He's in the west, he's a cowboy

As soon as I entered the village, I saw a stable with a sign that said taking care of horses and buying and selling horses. The horse has worked hard these past two days. He was so tired last night that he even forgot to wash it.

The originally brown hair was covered with dust, the white markings were almost turning gray, and some blood from the deer was also stained on the horse.

The owner of the stable looked at the prey on Zhou Zheng's horse's butt, and said to Zhou Zheng: "Sir, are you selling your deer? I was just about to buy some meat to make cured meat. I think your deer is very good, and the fur is also very good." Complete, and I can make a leather glove, if you will sell it, and pay you an extra five dollars, minus the cost of looking after your horse.”

I hunted just because I wanted to hunt, not because I wanted the meat. There was nothing wrong with making some money, so Zhou Zheng immediately agreed. The boss happily took out a five-dollar coin from his pocket and handed it to Zhou Zheng, and promised to take good care of his horse.

The boss of this business must have made a profit. A deer with this amount of meat would cost at least seven or eight yuan at the market, not to mention a complete pelt.

He handed the horse to the boss and asked him to feed it some good fodder. He also asked about the location of the tavern, and then went to the tavern alone, preparing to rest for a day and return to the camp tomorrow.

The tavern here is much smaller than Valentine's. When you push the door and walk inside, it's still morning. Naturally, there are no customers in the tavern. The slightly dilapidated house and old tables give off an unpleasant smell under the sunlight. The boss was an elderly mother-in-law. When she saw a guest coming, she hurriedly wiped the table and chairs with the best sunlight with a rag and said, "Young man, do you want something to eat?"

"Is there oatmeal? If there's bread, let's have some." It's better to eat something light early in the morning.

"Yes, you sit down for a while and I'll cook it for you." After saying that, he tremblingly walked into the kitchen, leaving Zhou Zheng alone in front.

Light a cigarette, sit in the sun and smoke slowly, and take out the books I found in the drugstore yesterday. There are three books in total. One is a prescription. It contains the materials and preparation methods of commonly used medicines. This is a good thing. , will be used later. One was a romance novel. I opened it and flipped through two pages. As soon as I saw the disgusting love words, I knew it was for a little girl. I was about to throw it away, but then I remembered that Mary Beth would like it, so I put it away and gave it to her when I went back. she. The last one is a bill, which records the import and export of medicinal materials in the recent period. It can be thrown away directly, it is of no use.

I opened the newspaper I bought yesterday, ready to read some news. The headline on the front page turned out to be the Vanderlinde Gang. It said that this gang committed serious crimes, including murder and robbery. Zhou Zheng's face was full of black lines when he saw it. He hurriedly turned to the second page, ready to read the tidbits. What. Suddenly I saw two familiar figures walking across the street. They turned out to be Arthur and Hosea.

Didn't these two people go hunting? Why are they here? Zhou Zheng opened the door and shouted at the two people, calling them over.

Arthur and Hosea were also surprised to see Zhou Zheng here. They also walked into the tavern: "Hey boy, why are you here? Looking at your new outfit, I thought I saw that rich young man."

The one who spoke was Arthur. This guy was always going to hurt others if he got the chance. Zhou Zheng didn't mind and said with a smile: "If I were a rich young man, I would definitely ask you to be my bodyguard. Just standing there would It’s scary enough.”

Hosea smiled, took a chair, sat next to Zhou Zheng and said, "It seems you are quite used to this kind of cowboy life."

"Life is like sex. Since you can't resist, just spread your legs and enjoy it."

This colorful joke made the two of them laugh. The landlady put the porridge in front of Zhou Zheng. Seeing the new customers, she asked, "Would you like some too?"

When they came, both of them happened to have empty stomachs, so each of them asked for a portion.

Arthur took a bottle of beer from the bar and handed one to Hosea. The two drank early in the morning, which also impressed Zhou Zheng.

"By the way, why did you get here alone?" Arthur was very curious about seeing Zhou Zheng here.

Zhou Zheng quietly told the two of them about last night's actions, and they were surprised that there were people from the O'Drisco gang in Valentine.

"Why are you two here? Didn't you two go hunting? Are you here to hunt sheep and calves?" Zhou Zheng asked curiously.

"Old Hosea was scared to death by a bear. We tracked it for a long time but couldn't find it. Finally, we found that it was not far from here, so we came here to take a rest." Arthur said with a smile.

The hunting of these two ruthless men is so different. It would take a long time to hunt a deer by themselves. It is better for these two people to go directly to the mountains to hunt bears.

"I'm going to meet someone later. He's doing some small business here in Emerald Ranch. Would you two go and have a look?" Hosea said to the two of them while drinking porridge.

"I have to go back to the camp. Since Valentine has people from the O'Drisco gang, there is no guarantee that nothing will happen. I have to go back and have a look." Arthur was worried about everyone in the camp and wanted to go back and have a look.

"I'll come with you. I happen to have nothing to do." Zhou Zheng had nothing to do. He was staying in the camp when he returned, so he might as well follow Hosea around.

Arthur finished the oatmeal in the bowl in a few mouthfuls, then mounted his horse and left in a hurry. Before leaving, he did not forget to tell Hosea to be careful, and also told Zhou Zheng to take good care of the old man.

Watching Arthur leave, Hosea said to Zhou Zheng: "Let's find a place to take a rest. We were on the road last night. My old bones are a bit overwhelmed."

"Then I'll go see if there's a hotel here." After saying that, Zhou Zheng was about to get up and go out to find a place. Hosea hurriedly stopped him: "No, just find a place to set up a tent later. I'm not old enough to need to stay in a hotel for retirement." Hosea thought Zhou Zheng was going to entertain him, an old man, and quickly refused.

I didn’t want to entertain you, I just didn’t want to sleep on the ground so I thought about finding a hotel... Zhou Zheng felt that Hosea seemed to have misunderstood something, but since the old man had already spoken, Zhou Zheng had no choice but to give up.

The two finished their meal slowly, Zhou Zheng took back his horse, and the boss gave him a small bag of oatmeal cakes and a bag of carrots.

Hosea took Zhou Zheng to a place on the north side of the ranch. This place looked like a good place for camping. There was a small stream in front and a small earth slope as high as a person in the back, which just blocked the wind.

Hosea took down the camping tools from his horse and prepared to set up a tent, and the two of them worked together to finish it quickly. It was just a very simple tent, with a few branches holding up the frame, and a large piece of waterproof canvas covering the top and sides, barely enough to keep people out of the wind and rain.

Hosea wanted to clean up his gun. The gun he got in the field yesterday was full of dust and could easily cause problems if not maintained. Zhou Zheng didn't show any pretense and went straight into the tent. He went to bed very late last night and got up early today. He was really sleepy and fell asleep after a while.

Zhou Zheng was woken up by a burst of fragrance. He looked up and saw Hosea roasting a rabbit by the fire. When he saw Zhou Zheng woke up, he smiled and said, "Old people don't sleep much. I woke up after a while." I was just about to tell you to go wash up at the river, this thing is about to be ready."

I slept all afternoon and it was already past five o'clock. After Zhou Zheng washed up, he walked to the fire and poured himself a cup of coffee. While drinking, he said, "Where shall we go later? Does the person you are looking for only appear at night?"

"More or less, he is a ranch worker, and he does some hook-up in selling horse-drawn carriages in private. We will go over to him later to see if we can find something to do." Hosea cut the rabbit into two halves with a knife and handed it to Zhou Zheng.

Hosea’s cooking skills were very good, and the rabbit was roasted until it was charred on the outside and tender on the inside, and smelled delicious. Zhou Zheng tore off a large piece and threw it into his mouth. He gasped because it was so hot that he took it for a long time before swallowing it. He quickly poured himself a big sip of coffee, and then he had time to say: "Haha, mining companies are part-time human traffickers, pharmacies are part-time part-time gangsters' money-laundering dens, and now ranch workers are part-time part-time in the black market. It's really a colorful world."

The two of them packed up their things and rode towards the ranch: "I'll go over to talk later. You can find me in 10 minutes."

Hosea decided to go alone, something he was very good at. Zhou Zheng didn't care, he wasn't good at talking anyway.

Watching Hosea walk into a small room alone, Zhou Zheng sat on a horse and smoked a cigarette alone. He arrived in ten minutes, but Hosea hadn't come out yet and there was no movement in the house. Zhou Zheng decided to go in and take a look.

Just as he was about to knock on the door, Hosea came out with someone. Seeing Zhou Zheng, Hosea quickly introduced: "This is my friend, you can call him Zhou. Zhou, this is Seamus, he is ours." New partner.”

The man waved his hand hurriedly: "I'm not your new partner, what I want is trust, you know, trust."

"Yes, trust, we are all honest, we need something to prove our strength." Hosea continued.

After looking at the two of them, Seamus seemed to have made up his mind and whispered: "Old Bob Crawford and his children just stole a stage coach from the north. You go and get the stage coach back. This way I agree to cooperate with you."

"Who is Bob Crawford Sr., your competitor?" Zhou Zheng asked.

"No, I'm just not familiar with him... He's my cousin. In-laws, I want to see if you have any strength." Seamus hesitated for a while, but finally told the truth: "He is here A farmhouse to the northwest called Carmody Valley, right on the railroad to Wallaceburg. Remember, don't kill anyone. Everyone knows we're not on good terms..."

"Okay, man, did you hear that? Let's go rob his cousin." Hosea said with a smile and got on his horse.

"It's the in-laws."