Chapter 1125 The Nenets couple in the mountain goods purchasing station
In the wilderness, Wei Ran and Mesut used the animal skins they had hunted to conduct a primitive barter transaction with this bearded man who appeared out of nowhere.
Unfortunately, the only things the two of them were interested in were each other's rifle bullets, which only had about fifty rounds in total, a Mosin-Nagant rifle, and the dogs pulling the sleds.
Obviously, although this bearded man who can't even speak Russian really wants to exchange for all the animal skins, he doesn't want to trade the sled dogs that he depends on for survival and the only weapons in his hands - he is not a member of the Soviet Union after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
How could you, such a rotten person, do such a stupid thing that ruins your martial arts skills?
After some enthusiastic gestures, Wei Ran and Mesut finally understood what the man meant and invited them to sit at home.
Before the two of them could refuse or agree, the bearded man got on his dog sled, waved to the two of them, and ran towards the west at the lead.
"Are you going?" Wei Ran asked Mesut, who was hesitating beside him.
“Go and have a look”
Mesut struggled and said, "We need to know how far we are from the Ural Mountains, so it's best to trade the map. In addition, our reindeer have lost a lot of weight. Even if we can't trade sled dogs,
At least we need to get them some concentrated feed.”
"Then let's go"
Wei Ran said, turned around and got into the tent, put the uncooked fox meat in the wooden box together with the pot, then extinguished the newly lit charcoal fire and dismantled the tent, chasing the sled marks left by the opponent,
The reindeer shouted and ran due west.
This journey was definitely not too close, and it took nearly two hours to run. Weiran and Mesut thought several times that they were following the wrong sled tracks, when they suddenly appeared at the edge of a forest right in front of them.
, found a lonely stone house.
Seeing this, Wei Ran and the two men were somewhat relieved. If the bearded man who seemed to be a Nenets man took them to a gathering area or a place such as a forest farm, they would definitely be interrogated. Right now
Such a lonely stone house obviously has a high probability of avoiding such a situation.
However, how could such a stone house be built in this place? And it is also a round stone house?
Wei Ran couldn't help but feel a little confused. This stone house was not too small. Although it looked like only one floor, it was about ten meters in diameter. Although the conical roof was covered with thick snow, the highest point in the middle was
The chimney, also built with stones, was sending out wisps of green smoke.
Looking outside the house, in addition to the firewood stacked against the wall, there is also a locked low wooden house. There is also a dog hole in the door of the house, and the untied sled dogs are shaking and shiny.
After picking up the fur, they each went in through the hole where the animal skin was hanging.
After the dozen or so sled dogs were arranged, the bearded man waved to Wei Ran and the other two, and then pointed to a thick-waisted pine tree next to the wooden house that had its crown cut off.
Although there was a language barrier, the two understood each other's meaning and each tied the reindeer to the edge of the tree. The bearded man also went around to the other side of the wooden house and opened another locked door.
He took out a large bag of dried moss and lichen and placed it near the mouths of the four reindeer.
After touching the heads of these reindeer, the bearded man greeted Wei Ran and Mesut, and followed him through a thick wooden door and into the warm stone house.
The lighting in this house is not very good, and the only four windows are only the size of a washbasin.
Fortunately, the fire in the large fireplace in the middle provided enough firelight. Beside the fireplace, there was a woman with a big belly, who was sewing something.
Looking down at the thick wooden floor under his feet, Wei Ran subconsciously observed the stone house.
At the top of the house, a circle of blackened wooden beams rested on the stone walls and the stone chimney in the middle like umbrella ribs.
In addition to supporting the conical roof, these wooden beams are also responsible for hanging heavy objects. Some of them hang a few greasy kerosene lamps, some hang a string of animal traps, and some hang a string of animal traps.
There were spread animal skins, and even some smoked fish hung on strings.
In the gap between the wooden beams and the roof, there are several wooden boards, and some boxes made of birch bark are neatly placed on these wooden boards.
Looking straight at the room, in addition to the large fireplace in the middle, there is a thick solid wood table placed near the window, and next to the window facing the fireplace is a large wooden bed.
There is also a narrow wooden table on both sides of the hearth of the fireplace, with some pots, pans and other items placed on it. The remaining half of the room is filled with a small boat whose skeleton has just been made out of wood.
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Compared with these ordinary debris, what really attracted the attention of Wei Ran and Mesut was the stone wall on the left and right sides of the window closest to the boat. There were a hanging portrait of Stalin and a portrait of Stalin on the left and right sides respectively.
Map in a frame!
Before they could take a step forward to go in the direction of the map, the bearded man took off his deerskin robe and completed the communication with the woman with a big belly in a language that Wei Ran and the two could not understand.
"welcome"
The woman said to Wei Ran and Wei Ran in unfamiliar Russian, "My husband said he met you on the tundra and wanted to trade your fox skins. I asked you what you want."
Hearing this, the two looked at each other, and Wei Ran said, "The transaction is not urgent. Are you Nenets people? Why do you live here?"
"We are indeed Nenets"
The woman with a big belly said in a hurry, "We stay here to buy animal skins from the surrounding tribes and hunters."
The Soviet Union’s mountain goods purchasing station?
Wei Ran immediately understood the significance of the existence of this house. This kind of acquisition station in the wilderness is not unusual. Not to mention the Soviet Union, it actually appeared in the Siberian wilderness as early as the Tsarist Russia. Even he doubted that this stone house
Maybe it's all left over from the Tsarist Russia era.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After briefly figuring out the identity of the couple, Wei Ran and the two of them communicated with the woman with a big belly and found out.
There was actually someone else who was originally in charge of this job. The couple simply did it because the old man who was originally in charge of this job had health problems before the winter came, and it happened that this tribal woman who spoke Russian was about to give birth.
It was suitable for me to migrate with the tribe, so I temporarily took over this job.
And just as Wei Ran guessed, this stone house that has been around for a hundred years is really a legacy from the Tsarist Russia era. But the more important information is that this stone house is not far to the west, where is the Ob River.
A tributary!
Whether you follow this tributary to the northwest or cross the river and head directly to the west, you only need to walk about 150 kilometers to reach the Ob River!
As long as you cross the Ob River and walk less than 150 kilometers to the west, you will reach the second difficulty of the trip - the Ural Mountains! The Ural Mountains stretch for 2,500 kilometers from north to south!
Wei Ran and Mesut looked at each other. Although they didn't speak, they both could see that the other was relieved.
After obtaining enough information, Mesut and Wei Ran also brought in the thirty or forty animal skins they had hunted and placed them on the table.
After communicating with the woman with a big belly, Wei Ran and Mesut were inevitably a little disappointed. It was hundreds of kilometers away from the nearest gathering area, but there were really not many trading items they could provide.
After some picking and choosing, Mesut exchanged two pieces of animal skins for a watch-style compass produced by the Soviet Union during the war, and then exchanged four white sheets, a small bag of oats, and a full
A box of raw and frozen fish.
Wei Ran also changed into some white sheets. There are a lot of these here. It is also normal for hunters to change into these. In this wilderness, white is the best camouflage. Only when the camouflage is good, can the capture be more likely.
prey.
After asking again if he could exchange for some sled dogs to no avail, the man pulled out a Mosin-Nagant rifle with more than a dozen five-pointed stars engraved on the butt from a box mounted on a wooden beam.
The woman's translator said that it could be replaced with five animal skins and came with 20 bullets.
Without hesitation at all, Wei Ran happily counted out five animal skins and handed them to the other party in exchange for this World War II rifle with extensive signs of use and soul rings, as well as 20 rounds of greasy bullets.
Seeing that the two men still had a lot of animal skins on their hands, the bearded man thought for a while, climbed up to the edge of another beam with a ladder, and took out a wooden box made of birch bark.
Two second-hand telescopes wrapped in leather cases!
But this time, the man asked a high price. One of the telescopes needed to be exchanged for the animal skins they had on hand, and the other telescope wanted to be exchanged for two pregnant reindeer!
Pregnant reindeer?
Wei Ran glanced at Mesut, who looked stunned. Obviously, this unqualified veterinarian probably didn't notice this at all.
After some questioning, it turned out that the man who looked to be in his thirties was worried about the lack of milk after his wife gave birth to a child, so he wanted to get a doe. But this season, unless you go to the warmer south, it is already difficult to find pregnant women.
of the doe.
Obviously, just as it was impossible for the bearded man to sell his sled dogs, it was equally impossible for Weihan and Mesut to sell the reindeer used to pull the cart.
So in the end, the two of them could only use all the remaining animal skins, except for one of the telescopes and the framed map with the Ob River as the center.
After completing the transaction and obtaining the most important information, the two of them did not dare to stay for long, so they took two large bags of moss and lichen given by the bearded man for the reindeer to eat, and shouted to the four reindeer to set off.
"Wait a minute," the Nenets woman with a big belly called out to the two of them.
Seeing Wei Ran and Mesut looking back, the woman reached out and touched the reindeer pulling the cart, then turned around and communicated a few words with her husband in Nenets language, and then pointed to Mesut to pull the cart.
The two reindeer said, "It's better to keep these two pregnant doe. Their bellies have begun to get bigger and they are no longer suitable for pulling the sled. No hunter can bear to let a pregnant doe pull the sled."
Without waiting for Wei Ran or Mesut to refuse, she continued, "You can take away a few of our sled dogs first, they will be enough for you to pull the cart. When the spring comes, you can take a lot of our sled dogs."
How about sending it back, taking the reindeer away and just leaving us one fawn?
Also, the sled cart and the bear skins covering it must be kept. If you send back more than one sled dog, this bear skin will be returned to you. If there are more than two sled dogs missing, this bear skin will be returned to you.
The bearskin is ours."
This woman is pretty good at business
Wei Ran muttered to himself. It was obvious that in this tundra shrouded in severe winter, meat-eating sled dogs were more useful than vegetarian reindeer. This was an irresistible temptation for Wei Ran and Mesut.
When the short spring comes here, the snow melts and the grass turns green, and the sled dogs are not as useful as reindeer with tall legs, long legs and big feet.
When the time comes, they will definitely send the sled dogs back in exchange for the two reindeer - as long as they are really hunters.
Through this transaction, the two Nenets people not only got a fawn, but also deer milk, and the price they had to pay was just to send their dogs out to work. And the price was not high.
Fei's bearskin is staked here, so there is no need to worry about these two unkempt hunters running away.
"When the grass grows, we will send the sled dogs back." Mesut happily agreed to the deal.
