Although Wei Ran's secret interference in the morning hunt made Suisui's desire to have a bite of cold American pig ears a pity.
Fortunately, after breakfast, Diego’s daughter, the girl named Blanca, took the initiative to invite Suisui and climbed to the top of the fodder warehouse with her, each holding a Using cheap .22 bullets but equipped with a high-power scope, I shot rabbits all morning.
As for the bitter master Wei Ran, under the watchful eyes of Katenka, Makar and Diego’s respective wives, these three foodie women, he re-made a large pot full of braised rabbit meat and enough Twenty or so spicy rabbit heads.
He sent cash to Gorman, and the sheep slaughtering professional provided future development plans and reached an intention to cooperate. He even personally taught two recipes that these foreigners regarded as secret recipes. This trip to the United States can be regarded as overfulfilling the task.
So, after everyone had lunch, Wei Ran and the three of them briefly discussed it for a few words, then found an excuse to leave.
"Aurora, Victor, and Karenina, I will be waiting for you to come and play in the summer."
While Makar spoke, , his wife Jessica also pulled out two suitcases, one large and one small, from the house and handed them to Suisui and Katenka respectively.
Makar took the initiative to explain without waiting for the three people to ask, "I got you all a set of denim clothes. I hope you like it."
Not waiting for Wei Ransan The man thanked him, and Diego also brought his daughter Blanca to deliver the gift. The family's gifts are also very unique. In addition to the three glass bottles of tequila that are the size of a thermos, there are also three large Mexican straw hats with ethnic characteristics.
This is not over yet. The girl named Blanca also took out two animal tooth necklaces with leather ropes and put them on the necks of Suisui and Katenka respectively.
According to the little girl’s explanation, the animal teeth used in these two necklaces were pulled out from the mouths of wild boars that she hunted with her own hands. Although this necklace looks too wild, it can be seen that both Suisui and Katenka like it very much. Of course, whether the latter's love shown by the latter is true or false, I am afraid only Katenka herself knows.
After putting all the gifts from the two families into the pickup truck, Makar picked up two more insulated lunch boxes and said honestly, "The rabbit meat and rabbit heads made by Victor are very good. Eat, I'm going to take it to my mother to try. Okay, let's go."
"Why doesn't Mrs. Uma come to live on the farm?" Suisui asked curiously after getting into the car.
Makar shook his head, "Maybe she is waiting for someone."
Suisui was startled, and was about to say something when she saw Wei Ran wink at her. , immediately changed the topic smartly and said, "Makar, remember the social platform account I told you. Before summer comes, you must update photos frequently. I want to bring people to play, but it all depends on the photos you took. ."
"Don't worry!"
MaKarl immediately made another promise, "I will let my wife update it every day."
"You can also update your family's life occasionally, maybe many people will like it. Wei Ran added with ulterior motives, "Especially for your children and your mother, that will be a very precious memory." Seeing Makar happily agree, Wei Ran didn't hesitate. Furthermore, it was entirely his idea to encourage the other party to create a social platform to share photos, and the real purpose was just to allow Gorman, who was far away in Kazan, to see his wife, son, and grandson of the same name more often. .
The group hurried back to Odessa while chatting, and by the way visited Mrs. Uma who lived alone again. Then they said goodbye to the family, took a taxi back to the hotel, and drove to the hotel. Business class in the parking lot heading towards Houston.
"Suisui, where is the meteorite that Makar sent before?" On the way back in the car, Wei Ran asked while looking at the photos Suisui had taken in the past two days.
"Here it is!" Suisui immediately opened the small bag and took out the small stone from the mezzanine.
"I'm going to give this to Makar's father. Do you have any objection?"
"Of course I have no objection!" Suisui shook the beast still hanging around her neck. Tooth Necklace, "I already have a better gift."
"Aurora, are there really many tourists going to his farm?" Katenka, who was in charge of driving, suddenly joined the conversation. .
"There will definitely be many people willing to come!" Suisui vowed, "You must come to help when the time comes, and I will give you a salary that satisfies you!"
p>Katenko smiled at Suisui through the rearview mirror, but didn't say anything, let alone explain why she asked. Wei Ran, after thinking for a moment, also did not continue the topic.
It took seven or eight hours to get back to Houston. Katenka took them to a high-end hotel and made an appointment for the next day.
In the next few days, Katenka was like a real tour guide, taking Weiran and Suisui around the American space city until they saw the distance and followed him. When the tour group was about to return home with only one day left, Katenka told Wei Ran an unexpected news.
"Do you still remember the video of saving the lawyer on the plane?"
In a restaurant in Chinatown, Katenka took advantage of Suisui to go to the bathroom. While handing over his mobile phone, Wei Ran said gloatingly, "Someone recognized you."
Looking at the large paragraph of unknown pinyin on the screen of the other person's mobile phone, Wei Ran decisively turned it over. He even asked the other party, "What is written on it?"
"To put it simply, it was recognized by a Russian netizen. He recognized you as the one who found the first photo of the Soviet red flag of the Reichstag Building in Berlin. Historian and claims to have seen your interview on TV.”
Katenka said, and also pulled out another video to show it, "This is a video made by the netizen just mentioned. It probably contains clips from your interview and when you rescued the lawyer on the plane. Facial comparison, there is even a clip of when you refused the Polish people's request for the right to exhibit the photo. "When did it happen?" Wei Ran asked with a frown, as he was recognized. The timing was so coincidental that the moment he heard the news, he began to wonder if it was the work of Teacher Dalia and others.
"The video was released about half an hour ago"
Katenko turned off the screen of her mobile phone and continued to gloat, "It seems that in the remaining time, if you don't want to be The media is chasing after interviews, so they can only wear masks or hide in the hotel."
"It doesn't matter, I should leave tomorrow night anyway"
Wei Ran thought for a while. Seeing that Suisui had come out of the bathroom, he spoke faster and said, "This way, you don't have to be with us later. If you want to continue playing, continue playing. If you feel that it will cause you trouble, leave the United States immediately."
"No problem," Katenka responded cheerfully, and returned her attention to the plate of pork stewed vermicelli that she had never eaten before.
"Someone recognized you," Suisui hurriedly sat down and whispered, "I just saw the news, someone recognized your identity."
"Recognize it if you recognize it," Wei Ran said nonchalantly, "We will go back to meet Director Chen after finishing this meal. Anyway, we can return to China tomorrow."
"As agreed, I The work should be over,” Katenka said promptly, “I hope we will have a chance to meet next time you come to play.”
“There will definitely be a chance!” Suisui affirmed. She said that she had long had the idea of letting this Sister Ka work for her.
The three of them finished the dinner chatting and laughing. When Suisui and Director Chen confirmed the location of the hotel where the other party was staying, Kajianka sent them there, and by the way, he also picked up the hotel from Wei Ran. With a seemingly good salary in hand, he simply drove away.
However, in less than ten minutes, the girl changed her clothes and wig, put on a pair of sunglasses that covered most of her face, and sat brazenly in the hotel room. In the lobby of the building, I was leisurely flipping through a fashion magazine I just bought.
At the front desk of the hotel not far away from her, before Wei Ran and Suisui could check in, Carlos, the old lawyer who had received help from Wei Ran at the airport, came to find her. Come up.
"Mr. Wei, we finally meet again." The elderly Carlos extended his hand to Wei Ran enthusiastically, and at the same time, an Asian young man following him also started to translate in real time.
He glanced at the remaining bruises on the other person's forehead and the scabbed wounds on his lips without leaving a trace, even the repaired teeth and the wrists that seemed to be fine, Wei RanHe shook hands with the other person politely and said, "Mr. Carlos, how did you find this place?"
"Thanks to Mr. Chen for your help," Carlos explained unabashedly.
That Director Chen?
Wei Ran cursed secretly, mentally putting him on the blacklist of his own travel agency. This tour guide sold him once before he got on the plane, and now he did it again, like this Even if he is not the tour guide of his own travel agency, he still has some bad rules.
Suppressing the disgust in his heart, Wei Ran smiled calmly, stretched out his hand and shook hands with the other person, "Mr. Carlos, I didn't do anything to help you, and you also took the corresponding risks yourself. ."
"Although I said that, it did help me relieve the pain at the time," Carlos said enthusiastically, "Mr. Wei, please give me a chance to thank you in person and at least have dinner together. How about it? In addition, I also prepared some small gifts for you."
After listening to the Asian translation, Wei Ran looked at each other after a moment of hesitation, and finally nodded. After agreeing, since the other party has found this place, he must give him some face. Plus, he is going back tomorrow anyway, so it is not a loss to have a good relationship with a lawyer.
When Wei Ran and Suisui returned their luggage filled with gifts to their rooms and came down again, Carlos immediately warmly greeted them to leave the hotel and got into a business car parked at the door. .
Before going out, Wei Ran glanced at Kajianka who was hiding in the corner and showing the animal tooth necklace to him with a smile, and then at the careless Suisui who was walking in front. Only then did he leave no trace. made an OK gesture. The latter also left the hotel immediately after Wei Ran got into the car, and followed him from a distance in a taxi parked in front of the hotel.
Contrary to Wei Ran’s expectation, Carlos did not take him and Suisui to any restaurant or the like, but took them back to his home - a building that only looked at the location. I know single-family villas are not cheap.
“My wife’s cooking skills are no worse than those of Michelin chefs”
Carlos praised the old white lady who was busy in the restaurant as if to show off, and then led Wei Ran and Suisui, who acted as translator, walked into a study room, but the Asian young man who had been following each other before did not follow him in at all.
"Mr. Carlos doesn't just want to treat us to a meal, right?" Wei Ran asked directly after pulling Suisui to sit down on the sofa in the study.
"At the beginning, I really just wanted to thank you for helping me on the plane." Lawyer Carlos said with a smile while bringing a cup of coffee to each of them.
"What now?" After Suisui finished translating, she directly asked the question Wei Ran wanted to ask.
"I found out about your identity on the Internet not long ago"
Carlos sat on the sofa opposite Weiran with a cup of coffee and said simply and straightforwardly, " For me, knowing aA young and accomplished historian doesn't hurt in the slightest. It's not a bad thing for you to know a barely notorious American lawyer, is it? ”
“It’s really not a bad thing”
After listening to Suisui’s translation, Wei Ran smiled and nodded. To put it simply, the other party wanted to expand their contacts. , even if this connection seems to be unable to bring any help to both parties for the time being.
Carlos said with a smile, "Of course, it is undeniable that I have an innate affection for the Chinese people. It is also one of the important reasons. ”
“Because of Chinese culture? "Suisui asked curiously after finishing the translation.
"No, no, no, mainly because of my father's influence."
Seeing Wei Ran and Suisui's confused faces, Carlos At this point, he put down the coffee cup in his hand and took the initiative to explain, "My father participated in the 38th War. He was a truck driver at the time and later became a prisoner of the Chinese Volunteer Army. When he was alive, he often told me that although he was a prisoner of war at the time, it was the happiest and most incredible time he had ever spent, and it was a memory that completely changed his perspective. ”
“Mr. Carlos, I am becoming interested in your father’s story. "Wei Ran waited for Suisui to finish the translation and said.
"Before that, please let me ask you a question. ”
Carlos, who was in a lively conversation, asked with a smile, “Wei, do you know when China held the Olympic Games for the first time?” "
"Of course I know, in 2008. "Wei Ran answered this simple question without thinking. That year brought China too much pride and also brought too much pain. How could he, a Chinese who grew up under the red flag, not know The answer to this question?
However, Carlos shook his head proudly, "This is my favorite question to ask Chinese people, and it is also a question that it is difficult for Chinese people to give a correct answer, so Now let me tell you the correct answer!
The first time China held the Olympic Games was on November 15, 1952. The venue was the playground of Bitong Middle School in Beihan. My father was a competitor in that Olympic Games. one. ”
Speaking of this, Carlos stood up on crutches, walked to a glass cabinet against the wall, took out a beautiful-looking cloisonné vase from it, and carefully placed it. on the table.
“This was the prize my father got from participating in the Olympics. He participated in the basketball game and he said he did pretty well. "Lawyer Carlos said happily, "That sports meeting also completely changed my father. Before he was captured, he was a staunch racist from the south of the United States. "
"What happens next? " Suisui asked after hurriedly translating.
"In that game, he won a certain basketball game with several black prisoners of war who were also from the United States, and later joined the team.The prisoners of war organized clubs themselves. Later, during the health campaign, we caught mice together and exchanged their tails for cigarettes to smoke.
Those precious experiences made him become very good friends with the black people he once hated and discriminated against, and also made him and me have a natural affection for the Chinese throughout our lives. "
As Carlos said, he took out a white pullover full of signatures from the glass cabinet. The signatures on this clothes were far more than English names that Wei Ran couldn't understand. There are also many Chinese names that he can understand. Some of those names are bookish, and some sound extraordinarily simple. But among these Chinese names, there is an extra sentence written in strong calligraphy: "Fight the Empire." Doctrine! Long live the great unity of the people of the world! "
Returning this precious pullover to the other party, the latter returned it and the cloisonné vase to the glass cabinet. Then he sat down again and said with emotion, "I can see that you are interested in that. The Olympics are not understood. "
"To be honest, this is the first time I know about it. ”
Wei Ran said frankly that there is no shame in not knowing. Pretending to understand is the real clown. Since he is a historical scholar, he will not be disrespectful in this kind of thing. Pretend to understand.
"My father spoke highly of that sports meeting"
Carlos spread his hands and leaned against the back of the sofa and said slowly, "In my father's words. , a total of prisoners of war from 14 countries participated in the Games. It would not have been easy even during World War II to gather so many nationalities in the prisoner-of-war camp.
But what he praised most was that the Olympic Games was probably the only one after World War II where no athletes used doping and where black and white Americans were truly equal. My father even said, He forgot that he was a prisoner of war and regarded himself as a basketball player. ”
While Carlos took the initiative to tell his father’s story, Wei Ran and Suisui also became quiet listeners. It wasn’t until the old lady outside the study called them to go out for dinner that the three of them started talking one after another. Realizing that it was already dark outside the window
Carlos, who had been telling a story just now, drank the last bit of coffee in the cup, then opened the glass cabinet against the wall again, and after a moment of hesitation, he looked inside. He took out a slightly peeled Bayi cap badge and handed it to Wei Ran.
"Mr. Carlos, this is..." Wei Ran looked at the red five-pointed star lying on his palm and said. Time didn’t figure out what the other party wanted to do.
“I’ll give it to you.”
Carlos said generously, “This cap badge was from my father who was repatriated after the war. At that time, the Chinese soldier who was responsible for managing them gave him a gift, and now I give it to you. ”
For such a precious gift, Wei Ran had no reason to refuse it, and accepting this cap badge was equivalent to accepting the other party’s friendship.
Sighing secretly at this The old guy knew how to behave, so Wei Ran put it into his wallet, then raised his head and said, "Mr. Carlos, this precious giftI have no reason to refuse. "
After listening to Suisui's translation, Carlos smiled gently, but did not continue on this topic, "Okay, now go try the dinner cooked by my wife, trust me , this is the real Texas food. "
Wei Ran and Suisui looked at each other, followed each other out of the study, and sat at the dining table at the invitation of the old lady. While continuing to chat, they enjoyed a surprisingly caloric dinner.
After eating and drinking, Wei Ran and Suisui said goodbye to the old couple and returned to the hotel in the business car that brought them here.
“That lawyer Carlos is really good. Just treat us to a meal and make friends? " Before Wei Ran could close the door, Suisui asked the question that he had been holding back all afternoon, "And he also gave you that cap badge. I always feel that he has other purposes. "
"Whatever his purpose is"
Wei Ran locked the door, glanced at the two large bottles of tequila on the table, and said nonchalantly, "Next. I don't know when I will come to the United States for the first time, but the old man probably doesn't have any bad intentions. If you encounter trouble in your cooperation with Makar in the future, maybe he can really help. "
"I hope so, but..." Before Suisui could finish her words, she was picked up by Wei Ran and put on the bed with a cry of surprise.
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