The arrival of the brothers made Fu Xin very happy, and he gave Li Le a few warm hugs under his excitement. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Le looked Fu Xin up and down, and saw that he was not injured, so he put his heart down and joked with him: "Everyone else goes abroad in a beach yacht bikini, how did you achieve such virtue?" ”

Fu Xin's state is not very good, the tension of the past few days has made him very tired, he is wearing a set of washed faded factory uniforms, his hair and beard are messy, where is there still the handsomeness and chic of a 'playboy'.

"It's hard to put into words." Fu Xin smiled bitterly and said, "Come with me first." ”

Fu Xin's neighborhood is particularly dilapidated, similar to the demolition area in the urban-rural junction of China, with seven- and eight-storey buildings in the old style of the last century, and the exterior walls are gray, and in some places the wall skin has fallen off. What is even more shocking is that the exterior walls of buildings below three stories are covered with bullet holes, and black marks from the fire can be seen everywhere.

Along the way, Li Le found that most of the shops on both sides of the road had closed down, several doors had been smashed, and the glass slag inside was a mess, which was clearly looted, and there were few pedestrians on the road, and the few people he met were all old people in their twilight years, and young people, especially young women, seemed to be extinct.

"There are very few people here." Fu Xin explained to everyone: "The rich have fled one after another, and those who have access have also gone to Kyiv and Russia, leaving only the poor except for the elderly." ”

Turning two streets, Fu Xin led everyone to the door of a church.

Fu Xin said: "I have been living here for the past few days. ”

The surprised Li Le didn't care about Fu Xin, he turned his head to look at Qingque: "You're okay, right?" ”

Qingque said arrogantly: "God can't control the head of the underworld. "She has been shaded by the Buddha statue formation and the like a few times, but a church can't enter her eyes.

The boss asked strangely, "Why don't you live at home?" ”

"It's too dangerous, everyone can only huddle together to keep warm." Fu Xin said as he beckoned everyone in.

Walking into the church, Li Le was startled by the scene inside, except for the statue of Jesus Christ still standing, all the other chairs and altars were dismantled and piled into firewood in the corner next to it. More than a dozen families are mostly elderly, women and children. Upstairs, there are a few 17- and 8-year-old teenagers with the famous Bobosha submachine guns from World War II, and they are the only armed force guarding the place.

Several old ladies are praying prayers under the statue of Christ.

Li Le: They had only seen the news about Ukraine on the news in China, and when they came here to see it with their own eyes, they found that the situation here was so bad.

Fu Xin's popularity is good, and many people greet him. Fu Xin said self-deprecatingly: "I am like a rich son-in-law of a poor family now, and I can count RMB here in addition to US dollars." ”

It was noon, and there were several cauldrons in the open space of the church, in which some potatoes and other vegetables were boiling. The appearance and color are not flattering, but the smell that comes out makes the people around them swallow saliva from time to time.

There are no more jobs in the vicinity of the town, and most of the adult men have gone to Kyiv, Russia and even Europe, where they hope to find a job and send their paychecks back to support their families. Now Ukraine's economy is collapsing, and life is extremely difficult for the people at the bottom.

In the first few days when Fu Xin arrived, he was able to buy some things from his own pocket, but as the situation worsened, the bank could not withdraw cash, and it was a problem for so many people in the church to eat.

Li Le asked, "What about Nova?" ”

"Go with her aunt... Isn't this coming..."

As she spoke, Nova and a middle-aged woman walked in with a large basket.

"Blue Sparrow? You're coming! Nova was very happy to see everyone, she ran over and hugged the green sparrow, she had not seen Nova for many days and was still so beautiful, but there was a deep sorrow between her eyebrows.

"Auntie, I'll introduce you." Nova pulled the middle-aged woman and said, "This is my aunt Natasha, and these are my friends in China. ”

Aunt Natasha is a warm and talkative woman, she is middle-aged, she looks similar to Li Le's impression, with a bloated physique and strong limbs, and she knows that she can easily subdue several special forces by looking at her posture.

The aunt's name is Natasha, and the father's name is Romanov, Natasha. Romanov is really the same name as Black Widow in the Avengers.

The blue finch pointed to the basket and asked, "What's in here?" ”

"Some bread." Nova said: "The garment factory in the town provides it, but this is the last one, and the garment factory will be closed after today." ”

The basket contained some long loaves of bread, and Li Le glanced at the color and texture of the bread, estimating that picking it up could knock people unconscious.

Lunch was thick soup with bread, and the people in the church lined up to eat one by one, and Li Le also got some of it at the end. On weekdays, he is used to living a chic life, and he really can't eat these meals, Li Le gave it to a half-old boy after eating two bites, and that kid didn't dislike eating cleanly.

After lunch, several people gathered.

Li Le said: "You didn't make it clear on the phone, what happened? ”

The Boss also spoke; "If we were to help the people here, we would have been able to donate a sum of money recently, but now Ukraine is in chaos as a whole, and it won't be of much use."

Fu Xin waved his hand and said, "It's Nova's father, my father-in-law is in trouble." ”

Following the civil unrest in Ukraine, Crimea voted to join Russia, and Donetsk and Kharkiv subsequently declared independence, regions that are closer to Russia and can receive economic and military support from Russia. Although the Ukrainian army has carried out armed operations against them, it is nothing compared to Russia.

Odessa is more tragic, the pro-Russian and pro-European factions in this region are about the same strength, they are far away from Russia and do not receive direct support, and the two factions in Odessa fought fiercely during the civil strife, and in the end neither of them got cheap. Later, international forces intervened, the armed forces temporarily withdrew from the ceasefire, and Odessa, whose official forces were seriously weakened, instantly lost control.

The relationship between spies, armed groups and gangs is complex.

Life was difficult, most of the men chose to go out to find work, leaving behind the elderly, weak women and children, and the Romanovs set up a Ukrainian self-help committee in the town to bring everyone together for safety. There are currently only two factories belonging to the committee, in addition to the food factory that is closed today, and there is also a garment factory outside the town.

The largest armed group in the town is a pro-European gang called Axe, which sees the Romanovs as a thorn in the side, and after setting up roadblocks and collecting protection money, the gangsters forcibly buy the factory and detain the Romanovs. Fu Xin is a foreigner, leading a group of women from Nova to have no choice but to call Li Le after thinking about it.

Qingque is the princess of the underworld, maybe Ukraine is still under the jurisdiction of the underworld, after all, Temujin Kublai Khan once fought here.

The boss asked, "Isn't the local police department working?" ”

Nova said disdainfully: "Those guys are only concerned with making money and immigrating now, how can they care about the lives and deaths of civilians." ”

The strength of the Axe Gang was unclear to everyone, and after some discussion, Li Le decided to explore the road first.

At six o'clock in the evening, the boss stayed in the church, Fu Xin took Li Le, Nova took Qingque, and the four of them came to the center of the town.

There are two bars in the center of the town, one south and one north, the south bar is directly controlled by the Axe Gang, and the north bar is owned by the police and other powerful departments. Although life is not easy at the moment, the style of Ukrainian men is similar to that of Russia, and many people still choose to go to the bar for a drink when night falls.

Fu Xin took Li Le to the bar in the north, and Nova took the invisible Qingque to the bar in the south.

There were two strong men with rifles standing at the door of the bar, Fu Xin whispered to Li Le: "I've been here a few times, the boss is related to the current police chief, and the gangsters don't dare to cause trouble casually, it's safe." ”

After speaking, Fu Xin said hello to the strong man at the door and walked in with Li Le.

There are a lot of people in the bar, the smell of cheap liquor is in the air, and the people who patronize it are not very rich, they drink the cheapest vodka mixed with water, and their faces are bitter and confused.

The bartender saw Fu Xin and shouted loudly, "Hey! Son-in-law of the brown bear! ”

The brown bear is the nickname of Romanov, this man is very famous in the town, otherwise Fu Xin, the rich master, would have been kidnapped a long time ago.

Fu Xin came to the bar and asked in stammering Russian, "Is the boss there?" ”

"Why do you ask this?" The bartender was a little wary at first, and then suddenly realized: "You want to save the brown bear, listen to me, and leave this damn country with Nova, I swear that if I had money, I would go to China, it was heaven." ”

Fu Xin stuffed a bill to the bartender and said, "Don't talk nonsense, is the boss there?" ”

The bartender smiled: "The boss is very busy." ”

"I'm booking a venue today, and all the consumption is mine." Fu Xin said: "But the cash I have on me is only RMB. ”

"Absolutely." The bartender said: "Except for the US dollar, which likes the renminbi the most, at least it will not become waste paper." ”

Fu Xin took out a bundle of RMB from his crotch and slapped it on the bar, this was obtained by someone he asked someone a few days ago, the bartender put the money away and shouted to everyone in the bar: "Brown Bear's son-in-law has a treat, everyone let go and drink!" ”

Everyone applauded: "Here are three bottles of vodka, remember not to mix with water!" ”

"The boss is in the back." After the bartender finished speaking, he began to serve the wine.

There were also two guards at the back door of the bar, and Fu Xin walked over with two bottles of good wine to give them to them, and then the guards got out of the way.

Fu Xin said: "The boss here is very well-informed, and I hope to find out the specific whereabouts of my father-in-law." ”

Li Le discussed with everyone, once the specific location of the Romanov is determined, he will break in with Qingque to save people, and the long nights and dreams cannot be delayed, and the reputation of the brown bear can not suppress the gangsters for too long.