Wilderness Redemption Tour

It took Lin Yan and Sadie less than an hour to go back and forth. When they returned to their new camp, Arthur had successfully brought the others over. Some were unloading the truck, some were setting up tents, and everyone was busy. Even the uncle who never worked was building a place for him to sleep peacefully.

Looking around while sitting on the horse, Lin Yan could not find any trace of the cook Pearson.

"Where is he? Could it be that he went out to buy groceries by himself?" Lin Yan scratched his head in confusion and muttered to himself.

"Jamie, Sadie, you two!" Seeing Lin Yan and Sadie coming back, the saddle bags under their crotches were also stuffed bulging. Aunt Susan, who was in charge of the situation, said in a loud voice: "Give these foods to Pearson and ask him to cook quickly. Everyone is starving."

"Ms. Grimshaw, I was just..." Lin Yan was about to say that he didn't see Pearson, when he saw this burly cook with sparse messy hair, holding a coffee pot in his hand, walking towards the campfire with a staggering step from the lake shore.

After a pause, Lin Yan changed his words in time: "...It's okay, I'll go now."

"Oh, I was just talking about you. If you don't come, I'm going to mobilize everyone to go fishing nearby." Seeing the two people appearing with vegetables and meat, Pearson joked casually, and then directed them to put the food in their hands in a wooden basin next to the dining car.

After the two did as they were told, Pearson pointed at Lin Yan and said, "You, take this wooden basin and go to the lake to wash the vegetables."

"...Oh." Lin Yan nodded, picked up the wooden basin and was about to leave.

"Then what should I do?" asked Sadie, feeling left out.

Pearson glanced at her and said expressionlessly, "I can't tell you what to do. If you're willing to work, go with this guy. If not, just go do your thing."

Sadie saw that the fat man in front of her was still brooding over the conflict between them that day. This time, she did not confront him or even refute him. She just followed Lin Yan and left without saying a word.

Pearson, who thought he had won the final victory, looked at Sadie's departing back and snorted with disdain.

When they reached the lake, Lin Yan placed the basin by the water and turned to ask, "Are you two still talking about the fight you had that day?"

Compared to Pearson who was resentful, Sadie didn't care about it. She nodded and said, "From the look of him, it should be."

Lin Yan poured the vegetables on the ground, filled half a basin with water and rinsed the wooden basin, and continued: "I wonder if we can escape those Pinkerton detectives and the people from Cornwall by moving here."

Sadie squatted down, took a tomato, and said as she washed it, "Before the gang settled in Horseshoe Overlook, they once robbed a train in Cornwall. I heard from Marybeth that Dutch and his gang stole a lot of Cornwall's bearer bonds. These bonds are very valuable, at least tens of thousands of dollars. But these things are not easy to sell, and Dutch has been waiting for an opportunity."

"No wonder Cornwall is so eager to find Dutch, it turns out that we robbed him of such a large sum of money before." This good news in the eyes of others is absolutely "bad news" to Lin Yan, because it indicates that the difficulty of the task he has to complete has increased. Lin Yan supported his forehead and continued to analyze: "If this batch of bonds cannot be recovered, Cornwall's company will not only fail to raise money, but will also owe money to bondholders. In this way, they have lost more than double the money. Who wouldn't be anxious if this happened to them?"

"What I'm worried about is that Cornwall will hire Pinkerton detectives in order to find us. There were already enough people looking for us before, and if Cornwall, the big capitalist, is added..." Sadie's face looked a little solemn when she said this.

"Hey! What are you afraid of!" At this time, Lin Yan also thought it through. It was just a game. How could the plot continue without some conflicts? As a "chosen one", what did he have to worry about? With him around, there would definitely be a perfect ending.

"We have a saying in my hometown, 'Too many debts don't worry, too many lice don't bite'. Anyway, we are already being chased and hiding everywhere, so what does one more person matter? As long as we don't cause any big trouble in the future, we can sell those bonds, get the money from Blackwater Town, and take a boat directly to Tahiti that Dutch mentioned."

Lin Yan's optimism was also transmitted to Sadie. She raised the corners of her mouth, looked at the calm lake, and said softly: "I hope so..."

Although the two were chatting, their hands were not slow at all. Lin Yan lived alone at home, and he cooked every day, so cleaning the ingredients was not a big deal. Sadie, on the other hand, although she was married, seemed a little clumsy when it came to washing vegetables, and was not as neat as Lin Yan.

However, Lin Yan did not point it out. It was not a big deal. He just needed to do more work if he was capable.

After washing all the ingredients, Lin Yan picked up the wooden basin again and handed it to Pearson who was chopping meat.

"That's right, now take the pot and get some water," Pearson said without looking up.

So Lin Yan put down the wooden basin, picked up the stew pot beside him, went to the lake to fetch most of the water, brought it back and hung it directly on the campfire.

Seeing Lin Yan bringing the water, Pearson put the cut meat into the pot and said, "Okay, there's nothing for you to do here. Wait for dinner."

In just the time it took to wash the vegetables and fetch water, Lin Yan was surprised to find that his bed had been arranged by Arthur. The position had not changed and it was still next to Arthur's bed.

"Thank you, thank you for your hard work." Lin Yan walked over and said politely.

"It's just a piece of cake." Arthur smiled and continued, "I heard from Charles that after you sent the people back, you not only helped him deal with the bodies, but also took the initiative to take on the purchasing work. Jamie, you did a good job."

Seeing that he was being praised, Lin Yan smiled and prepared to say a few polite words, but thinking of the language habits of foreigners, he temporarily changed his words and simply said "Thank you."

After saying that, he took out the gold brick given to him by the German Andre from his space bag and said, "This is a thank-you gift from the German. You should share it."

"Wow! Such a big gold brick. It seems those guys kidnapped the right person."

Arthur's face was filled with surprise, but he soon returned to normal. He picked up the gold brick, shook it, and stroked his chin and said, "Hmm... It weighs about 3 pounds, and is estimated to be worth 800-1000 yuan. Let's do the old way, let Leopold deal with these things, and we will divide the money after he sells them."

Lin Yan did not object. Although gold was a hard currency in this era, its value still depended on the merchant who received it. You couldn't pay for things with gold, right? The most important point was that the space bag classified this gold brick as "miscellaneous items". If it was not exchanged for banknotes, Lin Yan could only use it as a brick to hit people.