The next day, Yelena came out wearing a light and warm down suit, with thermal underwear and a cashmere sweater underneath the down jacket. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 This kind of equipment is enough at minus 30 degrees, because there may be cases of minus 50 degrees, at that time, you have to wear thick sweaters, thermal underwear, tweed coats and long skirts, and thick boots, and you can't wear a woolen hat on your head, and a leather hat is the warmest. And scarves and gloves can't be ignored. You can't spend too much time outside, otherwise no clothing will be able to withstand the cold. Yelena's down jacket was dark gray, and the hat on her head was the same thick hat and scarf made of dark gray wool.

In the morning, I ate the ready-made bread and butter that Yelena brought back, and also made some red soup, everyone ate very much, Yelena saw that her mother ate quickly, and even made her dining etiquette seem a little rusty, Yelena was very distressed, she didn't expect such an accident, let alone let her mother starve. Yelena blamed herself.

Her first stop was Boris's house, but it was empty. Yelena had no choice but to go to the police station. The police officer in charge of Yelena's area naturally knew Yelena. Yelena was informed of the real situation. Vasily really went to the front, not knowing life and death. As for Boris, he was unfortunate that his entire family was killed, and this happened the day before Yelena's house was robbed. As for Nina's woman, they are also looking for it, but because of the increasing number of refugees in the city and the chaotic management, they are trying to find it, but they can only find it in their spare time, and more often they still have to maintain law and order.

Yelena was noncommittal, but first went to the orphanage, on the way, Yelena saw someone transporting corpses, Yelena is very familiar with this, these dead people, not completely killed by enemy bombs, and many people obviously have no blood on their bodies, but seem to freeze to death, they are all very thin, and most of the clothes on their bodies have been stripped off by someone, only thin underwear remains. Even the boots are gone. Yelena decided to go to the nearest subway entrance first to see what life was like for the people there.

Walking down the stairs, you are greeted by a strange, disgusting smell. This is obviously not paid attention to hygiene, and there is also the smell of feces and urine. Walking inside, I saw that one family after another was camped here, although the subway was heated, but Yelena also felt that compared with the heating in the past, the gap was not small, and at this time it could be kept above zero at most. And the tents of these people were not provided by Yelena, and the tents they set up were simple and supported by worn blankets. And there was a rope in front of the tent, on which a lot of washed clothes were laid. This is just the people who live in the outer layer, the people who come and go see Yelena, looking at her eyes full of inquiry and scrutiny, obviously they don't know Yelena, it is likely that after Yelena left, or they have not seen Yelena in the past, her clean clothes and boots are obviously different from these people. And the heavily armed soldiers who followed her made them even more uneasy. Why do you feel uneasy when you see a soldier?

The more she walked inside, the more Yelena's mood was heavy, many people were hungry, especially some children, women and old people were even more emaciated, even if she looked at it, Yelena could see that many of these people were sick. Why did he become like this after just half a month of leaving?

It was a cannibalistic black market, and by the way, she had to go to the black market, and the orphanage didn't have to go at this time, because it was like this here, and the orphanage would not be much better, and maybe if no one was watching, the food for the orphans would have to be robbed by these people. Let's find a way to send someone away!

When she got out of the subway station, Yelena said to Pedinov, "You go to Rajishev and ask how much food was brought yesterday and how many people were evacuated." I want to know the general situation. ”

"And you?" Obviously, Pedinov was not at all surprised by such a situation, he was worried that there was no one to protect Yelena, she would be targeted, and the role of the two guards, after learning about yesterday's situation, he was not very relieved.

Yelena smiled and said, "You send me to the fourth street corner in front, park there, come and pick me up in half an hour, don't worry, it's safe for me." "In fact, for Yelena, it will not be much dangerous for a person anywhere in this city, her hearing is keen, not to mention that there is space, even if it is far away, Yelena's intuition is not comparable to ordinary people, at least there are no professional snipers in the city, even if there is, Yelena is hiding in the space at the moment, taking pills to save her life.

Seeing that Yelena was so sure, Pedinov no longer insisted. She knew a lot about Yelena, and she had heard a lot of deeds. Coupled with the fact that he can transport so many military transport planes, that ability is not something he can imagine. So I listened to Yelena's words, but still let the two guards guard the street.

Yelena came to Ivan's coffee shop alone, under the gaze of countless not-so-friendly eyes on the street. Smelling the familiar smell of coffee and tobacco, Yelena felt like a world away, as if the war had not yet broken out, as if people were still living a quiet and peaceful life reading books and listening to concerts. Yelena came to the innermost seat, although the people who came and went were secretive, but there were also many people doing business on the black market, especially Yelena also saw two fresh faces.

There was only Ivan in the seat inside, and ordinary people didn't dare to see him, even when Volkov came to stop the defense of the whole city and fight the underground merchants, Ivan was not caught, and he hid when he heard the news, and he didn't need Yelena to give her news, of course, the main reason was that as the biggest boss on the black market, this time Ivan didn't do the grain business at all. So no one is dead. On the contrary, several other big leaders were all shot. Don't look at the rules on the black market, there are many subordinates, but no one dares to guarantee that there are no spies from the Ministry of Internal Affairs among their people, or they are not strict in their mouths and tell the truth when they are beaten. At that time, Ivan was secretly glad that he had sold the grain to Yelena. Although food is now more expensive than gold, there is no life, so what money is there to talk about?

"Come and ask about the results last time?" Ivan said first, Yelena asked him to investigate why her son's train had an accident last time,

Yelena said, "I want to know the result, and there have been a lot of things going on in my family recently, and I still have something to ask you to help with." ”

Ivan nodded and said, "I'll help you investigate your matter." It's not just a bunch of people watching around you. The train that crashed seemed to have been targeted before it departed, but it was indeed a Finnish plane that bombed the train, not a train explosion. And I heard a more valuable news from the mouths of the people who fled over there, that is, after the train overturned, when the fire was extinguished, someone went to search, even earlier than the police and the army, and it was not the attire of the army and the police, and the rest, it was not something I could investigate. ”

Yelena took a deep breath and said, "I used to just guess, but now I'm more certain, thank you." ”

Ivan knows very well how devastating the loss of a child can be for parents, not to mention being killed by someone. Thinking about his son and daughter-in-law, he was very sympathetic, so he looked at his little grandson very much, but Yelena completely saved his grandson, let him send the child to the United States in time after the outbreak of the war, handed it over to his trusted relatives, and left enough money for his grandson, he is old enough, even if his relatives treat him badly, the child has someone under him, he is smart, and he has enough money, and he will definitely be fine. Thinking of this, Ivan's gratitude to Yelena deepened. Said

"Didn't you say there was anything else?

"My house was robbed, and I killed Zhuoya, the nurse who took care of me since I was a child, and it was Zhuoya's daughter-in-law who took someone to my house, her Nina, and the items stolen from my house are here, I have a list and photos, you help me investigate, who is there, these people are not stragglers, they also killed my driver's family before they came to my house to rob, and they were ruthless, and they were definitely not the first offenders. If you know someone who can't be opposed, you just have to tell me who he is. Yelena recounted what had happened, and then said, "As for the reward, I will pay you the twenty tons of grain and other supplies you sold me. If you can help me find Nina or Wanatina, you know what to do. Be sure to protect Wanatina, and if the reward is not enough, I will add it to you. ”

Ivan was very surprised and said, "Don't you know the current price of grain? Twenty tons at that time is not the same concept as twenty tons now. ”

Yelena smiled, "Of course I know, but what you sell here is also a way out for those civilians." You know, for a food store, you can't buy food with any amount of money. Also, I don't want to see someone eat people. ”

Ivan nodded, and seriously considered it, this matter needs to be planned well, otherwise he may also be hacked. Yelena said, "I wrote down the location of the grain for you, this is the key." Yelena gave him the address.

Yelena looked at the surrounding situation and said, "Actually, I suggest that you might as well make your business bigger and more formal, and you can exchange grain for gold, silver and jewelry, which is a hundred times and a thousand times the profit at most." If it is something else, the profit will be tens of thousands of times, or even more. ”

Ivan was surprised and said, "Impossible, if there is such a business, how can I not know?"

"This is because your horizons are too small, and you only think about business in the present, have you thought about it? If you exchange food for ancient books, design drawings, and research materials in the hands of those scholars. Then after the war is over, if you sell these materials to any country, it will be astronomical, and these things will not have the slightest value for those people at the moment, and the biggest possibility is to warm your hands. ”

Ivan was intrigued and said, "Tell me more." ”

Yelena took out a pen and paper and made a list, such as piano and other musical instruments, such as ancient books and paintings, and various studies, Yelena was even afraid that he would not be able to figure it out, and also listed the names of some studies and some key words, not only Russian, but also Polish, Ukrainian, French and English keywords. It's all written. even asked Ivan to lend money, listing some of the latest works of literary artists, musical works, etc., Yelena said to Ivan that if no one wanted these things after the war, she would want them, and promised not to let Ivan suffer.

Ivan said with a smile, "There is no problem with what you said, these twenty tons of grain are equal to twenty tons of gold at this time, or even more." I won't suffer from this voice, and I will definitely do my best to do what you ask me to do. If I can solve it, I will solve it for you directly. Even if you can't, I'll tell you if there's any news. Don't worry, I have never lost money in business with you, not to mention, you saved my grandson, what you are doing now is also extremely rare, although I am not a good person, but you explain this, I will definitely do it for you. ”

Yelena nodded and said, "Stay safe." ”

"Don't worry!"

Before leaving, Yelena also left a body armor for Ivan, and Ivan looked at it and was very moved.

When Yelena came out, she already saw Pedinov waiting for her in the car, and when Yelena got into the car, Pedinov said, "I asked, a total of 137 military transport planes came yesterday, of which 128 are medium-sized transport planes, which can transport 24 tons of materials each time, and 700 people are squeezed into a crowd." The other nine are large transport planes that can carry 90 tons of supplies at a time, but can actually carry almost 100 tons of supplies. Yesterday they made two trips and brought in a total of 8,200 tons of grain, 80 percent of which was flour, one ton of butter, 10 tons of canned fruit and 100 tons of meat. In terms of personnel, a total of 25,410 wounded and children were removed. Starting tomorrow evening, they will be able to bring in military supplies such as troops, weapons, ammunition and fuel. ”

Eight ,200 tons of food could feed the whole city for eight days, but the number of people was wrong, and he said, "More than 25,000 people?

Pedinov couldn't hide it, so he could only say, "Later, the people of the Ministry of Internal Affairs asked for the withdrawal of some important machinery and equipment, and Rajishev was also very embarrassed, so he could only install various machinery and equipment on the lower level of the large transport aircraft. ”

Yelena was very disappointed in her heart, I am afraid that the people who are transported out also have moisture, and it is more likely that some of them are not qualified, but Yelena is not wise to face the Ministry of Internal Affairs at this time.