War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 807 A Safe Worth 15

Seeing that there is only one week left before the Chinese New Year, Wei Ran and others, as well as the Jima family who had met a few days ago, boarded the flight to the capital together. As for Aunt Fu who was busy before , on the day when Wei Ran, Suisui and others raided Jima and Maya, they took the plane home to prepare for the New Year.

In the past few days, everyone has experienced all kinds of entertainment projects related to the sun, beach and sea in Lucheng. Even on the first day they left, even Xia Shushi, who had already begun to investigate, rushed over to join in. Joining in the fun counts as a farewell party.

Saying goodbye to the warm south, everyone rushed back to the capital with laughter and joy. After Wei Ran sent everyone except himself to the train bound for Baiyangdian, he stayed behind and did not go back with him.

During this trip to Dian Province and Qiongzhou, although neither Xia Shushi nor the Second Emperor, nor even himself, talked about the matter of investigation compensation, but before he boarded the plane, Xia Shushi, who came here specially to practice, paid his respects to him. The mobile phone sent an address plus a mobile phone number.

According to what the other party said when they went to the bathroom together, the phone number and address were contacted by the Second Emperor. The other party happened to have a small courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing that met Wei Ran's requirements and was ready to sell.

And the source of all this is just that before Wei Ran went to Yunnan Province, in order to find an excuse to refuse, he casually mentioned on the phone that he was busy buying a yard recently, and after arriving, the Second Prince Just a few random questions about the purpose of buying a yard during the chat.

Sighing to himself, the Second Emperor is really a master at observing what he likes, Wei Ran drove the car away from the high-speed rail station, and with the help of navigation, drove to the address mentioned in Xia Shushi's message.

However, when he was four or five kilometers away from the end of the navigation, he found that there were already patches of peach trees and picking orchards on both sides of the car window.

When he turned left and right along the winding mountain road all the way to his destination, he found that there was actually a dilapidated courtyard in a small valley at the end of the mountain road.

There is even a sign hanging on the side of the gate of the courtyard wall, with three crooked and broken characters "Peach Blossom Spring" written on it.

Open the car door and look around. There is a stream not more than one meter wide in front of you. There is a flat open space, at least half the size of a football field. In this open space, you can faintly see the floor tiles covered by weeds. And around this open space and that yard, there is a large area of ​​lush peach trees.

Turning around and walking to the door of the small courtyard, Wei Ran looked in through the iron fence door, but found that although the courtyard wall in this courtyard was built of red bricks, there was no house at all inside, instead it was built against the wall A circle of color steel tile sheds.

What puzzled him was that apart from a few all-terrain motorcycles that had been dusted for a long time, there was also a trailer-type RV that had been abandoned for a long time. Holding an agricultural tractor and a trailer that appears to be used for spraying pesticides.

What the hell is this place?

Wei Ran muttered to himself, and after thinking for a while, he finally called the number Xia Shushi provided.

"Crooked!" As soon as the call was connected, a loud man with a strong peach accent responded in a way that was almost yelling.

"Hello, I am"

Wei Ran thought for a while, and temporarily changed his name to show his identity, "I was introduced by a friend, and I want to see that courtyard."

"Oh-oh-oh-oh! Boss Wei, right?"

The loud voice didn't wait for Wei Ran to finish speaking, it seemed that he already knew his identity, and there was a lot of enthusiasm in his tone, "When will you come over to see?"

"I'm already at the gate of the peach grove." Wei Ran said with a smile, "it's next to the sign of the peach blossom garden."

"Are you all here?"

The loud voice was stunned for a moment, and then he said with more enthusiasm, "Then you wait, or you can go in for a stroll. The key to the gate is in the mouth of the stone lion on the left hand side of the door. I will go there, at most It will arrive in 5 minutes!"

Before the words finished, a busy tone came from Wei Ran's handset to hang up.Seeing this, he could only shake his head and put away his mobile phone. After some hesitation, he walked to the left hand side of the gate of the yard, and pulled out a rusty phone from the mouth of the stone lion, which was at most the size of Teddy. brass key.

It was a bit difficult to open the iron fence door, and before Wei Ran could step in, two fat hares came out of the yard overgrown with wild grass, and ran away without a trace.

"It's lucky for you, it's because Suisui and sisters Kajianka didn't come." Wei Ran muttered with a smile, bent down and picked up a small half of a brick and threw it into the yard forcefully.

Accompanied by the sound of fluttering wings, flocks of sparrows and a dozen grouped pigeons flew out of the shed with colored steel tiles against the wall, and flew to the not-too-distant In the peach grove, at the same time, a few rabbits rushed out along the drainage holes in the courtyard wall.

Bending down to pick up a stainless steel pipe that he didn't know where it came from, Wei Ran walked in while pulling the knee-high weeds all over the yard.

This yard is not so much a yard as a small closed parking lot. Walking down this circle, except for the three-meter-wide stone road in the middle, the color steel tile sheds on both sides are at most It can only stop twenty cars.

But in such a yard, at the end facing the gate, there is not only a power distribution room, but also an electric well, and on the edge of this well, on the two poles standing up, there are a few of them hanging down. High-power lights seen on the sidelines of football fields.

Before he could decide whether to go to the trailer that had been abandoned for a long time, the roar of the engine came from outside the yard, and a four-wheeled all-terrain motorcycle whizzed into it. courtyard.

"Boss Wei has been waiting for a long time!"

Before the car was completely turned off, a middle-aged man who looked about forty years old, thin and thick-browed, jumped down neatly, and enthusiastically extended his hand to Wei Ran.

"Hello, hello, what's your name?" Wei Ran asked while shaking hands with the other party - even though Xia Shushi's message to him had already marked the other party's name.

"Yang Haifeng," the middle-aged uncle's voice is extraordinarily bright, "Boss Wei, just call me Lao Yang!"

"Uncle Yang, would you like to introduce the situation here?" While Wei Ran was speaking, he did not forget to take out a pack of good cigarettes bought on the road from his pocket and tear them open, took out two and handed them over.

After taking the cigarette, the man who claimed to be Lao Yang helped Wei Ran light it first, and then he introduced it to himself, "This place was built by a few rich young people two years ago, and then something happened to them , and this place will be desolate.”

Speaking of this, Lao Yang pointed to the outside of the yard, "This yard and the open space outside were bought from me at the beginning. The peach trees outside the open space belong to my family."

"Something happened?" Wei Ran looked at Lao Yang pretending to be curious.

"I don't know what happened, but I know that a lot of police came and arrested a lot of young people."

Lao Yang spread his hands, "Anyway, since then, this place has been deserted. This yard has also been entrusted to me to take care of it."

"How long has this place been deserted?" Wei Ran asked again.

"Two years? At least two years, right?"

Lao Yang replied vaguely, "In the past, in summer, this place was very lively. People drove here every night, but since then, no one has come to this place again."

Hearing this, Wei Ran nodded to suppress the doubts in his heart, and asked instead, "Uncle Yang, I am going to buy this place, what is the process?"

"Boss Pan told me about this." Lao Yang said immediately, "15, only 15, this yard and the open space outside are yours."

so cheap?

Wei Ran was shocked. Although this place is in a valley, it is only an hour and a half drive from the airport. Although it takes about ten minutes to drive to the nearest village, the price is still cheap. Something is wrong.

"Is there any trouble here?" Wei Ran asked bluntly.

"There's no trouble." Lao Yang waved his hand and lowered his voice slightly, "Some people wanted to buy this place before, and even I wanted to take this land back for farmhouse entertainment, but Boss Pan has been holding on to it."

Return to the farmhouse?Is there anyone here?
Wei Ran muttered secretly again, although he didn't know who Boss Pan was, he also knew that what Lao Yang said just now that he wanted to buy it himself was definitely nonsense.

Thinking of this, Wei Ran took out his mobile phone and said, "Uncle Yang, let me make a call first."

"Okay! You are busy, I will wait here!" Lao Yang resumed his loud voice, turned around and walked into the yard at the same time.

At the same time, Wei Ran got into the car and called Xia Shushi.

"How's the investigation going?" Wei Ran asked after the call was connected.

"No progress at all," Xia Shushi responded, and then said as expected, "You want to ask about that yard, right?"

"Yes." Wei Ran readily admitted, and asked, "What's the history of that place?"

"There's no history," Xia Shushi explained bluntly, "The yard and the land are said to have been given to a friend of a friend of the Second Emperor's."

"I heard"

"The person who mortgaged that place was reported for gathering people there to read books." Xia Shushi said bluntly, "Later, that person was shot, and the place became barren."

"So I owe the Second a favor?" Wei Ran asked dumbfounded.

"It can be regarded as that both parties owe the Second Emperor a favor."

Xia Shushi said without any concealment, "The friend of his friend has long wanted to sell there, but he was afraid that the unreliable person who took over would cause trouble for him and turn over the old score, and I heard that the place is very good. By the way, that friend of his friend, that big injustice who was almost dragged and sentenced together, hasn't been there much by himself."

"It's really quite out of the way, it's all in the Dashangouzi."

Wei Ran looked around dumbfounded, and he finally understood why the Second Emperor's eyes lit up when he heard that he was just looking for a place to use as a warehouse.

"Anyway, you decide for yourself"

Xia Shushi said bluntly, "The Second King wants to make a friend, and by the way, it can be regarded as helping his friend's friend."

"I understand when you say that." Wei Ran shook his head secretly, putting aside whether to make friends or not, even if he didn't buy this piece of land, he already owed the second generation a favor.

After exchanging pleasantries, Wei Ran hung up the phone. After some hesitation, Wei Ran finally decided to buy this place.Although it's not too close to the airport, it's not too far either. The point is that the place is remote enough, and this alone is enough to impress him.

With this in mind, he simply opened the car door and greeted Uncle Yang who was wandering in the yard to express his thoughts.

Hearing this, Lao Yang immediately locked the courtyard door, took the car driven by Wei Ran to the village he just passed by, and first registered with the village committee and signed the agreement.

"Boss Pan said that after the money is credited into the account, he will take care of the rest of the procedures. After everything is done, I will send you all kinds of things, and you can just leave an address." The agreement was stamped with the official seal, and then a photo was taken and sent out.

"Just send it to you"

Wei Ran shook his phone while talking, "In addition, let's add a WeChat, how about you help me add a new shed in that yard? The salary is a lot for you."

Hearing that there is money to be made, Lao Yang immediately took out his mobile phone and added Wei Ran's friend, and at the same time patted his chest and assured him, "Boss Wei, you can rest assured to leave the matter to me! That yard, including that site, was originally I repaired it, you can buy it when the time comes, just tell me how you want to change it!"

"Add a color steel tile roof to ensure that it is strong enough to ensure that it does not leak rain or light. In addition, replace it with a sufficiently tight iron door. It is best to hurry up."

Wei Ran transferred [-] to the other party while talking, "It is best to finish the project before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. This money is considered as a deposit. You should calculate the cost of labor and materials first. I can buy this land before tomorrow morning. "

"If the money is in place, I will definitely make it beautiful for you!" Lao Yang patted his chest and promised.

"In that case, I'll leave it to you here." Wei Ran said, picked up his own contract, bid farewell to Lao Yang and drove back.

After catching up slowly, he boarded the train bound for Cangzhou's hometown. Wei Ran waited until he had recovered his breath, then took out the agreement and scanned it roughly, and then transferred the account number on the agreement to Enough to pay for the land.

This time, Wei Ran didn’t feel bad at all because he spent more than 50 yuan so recklessly, because there is still nearly [-] kilograms of gold hidden in the home where he is getting closer, as long as he puts the gold into the transport truck Even if it is troublesome to take out the safe, at least you don't have to worry about whether it will be stolen.

Talking about spending money to buy peace all the way, when Wei Ran rushed home empty-handed, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.

Now it's less than a week before the Chinese New Year, whether it's his parents or Suisui's parents, they have already given themselves a holiday in advance and rushed to Baiyangdian, so naturally there is not even a Piao in this family.

Fortunately, when he came back this time, his main purpose was the gold bricks in the background wall of the living room of the room that he could not live in for a few days a year, so his wish was fulfilled even more with no one at home.

Enduring the hunger that hadn't eaten for most of the day, Wei Ran took out a key that he hadn't used for a long time and opened the anti-theft door. After entering the door, it was locked and checked routinely. Then he closed the thick blackout curtain and put the key hidden on the background wall. The gold bricks in the interlayer were taken out one by one.

"47"

"48"

"49"

"50!"

Following Wei Ran's silent recitation, the last gold brick was also put into the food box.

Seeing that these gold bricks were neither too much nor too little, Wei Ran finally let out a long breath, and put them back into the metal book with satisfaction.

　Forgive Shan Geng, I'm setting up the plot of Savage Mountain.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)