War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 760 Dead pigs are not afraid of boiling water
On the morning of the first day of the New Year, following Wei Ran’s call to the police, the police on Goronid Island had to end their vacation soon, cursing and swearing in a way that almost caught a turtle in a urn, and took the abandoned agricultural products from an abandoned farm on the island. In the processing plant, three trucks hiding, six gypsy adults, 14 half-aged children, half of the plane wreckage dug out from unknown sources, and several bones covered with ice were found.

The excavation of war relics in this winter is still excavating war relics near Volgograd, let alone those policemen who have never heard of it, even the staff who rushed over from the museum on Mamayev Hill later looked confused Forced, obviously it is also the first time to encounter this kind of situation.

"How did you dig it out?" The museum worker picked up a complete skull and asked in disbelief while observing it.

The bearded man who was forced away by Sui Sui with a gun glanced at the other party, but didn't respond at all, just concentrated on playing with his sideburns.

"When did you start?" A policeman who still smelled of alcohol asked viciously, "I mean, when did you go to the island?"

"Last ferry the night before"

The bearded man said with a bad face, "We have no place to go, we just want to find a place on this island to celebrate the New Year. The factory has been abandoned for a long time, we didn't steal anything, we just plan to live there for a few days Is it okay to live a whole year? We are out camping."

"Maybe you didn't steal anything, but where did these bones come from?" The staff from the museum gently put down the skull and reminded.

"Wuklan, we dug them from Wukelan a month ago." The bearded man argued, "I just haven't found a suitable place to bury them yet."

"So you came here illegally?" the policeman asked immediately.

"We have passports, and we entered the country legally." Before the bearded man could finish his sentence, the fancy-dressed woman next to her opened a plastic box, revealing various passports and other things inside.

"It's a habitual offender," the staff member from the museum said firmly. Seeing him like that, he didn't mean to shy away from this group of people at all.

"We received a report that you went to private land to try to steal war sites. This is an illegal act." While the policeman was speaking, several other colleagues who came with him had already taken out their handcuffs.

'We didn't know it was private land'

The bearded man quickly quibbled, "We don't know what kind of war site it is, we just thought it was garbage that no one wanted."

"You go to the court to say these words." The policeman waved his hand after speaking, "Take them away!"

"Sir, this year is the first day of the new year, do you want our children to spend this unforgettable day in prison?" the fancy-dressed woman asked angrily, while struggling to refuse to put on handcuffs.

"If you really think about your children, you shouldn't take them to do this kind of thing." Obviously, the policeman was too lazy to talk nonsense, and directly pulled out the pistol and pulled the slide to top the bullet.

After the brief riot, the six gypsy people were handcuffed and stuffed into the cargo bed of the truck, and the dozens of dirty children were also squeezed into the police car obediently, and some of them even used everyone I don't understand it, but even if I guess it, I know it's not a good thing to say something blatantly.

The staff who came all the way from the museum walked to the door of the abandoned factory not far away, opened the door and got into the car driven by Wei Ran.

"Mr. Victor, thank you for calling the police in time."

The staff member extended his hand gratefully to Wei Ran. Although the latter did not know him, he knew Wei Ran. After all, the photos he donated were not only hung in the Great Patriotic War Museum in Moscow. So does the museum.

"Mr. Ruslan, you are welcome." Wei Ran shook hands with the other party, "You don't blame us for disturbing your holiday."

"how come"

The staff member named Ruslan hurriedly said, "Those soldiers sleeping underground will not have a festival, and neither will those moles who want to dig them up and sell them for money."

"Mr. Ruslan, why did they choose to come here to steal these things at this time?" Sui Sui, who was sitting in the co-pilot, turned around and asked the question that Wei Ran had asked in confusion.

"It should be the local digging party who discovered this place," Ruslan gave a completely different answer, "but they all know that digging here is illegal."

"So they contacted those gypsy people?" Wei Ran quickly guessed the answer.

"That's about it"

Ruslan nodded, "Those gypsy people don't care whether they will be arrested or not, let alone whether they will be fined. Anyway, they have no money at all, so it's not a bad thing to be imprisoned. There just happens to be a place that takes care of food and housing Help them get through this winter."

"Where's their car?" Sui Sui asked, "Aren't they worried that their car will be confiscated?"

"Those cars don't belong to them at all," Wei Ran said with almost certainty, "The few cars just now didn't even have license plates."

"Not only is it not theirs, after the news of their arrest spreads, I am afraid that someone will report to the police that their car has been stolen."

Ruslan spread his hands helplessly, "This is a common trick used by those earth-digging gangs from Wu Kelan. After these gipsy gangs are released, those cars will return to their hands again, and then they will Keep doing the same thing."

"A dead pig is not afraid of boiling water," Sui Sui muttered in Chinese in a moderate voice. Although this sentence was ugly, it was the most appropriate description.

"Mr. Victor, if you don't bother me, how about taking me to see the site they stole?" Ruslan asked tentatively, "I hope this won't disturb your family's holiday."

"Of course don't bother"

Sui Sui was the first to speak, "If possible, you'd better take those things away, lest those gypsy people come to make trouble again."

"this."

Ruslan scratched the back of his head, "I'm afraid it won't be possible until the end of the holiday at least, or even if it's buried deeper, it won't be possible until the ground thaws in spring."

"Speaking of this, how did those gypsy people dig out the things they saw just now?" Wei Ran asked curiously while stepping on the gas pedal.

Although he doesn't have much contact with the earth-digging gang, he also knows that those earth-digging gangs live a very happy life. At least in winter, they usually hibernate, honestly at home, busy with shipping or repairing spoils, and can Those who came out to dig in the winter were either really in a hurry to spend money, or they were mentally ill, or they found something incredible.

"They? Huh!"

Ruslan snorted coldly, "They will light a fire at the place they are going to dig, and sometimes even burn it for several days to roast the permafrost. And I bet they will find this place at least in autumn or even summer Well, they've been waiting for the winter to come, because the level of regulation is going to drop in the winter."

Why does this sound similar to digging graves in winter in the countryside in my hometown?

Wei Ran murmured to himself, but he remembered clearly that when he was a child living in the countryside, some old people passed away in winter and needed to dig a cemetery, and those adults would light a big fire in the cemetery, waiting for the ground to be roasted When it is finished, it will be dug, and when it can no longer be dug, it will continue to light a fire.

This method sounds cumbersome, but it’s actually quite fast. It just needs a little patience, and you won’t feel cold at all while guarding a bonfire. Even in Wei Ran’s memory, it was one of the few joys when he was a child. Because at that time, as long as there was a chance to follow, I would put two sweet potatoes or a few potatoes in my pocket anyway.

"Will you throw a few sweet potatoes and potatoes into the fireplace later?" Wei Ran changed into Chinese and said to Sui Sui who was sitting next to her.

The latter froze for a moment, then nodded with a smile, obviously remembering the joy of following Wei Ran's buttocks and watching people dig holes and eat sweet potatoes while he was a child.

Chatting along the way, Wei Ran drove directly along the ruts left by the gypsy people, and drove back into the forest, and stopped next to the half of the tail of the plane again.

"Call your dad and ask him if he would like to send the plane in the warehouse away." Wei Ran said in Chinese before getting out of the car, "By the way, tell me about the situation here."

Hearing this, Sui Sui, who was about to get out of the car, closed the car door again, and gave Wei Ran a gesture of OK by the way.

Seeing this, Wei Ran pushed open the car door, beckoned Ruslan to get off the car, and led him to the edge of the half of the tail.

"Didn't Mr. Victor check the origin of this section of the tail?" Ruslan wiped the snow on the tail with his gloves, then picked the amber ice hanger on it, and then took off his gloves He took out his phone and asked while taking pictures.

Grinning and looking at the glove in his mouth, Wei Ran still didn't remind the other party of the origin of those amber ice hangers, and replied with a normal expression, "I called the police when I found this place in the morning, and after that I have been driving behind those gypsy people looking for their foothold, and I really haven't had time to investigate."

Speaking of this, Wei Ran changed into a teasing tone and said, "And I charge for my investigation, those gypsy people obviously don't want to pay."

"It's true." Ruslan put away the phone, put on the gloves again, wiped the horizontal tail again, and pointed to the words engraved on it and said, "This name looks like a German nobleman, but I don't know who engraved it , this section of the tail is not buried too deep, so we should be able to dig it out if we think of a way."

At this moment, Sui Sui also lowered the car window, and said in Chinese that only the two of them could understand, "My father said that the broken plane is already yours, and you can decide what to do with it, as long as those gypsy people Just stop coming here and make trouble."

Hearing this, Wei Ran nodded, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Mr. Ruslan, are you interested in having a cup of hot tea at home?"

"I didn't prepare New Year's gifts for everyone," Ruslan straightened up and responded jokingly.

"It's okay, your willingness to be a guest is the best gift." Wei Ran raised his hand after finishing speaking, "Get in the car."

(End of this chapter)