Tatanka opened the door and pointed to the slightly larger building and said, "Every spring, we collect the sap from the sugar maple trees through the vacuum pipeline system and transport it here for purification and bottling. Behind us

The building is an office, a farm machinery warehouse and a dormitory for temporary workers."

"Where's the other side?"

After Suisui got off another car and listened to Anfiya's translation, she pointed to the particularly lively open space on the other side of the river and asked directly in English.

“It’s an RV campground.”

Tantu, who was closer, replied directly in English, "We jointly own the right to use the river as the boundary of the land. But our land area is larger than theirs, and we also have mineral mining rights."

"So there are only two buildings on this farm, and the rest are all... uh... maple trees?" Koko asked disappointedly. Looking at it, except for the intricate paths in the forest, there was nothing at all.

She thought of farmland and pasture and cultivated land.

"There is also a redwood tree that is prohibited by law from being cut down."

Tatanka paused deliberately when he said this, and then pointed at the farm... No, maybe it should be called a forest more accurately. In short, he pointed deeper into the land and said, "At the end of the farm.

There is an open space in the center, where Mr. Dominic built a hunting cabin. If you are interested, you can go there and have a look."

"But there are wolves and moose in this forest, and our chain-link fence can't stop them, so you'd better be armed."

While Tantu was speaking, she had already opened the trunk of the car she was driving. The trunk of this car was completely a custom-made gun cabinet. In addition to various styles of pistols, there were also various

style civilian shotgun.

Wei Ran even saw a row of Indian axes inside that were obviously more practical, as well as American hunting bows and a large barrel of bows and arrows.

"Can we use these casually?" Suisui immediately became interested and took out a revolver from it without thinking.

"Of course," Tantu said very generously, "as long as you remember to return it to me when you leave."

"I'll use this"

Wei Ran, who had no shortage of weapons at all, took a black hunting bow, and then took a quiver and put it on his shoulder. Although he didn't know how to use this thing, it looked much more interesting than hot weapons.

"Don't leave it empty," Tantuhun said nonchalantly and said nothing more. At the same time, the Katenka sisters each took away a shotgun and a cowhide bullet belt.

But Kou Kou, this girl picked out an axe, two hunting knives, one large and one small, and hung them on her waist very skillfully.

"Don't you get a gun?" Suisui couldn't help but ask.

“No need”

Kou Kou shook her head, "You have all taken so many weapons. If you can't kill the ferocious beasts that attack us, it will be useless even if I take them."

“What a smart girl”

Tatanka praised him without concealing it. At the same time, he opened the rolling shutter door of the garage with the key. He pointed at the four-wheeled motorcycles parked neatly inside and said, "The keys are all up there. I installed the battery just the day before yesterday. I'll give it to Tatanka later."

Tu goes ahead, how about we go to the hunter's cabin first and take a look?"

"I have no objection," Kou Kou was the first to respond.

The owners of this land didn't have any objections, and Wei Ran and others naturally had no objections. Seeing this, Tantu immediately took a shotgun with a scope from the car, and then drove a bright red four-wheel motorcycle

He roared out of the garage.

"Do you want to ride in a car with me?" Wei Ran, who was pretending to be carrying a bow and quiver, waited for the Katenka sisters to set off first, and then extended an invitation to Suisui.

"I want to try it myself!"

Before Suisui finished speaking, she and her rich lady friend had already climbed onto a four-wheeled motorcycle and followed them in no particular order. Seeing this, Weiran also casually got on a motorcycle and followed leisurely.

behind.

After the group of them had gone away, Tatanka, who was left at the end, calmly shouldered a pump-action shotgun, then drove both cars into the garage and locked the rolling shutter door, and finally even connected the two cars next to each other.

The barbed wire gates of the road were locked, and then he slowly followed on a four-wheel motorcycle.

Compared with the carelessness he was accustomed to, Wei Ran and others walking in front felt much fresher at this time.

Along the way, the path less than two meters wide was lined with tall sugar maple trees with a diameter at breast height of at least thirty or forty centimeters on both sides.

There are also plastic signs hanging on the trunks of these sugar maple trees, which are not only marked with unknown numbers, but also have a handwritten time.

And underneath the tree trunks, it was so clean that it didn't look like a virgin forest at all. In some places, gravel was used to pave open spaces that were not very large. On those open spaces, there were areas less than half a meter each.

There was a high cement platform, and on some platforms, there was a stainless steel water tank with an estimated capacity of one ton at most.

"Mr. Tatanka, what are those water cans used for?" Weiran slowed down the car slightly and asked the old guy following behind.

"For collecting maple sap"

Tatanka pointed around and introduced loudly, "In the spring, we will drill a pencil-thick hole in each tree, and then connect the vacuum pipes, and those water pipes will eventually be collected into those water tanks.

Whenever the water tank is almost full, workers will drive the water tanker to transport the sap to the sugar factory. It is a very hard job, and we only have less than two months every year.

, but we have to collect sap from tens of thousands of trees."

"It sounds like a lot of hard work," Wei Ran agreed mindlessly.

"But it's also very sweet." Tatanka smiled honestly, "Because the trees are old enough, the maple syrup we produce here is also of the best quality."

Hearing this, Wei Ran smiled in response, speeded up slightly, and caught up with Suisui who was running ahead.

Only a kilometer away, when everyone stopped their motorcycles one after another, a small forest clearing with sparse vegetation appeared directly in front of them.

It was through this open space that everyone also saw a stand of redwood trees growing in the distance.

And even closer, next to a tall sugar maple tree, is a log cabin with an American country style.

“This is it”

Tantu had already extinguished the quad bike while he was speaking, then pulled out the pistol from the holster on his waist, pointed it above his head and pulled the trigger.

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After the crisp gunfire, a group of unknown birds flew up from the trees in the distance, and two quacking wild ducks flew up on the water surface that was at best a pond.

"Bang bang!"

The Katenka sisters pulled the triggers on the two wild ducks in no particular order, knocking them down easily, and then looked at Suisui and Wei Ran eagerly.

"Understood!" Suisui patted her forehead, "That's enough beer for the night!"

Hearing this, the Katenka sisters, who were still riding on their motorcycles, immediately high-fived each other. Then one of them rushed to the creek connected to the lake, looking for ducks to survey the surroundings, while the other stayed in Sui.

Sui's side continued to act as a translator.

"Their marksmanship is really good."

Tantu admired in surprise, then took out a key from her leg bag and opened the door of the wooden house. At the same time, she did not forget to explain, "Please come in, my father and I just cleaned this place a few days ago.

This wooden house was originally my grandfather’s house. After this land was bought by Mr. Dominic, my grandfather still lived here and helped him manage the land.”

"After my father passed away, Mr. Dominic asked me to take over this management job." Tatanka recalled with a nostalgic look, "Later I became Mr. Dominic's bodyguard and driver, and he liked to see me very much.

My most successful ax throwing performance was when I killed a running raccoon with an axe."

"Can you give us a show?" Koko said, having already taken off the ax hanging from his waist and handed it to Tatanka.

"certainly!"

Tatanka took the ax with a smile, rounded his arms and threw it away without any hesitation.

"Duh!"

With a soft sound, the ax flew out and accurately nailed the plastic sign hanging on a sugar maple tree in the distance.

"Phew! Awesome!"

As soon as the ax flew out, no matter Wei Ran, Suisui or Kou Kou, they all shouted and started to applaud. Even Anfiya, who stayed behind to act as translator, raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"I learned how to throw axes from my father," Tatanka said as he motioned for everyone to walk toward the wooden house. "He is the real master."

"Is your father a soldier?" Kou Kou, who was the first to walk into the room, asked in surprise as he looked at the photo frames hanging on the wall.

Although this is Mr. Dominic's land, none of the picture frames hanging in this wooden house are related to him. Instead, most of the protagonists are soldiers wearing the uniforms of the U.S. Navy during World War II.

What is special is that this Asian-looking soldier has an Indian ax on his waist, but the uniform on his body does not have any badges at all.

"right"

Tatanka spread his hands, "But he has never told us anything about his time in the military. Even these photos were accidentally discovered when Mr. Dominic came here for the last time and asked us to renovate and rebuild the wooden house."

Having said this, Tatanka spread his hands and said, "After discussing with Mr. Dominic, we hung these photos here. If you think..."

"No, no, no, just hang it here!"

Koko quickly said, "No need to move them. I'm just curious. I don't want to clean out these precious photo frames."

"There are some things left by my father in the attic." Tatanka pointed to the upstairs and said nonchalantly, "If you are interested, you can go and see for yourself."

"Can we stay here for a few days?" Suisui, who had been silent just now, asked.

"sure"

Tatanka switched to English and said, "If you plan to stay here for a few days, I will send you the vegetables, fruits and meat that I have prepared in advance. In addition, let Tantu stay with you. She is very interested in this place and

I'm just as familiar with her, and she's a very good hunter, so she can at least ensure that you won't be hurt by wild animals."

"Then I'll trouble you."
Chapter completed!