In the yard by the Kaban Lake, Wei Ran was waving a shovel vigorously in the vegetable patch surrounded by a fence, patiently digging out the ripe potatoes one after another.
Behind him, Beria the dog and two foxes were sniffing the dirt excitedly. From time to time, Beria seemed to have discovered when he started digging a hole desperately, deliberately throwing the cold dirt there.
On two little foxes.
Behind these three little guys, sisters Suisui and Katenka were each dragging a wooden box, picking up the potatoes dug out by Weiran one by one, and after collecting a box, they carried it to the armored pickup truck next to them.
In the cargo compartment, once a truck is assembled, it will be transported to the basement of the next door workshop for storage.
This kind of farm work has lasted for three days, and they have harvested already dried melon seeds, more ginger than expected, hundreds of Chinese cabbages, and a dozen pumpkins that they don't know how to eat.
Nowadays, in addition to these potatoes, there are also as many sweet potatoes left in the yard. This does not include beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and other things grown in the greenhouse.
"Next year, we can't grow anything other than flowers and trees in the yard," Suisui, who was covered in grass leaves, complained with a sad face.
"We can raise more rabbits next year"
The Katenka sisters gave their suggestions in unison, and at the same time each threw a few potatoes the size of golf balls into the box.
"My aunt called yesterday and said that she plans to plant rapeseed in our yard next year."
Wei Ran wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a grimace, "She said she would come over and take photos when the rapeseed flowers bloom."
"How about we move to the small town of Tula?" Suisui suggested whimsically, "I don't believe anything can be grown in that damn place."
"Boss, Uncle Ivan said their place is full of mosquitoes in the summer."
After Anfiya finished speaking, she and her sister looked at each other and suggested again in unison, "So let's raise rabbits?"
"Forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything." Suisui shook her head tiredly, picked up a potato as big as her face and threw it into the wooden box.
Just as Wei Ran was thinking about calling some help from next door, Ji Ma drove the armored pickup truck Wei Ran had replaced him into the yard.
However, this guy was quite clever. After seeing Wei Ran and others busy at work, he circled around the oak tree and prepared to go out.
"Kamei! Close the door!" Suisui responded quickly and shouted, and one of the Katenka sisters had already pressed the remote control before she shouted.
"Beria"
Wei Ran greeted him, picked up a potato that had been damaged by a shovel, and threw it towards Jima's car.
Beria, who was digging a hole just a second ago to bury his friend alive, didn't even react, so he ran after the half potato.
Seeing this, Ji Ma, who was afraid of running over the dog, had to step on the brakes. He and Maya, who was sitting in the passenger seat, watched helplessly as the iron gate, which was less than 10 meters away from them, slowly closed together.
“I knew I wouldn’t come”
Jima muttered angrily, pushed open the door, and let the silly dog with half a potato in his mouth jump up, spit out the potatoes and lick him wildly.
"It's a good thing I didn't come yesterday," Maya muttered with lingering fear as she looked out the car window at the "devastated" yard, and then opened the door and walked towards Suisui, who was smiling like a flower.
"I knew that as long as the desire was strong enough, someone would definitely come to help!"
Before Suisui finished speaking, she had already handed a wooden box to Maya, "You're welcome, I'll give you as much as you can fit."
"Can I have it already installed?" Maya asked jokingly.
"Of course it's no problem." Suisui was extremely generous, "You can move as much as you want, but remember to come over and help after moving."
"Victor, we are not here to help you dig potatoes." Ji Ma took the shovel from Wei Ran with a grimace.
"I know, I know." Wei Ran waved his hand nonchalantly, "If you have anything to do, help me dig out the potatoes and sweet potatoes first."
Hearing this, Jima and Maya looked at each other helplessly, and in the end they could only work hard to join the potato digging. At the same time, they kept mumbling, "My mother invites you to visit her home tomorrow."
"Did something good happen to your family?" Suisui asked curiously.
"My parents repainted the house"
Jima stopped digging and explained, "Then this morning, three wild boars broke into our house with several piglets. My mother insisted that this was God who wanted us to invite friends to come and sit at home.
ingredients.”
"Although it is true that a wild boar broke into his house, in fact it was Ji Ma who kept talking about how delicious the red meat made by Victor was." Maya ruthlessly exposed Ji Ma's old background, and by the way, Wei Ran's
The specialty dish has a new name.
"Braised pork," Wei Ran corrected helplessly.
"I know, I know, red meat, I remember it."
Ji Ma waved his hand nonchalantly, "Anyway, are you going? If you go, remember to bring your Chinese seasoning."
"Can you bring the rabbit?" the Katenka sisters asked in unison.
"No need!" Ji Ma waved his hand proudly, "I have already bought them in advance. I bought 50 of them, which is definitely enough for everyone."
"When is tomorrow?" Wei Ran asked more directly.
"I get up at 6:30 in the morning," Ji Ma said with a grin, "you just need to not arrive before I get up."
"Would you like to invite Aunt Anna and Aunt Dalia?" Suisui asked kindly, "Of course, there will also be Uncle Culp and Uncle Gorman."
Seeing Wei Ran looking at him, Ji Ma spread his hands and said, "Before coming to your place, Maya and I went to the Hongqi Forest Farm. They should all go there."
"In this case, it seems we need to bring more seasoning..."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Before Wei Ran finished speaking, the dog Beria, who was lying at his feet with his belly exposed, suddenly turned over and raised his butt towards the courtyard wall.
The direction let out a vigilant whimper.
Almost immediately, everyone could vaguely see a car driving into the dead end between the yard and the winery next door outside the wall covered with vines.
"It's really lively today. It seems like another guest is here."
Wei Ran muttered with a smile, then bent down and patted Beria's head. At the same time, Anfisa took out the remote control again and opened the courtyard door.
A moment later, a black SUV with a Chinese brand stopped at the door. Under the curious gazes of Wei Ran and others, they waited for almost a minute before the door was pushed open, and a man walked out of it.
"Mr. Victor, can we go in?" One of the plainly dressed old men waved enthusiastically and asked.
"Who is this person?" Wei Ran frowned and muttered, "Why do I seem to have seen him somewhere?"
"I think I've seen it before... Oh——! I remembered it!"
Maya patted her forehead and said, "Victor, do you still remember when Boss Kajik took us to the library in Yudino in the spring?"
"Oh——! I remembered!"
After Maya's reminder, Weiran immediately matched the old man with the old man who had led them on a motorcycle and tricked them with a low-quality helmet.
"What's his name?" Wei Ran asked while waving to the other party.
"Vasily Yuri Sergei Ivan?"
Maya first listed a few names on the bad streets in Russia, and then said uncertainly, "It seems to be Sergey?"
"Mr. Victor, do you still remember me?"
The old man ran over quickly and said enthusiastically, "I am Sergei, Sergey from Yudino, the Sergei who sold you the old books in the library."
"Remember, of course I remember."
Wei Ran put his hands behind his back and gave Maya a thumbs-up gesture with Suisui and others. At the same time, he asked with a normal expression, "Mr. Sergey, why did you come to see me?"
"There is indeed something"
Sergey glanced at Wei Ran with some embarrassment, then at the black SUV standing outside the door, and finally opened his mouth and said, "Mr. Victor, we are here to ask if we can.
..Can you..."
"Mr. Sergey, just say what you want," Wei Ran said with a smile.
"We want to buy back those old books at twice the price."
Sergei stretched out two fingers and said, "Four million rubles, we want to use four million rubles to buy back those old books."
"Four million rubles is a big price."
Wei Ran glanced at the others without leaving any trace, and said with a smile, "Jima, you go back first, I will consider lending you money."
Hearing this, Ji Ma nodded with a playful smile, turned around and got into the armored pickup truck that already belonged to him, drove out of the yard, and directly blocked the black off-road vehicle in the dead end.
"Mr. Victor, so you agree..."
"No no no"
Wei Ran waved his hand before the other party finished speaking, "I didn't agree. I just said that this is a lot of money, but I don't intend to sell those old books for four million rubles."
"Then..." Sergey gritted his teeth, subconsciously glanced at the car at the door of the yard again, and asked tentatively, "Or...five million rubles?"
"Why don't you first tell me why you want to buy those old books back?" Wei Ran asked gently.
Sergey was silent for a moment, then opened his mouth and said, "It's...it's the request of the people in our town. They asked...to buy back those old books."
"It's too late, I have already sold all those books."
Wei Ran spread his hands pretending to be regretful, "There's not a single one left, they're all sold. To be precise, they were all sold in August."
"Sold...sold?" Sergey subconsciously asked, "Where did it go?"
"Sold to the United States, all sold...it seems there are some left, please wait a moment."
After saying that, Wei Ran winked at the Katenka sisters and waited until they pulled Suisui and Maya towards the door, then he started to follow them.
"What's going on?" Suisui asked immediately after entering the door.
"Let Maya explain the first half to you."
While Wei Ran was talking, he had already walked towards the bookshelf on the first floor. After rummaging around, he pulled out a thick photo album. The album contained all kinds of small cards, bookmarks, children's graffiti and postcards.
Even news clippings from newspapers and stuff like that.
These were all discovered from the pages of the old books when they were bought. At that time, Wei Ran thought that after the town demolished the library and rebuilt the activity center, he would give this small gift to the town.
Now that the former seller, Sergey, has come to the door, he just happened to give this thing to her.
Walking out of the room with the photo album, Wei Ran handed it to Sergey's hand, "The things in this photo album were all found in those old books. Originally, I planned to wait for your activity center.
It was given as a gift after it was built, and now that you are here, you just want to take it back. But I'm sorry, I have really sold all those old books."
"Mr. Victor, can you...can you put..."
"No." Wei Ran simply shook his head, "I can't disclose the buyer's information to you."
"Okay...okay"
Sergey nodded unable to hide his disappointment, tucked the photo album Wei Ran gave him under his arm, turned back three times and left the yard, getting into the SUV parked at the door.
Taking out his cell phone, Wei Ran answered Jima's call and said simply, "Let them go."
Before he could hang up the phone, Ji Ma drove the armored pickup truck out of the way of the alley, then turned around and drove into the yard again.
"There were three people in the car."
Ji Ma jumped out of the cab and handed the memory card in the driving recorder to Wei Ran, "There were three people in their car. The driver was a middle-aged woman, and there were people sitting in the back seat wearing baseball caps.
You can’t tell the gender or age, the last one is the one you just chatted with.”
"Go in first." Wei Ranhun nodded nonchalantly, turned around and walked into the room.
Obviously, the old man named Sergey couldn't come up with four to five million rubles in cash. Even if he could come up with it, he would never use it to buy used books that are not worth that much at all, let alone buy them in
After Weiran said it had been sold, he asked for the identity of the American buyer.
But since the other party did this, it only means that the value of those old books is far more than five million rubles.
Without using his brain at all, Wei Ran thought of the three spiritual topics he found among the piles of old papers when he bought the old books.
Are you here for those topics? But are they worth that much money?
Besides, does this matter have anything to do with Kajik or even Maya?
He had not forgotten that it was Kajik and Maya who invited him to the used bookstore together. This time, as soon as Maya arrived, someone came to the door, and Maya also recognized the old man named Sergey at a glance.
Man, these little details made him wonder if someone had set a trap for him again.
Although there were many doubts in his mind, Wei Ranming did not show any flaws on his face, and in the subsequent chat, he did not mention a single word about those three groups of topics.
Although the loss of five million rubles made Suisui feel a little sad, she would not make the decision for Wei Ran and sell those used books that were just for show. On the contrary, she made a decision full of confidence.
Take a good look at the five million rubles on that bookshelf. Maybe you can find some valuable treasure in it.
To this, the Katenka sisters had no reaction, but Jima couldn't help laughing. He had heard from his subordinates that when he bought these books, Weiran even used a flaw detector to avoid entrainment.
Private goods, after such careful inspection, if Suisui finds anything, it would be a joke.
Deliberately changing the topic for a chat, Jima and Maya had a sumptuous dinner as a matter of course, and also made an appointment for a specific time for a party at his house the next day. As for the work of digging potatoes and sweet potatoes, they were naturally taken care of by everyone.
Human choice is forgotten.
After seeing off Jima and Maya after a full meal, Suisui squinted her eyes and pretended to ask, "Little comrade, have you found any problems?"
"What's the problem?" Wei Ran looked curiously at the drama queen beside him.
"Is Maya already living in scumbag Ji's house?"
Suisui asked with a gossipy face, "So this party won't be just an engagement drink or something for the two of them, right?"
"Why do they still care about engagement?"
Wei Ran shook his head dumbfounded and said as he walked back, "Even if they were particular about this, if they were to get engaged, Ji Ma's tail would have been lifted out of the Milky Way."
"makes sense"
Suisui couldn't help but nodded, then changed the subject and asked, "In the afternoon, did Sergey really come here for the old books?"
Hearing this, Wei Ran hesitated for a moment and then shook his head, "Probably not. Come on, I'll show you something good."
"What good stuff?"
“You’ll find out after you follow me.”
Without explaining, Wei Ran took Suisui to the third floor and went straight into the room where the photos of Teacher Dalia when she was young were displayed. He found the three topics from the metal bookshelf against the wall, and then lowered the
The voice said, "I guess the other party is here for this thing."
“How to artificially create research on mental illness?”
Suisui took the second file bag, "Cultivation of group obedience and psychological correction of prisoners of war order? What are these?"
"There's more," Wei Ran said, handing the last portfolio to the other party.
"A survey on the physical and mental limits of human beings in extreme cold environments?" Suisui couldn't help but shiver, and commented with a slightly pale face, "These names are really scary!"
"According to the records inside, except for the topic of how to artificially create mental illness, most of the remaining two topics are the results of using Japanese prisoners of war and German war uniforms as research objects."
"Little Japs prisoners of war?! There are little Japs prisoners of war?!"
Suisui, who was a little timid a second ago, raised her voice a lot. Wei Ran not only heard the excitement in her tone, but also the expression on her face was full of excitement.
"Why are you so excited?"
While Wei Ran was speaking, he took out the "Soviet Medical Encyclopedia" again, opened it, pointed at the Nagant revolver hidden inside, and said, "This thing was discovered together with the three projects."
"This little pistol is good..."
"Stop it"
Wei Ran pulled away the opponent's paws and said, "I can't give you this thing. It's been for decades. It might explode with one shot, and there are bullets inside."
“You’re so stingy”
Suisui retracted her hand angrily, picked up the three project portfolios that Wei Ran had just handed him and asked, "Is it okay if I take these back and look at them?"
"As long as you don't get scared"
Wei Ran reminded nonchalantly, "Also, since someone is coming to your door now, be careful not to expose yourself."
"I'm not stupid, I still need you to remind me about this kind of thing?" Suisui had already held three copies of the topic in her arms before she finished speaking.
"I guess the other party came here just for these things."
As Wei Ran spoke, he stuffed the "Soviet Medical Encyclopedia" with the pistol in it back on the bookshelf with the spine facing inward, "Okay, let's go down."
Suisui left the third floor with her curiosity satisfied. After some thought, Wei Ran simply found the PSS microblog that he had borrowed from Nicholas when he first met him and never returned it.
The acoustic pistol and VSS silent sniper rifle, along with spare magazines, were all handed over to the Katenka sisters for safekeeping. They were also reminded to turn on all surveillance systems in the yard.
In addition to arming the sisters with weapons, Wei Ran also gave Anfiya the memory card of the driving recorder given to him by Ji Ma, hoping that the other party could find out something.
This chapter is not over yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Unfortunately, until the sun sets, the only clue she finds is that the black SUV came from a local car rental company in Kazan, and that it came from two years ago.
There was just a car accident.
At the same time, after taking Sergei back to Yudino, the black SUV under investigation returned to Kazan city and parked in a parking lot on the other side of Lake Kaban.
This place is only separated by a lake of more than 200 meters from Wei Ran's home, and in order to shorten the observation distance, a packed astronomical telescope was even set up in the compartment of the car.
"What should we do next?" The person sitting in the back seat asked with disappointment.
"Don't panic"
The female driver sitting in the driver's seat replied calmly, "We first need to make sure that the historian named Victor is not lying."
"But even if he lied, wouldn't we still be unable to get those things?" The people in the carriage asked while adjusting the telescope.
"He is a well-known historian"
The middle-aged female driver was confident, "If he didn't lie, we would have to give up those things, but what if he lied?"
"Continue talking?" the person in the vehicle urged impatiently, "Why do you always lie?"
"Sorry, I overestimated your IQ."
The middle-aged female driver spread her hands, "If he lied, then it can only mean that there must be something important in those old books, and he has even discovered the secrets in those things. If that is the case, as long as we follow them, maybe we can
Can find those things.”
"Would he have found it long ago?"
The person in the carriage once again assumed, "According to that old guy named Sergey, he had already bought those old books in the spring, and it has been so long..."
"That's why I bought those old books for up to five million rubles."
The female driver smiled proudly, "If he really found out, he definitely wouldn't mind selling the worthless waste paper at such a high price. Since he didn't plan to sell it, he must think that the value of those old books was far more than five dollars.
Millions of rubles."
"What if he had agreed to sell?"
"Then reschedule the transaction and run away, and then find an opportunity to visit his home after a while. After all, I can't afford five million rubles."
The female driver's tone was filled with impatience, "Why do you have so many problems? Now keep an eye on them. We must first find out the other person's routine, and then find a way to get in over the wall."
"I don't dare to go" the person in the car immediately expressed his attitude.
"You don't want those things anymore?"
"think"
"Then be brave"
The female driver said rather resentfully, "Those things belong to us, so there's nothing wrong with us taking them back."
"I hope... I hope that person thinks so too..."
The people in the carriage looked at the lighted yard across the lake with the help of telescopes, and murmured worriedly, as if they were not optimistic about their companions' plans and opinions.
