In the warm basement filled with the aroma of broth, as Wei Ran put away his harmonica, the children, as well as Kena and Via, also clapped feebly.

"This song is really nice"

As she spoke, Ke Na walked up to Wei Ran, stretched out her hand and asked, "What's its name? Also, can you show me your harmonica?"

"Time flies," Wei Ran replied in Russian and handed the harmonica to Kona before he could put it in his pocket.

"time flies…"

Kona took the harmonica and sighed, "It would be great if time could pass faster. Even if it only goes faster, I would be satisfied."

"yes"

Wei Ran stood up unsteadily, walked to the edge of the stove, and opened the lid of the enamel pot. Immediately, the rich steam mixed with the fragrance of dried fish and mouse meat hit his face, and everyone sitting around him hit him.

The children also twitched their noses subconsciously.

Thanks to the fact that Kona chopped the rat meat into fine enough pieces just now, even though it only took a while to cook, it was already cooked.

Without wasting time, Ke Na was responsible for filling each child's enamel cup with broth, and Wei Ran was responsible for distributing slices of bread to the children - especially keeping an eye on Mrs. Via, who seemed to be on hunger strike, supervising her to eat every bite of food.

It really went into my stomach.

When Kona served each of the children a cup of broth for the second time, Wei Ran also took his own cup of broth and a small piece of bread and sat in the corner closest to the door again.

In this small cup of broth, apart from a thin layer of incomplete oily flowers, there was only a piece of fingernail-sized meat. It was unclear whether it was rat meat or the hind leg meat brought back from Galina's house.

Using the small piece of bread to soak up the soup, Wei Ran threw it into his mouth expressionlessly, chewed it briefly and swallowed it into his stomach.

Although fresh rat meat was added to today's broth, the taste is still not much better. As for whether rat meat is disgusting, Wei Ran, who has only been hungry for less than two days, doesn't care at all. He believes that those

Children, those residents of Leningrad probably don't care even more.

After drinking up the rest of the broth in the cup in one gulp and eating the small piece of stewed meat, Wei Ran let Ke Na help him fill the second cup of boiling broth, silently.

Looking at the skinny children around the stove, he continued to think about where to get enough food, and how many days should he use the few supplies in the metal book to feed him if he couldn't get enough food.

These children add one meal to supplement their nutrition.

It's not just Wei Ran who is also distracted, there is also Kona who is worried about whether Lidia is in danger, and Mrs. Via who is worried about whether her son Belia is still alive.

Perhaps, this bank accountant who has reached retirement age is still worried about another thing - if her son meets with an accident, if Lydia meets with an accident, if they don't have the one hundred dollars they save from their own mouths.

Doc Brown Bread, will the children in this basement survive in the end?

In particular, Wei Ran not only brought back a baby who could only drink milk, but also brought back so many older children who were in urgent need of nutrition.

Compared to these three worried adults, those young and carefree children get along particularly well. In addition to savoring the sweaty broth just now, they are also immersed in the excitement of meeting new friends.

"Okay kids"

Mrs. Via waited for the children to put their enamel cups on the table and said, "We should go to bed as soon as possible after eating just now. If we wait until we feel hungry again, we will not want to sleep all night."

It’s on.”

This reminder was more effective than any words. Upon hearing this, the children who were frightened by hunger immediately got into their own blankets around the warm stove under Kona's arrangement.

There was no talk all night, and early the next morning, the rumbling sound of artillery fire and explosions woke up everyone who had gone to bed early before the sun fully rose.

Surprisingly, just when Wei Ran was about to leave the basement to see if the mousetrap he set yesterday had yielded any results, Lidya, who had not appeared last night, came back! "Sister Lidya!"

When Kona saw Lydia pushing the door in, she immediately let out an exclamation, then hugged her and choked with tears, "Where were you last night? I thought you..."

"Worrying you"

Lidia hugged Kona, first looked at Mrs. Via, who was looking at her with a handkerchief in both hands, and then took a deep breath and said, "Mrs. Via, Kona, and Victor, we need to go

Let’s talk next door.”

Hearing this, Kona slowly left Lidya's arms, looked at her in panic, and then looked at Mrs. Via behind her. Finally, she nodded silently and supported Via, whose eyes were already overflowing with tears.

Madam, she lit the candle and left this warm room.

After Wei Ran opened the locked door next door and everyone went in, Lidia first untied her scarf and hung it around Ke Na's neck. Then, she took it off and put it on her body as a cloak.

She took off the woolen blanket, and then took off the thick woolen cotton coat she was wearing.

When the coat was handed over to Wei Ran, everyone noticed under the scorched yellow flames provided by the candle lamp that there was actually a Soviet army sack on Lidya's back.

Not only that, there was an infusion bottle tied to her belt with a shoelace, and the infusion bottle was actually filled with white milk!

"This is..." Mrs. Wea looked at the bottle of milk that Lidia took off from her waist in astonishment, and for a moment she didn't know how to ask.

"I went with the horse-drawn sleigh team to Osinowitz Pier last night."

While Lidia was talking, her whole face was red from the cold, she had already taken off the sack bag on her back. After opening it, she unexpectedly pulled out a headless pike that was half a meter long and had completely frozen.

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This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I helped move supplies there all night and got the bottle of milk."

Lidia said proudly, "This bottle of milk is enough to keep little Galina full for two days."

"What about this?" Kona asked, pointing to the headless pike in the other person's hand.

"This is…"

Lidia glanced at Mrs. Via and said with a smile, "Belia asked me to bring this to you. The night before yesterday, their transport team was bombed by German planes, but those idiots only blew up the ice.

The layer did not hurt them. On the contrary, it exploded into such a pike. I estimate that this fish might weigh three kilograms! "

"Is my Belia okay?!" Mrs. Via asked in a panic. "Is he okay? Of course he is okay."

Lydia said as she handed the pike to Mrs. Via, "But I heard that he seems to have been transferred to guard the automotive technical service point, which is the tents on the ice of Lake Ladoga. It seems that

Because the recent storms have been severe, more people with road knowledge and experience are needed to guide the trucks on the ice and provide hot water."

"How come I don't know about this?" Mrs. Wea looked at Lidia suspiciously and panicked, "Lydia, good child, don't lie to me, don't lie to him..."

"He's really fine"

Lidia raised her hands and said swornly, "I swear to Comrade Stalin and my parents that Belia is really fine. It was really just a sudden transfer. The wind and snow on the lake were very strong yesterday. Not only did she freeze to death,

Many people were killed, and many transport trucks got lost and didn’t know where they were going, so they were dispatched there urgently.”

Having said this, Lidya breathed a sigh of relief, put down her hands and said apologetically, "Originally, I thought something happened to Brother Belia, so I took a horse-drawn sledge transporting supplies to the dock overnight and waited for me to arrive.

There, he was busy helping to load and unload supplies.

He was very happy to see me coming over. Originally, he thought he had no chance to send the fish back.

Also, he said that now he can get 250 grams of black bread every day, and when he picks up fish that were killed by the Germans in the future, he will ask Anatoly from the combat sled transport team to help bring it back."

Speaking of this, Lydia said distressedly, "However, he said that Anatole and the others only have the opportunity to return to the city once a week. As for him, I'm afraid they have to wait until spring..."

"I see"

Mrs. Via was completely relieved, "It seems that he is really not in danger, so I'm relieved. He and Anatoly were classmates in elementary school. If he didn't tell you, you wouldn't know about it."

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Hearing this, Lidya also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, pointed to the next door and asked, "Now it's my turn to ask, what's going on with the new big kids next door?"

"Victor brought it back yesterday!"

Kona explained what happened yesterday while hanging the headless pike on the wall with nails to prevent it from being eaten by rats. Finally, the girl did not forget to mention the music Wei Ran played on the harmonica yesterday.

"It seems we have to take another photo." Lydia asked with a smile, "Victor, do you have any extra film?"

"Of course." Wei Ran smiled and nodded, "Do you still have to work during the day today? If you don't have time now, you can wait until the afternoon." "I didn't work this morning. Speaking of this..."

Lydia paused, took out a newspaper bag from the sack and handed it to Mrs. Via, saying as if taking credit, "This is the bread that was supposed to be sent back yesterday afternoon, but I was worried that I would not be able to catch up with the sledge to the dock.

And I was worried that if I gave it to someone else, it would be stolen, so I took it with me."

“Today is such a good harvest day”

Mrs. Via took the newspaper bag and opened it, took a look at the bread inside, and a hopeful smile immediately appeared on her old and thin face.

“That’s not all.”

Lydia had already wandered to the door as she spoke, "I will take the new children to register, so that starting from this afternoon, I can get their bread back."

Before she finished speaking, Lidya had already opened the door and walked out. At the same time, she added, "Victor, prepare your camera. When I come back, we will take a group photo."

"I will wait for you to come back"

Wei Ran followed the other person's words and responded, but at the same time he secretly sighed. Although this girl who looked to be in her early 20s was very well disguised, he could still guess from the other person's clenched hands that she had just

Eighty percent of the things mentioned...are false.

"I'm going to catch mice."

Wei Ran also walked out while he was talking, and at the same time he did not forget to say, "Kona, when the older children come back, can you let them collect firewood with you?"

"It would be best to have so many helpers." Kena immediately nodded in agreement.

Without daring to look at Mrs. Weiya, Wei Ran left the basement where supplies were stored as quickly as possible, and followed his memory to find the three mouse traps arranged yesterday.

Unfortunately, not only are there no mice in these three cages, but even the honey-dipped baits show no signs of being touched. This can only mean that all the mice here have probably been caught long ago.

Could it be that Lidia will send some fish and meat from time to time in the future? Wei Ran muttered secretly and rearranged the three mouse traps in different positions.

This is the third day...
To be continued...