War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 156 The First Batch of Guests

At Kazan Airport, while Wei Ran and Ji Ma were waiting, a group of nine furry girls who wrapped themselves up carried suitcases with large and small bags, and walked out of the boarding gate half an hour earlier than expected.

"Sui Sui, here it is!" Wei Ran waved the bouquet in his hand, and the tall and slender girl in the lead rushed forward pushing two large suitcases.

The girl named Sui Sui took the flowers in Wei Ran's hand and sniffed them vigorously, then asked, "Where are my parents?"

"They didn't come, let you go back with me when you've had enough fun." While Wei Ran was speaking, Ji Ma also graciously sent bouquets to Suisui's classmates one by one, and even that wretched face was squeezed out like Captain Jia's friendly smile.

"That's good, that's good!" Sui Sui immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and pushed a suitcase to Wei Ran, "Your grandma and grandpa asked me to bring it to you. In order to bring these things back, I almost quarreled with the customs. stand up."

"What is this?" Wei Ran tried to lift the suitcase, and obviously used up every inch of space inside.

"Salted duck eggs, preserved eggs, fish scale jelly and lotus root clips made last night, as well as lotus root powder, smoked fish and so on."

Sui Sui recounted the contents of the suitcase as if declaring the name of the dish, then glanced at Ji Ma who was solicitously sending flowers to her classmates, and asked in a low voice, "Who is this person?"

"My classmate is also the person in charge of the camp that took you to go hunting, skiing and soaking in hot springs." Wei Ran explained with a smile.

"Why does it look unreliable?" Sui Sui said blatantly in proficient Chinese.

"Can you still be unreliable?" Wei Ran couldn't help muttering.

To say that the girl Sui Sui is definitely considered to have perfectly inherited the genetic advantages of the two nations, just looking at her appearance, she can be considered beautiful whether it is from the aesthetics of the Chinese or the Maozi.Even his height has reached the 1.7 meters that Professor Alexei has never been able to match in his life, and he is two or three centimeters taller.

But at the same time, this girl also perfectly inherited the fiery temperament of my aunt Zhou Shujin, as well as the unique recklessness of the Slavs.Even because these two traits are genetically fused, it can be said that the blue is better than the blue.

Among other things, at least when Wei Ran first came to Russia, he saw this little thing with his own eyes when he was working in their travel agency. When he met some gangsters to collect protection fees, he took off the stickers on the wall without saying a word. The shotgun is on fire.

Although that shot only pierced through the ceiling and the signboard at the door of the travel agency, it really scared those little bastards and never went to the travel agency to make trouble. It even made my aunt Zhou Shujin kill her before the summer vacation ended. It was sent to China to be taken care of by Wei Ran's parents, and not long after, even the travel agency changed its address.

"What did you say?" Sui Sui asked in a threatening tone.

"Nothing, nothing!"

Wei Ran quickly pointed to the VIP lounge not far away, "Go and rest for a while, and get to know each other by the way, we have to catch the flight to Inta in more than an hour."

"Let's go!" Sui Sui rode on the suitcase, chasing Wei Ran forward with two long legs and calling her classmates to follow.

With such a tour group of beautiful women, Ji Ma, who was hit by Wei Ran not long ago and was not interested, could be said to be blushing at this time. Before the last girl sat down in the lounge that had been reserved in advance, this guy was familiar with it Introduced myself again.

It's a pity that half of the eight students brought by Sui Sui are either French or Italian, and there is even a shy Slovak girl in the middle, while the remaining four are all native Chinese.

In other words, none of them could understand Russian, and even the Chinese that Jima learned from Wei Ran could barely understand a sentence of "Welcome".In the end, under the translation of Wei Ran and Sui Sui, the girls managed to remember Ji Ma's name.

Fortunately, everyone is about the same age. Although the language barrier, but in the nearly two hours of waiting, it can be regarded as a general understanding of each other.And the various snacks and small gifts that Ji Ma prepared in advance also easily won the favor of those girls.

Before the plane took off, Wei Ran sent the suitcase brought by Suisui to the car in the parking lot. Although he could not come back until five days later, in this freezing cold weather, there was no need to worry about the contents of the suitcase being damaged. up.

After a short chat, the group boarded the direct flight to Inta, and when the plane entered a stable flight state, Sui Sui, who was sitting next to Wei Ran, immediately unfastened his seat belt, and asked while removing the snacks he had brought, " When are you going back to China? Your grandparents said they haven't seen you for a year."

"I guess it will be the end of January." Wei Ran replied uncertainly, after Mao Zi's Christmas passed, he would have to study at Hongqi Forest Farm for half a month before going back.

"My mother said that you are planning to take the postgraduate entrance examination in Kazan?" Sui Sui asked while gasping.

"Kazan University" Wei Ran replied with a smile, naturally he didn't mention anything about the Hongqi Forest Farm.

While the two chatted with each other, the plane landed violently on Inta's snow-covered runway in the dark night.After the other passengers in the cabin warmly applauded and thanked the captain for his kindness, everyone lined up and got off the plane, and then saw Misha and Alili who had been waiting early.

They haven't seen each other for nearly two months. Compared to the last time, the two of them have all changed into retro flight suits and leather hats with a bit of the Soviet flavor of World War II.

With these two present, there was no need to enter the waiting hall at all. Everyone took their luggage at the boarding gate and followed them directly to the An-2 plane not far away.

Compared with the last time I came here, the two An-2s now not only have the reindeer sleigh driving speeding on the snowy field under the aurora and the classic image of Yuri Gagarin wearing a spacesuit on the outer fuselage, but even the inside of the fuselage All have been refurbished.

But what makes Wei Ran dumbfounded is that their renovation method is also considered unique, and the material used is wallpaper that they don't know where to get.But after all, it is the first time to open business, and it is already the limit of these locals to be able to make it like this.

What is rather long-faced is that shortly after the two An-2s flew lightly into the night sky, a large piece of gorgeous aurora appeared outside the porthole, and the girls wearing communication headsets immediately yelled after being reminded by Sui Sui They took out their mobile phones or cameras, occupied a small window each, and pressed the shutter repeatedly.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wei Ran and Suisui also each took out a rather retro Rollei SLR camera and a professional SLR camera, and took a photo of the newly arrived guests looking at the aurora through the porthole.

In another plane, Misha is also using the communication headset to explain the precautions of this hunting activity to the eight hunters in the cabin.In order to make a good impression on the first group of guests, this careful girl even specially recruited four female huntresses.

After a short flight, two An-2s landed smoothly on the abandoned mine bed.After visiting here last time, Jima, Alili and others, with the support of Zhou Shujin, made great efforts to get an unknown bulldozer, and specially built it on this ore bed located in the middle of the coniferous forest. A flat runway, and even the winding road around the mine deposit was briefly repaired with a bulldozer to avoid accidents while skiing.

In addition, even the beneficiation workshop with hot springs has been expanded and repaired. Not only the machinery of the Soviet era has been wiped clean but also the floor exuding the fragrance of pine wood has been laid, and even the glass around the hot spring pool The curtain wall was also replaced with thick pine wood walls based on local materials and differentiated between men and women.Even two additional changing rooms and supporting saunas and toilets were built.

Outside the beneficiation workshop, the walking excavator, which also came from the Soviet era, has been placed in the most conspicuous position. Several high-power lights are hung on the high digging arm, and the generator used to provide electricity The excavator is hidden in the cab of the excavator.

Finally, combined with the rather retro outfits of Alili, Misha, and the hunters who got off from another plane, all of this seemed to immediately bring people back to the Soviet era.

As for the effect of all this, just look at the girls who rushed into the tent with Misha, who could barely speak a few words of English, before they even had time to get their luggage, and yelled and changed their clothes to take pictures.

"Jima, did you make these two months?" Wei Ran asked in amazement standing at the door of the dressing workshop.

"How is it? The effect is not bad, right?"

Jima raised his chin triumphantly, "In order to make this place like what you see, not only Alili and I, but also Misha put all our savings into it, and even Principal Nicholas contributed a lot. part."

"Do you have savings?" Wei Ran asked suspiciously.

Jima said heartbrokenly, "I sold the birthday present that Principal Nicholas gave me, and my old house."

Wei Ran sighed, and patted Ji Ma's shoulder hard, "You will definitely get rich."

"Of course!"

Ji Ma patted his chest confidently, took Wei Ran around in the mineral processing workshop and introduced, "Alili and the others tried to dismantle a few mining equipment that took up space. If there is a blizzard, only this mineral processing workshop can It can accommodate at least 50 people, and we also buried a lot of coking coal, fuel oil and reindeer meat outside. Enough for everyone to last for a month without any problem."

"I'm interested, what's the arrangement for today?" Wei Ran asked with satisfaction.

Ji Ma replied without thinking, "Today is just soaking in hot springs, let those beauties rest first, and get acquainted with our camp by the way. Tomorrow, I will teach everyone how to use a shotgun, and go around by the way. At night, I will fly over the Ural Mountains to chase Aurora. The day after tomorrow will officially start hunting. The day after tomorrow we will go to Inta for a walk."

"I'll leave it all to you." Wei Ran no longer had any doubts, came out of the newly cleaned ore dressing workshop, found the tent with his name on it, and got in.

　Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone
　　
　
(End of this chapter)