A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 4 Coulter Village Camp

At the Coulter Village camp, a bonfire was lit in front of the only relatively intact wooden house left.

Charles did not stay in the house as told, he just held the gun close to the bonfire and leaned against the wall quietly.

Not far away, Lenny stood by the road outside, carefully watching the distance despite the wind and snow.

"Hey, someone is coming!" Lenny raised the shotgun in his hand and pointed it at the blurry figure ahead in the wind and snow.

Hearing Lenny's cry, Charles also picked up the gun and left the bonfire to move closer to Lenny.

"It seems like Dutch and the others are back."

"Hey, everyone, look, it's Dutch and his friends who are back!"

Lenny made way for the people who came back, and everyone in the house also heard the shouting. Hosea opened the door and walked out, putting his gun back into his pocket.

Others also gathered around here with lights.

Hosea asked, "Did you find anything?"

Arthur turned over and got off the horse, patted the snow on his body and said, "Micah found a farm, to be precise, the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Adler."

Dutch panted, led the horse forward and said:
"But...there are other people who also found it."

"Where does Colm O'Driscoll and his henchmen occupy now."

Charles took the oil lamp from Dutch's hand, "Although I don't know what their purpose is yet, I think we will find out soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a pop, and something was thrown to the snow, making a sound that attracted everyone's attention.

Arthur threw the man on the horse's ass to the ground.

"This guy is quite heavy, come and help me."

"Mr. Pearson, take our guests to the kitchen. I believe it can greatly alleviate our tight supply needs."

Arthur handed the reins to Charles and said politely: "Thank you."

I don’t know when he started speaking in a bad taste. Arthur was no longer as taciturn as before, but from time to time he would say some remarks in a bad taste that made people laugh.

Dutch showed direct curiosity about what Arthur said, but he didn't speak and just nodded to signal Pearson to do as Arthur said. He himself rejected Hosea's idea of ​​having a chat alone, saying that he He hadn't slept in three days and he needed some rest.

Susan pointed to a house on one side of Dutch to show him where to rest. O'Shea, Dutch's lover was already leaning against the door, waiting for him there.

"Mr. Morgan, we have prepared a room for you over there for you to rest." Susan held up the lamp and motioned for Arthur to follow, "No matter what happens tomorrow, everyone needs a good rest tonight, and so do you, Morgan Sir, the food will be delivered to your house later."

"Thank you, Ms. Grimshaw." To be honest, Arthur is very tired. Everything that happened in the past few days has made him re-examine the strange experiences that he didn't care about. He needs to think carefully about what he will do next. How to do.

The confusion about the future and the habits of current life made Arthur still follow Dutch driftingly despite making some changes. The recent events made him very clear that he was different from before. .

Ms. Grimshaw took Arthur to the room and turned back to Micah and said:

"Mr. Bell, you share a room with the brother over there." Ms. Grimshaw obviously did not think that her allocation was differential treatment, because she was very aware of the protests she might face next, so she didn't care whether Micah had other opinions. , took Arthur straight away and came to the room assigned to Arthur.

Sure enough, when they walked far away, they could still hear Micah complaining, saying why Arthur could live in a single room while he could only live in bunk beds with Bill Williams, and why there were a group of niggas next to him. Waiting for complaints.

Soon Arthur followed him to a dilapidated hut, where Arthur's old sleeping bag had been spread out on the abandoned bed board.Arthur's other luggage was still on the caravan, so the furnishings in the house were very original.

"Thank you, Ms. Grimshaw. I really don't know what we would do without you." Arthur respected Ms. Grimshaw very much. From all aspects, Grimshaw treated himself very well.

And Arthur admired her fairness and execution. "We are the ones. You have done a lot for this big family. I see it. Go to bed early. There are still many problems that you need to solve tomorrow." After finishing speaking, Ms. Grimshaw closed the door and left.

Just take a quick look,
The house is very thin, and the howling wind can be heard all the time. It seems that there is nothing to be done about the air leakage. Fortunately, there is a fireplace in this room that can still be used normally.

The fire kept dancing. Arthur took off his hat and put it aside, looking at the burning wood in the fireplace and thinking about what was going to happen next.

My group has been on the run for several weeks, and now this shelter can help everyone survive the blizzard and temporarily make repairs.

First of all, the most critical food issue has been solved by himself. The meat and food purchased from the Adler family in advance are probably enough for them to eat right now. There is no need for others to go out hunting and they can have a good rest.

Secondly, although the pursuers seemed to have been temporarily blocked by the snow and gave up the pursuit of their own group, the wanted list of Dutch and others is expected to be updated again soon, and then spread to nearby villages and towns, and then the bounty will be rewarded Hunters will inevitably follow the trail, and it is still not advisable to stay here for a long time.

The last thing is planning for the future. Running away aimlessly is unacceptable. Such a large group of people are living a life of today and no tomorrow. No matter what other people think, at least this is definitely not what I want now. life.

Maybe, never.

……

I don't know when Arthur picked up his diary and started writing and drawing, "Waiting for the snow to melt. All the rest will have to wait until the snow stops." Write this sentence at the end of the diary, After eating the last morsel of food in the bowl, Arthur lay down on the bed and had the most comfortable sleep he had had in many weeks.

As for what the soupy soup he had just eaten was, Arthur decided not to think about it.

……

At noon the next day, Arthur opened the door inside. The wind and snow blowing in front of him forced him to hold down his cowboy hat with one hand and hold it in front of him with one hand. He could barely maintain the correct direction, and then trudged towards the largest one. Walk past a wooden house.

The weather is really bad.

Inside the house, Hosea, several girls, and Javier were all warming up around the burning fireplace. Apparently the draft problem in their house was getting worse, so they all gathered here.

Seeing Arthur pushing the door open, everyone greeted him one after another.

Arthur walked towards Hosea and looked at him sitting on a chair nearby smoking a cigarette. He said, "Hosea, we have to talk."

After rejecting the cigarette offered by Hosea, Arthur was about to speak.

"Arthur, wait a minute Arthur..." Abigail on the side interrupted Arthur, looking very worried.

Arthur stopped and looked at Abigail. There was only one reason why this beautiful girl came to him with such a worried expression, and that was because John did something stupid again.

John is Abigail's husband. Arthur and John have always had a good relationship. He treats John like a silly brother. Although Arthur was unforgiving in the past, John can feel that Arthur is just a soft-spoken person. , although the two of them didn’t get along particularly well, it could barely be said to be good. Later, after Arthur changed his habit of being tough-talking, the relationship between the two got closer. It can be said that John and Arthur have the best relationship in this gang. , and most convinced of Arthur.

As for Arthur, John has always been a well-behaved and obedient child since he came back.

"What's wrong Abigail, what trouble did John get you into again."

Abigail said very embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, John ran away last night and hasn't come back yet. I'm very worried about him... Arthur is very sorry, and I don't want to trouble you, but you know What did he go out to do?"

Forget about this incident, forget about John being obedient.

Arthur shook his head. Although he had roughly guessed what the situation was, he could only comfort Abigail and tell her not to worry too much: "Listen, although John is a little stubborn and reckless, but He has a kind and brave heart, and he will be fine. If he doesn’t come back tomorrow, I will go out and look for him.”

Seeing that Abigail was still worried but no longer embarrassed to pester him, Arthur thought to himself that if it were his old self, he would regret not being with Abigail in the first place.

Regardless of the past or future, this is really a good woman, but it makes people lament that most of the time, Little John is really unreliable in how she treats her family.

(End of this chapter)