America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 55 Gun Oil and Wine, Women and Guns

Like many small mountain villages in the western United States, Oak Village is indifferent to the world.

The village gets its name from a big oak tree at the entrance of the village. The history of the village is much longer than that of Pitkin County (Pitkin County), which was just established in the north this year, and the history of the oak tree is much, much longer than that of the village.

Most of the villagers in Oak Village moved here from the previous generation.When they came here, most of them were already so hungry that they finally survived on the acorn fruit. The oak forest behind the big oak tree also provided them with materials to build houses and furniture.

So later, there were people, cattle and sheep here.

They are very grateful and hope that generation after generation can live here peacefully.

But recently, there are often gunshots in the mountains near the village.
The villagers don't care, there are often hunters hunting in this mountain, not far from the village into the mountain, it is said that there is a hunter who built a resting hut.

There may now be a new owner there.

Most of the villagers have never seen the group of outsiders, they just send a wrinkled old man with two horses to exchange some supplies from time to time.

They never disturb the new guests in the mountains, and they spend a quiet time with each other.

But today, Uncle Malik, who was elected by the villagers, stood at the door of the hunter's cabin as a representative.

The reason for being chosen as a representative is simple, only he knows the location of that cabin.

The reason for standing at the door of the cabin is also very simple.

Oak Village is in trouble.

……

"Bang, bang, bang"

Chen Jianqiu tried to pull out the revolver from his waist in an instant, held the trigger with his finger and kept moving the hammer with the other hand.

He lost his gun to Chen Lanbin, so he "requisitioned" Xiao En's.

But every time I try, I can only guarantee that the bullets of the first three shots have relatively reliable ballistics. For the remaining few shots, either the rhythm of the action is broken, or the bullets do not know where to fly.

"Well, it can barely scare some farmers, enough."

Adam, who was leaning on the tree, was sober for a rare reason today. He tilted his neck and took a sip of wine, and said in a strange way.

Chen Jianqiu sat down on the ground, and he threw the revolver at his feet.

Adam left the tree against which his back was leaning, walked over, bent down and picked up the gun that had fallen on the ground, and held it in his hand.

"Let's go back to the house." Adam said.

The two returned to the hunter's cabin.

Asuka went out to hunt some wild game, while Sean went to check a few guard posts they had set up nearby. Uncle Holmes had been studying the treasure map since he came here, except he was sent to the village to exchange supplies.

Adam sat down against the table. He put Chen Jianqiu's revolver on the table and began to skillfully disassemble it.

Barrel, cylinder, hammer...

Adam's disassembly was quick and methodical.After dismantling, he took out a bottle from his pocket.

"Gun oil, their 'wine'." Adam pointed to the dismantled revolver on the table, and then found a cloth from nowhere, and began to wipe these parts.

After maintenance, Adam deftly reassembled the revolver, took out a bullet, and stuffed it into the cylinder.

He put his ears on the body of the gun, moved the cylinder with his hands, and listened carefully to the movement inside, with a smile on his lips.

Afterwards, he handed the revolver back to Chen Jianqiu's hand.

"You should treat her as your lover, and caress and caress her." Adam's eyes were a little blurred.

Chen Jianqiu's mother is solo, and he still can't understand the man in front of him who has a soft spot for widows.

However, he took out the bullet and stuffed it into his holster.

Suddenly, the door of the cabin was knocked twice.

The three people in the room looked at each other.

The door rang twice more, this time with a little hesitation.

Uncle Holmes stood up, walked to the door, and opened it.

A man dressed as a farmer with a big white beard stood at the door.

"Uh, hello, I'm a villager from Oak Village outside, and my name is Malik." The farmer said cautiously.

"What's your business?" Uncle Holmes blocked the door, not intending to let him in.

"We have encountered a little trouble."

"Ok?"

"The animals in our village have been attacked by wolves recently. So far, four sheep have died."

"Don't you have guns yourself? It shouldn't be difficult to deal with these beasts." Chen Jianqiu, behind Holmes, was somewhat disapproving. He had no intention of solving problems for these people.

"Usually, these wolves would come out of the mountains and attack villages only when the mountains were covered by heavy snow and the food in the mountains was extremely scarce. And after the attack, they would return to the mountains soon."

"I don't know why this time. During this time, they began to attack the village frequently, and they seemed to regard the sheep in the village as the only prey."

"We are exhausted and don't know when they will come. If this continues, they may start eating people."

Uncle Malik's voice began to tremble a little.

"I know you are professional hunters, so please help us, we will try our best to pay the reward,"

Hearing the remuneration, Chen Jianqiu was a little interested, but when he thought that this small village might not be able to raise much money, he was a little less interested.

However, he suddenly thought of something.

"You go back first, when our partner comes back, he will rush to the village."

When Malik heard that Chen Jianqiu had agreed, he was overjoyed and walked out of the cabin shouting "Hallelujah".

When it was almost evening, Asuka and Sean came back.

Chen Jianqiu told Asuka about the matter, Asuka frowned:
"It's impossible. Unless the wolves are hungry or encounter a greater threat, they won't attack human villages, but it's not winter now."

"Never mind, clean up, Sean, you and Uncle Holmes stay here, the three of us go down and have a look." Chen Jianqiu made a decision.

When the three of them came to the village on horseback, it was just the setting sun.

The sheep had already returned to the pen, and the men in the village all took guns and lay in ambush behind the houses near the sheep pen.

Chen Jianqiu saw Malik who had come to seek their help from a distance, and at this moment he was yelling at a child.

"Go home quickly, those beasts are coming soon." Malik waved his hand, driving the little boy away.

The little boy walked back reluctantly, but he didn't follow his father's instructions to go back to the house, but hid in a corner, with a sly light in his eyes.

"Is there any gunpowder in the village?" Asuka asked.

Malik nodded.

Under the command of Asuka, a group of people pushed out a bucket of gunpowder and spread a line along the front of the sheep pen.

"When the wolves come, light this line of fire." After Asuka finished giving his instructions, he and Chen Jianqiu went out at the village entrance, facing the direction of the sheepfold, and found a place to hide.

After a while, pairs of green eyes appeared in the woods by the village.

Wolf, here we come.

(End of this chapter)