War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 567
At Huaxia Capital Airport, Wei Ran walked out of the terminal carrying a light suitcase.Now the shooting in the Egyptian desert is still going on, but I can't help much, so I simply entrusted the shotgun and the two little foxes to Saleh, who claimed to be able to help send them back to Kazan. Karp's "director" took a leave of absence to return home to visit relatives.

"Senior Brother! Senior Brother! Here!"

Chen Luoxiang, who came to pick up the plane, waved and shouted, beside him stood his father, Chen Guangling, Wei Ran's half guqin master.

"Why are you all here?" Wei Ran hurriedly took two steps. When he returned to China this time, he didn't notify his parents and Suisui in advance, instead he just contacted Chen Guangling in advance.

Of course, his advance arrangements before returning to China were not only to ask Chen Guangling to help him urgently rent a yard in the suburbs of the capital, but also to purchase a lot of things online.

"I have nothing to do today, I just came out for a walk together."

The elegant Chen Guangling insisted on taking Wei Ran's suitcase and throwing it to his son, and asked with concern as he walked to the airport, "Are you having a conflict with classmate Suisui? Why are you hiding it from her?" ?”

"No, how can it be?" Wei Ran quickly came up with an excuse that he had thought up in advance, "Isn't this going to surprise her!"

"You youngsters"

After Chen Guangling made a joke, he didn't continue the topic, and instead said, "All the things you bought online have been sent to my store, but I didn't rent the yard you wanted for you."

"No one suitable?" Wei Ran asked in surprise.

"Go directly to my yard in the suburbs," Chen Guangling said, "The environment in that place is not bad. Luo Xiang used to practice piano there."

"Won't this delay brother Luo Xiang's piano practice?"

"Relax brother"

Chen Luoxiang replied happily, "In a few days, I will go to the south to learn the craft from my master's house."

"It was thanks to you that you lent us that bed of secluded spring," Chen Guangling continued, "otherwise this idiot would have to hang around in the piano shop."

"The main thing is that Brother Luo Xiang's own ability is enough, and it has nothing to do with Qin."

Wei Ran put his arm on Chen Luoxiang's shoulder and said half jokingly and half seriously, "Luo Xiang, when you leave the teacher, you have to give me a piano you made yourself."

"Sure! I must give you a piano!"

Chen Luoxiang patted his chest to make a promise. When this rather introverted young man talked about the topic of Qin, his eyes would light up. Obviously, this is someone he really likes.

"It's still too early for him to be a teacher"

Chen Guangling was polite on behalf of his son, and then asked, "Wei Ran, do you want to go home and have a meal with me first, or go to the small courtyard first?"

"Go straight," Wei Ran quickly replied, "To tell you the truth, I'm a little tight on time."

"That's fine! Then go straight there!" Chen Guangling replied cheerfully, "When you're done with your work, you must go to your house for a while."

"When is Luo Xiang going to your master's place?" Wei Ran turned his head and asked.

"I have to leave in five days." Chen Luoxiang replied with a bitter face, "I don't think there will even be Saturdays and weekends in the future, and I have to work for my master Bai without even a salary."

"You kid will be content!"

Chen Guangling patted the back of his son's head lightly, "Then the old gentleman is willing to accept you as an apprentice."

"I'll give you a farewell party before you leave." Wei Ran made a promise in advance after planning for a while.

Chatting along the way, Chen Guangling took Wei Ran to find his car in the parking lot, left the airport and drove straight north.

It took almost an hour, and Chen Guangling finally drove the car into a small village surrounded by mountains and rivers, and finally stopped at the door of a small courtyard with a single family.

"This is it"

When Chen Guangling opened the car door, he introduced, "This used to be my father-in-law's home. Later, after the two elders left, Luo Xiang often came here to practice the piano, and occasionally we also came to live."

"This small courtyard is so beautifully tidied up," Wei Ran praised. Although this small courtyard is not big, the creepers planted inside the courtyard wall have covered the outer wall, and you can even see a tree through the courtyard wall. A big walnut tree and a hawthorn tree guard the gatehouse on the left and on the right.

"It's all packed by my wife"

While speaking, Chen Guangling had already taken out a well-worn key to unlock the padlock on the iron gate of the courtyard, and then handed the key to Wei Ran directly.

Push the door in, and there is a stone road under your feet. Under the hawthorn tree on the left, there is a pressurized well and a millstone full of flower pots. Under the walnut tree on the right, there is a set of stone table stones. There are many large and small courier boxes on it.

Then look at the tile-roofed houses facing the gatehouse. Although there are only three rooms in total, the windows are bright and clean, and they are extremely clean.

"The west wing is the kitchen. If you are willing to cook for yourself, you can buy vegetables in the village supermarket. The east wing is the bathroom. There is a solar water heater for you to take a shower. I have prepared all the toiletries for you."

While Chen Guangling was introducing, Chen Luoxiang, who was familiar with the way, found a key from under a flower pot on the window sill and opened the door.

"The one on the west side of the main room is the bedroom, and I have replaced the bedding with new ones." Chen Luoxiang then explained, "The one on the east side is where I usually practice piano."

"Your courtyard is too beautiful"

Wei Ran once again sighed, although this small courtyard is not big, but it is extremely exquisitely furnished, especially in the main room, there is a very traditional Chinese-style Eight Immortals table against the wall, and there is even a set of East and West bottles on the table. Mirror, even on the wall against which there are several guqin and a big harp hanging.

"Usually, my friends and I often come to get together. By the way, those express delivery in the yard are all things you bought. I delivered them here in advance yesterday."

Chen Guangling explained gently, "Before Luoxiang leaves in a few days, you and Suisui should come over if you have time. We will set up a few tables here. There are not many people, and they are all friends."

"We will definitely come when the time comes," Wei Ran quickly agreed.

After chatting with the father and son, Chen Guangling left the car keys to Wei Ran, and then walked away with his son. According to what they said, Chen Guangling's daughter-in-law is currently visiting a neighbor in the village. , Later they will drive another car together to go back.

After seeing off the enthusiastic father and son, Wei Ran took a general inspection of the small courtyard and saw that there was no monitoring equipment installed, so he got into the east wing and took a comfortable bath, and then changed into a comfortable Shorts and T-shirts, and began to unpack the express delivery under the walnut tree.

The things he bought in advance were basically prepared for the gold in the food box, ranging from electric gold melting furnaces, to crucibles and molds, and even heat insulation suits and fire extinguishers.

After a rough study of usage, Wei Ran moved these things into Chen Luoxiang's piano room one by one, and then took out the heavy food box from the metal book, and carefully cleaned the diesel oil and gold nuggets contaminated with yellow sand inside. Wipe it clean and put it next to it.

When everything was ready, Wei Ran pushed open all the windows in the piano room, then connected the electricity and opened the gold melting furnace.

Amidst the humming of the cooling fan, the temperature of the graphite crucible also increased rapidly. At the same time, Wei Ran also threw a piece of gold with the swastika of the eagle emblem into the hot crucible.

Speaking of which, if there were those eagle emblems on the gold bricks left by Najiu, they could easily be sold for far more than the price of pure gold of the same weight.But at the same time, they will also bring countless troubles.Because of this, melting them again is undoubtedly the best choice for Wei Ran.

While he was waiting, the gold nugget in the crucible melted into a liquid at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the oil and water stains that remained on it had already evaporated away.

Putting on the heat-insulating protective equipment, Wei Ran used clamps to remove the heated mold buckled on the crucible and placed it on the small iron table purchased as a set. Poured in.

Seeing that the mold was about to be filled, Wei Ran carefully put the crucible back on the gold melting furnace.After waiting for a while, he picked up the impression that was leaning against the edge of the gold melting furnace to cover the mold, picked up a hammer and hit it hard a few times.

A moment later, when he clamped the mold and shook the gold nugget into the iron bucket filled with clean water, a gold ingot with the words "Golden Ten Thousand Taels" was cast.

Until the water in the iron bucket was boiled by the residual temperature of the gold ingots, Wei Ran took out the gold ingots, wiped them with a towel, and gently placed them on the electronic scale he bought together.

Glancing at the words "989.4g" on the screen, Wei Ran nodded in satisfaction, and threw this piece of gold bar, which was slightly smaller than a women's cigarette case, and the cast was a little rough, into another box filled with water. The temperature in the iron bucket continued to cool down, and the casting of the second gold bar started without distraction.

During his busy work, one gold bar after another was thrown into the iron bucket, and the gold nuggets with the Knock logo remaining at his feet became less and less.

After a whole afternoon of busy work, Wei Ran, who was drenched in sweat, turned off the gold melting furnace and took off his thermal insulation suit.

After resting for a while, Wei Ran moved out one by one after the melting gold equipment cooled down, and then took out a dry towel from the suitcase, and put the food box and the kerosene lighter that was also in the food box. The diesel oil and some yellow sand from the Sahara Desert were carefully wiped clean, and then all the cast gold bars were wiped dry and carefully placed in.

"Isn't this a wealth of wealth? The safe that I bought in advance should be delivered to my home."

Wei Ran picked up a piece of casting leftovers the size of a finger and compared the size with the kerosene lighter in his other hand, and easily bit his teeth on this piece of leftover material. His sweat-stained face, He couldn't help showing a joyful expression like that of an old farmer with a good harvest.

Putting away the food box and carefully cleaning the water stains on the floor, Wei Ran stood up and walked out of the room and walked to the bathroom in the east wing again.

(End of this chapter)