War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 629 The Mysterious Farm

Led by real estate agent Walker, the two cars drove to the southwest along the clear Swinley River.
When the car left the urban area, the scene on both sides was replaced by vast farmland, rolling hills, and occasional forests.If you ignore the English broadcast content in the radio broadcast, and the occasional American truck, the scenery here is somewhat similar to Volgograd.

After passing through several vast farmlands, the red pickup truck driven by Walker, who led the way, swerved and drove onto a concrete bridge that looked very old. After passing the bridge, he just drove forward. At [-] meters, I turned right again and drove into a farm surrounded by barbed wire.

However, at this time, Wei Ran's attention was all on the left hand side of the bridge he just passed. There were more than a dozen buildings there, and he could even see a horse farm surrounded by a wooden frame. Inside, there are more than a dozen horses of various colors standing.

When he looked back, Anfeiya also turned the deliberately slowed car into the fork on the right, and finally parked behind Walker's pickup truck.

"It's here"

Walker waited for Anfeya to open the car door, and immediately pointed to the surroundings and explained enthusiastically, "Although this farm only covers an area of ​​160 acres, it is almost close to the Swinley River, and the land is so high that it is impossible to Don’t worry about waterlogging caused by nodular swells. Of course, the land here is also very fertile, and there is a forest at its border, where there are many wild animals.”

"Can I walk around?"

Wei Ran waited for Anfeya to finish the translation and asked deliberately in German, "Also, I want to hear about the history of this land and its current state."

"sure"

After listening to Anfeya's translation, Walker immediately found a few beach motorcycles from the barn, and gave them an introduction while taking them on a tour.

In the words of the other party, this farm has been growing barley, oats and sugar beets for the past half century. Twenty years ago, a rich man from Helena bought it as a farm. A farm for leisure and retirement.

Unfortunately, just six months ago, the rich man passed away due to a sudden illness, and his heir obviously didn't want to run a farm that didn't have much profit, so he decided to sell the place.

As if to prove that he was not lying, Walker also took the two of them to visit a two-story wooden country house next to the river.Finally, he pointed to the group photo still hanging on the wall and said, "The kind old man in the middle of the group photo is the Mr. Robert I just mentioned. He liked fishing very much during his lifetime, and there are still many of his high-priced orders in this villa. If Mr. Hans is willing to buy it, all the things in this room can be given to you."

Really "generous"!
Wei Ran, who still pretended not to understand English, murmured to himself, waited patiently for Anfeiya to help translate, and then said, "Ask him, can we catch big fish in this river, and what can we do tonight?" Can't spend a night here, of course, I will pay him."

Hearing this, Anfeya nodded and said in English, "Hans is planning to buy a farm to enjoy life, but he is dissatisfied with the pests and diseases he saw when he passed the sugar beet field."

Speaking of this, Anfeiya paused deliberately, and waited until the big fat Walker was ready to explain, and then continued, "But Mr. Hans also likes fishing very much, so he intends to stay here for one night to see the river. Whether you can catch a big fish or not will make a decision, of course, he will definitely pay."

"Of course no problem!" Walker readily agreed, "Even if you live here for a week, it's fine."

After listening to An Feiya's translation, Wei Ran took out his wallet slowly, took out two hundred dollars from it and handed it to Walker who looked surprised, and at the same time said in German on purpose, "I was there at night Would fishing in this river violate local laws?"

Still, after Anfeiya translated, Walker immediately patted his chest to make a guarantee, repeatedly expressing that there was no problem.

"Help us get some food"

While Anfeiya was speaking, she also took out two hundred dollars and handed it to the other party, "Remember to buy more beer, the rest is yours."

"No problem! I'll send it over soon!"

It took less than half a day to earn so many tips, Walker naturally didn't have any opinions, and immediately rode on the beach motorcycle and ran towards the parking direction.

Watching the other party's conspicuous big red pickup truck driving towards McLeod's direction at lightning speed, Wei Ran walked towards the river a hundred meters away and said in German with a smile, "Go and drive the car over, and then take the Take your fishing gear and see if you can catch big fish in this river."

Hearing this, Anfeiya smiled, rode on the beach motorcycle and drove slowly towards the parking direction.

After waiting for a while, the former drove the car directly to the shore, helped Wei Ran take out the fishing gear that he bought yesterday, put them all on a man-made platform on the shore, and then went straight to the building After a careful inspection of the country house, an oven was found and moved to the shore.

“Nothing special inside”

Anfeya whispered while busy lighting the charcoal in the oven, "But there's a mountain bike there that might be useful."

"Stay here at night," Wei Ran replied in a low voice, "I'll go and have a look myself."

"What about that manager?" Anfeiya asked in a low voice.

"When he comes back, find a chance to install a tracker on his car. If he stays, find a way to get him drunk."

Having said that, Wei Ran raised his finger and pointed to the briefcase on the side, "The locator and the drug are all in that briefcase."

Hearing this, An Feiya wiped her hands, opened Wei Ran's briefcase, took out a small medicine bottle from it, then searched for a locator, and stuffed them all into the pocket of her small suit.

Before she could light up the fire, an unknown freshwater fish had already been dragged up from Wei Ran's side.

However, he just walked the fish slowly, without any thought of lifting it up.

"It's running away soon," Anfeya reminded with great interest.

"That farm is just up the river"

Wei Ran responded as if talking to himself, "Until I know what's hidden in that farm, I don't plan to eat anything in this river."

"What do you think will be there?" While Anfeiya was speaking, she was already sitting next to Wei Ran with an outdoor folding chair.

Turning his head to look at the freckles he painted on the other person's face, Wei Ran shook his head noncommittally, "I'll find out in the evening."

Hearing this, Anfeiya wisely did not continue to ask, and changed the subject on her own initiative.

After waiting for more than an hour, when Walker came back, there were already several unknown freshwater fish in the small bucket at Wei Ran's feet.

When the enthusiastic fat man placed the purchased ingredients on the table under the shade of the trees on the shore, and then brought out two large boxes of frozen cold beer, Wei Ran picked up a bottle of beer and handed it to the other party. while asking in German, "What's up the river?"

After Anfeya finished translating, Walker immediately explained, "There are also several farms upstream. But this farm is the only one willing to sell at present. If you continue to go upstream, you will enter the scope of Yellowstone Park."

"That is to say, if you continue along this river, you can directly enter Yellowstone Park?" Anfeya asked with great interest.

"In theory it does"

Walker continued to explain after taking a sip of beer, "But in fact, the end of the road leads directly to a farm, and they will not allow cars to go through their farm into Yellowstone Park, and the farm is across Swindle. The two banks of the river cover an area of ​​almost seven hundred acres, and it would take a great deal of time and strength to circumvent it on foot."

"700 acres?" Anfeya's eyes widened. "How can there be such a big farm?"

"This is Montana"

Walker proudly explained, "700 acres of farms is really big, but there are many bigger farms here."

"The owner of that farm must also be a rich man?" Anfeya sighed, "God, when can I own a farm covering an area of ​​700 acres?"

"maybe"

Walker also said enviously, "The owner of that farm travels by helicopter. Although I am familiar with all the farmers on both sides of the river, I have never met the owner of that farm. I've never seen any cowboys working on that farm."

"That must be a rich man." Anfeya guessed jokingly, "Maybe it's a retired president?"

"Who knows"

Walker spread his hands, "Montana has all kinds of farms, and there are also all kinds of farmers. Even if the owner of that farm is a certain president, it is not surprising."

"If it was really a president, Mr. Hans would definitely buy the farm."

An Feiya spread her hands when she said this, "Of course, this is my guess. Now he is focusing all his attention on fishing."

"Damn rich man," Walker said blatantly in English.

"Indeed, damn rich." Anfeya also mocked Wei Ran who "doesn't understand English", and changed the subject to chat about various mysterious legends about Yellowstone Park.

The chat between the two lasted until [-]:[-] in the afternoon. Walker, who had already helped to make a lot of delicious food and had already filled his stomach, took the initiative to leave and agreed to pick them up at ten o'clock tomorrow morning.

After dismissing the enthusiastic manager, An Feiya immediately took out her laptop from the car, and while monitoring the movement of Walker's pickup truck, she recounted the information obtained in the chat to Wei Ran one by one.

"Simply put, there are only two key pieces of information."

Wei Ran put aside the steak he took a bite of, "That farm usually has no contact with the surrounding neighbors at all, and the farmer and the employees inside use helicopters to and fro."

"And that farm has been around for a long time"

Anfeya added the key information for the next day, "According to Walker, it seems that the farm has existed since the 80s."

"The farmer seems to be an old fellow."

Wei Ran muttered something pointedly, and refocused on the steak that was just grilled.

(End of this chapter)