War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 300 The Incredible Inta People
While the group flew to Inta with a silly dog, Sui Sui also led her classmates, alumni and teachers to board the flight from the capital of China to Kazan.

Taking advantage of the large number of tourists still flying in the sky, the people who have landed at Inta Airport did not waste time.

At the request of Teacher Dalia, Wei Ran reluctantly followed Gorman and the husky who was excited after seeing the snow, and got into a newly painted An-2 aircraft. The commander, who was quite unfamiliar with the control of the aerial tractor, wobbled and took off, and finally lifted off smoothly to the direction of the hot spring camp.

Immediately following him, Ji Ma also followed the intelligence analysis teacher Ms. Anna with a gentle smile on her face, skillfully maneuvering the plane to take off and chasing Wei Ran.

Compared with the former, Jima, who usually runs to Inta when he has time, is already familiar with operating this slow old plane, otherwise, he would not grit his teeth and buy another old plane in stock.

In the cockpit of the plane full of noise, after carefully observing Wei Ran's operation, Gorman immediately turned on the poisonous tongue mode, picking up Wei Ran's problems with a look of disgust.

Although his ears and mood will be hit when he gets along with this old man, Wei Ran has to admit that although the other party's mouth is a bit poisonous, he is patient enough, at least he will teach him how to deal with various problems in detail, and there is always A way to make myself remember.

After a short flight, seeing that he had already flown over the abandoned airstrip near the hot spring camp, Wei Ran immediately began to lower the altitude and land after getting Gorman's permission, and the other party finally cheered up and put his hands on the ground. on the joystick.

I haven't been here for more than half a year, and now simple light strips have been installed on both sides of this abandoned runway.

Driven by the wind generator, the colored lights emitted by these two radio-controlled LED light strips are enough to help the pilot land visually, and correspondingly, it naturally reduces the difficulty for Wei Ran to control the aircraft to land.

Under Wei Ran's nervous control, the plane landed smoothly, and stopped at the open space at the end of the runway following the guidance of the constantly flashing lights.Alili, who had been waiting here for a long time, immediately ran over with a reindeer sleigh cart.

"Long time no see Victor." Alili greeted enthusiastically, "I didn't expect that bastard Jima really persuaded you to come and help."

"That bastard is about to land"

Wei Ran joked pointing at the looming plane above his head, and after introducing Gorman to the other party, he turned to the two reindeer pulling the sleigh beside Aliri and asked curiously, "Where did these two reindeer come from? "

"In the summer, I went to Obi Bay on purpose and bought them from the local Nenets for a lot of money as a background for taking pictures."

Alili took out two handfuls of beans from his pocket and fed them to the reindeer beside him, and at the same time explained triumphantly, "How is it? Does it look very beautiful? This is Aurora's suggestion."

“Really beautiful”

Wei Ran sincerely praised that these two big guys were not like the big-budget ones he had seen before, but were white all over, and even the pair of tree branches on their heads were much bigger than the reindeer he had seen before.

Coupled with the sleigh they are towing that looks like it was stolen from Santa's garage, there is no doubt that it is definitely a sharp weapon for young girls.

“The hot spring side is more beautiful now”

Alili said confidently, "It is no exaggeration to say that even if it is the best hotel in Inta, it may not be as comfortable as living there."

"Did you build a glass house?" Wei Ran asked following the other party's topic, intentionally or unintentionally putting Gorman aside, and cautiously retaliated for the other party's injury to him when he was in the sky just now.

"You'll know then"

Alili, however, made a fool of himself and took out a piece of smoked venison from his pocket and fed it to the silly dog ​​next to Gorman.

The three of them waited for a while, and the plane driven by Ji Ma landed smoothly on the runway covered with a layer of snow.

After the plane stopped, Ji Ma involuntarily called everyone to get on the sleigh, and ran to the hot spring camp with the reindeer himself, only the silly dog ​​followed behind with a bright red tongue.

As the coniferous forests on both sides of the snowy road receded rapidly, Wei Ran's eyes widened in surprise when the hot spring camp appeared directly in front of him.

Compared with half a year ago, the hot spring camp is now surrounded by a large circle of barbed wire.Not to mention, in the center of the mine, around the huge workshop, hemispherical glass houses were built one after another, and even the walking excavator was meticulously painted.

"Is this the result of your whole summer's work?" Wei Ran asked Ji Ma, who was driving the sleigh, with a loud voice.

"It's much more than what you see!"

Jima raised his finger and pointed to the glass house in the distance and introduced proudly, "We have installed heating pipes for each house, and the water flowing from the hot spring will circle around each glass house along the pipes and then flow back to the original place. in the mine."

"How much did you spend on these things?" Wei Ran continued to ask in a loud voice. There are at least fifty or sixty glass houses on this mine bed.Among other things, even the heat pipes mentioned by Ji Ma just now are not a small sum of money.

“It didn't cost much”

Alili helped explain, "These things are basically the investment that Misha's father helped find from the local Chaobra Coal Mine Company."

Wei Ran was secretly stunned when he heard the words, but he remembered clearly that Misha's father was the local police chief in Inta, and that the other party was able to find someone to take advantage of and make such a large investment in this camp. Woolen cloth.

As if guessing what Wei Ran was thinking, Jima yelled at the reindeer and slowly stopped at the door of a glass house, and said frankly, "Victor, maybe you will come here again this time next year, Misha's father is already Inta's father." Mayor. Well, come down and have a look, we all want to hear your opinion."

Wei Ran couldn't help but get off the sleigh, followed Gorman and Anna honestly into the warm glass house.

In this hemispherical glass house, which is similar in size to a yurt on the Huaxia Grassland, in addition to a spacious and fluffy double bed, there is also a fluffy reindeer skin on the wooden floor under the feet.

And in the relatively spacious bathroom, not only is there hot water supply at all times, but there is even a large enough bathtub, so you can enjoy the aurora that may appear overhead at any time while soaking in the hot spring in the room.

"With so many glass houses, is there enough hot spring water in the workshop?" Wei Ran couldn't help asking.

"Of course it is enough," Alili said confidently. "We have already tested it. Even if all the faucets are turned on in all the glass houses at the same time, it will not affect the hot spring pool in the workshop."

"This place is nice." Teacher Anna took a bathrobe and towel from the room, "Where is the hot spring?"

Seeing that the business has been established so quickly, Ji Ma even shouted a very representative "Welcome~ come, one lady!" in a little off-key Chinese!

This voice not only startled Wei Ran, but even Gorman and Teacher Anna looked at a loss.It's just that the former reacted quickly, and directly threw the dog's leash to Wei Ran, and also took a bathrobe and a towel from this room, and along with it, Ji Ma uttered "Welcome!" Come on, let's have one male guest!"

"Jima, which bastard taught you this?" Wei Ran, who hadn't stumbled, asked with a dark face.

"Aurora"

Ji Ma didn't know why and said, "She didn't tell me what this sentence means, but she promised that all tourists from China would become very happy after hearing this sentence before going to the hot spring, so."

"So what?" Wei Ran already had a bad feeling.

"So each of us will now say that"

As Alili spoke, he yelled in Chinese with full charm, then bent over and stretched out his hands, and while taking Gorman and Anna out, he switched back to Russian and explained, "At present, I am the best learner. , In addition, including the waiter we hired to be in charge of the hot spring in the workshop, they have all learned this sentence, but Victor, what exactly does this mean?"

"It's similar to the Ula voice before the battle."

Wei Ran tried his best to hold back his laughter, and solemnly gave an absurd explanation, but he wanted to see how much fun this group of idiots with brains would have.

Led by Jima and Alili, they walked around the workshop and sent the two teachers into the hot spring pool by the way.

The changes here are not that big, just that the mineral processing equipment that had been abandoned in the Soviet era has been repainted, and some dim yellow spotlights have been installed in various positions, and some belts have been hung everywhere. It's just a poster with a strong Soviet flavor.

Compared with these changes that can be seen at a glance, the electric security vehicle wrapped in a separate canvas tent about a hundred meters away from the workshop is inconspicuous, but it is something that really surprised Wei Ran.

Although the outer shell of this power support vehicle is covered with rust, it is a MAZ537 heavy-duty truck used to carry power generation equipment. On the army green body of the vehicle, not only is the words "Chaobra" written in red, "Coalfield", even on the door, there is still a badge of a certain missile unit in the Soviet era, and a gold star medal pattern equivalent to "Hero of the Soviet Union"!

"You guys bought this too?" Wei Ran was stunned and asked the triumphant Jima beside him.

"Misha helped to borrow it from the coal mine." Jima said with a painful face, "I would like to buy it, but this big guy is more expensive than two An-2 planes."

"I drove it myself"

Alili said with a bit of meaning, "I have lived in Inta for so long, and I didn't know it until I drove this thing. In fact, the road conditions in Inta are quite good."

“It's outrageous”

Wei Ran really didn't know what to say, whether it was Jima, Alili, or Misha who stayed in Inta with Teacher Daria and waited for the tourists by the way, these people wanted to use these two camps It can be said that I have exhausted all kinds of ways to bring local friends to make money.

(End of this chapter)