Little Life on An American Ranch

  Chapter 53 Poaching?

  After the children finished eating, the old lady arranged for them to go to bed. Only then did Jian Heng realize that these children were orphans, and the old lady was not only the director of the cave orphanage, but also their teacher.

  After the children were arranged, the old lady brought Jian Heng a thick blanket, put down the blanket, and didn't talk to Jian Heng, as if looking at Jian Heng as if she was watching the air, she turned around and left.

  The blanket was quite clean, and it smelled like it had been tanned by the sun, which was better than the bedding smell of the hotel in the town. After laying down the blanket, he took out the sleeping bag from the trolley case, and Jian Heng got into his clothes and began to rest.

  Early the next morning, Jian Heng ate some black bread at the old lady's place, and left some food on the table before leaving.

   "Mr. Jean!"

   Just as Jian Heng was about to reach the entrance of the cave, the old lady rushed up and called Jian Heng to a stop.

   "What's the matter?" Jian Heng asked.

  The old lady said to Jian Heng very seriously: "Be careful of your friends!"

   "My friend?" Jian Heng was a little puzzled, why is this my friend? After thinking about it, he opened his mouth and asked, "Are you referring to Lynch and the others?"

  Seeing that the old lady was silent, Jian Heng said with a smile: "They are not my friends, we also met through a friend."

   "Then be careful!" The old lady didn't say much anymore, she left a word, turned around and walked back into the cave.

   Jian Heng looked at the back of the old lady, couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile.

   Dragging his trolley case to the door, the jockey who rode the same horse as him yesterday had already leaned against the entrance of the cave. Seeing Jian Heng coming out, he waved to Jian Heng and motioned Jian Heng to follow him. There was no other choice, and Jian Heng followed this man to the south **** of the South Valley.

After about ten minutes, I came to the door of an adobe house. The house is not big, about seventy or eighty square meters. It is said that the house is a bit exaggerated. It looks like a pavilion that is ventilated on all sides. It became a flat and long mud wall.

There is a square table in the middle of the house. It looks a bit old. The table is covered with pulp, but it is old and worn out. I don’t know what material the table is made of. The wooden texture is very beautiful. It looks like It's an antique.

   "Hi Mr. Jean!"

This time, an old man in his fifties came out, with gray eyebrows and beard, and he looked very kind. If he were placed in the American countryside, Jian Heng would definitely think that this old man was either a rancher or a farmer. Who would have thought Such an ordinary old man thrown into the crowd would be a black mine owner who mines diamonds privately.

"Your goods are here! For goods worth one hundred thousand dollars, I won't talk to you about the price. You were introduced by Lynch. The price I gave you is the same as what I gave him. It's not the first time for others to be so good. Price" After exchanging greetings with Jian Heng, the old man pointed directly at a small flannel bag on the table.

  Jian Heng nodded and thanked casually. These words are completely nonsense, and he would be a fool if he took it seriously.

   After a few words with the old man, Jian Heng took out a small bag from his trolley case, and when the zipper was opened, there was a whole hundred thousand dollars in cash.

Putting the cash on the table, Jian Heng took out the cutting mirror and began to look at the diamonds in the bag, checked each one, and there was no problem at all, so Jian Heng put down the cutting mirror, Put all the diamonds back into the velvet bag, and put them in the pocket of the jacket.

   Jian Heng's attention is all on the diamonds now, and he didn't realize that when he took out a stack of cash, the old man's eyebrows twitched unknowingly.

   "Okay" Jian Heng stood up from the chair: "If there is no problem with my money, our transaction is considered complete?"

  The old man nodded, and stretched out his hand to Jian Heng: "Our transaction is completed, Mr. Jean, if you still trade in cash like this next time, we can give you a few points cheaper!"

   "Oh!" Jian Heng was taken aback for a moment, then nodded.

  Jian Heng didn’t know that there were discounts for cash transactions, but it’s a bit late to know now, and it’s a fart when all the money is in the hands of others.

   "Where are Mr. Lynch and the others?" Jian Heng asked casually.

   "They took the goods early in the morning and left!"

   Jian Heng heard what the old lady said to himself in the morning, so he said: "Do you have any other joints? Mr. Lynch and I are not very familiar with them."

  After hearing this, the old man glanced at Jian Heng, turned his head and said to the rider who brought Jian Heng over, "Then take them to Dawa Village."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and said to Jian Heng: "Then when you come again next time, you will go to the village that Kanerken took you to this time. When you come again next time, you will live in a homestay in the village, on the tenth day of every month. , On the 15th, 20th, and the day before the 25th, if you put the flowers in your room on the windowsill, we will send someone to pick you up that night."

  Hearing what the old man said, Jian Heng nodded: This method is really simple and practical.

   "Bon voyage!" After finishing speaking, the old man extended his hand to Jian Heng.

   "Thank you!" Jian Heng and the old man greeted each other politely, then turned around and followed the rider Kan Erken out of the house.

What it looked like when it came, and what it looked like when it went out, but one was at night and the other was during the day, when Kan Erken pulled off the mask on Jian Heng's head, a place about five or six miles away appeared in front of Jian Heng's eyes. A vaguely small village.

  Karken handed the rein in his hand to Jian Heng: "Can you ride a horse? If you can't ride a horse, you will have to walk."

  Jian Heng took the reins from Kan Erken's hand: "Then who shall I hand this horse back to when it arrives in town?"

  Karken said: "Whatever, if you are short of travel expenses, you can sell it!"

   After speaking, Kan Erken grinned at Jian Heng, revealing his teeth blackened by smoking.

  Jian Heng didn't think about this kind of operation, he just gave up the horse, and couldn't help thinking: Selling diamonds really makes money, so I don't want a horse at hand.

   While Jian Heng was thinking about this matter, Kan Erken said: "If you want a horse next time, you will have to pay for it!"

   After speaking, Kan Erken got on the horse, and directly urged the horse that stepped off to rush up the hillside.

  Seeing Kan Erken riding over the top of the hill one by one, Jian Heng got on his horse and ran towards the distant village.

Originally, Jian Heng thought that this village, Kanerken, was unwilling to come, because it was a black town just like yesterday. Who knew that when there was still some distance from the village, a large area of ​​neat crop fields appeared in his eyes, and he could see one or two from time to time. grape fields. It wasn't until Jian Heng rode a horse into the village that he realized that it was a pure white village.

  Occasionally I met a non-white man on the road, who looked like a tourist or a passerby.

  The whole village looks like a typical European town, very rich and peaceful. If it wasn't for the diamond in his jacket pocket, Jian Heng would have wondered if he had a dream from yesterday to now. It's only an hour's drive away, but there is such a big gap in life, as if one is in heaven and the other is in hell.

When he arrived in the village, Jian Heng found a small shop. This shop is a bit like our domestic high-speed service area. There is a gas cabinet at the entrance of the shop, and there is a small shop inside. It also supplies some simple things like bread and hot dogs. Snacks.

  While eating, I was thinking about how to go back to Johannesburg and then fly back to the United States, when I suddenly heard a friendly voice coming over me.

   "What's the matter with my son? I'm sick again. I wonder if you, a woman, can work harder."

   Jian Heng turned his head and saw a middle-aged man frowning and counting on the phone. He speaks standard Chinese with a little accent from Xuzhou and Shandong.

  When Jian Heng turned his head, the man also saw Jian Heng, smiled at Jian Heng and covered the phone: "Chinese?"

   Seeing Jian Heng nod his head, the man talked to the phone for a few more words, then put away the phone and sat across from Jian Heng with what he ordered.

   "My surname is Zhang, Zhang Heng, bow leader Zhang, long-lasting Heng," the man introduced.

   "That's a coincidence, my surname is Jian, and the simple Jane is also a single character!" Jian Heng said with a smile.

   "That's such a coincidence, by the way, brother, come to South Africa to make a fortune or to travel?" Zhang Heng praised a few words in response to the situation, reached out and picked up the pancakes on the plate and ate them.

   "I came to travel, but lost my way, and now I am going to Johannesburg."

  When Zhang Heng heard that Jian Heng was going to Johannesburg, he immediately said, "Hey, it's a little distance away, did you come by car?"

   "I'm looking for a car!" Jian Heng said with a smile.

"Looking for a car here? There are all passing cars here. No one dares to pick you up. Look at you, you are as strong as a calf, and you are still so tall. It seems that one person can beat two without any problem." , who dares to carry you?" Zhang Heng said while eating.

   After he finished speaking, he paused, and then said enthusiastically: "If you are not in a hurry, after I finish delivering the goods, I will take you with me when I pass by tomorrow morning!"

   "That's really great!" Jian Heng was worried about this matter, but now he heard that there is a family, he is naturally happy: "When I go abroad, I have to meet my own people!".

  At this moment, Jian Heng felt in his heart that he was so prepared, why didn't he think about bringing a car in the space, if not, he wouldn't be dumbfounded here.

   "That's needless to say!" Zhang Heng said happily: "When you go abroad, you should take care of each other."

Zhang Heng is really a real person. He helped Jian Heng arrange the next itinerary while eating some food: "If you have money in your pocket, I suggest you go hunting. You can hunt lions for two to three thousand dollars." ".

"Two to three thousand?" Jian Heng was a little skeptical, because Jian Heng had read information about it in the newspapers. A hunter in the United States charged a price ranging from US$850,000 to US$50,000 to kill a lion in South Africa. It was only two or three thousand in Zhang Heng's mouth.

  Zhang Heng took a look at Jian Heng, said with a smile: "It was raised by a man in a lion, and it was specially used for high-end hunting groups. What kind of pomp is that, what you are playing is poaching!"

   "Poaching? Is this thing reliable?" Jian Heng asked.

Zhang Heng curled his lips: "There is nothing reliable. In South Africa, if you have money, you can buy a road to the sky. The current black government is a corrupt government. As long as you are willing to spend money, you can do it." Things. Don’t mention the government’s shit, let me tell you this, as long as you give enough, believe it or not, the security guards in the reserve will take you in to hunt wild animals!"

   Jian Heng thought that he still had some time until tomorrow morning, so why not go around? Forget about hunting, just look around to pass the time, come to South Africa and go back without looking at the wild animals, it sounds a bit unreasonable.

Thinking of this, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in my mind, and I thought: By the way, I can not only smuggle diamonds, but also wild animals. Americans have all kinds of strange pet hobbies, and there are advantages in doing this by yourself. The space is in hand, that is, the round-trip air ticket and the money for the management fee. All lions and rhinos run on the ground. You can install it in the space yourself, and you don’t need to pay others.

  Thinking of this, Jian Heng felt that he had found a new way to make a fortune, and his heart suddenly became happy!

  (end of this chapter)