Wilderness Redemption Tour

On the first night after arriving at the new camp, we simply cleaned up the place, arranged our own accommodations, had dinner, and went to bed early.

There was no other way. We had to rest early. The exercise we had just done in those few miles was equivalent to a day's hard work. The two actions of unloading and loading the car were repeated more than ten times. In the end, the horses in the camp took on all the work. Most of the supplies on the car were carried to the camp bit by bit by them.

The next morning, Hosea gathered the few remaining gunmen in the camp and held a small meeting to tell them some bad news: the camp's finances were in crisis. Although the number of people eating now was reduced by nearly half, all of them were people who had gone out to earn money before, so the Van der Linde Gang's finances were not only not abundant, but were becoming increasingly stretched. In order to ensure everyone's basic quality of life, Arthur Linyan and the few remaining gunmen now had to complete a certain "robbery quota" before they could do anything else when they went out to work every day.

The amount Hosea stipulated was not high, only five dollars per person, which was actually no different from not setting a limit, and even Lin Yan, the new member, didn't care. With his current ability, he could get a hundred dollars by robbing a stagecoach on the road, not to mention a purposeful robbery.

After moving to the new camp, the busiest people were not the field staff like Lin Yan, but the logistics staff managed by Aunt Susan. The camp was secluded, but the way in and out was too difficult to walk, so the next day, Aunt Susan led a group of people to cut trees and transport soil from outside to pave the road. Even the camp's cook, doctor, accountant, and even Molly, who usually never left the house, were forcibly pulled in. Under her coordination, a group of people worked enthusiastically and energetically. Every day when Lin Yan came back from working outside, he would be amazed at the changes along the way. Seeing how hard everyone worked, he was not idle when he went out these days. He and Sadie did two big jobs in total and earned nearly two thousand dollars.

In the end, it only took three days for the roads in and out of the camp to be completely renovated. The speed of change was so fast that even Thomas, who came to visit his "neighbor" with boiled shrimps, was amazed. And everyone also learned from Thomas the former name of this abandoned village - Lakai.

Thomas is a Creole, and the name Lakai means "home" in Creole. At first, when Thomas and his friends moved here from other places, there were only a dozen people. They built this small village and named it Lakai with high hopes. After years of development, with the continuous influx of Creoles, the small village of only a dozen people gradually developed into a large family of nearly 100 people. However, this small village with remote roads and limited available land could no longer meet their needs, so Thomas and his group reluctantly gave up this "home" and established Lagras, not far from here, also close to the water, but with richer land resources.

After a few days of hard work, the camp became more accessible, and the camp's funding problem was temporarily solved. After their lives became worry-free, Lin Yan and Arthur began to turn their attention elsewhere.

For example, planning how to rescue John Josiah from the heavily guarded SISICA prison, or chatting with those gang members who were thinking of quitting, and persuading them to make up their minds to leave as soon as possible...

Abigail had been busy with everyone in the past few days and had no time to think about John. Now that she had some free time, she began to urge Arthur to fulfill his promise.

Putting aside the fact that Arthur went out to find a solution, Lin Yan first approached Hosea before he approached those who intended to leave. Sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood. Hosea and he generally agreed on this matter, and they were considered comrades standing on the same front.

After Lin Yan told Hosea about his idea, Hosea was quite puzzled by Lin Yan's behavior, but he couldn't help but feel that Lin Yan's idea was too much to his liking. As soon as Lin Yan expressed his idea, the two of them hit it off and found Marybeth, who had the strongest desire to leave, that day.

Beforehand, Lin Yan learned from Hosea some things about Marybeth's past that were rarely mentioned by others.

Marybeth, a girl who loves reading and writing novels in her spare time, and who is warm and sincere to others, was a skilled thief and an eloquent liar before joining the gang. "Believe it or not, I see my former self in her. If it weren't for the fact that she is a girl and I didn't want her to do this job anymore, I would want to teach her everything I know," Hosea commented truthfully.

When Marybeth was young, she lived with her mother. Although her life was hard, she had a mother who loved her. But even in such a life, she did not enjoy it for a few years. When she was eight years old, a typhoid fever completely changed the family. After her mother fell ill, the family not only lost their source of income, but also emptied the family's only savings to treat her mother. In desperation, Marybeth, who was only eight years old at the time, could only steal and cheat to maintain her life while paying for her mother's medical expenses. Hosea did not know how much suffering, beatings, and insults the eight-year-old girl had suffered for this family, and he could not bear to think about it.

In short, in order to treat her mother's illness, Marybeth officially "entered the business". However, typhoid fever was basically an incurable disease at that time. Although Marybeth tried her best to treat her mother, her mother eventually left her. After that, Marybeth, who had no one to rely on, left her hometown and wandered around while doing her "old business". She seemed to be born to do this with her smart mind, flexible hands and feet, and sweet looks, which made her a perfect criminal. Of course, even the most perfect crime will be discovered one day, but Marybeth was lucky. Dutch Arthur and Hosea saved her by coincidence. Since then, the Van der Linde Gang, which has already been famous in the West, has a girl who loves literature.

"Marybeth's past is not an isolated case. Most of the gang members have had similar tragic experiences. Otherwise, who would choose to go down this path for no reason?" Hosea was also moved by the end. "When I first heard Dutch say that he would take everyone to Tahiti to live a truly good life, you can't imagine how excited I was. I really hope that everyone can have a good ending, instead of ending up like most gang members in the West, either dead in the wilderness or hanging on the gallows for people to see."