The baths were done in batches. Sophie and Luo Qun were depressed. There were only two of them, and it was best for ten people to go into the bath at a time.
Li Du and Steve were the first to enter. In this environment, there was no need for privacy. Everyone just took off their clothes and went in.
Steve laughed self-deprecatingly. "I've lived for more than 30 years, man, and I've never been in a bathroom with another man since I could bathe myself."
The old butler, Elson, said slowly, "Is that so? Then who insisted that I go to the bath with him until he was 14? He even asked me to rub his back. "
Steve spread his hands and laughed. "Oh, no, Uncle Elson, please take care of my pride in this environment — damn it, this is the bathroom?!"
They pushed the door open and Steve was stunned.
The house was a small wooden house, made of logs and covered with a thick layer of plastic paper. There was only a small window on the east and south walls.
The windows of the house were small, to keep warm and prevent heat from escaping.
There was a fire pit in the middle of the bathroom, under which the firewood was burning vigorously.
On top of the fire pit were pebbles, big and small, piled together. There was hot steam rising from them, like a fog, and visibility in the house was very low.
As soon as the door was opened, Li Du's face became wet from the hot steam that rushed into his face.
"What, what is this?" Steve was confused. "Where's the bath? Well, there's no bath, then what about the nozzle? You can also add a shower head to the shower. "
Li Du looked at him disdainfully. "You want to go to the Arctic with that kind of mentality? How can there be a bath in a place like this? How can there be extra electricity to keep the shower running? "
Young Ford whined, "Then what does this mean? Sauna? "
As they were talking, a strong old man with a white beard came in with a cart. Seeing that they had the door open, the old man said in disgruntled English, "No, no, no!"
Li Du and the others hurried in. The steam was coming out, and it was really a waste.
The old man pushed the cart in, and the interpreter who was with them chatted with him for a while. Then he told the group helplessly, "Go to the sauna first. When you're hot, dig up the snow and rub it on your body."
The interior of the cart was filled with snow, but it was very clean. It looked extremely white and untainted.
The old man scooped some water and sprinkled it on the hot cobblestones. The temperature of the cobblestones was extremely high, and the hot water immediately turned into steam. The temperature inside was high, and there was a lot of steam. Li Du was sweating profusely.
Steve didn't want to take a bath. He had a heart condition, and it was easy for him to get into trouble in the sauna.
The translator went to negotiate with the old man and asked him to provide a large bucket of hot water. Steve could not stay in the sauna for a long time, so he just needed to rinse with hot water.
The old man was indeed a warrior. He was very disdainful. "How can this cause a heart attack?"
Steve said angrily, "D * mn, you don't have any scientific knowledge at all."
Li Du couldn't care less. This kind of sauna was quite refreshing. He steamed for a while, and when his skin was red and hot, he grabbed a handful of snow that had not melted and rubbed it on his body, washing himself crazily.
The combination of ice and fire almost made Li Du die of pleasure!
When he felt that the sweat stains and dust on his body were almost gone, he quickly dried himself and went out. This was not the bath he had imagined. It was really uncomfortable.
Fortunately, the lunch that followed was very sumptuous. There was a big pot of stewed meat, bright red vegetable soup, thick Russian sausages, smoked fish, grilled fish, fried fish, and fewer vegetables, only pickled cucumbers, cabbage, and a few other pickled vegetables.
The only fresh vegetables were peppers, or green peppers, which they grew themselves and grew behind the windows of each room.
Green peppers were rich in vitamins and were an important source of vitamin supplements.
Other than that, there was also alcohol, a genuine vodka. Of course, it was the vodka that he brewed himself.
Even Li Du, who could hold his liquor, could not stand it. He took a sip and his mouth went numb. When the wine went down, it felt like several knives were cutting from his throat to his stomach!
After taking a sip, Li Du could not help but exclaim, "Cool!"
Young Ford took a sip and choked until tears came out of his eyes.
The Nenets sipped it and enjoyed it. It took them an hour to drink a glass of wine, taking small sips at a time.
However, the high strength vodka was very suitable for the current environment. Li Du took a sip and his body warmed up, the heat spreading from his stomach.
Of course, most people did not dare to drink it. It would be terrible if they got a stomach perforation.
The group spent nearly 200,000 rubles in the camp. Fortunately, the largest denomination of rubles was 5,000 dollars, and forty notes was not a lot.
The purchasing power of money was relatively low here. The price of diesel was two to three times more expensive than outside, and the price of coal and coke was also expensive. However, meat products such as dried meat and sausages were not expensive.
Another cheap thing was wood. Because the group had spent a lot of money, the jungle hunters generously gave them a lot of wood. Anyway, everyone could carry as much wood as they could, and it was all free.
So when the convoy set off again, the roof of the car was piled with chopped wood.
Old Zavich expressed his reluctance to see them leave. He kept telling them to come to his place often in the future. Next time, he would prepare a reindeer and make delicious smoked venison for everyone.
Li Du could understand this feeling. They had spent 200,000 rubles here. If they came to the old man's place a few more times, they could become rich!
This was a fortuitous encounter in the jungle. The tundra area was mostly grassland. In addition, Siberia was rich in water resources. There were many lakes dotted on the tundra, and the winding rivers were as dense as a spider's web.
Along the way, looking at the big and small rivers, Sophie sighed, "This is really like the veins of the earth."
Winter had just passed, and the rivers were still covered with ice. Sometimes they would go down to fish. As long as they smashed the ice in a section of the river, freshwater fish would slowly appear.
The road conditions were so bad that the car drove very slowly. Sometimes it was completely over the mountains, and they could not drive more than eight or ten kilometers an hour.
After another two days, they finally arrived at the Evenki area.
The wide and vast Shiquan Tunguska River appeared in front of them. The water was rolling. There was no ice here, but there were some tributaries, and the ice on the tributaries had not yet thawed.
They stopped the car and went to the river to find a place to get water to wash their faces. Just as they walked to the river, Ah Meow, who was following behind Li Du, suddenly jumped forward, raised its paw and cried, "Meow!"
Li Du took a closer look. Fish!
In the clear river, some big and small fish swam freely with their tails.
The others also discovered the fish one after another. Big Ford laughed and said, "Ha, we can eat something fresh for lunch today. Salmon!"
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