America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 23 Rainy Night ([-])

Strangely, no one came to lead the horse. Chen Jianqiu and the others went around to find out where the stable was.

After the horses were settled, the three came to the front of the hotel.

The door of the hotel was closed, Chen Jianqiu shook the rain on his head, he regretted not taking away the lieutenant's hat at that time.

"Boom, boom." Chen Jianqiu knocked on the door.

There is no response inside.

"Boom, boom, boom."

Still no one came to open the door.

Chen Jianqiu lowered his head to look, and the light emitted through the gap at the bottom of the door was dimmed from time to time, and someone was moving inside, occasionally blocking the light.

Chen Jianqiu simply exerted force with his hand, and with a "click", the door was pushed open.

What caught Chen Jianqiu's eyes was a dilapidated bar counter. A middle-aged woman with a slightly affluent figure was standing behind the bar counter. When she saw Chen Jianqiu and the three of them coming in, she exchanged glances with a man sitting opposite the bar counter.

Chen Jianqiu continued to walk in.

The entire first floor is really not bright. I don’t know if it’s because the fat woman is reluctant to burn kerosene. Except for the lamp on the wall next to the window, only the bar and a table in the corner are lit.

There were a few men playing cards.Different from Chen Jianqiu's impression, these men wearing cowboy hats did not make any noise at all, they were just quietly looking at the cards in their hands.A man smoking a pipe noticed Chen Jianqiu's gaze on them and raised his head.

The eyes of the two men met for a few seconds, and the pipe-smoking man lowered his head again, lowered the brim of his hat, and continued his game.

"Miss Boss, why is there no one here to help feed the horse?" Xiao En complained while wringing the rainwater off his body.

Some of the water droplets he wrung out fell on the bar and scratched the dust, leaving a water mark. Chen Jianqiu glanced at it and said nothing.

Sean originally wanted to wring out the clothes, but finally gave up.Because the pants and the inside are completely wet.

"There is no one extra, I'm the only one here, cook, clean, feed yourself." The fat woman said angrily, she either didn't speak, or when she spoke, she looked like someone owed her hundreds of dollars .

"Then do you have three vacant rooms here?" Xiao En continued to ask helplessly.

"No more." The fat woman replied very simply.

"Miss Boss, it's windy and rainy outside, tell us where to find a place to live, we are rich." Sean touched the small leather bag on his waist, trying to get a small gold nugget out.

His hand was held down by another hand.

Chen Jianqiu stuffed the gold nugget back in his hand, and took out the wet few dollars from his clothes.

But even in the dim light, the gleaming golden yellow did not escape the fat woman's eyes.

Chen Jianqiu didn't pay attention to the woman's gaze, and put a few dollars on the table.

"Dear madam, you don't have to force three rooms, just give us one." Chen Jianqiu said, "In addition, we will feed the horses ourselves, so we don't need to bother you. By the way, if there are dry As for clothes, you can give us one for each of us."

The fat woman's face softened a lot, she nodded, turned around and bent down to search for something in the bar, but after searching for a long time, she finally took out a key ring.

The three of them followed the fat woman up the stairs. They didn't know if it was because of the fat woman's weight. After stepping on the stairs for a few steps, they creaked and covered a layer of dust.

The four came to the second floor, and the fat woman came to the innermost room and handed the kerosene lamp in her hand to Asuka, asking him to help illuminate it.

I don't know if it's because of the lock or the key. The fat woman fumbled for a long time before opening the door of the room.

As the door of the room opened, there was a musty smell gushing out.

The fat woman threw the kerosene lamp and the keys to them, and then she was about to turn around and go downstairs: "I'll get you the clothes later, dinner may be a little later, and I'll call you when the time comes."

Chen Jianqiu smiled: "Okay, ma'am."

After confirming that the fat woman had gone downstairs, Chen Jianqiu turned around and closed the door.

"This place is too broken." Sean sat down on the bed. There was nothing on the bed, no sheets, no quilt. "How do the three of us sleep? Squeeze a bed?"

"I think there is something wrong with this hotel." Asuka, who had been silent all this time, spoke.

Chen Jianqiu found that the door could not be locked from the inside, and could even be opened by itself when blown by the wind, so he found a chair to block the door.

"Is this a black shop?" Sean turned over and got up from the bed.

"I'm afraid it's not that simple, this town is not quite right." Chen Jianqiu thought for a while.

The town seemed too deserted, and the hotel didn't seem to have been cleaned for a long time. If the corner of the stairs might have been neglected somewhere, it was obviously unreasonable that there was so much dust on the bar.What's more, the fat woman seemed to be very unfamiliar with the hotel itself.

"Wait for Asuka, you and I will feed the horses. Feed them well, and then see if we can find a horse bit (a harness that prevents horses from biting or eating), put it on the three horses, and bring up weapons and ammunition. Sean stays in the room, and we will stay the same."

After the three of them finished their preparations, Chen Jianqiu and Asuka walked out of the room.

He suddenly turned his head and asked Asuka: "By the way, Asuka, is your injury better?"

"It's okay, it was fine two days ago, but I pulled the bow again two days ago." Asuka moved his shoulder, indicating that the injury is no longer a problem.

When passing downstairs, Chen Jianqiu found that the man sitting opposite the bar had disappeared, and the men sitting at the table in the hall playing cards were still playing cards.

And the proprietress, at this time, was pouted and cooking something over the stove, another stove beside the bar was sizzling, Chen Jianqiu smelled it carefully, it was the smell of coffee.

The hall was very quiet, no one paid any attention to them, the two of them opened the door of the hotel, and a gust of wind mixed with rain came in.

The storm outside was getting worse.

Chen Jianqiu saw a large canvas next to the door, so he took it, and rushed out with Asuka holding the canvas.

When they came to the stables, Black Carrot and Huey stayed in their respective 'separate rooms' very quietly. Sean's horse used to be Scar Feather's mount. After Scar Feather left, he followed Sean, and the black man took him He gave a name that he thought might be mighty, called Gust.

Chen Jianqiu grabbed a handful of fodder and handed it to Asuka. Asuka pinched it with his hands and smelled it: "No problem."

Asuka started to feed the horse, while Chen Jianqiu rummaged in the stable and finally found some horse bits on the wall.

After finishing the treatment, the two started to walk back. The rain and wind were still strong. Even though they were wearing canvas, they were still wet when they returned to the hotel.

The two returned to the room.

After a while, someone knocked on the door of the room.Chen Jianqiu walked over and moved the chair away.

A quilt, a stack of clothes, and a belly entered the door first, followed by the round face of the fat woman.She threw the things on the bed: "This is the quilt and clothes, you can change them yourself, the stew is almost ready, you can come down and eat."

"Thank you, ma'am." Chen Jianqiu expressed his gratitude.

The fat woman turned and walked out of the room.

Sean shook those gray and fluffy shirts: "It looks pretty good."

"It's also possible that they all belong to dead people." Chen Jianqiu's words were not surprising, and Xiao En suddenly lost the desire to wear them.

At this time, there were a few neighing sounds of horses outside the window.

Chen Jianqiu looked down through the window.

"Someone is here again."

(End of this chapter)