War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 644 Return to Kazan

At noon on the last day of Inta, Wei Ran and the others had a hearty lunch under the warm invitation and persuasion of Xida and Guliye couple.

On the occasion of parting, Guliye even picked out the strongest-looking, more family-friendly cub from among the few Caucasus cubs and gave it to Sui Sui as a gift, as a thank you for her kindness to Inta. Selfless help.

Speaking of this, Sui Sui naturally couldn't refuse this gift.And after Xida learned that these young people might visit her brother if they had time, she dug out more than a dozen full cans from a locked container outside, and asked everyone to visit her brother. When the time comes, help to bring it over.

"Aunt Xida, what's in here?" Jima asked curiously.

“My new cranberry this year”

Sida wiped the dust off the canning jars with a towel and said, "I made them myself with berries collected from the forest. My brother must have not eaten this kind of cranberry sauce for a long time."

"Aunt Xida, can you give me a bottle?" Sui Sui, who was holding a puppy in her arms, asked cheekily.

"sure"

Sida said generously, "It doesn't matter if you take a few more bottles, but this kind of jam is different from the ones in the store. They are more sour than fruit vinegar, without any sweetness."

"I just want a bottle." Sui Sui was not greedy, and casually picked up a small bottle and shook it, "I just want to taste the taste."

"You can use it to spread slices of bread, or you can drink it with water." Sida kindly suggested.

“I'll try it when I get back”

Sui Sui handed the dog in her arms to Wei Ran, "Also, we will send these things to your brother, Mr. Isai, before October."

"Don't worry, these cans can be kept for a long time." While Xida was speaking, Guliye had already turned out a crate with a foam lining, and put the cans that the former wiped clean one by one into it. .

After bidding farewell to the passionate couple, everyone got into the off-road vehicle driven by Ji Ma and drove towards the airport.

"What about this dog?" Sui Sui asked bitterly while holding up the little furry thing, "We didn't have time to check it in."

"Who told you to accept it?" Wei Ran asked gloatingly.

"It would be rude not to accept it." Sui Sui said and looked at Ji Ma, "Why don't you give it to you to raise?"

"I don't want to keep this kind of thing"

Ji Ma shook his head without thinking, "Don't look at how cute it is now, when it grows up, it will eat more than me every day, and Maya and I already have one."

Before this guy could finish speaking, Maya rolled her eyes and reminded, "The fox is my own, and it's just temporarily fostered in your house. Mr. Jima Allah, please don't be sentimental."

"Well, it's your own."

Ji Ma didn't argue about this kind of thing at all, and looked at Wei Ran and Sui Sui through the rearview mirror and said, "You guys just keep them yourself, this kind of dog will cause you headaches in the future."

"I'm starting to get a headache now"

Sui Sui said regretfully, "We may not be able to bring it back to Kazan, or give it to Alili, right? This little guy is very suitable for keeping in the camp."

"It will hurt tourists when it becomes an adult," Anfisa reminded without looking up.

"Ariri and the others won't raise them either"

Ji Ma said affirmatively, "They prefer to raise a docile sled dog, and they won't waste their energy on such a big eater, but you can try to ask him."

Jima also smiled gloatingly, "He will definitely refuse, and in order to let you take this trouble away, he will definitely help you take it on the plane."

"Why don't you like this kind of dog?" Wei Ran, who had been watching the excitement just now, couldn't help asking curiously.

"This kind of dog eats a lot and is not suitable for pulling sleds at all. Although it has a high combat effectiveness, it runs very slowly and cannot catch up with its prey. Sometimes it can't even catch up with people on skis. The tower is not functional at all."

Ji Ma slightly increased the speed of the car, "It's okay if they are herders grazing reindeer, but most of the people living here in Inta are miners, hunters and loggers who have settled down. Except for some work as gatekeepers, they basically do nothing. Nothing else."

Wei Ran shook his head dumbfounded, "No wonder Guliye wanted to give us all those cubs just now."

"His dog is not worried about not being able to sell it"

Jima corrected with a smile, "Although ordinary people don't want to raise such a big guy, those loggers like it very much. After all, no one knows whether they will encounter brown bears or wolves when working in the forest."

"It's really not easy to live here." Maya sighed with emotion.

"That's why I want to help them," Jima responded as a matter of course, but Maya raised her beautiful eyebrows in surprise, and a trace of appreciation appeared on that face.

It's a pity that Ji Ma, who was steering the car to turn the corner, unfortunately didn't see the rare expression on the former's face.

When chatting all the way to the airport, everything went as Jima expected, both Alili and Misha simply rejected the pup that Suisui was holding in his arms, and Alili even borrowed his relationship at the airport , directly let this little guy get the same treatment as those two little foxes, being hugged and boarded the cabin without being put in a cage.

After a short wait, everyone boarded the flight to Kazan with four uncles who had received generous wages and six Inta apprentices who were going to "study abroad".

When the plane landed at Kazan Airport, the younger brothers arranged by Jima in advance once again sent each of the four uncles a bouquet of flowers, followed by a warm group photo and incomprehensible thanks.It was so lively that the surrounding passengers even thought they had encountered some gang leader they didn't know.

"Isn't your arrangement a little too exaggerated?" Wei Ran came to Ji Ma's side and teased.

"My friend, this is not my arrangement."

Jima said to the boys wearing the Adidas stripes, "They all came to Kazan from Inta recently to work. Many of these boys' parents or brothers got jobs or built jobs in the camp. House. So those are spontaneous thanks from them."

"Those too?" Wei Ran asked, pointing to the little sisters surrounding Suisui and Kajianka.

The mouths of these girls who seem to be around 20 years old at most are so sweet, and the compliments that are not heavy make Sui Sui grow wings, even sisters Katenka and the big-eared fox they are holding Plenty of compliments tinged with wonder.

"Of course, we Inta don't only have boys."

Ji Ma took it for granted, "Those girls were all sent by Misha. They were either participating in training at the forest farm or working for the studio, and the next film about the White Russian guerrillas, all the actors will also come from among them and Choose from their families."

"Is that okay?" Wei Ran widened his eyes.

"why not?"

Ji Ma spread his hands, "In this way, not only do they make money, but the cost of filming is much lower, right? At most it's just some training for them."

"It's fine if you think it's okay." Wei Ran waved his hands tiredly, too lazy to continue this topic.

In a slightly noisy atmosphere, everyone sent the four uncles and the six apprentices to the flight to Huaxia, and they did not leave the airport until the plane took off.

"You go home first." Wei Ran handed the car keys to Suisui while speaking, "I want to go to the forest farm with Ji Ma first."

“Get some dinner on the way back”

While Sui Sui was speaking, she handed over the car keys to Anfeya, then took Maya's arm, and warmly invited her to get into the compartment of the armored pickup.

"Let's go too"

Ji Ma took the car keys from his younger brother and took Wei Ran into the second-hand off-road vehicles parked side by side.

"When are we going to Kirov?" Jima asked while stepping on the gas pedal, "I remember you said you were going to see that veteran named Leva?"

"When do you have class?" Wei Ran asked slowly after adjusting the angle of the seat.

"15th, September 15th, I still have half a month."

"I'll let you know when I've made a decision." Wei Ran paused and continued to ask, "Jima, have you seen Gorman recently?"

"No." Jima shook his head, "Teacher Dalia said that he was on a business trip recently, and he might not be back until the end of October."

"What's wrong with that old guy?" Wei Ran muttered to himself, but he didn't take it to heart.

Chatting all the way to the Hongqi Forest Farm, what they didn't expect was that only Teacher Dalia stayed behind.

"Where are Mr. Karp and Teacher Anna?"

While Jima was talking, he dug out a can of beer from the refrigerator in Dalia's office.

"On a business trip, they went to Belarus." Teacher Dalia, who was applying a mask, replied casually.

"For that story?"

"certainly"

Dalia simply tore off the mask and threw it away, took out a cigarette and asked, "Do you still remember that woman named Diane?"

"Remember, the person in charge of the Edelweiss Organization." While speaking, Wei Ran respectfully picked up the lighter on the table and helped him light a cigarette.

"She and the investors behind her hoped to shoot near the original location," teacher Dalia said, "so they all went there to get busy."

Having said that, Dalia stood up, waved to Wei Ran and said, "Come with me, Anna asked me to give you some things."

Hearing this, Wei Ran hurriedly followed the other party and left to do work, leaving only Ji Ma, who had no curiosity, waiting obediently in the office.

Under the leadership of Teacher Dalia, Wei Ran came to a locked room on the second floor of the counseling center.The former didn't avoid him either, and slowly opened the safe, took out a dark blue plastic lock box and handed it to Wei Ran casually, "This is given to you by the rescued children from the orphanage." one's gift."

(End of this chapter)