In the yard by the Kaban Lake, Wei Ran was waving a shovel vigorously in the vegetable patch surrounded by a fence, patiently digging out the ripe potatoes one after another.

Behind him, Beria the dog and two foxes were sniffing the dirt excitedly. From time to time, Beria seemed to have discovered when he started digging a hole desperately, deliberately throwing the cold dirt there.

On two little foxes.

Behind these three little guys, sisters Suisui and Katenka were each dragging a wooden box, picking up the potatoes dug out by Weiran one by one, and after collecting a box, they carried it to the armored pickup truck next to them.

In the cargo compartment, once a truck is assembled, it will be transported to the basement of the next door workshop for storage.

This kind of farm work has lasted for three days, and they have harvested already dried melon seeds, more ginger than expected, hundreds of Chinese cabbages, and a dozen pumpkins that they don't know how to eat.

Nowadays, in addition to these potatoes, there are also as many sweet potatoes left in the yard. This does not include beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and other things grown in the greenhouse.

"Next year, we can't grow anything other than flowers and trees in the yard," Suisui, who was covered in grass leaves, complained with a sad face.

"We can raise more rabbits next year"

The Katenka sisters gave their suggestions in unison, and at the same time each threw a few potatoes the size of golf balls into the box.

"My aunt called yesterday and said that she plans to plant rapeseed in our yard next year."

Wei Ran wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a grimace, "She said she would come over and take photos when the rapeseed flowers bloom."

"How about we move to the small town of Tula?" Suisui suggested whimsically, "I don't believe anything can be grown in that damn place."

"Boss, Uncle Ivan said their place is full of mosquitoes in the summer."

After Anfiya finished speaking, she and her sister looked at each other and suggested again in unison, "So let's raise rabbits?"

"Forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything." Suisui shook her head tiredly, picked up a potato as big as her face and threw it into the wooden box.

Just as Wei Ran was thinking about calling some help from next door, Ji Ma drove the armored pickup truck Wei Ran had replaced him into the yard.

However, this guy was quite clever. After seeing Wei Ran and others busy at work, he circled around the oak tree and prepared to go out.

"Kamei! Close the door!" Suisui responded quickly and shouted, and one of the Katenka sisters had already pressed the remote control before she shouted.

"Beria"

Wei Ran greeted him, picked up a potato that had been damaged by a shovel, and threw it towards Jima's car.

Beria, who was digging a hole just a second ago to bury his friend alive, didn't even react, so he ran after the half potato.

Seeing this, Ji Ma, who was afraid of running over the dog, had to step on the brakes. He and Maya, who was sitting in the passenger seat, watched helplessly as the iron gate, which was less than 10 meters away from them, slowly closed together.

“I knew I wouldn’t come”

Jima muttered angrily, pushed open the door, and let the silly dog ​​with half a potato in his mouth jump up, spit out the potatoes and lick him wildly.

"It's a good thing I didn't come yesterday," Maya muttered with lingering fear as she looked out the car window at the "devastated" yard, and then opened the door and walked towards Suisui, who was smiling like a flower.

"I knew that as long as the desire was strong enough, someone would definitely come to help!"

Before Suisui finished speaking, she had already handed a wooden box to Maya, "You're welcome, I'll give you as much as you can fit."

"Can I have it already installed?" Maya asked jokingly.

"Of course it's no problem." Suisui was extremely generous, "You can move as much as you want, but remember to come over and help after moving."

"Victor, we are not here to help you dig potatoes." Ji Ma took the shovel from Wei Ran with a grimace.

"I know, I know." Wei Ran waved his hand nonchalantly, "If you have anything to do, help me dig out the potatoes and sweet potatoes first."

Hearing this, Jima and Maya looked at each other helplessly, and in the end they could only work hard to join the potato digging. At the same time, they kept mumbling, "My mother invites you to visit her home tomorrow."

"Did something good happen to your family?" Suisui asked curiously.

"My parents repainted the house"

Jima stopped digging and explained, "Then this morning, three wild boars broke into our house with several piglets. My mother insisted that this was God who wanted us to invite friends to come and sit at home.

ingredients.”

"Although it is true that a wild boar broke into his house, in fact it was Ji Ma who kept talking about how delicious the red meat made by Victor was." Maya ruthlessly exposed Ji Ma's old background, and by the way, Wei Ran's

The specialty dish has a new name.

"Braised pork," Wei Ran corrected helplessly.

"I know, I know, red meat, I remember it."

Ji Ma waved his hand nonchalantly, "Anyway, are you going? If you go, remember to bring your Chinese seasoning."

"Can you bring the rabbit?" the Katenka sisters asked in unison.

"No need!" Ji Ma waved his hand proudly, "I have already bought them in advance. I bought 50 of them, which is definitely enough for everyone."

"When is tomorrow?" Wei Ran asked more directly.

"I get up at 6:30 in the morning," Ji Ma said with a grin, "you just need to not arrive before I get up."

"Would you like to invite Aunt Anna and Aunt Dalia?" Suisui asked kindly, "Of course, there will also be Uncle Culp and Uncle Gorman."

Seeing Wei Ran looking at him, Ji Ma spread his hands and said, "Before coming to your place, Maya and I went to the Hongqi Forest Farm. They should all go there."

"In this case, it seems we need to bring more seasoning..."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Before Wei Ran finished speaking, the dog Beria, who was lying at his feet with his belly exposed, suddenly turned over and raised his butt towards the courtyard wall.

The direction let out a vigilant whimper.

Almost immediately, everyone could vaguely see a car driving into the dead end between the yard and the winery next door outside the wall covered with vines.

"It's really lively today. It seems like another guest is here."

Wei Ran muttered with a smile, then bent down and patted Beria's head. At the same time, Anfisa took out the remote control again and opened the courtyard door.

A moment later, a black SUV with a Chinese brand stopped at the door. Under the curious gazes of Wei Ran and others, they waited for almost a minute before the door was pushed open, and a man walked out of it.

"Mr. Victor, can we go in?" One of the plainly dressed old men waved enthusiastically and asked.

"Who is this person?" Wei Ran frowned and muttered, "Why do I seem to have seen him somewhere?"

"I think I've seen it before... Oh——! I remembered it!"

Maya patted her forehead and said, "Victor, do you still remember when Boss Kajik took us to the library in Yudino in the spring?"

"Oh——! I remembered!"

After Maya's reminder, Weiran immediately matched the old man with the old man who had led them on a motorcycle and tricked them with a low-quality helmet.

"What's his name?" Wei Ran asked while waving to the other party.

"Vasily Yuri Sergei Ivan?"

Maya first listed a few names on the bad streets in Russia, and then said uncertainly, "It seems to be Sergey?"

"Mr. Victor, do you still remember me?"

The old man ran over quickly and said enthusiastically, "I am Sergei, Sergey from Yudino, the Sergei who sold you the old books in the library."

"Remember, of course I remember."

Wei Ran put his hands behind his back and gave Maya a thumbs-up gesture with Suisui and others. At the same time, he asked with a normal expression, "Mr. Sergey, why did you come to see me?"

"There is indeed something"

Sergey glanced at Wei Ran with some embarrassment, then at the black SUV standing outside the door, and finally opened his mouth and said, "Mr. Victor, we are here to ask if we can.

..Can you..."

"Mr. Sergey, just say what you want," Wei Ran said with a smile.

"We want to buy back those old books at twice the price."

Sergei stretched out two fingers and said, "Four million rubles, we want to use four million rubles to buy back those old books."

"Four million rubles is a big price."

Wei Ran glanced at the others without leaving any trace, and said with a smile, "Jima, you go back first, I will consider lending you money."

Hearing this, Ji Ma nodded with a playful smile, turned around and got into the armored pickup truck that already belonged to him, drove out of the yard, and directly blocked the black off-road vehicle in the dead end.

"Mr. Victor, so you agree..."

"No no no"

Wei Ran waved his hand before the other party finished speaking, "I didn't agree. I just said that this is a lot of money, but I don't intend to sell those old books for four million rubles."

"Then..." Sergey gritted his teeth, subconsciously glanced at the car at the door of the yard again, and asked tentatively, "Or...five million rubles?"

"Why don't you first tell me why you want to buy those old books back?" Wei Ran asked gently.

Sergey was silent for a moment, then opened his mouth and said, "It's...it's the request of the people in our town. They asked...to buy back those old books."

"It's too late, I have already sold all those books."

Wei Ran spread his hands pretending to be regretful, "There's not a single one left, they're all sold. To be precise, they were all sold in August."

"Sold...sold?" Sergey subconsciously asked, "Where did it go?"

"Sold to the United States, all sold...it seems there are some left, please wait a moment."

After saying that, Wei Ran winked at the Katenka sisters and waited until they pulled Suisui and Maya towards the door, then he started to follow them.

"What's going on?" Suisui asked immediately after entering the door.

"Let Maya explain the first half to you."

While Wei Ran was talking, he had already walked towards the bookshelf on the first floor. After rummaging around, he pulled out a thick photo album. The album contained all kinds of small cards, bookmarks, children's graffiti and postcards.

Even news clippings from newspapers and stuff like that.

These were all discovered from the pages of the old books when they were bought. At that time, Wei Ran thought that after the town demolished the library and rebuilt the activity center, he would give this small gift to the town.

Now that the former seller, Sergey, has come to the door, he just happened to give this thing to her.

Walking out of the room with the photo album, Wei Ran handed it to Sergey's hand, "The things in this photo album were all found in those old books. Originally, I planned to wait for your activity center.

It was given as a gift after it was built, and now that you are here, you just want to take it back. But I'm sorry, I have really sold all those old books."
To be continued...