War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 468 This Ship Is Fast
"Before dark, sell all your fish, and then go to the dock to find me with plastic basins, plastic baskets and electronic scales."

Before the words were finished, the old man who had already pulled the money from Wei Ran's hand and put it in his pocket picked up the fat and ugly big white cat, and left the fish market leisurely.

"Your uncle"

Wei Ran twitched the corner of his mouth, wiped off the prices on the price tags, and changed them all to single digits, then asked the booth opposite, "Do you want to sell them all to you?"

The aunt with the standard hairy aunt on the opposite side nodded immediately when she heard the words, walked directly over the booth, took out a water-stained 1000 ruble ticket from her pocket, handed it to Wei Ran, and said generously, "No need to give change , the money must be enough."

"You are so kind and generous"

Wei Ran reluctantly took the money handed over by the other party and put it into her pocket, and helped the other party pour all the fish that had just been delivered into her basin, and then immediately packed up the things on the stall and stacked them on the small cart. I caught up with the old man who didn't even know his name.

The old man glanced at Wei Ran with a half-smile, stretched out his hand and patted the big fat cat lying on his shoulder, the latter immediately jumped onto the trolley, stepped on the electronic scale in circles, and finally Choose a comfortable position and lie down.

"What did that lunatic Dahlia ask you to come to me?" The old man asked slowly as he walked, and at the same time he took out a crumpled cigarette case from his pocket and squeezed it out. One came out and stuffed it into the mouth.

"She didn't say that," Wei Ran replied honestly, "I don't even know your name."

"Since you didn't say anything, just help me for a few days." Speaking of this, the old man introduced himself, "The name doesn't matter, just call me Ivan. What's your name?" Victor, right?"

"Yes, Victor." Wei Ran replied patiently, he wanted to see what tricks the old man wanted to do.

"Can you sail a boat?" The old man who claimed to be Ivan asked with great interest.

"No," Wei Ran replied frankly.

"It's okay, I will teach you how to sail the boat in these two days, of course, you have to work for me."

Ivan said here and pointed to the small restaurant not far away, "Go and buy some lunch before this, remember to buy two bottles of vodka and a bottle of pickled cucumber, and then two cans of salo meat and a few Bollinger cakes, And bread, and more beef pies if you want to give me a little gift."

"wait for me"

Wei Ran shook his head helplessly, handed over the trolley in his hand to the other party, and walked towards the small restaurant designated by the other party.

According to the request of the other party, he packed enough food for the two of them to eat for a whole day and still be rich. Wei Ran continued to follow Ivan towards the pier, and finally stopped beside a dilapidated fishing boat. .

However, different from those surrounding ships, this broken ship looks much bigger. After all, Lin Lin always has to be at least 20 meters long, and even the shape seems to be a little weird.

"Give me the lunch, and then carry the things up." Ivan said, he had already taken the food and drink in Wei Ran's hand, and stepped on the springboard to the bow accompanied by the big white cat.

By the time Wei Ran loaded the trolley and those plastic pots and baskets onto the boat, Ivan had already set up lunch on the table under the parasol at the bow, but to his surprise, seeing the wine glasses placed by the other party I knew that there might be two other people enjoying this lunch.

Sure enough, in less than ten minutes, two old men with a fishy smell boarded the boat talking and laughing.

"Why is today's lunch so rich?"

After one of the old guys sat down, he picked up the glass and drank it all. Then he took off the baseball cap on his head, covered his mouth and sniffed it vigorously, and then continued to ask, "Old Ivan, what is this?" Who is the young man?"

"The person who invited us to lunch." Ivan also picked up the cup and touched the second old man who sat down. "His name is Victor, and he is the helper I invited."

"Your wretched ship can afford foreign sailors?"

After another old guy with a big beard drank the wine in the glass, he looked at Wei Ran curiously, "Why do I feel like I've seen you somewhere?"

"Maybe it's because in your eyes, all Asians look the same," Wei Ran replied with a smile.

"It makes sense"

The bearded old man picked up the bottle and poured a glass for Ivan and the old guy opposite, and kept saying, "Young man, drink up the wine in the glass."

Hearing this, Wei Ran picked up the glass with a smile, drank the wine in one gulp, and then let the other party fill the glass for him.

"All the fish are sold out?" Ivan used a knife to cut off the skin of a piece of raw marinated fat, then threw it into his mouth, and asked while chewing.

“all sold”

The old guy on Wei Ran's left who put on his baseball cap again picked up a piece of pie and took a bite, and replied vaguely, "The rest of the dead fish are sold cheaply to the restaurant run by Alyosha's son."

"At four o'clock in the afternoon, we still need to transport some things back." The bearded old man followed up and said, "The shipping fee is five thousand rubles."

"Then wait a little longer today"

Ivan picked up the cup as he said, "My luck is also good today. A young man with a bad brain bought my fish at double the price."

"Double? Are you kidding me?"

The old man in the baseball cap shook his head after finishing speaking, and said with a look of envy, "How can I never meet such an idiot."

Ivan glanced at the calm-looking Wei Ran, but stopped short of the teasing just now, and instead talked about the deck of the boat under his feet that needs to be repainted recently, or that there are some problems with the circuit. Repair, these topics that Wei Ran can't get into at all.

But fortunately, Wei Ran was also happy to be a quiet listener, and seemed to put all his attention on the lunch on the table.

After drinking a bottle of vodka with the three old guys, Ivan hiccupped and stood up unsteadily and said, "Victor, if someone brings something over later, please help move it to the boat. Check the list provided and sign if there is no problem.

Okay, now clear up the table, if you are bored, you can go fishing on the aft deck, or help with cleaning, but don't make too much noise, now I'm going to sleep. "

Before the words fell, Ivan had already walked into the cabin, and those two old things, who didn't even know their names, also greeted Wei Ran, and then got into the cabin. Loud purr.

"Why did I come here?" Wei Ran shook his head dumbfounded, but he wasn't dissatisfied.

Originally, he thought the other party was going to test him for something, so that when he had just eaten, he was distracted recalling the details of helping to sell the fish, the characteristics of the customers who bought the fish, or the things he saw along the way.

But after this meal, the other party not only didn't ask anything, but the words were completely shorthanded by the fishermen's parents, and they didn't reveal any effective information at all, let alone hints that seemed to be a test.

With this in mind, Wei Ran calmed down, and unhurriedly cleaned up the leftovers on the table, removed the springboard leading to the pier, and then drove away the big white cat basking in the sun on the deck chair and lay down for himself. go up.

By the way, he also took out a pair of polarized glasses from his pocket and put them on to block the slightly harsh sunlight and his eyes that were not closed.

Slightly drunk after drinking, the warm sunshine, and the cool wind blowing from the lake, coupled with the shaking of the boat pushed by the waves, and the big white cat jumping on his lap and snoring, he has been secretly observing Wei Ran around him I couldn't help but yawned, and even my upper and lower eyelids began to fight, and finally couldn't bear the exhausting sleepiness and closed my eyes.

Half-dream and half-awake, the shout from the pier made him wake up in an instant. He opened his eyes, and then saw a man in his forties who was waving his hand and calling Ivan's name. On the pier behind him, there was A dirty pick-up truck was parked.

After rubbing his face vigorously, Wei Ran regained consciousness and stood up and walked over, putting the springboard back on again.

"Is old Ivan not here?" The middle-aged man asked as he walked towards the boat, "Why haven't I seen you?"

"He's drunk and sleeping. I'm here to help him." Wei Ran first pointed to the snoring cabin behind him, and then stretched out his hand to the other side, "Where's the list?"

"Oh, here." The middle-aged man quickly took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Wei Ran.

There are not many things in this list, except for some fishing nets and mechanical accessories, the most are hardware and building materials such as color steel tiles, galvanized pipes, screws and nails.

According to the list, all the things were brought onto the deck, and Wei Ran signed the list.When the middle-aged man who delivered the goods drove away, the originally quiet fishing boat suddenly heard the roar of the engine, and then the two old men also got out of the cabin, and one ran to the pier to untie the cable. The other helped Wei Ran fix the building materials that had just been brought up with ropes.

Not long after, the dilapidated fishing boat slowly drove out of the pier, turned around in circles, and headed straight to the northeast.

"Victor! Come in!" Ivan in the cabin shouted loudly to Wei Ran who had just finished working on the deck.

"Immediately!" Wei Ran responded, and quickly ran into the cabin, and found Ivan who was holding the rudder.

"Next, I'll show you the way, and you sail the boat."

Ivan had already let go of the rudder while talking, and then lit a cigarette unhurriedly, and explained loudly, "Hold the rudder to maintain the current course, and then I will introduce you to this How to sail a boat."

"Okay, okay."

After Wei Ran responded with a loud voice, he quickly grasped the covered rudder, and followed Ivan's fingers to move his gaze to the instrument panel with several LCD screens taped.

However, before Ivan could open his mouth, he noticed the difference first, and couldn't help but pointed to a control switch on the instrument panel and asked in surprise, "Ivan, why does your fishing boat have a fire switch?" ?”

"Who told you it was a fishing boat?"

Ivan, who was about to speak just now, said angrily, "Before the disintegration of the Soviet Union, this was a genuine patrol boat."

"patrol boat?!"

"Class 1400 Patrol Boat"

Ivan patted the edge of the instrument panel triumphantly, and said loudly amidst the noisy noise, "Don't look at it is tattered and all the weapons have been removed, but as long as you don't care about fuel consumption, you can still run at 30 knots." high speed!"

"How did you get this thing here?"

Wei Ran looked at the other party in surprise, not to mention Lake Onega, which is holding the boat at this time, even Lake Ladoga 130 kilometers away, it seems that there is no need to use this thing, it should appear in the offshore to be normal .

"Of course it came back along the Neva River," Ivan replied as a matter of course, "I spent a lot of money to buy this boat."

"Use armed patrol boats as fishing boats?"

Wei Ran grinned and asked, to put it bluntly, this is nothing unusual.For a miraculous country that can use nuclear bombs to build reservoirs, use tank chassis as tractors, and even rent out decommissioned armored vehicles, it seems that this patrol boat turned into a fishing boat is nothing to be surprised about.

"Before I decided to retire, I mainly relied on it for transportation, and fishing was just a pastime for it and me." Ivan said full of memories, "From here to Lake Ladoga, no boat can run faster than it. Fast, and can pull as much at the same time."

"So where are we going now? Go straight ahead?" Wei Ran was too lazy to listen to the other party showing off, so he asked loudly in the noisy noise.

"Don't worry, let her run slowly first, and now I'll teach you how to drive the boat." Before Ivan finished speaking, he pulled the accelerator to the lowest position, and the roaring sound decreased slightly, and the speed of the boat was also visible to the naked eye. tended to be stable.

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