Although he couldn't understand it, Zhou Zhen could see that in this family, it was really Sophia, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old.

Louise is an idiot who can't find her place or provide a stable life for her two daughters after she falls into the dust.

The only thing she can handle now is her own appearance.

So she is with Ayrte, acting as his overt lover, and possibly a double agent.

A woman like her should not have escaped the attention of the Soviet government.

But because her husband died, she had despaired of the Soviet government, so emotionally, she should be on the opposite side.

It was also because of this mentality that Ayrt boldly brought himself to their home.

With such an insider to help cover up, it is safer to be yourself.

The two daughters are more mature than their mothers, and Sophia seems to be gentle and demure, taking care of the housework and controlling everything in the house.

Although Yulenka is small, she is not the kind of girl who does not understand, and she should know very well who the stability of the family depends on.

Judging from her attitude towards her mother, but she listened to her sister's words very much, Zhou Zhen could know the positioning of the mother and daughter.

Breakfast was over quickly, and Louise helped Zhou Zhen refill the coffee with water, and then sat diagonally across from him. "Mr. Kivens, what are your plans?"

"I just want to get out of here as soon as possible and go back to Germany."

Yulenka pointed to the radio on the windowsill and said: "The trains to Moscow have stopped, and they will not open until after the New Year." ”

"Then we can only wait for Ayrt to come back before deciding ......" Zhou Zhen pretended to sigh and asked, "Do you have a Russian dictionary here?" I don't know any Russian, and it's hard to move an inch now. ”

"Do you want to learn Russian?"

"It's okay anyway, I want to learn a few words."

Louise nodded, and quickly took a tome of dictionaries from the other wall in the living room. "Yulenka, it's class time......"

Somewhat reluctantly, Yulenka got up and took a few books from the shelves, as well as a pencil and a workbook cut out of white paper.

Zhou Zhen asked, "She didn't go to school?" ”

Louise shook her head, but didn't explain. "It's the same thing I teach her at home."

Sophia washed the dishes and plates, and also took out her own textbook, and studied beside her, and Louise lectured to her if she didn't understand.

Although her mother has no ability to live, she should still be very knowledgeable.

Zhou Zhen quickly copied the entire Russian dictionary, and then he took advantage of Yulenka's study to ask her about the pronunciation of some phonetic transcriptions.

In his biological computer, there are also language translators from all over the world, and in combination, Zhou Zhen quickly mastered the Russian language.

Although the pronunciation is not accurate, at least, I can understand the radio and read better.

In terms of vocabulary, he was even stronger than the vast majority of Soviets.

Of course, this ability is not his own, but in the biocomputer, it is almost the same as his own.

Even if you have to go through the biocomputer, it won't take too much time.

Towards noon, the snow finally stopped, and a truck drove up, and two militiamen got out of the truck.

Hearing the movement, Zhou Zhen reminded Louise, and then she looked at Sophia and said to Zhou Zhen, "You go to the attic and hide." Yulenka, you also go up and sit at the entrance of the attic to play. ”

Zhou Zhen pointed to the candies and chocolates that had not yet been packed, she immediately understood, packed the things that Zhou Zhen brought over in a big bag, and handed them to Zhou Zhen.

Zhou Zhen went up the attic along the wooden staircase, the attic was not big, the shortest point was less than one meter, the highest point was about two meters five, and then there was a triangular log house beam in the middle.

It is furnished in a childlike setting, with two wooden beds half a meter apart, a small bookshelf next to it, and two low stools.

A very simple girl's bedroom, in fact, is not just an attic, and there is nothing valuable in this house.

Maybe there used to be, and it was also sold for food.

The attic has two windows and a skylight, and the upper skylight is pressed down by heavy snow so that you can't see outside.

The front window Zhou Zhen didn't dare to go over, for fear of being seen in the shadow, and the back window faced a wood, and in the position next to the hut, there was a piece of reclaimed land, but now it was deserted.

Zhou Zhen observed, if he sat on the bed, his head would be on the roof.

The stool was too small, so he simply sat down on the floor.

Yulenka sat at the top of the stairs, looking at him with some curiosity, and when the door was opened, she turned away, pretending to be curious, and never looked back again.

Obviously, although she is young, she is already a veteran.

"Louise, long time no see."

"Andrey, Peter, hello. What's going on today? ”

"There's a fugitive at the train station, and now it's being tracked down everywhere, and there's a mission here at the farm. You didn't notice anything unusual today, did you? ”

"Nope. Ayrte helped us buy food in the morning and came back and we didn't even go out. ”

"These are Elt's snow boots?"

"Yes, he was too bulky, and he felt uncomfortable wearing them in the morning, so he changed into ordinary cotton shoes and went to work."

Women are born actors, and this Louise seems to be a little stupid, but she behaves calmly, covering up the mistakes they make.

The two of them inquired, but they didn't even enter the door, and then left again.

Although he could understand Russian, Zhou Zhen still pretended not to understand and asked in English, "What did they say?" ”

Yulenka turned around and said, "Just here to ask about the situation, we forgot about the shoes you left outside, almost exposed." ”

Zhou Zhen asked, "Where did you live before?" ”

"Leningrad. What about you? ”

Zhou Zhen was stunned for a moment before she realized that she was talking about St. Petersburg. "Hannover ......"

The little girl seemed to have a little interest in talking, took her feet up, and sat cross-legged on the floor like Zhou Zhen. "Are you married?"

"Of course, I have a daughter, who is only three years old, and then my wife is pregnant again, and now she should have helped me have another child. But I haven't seen ......."

"What did you do before?"

"I work for a newspaper, but I'm not a journalist, I'm a technician in the printing shop. When the war came to a short supply, I was drafted into the army. What about you, do you remember life in Leningrad? ”

"Of course, we've only moved here for three years, and we've been living in big cities instead of this place where there are more beasts than people."

"How old are you?"

"Twelve."

Zhou Zhen felt that this encounter seemed to be destined in the dark, and in the world of Yulenka, there were two pairs of mother and daughter who needed his care.

Before he got tired of it, the world turned upside down again.

Then it seems that in order to make up for this regret, in this world where he originally wanted to come to endure hardship, he met a mother and daughter who needed to be taken care of.

In particular, this little daughter, also named Yulenka, is also a year older than the other Yulenka.

Moreover, both worlds are in Russia......

Will we continue to fall? Can't you get the lost festival back?

At this time, Sophia seemed to be afraid that her sister would lose her words, and she also climbed into the attic.

She sat next to her sister, then looked at Zhou Zhen and said: "You can't go back to Germany, the government is very strict about the westbound trains, even if it is a freight train, it will go through at least two cargo transfers before it can reach Moscow."

And from Moscow to Germany, there are still 5,000 kilometers, through several countries, many inspections. ”

"I know, but I promised my daughter that I would spend Christmas with her."

Yulenka was suddenly touched and fell into her sister's arms, a little weakly. "Sister, I want dad too, we don't have dad anymore......"

This sentence was said in Russian, Zhou Zhen deliberately pretended not to understand, and then leaned over to the staircase and saw Louise standing below.

She also seemed to be touched by her daughter's words, and her eyes turned red.

This woman in her early thirties has a feeling of pity because of this emotion.

However, Sophia's words made his thoughts suddenly return.

"We don't know him yet," she said in Russian, and maybe he's as incompetent as Ayrt." We can try him again, and if it's reliable, we can keep him as a dad. ”

"So what are we going to do?"

"I don't know, we can't move on to the next step until he talks to Ayrt and knows his thoughts and plans."

"He's handsome and he's very secure. Maybe he takes care of our lives......"

"Handsome can't be eaten, what we need is a man who can support this family, or, a man who can take us out of the Soviet Union."

Louise below began to cry, and in the face of fate, she seemed a little helpless, not as good as her two daughters.

This reversal of the mother-daughter relationship is the same as that of Yulenka's world......

Zhou Zhen pretended not to understand their words, and asked in English with doubts, "Louise, what's wrong with you?" ”

Sophia answered: "It's nothing, she's often sentimental and depressed. She has been like this since our dad died. ”

Zhou Zhen asked, "Didn't Ayrt take your father's place?" ”

"No, he's just using us, and our relationship is one of mutual use."

Zhou Zhen continued to ask: "Then what can I help you?" ”

She paused for a moment, then sighed again. "No, you can't help anything."

Zhou Zhen is still difficult to protect himself in their eyes......

This kind of contempt made Zhou Zhen unacceptable, he thought about it and deliberately threw out a little bait. "Last night, I moved a lot of food from the warehouse at the train station and I hid it.

Do you have sleds at home? Maybe tonight, I can transfer you a little bit back so that your life will not be so difficult. ”

Louise covered her mouth in surprise, but Sophia's eyes lit up. "What food?"

"There's flour, and there's candy and chocolate."

"But the radio didn't say you stole these things."

"If it were you, would you say it?"