The summer harvest season in northern Ukraine is slightly later than in the south. At the end of June, the wheat in the farmland begins to turn yellow.
Maxim Noskov returned from Odessa on Friday to participate in the final purchase negotiations for the fertilizer plant there. In the past two days, he has been running around farmland in Rivne Oblast to check on the crops that are about to mature. As a devout veteran of the Soviet Communist Party, even though he is now a non-party person and has not joined the reorganized Ukrainian Communist Party, Maxim still insists on certain beliefs in his heart.
As a member of this country, I must always try to do something for the people of this country.
Even though everyone around him has fallen into a kind of frenzy of collapse of belief over the years, Maxim Noskov still does not change his original intention. Of course, he is not a pedantic person at heart, otherwise he would not accept someone Supported by the super rich from the United States.
It was not until evening that Maxim left the field with several staff members and officials from the Rivne Oblast Agriculture Department. However, he did not return directly to the city, but turned to a nearby agricultural machinery center.
There are 50 brand-new large combine harvesters parked in the Agricultural Machinery Center, like soldiers in uniform.
This was purchased by Maxim again through a direct agricultural loan from the Netherlands. 50 harvesters are just a drop in the bucket for the summer harvest in Rovne Oblast. Once harvesting begins, even if they operate 24 hours a day and night, it will not solve the problem. There are many problems, and most crops still need to be harvested manually by farmers.
To complete fully mechanized harvesting, Rivne Oblast alone will need at least 1,000 harvesters.
But, it's better than nothing.
Everything needs to be done step by step.
Seeing these large agricultural equipment, Maxim couldn't help but think of what happened last year. At that time, he got the first agricultural loan from the Netherlands and allocated part of it to purchase tractors for spring plowing. As a result, the agricultural machinery factory The factory director got the money he paid and absconded with his whole family.
260 billion hryvnia, equivalent to 870,000 US dollars.
This is not a big sum of money, but it is definitely not a small sum of money. Because of this incident, his hair turned gray in just a few days, and he had to rarely ask his daughter for help. In fact, he asked the young man for help.
The money was quickly recovered subsequently.
This is a happy event.
Along with this, there was also the family of the director of an agricultural machinery factory who was said to have fled to Germany. Suddenly one day they died on the streets of Rivne Oblast. The family of four were all neat and tidy, and no one escaped.
There was no public media report on this matter, but it was widely spread.
It seems that I want some people to know something.
Then no one knew what happened to the bodies of the family of four, and the Rivne Oblast police did not conduct any investigation, so they just let it go.
Maxim felt this was wrong.
However, he found that he was unable to do anything, and he never encountered any similar problems afterwards, and many people were even a little trepidated when dealing with him.
After personally inspecting the harvester at the Agricultural Technology Center, the group finally returned to the city.
When I got home, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening.
The Noskov family were all waiting for him to come back, and then they remembered that today was his wife's birthday. When she left in the morning, his wife reminded her that her daughter would be back to have dinner together today. Looking at her daughter's stinky expression when she looked at him, Maxim subconsciously wanted to be angry. In the past, the children at home would not dare to use this expression on him, but then he became a little depressed.
Can't control it.
However, his wife gently reminded him to wash his face and said that his daughter had brought back some seafood today.
I washed my face in a hurry and came to the restaurant.
The whole family sat down at a long dining table with sumptuous food, including Mr. and Mrs. Noskov, their eldest son Andrei, who is studying for a doctorate at Kiev University, and his girlfriend Anna, and their eldest daughter Tanya and his wife who are married. Two and a newborn grandson, the second daughter Angelica, and the youngest Ekaterina.
There was also a girl with an obvious military temperament, who was introduced as Lina and was the bodyguard of her youngest daughter.
Feeling a little angry for no reason.
What kind of bodyguards do you need? There are so many people who don't need bodyguards. That young man really dotes on these girls too much. It's a waste.
When the words came to his lips, after all, because the bodyguard named Lina was nearby, it was not easy to teach him a lesson.
Alas, I can't control it.
His wife Elena took the initiative to ask about his work today, and raised her wrist to show the birthday gift given to her by her youngest daughter, a golden amber bracelet.
Rivne Oblast is the most important source of amber in Ukraine. However, in the past, these amber ores were not taken seriously at all. Some residents even used large pieces of amber as kindling. Then, it suddenly became popular in the past year. Maxim also heard about it. It is said that it is related to another family similar to his daughter, Vladimir Korkoshko. His two sons established a family. The company has obtained the exclusive mining rights to the amber mine in Rivne Oblast.
Korkosko is the deputy director of the state government's Investment Promotion Bureau. It is said that someone is interested in training him to become the new governor in a few years.
How could such a person allow two children to behave like this
The amber mine should be a national resource and should be nationalized. Not only were the two young men completely privately owned, they also organized an armed gang to prevent local residents from mining amber without authorization.
Simply lawless.
only.
Can't control it, can't control it.
The more Maxim Noskov thought about it, the more he felt sad from the bottom of his heart. What future could such a country have? Maxim once thought about choosing to go into politics. Maxim knew that he would be able to do more, but in fact, he couldn't even manage the fertilizer plant he was responsible for well. It was not a problem when it was small. Now, the fertilizer industry assets deployed by the Westeros system here are getting larger and larger. Although he is still the person in charge, he is currently mainly responsible for production, and has taken the initiative to hand over sales and finance.
He glanced at his son Andre.
In fact, I hope from the bottom of my heart that this son can take over his class, but there was some estrangement between father and son last year. My son finished his graduate degree in chemistry at Kiev University and wanted to study in the United States. He resolutely accepted the decision because he knew that once he went to the United States, he would There's a good chance this kid won't come back.
The results can be imagined.
The younger daughter, who also agreed with her brother to study in the United States, also got into trouble with him over this.
It's just that when people go abroad and go abroad now, no one thinks about their own country. This is the fundamental reason for everyone.
well.
Can't control it.
Because Maxim was not in high spirits, it was supposed to be a birthday dinner, but everyone had a tasteless meal. Maxim has a lot of power in this family. Except for the little daughter who is now hard-up, everyone else is a little afraid of this. A middle-aged man with a stubborn and rigid personality.
Yekaterina didn't want to face her father's stinky face. After dinner, she said goodbye to her mother, brother, and two sisters. She ignored the looks from her brothers and sisters that obviously wanted her to stay longer, and left with Lina. Home located in the west of the city.
This was the residential area built by the Westeros system for the families of the UFMS private military. Because of Ekaterina, the Noskov family also had a separate house here.
In the beginning it was really hard to come by.
But now, compared to the other girls' families, this place is much worse. In fact, the family had hoped to move to a better place, but because Maxim insists on living a simple life, he can only stay here. side.
Even last year, Ekaterina's eldest sister Tanya got married. If her mother and Ekaterina hadn't secretly provided financial support together, they wouldn't even have a new house.
Apart from part of Maxim's salary being kept to meet the family's needs, all the rest was donated to help poor children in some villages. The eldest sister wanted to help her brother-in-law find a better job in a fertilizer factory, but she failed and was scolded. After a long discussion, the increasingly precocious Ekaterina finally came forward secretly and let her brother-in-law join the Rivni Media Company, which was run by Natalia's uncle.
In this way, the youngest Ekaterina in the family is actually the real pillar of the Noskov family. According to the second sister Angelica, their father lives for others, not for the family.
Returning to the villa in the south of the city, they took a nice hot bath and put on a beautiful house dress. Evegenia and Natalia were watching TV in the living room, waiting for Ekaterina to sit down. Eve asked: "Nana, does your mother like that amber bracelet?"
"Of course, mom asked me to thank you," Yekaterina said as she took an apple from the fruit plate on the coffee table and ate it in small bites.
Natalia saw this and asked with a smile: "You didn't have enough to eat at home?"
"Yes," Ekaterina said without mentioning her father's secrets: "When I see my father looking so concerned about the country and the people, I don't dare to eat."
"Why?"
"My father taught me a lesson if I was afraid of eating too much. There are so many people who are still hungry. Seventy percent full is enough."
"hehe."
Listening to Natalia's laughter while holding her belly, Evgenia also smiled, but she couldn't help but say something fair: "Nana, your father is actually a very good person."
Ekaterina took another bite of the apple: "I know, but I just don't understand, if he can be so kind to others, why can't he be kinder to his own family."
Natalia seemed to think of something: "Is your father treating you very badly?"
Noticing Natalia's expression, Ekaterina understood something and shook her head quickly: "Of course not. My father is not that Banshikov. He is just too strict with us."
At this point, the three girls started gossiping, and Evgenia said: "I heard that guy had one of his legs broken."
"Humph, what's this? I think if he makes trouble again, he might be dug up and sold."
"Galena's mother and sister were lucky. They were beaten up and then moved into the hot spring manor. Galina's mother also became the housekeeper of the manor." Evgenia said this, Seeing the two girls around him looking at him with a little weirdness in their eyes, he asked, "What, did I say something wrong?"
Natalia and Ekaterina shook their heads together.
It's just that the expressions are obviously a little weird.
Evgenia blinked her eyes. She was not a fool. Because she had lived here for the past two years, she had been able to receive too much information of all kinds. She soon thought of other aspects. Her face suddenly turned red and she looked at the other person. The two women said: "You two have really dirty thoughts."
Ekaterina shot back: "If you didn't think wrongly, you don't know that we have dirty minds."
Natalia was a bit gossipy: "Anyway, Simon likes Yulia and Ivana and their sisters very much. I think, if not for this, Simon would not have let Yulia and the three of them go. Also, Eve and the other sisters, tsk, Ludmila is even more annoying because of this incident, I really want to fight with her."
Evgenia felt her face getting hotter and hotter, and interrupted: "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore, let's talk about tomorrow. My brother is going to the amber mine in the north, and I also want to see it. You guys go ?"
"Tomorrow is Monday, don't you plan to do your homework?"
"We are not those little kids at Hot Spring Manor. We have already learned a lot. Besides, Simon said that as long as we want to go out to play, we can do it at any time."
Hearing what Eve said, the other two girls looked at each other and said, "Absolutely, I still need to talk to Eve about this first."
"Of course, Eve won't object."
Ekaterina finished chewing an apple, threw the core into the trash can, hugged a pillow next to her and leaned back comfortably on the sofa, saying, "Eve seems not to care about us much lately."
"Because there are all young children in the hot spring manor. We are grown girls now, so we always have to take care of the children more," Evgenia said with a smile: "Also, we have been assigned an extra bodyguard when traveling recently. , this was arranged by Eve, she still cares about me."
"It's just that Lyudmila is so annoying."
"Lyudmila is in Italy. Or, we can go to Italy when we have time and continue to see her hungry."
"Haha, it's not the fashion season now, so we won't see anything if we go."
Natalia said: "Actually, I would rather go to the United States."
When these words came out, the other two girls were silent, and then Ekaterina said: "I miss Simon too. What do you think he is doing now?"
"Definitely surrounded by a bunch of pretty girls, but unfortunately it wasn't us."
"Um."
"Simon is so horny."
"Oh, if it wasn't like this, would we be here now?"
"That's right."
Chatting like this until late at night, the three girls ran to the master bedroom together and slept on the big bed to continue their night conversation.
Got up very late the next day.
I lived like a canary and had the consciousness of a canary. After eating a simple breakfast, I still spent some time exercising. I didn't go out until noon. I left the city and first went to the hot spring manor in the north of Rivni.
demonstration.
And tell Eve about going to see the amber mine.
The three girls suddenly had this idea, but Eve didn't dare to let them run around, even though Evegenia was responsible for the amber mine, so she followed them herself.
Compared with the more prosperous urban area of Rivni, the further north you go, the more dilapidated it becomes.
Even though the Westeros system has invested a lot in the Ronov State, and people like Maxim Noskov are working hard for change, there are still a lot of surrounding farmlands that should be full of crops. The area is deserted, and large tracts of weeds appear extremely lush.
Evegenia's two brothers had already gone to the amber mines in the north in the morning. The entire Rivne Oblast is actually only more than a hundred kilometers deep from north to south. Rivni is in the middle, and the hot spring manor is in the north. Eve and the three The girl left the hot spring manor and arrived near the northern border in just over an hour.
After finding Evgenia's two brothers, Nicholas and Kirill, they also saw the so-called amber mine.
It is not as beautiful as imagined. The so-called amber mine located deep in a forest is full of pits and shallow pits filled with muddy water. At a glance, it looks like the surface of the moon. The surface of the newly unearthed amber mine is completely made of stone. Even if they don't understand this, a few girls can understand at a glance that this kind of amber mine or this mining mode is really amateurish and even a little random.