Early in the morning on the third day of the Inta trip, the hunters picked off the sturdy reindeer’s beautiful copper bells, pulled the large sled, and the hunters and tourists sitting on it entered the snow-covered Coniferous forest, searching hard for possible prey.
On the sled driven by Ji Ma, Wei Ran and Suisui also pointed their cameras at the girls wearing furry clothes and holding the same furry rifles wrapped in their arms. Pressed the shutter several times.
Obviously, for these girls, being able to take beautiful photos is more important than whether they can catch prey.
As they entered the depths of the forest, the reindeer pulling the sleigh gradually slowed down, and a white camouflage tarpaulin was also propped up on each sleigh.
As one of the hunters gently patted the reindeer on the butt, the reindeer, which had already formed a conditioned reflex in its usual training, immediately raised its neck and let out a sound that was definitely not pleasant.
I didn’t wait long at all. A similar response came from not far ahead on the left. The hunter with the big head checked the direction of the wind and stretched out his hand to point in different directions to the other hunters.
Under the command of this hunter, several sleighs slowly dispersed in different directions, slowly surrounding the hunting target of this trip.
In their respective sleighs, these girls who came to Inta for the first time also became extremely nervous. Although before setting off, a ranger specially invited by Alili had explained to them in detail the significance of proper hunting of reindeer to protect their populations, they were still worried about the fact that a life could be easily taken away by just pulling the trigger. And guilt has been tormenting these sentimental girls.
Gradually, gnawing marks appeared on the trunks of the surrounding pine trees, and potholes appeared in the thick snow as if they had been robbed.
Under the trees that one of the sleighs passed by, there were still large traces of blood scattered as well as reindeer carcasses whose internal organs and meat had been eaten away, leaving only fur and bones.
In the shots of Wei Ran and Suisui and the shutter being pressed again and again, the sleigh stopped slowly. The male hunter in charge of the car pulled out an ax from his waist and chopped it cleanly. After removing the only barely complete head of the reindeer carcass, he calmly rubbed the blood off the fur with the snow, then put it into a snakeskin bag and tied it to the railing on the outside of the sleigh.
"Although it is just a head cut off from a reindeer carcass, as long as it is slightly processed and made into a specimen and sold, it will be enough for their family of three to spend a week."
Ji Ma After saying this, he sighed and continued to whisper in a voice that could only be heard by Wei Ran and Suisui, "But it will take at least ten days to make such a deer head specimen."
Wei Ran sighed slightly and looked at the sleigh that was running again. In the end, he could only pick up the camera again and silently pressed the shutter.
As the distance between hunter and prey gets closer, the scattered snowThe sleds are getting slower and quieter.
Gradually, more than twenty reindeer of various sizes appeared in the forest clearing directly ahead. Wei Ran could see clearly with the help of the telescope that the condition of these reindeer was not good, and some of them were even skinny, as if they would fall down at any time.
In no particular order, the hunters sitting on the sleigh each took out a thick black cloth bag to cover the eyes of the reindeer, and then took out some beans from their pockets and gave them to them. of the mouth.
Until these big guys were comforted and lay down on the soft snow, the low voice of the lead hunter also came from the radio channel, "Car No. 1 and Car No. 2 fired first, and Car No. 3 fired first. Wait for the next time on the 4th. We will give priority to those who are injured or too thin. Not only will they not survive this long winter, they may even hinder the migration of the reindeer herd. Also, please remind the girls not to attack the young deer. Shoot, otherwise they will most likely have to pay a fine to leave." Hearing this, Suisui hurriedly notified in English and Chinese on the radio channel until all the girls had done so. After replying in the affirmative, she informed the leading hunter.
Not long after waiting, the four girls who were assigned to Car No. 1 and Car No. 2, under the careful guidance of the two hunters in their respective cars, aimed at the target they wanted to aim at, and then buttoned their heads one after another. The trigger was pulled.
After four gunshots of varying lengths, the reindeer herd dispersed into the depths of the forest, leaving only one hind leg still with its sharp claws scratching behind. The injured reindeer fell alone in a pool of blood.
Among the four girls who fired, except for the Italian girl who once used a machine gun to shoot photos of her ex-boyfriend, she happily gestured with chicken feet that only she could understand, but the other three girls They all breathed a sigh of relief.
The three girls had just raised their guns in unison. After all, they still couldn't bear to kill the reindeer who were struggling to survive.
The hunters on the two sleighs didn’t care. Anyway, even if they didn’t hit anything, they could make enough money to be satisfied these days. If, in the words of the police chief's daughter Misha, every tourist leaves with regrets, they may soon come back to Inta to make up for their regrets.
After the girls emptied the ammunition chambers under the supervision of the hunter, everyone climbed onto the sleigh and rushed to the only reindeer carcass.
First, I took some photos of the Italian girl who had shot the prey holding antlers. While she was paying the hunting fee, several other girls gathered around the prey and took a few photos each. Take a selfie.
However, although the Italian girl paid a small hunting fee, she only bought the reindeer's fur.
As for its meat, it will stay in place to help nearby wolves survive the winter, while the deer head belongs to the hunter who is responsible for hunting on foot.
Of course,You can take a bloody deer head back with you, as long as you figure out a way to get it through customs. If you want to bring a deer head specimen, it's easier. You only need to pay a production fee that is no cheaper than the hunting fee, and may even be more expensive. After waiting for about half a month, Shujin's travel agency can even help with the mailing problem.
And this is where Jim Ma’s hunters really make money. Basically, there is no loss regardless, it is nothing more than making more and less.
No one knows whether the Italian girl was so angry with her ex-boyfriend that she lost her mind, or she had too much money and no place to burn it, so she paid a high fee happily and bought the pill without even thinking about it. Stuffed reindeer head.
There is no reason to neglect such a high-quality customer. In the following hunting activities, under the leadership of this Italian girl, almost everyone caught prey of different sizes. Even the ingredients needed for lunch are provided by the way.
At 3:30 that afternoon, everyone took the reindeer sleigh with the bells hung again and returned to the hot spring camp with a rich harvest.
In this day's hunting activity, basically every girl got a reindeer as she wished, and at the same time, like the Italian girl with a story, she willingly paid for the cost of making the specimen. After about a month, they will receive the prepared deer head specimen, tanned reindeer skin, and a bone flute made from reindeer leg bones.
The hunters also gained a lot. Not to mention anything else, just watching them take advantage of the girls to go to the hot springs, surrounded Ji Ma and Wei Ran and raised their glasses again and again. You can tell how happy you are with various toasts.
After eating and drinking, after Alili flew the plane again to take them over the Ural Mountains to watch the aurora for more than an hour, Weiran took a comfortable bath in the hot spring and got into the tent early. The guqin was moved out again.
But this time, before he could pluck the strings, Suisui, carrying a vodka bottle, opened the thick tent curtain and got in.
"What are you doing?" Suisui, who smelled of shower gel, sat cross-legged on the thick deerskin blanket opposite Wei Ran, filling the glass in her hand without saying a word He picked up one of them, raised his head and drank it all.
Wei Ran gently plucked the strings, and then said in the pleasant sound, "Isn't this not a good thing to play the piano for a cow?"
"Get out!" Suisui rolled her eyes. , picked up the wine glass and handed it to Wei Ran, and then poured another glass on his own.
"What's wrong with you? Broken in love?" Wei Ran took the wine glass and teased with a smile.
"Does a single mother and child have the right to fall in love?"
Suisui drank the second glass of wine with a grimace, and said pitifully while breathing coldly, "I guess this semester I You have to fail the class. You try to go back early this year. No matter what you do, if the school sends you your transcript, don't let your godfather and godmother see it."
"You will still fail. Branch?"
Wei Ran looked at Suisui suspiciously. The godfather and godmother she mentioned were her biological parents. In the words of the two elders, this little girl's academic performance is much better than that of Wei Ran back then. It stands to reason that it is normal for Wei Ran to fail.
“I misremembered the exam time for two classes, and in another I picked a German class that I didn’t understand at all.”
Suisui looked resentful. He picked up the third glass of wine and poured it into his mouth. He took out a bag of pickled pepper and chicken feet from the pocket of his cotton coat, tore it open, squeezed out a chicken foot and took a bite, then pinched another and stuffed it into the bathroom. Burning mouth.
"Okay, what's the benefit?" Wei Ran asked jokingly while chewing on the chicken feet.
"How about introducing my classmate to you?"
Suisui pointed to the tent door behind her carelessly, "My Italian roommate just fell out of love last week. Now is a good opportunity to start! Maybe my short-haired Huaxia classmate is from your hometown, or the long-haired one’s dad is a big mining man..."
"Stop! Stop, stop! Pretend I didn't ask!" Wei Ran quickly waved her hand and refused. He was not sure yet, but he was in no mood to provoke her yelling classmates.
Before Suisui could say anything else, Wei Ran quickly said, "What if your cheating school sends you your transcripts? I'll help you get it done, but we'll go back to Inta early tomorrow morning. You can bring it with you then." How about you take your classmates back to Kazan the day after tomorrow?"
"You won't go back? He asked, grabbing back his glass and pouring the wine himself.
"I still have something to do here."
As Wei Ran spoke, he helplessly grabbed the cup that the other party had just filled and the half-empty cup in his other hand. Wine bottle. This gadget is just like her father Alexei. Although he pretends to be a teetotaler on the outside, he is still able to drink himself under the table when there are no outsiders. She doesn't have the drinking capacity like Professor Alexei, she is a typical person who is addicted to food.
"What's the matter?" Suisui immediately became interested and didn't care that the other party snatched the wine glass and bottle from his hand. This was not the first time this happened anyway.
"Don't worry about it." Wei Ran screwed on the bottle cap, "Anyway, if you don't want your transcript to be taken to my aunt's office, you can honestly take your classmates back the day after tomorrow. "
"I know, I know."
Suisui, who was already a little tipsy after a few glasses of wine, stretched out her fingers that smelled of pickled pepper and played with the guqin randomly. Qin Xian, "When are you going back?"
Angrily, Wei Ran slapped away the opponent's hands and paws. Wei Ran thought for a while and said, "If it's two or three days too fast, if it's too late, it's only three or four days. I'll do it." Go back."
"Okay!"
Suisui tugged at the tight strings again and said in a daze, "Play it for me. ...Play a song! "
"Flick the back of your head! ”
Wei Ran patted the opponent’s paws away again, and hurriedly dug out a pack of paper towels to wipe the strings, but when he took them out, he found half of the chicken feet gnawed one by one. Suisui, who was already pinned between the two strings and had drunk herself unconscious after just three or two cups, lay on the folding table covered with a rabbit skin blanket and started talking drunkenly.
"It is definitely Professor Alex's biological son"
Wei Ran shook his head helplessly and wiped the pickled pepper juice on his fingers with the paper towel originally used to wipe the guqin. , then he threw aside the chicken feet on the strings, took out a piece of paper with a distressed look, carefully wiped off the stains on it, and put it back into the piano case.
He could see that this time in Inta, there was no chance to experience the elegant mood of the heavy snow falling outside the tent and the melodious music playing in the tent.
As for the one who was still lying on the folding table, he said. The girl was talking nonsense. After hesitating for a moment, Wei Ran carried her to the folding bed, took off her cotton-padded clothes and shoes, covered her with a quilt, then added some firewood to the heater in the center of the tent, then lowered the brightness of the kerosene lamp to the lowest, turned and left the tent. .