A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 18 Life at Coulter Village Camp

Arthur took a bottle of beer from the iron bucket filled with snow.

While drinking, he wandered to the corner.

Arthur found that someone was already here in the corner. He looked at Strauss who was sitting here studying the ledger and said:

"Be happy, Mr. Strauss. We are having a banquet now. Stop staring at your ledger."

Strauss pushed up his small silver-rimmed glasses, widened his narrow eyes, and said with some confusion:
"What do you mean? I'm in a great mood right now."

Arthur took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "Sorry, sorry, I couldn't notice it."

All I can say is that hiding in a corner and reading the ledger alone at the banquet is a really unique way to participate in the banquet.

At this moment, in the middle of the room, Dutch was yelling for Javier to play another song.

Under the influence of alcohol, the atmosphere of the entire banquet became better and better.

Standing aside, Molly and Mary Beth, who had finished dancing, were holding hands and talking:
"I thought you Irish liked parties? Molly."

"I do enjoy it, but there's no need to get as drunk as they do."

When Arthur heard this, he drank the wine in his hand in agreement, and then went to get himself a new bottle.

In front of the fireplace.

The uncle was pestering Javier, humming a light tune in his mouth, and then insisted on letting Javier play this:

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, this is the tune. Come on, one, two, three - sing."

“I met a teenage girl in Louisville;”

“Remember what I said;”

Everyone laughed heartily when they heard the uncle singing these familiar lyrics.

“She’s a great flirt;”

Karen yelled, "She's a great flirt!"

“It was a rough day;”

The uncle raised his hands and shook his belly.

“My hands touched the tips of her toes;”

“Remember what I said;”

Susan joined in.

"She said 'Young man, you're too low';"

“It’s going to be a rocking day;”

“My hand touched her knee;”

“Remember what I say;”

Arthur couldn't help but sing along.

"She said 'Young man, you can be free';"

Karen sang this line the loudest.

“It’s going to be a rocking day;”

……

“My hands touched her waist;”

"She said 'well done young people';"

At this time, I don’t know who blew the cheering whistle from the side.

"It's been a long day;"

Even the serious Strauss could sing this line.

“My hands went to her hips;”

“Remember what I say;”

The uncle screamed happily.

"She said 'Let's go lie down on the lawn';"

Arthur assured that it was John who sang this line.

“It’s going to be a rocking day;”

……

Happy time always passes very quickly, and everyone is noisy, singing, dancing, and drunk until dawn.

Arthur didn't know why he had such a good drinking capacity and was still sober. He saw that the girls had gone back to their houses to rest. Only Karen Jones, a tough woman, was still dragging Charles along for a drink.

Pastor Swan had already fallen to the ground, and the pants underneath him had gone somewhere.

Dutch also said that he was too drunk and was about to go back to the house.

"It's nice to see your smile, Dutch."

"No, finally there is something to be happy about!"

On the side, Hosea sat quietly on a chair and looked at everyone, with a smile on his face. He smoked quietly.

"Are you okay? Hosea."

"Well done, Arthur."

Arthur felt that he had a big tongue now, waved his hand and said:

"Ah, this is not just my fault, I heard that you also jumped on the train..."

"Well, let's talk about it later, my tongue is not so clear right now."

Hosea smiled and said, "Go ahead."

Arthur came to John again, patted his face and said:

"Are you okay John."

John opened his eye that was not blocked by gauze, looked at Arthur and said:
"I've already woken up and figured it out, but no one thought of getting up to carry it back to me."

Realizing that John looked at him with a look that seemed pleading, Arthur thought about it seriously. Could it be that he had drunk too much?

Yes, he drank too much, so he walked away regardless of John's sad eyes.

At this time, Kieran was also looking at Arthur eagerly, wondering if the banquet should end.

God knows how he spent the whole night. He didn't drink a sip of wine. Apart from eating some unpalatable stew, which was over-roasted rabbit meat, he just stared in front of him. This group of people are singing and dancing here.

Until the middle of the night, he planned to find a corner to sleep for a while, but was pestered by a man named Bill to drink himself.It took Kieran a lot of effort to get rid of that man successfully.

Generally speaking, although the joyful atmosphere of this banquet made him feel quite happy, Kieran was really sleepy now.

After not looking for a while, Kieran saw Arthur running to his uncle again.

"Uncle, are you okay?"

"Uh? That's great! Hahaha." The uncle laughed loudly and started to sing again, beating the rhythm with his hands:
"You know? When I was young;"

"Meet an old Bordeaux woman;"

"She had blond hair and blue eyes;"

“She let me into her secret garden;”

“What is the Secret Garden;”

"As soft as a cat;"

……

Arthur scratched his head. The uncle sounded very good.

Javier, who was beside him, was still playing the guitar gently, like a normal person.

Lenny came to Arthur, supported him and asked:
"Arthur, I'm going to make a pot of coffee. Do you want a cup?"

It seems that Lenny is not going to sleep anymore. It’s good to be young. Arthur shook his head and said:
"No, I think everyone is fine. I'm going to go back to bed."

Hearing what Arthur said, Kieran quickly ran to Arthur happily and said:

"Mr. Morgan, um, I'm sleepy too."

Arthur looked at him puzzled and said:
"When you're sleepy, go back to the house and sleep. What are you telling me?"

Kieran said sheepishly: "I don't know where to sleep..."

Hearing this, Arthur patted his head helplessly. Now he finally knew why Kieran was in such a miserable condition.

……

He slept until the afternoon, and when Arthur got up, the sleeping bag on the ground was already empty.

There was already cold stew on the table nearby, which looked like it should be lunch.

Although Pearson seemed to have drank a lot last night, he still got up and prepared lunch for everyone.

Although it is already afternoon.

Arthur simply cleaned himself up and walked out of the room.

The afternoon sun shone on the ground and the snow had begun to melt. He saw Charles chopping firewood in front of the house next door. After saying a brief hello, Arthur walked towards Dutch's house.

He was going to hand over the bearer bonds he had snatched to Dutch.

When passing by the stable, Arthur immediately saw Kieran who was grooming the horse inside. The previously empty hay pile beside him was also refilled.

When Kieran saw Arthur, he stopped what he was doing and greeted him:

"Mr. Morgan, good morning."

Arthur nodded and said, "It's already afternoon. Did someone ask you to do these tasks?"

Kiran said naturally:
"No, I'm just used to it. Before... I was also responsible for doing this. I saw everyone was working, so I found something familiar to me to do."

It's good, it's good to be willing to do things, but Arthur doesn't intend to take him in to do odd jobs in the camp.

However, if someone is willing, you can’t criticize him just because of his actions, so Arthur still said encouragingly:
"come on."

In this snowy mountain, his plan couldn't be carried out yet. He could just do it if he wanted to, and Arthur just walked away and ignored it.

……

Pushing open the door of Dutch's room, he saw smoke filling the room.

Micah is in Dutch's house.

Seeing him, Arthur remembered that he didn't seem to see Micah at the banquet last night.

No wonder everything went very smoothly last night.

"Daqi, would you like to think about it again? I can go to Blackwater Town on your behalf to get back the money we have hidden, as long as you are willing to trust me."

Dutch just looked at the map on the table, smoked a cigar, and said:
"Now is not the time, not yet, Micah."

Micah was unwilling to give up and wanted to say something, but at this time Dutch had already spoken to Arthur:

"Arthur, do you want to see me for anything?"

Arthur handed the bearer bond he took out of the bag to Dutch and said:

"What are you going to do with these bonds, Dutch."

The two cooperated and naturally ignored Micah on the side.

Although these things in his hand were all bearer bonds, Arthur checked carefully and found that they were all numbered. If he sold these bonds rashly, it would still be easy for Cornwall to target him.

Dutch accepted the bonds and said:
"Don't worry, I think these bonds should be easy to sell."

Dutch didn't seem worried, but Arthur still reminded:

"Cornwall must have those bond numbers, he's just been robbed and will definitely be keeping an eye out."

"Arthur, you really look more and more like Hosea..."

"I understand, just leave these things to me to worry about, okay?"

Arthur waved his hand. After all, he had said everything he needed to say. He changed the topic and said:

"How does your cigar taste?"

Dutch seemed to want to confirm, he took a sip before saying:

"It's not bad, although sometimes I prefer to smoke a pipe, but I lost the old pipe."

"I'll find you a new one when I get a chance."

Hearing what Arthur said, Dutch seemed very happy and said:

"Look, my gentleman, Mr. Morgan, it seems that I have taught you well, haha."

Arthur also smiled and said:
"Oh, stop being so smug, Dutch."

Seeing that all that needed to be said was said, Micah was still waiting aside, seemingly planning to continue discussing Blackwater Town with Dutch.

Therefore, Dutch and Arthur did not talk any more.

Arthur just reminded him at the end:
"Don't underestimate Cornwall, Dutch."

(End of this chapter)