On the silver-covered Siberian tundra, a bright red ATS59G tracked artillery tractor with hand-painted flame patterns was moving straight towards the north amidst the rumbling noise. Behind it were four more vehicles.
A six-wheel off-road vehicle with a square head and a square head.
The five vehicles crossed winding rivers, passed through sparse coniferous forests, and climbed over frozen swamps and snow-covered shrubs.
After two hours of long bumps, the tractor finally crossed the frozen river again under the guidance of a flashing light and stopped in the forest glade on the east bank.
Looking around, Wei Ran couldn't help but secretly sighed. The area of this forest clearing was not large, only forty or fifty meters square at most.
But on the edge of the open space and the forest, there is a circle of barbed wire that is more than two meters high and covered with frost and used tires.
In this open space surrounded by barbed wire, the most conspicuous thing is a white DT-30 transport truck with the same cyan flame pattern at the farthest point from the river. There is also a stick standing on the side of the transport truck.
It is more than ten meters high and is surrounded by wire ropes for fixation.
On the top of the metal pole, in addition to the alternately flashing red and yellow spotlights, there are three searchlights with astonishing brightness, facing in different directions, continuously releasing strong light that is enough to illuminate the inside and outside of the barbed wire fence as bright as day.
Looking away from the transport vehicle, Wei Ran discovered that there were several containers lined up at the rear of the transport vehicle.
A gap of about four meters wide was deliberately left in the middle of these containers, and a roof was added with colored steel tiles and logs, and there was even a simple lighting hanging inside.
Under Wei Ran's watchful eye, old Ivan, who was sitting next to him in the driver's seat, expertly maneuvered the bright red tractor to level the boom, and drove into the container-built building like a knight with a spear.
Simple garage. And let the flat hanging rod accurately pass through the long opening on the quilt curtain at the other end.
"Young man, get out of the car. Welcome to the Fire Wilderness Rescue Station."
As he spoke, Old Ivan had already turned off the engine, added half a bucket of coal to the stove in the cab, then opened the car door and jumped out.
Seeing this, Wei Ran, who had been quiet all the way, also opened the door and got out of the car, quietly waiting for old Ivan to fill the cast iron stove at the end of the garage with coal. He followed him out and helped put down the sewing machine.
Animal skin curtains.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wei Ran glanced at the cargo compartment of the tractor without leaving any trace.
Although it was only a quick glance, he could still see that in addition to two two-hundred-liter oil drums with manual oil pumps, there was also a set of large tool boxes fixed on the floor of the cargo hold.
Around the edge of the cargo bed, there are also neatly placed spare parts such as welding machines, air pumps, and even stacked spare tires of various sizes. Of course, there is an unignited oil tank closest to the rear of the car.
Barrel stove.
"Those are for drivers on the ice."
Old Ivan tightened the rope on the quilt curtain as usual, "In this kind of ghost place, no matter how good the car is, it will always encounter all kinds of troubles that you can't even imagine."
"Such as losing a tire?" Wei Yan gave an example of the accident he encountered today.
"You're right, but that's just the most insignificant accident. After all, the car is fine, and so are the people and goods on the car, right?"
After finishing speaking, Old Ivan did not wait for Weiran's response. He raised his finger and pointed to the living cabin of the transport vehicle not far away and continued, "Let your friends find a place to park the car, and then you can go to my house for a cup of coffee."
Or have a cup of tea. Of course, my room is not too big."
"When we park the car, we will definitely visit you at your home," Wei Ran said, pretending to be serious.
Hearing this, Old Ivan tugged at his thick gray beard on his chin and laughed heartily, "I will prepare black tea in advance, young man, see you later."
"See you soon"
Wei Ran watched the other party turn around and walk into the living cabin of the transport vehicle, and immediately gestured to Jima. The latter got the signal, picked up the handheld platform, and directed everyone to park the vehicle loosely near the entrance and exit.
Ji Ma and others were busy parking the car, but Wei Ran walked curiously around the DT-30 transport truck.
Although the paint of this transport truck has been changed, and although he has not yet gone to the cab or living cabin to take a look, he can be sure just by the circle of fence on the top of the cab that this car was built in 1991.
The transport truck that disappeared in the winter of 2018!
If he drove it out in such an open manner, wouldn't he worry about the fire incident being discovered?
Wei Ran thought about it, but then he laughed. It had been twenty or thirty years. If someone wanted to find it, where would it be his turn? Besides, Apolly was not a fool. For him, giving this transport truck
Changing your identity is probably easier than changing your paint job.
And it can be seen that this transport vehicle has been well maintained, which will undoubtedly last longer than being buried in an abandoned mine.
I just don’t know the Tinder information...
Wei Ran raised his head and glanced at the warm light coming from the window of the living cabin. After hesitating for a moment, he put back the key chain he just took out from the metal book and walked towards Jima who had just walked out of the car.
et al.
"Divide half of the fruits and vegetables in the car as gifts," Wei Ran stopped everyone and said, "There is also wine, and divide half of the wine as gifts."
"Victor, is this too much?" Ji Ma asked in a low voice, "Didn't you say that we have almost 20 places to visit? What if..."
Before he could finish his words, sisters Suisui and Katenka had already gotten into their cars and were ready to distribute the gifts.
Wei Ran also patted Jima's shoulder at the same time, glanced at Dmitri who was standing next to him and lit a cigarette without leaving any trace, and said with a smile, "Jima, don't be so stingy, we are the most
I only stayed here for a month and then went back. But the old guy had to spend the whole long winter alone in this hellish place.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! And I just looked at the map. This place is very close to Mine No. 119. Maybe that old guy knows something."
"I'm not stingy." Jima saw that Maya had also gotten into the car and immediately ran back with her.
"I have a lot of good wine in my car, all brought from the pub." Seeing Wei Ran looking at him, Dmitri immediately pointed to the car behind him, "I will move a box in later.
.”
"Dmitri, have you been here?" Wei Ran asked curiously.
"No"
Dmitri shook his head, "In fact, the farthest place I have ever been is Yukta. This tributary is only roughly connected to the nomads' winter settlements. This is my first time here."
"So you usually live in Tula?" Wei Ran asked, taking a wooden box full of tomatoes from Suisui's hand.
"How can it be"
Dmitri helped pick up a box of fruit and followed Weiyan as he walked towards the living cabin of the transport vehicle while explaining, "My home is in Irkutsk, and the town of Tula is just one of the places where the transport plane I drove landed.
First, at most, you can only rest there for a night or two when there is a snowstorm, or receive people when they come to work in the coal fields.
But even so, I spend most of my time only in small towns along the Lower Tunguska River or in the coal fields."
"I thought you were a native of Tula Town."
While Wei Ran was talking, he also walked to the hatch at the rear of the transport truck. Before they could knock on the door, old Ivan inside pushed the hatch open and warmly greeted them to hurry in.
He sent boxes of various vegetables and fruits as gifts, and moved a box of spirits and two bottles of beer from Dmitri's car. He waited until the cold fog that rushed into the house dissipated.
Only then did Wei Ran have time to observe the changes in the living cabin.
Compared to the winter of 1991, this living cabin is now more comfortable. Not only is it covered with thick solid wood floors and animal skins underfoot, but even the bathroom that looked like a piece of trash has become much larger.
Wei Ran curiously looked inside through the open sliding door, and was surprised to find that there was not only a separate wet and dry shower, a drum washing machine and dryer, but also a wooden tub style bathtub!
Isn't this old guy really good at enjoying himself?
Wei Ran couldn't help but glance at Old Ivan, who was greeting everyone to find a place to sit. Although the wooden bathtub with a small stool could only accommodate an adult, the electric sauna heater next to it was not.
Furnishings, not to mention this is in a car!
Not only the floor and bathtub have changed, but the stove has been replaced with one with an oven function, and there is even a clean range hood directly above it.
And next to it is no longer a fence made of chain link fence for stacking firewood. Instead, it has become a box welded with stainless steel pattern steel plates. From the opening on the side of the box, you can see that the inside is divided into two compartments.
of firewood and coal.
As for the top of the box, the water tank that originally had Lenin's motto written on it also disappeared, and was replaced by a cabinet full of kitchen utensils and cooking utensils.
On the table on the other side of the stove, there is also a sink, and there is even a double-head electric ceramic stove embedded in the table. Opposite this table, the iron cabinet that was originally placed there is gone, leaving only
A solid wood table placed by the window.
At this time, the four girls headed by Suisui were sitting on the double sofas on both sides of the table. What is exaggerated is that there is a TV hanging on the wall of the bathroom where the Katenka sisters are leaning against.
At this time, military news from Red Star Channel was even playing on the TV!
However, it was unknown what else was behind this table, because starting from behind Suisui and Maya who were sitting on the sofa, a thick curtain was drawn up, completely blocking all prying eyes.
I don’t know if the safe is still inside..."
Wei Ran was secretly speechless. At this time, he was no longer sure that this living cabin was the same as the original one, because after looking around, he really couldn't find anything familiar, let alone what he wanted to see most.
safe.
Even Apolly, who used to be clean and tidy, has now seen half a hundred gray beards covering his face, and his voice has become extremely hoarse for some unknown reason.
Just when he was secretly feeling sad, Old Ivan had already brought over an exquisite teapot. After pouring a cup for each of the four girls, he added water, poured a cup for Wei Ran and others, and said in an extremely apologetic manner,
"I'm really sorry, I've never had so many people come here, so there really aren't enough seats."
"It doesn't matter, we can just sit on the box."
Ji Ma pointed to the wooden boxes stacked two by two. They contained all kinds of food and drink that they had given as gifts. In addition to fruits, vegetables and wine, Suisui's attentive Suisui even separated out a lot of seasonings.
.
"I didn't help you with anything, yet you gave me so many things."
Old Ivan grabbed the beard on his chin and said, "Although there are not enough seats, I have a lot of food here, so let me cook a dinner to entertain you!"
"Ah...ah...that, old Ivan"
Wei Ran, who almost called the wrong name, moved his attention away from the particularly delicate and familiar tea cup in his hand, took a breath and continued, "Look, there are so many people here, why not let us prepare dinner?"
!”
"Are you here to prepare dinner?" April raised his eyebrows.
"certainly"
Wei Ran nodded, "In exchange, can you tell us the story of this aid station? If there's a good story, maybe we can have a few more drinks later."
"No problem at all!"
Old Ivan agreed happily, pointed out the window and said, "There is a lot of frozen meat stored in the container on the left side of the garage. You can use it as you like."
"Are all the other containers filled with food?" Dmitri couldn't help but ask.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "How is it possible"
Old Ivan laughed and explained, "There are two containers containing diesel and gasoline, and two containers containing spare parts for various common trucks. The remaining containers are for this line."
Prepared by drivers running transport on the river.
After their vehicles have problems on the ice, they will temporarily store the goods with me, so please do not open those locked containers, as this is related to my credibility."
"I have been working for the Tunguska Coalfield for almost ten years, why have I never heard of you?" Dmitri asked strangely.
"I'm not a big shot," Old Ivan said nonchalantly in a hoarse voice.
"But you must be a good person"
Weiran took the opportunity to take over the topic, "Jima, you and Dmitri should go to the container and see what kind of meat there is."
Knowing that he was using himself to push away Dmitri, Jima immediately stood up, put the tea cup on the table, put his arm around Dmitri, and walked out of the living cabin while talking and laughing.
"Suisui, please help make beetroot soup."
Wei Ran thought for a moment and added, "Sister Katenka, just take a rest. You don't need your help in the kitchen."
Hearing this, a smile that was difficult to hold back appeared on Suisui's face, and the Katenka sisters also rolled their eyes in unison.
There was no other reason. The two sisters once confidently planned to bake a cake for their new boss according to the method they learned from Monica. However, something went wrong in some step. Not only did they not eat the cake, but they also
I almost burned down the kitchen.
"Why doesn't he let you two help?"
Old Ivan added some water to the teacups of the Katenka sisters and sat across from them and asked curiously.
"The boss is worried that we will burn your home down," the long-haired Anfisa explained with regret.
"Actually, I think we can help." Short-haired Anfiya eagerly followed, "We can try Italian pizza."
Old Ivan's eyebrows twitched and he quickly waved his hand, "Let them do it. Everyone has what they are good at and what they are not good at. Just like me, I am not good at cooking either... Of course, I should not be as good at it.
You’re not good at it.”
"Aren't you good at cooking too?" Anfisa asked curiously, "Then what do you usually eat?"
"At least the toast and beetroot soup are no problem," Old Ivan said with a smile, "and I have a lot of cans and wine stored in the container."
"Three people who can't cook can actually chat together." Wei Ran, who had already washed his hands and was about to start working, couldn't help but muttered in Chinese.
"Didn't you already tell me the reason?" Sui Sui replied in a low voice in Chinese with great joy.
Hearing this, Wei Ran, who was about to ask something, simply stopped disturbing the chat between the two generations of KGB who were also abandoned, and concentrated on preparing a dinner that could fill the stomachs of eight people - just like in 1991
The same as that winter.
Fortunately, compared to before, at least Suisui and others are helping this time, and at least this living cabin has more abundant ingredients and seasonings.
After an hour of busy work, a simple dining table moved from an off-road vehicle was set up next to the table in the living cabin, and there were enough chairs around it for everyone to sit on.
Immediately afterwards, crystal plates with exquisite patterns filled with various dishes were brought to the table. Dmitri also brought back a bottle of frozen vodka and a bottle of champagne from outside, pouring them in respectively.
In the crystal cup in front of everyone.
"What kind of dish is this?"
Apollo asked curiously as he poked a piece of fat and thin pork with his fork, but before anyone else could answer, he stuffed it into his mouth.
“Red meat”
Jima held the cup and gave the answer, "Victor is a Chinese, and his best dish is red meat and various kinds of meat."
"Braised pork" Wei Ran corrected the former's pronunciation in a fit of laughter, while Suisui simply put the piece of meat he had just poked on the plate in front of Wei Ran.
"Are you Chinese?" Old Ivan looked at Wei Ran with interest.
"Yes" Wei Ran nodded as usual.
"I've been to China," Old Ivan said abruptly.
"Have you been to China?" Wei Ran and Suisui looked at Old Ivan who had put down his knife and fork in unison.
"Been there"
Old Ivan lit up a cigarette, and his old cheeks revealed a hint of imperceptible jealousy and yearning amid the swirling smoke, "I went there about ten years ago to watch the Olympics. Before that,
We almost encountered that terrible earthquake.”
"how do you feel?"
Ji Ma poured a glass of wine into the other person's glass, "I went there last year too and spent the Chinese New Year at Victor's house."
"I saw the disaster relief soldiers, the red flag rising at the same time as the sun, and the athletes and cheering people on the field. It was really incredible there, can you imagine? Even the cleaners on the street would pick it up.
They put their flag stickers in their pockets."
Old Ivan was silent for a moment, shook his head and sighed, "That should be the world we created."
"My dad said the same thing"
Jima held the cup and said, "He is... no, he used to be a party member, and he said almost exactly the same thing as what you just said."
"Me too, I'm also a party member." Old Ivan smiled and picked up the cup, touched it lightly with Jima, raised his head and drank it all.
"Old Ivan, tell me a story about you and this rescue station."
Wei Ran helped Ivan, who was sitting opposite, fill up the wine, "You have been chatting with our twin beauties just now."
"Who doesn't like beautiful women?"
Old Ivan raised his cup towards the Katenka sisters who were some distance away, took a small sip and said, "I grew up as a miner in Yukta, and later the coal mines there were exhausted.
Well, after I was unemployed for almost a year in 1996, I applied to come here to establish a wilderness rescue station.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although this job is boring, at least you are never short of food and drink, and you don’t have to worry about going hungry. And you also saw it today, every time you help those who have accidents
After becoming a driver, I can still make a small amount of money."
"I have never heard of any wilderness rescue station equipped with a DT-30 transport vehicle," Dmitri couldn't help but ask.
"This is my own car"
Old Ivan put down the cup, "I spent half a month repairing it and driving it back in an abandoned military base hundreds of kilometers away."
"It's a familiar 'No Truth' series..."
Wei Ran muttered to himself as he stuffed meat into his mouth. What Ivan said just now had nothing in common with the records in the metal book.
However, just because he didn't believe it didn't mean that others didn't believe it. At least Maya, who usually didn't like to talk very much, chased her and asked, "Did you also do these decorations in the carriage yourself? The decoration here is really beautiful. I was still in the bathroom.
I saw a bathtub inside!"
"Of course"
Old Ivan laughed and explained, "In the past, this was just a cargo hold with nothing, and I would always set up a tent and sleep in it. You can definitely see that there is nothing to spend money on in my work, so I
I saved a lot of money, and a few years ago I simply asked people from the coal fields to help me renovate the place."
"Uncle Ivan, do you live here every winter?" Maya asked curiously.
"I was there in the summer"
Old Ivan picked up a pickle and took a bite. "At that time, there would be a lot of bastards here who came here to dig for gold or steal ivory. If you catch them, you will get a bonus."
Before Wei Ran and the others could say anything, a hurried call suddenly came from the curtain that had never been opened, "Ivan, is Uncle Ivan from the Fire Rescue Station here? Come and save me."
Save us!"
"Clang!"
Old Ivan threw the knife and fork in his hand casually on the table, turned around, lifted up a corner of the curtain and got in.
With that fleeting perspective, Wei Ran could only vaguely see the small lights of various colors that were constantly flashing, and the cabinet against the wall, slightly highlighted by the fluttering curtains.
