In the boulder pile of the wasteland, the ranks of displaced people had quieted down, exhausted from a long day of fear and an afternoon of hurrying, and after cooking on a fire in the boulder pile and eating a hot meal of wheat porridge, everyone huddled around the campfire and fell asleep.

Ron sat alone on the boulder after arranging the night watchman with the help of Lawrence, looking north.

"It's been so long, and the master hasn't reached the boulder pile yet, will something happen?" Ron muttered to himself.

The outcasts became more and more agitated when they heard the news that they had almost been ambushed by bandits, and in the afternoon two guys were already clamoring to leave the group and flee for their lives. Ron and Lawrence and a few armed men tried to maintain order, but in addition to Lawrence, the other homeless people who temporarily served as guards were also a little shaken.

Ron had never managed so many people, and his mind was a little confused in the face of such a messy situation. In his thoughts, the night was almost over, and the eastern sky had a dull gray light, and Ron couldn't hold it anymore and fell asleep on the boulder.

As soon as he dreamed of returning to the valley cabin and drinking the fragrant broth with his parents and sister, Ron was woken up by a hurried voice,

"Brother Ron, wake up, wake up, someone is stealing food."

Last night it was Lawrence who was in charge of the grain truck, and at dawn, he jumped out of the grain truck to pee a little farther away, but as soon as he came back with his pants, he saw the guy who was shouting for his life yesterday from the grain truck carrying a bag of barley and preparing to run away, and Lawrence took him down on the spot.

The guy who stole the grain was squatting on the ground and being guarded by several homeless guards, and his wife was arguing loudly with one of the homeless guards: "What are you thinking it's great to be a dog for someone?" Why arrest my husband! Let him go! ”

Ron pushed away the onlookers, came to the grain cart and glanced at the grain thief on the ground holding his head and the grain bag that fell on the ground.

"Brother Ron, Brother Ron, calm down, you can't just kill him." Seeing that Ron was about to draw his sword and go up and cut that guy, Lawrence hurriedly persuaded him.

"Everyone is already panicking, if you kill him like this, everyone will be in chaos. Let's wait for the adults to come back. Lawrence had seen the scene of Ron mending the robber's sword yesterday, and knew that this stunned young man would definitely dare to cut off the head of that guy with a sword, but this would cause even more panic, and maybe bring uncontrollable turmoil.

Ron listened to Lawrence's words, glanced at the homeless people around him who were staring at him with bated breath, and still withdrew the half-drawn sword back into its scabbard.

Ron walked up to the grain stealing couple and yelled, "You two greedy and shameless bastards, why do you want to steal grain? ”

The man squatted on the ground and didn't speak, but his woman pointed at Ron's nose and scolded: "You liar, you are all liars, lie to us that the place you want to go must be safe without bandits and bandits, but who was behind us yesterday?" Who was the one who was going to stop us in the woods yesterday? Don't tell me what kind of Border Ranger of yours went after the robbers, they've been gone for so long, who knows if they were killed by the robbers? Now that the owner is gone, what kind of wasteland are you going to open up and plant? It's better for everyone to divide the food and run away now, than to follow you liars to death. ”

Listening to this shrew's words, the homeless people became more and more uneasy, and there was some commotion in the crowd.

This vicious-mouthed woman wanted to incite everyone, Lawrence noticed that the situation was not good, and quickly jumped on the grain cart and said loudly: "Listen to me, yesterday there were indeed robbers who planned to ambush us, but the Border Inspector saw through it, and led us to attack the robbers, killing two robbers on the spot, and then the Lord took a few warriors to chase the robbers into the woods. If you don't believe them, ask them, they saw with their own eyes the corpses of two robbers in the woods. Lawrence pointed to the few outcast guards who had seen Ron mend his sword yesterday.

One of the outcast guards stepped forward and said, "Yes, I saw with my own eyes the corpses of two robbers in the woods, and Brother Ron gave them a sword. Several of the other homeless guards nodded their heads.

Seeing that the crowd began to fall to Ron's side, the poisonous woman yelled loudly: "Maybe they really went to chase the robbers, but they didn't return overnight, who knows if they were robbed~~"

Ron drew his sword and pointed at the poisonous woman, interrupting her, "Listen to me, Lord Ranger was originally a religious guard, and it was God's will to send him to this chaotic hell to banish demons and save the common people. He is the shield of God, not only brave and good at fighting, but also blessed by the gods, and he will definitely return safe and sound. And this vicious woman, for the sake of her own greed, wants everyone to accompany them to death. Think about it carefully, in the past few days with my master, have your wife, sons, and daughters ever been hungry? Have you ever been harassed by a bandit at close range? Apart from my lord, who else can guarantee your food and clothing and protect your safety? Without this team, how long can you survive in the chaotic world of cannibalism outside? These two bastards stole a bag of food from us, and we lost a few bowls of deadly porridge, and what they stole was not food, but the lives of all of us. Ron's words were thrown in everyone's hearts, and the crowd fell silent.

Lawrence stood on the grain cart and glanced at his wife, who was huddled in the crowd, and Lawrence's wife grabbed a piece of hard soil on the ground and threw it at the poison-mouthed woman.

"Robber~"

"Bad guy~"

"Witch!"

"Kill them~" The crowd resounded with curses against the grain thief couple, followed by a muffled sound of fists on meat.

After the crowd had vented, Lawrence led the men to tie the grain thief couple, who were covered in mud and phlegm, and their faces were covered with scratches and bruises, to the grain cart and gagged the poisonous woman's mouth with rags.

The homeless people originally came from all over the world, and everyone came together to survive, and after the malice of the poisonous woman was discovered by the Ron brothers, everyone vented to the two of them, and the restlessness in their hearts calmed down for the most part, but the patrol officer who went to chase down the robbers did not come back, and the worries in everyone's hearts still could not be erased.

"Brother Ron, the people have been tied, and everyone is quiet now." Lawrence said as he walked over to Ron.

Ron was very pleased with this lean man who had performed well all the way, and he said sincerely: "Brother Lawrence, thank you, if you hadn't helped me all the way, I wouldn't have been able to control the situation." ”

"Brother Ron, you're already so powerful, when I'm your age, I even have to close my eyes when I kill chickens." Lawrence replied with a smile.

Lawrence glanced at the homeless people who were sitting on the ground and doing nothing, and turned to Ron and proposed, "Brother Ron, can we let everyone make a fire and cook first, as long as there is food in the mouth and busy in the hand, everyone will be stable." ”

Ron thought for a moment, the most important thing was to stabilize the homeless at the moment, and it didn't matter if he ate earlier, so he nodded in agreement.

Knowing that they could eat early, the homeless people immediately got busy, some of them collected snow melt water, some of them picked up dead branches to make a fire, and some came to the grain truck to find Ron to collect barley. After a while, puffs of smoke rose from the boulder pile......