On the second day after returning to Kazan, Wei Ran returned to his usual routine. At dawn, he took his energetic dog with him and started a morning run around the frozen Kaban Lake.
Less than half an hour apart, Suisui, who was sleeping, and Lola, who was also dreaming, were also woken up by the Katenka sisters by lifting their quilts, and were forced to go downstairs to restart.
Morning exercises during holidays.
When Wei Ran jogged back with his panting dog Beria, Suisui, who was doing gymnastics, immediately pointed to the long table next to her, "Scumbag Ji just called you."
"So early?" Wei Ran looked up at the quartz clock hanging on the wall. It was not even eight o'clock in the morning.
"It's really early, so let's start at eight o'clock tomorrow, no! Nine o'clock, is it okay to get up at nine o'clock?" Suisui asked with a sad face.
"Boss, it's easy to have insomnia when you wake up so late, and your skin will get worse if you do this for a long time." Anfiya, who was helping Lola carry breakfast out of the kitchen, reminded her.
"And he will also gain weight." Anfisa followed behind and added another blow.
"Pretend I didn't say anything." Suisui resignedly collapsed on the sofa again, letting the two overly energetic big-eared foxes jump happily around her body.
Seeing that he didn't have to answer this question, Wei Ran dialed Jima's number.
"Victor! My best friend who is as close as a brother, Happy New Year! Merry Christmas! You must miss me, right?!"
As soon as the call was connected and before Wei Ran could speak, Ji Ma on the other end was full of enthusiasm and spoke a lot of nonsense without sincerity and nutrition.
"speak English"
Wei Ran responded angrily, this guy hasn't contacted him since he came back from Mine No. 52, and the call he made at this time was definitely not to make up for his half-month late blessing.
"Oh~! My friend, have I disturbed your good deeds?" Ji Ma on the other end of the phone was still wearing down Wei Ran's patience.
"There are still 5 seconds until I hang up the phone." Wei Ran was too lazy to talk nonsense to the other party. After finishing speaking, he started counting down.
"Don't hang up yet, I have something serious to do with you." Ji Ma finally corrected his attitude, "Victor, we need your help."
"Did you make Maya's belly bigger?" Wei Ran asked subconsciously.
"What? Sister Maya has Jima's child?"
Suisui, who was still trying to fall asleep just a second ago, sat up immediately, knelt on the sofa with her hands on the backrest and asked excitedly, "How many months have it been?"
"How is it possible that there is such a good thing...hiss-ouch-let go, Maya, let go quickly!"
Jima screamed without finishing a sentence, and soon after, Maya's gnashing of teeth came from the microphone, "Bastard Victor! You'd better think clearly before you speak!"
"Okay, sorry Maya."
Wei Ran apologized without sincerity, and when Jima's voice came from the other end of the phone again, he immediately lowered his voice and asked, "Jima, what's going on? Maya made your belly bigger?"
"How is it possible! How could I have that kind of function?"
Jima smiled apologetically at Maya, who was standing next to her with her hands on her hips and staring, while speeding up her speech and explaining, "That's right, after the New Year, I will send Maya home, and then we are going to visit Turkmenistan, especially to see the
You must know the Gate of Hell, Turkmenistan, right? That Central Asian country that blocks its borders."
"I know, so you are in Turkmenistan now?" Wei Ran asked confused.
"Actually we are still in Kazakhstan"
Jima said helplessly, "Maya's two brothers are injured and need to be taken care of. In addition, Maya also wants to invite you to come and play, and see if you can help her brother and father, oh, and her animals.
"
"Her animals?" Wei Ran repeated the key words the other party just mentioned without knowing why.
"Anyway, if you have time, come here as soon as possible," Ji Ma said ambiguously, "Remember to bring Aurora with you, we may need her help more in this matter."
Wei Ran raised his head and looked at Suisui, "You don't have any plans recently, right?"
“I don’t have any plans except going home for the Spring Festival.”
Suisui replied cheerfully, with excitement in her tone. For her, being able to go out and play was much better than staying at home.
"Where are we flying?" Wei Ran asked Jima on the other end of the phone in a more cheerful tone.
"Uralsk, you can see me when you arrive at the airport." Jima reported a place name that was very familiar to Weiran.
Of course Wei Ran is familiar with this place. The teachers at Hongqi Forestry Farm arranged an assessment for him here and secretly assisted the local anti-poaching organization in catching a group of poachers, drug addicts and wanted criminals.
After making an appointment with Jima to buy a plane ticket and then contact him, Weiran just hung up the phone and Anfisa, holding a tablet in his hand, immediately said, "The fastest flight to Uralsk is at two o'clock this afternoon."
"No need to be in such a hurry, is there a flight tomorrow?" Wei Ran put away his phone and asked.
"There is also a trip tomorrow afternoon," Anfisa responded and asked, "Do you need me to buy a ticket now?"
"Wait a moment"
Suisui stopped Anfisa, sat across from Weiran and asked, "When do you plan to open the library?"
"Any time is fine," Wei Ran said nonchalantly, "You can also wait until you return home to celebrate the Spring Festival and then open the business again."
"What about you?" Suisui looked at Lola, "When do you plan to start running your cafe?"
"Let's go with the library"
Lola thought for a while and continued, "This time I want to stay and get familiar with the coffee equipment and the preparation of various flavors, so that I can let Brother Greva upstairs help me try the flavors."
It's rare that this little girl is so enterprising, Suisui will naturally not object, but then she said, "After the business opens in the next year, I plan to help Lola find another partner."
"Find her a partner?"
Wei Ran raised his eyebrows, then waved his hand, "You can just discuss this with Laura."
"Then let's eat!"
Sui Suimei opened her mouth and poked a steaming steamed bun, "Kama, buy a ticket for tomorrow!"
After finishing breakfast chatting and laughing, Wei Ran dialed Jima's phone number again while Suisui and the girls were moving office supplies to the office on the second floor of the workshop next door.
"Is it easier to talk?" Jima on the other end of the phone asked cautiously.
"Convenience, what's going on?" Wei Ran asked, "Maya's brother is injured? In addition, she has a brother?"
"She has four brothers and two sisters."
Ji Ma answered the most insignificant question first, and then explained in detail, "It's nothing too important. I just want to invite you to come over and have fun, and help their animals think of something."
"What's going on with their domestic animals?"
Wei Ran asked in confusion, "Also, you haven't explained why her brother was injured?"
"Maya has three brothers who work in an anti-poaching organization, and two of them were shot by a group of poachers some time ago."
Jima paused and continued, "As for his animals, Maya's father and mother have been doing animal protection work, and her family's rescue station has many strange wild animals.
The poachers I just mentioned shot and wounded Maya's two brothers when they were going to poach the rescued wild animals at her family's rescue station."
"so..."
“Although the police were called”
Jima said helplessly, "But in order to simulate the wild environment, the wildlife rescue station is some distance away from the city. The police can't stay there all the time, and I suspect that someone in the police leaked the information. The most important thing is that early yesterday morning,
, those poaching bastards are here again."
"The Great Luo of All Worlds"
"What are you going to do?" Wei Ran simply asked the core question.
"I already hired some hunter helpers from Inta yesterday to come over and protect the rescue station."
Ji Ma lowered his voice slightly and said, "But I don't want to be on defense all the time. I plan to directly eliminate that group of poachers."
"What kind of destruction?" Wei Ran asked pointedly.
“Anything is fine”
Jima said nonchalantly, "If it's that kind of thing, Inta's friends are not suitable to get involved. I'm also worried about this situation, so I need you to come and help."
"I understand," Wei Ran joked with a smile, "You are already a glamorous star, right?"
"Hey, aren't you also a well-known historian?"
Jima responded with a playful smile, "I saw your news interview yesterday, and even suggested that Mr. Culp make this story into a movie."
"What did he say?" Wei Ran asked absently, following the topic.
"He only said that he wanted me to come back as soon as possible to discuss the filming of the Belarusian guerrillas starting next year."
Ji Ma brought the topic back and said rather helplessly, "However, before I leave, I have to help Maya's family get rid of the poachers. Whether it is Jean Greva or Inta's Arili
I don’t trust them to handle it.”
"Speaking of which, do you want to go to China with me to celebrate the Spring Festival this year?"
Wei Ran asked a digression, "You can bring your parents with you this time, and I can also ask Aurora to invite Maya."
"When you decide which day to go home, remember to tell me!"
Ji Ma accepted the invitation without thinking, "My parents have always wanted to visit China. It would be even better if you could invite Maya to go with them."
"Then it's settled, see you tomorrow!"
"See you tomorrow" Jima simply hung up the phone before finishing his sentence.
Maya actually has so many brothers and sisters... Wei Ran weighed his cell phone, turned and walked to the attic on the top floor.
In the afternoon of the next day, a group of four people arrived at the airport in an armored commercial vehicle driven by Anfisa and boarded a flight to Uralsk, a city in western Kazakhstan.
At the same time, inside the Time Library, which had not yet decided to open for business, Lola, who had put on the uniform of a female soldier of the Soviet Red Army, straightened the boat cap on her head and once again started mixing different flavors of coffee.
Not far away from her, the dog Beria and his two little fox brothers were lying on the solid wood floor, with their chin propped up and staring intently at Ke, who was riding a children's tricycle in the distance.
Rava.
Just when Lola successfully prepared every kind of coffee on the menu, turned around and waved towards the glass curtain wall on the second floor, signaling Greva and others to come down and taste the coffee, at the same time, a dirty car slowly stopped.
Outside the next door.
"Why don't you go in and take a look?" In the cab, Teacher Anna, who was in charge of driving, asked without looking back.
"No... I'm not going." Teacher Daria, who was sitting in the passenger seat, finally waved her hand, "Let's go sit in Victor's library."
"I'm going to stay at Victor's house tonight." Anna smiled and stepped on the accelerator again, "What about you?"
"I'm going back to the forest farm," Dalia said while unbuckling her seatbelt, "I just want to sit in Victor's library."
"Then take a seat."
Anna smiled softly and said, "We can come and sit here often in the future, and we don't have to choose when Victor is not around."
Hearing this, Dalia didn't say anything, but a bright light flashed in her eyes, and then immediately darkened.
