War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 470 The Fishing Painter
At eight o'clock in the evening, Wei Ran, who had already showered, walked into a spacious room on the second floor under the leadership of Yana.

"Sleep here for the next few days"

Yana helped close the curtains, while explaining incessantly, "This room is where my two daughters practice piano and sculpture when they are at home, so it will be a bit messy."

"No, it's already very good." He said politely.

Yana smiled and continued, "If you really plan to go fishing with Ivan tomorrow, you'd better go to bed early, it's a hard job that requires getting up early."

"Don't worry, Aunt Yana, I will definitely get up on time." Wei Ran promised with a smile.

"It doesn't matter, even if you can't get up, it doesn't matter." Yana and Wei Ran hugged gently, "Good night."

"Good night"

Watching Yana leave the room and help close the door, Wei Ran immediately focused on the room.

This house is almost as big as the living room downstairs. There is a wiped and clean piano on the left side against the wall, and a fluffy teddy bear on the big painted rocker cover. On the bookshelf, there are sheet music and some music books.

On the opposite wall, there are buckets of sculpture clay sealed with plastic wrap, and some semi-finished statues. On the same bookshelf, in addition to various books related to sculpture, there are several sets of wipes. Clean carving knives, although he didn't know whether these carving knives came from some famous masters or professional brands, but the Damascus pattern on them let him know that these things are definitely not cheap.

Squatting down with great interest, Wei Ran looked at the completed or unfinished sculptures, and couldn't help showing a smile on his face.

Among these sculptures that have been basically completed, there are fishing boats fighting the wind and waves, Ivan drinking, Yana wearing an apron, and a back figure who seems to be playing the piano.

And those that are not finished, the content is much richer, there are cats, cats and dogs, some anime characters that Wei Ran knows or does not know, and even fictional things such as sea monsters, and some seem to be sculpted out of dissatisfaction effect, and was kneaded into a ball of dry mud piled together randomly.

Without touching these things, Wei Ran walked to the bed and looked up at the photo frames hanging on the wall.

These photos recorded the growth process of the two girls from childhood to adulthood, and also completely recorded the process of Yana and Ivan from young to old.

"Where did you see this Olena? Why can't you remember?"

Wei Ran muttered to himself, turned off the light, went to the edge of the window sill and opened the curtains, looking out of the window at the lake surface with dots of starlight reflected, lost in thought.

Although it was only a quick glance when getting off the boat, it can still be seen that this small village that is not too big is definitely not considered rich.But objectively speaking, the piano in this room and those carving knives that look like custom-made products seem to have exceeded the range that this small family and even this small village can bear.

Of course, regardless of the status and background of Ivan and Yana, it is normal to be able to afford these things.But that being the case, why are they willing to nest in such a small place?

After a long time, Wei Ran, who had been thinking hard to no avail, finally decided not to think about it, turned around and lay down on the bed and closed his eyes.

Going to bed so early is obviously not in line with the living habits of young people, but considering that he will go fishing with Ivan tomorrow, he has no intention of staying up late.

After a night of nothing, Wei Ran was woken up by the knock on the door when it was dark the next morning. He took out his phone and checked the time. It turned out that it was only 5:[-] and less than [-] minutes later.

"I'm awake"

Wei Ran yawned in response, and then a carp stood up and got up, and got dressed as quickly as possible.

There was no time to wash his face and brush his teeth, and he didn't have time to eat breakfast. After getting a pair of suede leather gloves and a pair of water pants, Wei Ran left the house with two lunch boxes and an old-fashioned thermos handed over by Ivan.

When they reached the pier, the two old men from yesterday had already been waiting for a long time with their lunch boxes.

A group of four boarded the fishing boat silently. After the cable was untied, old Ivan gave up the driver's seat to Wei Ran, "Reverse the car and leave the pier, remember not to turn on the lights."

"Me?" Wei Ran asked in surprise.

After getting on the boat, Ivan seemed to have changed into the annoying ghost from yesterday again, and said angrily, "Did I bring you to chat with me on the boat? You're not a parrot."

Hearing this, Wei Ran rolled his eyes, fumbled to start the engine, and then followed what Ivan taught yesterday to steer the [-]-meter-long fishing boat back slowly. The old tires hanging on the side of the boat and the pier let Amidst the grinding sound of human teeth, the distance from the shore was gradually opened, and the bow of the boat was carefully turned.

"not bad"

Ivan fiddled with the navigation, then tapped the screen with his fingernail and said, "Drive in this direction, the speed can be a little faster."

"Can I turn on the light now?" Wei Ran turned his head and asked.

"Why turn on the radar?" Ivan reached out and tapped the radar screen again, "Stop talking nonsense, and increase the speed first."

The co-author is to learn how to sail a boat?Wei Ran thought he had guessed the answer correctly, and cautiously stepped up the accelerator.

Amidst the noisy engine noise, the speed of the ship increased little by little, but Ivan lit a cigarette and sat on the chair beside him. The mobile phone yelled, and reminded Wei Ran to turn, speed up or slow down from time to time.

Under Ivan's command, Wei Ran's operation has become more and more proficient. In addition, this small patrol boat itself is not difficult to drive, so although he still can't do it with his arms and fingers, at least he can't. Ivan will pick out any mistakes.

Half an hour after leaving the pier, following Ivan's order, Wei Ran steered the fishing boat to the lowest speed, and at the same time the two old men who were busy on the poop deck also began to cast nets under Iwan's command.

Accompanied by the ear-piercing creaking sound of the windlass, the net cast out by the two old men was soon pulled back.Just listening to the seemingly indistinct curses amidst the noise of the engine, one knows that the harvest of the two nets just now may not be good.

"Ivan, why don't you drag the net?"

Wei Ran, who was in charge of sailing the boat, asked curiously. It stands to reason that with the power of this boat, a set of trawling equipment can be added, which is much more efficient than manual throwing.

"Why don't you ask us why we don't drain this lake?"

Ivan looked at Wei Ran like an idiot and explained, "Compared with how to catch the fish, it is more difficult to sell the fish. The most important thing is that the law does not allow trawling here. Okay, Keep an eye on the sonar, let's move on."

"It's me who made things simple." Wei Ran grinned, and followed the command of the other party honestly, steering the fishing boat and continuing to stop and go.

After collecting the net several times in a row, the two old guys who had been busy on the poop deck finally got something.At this time, the sky was already pale, and some unknown birds flapped their wings and landed on the fishing boat, eagerly waiting to snatch some food from the fishing net that was about to come out of the water.

And at this time, the big white cat that Wei Ran had never taken seriously played an unexpected role.Under Wei Ran's almost sluggish gaze, this big fat cat jumped up and down nimbly on the floating fishing boat, bit a bird's neck in two or three times and swung it left and right, then proudly threw the body into the lake.

Such an understatement by the little guy immediately scared away the flock of birds that had just fallen. After such a short time, the two bulging fishing nets were also pulled to the stern deck by the winch.

In the splash of water, as the fishing net was opened, a large number of long capricorns swarmed and covered the deck.At the same time, Wei Ran also shut down the engine under Ivan's yelling.And the big white cat had already startled the waterfowl that had just landed again, and threw the body of the second bird into the lake by the way.

“Good luck today”

The old guy in a baseball cap slammed the waterfowl, and said happily, "I caught so many in this net, it should be because I encountered a relatively large school of fish."

"Luck is indeed good, hurry up and pack the box, Victor, don't stand around stupidly, come and help quickly! Remember to pick out all the fish except the perennial fish separately."

At the same time as Iwan greeted Wei Ran, he had already used a large plastic dustpan to fill the basin with fish, and the bearded old man also took out boxes of crushed ice from the cabin and mixed them into the large plastic basin.

Seeing this, Wei Ran quickly squatted down to help, and frantically followed the three old guys to sort out the catch.

However, what surprised him was that they got up so early in the morning, and they were mobilizing their boats, but the three old men were about to stop after they finished picking up the catches from the two big nets.

"Is this the end?" Wei Ran, who smelled like fish, asked in surprise.

"Don't be too greedy, fish that cannot be sold will only spoil"

Ivan hammered his lower back and stood up, "And hit another net, when we pack up and rush to the city, we will miss the shopping time of the restaurant, okay, let's go sail now, go to Pietro Zavodsk."

Hearing this, Wei Ran put away his curiosity, and held the rudder again under Iwan's guidance.

After running on the lake for more than an hour in the morning glow, it was already past six o'clock in the morning when Wei Ran returned the rudder to Ivan and watched him dock at the port.

Helping the three elderly people carry the pots of catches onto the trolley to the pier, Ivan pointed to the insulated lunch box on the table at the bow deck, "I don't need you to sell fish, while we You can eat and sleep before you come back."

"Can I go out later?" Wei Ran asked, "My things are still in the hotel."

"Come back early, there will be work arrangements for you later."

After Ivan finished speaking, he and his two old buddies each pushed a small cart, carrying a lunch box and a thermos, and took the big white cat along with them into the aquatic product market.

Watching the other party go away, Wei Ran immediately ran to the parking lot attached to the fish market, found his rented car and drove back to the hotel.

After taking a comfortable hot shower and changing into relatively clean clothes, Ivan was already waiting for him on the deck by the time he checked out the room and the rented car and rushed back to the pier with his suitcase. up.

As if he didn't see that Wei Ran just changed his clothes, Ivan pointed to the plastic bucket at his feet and said, "I bought paint and brushes, and remember to repaint the deck at noon. The rusty ones It is best to remove the rust first, and it is best to complete these actions before two o'clock in the afternoon."

After finishing speaking, before Wei Ran agreed or refused, Ivan walked onto the pier along the springboard, and at the same time said without looking back, "Of course, if you don't want to do this job, you can also sell it in the market." fish."

Looking down at the clothes he just changed, Wei Ran shook his head helplessly, threw the suitcase into the cabin and put it away, then took out the apron, gloves, hat and mask from the plastic bucket, put them on, and started meticulously with an iron brush Rust removal before painting.

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(End of this chapter)