Early in the morning on the third day of the Inta trip, the hunters picked off the sturdy reindeer's beautiful copper bells, pulled the large sled, and the hunters and tourists sitting on it entered the snow-covered coniferous forest.
, trying hard to search for possible prey.
On the sled driven by Ji Ma, Wei Ran and Suisui also pointed their cameras at the girls wearing furry clothes and holding the same furry rifles wrapped in their arms, and pressed the shutter again and again.
Obviously, for these girls, being able to take beautiful photos is more important than being able to catch prey.
As they entered the depths of the forest, the reindeer pulling the sleigh gradually slowed down, and a white camouflage tarpaulin was also propped up on each sleigh.
As one of the hunters patted the reindeer's butt gently, the reindeer, which had already formed a conditioned reflex in its usual training, immediately raised its neck and let out a sound that was definitely not pleasant.
He didn't wait long at all. A similar response came from not far to the left. The hunter with the big head checked the direction of the wind and stretched out his hand to point in different directions to the other hunters.
Under the command of this hunter, several sleighs slowly dispersed in different directions, slowly surrounding the hunting target of this trip.
In their respective sleighs, these girls who came to Inta for the first time also became extremely nervous. Although before setting off, a ranger specially invited by Alili had explained to them in detail the appropriate hunting methods.
Killing reindeer is of great significance to the protection of their populations, but the anxiety and guilt caused by simply pulling the trigger and taking away a life has been tormenting these sentimental girls.
Gradually, gnawing marks appeared on the trunks of the surrounding pine trees, and potholes appeared one after another in the thick snow, as if they had been robbed.
Under the trees that one of the sleighs passed by, there were large stains of blood and reindeer carcasses whose internal organs and meat had been eaten away, leaving only fur and bones.
In the shots of Wei Ran and Suisui and the shutter being pressed again and again, the sleigh slowly stopped. The male hunter in charge of the car pulled out an ax from his waist and chopped off the only part of the reindeer carcass.
The barely complete head, with a calm expression, rubbed some blood on its fur with snow, then put it into a snakeskin bag and tied it to the railing on the outside of the sleigh.
"Although it is just a head cut off from a reindeer carcass, if it is slightly processed and made into a specimen and sold, it will be enough for their family of three to spend a week."
Ji Ma sighed when he said this, and continued to whisper in a voice that could only be heard by Wei Ran and Suisui, "But it will take at least ten days to make such a Xun Deer Head specimen."
Wei Ran sighed slightly and looked at the sleigh that was running again. Finally, he could only pick up the camera again and silently pressed the shutter.
As the distance between hunter and prey gets closer, the scattered sleighs become slower and quieter.
Gradually, more than twenty reindeer of various sizes appeared in the forest clearing directly ahead. Wei Ran could see clearly with the help of a telescope that the condition of these reindeer was not good, and some of them were even skinny.
, as if he would fall down at any time.
In no particular order, the hunters sitting on the sleigh each took out a thick black cloth bag to cover the eyes of the reindeer pulling the cart, and then took out some beans from their pockets and put them to their mouths.
After the big guys were comforted and lay down on the soft snow, the low voice of the lead hunter also came from the radio channel, "Car No. 1, Car No. 2 will shoot first, Car No. 3 and No. 4 will wait for the next time."
We give priority to hunting those who are injured or too thin. Not only will they not survive this long winter, they may even hinder the migration of the reindeer herd. In addition, please remind the girls not to shoot the deer, otherwise they will be very dangerous.
You may have to pay a fine to leave."
Hearing this, Suisui quickly notified the news in English and Chinese on the radio channel in a low voice. It wasn't until all the girls gave a positive reply that she informed the leading hunter.
Not long after waiting, the four girls who were assigned to Car No. 1 and Car No. 2, under the careful guidance of the two hunters in their respective cars, aimed at the target they wanted to target, and then pulled the triggers one after another.
After four gunshots at varying intervals, the reindeer herd dispersed into the depths of the forest, leaving only one reindeer lying down alone with its hind legs still scratched with sharp claws.
In a pool of blood.
Among the four girls who fired, except for the Italian girl who once used a machine gun to shoot photos of her ex-boyfriend, she was happily gesturing with chicken feet that only she could understand. The other three girls breathed a sigh of relief.
The three girls had just raised their guns in unison, but after all they still couldn't bear to kill the reindeer who were struggling to survive.
And the hunters on the two sleighs didn't care. Anyway, even if they didn't hit anything, they could make enough money to be satisfied these days. If in the words of the police chief's daughter Misha, every tourist would be happy.
Leaving with regrets, they may come back to Inta again soon to make up for their regrets.
After the girls emptied the ammunition chamber under the supervision of the hunter, everyone climbed onto the sleigh and rushed to the only reindeer carcass.
First, I took some photos of the Italian girl who hit the prey holding antlers. While she was paying the hunting fee, several other girls gathered around the prey and took some selfies.
However, although the Italian girl paid a small hunting fee, she only bought the reindeer's skin.
As for its meat, it will be left in place to help the nearby wolves survive the winter, while the deer head belongs to the hunter who is responsible for hunting on foot.
Of course, you can bring a bloody deer head back with you, as long as you find a way to clear the customs yourself. If you want to bring a deer head specimen, it's easier. You just need to pay a production fee that is not cheaper than the hunting fee, or may even be more expensive. Wait.
After about half a month, Shujin’s travel agency was even able to help solve the mailing problem.
And this is where Ji Ma's hunters really make money. Basically, they don't lose money regardless of whether they make more or less.
No one knows whether the Italian girl was so angry with her ex-boyfriend that she lost her mind, or she had too much money and no place to burn it, so she happily paid a high fee and bought the stuffed reindeer head without even thinking about it.
There is no reason to neglect such a high-quality customer. In the following hunting activities, under the leadership of this Italian girl, almost everyone caught prey of different sizes. Even the ingredients needed for lunch were provided by the way.
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At 3:30 that afternoon, everyone took the reindeer sleigh with the bells hung again and returned to the hot spring camp with a rich harvest.
During this day's hunting activity, basically every girl got a reindeer as they wished. At the same time, like the Italian girl with a story, she willingly paid for the cost of making the specimen. After about a month, they will
Received a prepared deer head specimen, tanned reindeer skin, and a bone flute made from reindeer leg bones.
The hunters also gained a lot. Not to mention other things, just watch them take advantage of the girls to go to the hot springs, surround Ji Ma and Wei Ran, raise their glasses and say various toasts again and again.
How happy.
After eating and drinking, and after Alili flew the plane over the Ural Mountains to watch the aurora for more than an hour, Weiran took a comfortable bath in the hot spring and got into the tent early, and once again moved out the guqin.
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But this time, before he could pluck the strings, Suisui, carrying a vodka bottle, opened the thick tent curtain and got in.
"What are you doing?" Suisui, who exuded the fragrance of shower gel, sat cross-legged on the thick deerskin blanket opposite Wei Ran, filled the glasses in her hands, picked up one of them without saying a word, and raised her head.
Drink everything.
Wei Ran gently plucked the strings, and then said in the sweet music, "Isn't this not playing the piano like a fool?"
"Get out!" Suisui rolled her eyes, picked up the wine glass and handed it to Wei Ran, then poured herself another glass.
"What's wrong with you? Are you broken in love?" Wei Ran took the wine glass and joked with a smile.
"Does a single mother and fetus qualify her to fall in love?"
Suisui drank the second glass of wine with a grimace, and while breathing coldly, she said pitifully, "I'm probably going to fail this semester. You can find a way to go back early this year. No matter what you do, if the school sends you
The report card is here, please don’t let your godfather and godmother see it.”
"Will you still fail the exam?"
Wei Ran looked at Suisui suspiciously. The godfather and godmother she mentioned were her biological parents. In the words of their two elders, this little girl's academic performance was much better than that of Wei Ran back then. It stands to reason that
It was only normal for Wei Ran to fail the exam.
"I misremembered the exam time for two classes, and in one I just picked a German class that I didn't understand at all."
With a resentful look on her face, Suisui picked up the third glass of wine and poured it into her mouth. She took out a bag of pickled pepper and chicken feet from the pocket of her cotton coat, tore it open, squeezed out a chicken foot and took a bite, then pinched it again.
One was stuffed into Wei Ran's mouth.
"Okay, what's the benefit?" Wei Ran asked jokingly while chewing on the chicken feet.
"How about introducing my classmate to you?"
Suisui pointed at the tent door behind her carelessly, "My Italian roommate just fell out of love last week, and now is a good opportunity to make a move! Maybe my short-haired Huaxia classmate is from your hometown. Otherwise,
The guy with long hair, his father is a big mining man..."
"Stop! Stop, stop, stop! Pretend I didn't ask!" Wei Ran quickly waved her hand to refuse. He was still confused about what to do, but he was in no mood to provoke her yelling classmates.
Without waiting for Suisui to say anything else, Wei Ran hurriedly said, "In case your cheating school sends you transcripts, I will help you get it done, but we will go back to Inta early tomorrow morning. Then you can take your classmates to Inta
Let's have a good time and how about you take them back to Kazan the day after tomorrow? Your mother will pick you up in Kazan then."
"Aren't you going back?" Suisui asked as she snatched back her glass and poured the wine herself.
"I still have something to do here"
As Wei Ran spoke, he helplessly grabbed the glass that the other party had just filled and the wine bottle that was half full in the other hand. This gadget was just like her father Alexei, even if it was just pretending to be on the outside.
She is a teetotaler like a dog, but she can still drink herself under the table when no one else is around. However, she does not have the drinking capacity of Professor Alexei, and she is a typical person who is addicted to food.
"What's going on?" Suisui immediately became interested and didn't care that the other party snatched the wine glass and bottle from his hand. It wasn't the first time this happened anyway.
"Don't worry about it." Wei Ran screwed on the bottle cap, "Anyway, if you don't want your transcript to be taken to my aunt's office, you can honestly take your classmates back the day after tomorrow."
"I know, I know"
Suisui, who was already a little tipsy after a few glasses of wine, stretched out her fingers that smelled like pickled pepper and plucked the strings of the guqin randomly, "When will you go back?"
Wei Ran slapped the opponent's paws away angrily, thought for a while and said, "If it's fast, it'll be two or three days. If it's slow, it'll only be three or four days and I'll go back."
"That's okay!"
Suisui once again pulled the tight strings with her hands, and said in a daze, "Play... a song for me!"
"Flick the back of your head!"
Wei Ran patted the opponent's paws away again, and hurriedly pulled out a pack of paper towels to wipe the strings. But when he took it out, a half-eaten chicken claw was already pinned to two strings.
In the middle, Suisui, who had drunk herself unconscious after just three or two cups, was lying on the folding table covered with a rabbit skin blanket and started talking drunkenly.
"It's definitely Professor Alex's biological child."
Wei Ran shook his head helplessly and wiped the pickled pepper juice on the opponent's fingers with the paper towel he originally used to wipe the guqin. Then he threw the chicken feet on the strings aside and took out another one with a distressed look on his face.
paper, carefully wiped off the stains on it, and put it back into the piano case.
He could see that this time in Inta, there was no chance to experience the elegant artistic conception of heavy snow falling outside the tent and the melodious music playing in the tent.
As for the girl who was still lying on the folding table talking nonsense, Wei Ran hesitated for a moment, carried her to the folding bed, took off her cotton-padded clothes and shoes, covered her with a quilt, then added some firewood to the heater in the center of the tent, and then added the kerosene
He turned the brightness of the gas lamp to the minimum, turned around and left the tent.
