When Wei Ran and Ninel drove back to the wooden house in the forest glade, Aniya was already sitting obediently on a log pillar, holding a large bowl of oatmeal and vegetable porridge in both hands and acting very well-behaved.
Suisui and Kouko, who were sitting opposite her, were talking to each other under Anfisa's translation.
Farther away, Tantu, an Indian woman carrying a shotgun, was leaning slightly awkwardly on a four-wheel motorcycle. From time to time, she seemed to be answering some of Suisui's questions.
However, before Wei Ran could stop the car, these women and men stopped talking among themselves one after another.
Seeing this, neither Wei Ran nor Niniel wisely asked any questions. Suisui took the initiative and said, "Niniel and Aniya arrived just in time. We just decided to go to the forest to pick mushrooms later.
Do you want to go hunting together?"
"Just like the lumber camp next to Jima's village?" Wei Ran asked with a smile.
"right!"
Suisui swallowed subconsciously, "Sister Tantu just said that the redwood forest produces a particularly delicious mushroom and a particularly sour berry."
"Victor just peed in the redwood forest." Nineel, who looked honest and honest on the outside, shamefully framed Wei Ran for his good deeds.
"Remember to circle the territory you marked when the time comes," Suisui reminded, rolling her eyes.
Honest people lie to others and cheat to death.
Wei Ran gritted his teeth and glanced at Nineel, who was taking the oatmeal from Aniya's hand, but the other party pretended to be confused, holding up the oatmeal and saying to Wei Ran, "This porridge tastes good."
Not bad, do you want some?"
"Thank you, that's the porridge I cooked." Wei Ran snorted coldly. "Your craftsmanship is pretty good." After finishing speaking, Ninel slowly picked up the wooden spoon and took a spoonful of the vegetable porridge and put it into his mouth.
After helping each other resist the charge of urinating on the ground, after breakfast, everyone picked up their weapons and followed Tantu on their four-wheeled motorcycles to go straight to the redwood forest covering both sides of the river.
While most of the girls were following Tantu in search of berries and edible mushrooms, Wei Ran also took the opportunity to introduce Anfisa to Nineel.
"Talk to him if you need fresh blood."
Wei Ran pointed at Nineel and whispered to Anfisa, "I have already paid. Feel free to ask for your request. Please let him find a way."
"Understood," Anfisa said, handing the small basket containing mushrooms to Wei Ran and taking the lever rifle in his hand.
Ignoring the two people who were obviously wary of each other behind them, Wei Ran carried a basket and strolled around the redwood forest. By the way, he also eavesdropped on Suisui and Kou Kou, who were being translated by Anfiya.
Tantu’s questions and Tantu’s answers in English or French.
Of course, most of these questions have little to do with the berries and mushrooms they are collecting. Instead, they are just opinions on popular American topics such as ethnic minorities, homosexuals, blacks, guns, legalization of child coma, etc.
From time to time, Aniya, who was wandering with her in the woods, would express her opinions at Suisui's invitation.
Of course, perhaps because she has been with Nineel for too long, this American girl, the youngest among the women present, has much more radical, straightforward and efficient views.
In this small chat, I got to know both Tantu and Aniya, and Koko also formally sent a job invitation to Tantu.
Being able to become Kou Kou's housekeeper was something Tantu had never expected. After hearing Kou Kou's offer and some of Suisui's job requirements, the Indian woman immediately agreed happily.
Under Suisui's suggestion, Kou Kou promptly sent out an invitation, "In that case, why don't we go to Houston today? My great-grandfather, Mr. Dominic, took back the property that was originally given to Ms. Lily before his death. Although it was
Lawyer Ross has been urging me to go over and take over, but I have never been there. How about you go with me this time? It is said that there are a lot of precious jewelry in that house."
"Koko, does your invitation include me?" Aniya asked in surprise.
"Of course, we are also friends, right?" Kou Kou said slightly unnaturally under the hint of Suisui's eyes, "Of course, if you don't have time, you can also..."
"No! I have time, plenty of time!" Ania said immediately before Anfiya finished translating, "I'll go with you!"
"In that case, how about we set off at noon?" Suisui seized the right to speak and said to Aniya in English, "Sorry, you just arrived, we are leaving here."
"It doesn't matter!"
Aniya said slightly excitedly, "If you have time, when we finish our work in Houston, you can go to Las Vegas with me. I will take you to the largest casino in the area, and you can also go to Nigeria."
Drag racing at the speedway where Nel works!”
This proposal immediately made Suisui and Kou Kou's eyes light up, and even Anfiya, who was in charge of translating, had a look of excitement on her face.
Seeing Suisui and Anfiya looking at him, Wei Ran spread his hands and was about to say something, but Nineel, who was standing a little further away, came over and said first, "Aphroel, why don't you give your Victor
How about lending it to me for a few days?
In the morning, I introduced him to a business deal. The other person was a Vietnam War veteran and had been very helpful to me, so I wanted to take Victor to meet him as soon as possible."
"Let them be busy first!" Aniya said first, "I will entertain you well when we get to Las Vegas!"
"Don't worry, boss, I'll keep her away from Sister Aurora." Anfisa, who came around from behind a redwood tree, hurriedly spoke to Wei Ran in an offending tone before the others spoke.
Guaranteed.
"What about you?" Wei Ran looked at Suisui, making it clear that he was leaving the decision to her.
"In case I lose all my money, remember to pick me up as soon as possible." Suisui made the decision jokingly.
Now that they decided to leave, the group of young people stopped delaying, packed their luggage, and returned all their weapons to Tatanka, who came after hearing the news.
This old Indian man who once drove for Dominic was naturally extremely happy when he learned that his daughter had become Coco's housekeeper, so much so that when he drove the yacht back to Sault Ste. Marie, he almost almost
Choking and crying.
Let this affectionate old father take everyone to the airport. Koko pointed to the suitcase pushed by Anfei and said to Wei Ran in a joking tone, "The shell shell and the ax inside will be temporarily taken care of by Anfei."
Ya has kept it, Victor, I hope you can help us investigate something as soon as possible, this is related to the plan of Quanquan and me."
"Okay, don't worry, Kou Kou." He reassured in French, and Wei Ran switched to Chinese and joked, "And you, don't worry, though."
"You're so talented! You're so disgusting." Suisui gritted her teeth and rolled her eyes, "Anyway, you guys should go to Las Vegas and join us as soon as possible."
"We will rush there as soon as possible," Wei Ran said, and followed Nineel into the security checkpoint.
Under Nineel's leadership, Weiran followed him and boarded the fastest flight to the United States.
After two consecutive layovers, when Weiyan followed Nineel off the plane for the last time, he had already arrived at the tourist resort of Sucomel Island in Mexico.
Flour-grade fine sand, blue waves, holiday cabins less than a hundred meters away from the coastline, and of course, bikini girls everywhere on the island and cheap and abundant tropical fruits, and even across the strait, the Yucatan Peninsula
Mayan cultural relics can be seen everywhere.
Everything here can almost meet all the expectations of most people for a seaside vacation. However, for Wei Ran, who has traveled across the entire United States from north to south, he just wants to take a bath and have a good sleep.
It was nearly midnight, and Niñel woke up Wei Ran, who was still sleeping, with a plate of spicy Mexican tortillas.
While he was eating, Ninel held a glass of watermelon juice and said, "There will be a ship that will take us directly to Pinos Island in Cuba later."
"What's there?" Wei Ran asked while eating tortillas. "Didn't I say it? A mental hospital." Nineel took a big sip of watermelon juice and answered slowly.
"I mean, are there anything special about the residents in that mental hospital?"
Wei Ran looked at the other party directly, "If it's just mental illness, there are also many in Gorman's hospital." "The mental illness there is different."
Ninel drank the watermelon juice in one gulp and summed it up simply, "The people who can be sent there are all mentally ill people with antisocial personalities, and a considerable number of them were even members of anti-Cuban forces."
"Anti-social personality? Anti-Cuban forces?" Wei Ran raised his eyebrows, "Is this a special prison?"
"You are a historian, you must know about the Elian incident, right?" Niner put down the cup and asked.
"Because of the crisis caused by a six-year-old boy?" "Yes"
Ninenel paused, "At that time, a considerable number of people in the United States carried out anti-Cuban communist activities."
Seeing Wei Ran looking at him in confusion, Niñel continued, "But under the instigation and arrangements of thoughtful people, some mentally ill people with antisocial personality joined the anti-Cuban forces lingering in Miami.
Because of the existence of these people, those idiots actually adopted more radical methods, ignoring US laws and using violence to fight the police, which ultimately caused a rift between the anti-Cuban exiles in Miami and the United States. The Elian incident was also caused by the impulse of those idiots.
Called Castro's Victory."
"What do you mean..." Wei Ran's eyes widened.
"Comrade Castro has always been my idol, so I have always used Fidel as my pseudonym."
Niñel tapped his temple, "His political wisdom far exceeds those stupid *** in the United States. And in the mental hospital we are going to, there is a man who once worked for Mr. Castro."
Staff officer." "Are you kidding?!" Wei Ran's eyes widened, "Let's set off now!"
"Of course I'm not joking"
Niñel left the hotel with Wei Ran and said as he walked to the shore in the night, "The staff officer I just mentioned not only led the Elian incident, but also remembered the anti-Cuban forces in Miami such as Crazy Cell,
Earlier, it was said that he also participated in planning the Mariel smuggling incident."
"The Mariel smuggling incident in the 1980s?" Wei Ran raised his eyebrows, "How old is the person you are talking about?"
"over sixty years old"
Ninel lowered his voice slightly and said, "For a staff officer, this is a golden age."
"In that case, why is he in prison?" Wei Ran asked rather inquisitively.
"Comrade Castro had already retired before his death." Ninenel paused and continued, "Shortly after his retirement, he had mental problems and his physical health deteriorated. After that, he
He returned to his hometown of Pinos, and later, at the invitation of the director of that mental hospital, he chose to be admitted to the hospital as a patient. "At the same time, Wang Xin, the King of Things in the World, said in the surrogate children's publishing community.
"certainly"
Ninel stopped, turned around and looked at Wei Ran. After hesitating for a moment, he said in the night, "That dean is Mr. Gorman's...well...perhaps it would be more accurate to call him 'Senior Sister.'"
"Senior?"
Wei Ran was stunned for a moment, then nodded as usual, and took the initiative to change the topic seamlessly and asked, "So you have already verified with Gorman or Teacher Dalia that I need manpower?
"
"I asked you while you were sleeping"
Ninnel paused and said slowly, "They said that I can trust you unconditionally. If you betray me, they will kill Aurora and her family for me as revenge."
"You guys are so straightforward"
Wei Ran snorted angrily, but he was not angry because of what the other party said. After all, the other party had already stated the prerequisites and given "unconditional trust". If he really betrayed Nineel by then,
The Dalia killed Aurora and her family in retaliation, and they deserved it.
"I just trust you unconditionally, but I don't obey you unconditionally." Ninel spread his hands, "So of course I can be more straightforward."
"That makes sense. Where are we going now?" Wei Ran asked as he followed the other party.
“Arrived soon”
As Niner spoke, he stopped by a white tent on the shore, opened the tent and took out a still-packaged wet suit and handed it to Wei Ran, "put it on."
"Swim there?" Wei Ran joked as he changed his clothes. This place is more than 300 kilometers away from Pinos Island, so you definitely can't swim there.
"That's right." Ninel nodded matter-of-factly, and also took out a diving suit and put it on.
Almost when Wei Ran was thinking about whether to put on flippers, two jet skis slowly drove over from a distance. In the tent, someone also folded the clothes they had changed into and put them into each category.
In a waterproof bag.
"Let's go." Ninel said as he put on his mask and walked toward the sea. Seeing that the other party did not change his flippers or carry an oxygen bottle, Weiran simply put on his mask and chased after him.
Each was riding a jet ski. Amidst the splashing water and the noise of the engine, the two motor boats drove straight to the Yucatan Peninsula on the other side.
However, after driving to the sea for less than ten minutes, two motorboats took the two of them onto a sightseeing yacht. At the same time, two people got off the yacht and drove back on the two motorboats.
.
On the not-so-big yacht, Wei Ran and Ninel were led into the deck cabin by a girl who only wore a bikini and carried an American-style net in a cowhide holster around her waist. Under the dim light,
, put on a set of beach shorts and a loose T-shirt. The girl also closed the cabin door from the outside and seemed to lock it.
"Let's get some sleep. We have to change ships in the middle of the night." After Ninel said that, he lay down on a relatively clean bed, and by the way, he left a woman with her underwear behind for Wei Ran.
Small single bed.
"Is this also your smuggling route?" Wei Ran asked curiously as he looked at the boxes of Cuban cigars under the bed.
"No, no, no, even Aniya doesn't know about this route." Niniel said, pulling out a small box from under the bed, taking out a metal pipe and throwing it to Wei Ran, and then became familiar with the route.
He took out a lighter, a cypress strip, and a cigar cutter with heavy signs of use from the bedside drawer.
"Try it, this is a good thing that you can't buy on the market." After Ninel skillfully lit the cigar, he stuffed the still burning cypress stick into a mineral water bottle filled with water.
Following the example of the other person, Wei Ran lit the cigar, and took a puff, then choked and coughed repeatedly.
"Don't inhale it into your lungs. Just let the smoke swirl in your mouth. The capillaries will help you absorb the harmful substances in the smoke." Ninel reminded with a puff of smoke.
"Thank you for the reminder, and thank you for my capillaries." Wei Ran rolled his eyes and took another sip.
It's a pity that he, a historian who doesn't know how to enjoy, couldn't taste the good thing about this thick thing like a dried black shit stick. He only knew that one bite after another made his brain start to feel dizzy.
.
Riding on the dizziness, Wei Ran lay down on the small bed that smelled of perfume and a bit of body odor and took a nap.
When he was woken up again by Nineel, the cabin door had been opened, and through the glass window beside the bed, he could still see a fishing boat parked not far away.
Nineel was still in the vanguard and behind. While the fishing boat was handing the catch to the yacht, the two of them jumped on the fishing boat as if no one else was watching and helped carry some shrimps and crabs to the yacht.
When a man dressed as a fisherman took a wad of banknotes from the bikini girl's hand, the not-so-big fishing boat also sailed toward the northeast amidst the churning of its engine.
After sailing slowly for several hours, when a blood-red morning glow appeared on the eastern skyline, continuous shadows of land and a huge island appeared directly ahead.
Before the sun had completely jumped out of the sea, the fishing boat loaded with catch also sailed into a pier filled with the smell of fish. Some locals who had been waiting for a long time also swarmed forward with their money in hand, rushing to buy fresh sea food.
goods.
Without waiting for the crowd to disperse, Wei Ran and Ninel, each holding a box of sea fish in their hands, also walked through the crowd to a dilapidated small truck parked at the pier.
After putting the two boxes of catch into the cargo hopper, Ninel waited for Weixian to get into the cab, and then he started the car and said, "Friends, welcome to Cuba, welcome to Pinos Island."
