A few days before returning to Hongqi Forest Farm for class, the yard by Kaban Lake once again transformed into a construction site. At the same time, just like last time, there were more gangster supervisors with various colors of hair.
Feeling relieved to leave the job of building the garage to these people, Wei Ran took the formal clothes he had ordered at a high price in Moscow early in the morning on May 16 and drove to the Hongqi Forest Farm on time.
"I heard that Gorman told you about this month's course content in advance?" Teacher Dalia asked with a smile after Wei Ran got off the bus.
"I did say it." Wei Ran sold Gorman honestly. At this time, he would not be clever with Dalia.
"It's quite frank." Dalia nodded with satisfaction, "Come with me."
Taking a deep breath, Wei Ran followed Teacher Dalia and walked into the main building step by step.
"Teacher Dalia, what happened to Jima?"
Wei Ran curiously glanced at Ji Ma who was practicing his steps in the dance studio, "Didn't he finish this month's classes yesterday?"
"He took the initiative to stay," Dalia said, dumbfounded. "He has been very serious these days."
"For that Maya?" Wei Ran asked in surprise.
"Probably." Teacher Dalia obviously knew something inside, but at the same time, she obviously didn't want to tell Wei Ran what she knew.
Seeing this, he stopped asking any more questions and followed the former to the second floor obediently and got into an office.
It wasn't until the door closed that Dalia said with a smile, "This half-month course should be the easiest but also the most difficult you have ever taken at Hongqi Forest Farm. Victor, don't let us down."
"What do you need me to do?" Wei Ran couldn't help but become nervous.
Dalia smiled after hearing this, picked up an itinerary stapled to the ticket from the table and handed it to Wei Ran, "It's enough to meet with these people in half a month. They
Some people may be very enthusiastic about you, but others may not necessarily have a good impression of you. It all depends on your own performance.
But no matter what their attitude is, you can only meet the next person with their consent. Once you have met all of them, your course for this month will be over."
"That's it?" Wei Ran raised his head and asked.
"that's all"
Dalia reached out and flicked the itinerary that had been given to Wei Ran, "Remember to follow the order above. If there are no problems, you can set off at any time."
"Let me take a look first." Wei Ran found a chair and sat down, and carefully looked at the itinerary, which only had one piece of paper.
To put it simply, there are only three people he needs to meet, but these three people are not only located in different places, but also have various occupations.
The first person to meet is located on the shore of Lake Onega in Petrozavodsk. He has no name, no gender, just a phone number, and an occupation of "fisherman".
The second person I wanted to meet was located in a resort in Sochi. He also had no name or gender, and only had a phone number and a job as a "doorman."
The third person I wanted to meet was even more outrageous. He was actually located in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. This time, his occupation also became "dealer."
Apart from this information, there is nothing else on this itinerary.
Seeing Wei Ran's confused look, Dalia smiled and said, "Get to the destination and call us later. If you don't have any other questions, let's leave now. The flight I booked for you is less than two hours away.
It took off."
"Are they all shareholders of the studio?" Wei Ran asked before the other party turned around.
“It doesn’t matter whether they are shareholders or not”
Dalia turned around again, looked at Wei Ran and said, "The important thing is that these people can decide whether you can graduate from Hongqi Forest Farm. Of course, you will not be in any danger this time, so don't worry too much."
"I...I have nothing more to ask." Wei Ran said dryly.
Watching Teacher Dalia leave the office, Wei Ran glanced at the itinerary one last time, then put it in his pocket, left the main building with his unopened suitcase, drove alone and left the forest farm, and drove straight to
The direction of the airport is not too far away.
Although he still couldn't figure out Dalia's intention of asking him to meet the three people, Wei Ran had to admit that this job of running errands was indeed much easier than attending classes at the Hongqi Forest Farm. At least he didn't have to be chased by rubber bullets.
He was splashing around in the water, not to mention Mr. Gorbachev, the silly dog who seemed to be in high spirits every day.
With this only comfort and more and more doubts, Weihan rushed to the airport on time and boarded the flight to Petrozavodsk, and in the afternoon of the same day, it was more than half an hour earlier than expected.
We landed at a small airport.
This was Wei Ran's first time visiting Petrozavodsk. It was no exaggeration to say that the last time he heard the name was in a professional course at university.
According to Russian historical records, the so-called Petrozavodsk simply means "Peter Factory". This so-called "Peter" can only naturally be Peter I, one of the only two great emperors in Russian history.
1. As for the "factory", at first it was just a cannon foundry.
Generally speaking, before 1917, this "Peter I's Cannon Foundry" was actually an exiled and annoying Maozi version of "Ninggu Tower".
After 1917, this place experienced great development due to its unique geographical location, and at the same time, because it was close to Finland next door, everything here looked a bit like a city in Russia. But I have to admit,
The scenery here is unexpectedly beautiful.
Not to mention the deep blue sea-like Lake Onega and the surrounding dense forests, just the various Nordic-style buildings in the city, as well as the signboards in Russian and Finnish, and of course, those girls with pale blond hair who are too white
, all these can give people who arrive here for the first time the illusion of being in a small Nordic country.
Instead of rushing to meet the fisherman on the itinerary, Wei Ran first chose a hotel that seemed to have a pretty good environment to stay at, and tasted various local river delicacies. Then he hurried to ask around before the sun went down.
I found a place to rent a car and drove back to the hotel where I was staying.
In the blink of an eye, the next morning, Wei Ran changed into clothes suitable for activities and drove early to a fishery market recorded on the itinerary.
This aquatic product market located on the lakeside is quite large. The products sold in it are all caught by local fishermen from Lake Onega, and the most popular among them are long and thin spring fish and fat and plump fish.
Big whitefish. You don’t even have to leave the market to find vendors who can help you cook these fish.
I randomly bought a few skewers of charcoal-grilled spring fish, and Wei Ran ate and looked for them all the time. Finally, I saw a wooden sign in front of a stall that was not too big, announcing the catch.
After checking that the mobile phone number on the wooden sign was indeed consistent with the one on the itinerary, Wei Ran looked at the old man in front of the stall.
This old man with a fishy smell seems to be about the same age as Gorman and others. The large plastic basins placed side by side in front of him are filled with strips of spring fish. There are also fish in a plastic basket next to him.
There were some plastic bags and a basket, and on another upside-down plastic basket, there was an electronic scale. What was funny was that there was a long-haired white cat eating fish lying on the scale.
After clearing his throat, Wei Ran squatted opposite the dozing old man and said through the plastic basin between the two of them, "Well...Dalia asked me to..."
Before he could finish his words, the old man had already opened his eyes. He glanced at Wei Ran casually, yawned leisurely, and asked listlessly, "Are you Victor?
"
"It's me," Wei Ran responded cleanly.
"Look at the stall for me"
The old man stood up as he spoke, touched the white cat lying on the scale and said, "If someone comes to buy fish, just sell it at the listed price. Remember to keep an eye on Sasha and don't let this little guy steal fish from other stalls."
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"I..."
Wei Ran opened his mouth, but before he could finish his words, the old man had already tied the white cat's leash to the plastic basket, and then left just like that!
"Your uncle... I came all the way to help you sell fish?"
Wei Ran muttered to himself, and finally sat down where the old man had just sat and began his fish selling experience.
As for being uncomfortable, it’s not that big of a deal. As the saying goes, money is hard to make and shit tastes bad. Although Wei Ran doesn’t know if money is really hard to make and shit tastes really bad, he knows that if he wants to learn something, he can’t be wronged.
Then it's best to go home and hide on the kang and become an uncle.
Besides, although the old guy didn't even tell him his name, he just asked him to help sell fish. This was much more comfortable than taking classes at Hongqi Forest Farm.
After calming down, Wei Ran became interested. He rolled up his sleeves and got ready. He reached out and grabbed a fish from the basin and teased the big white cat on the scale.
Since less than eight o'clock in the morning, Wei Ran has never moved anywhere, guarding this small stall patiently. Speaking of which, apart from the smell, this job really does not require any technical content. The only reason is to sell fish.
There are too many, and the sales volume is not very good due to competition with each other.
But even so, by noon, all the fish in the large plastic pots had been sold.
Unfortunately, just when he was thinking about closing the stall, the old man who had left in the morning actually brought several large buckets of spring fish in a small cart!
"Help sell these too"
While the old man was talking, he took out a sponge and wiped the price tag clean, then wrote a relatively higher price on it with a marker.
It's not over, right...
Wei Ran gritted his teeth, opened his mouth and asked, "Can I buy these fish?"
"You want to buy it?"
When the old man saw Wei Ran nodding, he immediately erased the price he had just written and re-wrote a price that was at least doubled. Then he simply replied, "Of course!"
"Then why didn't you tell me earlier?" Wei Ran asked through gritted teeth, even his eyebrows twitching uncontrollably.
"If you don't take the initiative to ask, why should I say it?"
The old man spread his hands and said, "Weigh it yourself, and I'll help you calculate how much it will cost. Also, because you bought so many fish, I'll treat you to dinner tonight."
"Thank you so much!"
After Wei Ran finished speaking, he picked up the fish fence and carefully picked up a group of fish and put them into a plastic bag. In the splash of water, he could clearly see the expression of gloating on the face of the old guy who didn't even know his name.
