At Sister Juan's house, Wei Ran received an absolutely grand reception.
The table was full. In addition to Uncle Yao and his wife, as well as his son, daughter-in-law, and Sister Juan, they even invited several neighbors to come over to keep them company. They warmly greeted Wei Ran and had a good drink.
It was through this meal that Wei Ran also got a general understanding of this family.
Sister Juan, who once buried her beloved family, finished high school at the age of 18, but she did not continue her studies because her grades were really poor.
Her father was worried that his daughter would go out with a lion's head and cause trouble every day, so he simply freed up two rooms at home and opened a supermarket like this for her.
Regarding Sister Juan, the following story is actually not much different from that of most ordinary people.
When he was young and ignorant, for the sake of so-called love, he ignored the persuasion of his family and married early and had a child. Soon after the child was born, he was worn down by the hardships of life and the daily addiction of the man from the same family to the Internet cafe.
I had to be patient and decided to divorce.
It's hard to say whether her life is happy or unfortunate. After the divorce, Sister Juan returned to her parents' home alone with her children and took over the supermarket again - just changing her name from Xiaojuan to Sister Juan.
Fortunately, her brother Dajun and sister-in-law love her enough.
Now, after so many years, Sister Juan, who once made a big splash in the Audition, has no thought of remarrying. She just runs her supermarket with peace of mind and devotes herself to raising her daughter who is studying in a boarding school in the city.
Mentioning her daughter, the once rebellious and fashionable Sister Juan only had pride on her face, "My Lingxi family is not like me. Starting from the first grade, she has always been the first in her grade every semester!"
"That brat of mine is also number one."
Yao Dajun picked up his wine glass and clinked it with Wei Ran, and said angrily, "I am the last in the class with special codes every year, and I have discounted 800 brooms alone.
If we continue like this, after he finishes junior high school, we will send him to learn how to be a chef, and then he will be able to help us two."
"You're still young. Maybe you'll know how to work hard when you get to junior high school."
Wei Ran smiled and consoled him, "Brother Yao and his wife, and even Uncle Yao and his wife, in addition to farming, they also hosted banquets and banquets for weddings and weddings from all over the country on weekdays. It could barely be regarded as an ancestral craft."
Because of this, Wei Ran was particularly impressed by this meal. The table was full, and it was so delicious with just a pair of chopsticks. Naturally, he drank one glass after another of the local golden millet wine.
This is also thanks to the fact that Wei Ran has already developed his drinking capacity with various people, otherwise he would have been drunk under the table by this time.
When the wine glass in front of me was filled again by Sister Juan, the door of the farmhouse also made a banging sound when someone patted it.
"Uncle Yao, it seems that my guarantor is here."
Wei Ran said as he picked up the wine glass, clinked it with Uncle Yao, drank it in one gulp and stood up, "Let's welcome it together?"
“It’s time to welcome you”
Uncle Yao also drank down the glass of wine, then stood up and walked out of the living room with a table of people.
Before Wei Ran could follow him out, outside the already wide open iron gate of the courtyard, a girl who looked to be about 24 or 5 years old hurriedly walked in and said, "Uncle Yao, please get ready. The leaders of the county
I’m here, I’ve asked to visit you by name.”
Seeing Wei Ran looking at her, Sister Juan immediately introduced in a low voice, "This is our college student township cadre Xiao Sun. He usually works very hard.
"The county...the leader of the county? Who is the leader of the county?" Uncle Yao glanced at Wei Ran and asked the young girl quickly.
"The county magistrate and secretary, as well as the minister of the armed forces are here."
The young girl said slightly anxiously, "Everyone had already left when I received the call. I heard that all the TV stations in our county were here."
Seeing Uncle Yao and his family looking at him one after another, Miss Sun also looked over.
Wei Ran smiled when he saw this, "If nothing else happens, he should be the guarantor I'm looking for."
"Wei...Teacher Wei? Who are you from?" Yao Dajun, who had just been drinking and chatting with a big brother, stammered and asked Weiran.
"me..."
Wei Ran smiled and said, "I have no background, and what I told you before was all the truth."
"Ah! Are you the general manager on the Internet... Ah! Sorry, sorry, Mr. Wei Ran, the historian, right?" Miss Sun also recognized Wei Ran.
"Yes, it's me."
Wei Ran took the initiative to shake hands with the other party and said, "Hello, Comrade Sun."
"Hello!"
The little Sun girl quickly greeted Wei Ran. She had already figured out that the county leader coming this time was definitely related to the drunken but gentle man of the same age in front of her.
"Uncle Yao, I wonder if it would be convenient for me to borrow a room to change my clothes?"
Wei Ran looked at Uncle Yao who was still sizing him up, stretched out his collar and said jokingly, "You are so drunk that it won't be appropriate to meet the leader later."
"Convenient! Go to my room!"
Yao Dajun was the first to react, "Let's go! I'll take you there. There's a bathroom in my room where you can take a shower!"
"I'm going to pick up my luggage first."
Wei Ran nodded politely to Miss Sun, Uncle Yao and others, then walked out of the courtyard alone, got into the pickup truck as a cover, and took out the suitcase in the metal book.
This box contains three sets of clothes that Teacher Dalia took him to Moscow to order. Later, after investigating the historical mystery of the French tailor sisters, he put these three sets of clothes into a metal book.
Carrying this retro-style leather suitcase, Wei Ran followed Yao Dajun into his bedroom, closed the door, closed the curtains, and put on his comfortable casual clothes.
Throwing the clothes he wore from Ganzi into the suitcase, Wei Ran borrowed the bathroom to wash his face and rinse his mouth, then opened the curtains again, took the suitcase and opened the door.
Almost as soon as he used the pickup truck as a cover to put the suitcase back into the metal book, several black cars and a van with "A County TV Station" printed on it also drove over from a distance, and finally stopped at the
At the entrance of Sister Juan’s supermarket.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As the car door opened, the first person to get out was a middle-aged uncle who was called "Mayor Lin" by Uncle Yao and others.
"Brother Yao, who is Mr. Wei Ran?" Although the mayor said this, he had already looked at Wei Ran.
Uncle Yao was a little confused for a moment. Although he and his son and daughter-in-law had organized countless weddings and funerals in the countryside, when had he ever seen such a battle?
Especially when the photographers and reporters came out of the van with the machine at the end. If they were pointed at by that thing, would they be able to be on TV?
For a moment, Uncle Yao couldn't help but regret, if he had known that he would have changed his clothes in advance.
"I am Wei Ran"
Wei Ran took the initiative to shake Mayor Lin's hand and said, "Comrade Mayor, I have caused trouble for you."
Wei Ran called him this, and his words were unexpectedly steady. The mayor also immediately changed his title, "No trouble, Comrade Wei Ran, come on, let me introduce you."
As he said that, the three people who got out of the second car also came over.
"This is our Secretary Bai, this is County Magistrate Ma, and this is Minister Wang of our county's Armed Forces Department."
Wei Ran casually glanced at the party member badges on the left chests of these three people. After shaking hands with them one by one, Wei Ran said politely, "Secretary Bai, County Magistrate Ma, and Minister Wang, please make a special trip this time.
You want to be my guarantor."
"We must be the guarantor"
Secretary Bai was the first to express his attitude, "The leaders of the district have told us the whole story on the phone. Comrade Wei Ran, please feel free to carry out the investigation boldly. We will do our best to cooperate!"
“It’s causing trouble to everyone”
Wei Ran thanked him again, then looked at Uncle Yao, and asked in the same easy-going and polite manner as when he was drinking, "Uncle Yao, do you think you can trust the guarantor I invited?"
"oops!"
Uncle Yao, who seemed to have just reacted, slapped his thigh, "Quick, quick, quick! Come in and sit down!"
After being polite, Wei Ran followed the three leaders, the mayor and the little girl Sun behind him, and the camera crew who followed him back into the living room, which was still filled with the aroma of wine.
"Have the secretary had dinner with the county magistrate and comrades minister?" Wei Ran asked with a smile, "Uncle Yao and Brother Yao's cooking skills are outstanding."
"We briefly dealt with two people on the way here."
Secretary Bai was the first to say, "I have heard about Chef Yao's cooking skills for a long time. They are unique in our county."
After another polite chat, Wei Ran once again recounted the incident exactly as it was. By the way, he also joked about the part where Uncle Yao needed a guarantor, and highly praised Uncle Yao's awareness and vigilance.
"We will be the guarantor."
County Magistrate Ma once again made a promise, "Chef Yao, the three of us are all party members, and we have received instructions from the city to act as guarantors for Comrade Wei Ran. You can safely and boldly tell us what you know."
tell him."
"Wei...Teacher Wei, if you ask, our family will promise not to hide a single stroke." Uncle Yao had already said it very happily this time.
Hearing this, Wei Ran smiled, looked at the reporter holding the microphone and asked, "Comrade reporter, are we not doing a live broadcast?"
"No, Mr. Wei, no, Comrade Wei Ran, this is not a live broadcast."
"That's good"
Wei Ran finally reminded, "You and your colleagues can film whatever you want today, but don't broadcast it yet. Secretary Bai, County Magistrate Ma, are you okay?"
"No problem!" the two men assured in unison.
After everything was laid out, Wei Ran looked at Sister Juan who was sitting uneasily on the sofa, slowed down his speech and said in a joking tone, "Sister Juan, don't be nervous, just pretend they don't exist, take out the
Dance back then..."
"Brother Wei, please stop making fun of me."
Sister Juan was really not nervous now, and at the same time she was really embarrassed and wanted to get under the sofa quickly.
Deliberately not looking at the questioning looks of the three leaders, Wei Ran asked with a smile, "Let's stop joking. Sister Juan, tell me how you found that film in the first place."
"This matter..."
Sister Juan organized some conversation and then said, "This matter started in 2008, when my father passed away and we went to clean up his cave dwelling."
Having said this, Sister Juan raised her finger and pointed in the direction, "On the other side of the Hulu River, our village moved here from the other side more than ten years ago, and there are only empty cave dwellings left there.
My father used to be a carpenter who specialized in making coffins. Others thought that job was unlucky, so he usually worked in the old cave dwelling where our family used to live. Moreover, he was used to living in the cave dwelling and was unwilling to move here.
.”
"So the film was found in the cave?" Wei Ran asked promptly.
"right"
Sister Juan nodded and continued, "My family has three cave houses over there. One of them my father lives in, one he uses to raise sheep, and the other one he uses to store sundries."
Speaking of this, Sister Juan pointed to the glass bottle placed on the coffee table and said, "It was found in the cave where the sundries were kept. My father had just passed away at that time, and we went to pack his things. I saw that
There is a large wooden wardrobe in the cave, and I want my brother to help me move it back and put it in my own room."
"The big wardrobe is still there."
Yao Dajun added, "My father made the wardrobe himself, and the quality is good."
"Can you let me take a look?" Wei Ran asked.
"Yes! Then why not!" Yao Dajun is an upright person, "You can just look at our family's money saving book!"
This was no joke, and everyone couldn't help but burst into good-natured laughter. They stood up one after another and followed Yao Dajun out of the living room and into the side room that served as the kitchen. Then they saw a large solid wood wardrobe with varnish.
This large wardrobe was different from today's ones. The only door in the middle was inlaid with a large glass. There was also a piece of glass painted with peonies on both sides of the door. Under these three panels, there were two drawers.
"This cabinet door used to be a large mirror."
Yao Dajun opened the cabinet door as he spoke, and introduced it with a silly smile, "Later, my wife and I fought and broke the mirror. Later, my dad replaced it with a larger glass and moved it to the kitchen to use as a cupboard."
He glanced at the obvious partition at the back of the large wardrobe and the pots and pans placed on it. When Wei Ran was about to ask something, Yao Dajun and Sister Juan had already opened the bottom drawer one by one. The two of them had already opened the bottom drawer.
The drawers were filled with miscellaneous items such as plastic bags.
"I brushed this wardrobe carefully when I brought it back," Sister Juan introduced, "There are no other negatives."
"Where was that medicine bottle placed at that time?" Wei Ran asked.
“Under the cabinet legs”
Sister Juan pointed to a cabinet leg and said, "The floor in the cave dwelling is not as flat as the floor tiles. It is all dirt and has not even been paved with red bricks. The medicine jar was half buried in the soil and was supporting this leg.
.”
"Didn't you look for it in the dirt around there?" Wei Ran asked in a leisurely manner while gesturing for everyone to go out.
"The cave dwelling collapsed a lot at that time."
Sister Juan, who followed her out of the kitchen, shook her head, "If I hadn't fallen in love with this big wardrobe, I wouldn't have wanted to go in. In order to beg my brother to follow me in, I even asked my best friend..."
"Hey, hey! It's nothing!"
Yao Dajun quickly interrupted and at the same time glanced at his wife who was holding her shoulders behind him in fear.
"Uncle Yao, Sister Juan, and Brother Yao, if it's convenient for you today, can you take me to the cave dwelling to have a look?" Wei Ran requested in time, barely saving half of Yao Dajun's life.
"no problem!"
Uncle Yao agreed without thinking, "However, those three cave dwellings collapsed several years ago. I'm afraid..."
"If you're afraid of anything, just dig it up!"
Yao Dajun had already taken out his mobile phone while he was talking, "I'm going to call someone over and ask Cao Si'er to drive his big excavator over!"
"Then I'll take you there right now"
Before Uncle Yao finished speaking, he had already pushed out his electric tricycle, "Just drive behind me, it's close! It's on the opposite side."
"Secretary Bai, County Magistrate Ma, and Minister Lin, if it's convenient, why don't we take this one?" Wei Ran pointed to the Jinbei in the yard, "This one is spacious, everyone can fit in it."
"What's the inconvenience?" Secretary Bai said, already reaching out and opening the sliding door of the carriage and getting in first.
"I'll drive for you," Sister Juan said, already opening the driver's door and getting in.
"I'll organize the people, you guys go over first." After Yao Dajun finished speaking, he also rode a small electric donkey and left the yard in a hurry.
He specially invited Yao Dajun's wife to get into the passenger seat, and Wei Ran asked Mayor Lin and Miss Sun to get into the car as well, and then finally got into the car and closed the greasy sliding door.
After everyone was seated, Sister Juan skillfully drove the van out of the small courtyard, first left the village, then drove along a field road to the main road, crossed a national highway with few people and few cars, and finally drove along a seemingly
The old cement bridge has opened across the road.
"Everyone, sit tight"
While Sister Juan greeted everyone, she also stepped on the accelerator. With the engine roaring, she drove the big gold cup up a slope and finally stopped in a small open space in the field.
“I can’t drive up there.”
Sister Juan stopped the car and turned off the engine and pulled up the handbrake while explaining, "The reason why our village was moved to the opposite side is because it's either uphill or downhill, and it's hard to drive up, and it's inconvenient to draw water."
"Isn't there a river? Isn't it convenient to draw water like this?"
Wei Ran, who was the first to get out of the car, pointed behind him curiously. Although the river they drove past just now was not wide, it did contain water.
"Comrade Wei Ran, you don't know"
Mayor Lin, who had not had a chance to speak just now, said, "Ten or twenty years ago, the water in that river stopped flowing from time to time, and the water in the river was always bitter.
This is because it has been managed over the years and trees have been planted on both sides, so it becomes what you see."
Wouldn't it be more difficult then...
Wei Ran shook his head secretly, and together with the others, he followed Sister Juan up the bumpy soil slope for dozens of meters, and then stopped in front of an open space full of millet.
Walking around the field of millet seeds, Wei Ran also saw the three large cave dwellings that were almost buried, as well as a large jujube tree with lush branches and red dates.
"Snapped!"
Just when Wei Ran and others were looking over, Uncle Yao also waved a big bamboo pole and knocked hard on the jujube tree. Suddenly, plump red dates fell down one by one.
“Try it!”
Uncle Yao put down the bamboo pole and greeted enthusiastically, "This is the jujube tree planted by my grandfather. It's so sweet!"
Wei Ran bent down to pick up a few big red dates, and threw one into his mouth. It was as sweet and crisp as Uncle Yao said.
"That's the cave dwelling"
Sister Juan, who also picked up a bag of big red dates, pointed to a cave farthest from the jujube tree and said, "That's where I found the negative."
Hearing this, Wei Ran took a closer look and saw that most of the entrance to the cave dwelling had been buried, and the remaining half was tightly blocked by weeds. However, the only window was still intact.
Turning on the flashlight function of his mobile phone and reaching into the window, the first thing Wei Ran saw was a collapsed earthen bed and a piece of snake slough left on the edge of the earthen bed at some point.
Fortunately, although the cave dwelling collapsed a bit badly on the outside, it seemed to be relatively intact on the inside. He could still vaguely see the map of China hanging on the wall inside with the flashlight.
"Where was that big wardrobe at that time?" Wei Ran asked Sister Juan beside him.
“Just inside”
Sister Juan pointed to the end of the collapsed cave dwelling and said, "On the right side of the map hanging on the wall, the cabinet door faces the left side of the map."
Hearing this, Wei Ran placed his cell phone on the broken window sill, then took off his coat and handed it to Sister Juan, "Help me take it."
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"I don't dare to get in like this!"
Minister Wang from the Ministry of Armed Forces said quickly, "If this collapses suddenly, it would be bad to bury you inside!"
"It's okay, don't worry." Wei Ran smiled, "I'm sure, this kind of..."
"You can't do it even if you are sure!"
Uncle Yao, who was holding a bag of jujubes with the hem of his clothes, said seriously, "It's nonsense. There are countless worms and scorpions in there. What if something happens if you get in there?"
"Don't worry, it's okay."
As Wei Ran spoke, he gently broke away from the person who was blocking him, picked up a small hoe hanging on the wall and tried it on the ground. He said with extra confidence, "Secretary Bai, you can guarantee it when we first met."
You must fully support me.”
"Little comrade, if you say so, then let me go in and look for you." Minister Wang said, having already taken off his coat, "How can I let you take risks in front of me at this time?"
"Don't"
Wei Ran said quickly, "I really need to do this kind of thing. You don't know what you are looking for."
"Then wait until my son calls the people and the excavator before we go in." Uncle Yao said, "When the time comes, we will lift the lid of this cave dwelling and you can find it however you want."
"See how thick the soil is above your head?"
Wei Ran pointed to the top of his head, "It's about ten meters at least. Let's not even dig it all out. It might be a long time ago. If it collapses, the contents inside will be smashed."
"Let's go in and find it."
Secretary Bai said, "We are party members. At times like this..."
"Secretary Bai is joking."
Wei Ran stopped the other party and said in a joking tone, "It's not that time yet. This place hasn't collapsed inside for so long. It won't collapse as soon as I enter."
"That won't work, I'll go in." Uncle Yao loosened the hem of his clothes holding Dazao and said, "I am an old farmer..."
"You old farmer has to lose weight before you can get in." Wei Ran stopped him.
Before the others who followed him could say anything, Yao Dajun had already walked up with a dozen people carrying shovels or pushing carts.
Seeing that there was no point in going in first, Wei Ran shook his head secretly with regret. The reason why he was so anxious to go in and take a look was naturally because he was worried that the things inside were broken or damaged, so he could use the food box by then.
Replace the one in.
In any case, based on his understanding of the food box, he would never give the glass medicine jar to himself unless necessary.
Seeing that Wei Ran no longer insisted on drilling in, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. After learning about it, Yao Dajun immediately organized the people he had found to excavate immediately, and stated with certainty that the excavator would start in half an hour at most.
come over.
As a shovel of soil was dug up by everyone, the door of the cave dwelling was finally exposed.
However, we encountered the same situation as Wei Ran again. If we continue to dig forward, we will inevitably get into a cave that has been in disrepair for a long time, so who gets in becomes a problem.
No matter what they think in their hearts, what is certain is that the three leaders would rather be buried in the cave dwelling than let these villagers and Wei Ran, their "guest", be buried in them.
Likewise, Uncle Yao and others cannot bear the responsibility of burying county leaders here.
"Let's go over there and sit down for a while."
Wei Ran pointed to the large abandoned millstone at the edge of the shadow of the jujube tree, "I don't think an excavator can come up to this place, and even if it comes up, the movement might collapse the place."
Hearing this, everyone nodded involuntarily and subconsciously walked towards the big millstone.
After successfully deceiving everyone, Wei Ran bent down and got into the abandoned cave dwelling!
"Hey you!"
"Shh-"
Wei Ran, who had already gotten in, pointed to the top of his head and said softly, "Don't come in, I'll be out soon."
After saying that, he no longer paid attention to Secretary Bai and others who were about to get in at the entrance of the cave but were held tightly by the surrounding villagers. They took the broken hoe that was pretending to be a hoe and stepped on the dirt and rubbish all over the ground to the end of the cave.
Thanks to the shielding at the edge of the earthen bed, he didn't have to worry about what people and cameras outside would see.
Leaning the mobile phone with the flashlight function against the wall, Wei Ran took out the engineer shovel from the metal book and tried it, then replaced it with a Mauser bayonet, as if he was detecting mines, and carefully tested it.
Things went much smoother than he thought. Soon, he realized that something was really buried under the soil.
However, as a large piece of dry soil was dug up, the first thing he saw was a mouse hole and a snake dormant in the mouse hole.
"puff!"
With an expressionless expression, Wei Ran casually nailed the snake's head into the soil with his bayonet, pressed the handle of the knife to cut off the snake's head, and then used the tip of the knife to push the snake's head and body back into the mouse hole bit by bit.
Wiping the blood on the spatula, Wei Ran continued to dig through pieces of hardened soil, and finally dug out a wooden box.
Although this wooden box has iron sheets nailed to the corners, there are still several holes made by rats. Even the cover with hinges is rotten and stained with rust. It can be easily picked up with the box lid.
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Open the lid gently, and inside this wooden box, which is about the size of a shoebox, is a canvas satchel that has also been gnawed by mice.
Gently opening the satchel, Wei Ran couldn't help but sigh. Inside was a black Zeiss leather-cavity folding camera and a glass medicine jar.
However, the lid of the medicine jar had been broken by a rat, and there was even a dead rat and various debris left in the bottle.
Raising his arm and giving a thumbs up to Secretary Ma outside, and then making a phone call gesture, Wei Ran took out the food box as quickly as possible, first took out the medicine jar provided by the metal book and rolled it in the soil.
He rolled it into the torn canvas bag, and then put the medicine jar that had been knocked over by the mouse into the food box that had been emptied in advance.
Finally, he put away the food box and bayonet, picked up the broken hoe, and dug around at the snake's position a few times. Then he picked up his mobile phone, hugged the wooden box, and crawled out in disgrace.
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"Come here"
Wei Ran greeted everyone and walked to the millstone, placed the wooden box in his arms on it, and carefully displayed the camera and medicine jar inside.
Gently blocking the hand that a young man subconsciously extended, Wei Ran said, "The medicine jar can't be opened yet. There must be film in that camera. I need a light-blocking safe deposit box."
"Use this!" the photographer said, taking off his backpack and handing it over.
"Thanks"
Wei Ran took the backpack, carefully put the wooden box in it and zipped it up, "Don't touch it yet, I want to make a phone call."
Before he finished speaking, County Magistrate Ma and Minister Wang ordered everyone to keep their distance, while Secretary Bai took out the phone again and dialed.
"Is there any good news?" Xia Shushi on the other end asked as soon as the call was connected.
"Fortunately, I found it." Wei Ran said simply and directly, "Where should I send it next?"
"Don't give it away anywhere. Just ask the guarantor that II helped you find to find a suitable place for you to open the contents inside."
Xia Shushi gave an unexpected answer, "I heard that reporters and photographers have been arranged for you. Try to take pictures of everything you can."
"Shall I open it?" Wei Ran asked in shock.
"I have obtained Mr. Jiang Ji's consent."
Xia Shushi replied, "I believe in your skills. At least when it comes to developing old photos, I guess I can't find anyone with better skills than yours."
"also"
Wei Ran agreed happily. He also wanted to see what else was in the medicine jar besides the film.
"The second generation has already rushed over with the camera crew."
Xia Shushi continued, "But you don't have to wait for him. Come and see what's inside as soon as possible. Mr. Jiang is waiting."
"Okay" Wei Ran said and hung up the phone. Almost at the same time, Secretary Bai also hung up.
"Secretary Bai, I need a darkroom." Wei Ran said straightforwardly.
"I'll make arrangements right away!" Secretary Bai agreed happily.
"Secretary, we have it in our station. Although it has been idle for a few years, it can definitely be used." The photographer said, "It's just that the potion is probably hard to find."
"I'm bringing the potion, and you guys can help me find a good enough bottom sweeper." Wei Ran said, of course he brought it with him. Zach, a good reporter on the front lines of the Vietnam War, gave him a complete set.
"There are also those in the scanner machine!" the photographer said immediately, "Teacher Wei, can I give you some tips? I have also learned to develop film."
"Okay" Wei Ran agreed happily.
"I'll make some arrangements first"
After Secretary Bai finished speaking, he first communicated in a low voice with County Magistrate Ma, who then communicated with Mayor Lin who came with him, and finally decided to let Minister Wang from the Armed Forces Department stay in charge of protecting the scene, and the rest of the people
This brings the county seat of Weiyanhui.
"Uncle Yao, if your family is not busy, you can follow me."
Wei Ran took the initiative to send out the invitation again, "Sister Juan, this can be regarded as fulfilling your wish ten years ago."
"Okay! Let's follow!"
Sister Juan said excitedly that she was no longer the girl who killed Matt before. How could she not see that whether Wei Ran invited the county magistrate and others to come in her van or invited their family to follow, they were all acting invisibly?
China is helping them.
After a while, several police cars also drove to the bank of the Hulu River. Although the battle seemed a bit big, Wei Ran didn't say anything. He followed the leaders obediently and hurried back in the car driven by Sister Juan.
He arrived in the village, and then asked Sister Juan, who had not drunk, to help drive the pickup truck he borrowed, followed the car of the secretary and the county magistrate, and drove to the county TV station under the escort of a police car.
As for the backpack containing the wooden box, at his insistence, the excited Secretary Bai and County Magistrate Ma were responsible for holding it throughout the process.
Arriving all the way to the courtyard of the county TV station, Wei Ran and the Yao family followed Secretary Bai and County Magistrate Ma, and under the leadership of the station director himself, they got into the darkroom that had been cleaned in a hurry.
Deliberately leaving the photographer behind to help, Wei Ran started to prepare while carrying a U.S. military bag containing film and simple developing equipment.
Under the attention of the camera, Wei Ran, who had already put on gloves, carefully unscrewed the bakelite lid of the medicine jar and took out the contents - two 120-size films, several pieces of folded letter paper, and a box of matches.
Something like a handful of hay.
"Teacher Wei, will this letter be oxidized if I take it out like this?" the photographer who was helping me asked carefully.
"Don't worry, it won't happen."
Wei Ran said firmly, he still believed that the metal book would not deliberately dig such a bullshit pit to disgust people.
As he spoke, he had already gently unfolded the pieces of paper.
After just one glance, he sighed slightly. This was written by the young lama. It was his application for joining the party written in Zang script.
"What does this say?" one of them whispered.
"It's Zangwen"
As Wei Ran spoke, he had already taken out his cell phone, found the WeChat message he had added to the girl named Ram just two days ago, and directly made a video call.
After waiting for a moment, the video call was answered by Lamu, and then everyone heard the Zang girl ask, "Brother Wei Ran, have you opened the things left by my grandfather?"
"A letter was found"
Wei Ran pointed the camera at the papers on the table, "It seems to be written by Zang Wen, can you help translate it?"
"no problem!"
Ram immediately responded, and at the same time, Mr. Jiang and Uncle Jiang also appeared on the screen of Wei Ran's mobile phone.
However, after just a glance, everyone found that the Zang girl on the screen had covered her mouth and fell into silence.
"What's wrong?" Wei Ran asked.
"Yes...it's the application form for joining the Party from my great-grandfather, Jiang Yu, a Red Army soldier." When Ram said this, Douda's tears couldn't stop falling.
"Ram, can you translate it for everyone?"
Wei Ran said, but he had already handed the phone to Sister Juan for her to help hold, and at the same time he sighed silently in his heart.
If we only talk about Zang Wen, the little lama's writing style is indeed very good. In his application for joining the party, he described his experience on the grass and what happened to his childhood good friend's family - his childhood
My good friend is also named Ram.
"My Chinese name is Jiang Yu, and my Zang name is Jiangba Gesang. I come from..."
While Ram was translating intermittently, Wei Ran picked up the two films and carefully pulled out a little bit of the film header. He was completely relieved when he saw that it had been developed into a negative film that could be seen by light.
After handing the two rolls of film to the photographer who was helping him, Wei Ran asked, "The film has been developed into negatives. Just be careful when taking them out. Do you know how to use a scanner?"
"It works!" the photographer nodded quickly and replied.
"Scan out the photos inside," Wei Ran said.
"I come?"
"You do not dare?"
"I...I dare!"
The photographer, whose name Wei Ran hadn't even remembered yet, gritted his teeth and nodded. He held the two films and walked to the scanner machine not far away under the supervision of the director.
Still listening to Ram's translation, Wei Ran walked into the opaque darkroom with the leather chamber camera. He was also looking forward to the third film in this camera, which could record some precious things.
lens.
Inside the thick door, Wei Ran groped in the darkness, carefully opened the back cover of the old camera, and touched the third film as he wished.
Outside the thick door, on the mobile phone held by Sister Juan, Ram, who was already in tears, translated the last sentence, "I want to join the Communist Party, I want to save more Rams, and I want them to live a better life."
In the good days of freedom from oppression and slavery, I also want all the people to be able to eat rice, and I want everyone to be able to eat ice cream in the summer."
