game traveler

Chapter 40 Home, Warm Home
"Home, a warm home!"

This was the first thought that popped up in Van der Lin's mind when they saw the surroundings of the Horseshoe Watchtower.

Daqi was very satisfied with the camp site Hosea had chosen for the gang.

In his opinion, this beautiful and comfortable place will be the rebirth of the entire gang.

"We're safe here... Make some money here, then continue to trigger the trigger, and then hide from the pursuers and go to the west of Uncle Sam..."

"And after a few months, buy a few pieces of land!"

While Dutch and the other two elders of the gang, Hosea and Arthur, were imagining the future, other members of the gang were busy working on the new camp of the gang.

Once Dutch's woman and now the butler of the gang, Susan Grimshaw is a middle-aged woman with a somewhat fat body.

From that unsmiling and serious face, she can also vaguely see the beauty of her youth.

I saw her wearing a red dress, with her hands on her hips, standing in the open space and shouting loudly:

"Bill! Lenny! Pearson! Get things down..."

"Marybeth! Karen! Abigail! Come help..."

"Charles..."

Under the command of Aunt Susan, everyone performed their duties and quickly set up the camp.

Of course, except for the uncle who started holding the wine bottle and pouring it into his mouth as soon as he arrived.

The uncle is a down-and-out uncle with a messy beard and the smell of alcohol all the time.

Maybe it's because I forgot my name, or maybe I don't want to mention my former self.

So, the rest of the gang call him "Uncle"

It's his job in the gang to be lazy.

However, under the warning of Aunt Susan's eyes that could not tolerate sand, the uncle still muttered something in a low voice, while putting down the wine bottle in his hand, and went to help Charles who was chopping firewood.

At this time, a thin old man holding a thick ledger and wearing gold-rimmed glasses stepped forward and interrupted Dach, who was drawing a beautiful blueprint for Hosea and Arthur:
"Gentlemen, I will go to the local town first to see if I can start a small business."

"Of course, Mr. Strauss."

Watching the gang's loan expert Leopold Strauss leave, Dutch turned around and casually said to Hosea and Arthur beside him:

"I'd much rather rob a bank than a loan shark...that's more dignified."

After all, Dutch reached out and took out a cigar from the inner layer of the suit, lit it with a match, and took a deep breath.

Breathing out a cloud of thick smoke, his eyes sharpened a lot, he turned around abruptly, and shouted loudly: "Now, everyone, put down what you are on hand and lean over..."

Surrounded by Hosea and Arthur, Dutch came to the open space in the center of the camp, and all the gang members leaned over one after another, forming a big circle.

They knew very well that their boss was about to speak.

Looking around for a week, with his gaze passing over the faces of every gang member, Daqi said loudly with an appealing magnetic voice:
"I know it's been a tough time, but we're safe now and we don't have any money."

"So it's time for everyone to get to work!"

Dach had just started, and Hosea, the gang's second in command and think tank, who was standing aside, added in a tacit understanding:

"Work, but don't cause trouble. Remember, we are homeless workers."

“We got laid off when our factory in the north was shut down. Now go outside and see what opportunities there are to make money.”

After a pause, Dach's eyes full of determination shot at the uncle who "smells like him" and Pastor Swanson like lightning:
"Uncle, Pastor Swanson, don't idle around anymore!"

The sudden warning immediately caused a burst of laughter from the gang members.

The uncle who was named and Pastor Swanson could only look at each other with embarrassing expressions.

"It's time for everyone to fight for their livelihood!"

Immediately afterwards, Hosea told everyone that walking down the railway track would lead to a livestock town called Valentine, which was a good place to start.

Finally, Dach reminded everyone not to forget to leave a share for the gang after earning money, this gang mobilization meeting will be considered as an end.

It was already afternoon when we arrived at the Horseshoe Watchtower.

Therefore, except for Strauss, who needed to start a loan business, and Micah and Lenny, who were sent out by Dutch to inquire about news, the other gang members did not immediately go to Valentine to look for opportunities to make money.

Instead, choose to hunt around, gather berries, and gather some food for now.

And at night, it's the gang's leisure time.

Beside the bonfire, Javier, a Mexican, was sitting on the ground, holding his banjo and playing it earnestly.

The melodious sound of the piano lingered in the camp.

The members of the gang, on the other hand, danced around the bonfire to the sound of the piano, celebrating that they had finally left the piercing snow-capped mountains, and stayed away from the Pinkerton detectives and the Blackwater Town police who were chasing them.

By the light of the kerosene lamp, Arthur sat on his folding bed and took out a brown notebook and a pencil from his bag.

It has always been his habit to write his thoughts on paper.

He opened the notebook, turned to the latest blank page, thought for a while, and began to write:
"Finally... we went down the mountain and came to a fairly beautiful place called the Heart of the Earth."

"And camped at a place called Horseshoe Watchtower. It's been a long time since I've been to such a place to the east..."

"Dutch looks a little better, his eyes are rejuvenated. I can see a little bit of clarity in his head, too."

"Although we have gone through the bird incident in Heishui Town, I think we are all in a slightly better mood..."

After writing this, Arthur closed the notebook casually, put it in his bag, fell asleep, and slept until the next morning...

. . .

As soon as he got up and walked out of the tent, Arthur narrowed his eyes subconsciously.

Just as he raised his hand to block the glare of the sun, he heard Hosea's voice next to his ear:
"Good morning, Arthur."

Following the prestige, I saw Hosea walking towards me holding a cup of tea:
"Would you like a cup of tea?"

"Of course!"

Arthur casually took the hot tea handed over by Hosea, and Arthur, who was still yawning, heard Hosea's sigh: "It's a great day!"

After taking a sip of hot tea and rinsing his mouth, Arthur responded casually, "I hope so."

"A few guys have gone to Valentine, Bill, Charles, Javier, Pastor Swanson also found something, at the train station by the lake"

"However, Strauss didn't seem to be going well. When he came back, he looked sad..."

"At least it's not that uncomfortable smile."

"Haha, that's true."

"how about you?"

"I'm going to read a book."

"then I will not bother you."

After chatting with Hosea and watching him return to his tent, Arthur drank the tea in the cup in one go.

Then, with a snap, he put the teacup back on the table in his tent.

Picking up a worn-out cowboy hat and putting it on his head, Arthur's eyes suddenly became sharper.

Time to get down to business...

　The protagonist and the Van der Lin gang are about to meet, and the plot officially kicks off!

　　So, read on!

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(End of this chapter)