Chapter 2690 Hovlin Hospital

When I was preparing to have lunch, Lao Wu from the store opposite arrived late.

After he arrived, he chatted with his nephew Xiao Wu for a few words, then came to Sokov's store and asked with a smile: "Xiao Lin, how is business today?"

"It's off-season now, what kind of business can there be?" Sokov glanced at Xiaoma sitting in the store opposite, and asked casually: "You don't have any employees in your store, and your nephew doesn't have any basic knowledge of Russian. How can you safely let him come to the store alone?"

"I am also doing this to train him." Lao Wu said: "Let him stay alone in a place where he does not understand the language. If he wants to communicate with the people around him as soon as possible, he must study hard. This will help to quickly improve his Russian level. Helpful.”

Sokov could not refute Lao Wu's statement. After all, everyone has different ways of learning Russian. Whether it has any effect or not, we can only wait and see in the future. But he still raised his own question: "Even if you really want to train your nephew, you must teach him how to distinguish the goods in the store. I think he can't even tell the difference between mink and otter skins."

Unexpectedly, Lao Wu said with a smile: "It's okay. As time goes by, we will naturally get to know each other. I am looking for you today for other things."

"What happened?"

"When I came to Moscow, it started to snow in early October. Now it can snow in early December." Lao Wu shook his head and said: "I think the fur industry is declining now, so I plan to switch to another profession. Other business.”

"Other business? What business do you plan to switch to?"

"Cat house!" Lao Wu said proudly: "I often go to the nearby pet market recently. An ordinary-looking cat or dog costs one or two thousand US dollars, which is almost as much as the price of our furs. Except for the coldest time in winter, the business is good at other times, so I plan to find a new store and open a cattery to sell cats and pet supplies. "What do you think?

Sokov did not express his own opinion on Lao Wu's thoughts. He knew that every once in a while, Lao Wu would have some strange ideas in his mind. He felt that the fur business had no future and planned to change his career to something else. But after so many years, many of his ideas still remain in imagination and have never become reality. The cattery mentioned today was probably just a whim. Maybe he would have a new idea when he walked out of his shop later and even before he entered his shop.

Seeing that Sokov did not agree with his statement, Lao Wu seemed a little anxious: "Xiao Lin, tell me, what do you think of me?"

"Lao Wu, although I don't have a cat, I know that there are many cat breeds, such as Garfield, American Shorthair, British Shorthair blue cat, gold gradient, silver gradient, ragdoll, cow, civet cat, Sanhua, etc. Wait." Sokov looked at Lao Wu and asked, "Which breed of cat do you plan to focus on cultivating and selling?"

When Lao Wu heard Sokov mention so many cat breeds in one breath, a look of astonishment appeared on his face: "Are there so many cat breeds?"

"I only talked about the common breeds. If you really want to open a cattery, there may be more varieties involved." Sokov continued: "Also, if you really open a cattery and the cat gets sick, you Will it be treated? If you don’t know how to treat it, once a cat gets sick, it may be transmitted to other cats.”

Hearing this, Lao Wu quickly waved his hands and said, "Forget it, it's really troublesome. I didn't expect that there are so many things to pay attention to when opening a cattery."

After chatting for a while, Lao Wu was ready to go back to his store. Unexpectedly, as soon as he reached the door, he stopped and turned to Sokov and said, "Xiao Lin, if I can't open a cattery, then I can open a pet shop. What do you think?"

Here we go again, here we go again! Sokov thought to himself. He originally thought that the other party would have new ideas in his mind when he entered his own store, but unexpectedly, new ideas appeared before he even left the house.

But Sokov really didn’t know what a reptile was, so he humbly asked: “What is a reptile?”

"Reptile pets refer to pets that live in a crawling manner, such as turtles, spiders, snakes, lizards, geckos, etc."

"A person can't make money beyond what he knows." Sokov said expressionlessly: "Although in Russia, reptiles and cats and dogs occupy similar market proportions, but if you don't know much about reptiles, I I don’t recommend you open a pet store.”

"Why?"

"The reasons are as follows." Sokov explained to Lao Wu: "First, the investment is high. If you dispose of the goods in the store and invest them in a reptile pet store, I'm afraid you won't be able to make a big splash. Facing the situation of single variety and scarce quantity.

Second, reptiles have a long lifespan, which means a long breeding cycle. Taking snakes as an example, it takes at least three years to enter the breeding season. Of course, this is only an ideal state. As a novice, even if you keep it for three years, you may not be able to enter the normal breeding period.

Third, almost all reptiles have very strict requirements on environment, temperature, humidity and feeding technology. Once they get sick and are not treated in time, it is completely normal for them to die in batches.

So, think about it carefully, are you really suitable for the pet reptile business? "

"Then let me think about it again." Lao Wu scratched the back of his head and said when he went out: "In short, I think the fur industry is now a declining industry. It will be eliminated sooner or later. We should make plans in advance."

As soon as Lao Wu left the house, Liena came over and asked, "Misha, what are the neighbors across the way talking to you? Do you have any new ideas?"

After Sokov told Lao Wu's two assumptions to Lena, Lena covered her mouth and laughed.

She laughed for a while before stopping and said to Sokov: "Misha, among all his ideas, I think these two ideas are quite feasible."

But after hearing this, Sokov shook his head and said: "If you really let him open a cattery or a pet pet store, I'm afraid he will regret it before it opens. Instead of regretting it in the future, it is better to continue his fur business honestly. At least one hundred thousand dollars in income every year.”

While the two were talking, Sokov's phone suddenly rang. He took it out and saw that it was Baharov calling. He guessed that the other party was notifying him to have a party in the suburbs, so he quickly answered the phone: "Hey, Baharov, it's me."

"Misha, do you have time now?"

Sokov thought that even if there was a party, it would not start at noon. Baharov must have something else to do with him. Therefore, he did not give the other party a positive answer, but asked tentatively: "What's the matter?"

"A group of our friends are at Hoflin Hospital, will you come over?"

"Khovlin Hospital?" Hovlin Hospital is a large, unfinished building on the highway from Moscow to St. Petersburg. It was once a nightmare for local residents. There are many legends and unsolved mysteries in Russia, five of which are related to this abandoned hospital. Sokov was filled with fear about this abandoned hospital that made people talk about it. He asked cautiously: "What are you doing there?"

"What else can be done, of course, is to explore." Baharov said enthusiastically: "They actually said that there is a church under this hospital and a cemetery that has been there for hundreds of years. We want to go in and have a look. Are you coming? "

"Baharov," Sokov said cautiously, "I'll think about it."

"Then let's go in first. If you want to come, remember to call me when you get there and I'll go out to pick you up."

After hanging up the phone, Sokov immediately searched online for information about Hovlin Hospital.

In 1980, the Soviet Union began to implement an ambitious global plan to build the largest hospital in Moscow, with 1,300 beds (you must know that the largest hospital in Moscow, the Sklifosovsky Institute, was only There are only 962 hospital beds). Since there are no medical facilities in the Hovrino area, the new hospital on Klinsky Street is a great joy for the local residents. However, in 1985, the hospital under construction suddenly stopped without warning.

From a bird's-eye view, the unfinished hospital building looks like a six-pointed star, much like the Umbrella Corporation's logo from the movie "Resident Evil." Therefore, Hoflin Hospital is also nicknamed the umbrella company. In more than 30 years from 1985 to the present, more than 1,500 people have disappeared here, so it is also known as one of the most terrifying places in Moscow.

Seeing this information, Sokov couldn't help but feel chills all over his body. He felt that it was better not to go to such a terrifying place.

Anna walked into the store and chatted with Lena for a while. Not seeing Sokov, she asked curiously: "Lena, where is Misha?"

Lena pouted towards the back room and said, "He answered the phone and sat in the back room without coming out. He didn't know what he was doing."

When Anna heard what Lena said, she walked to the door of the back room and opened the door casually, startling Sokov inside: "Anna, it's you, you scared me."

"Misha, what happened?" Anna came to Sokov, pulled a few pieces of paper from the table, and helped him wipe the cold sweat from his forehead: "Why are you sweating profusely?"

"Baharov just called me."

"Are you telling us to go to a party in the suburbs?"

"No."

"What's that?"

"He said he was at Hoflin Hospital with a group of friends and asked me to come over."

"Ah, Hoflin Hospital?!" Anna obviously knew this place. When Sokov said this, a look of panic appeared on her face: "Misha, you must not go there."

"Anna, do you know something?" Sokov knew very well that the information found on the Internet may not be comprehensive. If you want to know more, you need to ask people like Anna who have lived in this city since childhood: "Can you Tell me?"

"It is said that many strange things happened after this hospital was abandoned." Anna looked at Sokov and said in a panic: "Didn't you say that you had seen the Moscow subway disappearance case on the Internet? Then It's just an April Fool's Day joke, but it's true that someone disappeared in Hoflin Hospital. When I was in eighth grade, I had a very close friend who went to Hoflin Hospital with some of his classmates. Then he never came out. Later, after his parents called the police, the police dispatched more than 200 people to conduct a comprehensive search of the hospital, but still found no trace of him and those classmates. Several people seemed to disappear out of thin air. "

"Really?" Sokov asked in a trembling voice.

"Of course it's true." Anna nodded vigorously and said in a positive tone: "Since this incident, the police have built a barbed wire fence around Hoflin Hospital to prevent anyone from breaking in again. But the barbed wire fence construction After that, the effect was not great. Many people still crossed the barbed wire and broke into the building. Misha, you must not go there. What will I do if something happens to you? "

Sokov thought to himself, if the information on the Internet is true, where did the people who disappeared in the building go? Could it be that he has traveled to other eras like himself? If I agree to Baharov today and go to this mysterious and terrifying hospital building, will I travel back to 1946 again?

"Misha, I remind you, never go to Hoflin Hospital." Anna said nervously: "You don't know, you also disappeared suddenly in the underground fortification last time. A group of us searched for you for a long time. Not found. Fortunately, you reappeared later. If you disappeared because of this, I don’t know how worried I would be.”

"Okay, Anna, I promise you, I won't go to Hovlin Hospital." Even though Sokov traveled back to the Great Patriotic War, he had been on the battlefield and seen mountains of corpses and seas of blood, but he really wanted to enter He still felt a little scared about such a scary place as the Hoflin Hospital Building. Hearing what Anna said at this moment, he said smoothly: "When Baharov calls again later, I will resolutely reject him."

"That's good." Seeing that Sokov listened to her advice, Anna showed a happy smile on her face: "Have you had lunch? Do you want to go out to eat with me?"

"Going somewhere?"

"A new restaurant has opened in the market. It serves Turkish kebab and finger food. Let's go and try the taste there."

"Okay, okay, go now."

Before Sokov walked out, Baharov called again: "Misha, we have entered the building, are you coming or not?"

"Baharov." Sokov had already made up his mind not to go to Hovlin Hospital, so he said tactfully: "I thought about it carefully and decided not to go. You can just have fun."

"Have you ever heard of the legend about Hovlin?" Baharov suddenly said: "It's all nonsense to say that so many people have disappeared. There are usually a lot of homeless people living in the building, and there have never been any. I haven’t heard of anyone missing, so feel free to come here, there are 12 of us here, so you don’t have to worry about anything happening.”

But since Sokov had decided not to go to Hovlin Hospital, he naturally would not change his original intention just because of Baharov's words. He shook his head and said: "Baharov, I really don't want to go." Come on, have fun."

"Hey, that's such a pity." Baharov confirmed that Sokov would not come again, and said with regret: "Then let's go explore the building first. I hope you won't miss this event in the future because of not participating in it. And regret it.”

After hanging up the phone, Sokov said to Anna with a smile: "Anna, I have officially replied to Khabarov that I will not go to Hovlin Hospital. Now you can rest assured."