It was already early in the morning two days later when Wei Ran and Jima arrived in Kazan on the southbound train. He almost did not dare to close his eyes during the whole journey, not only because he was worried that the matter of killing the old man would be exposed, but also because of the baby in his arms.
A small bottle of heavy gold sand. Fortunately, except for a few drunkards who walked into the wrong door, there were no accidents until they walked out of Kazan Railway Station.
When riding Jima's van back to the small village outside the city, Nicholas, who had received the news in advance, was already waiting at the door of the small building. This old man with age spots on his face was dressed particularly energetic and well-dressed today.
The old-fashioned suit not only covered his tattoos, but even the messy braids on his head were shaved bald.
"You are finally back. Have you brought anything back?"
"Bring it back." Jima patted his backpack, "Principal Nicholas, your outfit reminds me of my experience of going to school here."
"I also remembered the time you, little bastard, peeped at the female teacher's shower." Nikolai did not save any face for Jima. The latter did not feel ashamed but raised his head proudly, as if he had done a lot of things.
Just like glory.
"Where are the photos?" Nikolai asked Weiran again after taking what Nikolai took out from his bag.
"I took a total of four rolls of film, but I need a darkroom to develop the photos." As Wei Ran spoke, he also placed the SVD sniper rifle still wrapped in canvas at the door.
"There is a darkroom on the second floor. Come with me. I've even prepared the silver salt photographic paper."
Nikolai seemed to have not seen the gun at all, and he couldn't wait to lead the two young men to the second floor with him. Looking at the urgency, it was obvious that he was not ready to let Wei Ran rest.
"Are you going to wash it yourself or should I do it?" Wei Ran turned over the film box and asked. After all, the other party was a living KGB, and he didn't believe that the other party didn't know how to do something as unskilled as developing photos.
"I...come on"
Nicholas' tone was quite uneasy. After sending Wei Ran into the darkroom prepared in advance at the end of the second floor, he pointed to the room not far away and said, "I'll wait for you in that room."
Wei Ran walked into the darkroom helplessly. He first familiarized himself with the arrangement of various things and the potions, then locked the door and turned on the dark red lighting.
After repeated soaking in potions and water, the film was developed into negatives. After drying, they were immediately fixed on pieces of silver salt photographic paper produced locally in Kazan with the help of an enlarger.
When he fixed the developed photos on the drying line with clips, the city of Inta, soaked in wind and snow, also appeared in his field of vision again, but in these photos, all that could be seen were black and white.
and varying degrees of gray.
By the time Wei Ran had finished developing all the more than a hundred photos, the warm sun outside the window had already risen to its highest point. He took a thick stack of photos and walked to the next room. The small dining table was filled with sumptuous dishes.
Food. But Jima has disappeared.
At the dinner table, the things Jima took out from the safe had also been unpacked. At this time, Nicholas was taking advantage of the sunshine outside the window and carefully looking at the book full of traces of time with his reading glasses.
photo album.
In the opened tin box, in addition to a slender plastic syringe and two platinum rings wearing necklaces, there was also a tin toy locomotive, a toy pistol, and a pink harmonica.
"Is it washed?" Nicholas gently closed the photo album in his hand, took the stack of photos from Wei Ran, and looked at each one carefully with red eyes.
"144 photos in total"
As he spoke, Wei Ran was about to sit on the chair at the dining table, but Nikolai handed him a card and a Soviet-era KGB badge directly, "Go downstairs to eat, Ji Ma is already waiting for you.
, In addition, the old newspaper related to Aleutians and Zoya was also taken down by Ji Ma."
"What is this?" Wei Ran took the card and looked at it. There was only a name called "Hongqi Forest Farm" and a mobile phone number on it. Other than that, there was no detailed address.
"Don't you want to learn something?"
Nicholas urged impatiently, "Just take the badge and call to find it. If you don't know the way, you can ask Ji Ma to take you there. Now let me be quiet for a while."
Wei Ran, who hadn't even taken a bite of food, had no choice but to get up and leave the room. He went downstairs and found Ji Ma in the familiar classroom taking care of his precious sniper rifle.
"You're finally down. Do you want to eat or take a rest first?" Jima asked, putting down the greasy tube in his hand.
Glancing at the Ukrainian dumplings on the table, Wei Ran, who was already sleepy, suddenly lost his appetite and simply handed the card he was still holding to Jima, "Do you know where this place is? I plan to go see it.
look."
"Hongqi Forest Farm? You know, I go to this place often." Ji Ma returned the card to Wei Ran, "When do you plan to go there?"
"If possible, do it now. You can also take a nap on the way." Wei Ran yawned and said. Nicholas upstairs obviously wanted to be alone. Instead of staying here, he might as well stay away.
point.
"Then wait, I'll ask my mother to come over and guard Principal Nicholas."
After Jima finished speaking, he walked to the bathroom not far away, and at the same time kept nagging, "If I had known that the things I brought back this time would remind him of his wife and children, I would have thrown those things in
Inta, this old guy must have had too much to drink again today."
Wei Ran patted his forehead when he heard this, "If you are worried about Mr. Nicholas, I can go later."
"It doesn't matter"
Jima seemed to have thought of something terrible. He washed his hands indiscriminately and spoke quickly before dialing the phone, "I don't want to drink with him. It can even be said that no one in our village wants to drink with Principal Nicholas."
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Before Wei Ran could say anything, Ji Ma had already dialed the phone. As he spoke, he picked up his gun and walked towards the door. By the way, he also picked up the SVD sniper rifle that Wei Ran originally placed at the door.
Got into the van.
"Why are you carrying a gun?" Wei Ran asked in confusion after the other party hung up the phone.
"Aren't you going hunting?" asked Jima, who was about to drive out of the yard. "If you go to Hongqi Forest Farm at this time, of course you are going to hunt wild boars. If you don't bring a gun, are you going to use a spear?"
"I..."
Wei Ran pinched the KGB badge in his pocket, and finally nodded dumbfounded, "Yes, I'm just going hunting."
"The Hongqi Forest Farm is the forest with the most prey near Kazan."
While driving, Jima reminded carefully, "The private forest farm is on the east bank of the Volga River about 15 kilometers south of Kazan City, so you have about two hours to get some sleep. But I promise, I will wait for you.
Once you get there, you won’t want to leave.”
"What do you mean by this?" Wei Ran, who had already closed his eyes, was suddenly aroused curiosity.
"There is a school there that all men yearn for." Ji Ma exclaimed with a longing expression, "It is simply a paradise for men."
"Hunter school?" Wei Ran guessed.
"Hunter school? Victor, is the paradise you long for filled with wild boars and reindeer full of parasites?" Ji Ma said this with contempt written all over his face.
Wei Ran spread his hands, "It can't be like 72 raisins, right?"
"This is right!"
Ji Ma obviously understood what the former was talking about, but unexpectedly nodded in agreement, and then introduced with a lewd expression, "The school there specializes in teaching female self-defense courses, and they are all young, beautiful and rich girls."
"Really or not?" Wei Ran looked suspicious.
"Of course it's true!" Jima almost drooled from the corner of his mouth, "Especially the bodybuilding classes there, they are simply more interesting than the Ukrainian girl twerking in the bar!"
"Are you sure the Hongqi Forest Farm you are talking about is the Hongqi Forest Farm written on the card?" Wei Ran asked suspiciously. If it weren't for Ji Ma to save face, he would have wanted to take out the card and call the number on it to confirm first.
"It's definitely true. If it's not there, I'll give you my shotgun." Jima made an extremely sure promise.
This little gangster-like hunter was willing to use his own shotgun as a shield. Wei Ran felt a little relieved, and started snoring before he had even reached the Kasha area.
