War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 388 Changes in Half a Month
On the morning of March 3th, Wei Ran rushed back to the Hongqi Forest Farm on time, and accepted the transformation of the teachers who lined up.

Compared with the courses of years ago, most of Wei Ran's time is now occupied by various theoretical courses.Some of these courses require him to study in depth and be handy, such as advanced terrain courses, psychology courses, and even some highly practical but dangerous chemistry courses.

But there are some courses that he can easily pass with only a general understanding. These seemingly useless courses are mostly about European mythology and religious history, philosophy, and even some botany and entomology.

However, these theoretical courses that require brains are far from the most troublesome for Wei Ran, whether it is a half-day etiquette class every other day, or learning to dance with different girls in the forest farm one-on-one after lunch every day, or getting up every day before eating An hour of musical instrument lessons, which sound far more interesting than theoretical lessons, are completely mental torture to him.

Of course, the changes in Hongqi Forest Farm are not limited to Wei Ran’s course schedule. As Karp said before, the Time Film Studio has now moved to the main building, and the original five-story building has been completely cleared out, and the Soviet era has been restored. Here When he was still a nursing home, Wei Ran even went there to experience some modern-looking Soviet physiotherapy programs in his rare spare time.

While he was counting the days at the Hongqi Forest Farm, the renovation progress was further accelerated by the fact that there were two shifts of hooligans on the 20th in the large yard by the Kaban Lake.

Obviously, these punks who either dyed their hair in various colors, or simply wore a big bald head, but at the same time blatantly put their shotguns on the bright side, are far more motivated than the high commissions brought by the avant-garde. effective.

And don't look at these little bastards as serious people, but from the day Ji Ma generously slapped the [-] US dollars in cash left by Wei Ran on the hood of the car before returning to the forest farm for class, they were really serious .

Secretly install monitoring equipment?That possibility simply does not exist!
These little bastards directly eliminated this possibility from the source, and the method was simple and rude enough. First, under the command of Ji Ma, they carefully checked all the decoration materials. The workers who came to decorate came for a body search and security check, and finally changed into the one-piece overalls prepared in advance. The rest of the work was to guard the big yard for eating, drinking and having fun.

Those workers are unwilling?
This problem is much simpler than finding out the possible monitoring equipment. These gangsters just rolled up their sleeves and showed the black and red thorn tattoos on their wrists, and the workers willingly accepted all s arrangement.

Compared with these braggarts showing off their might, Ji Make is much more at ease.This guy deliberately got a poor car with a small trunk, and took the opportunity of moving two or three hundred old books every day to ask Maya out to eat, drink and have fun in different ways.

At the same time that this guy was hooking up with Maya, the gangsters under him also carefully checked all the old books that had been moved over. Even the four metal bookshelves that reached the ceiling that were moved one after another from the school were borrowed. In the name of maintenance, it was disassembled into parts, and it was extremely exaggerated to use a flaw detector borrowed from no one knew where.

On the contrary, Maya, Wei Ran's classmate in name, seems to be ignorant of what those gangsters are doing, and enjoys Jima's hospitality every day with peace of mind, whether it's flowers, food, movie tickets, or tickets to the amusement park. , but at the same time refuse alcoholic beverages in the name of faith, as always adhere to the good habit of going back to school before nine o'clock every night.

Half a month passed in the busyness of each, and the renovation and decoration of the house by Lake Kaban was completely completed before the last day of March.Those punks also each received 3 dollars for their hard work, and together they started the long-planned feasting and drinking together.

For young people like them who have nothing to do all day long, half a month is enough for wine and meat, and they can still get 500 US dollars for their hard work, which is considered very good treatment.

But it was different for Jima, the person on the scene. For half a month, he put all his enthusiasm and energy into it, but he didn't even touch Maya's hand a few times. There is no doubt that this is a Unacceptable defeat.

Fortunately, although this guy is a bit of a scumbag, at least he will not consider using obscene methods such as violence. This may also help him keep his life that is about to reach the pinnacle of life invisibly.

Therefore, on the afternoon of March 3, when Wei Ran, who had finished his half-month course, drove back to the Kaban Lake from Hongqi Forest Farm, he saw Jima sitting on a swing fixed to an oak branch, as if broken in love Usually pouring alcohol into his mouth.

"Did you take the wrong medicine?" Wei Ran asked curiously after throwing the car keys to the other party.

"I'm Temporarily Lost in Love"

Jima said seriously, but he didn't pick up the car keys thrown by the former at all, but let them fall on the newly paved lawn.

"Crazy!" Wei Ran blatantly cursed in Chinese, and then joked curiously, "Your Maya?"

"My Maya!"

Jima raised his head and drank the beer in his hand, and said angrily, "Half a month, half a month! I only did it when a car driving through a waterlogged road almost splashed water on her. I had the opportunity to hug her for less than ten seconds!"

"You've almost got it." Wei Ran shook his head dumbfoundingly, "So when are you going to give up Maya and change your target?"

"Change the target? What target?"

Jima threw away the can in his hand, "Am I the kind of person who gives up halfway? If I don't win Maya, I won't be called Jima!"

"Yes, you can change your name to a stallion." Wei Ran continued to tease in Chinese that the other party could not understand, "a stallion with a lot of fat and eggs."

"Don't waste time with you"

Ji Ma bent down and picked up the car keys at his feet, got into the car with the ignition on, and said confidently, "I'm going back to Hongqi Forest Farm for further training! Continue to attack my Maya in half a month!"

"You just wait."

Wei Ran looked at Ji Ma who had stepped on the accelerator and left the yard, and finally swallowed the reminder that came to his mouth, and turned his attention to the renovated house and the big yard.

Compared with the dilapidated state a month ago, the large courtyard is not only covered with lawns, but also has an additional small fountain with a diameter of about five meters, and many small goldfish of unknown species are raised in it.

As for the refurbished three-story building itself, a layer of stones was re-wrapped on the outer wall, and a circle of retro cast iron lighting was installed by the way, as well as a surveillance camera purchased at Katenka's suggestion.

Pushing open the thick wooden door with a bunch of keys hanging on it, the room on the first floor has been covered with a solid wooden floor, and the vacant space on the left side, in addition to a long table and a solid wooden desk by the window, is also There are some empty solid wood bookshelves on the wall.

On the right hand side, besides a solid wood desk and a few solid wood display racks, there is also a sofa and an upright piano that I don't know where to get.

Wei Ran took a look at the outside scenery in front of the French windows on the left and right respectively, and then walked up to the second floor unhurriedly.

According to his vision, the space on the first floor will be where he and Sui Sui are busy with their work, and the second floor will be used for living.Therefore, compared with the downstairs, the color scheme of this floor is much more vivid.Even Ji Ma, on his own initiative, replaced the big bed in the bedroom with a weird gadget with a remote control and a motor.

After looking around from room to room, Wei Ran also felt pain in the flesh. In order to renovate this dilapidated house, all the labor costs, material costs, etc. he paid were enough to buy a new house with a decent location. up.

Continuing to go upstairs, except that the third floor basically maintains the previous layout, except for the two rooms facing the sun on the far left, where there are two metal bookshelves that go straight to the ceiling, the rest of the rooms are all unoccupied with only the floor. state.

Curiously, he picked up a photo frame with a sense of age from the metal bookshelf sent by Kajik. Wei Ran was stunned when he saw the business license of "Kaban Lake Candy Company" in the photo frame, and then realized that the other party The reason for sending these things here.

Putting the business license back in place, Wei Ran picked up another photo frame from the bookshelf and looked at it.In this photo frame is a short-haired woman with a bright smile. She is sitting under a leafy oak tree, gently stroking her slightly protruding belly with her hands.

This is Teacher Dalia?

Wei Ran muttered in surprise, although the short-haired woman in the photo seemed to be a pregnant woman, she maintained a very good figure. If it weren't for the fact that her eyebrows and eyes were too similar, it would be difficult for him to compare the person in the photo with Dalia from Hongqi Forest Farm. Teachers connect.

Gently putting the photo frame back, Wei Ran took a careful look at the official seals, receipts and various time reports on the bookshelf, all of which were stuck at the end of 1994.With a final sigh, he turned and left the room and went to the next door.

Compared with the two bookshelves just now, most of the bookshelves in this room are technical books, ranging from how to maintain the sugar making equipment, to the explanation of the sugar making process, to the sales business model and various newspapers. All in one.

But apart from these, the only thing he could find that was considered personal belongings was a white enamel mug with "Lake Caban Candy Company" printed on it.

Leaving the room in silence, Wei Ran walked up a steep wooden staircase to the reconstructed attic after thinking for a while.

Today, in addition to a large battery, there is a 24-hour laptop computer in the attic, and several knife switches installed side by side on the wall.

As long as those switches are connected, Wei Ran can use the tablet computer to view the content captured by the surveillance cameras installed around the house and on the roof at any time, and if moving objects are detected, the laptop will also actively alarm.Even when necessary, Katenka, who is far away in Italy, can help him keep an eye on it.As for the role of those old-fashioned knife switches, it was naturally to allow him to physically isolate intrusions from the network at any time.

Of course, there are far more than these things in the attic.The broken signboard of "Kaban Lake Candy Company" that was hung at the gate of this large courtyard was also placed under a skylight where sunlight can be found.

After visiting the house that had been refurbished with a lot of money, Wei Ran turned on the windows of all the rooms and the lights outside, and at the same time entrusted the boring work of staring at the monitor to good employees Katenka left the big yard and locked the iron gate, and drove the car that Jima had rented for him in advance to the direction of the airport.

Although the house has been repaired now, if you want to live in it, you have to wait at least a month. Since you can't live in it, then returning to Volgograd is naturally the best choice.

(End of this chapter)