When the dazzling white light disappeared and the vision returned to normal, the rumbling sound of gunfire in the ears also stopped abruptly.

Looking around, he found that he was on a lush green grassland beside a birch forest. Not far away was the pier that he was very familiar with.

But closer, there is a small tombstone and a girl wearing a Soviet female soldier's uniform and a boat cap, with short blond hair covering one cheek.

One of the girl's hands was incomplete, but she was still using her incomplete hands to gently caress the bayan in her arms, as if trying to play a piece of music.

A moment later, the loudspeaker on the pier blasted out a majestic melody that he had heard twice at the loudest volume. Not far away, Kona, who was sitting on the ground leaning against the tombstone, gently lifted the tombstone in her arms.

She placed the bayanqin beside her, then rested her hands on the thick and soft grass, letting the melody reach her ears, and letting the hot sunshine pass through the gaps between the branches and leaves, covering her body softly.

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Looking at the familiar names on the tombstone, Wei Ran quietly stood up and walked a few steps away, took out his camera and looked at the number of remaining films, and then used the viewfinder window with a drop of tear still left.

I captured this small cemetery and clicked the shutter.

After taking this last group photo, he also put away the camera, followed Kona's example, lay on the soft grass with his hands on his pillow and closed his eyes - just like he was lying in the warm basement with those children.

Same here.

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"Victor"

"Um?"

"We still owe Uncle Matvey 16 rubles for the performance fee."

"Um"

"We still want to eat that canned food together." Kona paused and murmured expectantly during the symphony, "I don't know if the basement is still there."

"Yes, that basement must be there." Wei Ran also paused, "I swear on my mustache's life."

"Then I would rather the basement was blown up into Lake Ladoga"

Kena smiled and said, "We will also sing together, go to the zoo to see beautiful hippos, eat white bread and beef together, drink undiluted milk, candies and honey! We will also rebuild Leningrad together!"

“I’m also going to watch a performance at the Marien Opera House.”

Wei Ran glanced at Ke Na lying on the floor not far away, turned around and closed his eyes again, "If Ke Na is performing, she must sit in the first row."

Subconsciously, she gently touched her cheek, which was missing an ear, with her incomplete hand. After a moment of silence, Kona asked, "Victor, will we win this war?"

"Yes, definitely yes!" Wei Ran replied with great certainty.

"Will we drive all those magic silks away from our land?"

"Yes, definitely yes!" Wei Ran's tone became more certain.

"so good..."

"What?"

"I said, if the war is over, it would be great if we could fulfill those promises..."

Kona wiped the corners of her eyes and asked again, "Victor, will we win this war?"

"Yes, definitely yes, definitely yes." Wei Ran responded again in a more affirmative tone.

"If my dad were still alive, he would be playing in the band."

Kona used her incomplete palm to cover the dazzling sunlight shining down from her head, making her cry. "It would be great if my parents were still alive..."

"them..."

"I was killed before I went to work as a traffic controller on the ice road."

Kona covered her eyes with her palms, "My mother died of starvation, and she was also a traffic controller. My father died on the anti-aircraft position, and he was a searchlight operator. These are blue people looking for musicians and musical instruments."

The hats whispered to me."

Before Wei Ran could say anything, Ke Na moved her hands away from her face and murmured very firmly, "These are all worth it, but what did those children do wrong..."

"yes..."

Wei Ran sighed, and on this piece of grass, there was only the symphony coming from the distance.

After a long time, the last movement also ended with the sound of rapid drum beats. On the dock in the distance, the sailors, soldiers, militiamen and even the refugees preparing to evacuate also shouted "Ula!" over and over again like a roaring mountain and a tsunami.

"Ula!"

Ke Na also waved her arms and shouted, then got up, looked at Wei Ran with a bright smile, and ran towards the dock in the distance in the sudden white light.

When the white light faded again and the field of vision returned to normal, the first thing Wei Ran saw was a hippopotamus with its mouth wide open and burping, and Kelai Luo and Ke Na standing outside the cage wailing in their arms.

The crying little guy, and between them were Bogdan and Anastasia, who were being led by Lahia one by one.

"Brother Victor! Shutter!" Kelailuo urged anxiously.

Hearing this, Wei Ran noticed the Rolleiflex camera in his hand and the familiar friends in the viewfinder.

"Look at me!" Wei Ran reminded loudly, and then immediately pressed the shutter before the hippopotamus closed its mouth.

When he put down the camera hanging around his neck, Kelailuo, Kona and Laixia all breathed a sigh of relief. Obviously, these young people had spotted the idea of ​​taking a photo with the hippopotamus with its mouth wide open.

of.

When Kelailuo threw the two big red apples he was holding into the hippo's opened mouth again, Kona also came over with Galina, who had grown up a lot.

"Long time no see, Victor"

Kona first hugged Wei Ran gently, and then teased the little guy in her arms who was obviously frightened by the hippopotamus, "Galina, do you still remember him?"

"It's been a long time indeed. How are you doing?"

After Wei Ran finished speaking, he opened his arms and hugged Anastasia and Bogdan who jumped into his arms. The two little guys were also much stronger, but the little girl Anastasia still retained

He has a bad habit of eating his fingers.

"Finally survived," Kelai Luo sighed subconsciously - even though he looked like he was only around 20 years old at most.

"So you two are together?" Wei Ran asked jokingly, "You really look like a family."

"Victor, you and we are also a family." Bogdan and Anastasia said in unison.

Obviously, although these two little guys have grown up, they are still children. But Lai Xia, who is already a big girl, couldn't help but look at Wei Ran and then at Kai Lailuo, as if she was afraid that these two people would say something wrong.

It seemed like he was looking forward to what Kelailuo would say.

"Although we are indeed a family, Sister Kena and I are not together." Kelailuo explained calmly, spreading his hands and completely unaware of the disappointment on Lai Xia's face.

"It's enough for me to have Galina, isn't it? My little angel?"

After Kona finished speaking, she kissed the little guy in her arms gently on the face. The little guy, who looked to be four or five years old, immediately hugged Kona's neck and cried "Mom".

And Kona, who was obviously young, really acted like a qualified mother, patiently comforting Galina who was frightened and crying. Her beautiful eyes were full of doting that could not be hidden.

color.

"look"

Kelai Luo spread his hands and said, "Let's go, Brother Victor, let's talk in a place where the smell is not so bad. I also work in this zoo now."

"You also work in the zoo?" Wei Ran looked at Kelailuo in surprise, "Why did you come to work here?"

"After the war is over, I have to have a job, right?"

Keleluo said matter-of-factly, "My job is as a breeder, the same job as Uncle Matvey whom I have never met."

Having said this, Kailuo paused, put his fingers into his mouth and whistled hard.

"Woof!"

Less than ten seconds later, a dog wearing German goggles ran over wagging its big fluffy tail. Without hesitation, he stood up and rubbed Galina's little feet with his big furry head.

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"Is this Joseph? Is it alive?!"

Wei Ran's eyes widened in surprise. Of course he remembered the smart dog that Matwei raised. If it hadn't been for it, they wouldn't have been able to successfully find the body of the army horse in such thick snow.

"We didn't expect it to be alive."

As Kona spoke, she squatted down and asked Galina, who was crying just now but was now smiling, to hug the dog's neck and bury her white and tender little face under the dog's head.

In the fluffy fur.

"Where did you find it?" Wei Ran asked in disbelief.

"That was after the Battle of Leningrad"

Kelai Luo led everyone to sit on a bench not far away and explained, "I accompanied Sister Kona to bury Mrs. Via and Sister Lydia, and then I saw Joseph hiding there. It

There are also many crushed mouse cages in my den, which are exactly the same as the ones you gave me."

"What a loyal little guy." Wei Ran touched the dog's head, "Where is Matvey buried?"

"His family is gone"

After a brief silence, Kona explained, "I buried him with his brothers and sisters, right in the port of Osinowitz, in the birch forest."

"That piece of grass?" Wei Ran asked subconsciously.
To be continued...