them were assisted by Wei Ran’s translator. Discussing the feasibility of this matter
As night fell, the three people who had eaten and drank enough sat down at the table next to the window and picked up the box. Playing cards produced in the war years were played in Landlords at the suggestion of the sponsor.
What surprised Wei Ran was that Andy seemed to have actually learned from his grandfather.Karl has inherited some talents. If nothing else, at least his poker skills are really good. After figuring out the rules of the game, this seemingly kind and honest ski instructor managed to win almost everything. In addition, the few banknotes that Wei Ran and Ralph had on them all became his trophies.
Unexpectedly, he lost the last ticket in his hand, and there was no need to continue the game. And at some point outside the window, a breeze started blowing.
The three of them slept in front of the warm fireplace until dawn, and a helicopter landed in the open space outside the hunter's cabin with the roar of the propellers.
As the cabin door opened, the silver-haired old lady Tinia was the first to be helped out, followed by a wheelchair stained with various colors of paint, and the last person to be helped out was the passenger who was urgently traveling from Germany. Mr. Noah arrived.
What happened next, Wei Ran hid in the corner knowingly, silently watching Noah and the old lady Tinia, who was just a few years younger than him, talking in proficient Finnish. The two old men carefully read every line in the script, as well as the experiences of their parents hidden in those lines.
After a long time, Noah carefully closed the script, "Tinya, can I...take them home?"
Tinia nodded, " Of course, my friends, they have been waiting for a long time."
Noah nodded gratefully, then walked to Wei Ran and handed over a hard leather wallet with the same grateful attitude, "Vic. Mr. Duo, you really helped me find my father. This is your reward. Please let me do the rest."
Wei Ran took the hard leather folder and opened it, and there was a book inside. A check for 100,000 euros.
Putting away the check, Wei Ran said knowingly, "The rest is up to you. If it's convenient, please arrange a helicopter to take me to the airport. My flight will take off soon." Yes."
Noah nodded with satisfaction, "Ralph, take Mr. Victor to the airport"
Farewell to Noah, we will go to Ralph. Accompanied by , he boarded the helicopter to the airport with a check of 100,000 euros. As for the 60,000 euros in cash that Noah paid before, neither party seemed to have mentioned it.
For Wei Ran, although the final outcome left a trace of regret because of the two old people's deliberate secrecy. But on the other hand, I have to admit that since I got that weird book, the benefits of this Lapland battle are almost the most rewarding and the easiest in the whole process.
Not to mention that the time spent on the battlefield was short enough, and there was no actual firefight in the entire process. Most importantly, he also received an incredibly powerful anti-tank gun with plenty of ammunition. Of course, there is also the generous remuneration of 160,000 euros paid by Noah.
Think again about the semi-automatic rifles obtained during the last battle between the Finns and the Soviets. The gas-fired gas in business class has already classified Finland as a "feng shui treasure."" category, and at the same time secretly wondering if I should find an opportunity to brush more Finnish "copies" in the future. Maybe one day I will be lucky enough to brush out a German 88mm anti-everything, which will be exciting in the future.
I was thinking wildly all the way, and the long flight became a lot faster. After the eight-hour flight, as the plane landed at the Capital Airport, Wei Ran slept comfortably in the second half of the flight. He also woke up in a daze.
He secretly moved his left hand that he had covered with a blanket before going to bed. When he saw that he didn't take out anything scary enough from the metal book, he finally Stretched, yawned and stood up in confusion.
It took most of the day to rush back to his hometown in Cangzhou. Wei Ran made a special trip to the supermarket before going home. I bought a large bag of condiments and two large boxes of chocolates. These are naturally for the food boxes. Even if they are not used this time, they can at least be used in the future when my parents get off work. Before, Wei Ran quietly got into the house that Suisui helped him decorate. After carefully checking every room to make sure that no one else was there, he immediately locked the door and closed the curtains, then took out the food box. Filling the gaps between the two floors with the seasonings and chocolates bought on the road.
Taking back the filled food boxes, Wei Ran looked up at the two large lifting poles that served as the background wall. Then he patiently checked all the useful and unused items in the metal book until he was sure that nothing was missing. Then he stood under the background wall composed of two large lifting poles, with a solemn expression. Summoned a metal book that turned into a tattoo.