It was already early in the morning two days later when Wei Ran and Jima arrived in Kazan on the southbound train. He hardly dared to close his eyes along the way, not only because he was worried that the matter of killing the old man would be revealed, but also because he was pregnant. There is a small bottle of heavy gold sand inside. Fortunately, except for a few drunkards who walked into the wrong door, there were no accidents when 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 especially energetic today. A decent 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?"
"You have brought it back." Jima patted his backpack, "Principal Nicholas, you are dressed like this Reminds me of my experience of going to school here."
"I also think of you little bastard spying on the female teacher in the shower." Nikolai didn't give Jima any face. The latter was not ashamed but proudly held his head up, as if what he did was glorious.
“Where are the photos?” Nicholas asked Wei Ran again after taking what Ji Ma took out from his bag.
"I took four rolls of film in total, 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 have even prepared the silver salt photographic paper."
Nicholas didn't seem to see the gun at all. Likewise, he eagerly led the two young men to the second floor with him. Looking at their eagerness, it was obvious that they were not prepared 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...you come"
Nicola's tone was quite uneasy. After sending Wei Ran into the darkroom prepared in advance at the end of the second floor, he pointed Pointing to the room not far away, "I'll wait for you in that room."
He walked into the darkroom helplessly. Wei Ran first became familiar with the arrangement of various things and potions, and then locked the room. The door turned on with a dark red light.
After being repeatedly soaked in potions and water, the film was developed into negatives. After drying, they were immediately fixed on a piece of film produced locally in Kazan with the help of an enlarger. On silver salt photographic paper.
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 can be seen is black, white and varying degrees of gray.
By the time Wei Ran had developed all the more than a hundred photos, the warm sun outside the window had already reached its highest point. Holding a thick stack of photos, I walked to the next doorIn the room next to the wall, the small dining table is filled with sumptuous meals. But Ji Ma was gone.
At the dinner table, the plastic packaging of the things Jima took out from the safe had also been opened. At this time, Nicholas was taking advantage of the sunshine outside the window and carefully looking at each piece with his reading glasses. Holding that photo album full of traces of time.
In the opened tin box, in addition to a slender plastic syringe and two platinum rings worn with 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. .
“A total of 144”
Wei Ran was about to sit on the chair at the dining table, but he didn’t want Nikolai to directly put a card and a Soviet-era KGB The badge was handed to him, "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 that badge and call us. If you don’t know it, I can ask Jima to take you there. Now let me be quiet for a while."
Wei Ran, who had not even taken a bite of food, had to get up and leave the room, and went downstairs to find the familiar classroom. Ji Ma 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, "You know where this place is?" Where? I plan to go there."
"Hongqi Forest Farm? I know this place." Ji Ma returned the card, "When do you plan to go there?" >
"If you can, do it now. You can also get some sleep on the way." Wei Ran said with a yawn. Nicholas clearly wanted to be alone upstairs. Rather than stay here, It's better to stay away.
"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 kept talking at the same time. Nagging, "If I had known that the things I brought back this time would remind him of his wife and children, I would have left those things in Inta. This old guy would have drunk too much 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"
Jim Ma Statue I washed it randomly as if I thought of something terrible.He held his hand and spoke faster before the call was dialed, "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."
Before Wei Ran could say anything, What? Ji Ma had already dialed the phone. As he spoke, he picked up his gun and walked towards the door. By the way, Wei Ran also carried the SVD sniper rifle that was originally placed at the door into the van.
"Why are you carrying a gun?" Wei Ran asked in confusion after waiting for the other party to hang 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 long gun?" Spear?"
"I..."
Wei Ran pinched the KGB badge in his pocket and nodded in confusion, "Yes, that's right. 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 in Kazan. It’s about 15 kilometers away from the southern outskirts of the mountain city on the east bank of the Volga River, so you have about two hours to get some sleep, but I guarantee you won’t want to leave when you get there.”
“That’s it. What do you mean?" Wei Ran, who had already closed his eyes, was suddenly aroused.
"There is a school that all men yearn for." Ji Ma admired 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 72 raisins, right?"
"That's right!"
Ji Ma obviously I understood what the former was saying, 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, it’s 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 phone 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 began to snore before he could reach the SC area.