The next day, at noon, Rayson and Ashley rode on a motorcycle, which was filled with large bags of supplies, which was the reward that Pinghachi gave to Rayson according to the agreement.

Yesterday, the people in the village were resting and burying Yingshan and other sacrificed villagers at the same time, and as for the bodies of the bandits, a big pit was dug outside the village and gathered to bury them at will. The blood and smoke of the village had been washed away, and apart from the broken houses, there was no sign that there had been a major war.

Heihachi walked out: "Sir...... You...... Going? ”

"Or else? It's done, what are we doing here? Rayson said as a matter of course, and then got into the car and started the engine, and Ashley naturally put her arms around his waist.

“…… Mr...... Thank you. ”

Heihachi knew very well that without Raison's help, it would be impossible for their village to resist the bandits, and it was even possible that at this time, they had been slaughtered like other nearby villages.

But Rayson didn't seem to care: "Don't thank me, you've already paid me, don't owe me anything, don't say thank you to me again." ”

"Sir...... I ......" Heihachi seemed to be entangled, and after a long time, he asked the question he had always wanted to ask.

"Sir, do you think I can be the village chief here?"

Just last night, Furuya announced in public that he would step down as village head, and the new village head would be Heihachi, and none of the villagers objected. So today, it is the first day that Heiba officially became the head of the village here.

"I don't know, and I don't care." Rayson said with a blank face that the matter here was over for him. After that, everything here has nothing to do with him, and he doesn't care.

But as soon as the words fell, Rayson suddenly 'hissed' and gasped. It was Ashley behind him who pinched the flesh around his waist and twisted it, as if to blame him for speaking too coldly.

Heihachi also lowered his head and looked dejected.

Rayson thought for a moment, but changed his tone: "But ......"

"You should, will do better, than your father."

Heihachi raised his head and smiled, although there was a bitterness in his smile.

"Thank you, sir......"

Rayson didn't like such a sad atmosphere, and urged the motorcycle throttle: "Let's go, don't send it." ”

The heavy motorcycle drove out of the small courtyard of the Pingba family. Because the road in the village is not wide, it does not drive very fast, and the road passes through an open field next to the farmland.

At this time, many villagers in the field are harvesting grain, and some villagers gather at the edge of the ridge, beating gongs and drums, dancing unknown dances, and kneeling in the direction of the back mountain from time to time, as if they are carrying out some kind of prayer ceremony.

On the other side of the open field, there are large and small newly erected branches, where Eagle Mountain is also buried.

Anderley looked at the group of villagers who were dancing and pouted: "These people are really heartless, so many people died yesterday, and they are still in the mood to sing and dance here for a few days." ”

Hearing this, Rayson smiled indifferently: "This is nothing strange, after all, yesterday's victory belongs to them, and it belongs only to them." They don't have to worry about the threat of bandits in the future, these fields can feed them, so what is there to be sad about? ”

"As for the dead, and for us, we are all losers."

Heavy motorcycles drove out of the village, and a child and a middle-aged woman happened to be walking on the road. Seeing the motorcycle passing by, the child suddenly picked up the stone on the ground and threw it at Rayson.

The thrown stone only made an arc and fell to the ground, and the child looked at the distant motorcycle and scolded in a childish voice: "Bad guy! Kill the bad guys of Vic! Never again! You're not welcome! Hum! ”

When Ashley heard this, she suddenly became angry, and turned her head to reason with the child, but Rayson didn't seem to hear anything, and urged the accelerator to speed away.

Soon after they came out of the village, they also saw a man, Qingzi, who was leading two donkeys and leaving alone.

A little earlier, she took the two donkeys and left the village with all her belongings. She had decided to leave the small village where she had been living, and although Heihachi had tried to persuade her to stay, Aoko insisted on doing so. Her mother died young, her father and brother died yesterday for their own stupidity, and there was nothing left in the village for her nostalgia, just a sad place.

No one knows what Aoko's future holds, and maybe even herself. The bike drove by, blowing a gust of wind and sand, passing Aoko and her two donkeys, and Anderley looked back at the lonely figure, not knowing what to think.

The heavy motorcycle drove for three days, with occasional stops to rest. On the evening of the third day, I drove into a desert again.

The desert environment is harsh, and there is hardly any flora or fauna to be seen. Not long after driving in the desert, the wind and sand unfortunately, blew up, and became more and more ferocious, gradually forming a sandstorm.

Unlike the desert area that Rayson once walked through, there was a slight pain when the wind and sand blew on his body. Ashley tugged at her clothes and hugged Rayson's waist even tighter, her face shrinking closer to Rayson's back.

Rayson narrowed his eyes as well, pulling his collar up. He could probably guess the reason why the wind and sand were particularly stinging, because there were many iron ore veins in this area during the old century, and there were many people mining and mining in the vicinity; Nowadays, the area is desertified, and the iron sand left over from the mining in the old century is blown out by the wind and combined with the sand to form a sandstorm containing iron sand.

The wind and sand became more and more violent, and the skin and flesh ached. Rayson knew that staying in the open would probably be life-threatening, and that motorcycles could not be driven in such an environment for long periods of time, once the exhaust pipe was blocked by sand containing iron sand.

It is imperative to find a place where you can shelter from the wind and sand, or stay away from the area. Rayson pressed down on the throttle again and rushed forward.

After a while, there seemed to be a bright light in the distance. It was a small lonely courtyard, which stood out in a muddy yellow sandstorm with low visibility.

Rayson didn't hesitate to drive the motorcycle over, and there was also a trolley covered with rags in the yard, the corners of which were tied to the cart, and it seemed that it could be blown away at any moment under the howling wind and sand.

Rayson now has no choice but to rest here, or he and Ashley risk dying in the sandstorm.

There was a two-story house in the courtyard with a glittering light from the windows. Rayson and Ashley got out of the car. Rayson was the first to go over and knock on the door: "Sorry! Anyone! The sandstorm is too big, can you let us go in and hide for a while? ”

Ashley pulled her collar and shrunk her head: "Uncle, is there no one inside?" ”

But Rayson could clearly hear footsteps inside, perhaps because the wind and sand outside were too loud, and the people inside didn't hear the knock on the door.

Rayson knocked on the door again, his voice raising a bit, "Anyone?" We just want to take shelter from the sandstorm! No malice, can you let us in? ”

Footsteps finally came from the house, and Rayson grabbed the revolver with one hand under his coat. Although it was a request for help, Rayson's physical instinct still made him take precautions.

The door opened a little, and a pair of women's eyes poked out, looking warily at Rayson and Ashley outside the door.

Seeing that it was a woman, Rayson relaxed a little and stopped clutching the gun under his clothes: "Sorry, excuse me." The wind and sand outside are too big for us to walk, can you let us go in and hide? ”

"No, let's go somewhere else."

The woman in the room refused without hesitation, and was about to close the door.

Ashley on the side suddenly became anxious, the wind and sand outside were so big, she didn't stay outside anymore, and immediately went up to close the door.

"Please, let's go in and hide." Ashley pleaded, "We'll stay for a while, and we'll go when the wind and sand stop." ”

"You ......"

The woman frowned and was about to say something, when suddenly, a man's voice came from the room.

"Let them in."

After some struggle, the woman finally opened the door.

Ashley was the first to rush in, and Rayson pushed the motorcycle in as well. Parking the motorcycle outside under such wind and sand is likely to be scrapped, and he has to do it.

Fortunately, the people in the room did not express any dissatisfaction. Only then did Rayson see that there was a young man and a woman in the house, the man was sitting at a table in the hall, his face was full of indifference, the woman should be older than the man, with triangular eyes and a big nose, and a freckle face, which was really unsatisfactory, especially when there was a beautiful Ashley in the house, which dwarfed her.

There was no electricity in the house, only a few oil lamps lit it; The young men and women were also not very enthusiastic, and Rayson and Ashley did not communicate with them when they came in; There were a few plates on the table in the hall, and it looked like they had just finished dinner, and the plates were clean, leaving no food residue, only a little grease.

"Sorry to bother, thank you for letting us in."

Rayson tried to be as friendly as he could, but neither the man nor the woman reacted. Ashley took out some food from the package on the motorcycle, and after eating some of it herself, she didn't forget to give a little to the young men and women, which was regarded as a thank you gift for her temporary shelter from the wind and sand.

The man's face was momentarily surprised when he saw the package full of supplies, but he quickly reverted to the indifferent look he had just now, and unceremoniously accepted the can that Anderley had placed on the table; The woman stared at the package without shying away from it, her eyes full of greed.

Ashley took out a bottle of water and poured it twice, the woman couldn't help but swallow her saliva, the greed in her eyes almost overflowed, but she caught a glimpse of Rayson next to her who was also looking at her, and quickly withdrew her gaze.

After looking around, Rayson felt a wave of confusion. It's not a small house, but there are only two people living in it, and there are a lot of dinner plates in the glass cabinet, if it were just the two of them, there would definitely not be so many of them.

And, although the man had always had a cold look, Rayson keenly caught that he would peek at Anderley from time to time, look up and down, and then immediately withdraw his gaze.

Although he didn't feel very comfortable, after all, under the fence of the fairy, even if he was unhappy, Rayson would not be able to have a seizure. What's more, they even let themselves push the motorcycle in.

Outside, the wind and sand were still howling, but inside the house, two men and two women were awkwardly silent. The man always sat at the table with his hands crossed, looking indifferent, and the woman feasted on the can that Ashley had just given, and looked at the man timidly from time to time; Rayson and Ashley didn't know how to answer, they just hoped that the wind and sand would pass quickly and escape from this unfriendly place.

The room seemed to be very quiet, but Rayson faintly felt that there seemed to be something unusual under his feet, and occasionally he could hear a sound that seemed to be coming from under his feet.

"You ...... Did you hear anything? ”

Ashley also noticed the strange noise, and couldn't help but ask the young man and woman.

The woman subconsciously looked at the man at the table. The man rubbed his nose and said after a short thought, "It should be a mouse, there are sometimes rats here." ”

Rayson couldn't help frowning, there is no grass in this area, how can rats nest here?

Suddenly, the man said, "If you are tired, you can go to the upstairs room to rest, and then leave when the wind and sand stop." ”

Rayson didn't want to continue to talk to them here: "Thank you, then let's go and take a rest." ”

After saying that, Rayson called Ashley to prepare to go upstairs, and did not forget to pick up the package on the motorcycle.

The woman stared at the large bags and watched reluctantly as they were carried upstairs by Rayson.

"Uncle, do you think they're a little weird?"

As soon as she entered the room, Ashley couldn't help but complain. Rayson hurriedly made a "shh

"Well, we all gave them canned food, and they still ...... like that," Ashley pouted in dissatisfaction.

Rayson closed the door and looked around. After opening the wardrobe, I saw a lot of hand-sewn clothes inside, but looking at this size, it was clear that they were children. And these clothes are very neat, there should be children living here recently,

But when they were below, there was no one else to be seen, except for the young man and woman.

There is also a carved wood doll on the bedside table, painted with some pink paint, plus all kinds of cute graffiti on the wall of this room, the previous owner of this place should be a little girl.

Rayson looked around, suddenly felt something kicked at his feet, squatted down, and soon found a small notebook from under the bed.

In the book, it is full of immature handwriting, recording all kinds of daily trivial matters.

"August 5th The oil lamp ran out of oil and I wanted to sleep with my mom and dad. But Dad said that brave people sleep by themselves, and I want to be a brave person who sleeps by himself. Hmph, Mom and Dad are not brave people, otherwise why would they sleep together? ”

"On August 7th, my father came back from buying lamp oil, and he was no longer scared when he went to bed at night."

"On August 10th, I ran out of water, I didn't take a shower today, I feel so dirty, and my hair is full of sand."

Obviously, this is a diary belonging to a certain child, recording the life of a family of three, in a childish and ridiculous tone, but it can also see a rare stability.

This also baffled Rayson. The men and women downstairs don't look like two people, and they don't see any children there, what the hell is going on?

Flipping to the end of the journal, the entry on it caught Rayson's attention.

"October 26th is my birthday, my dad made me a wood carving, I love it! Mom said she would go to the city tomorrow to buy me new clothes, so I'm looking forward to it. ”

"On October 27th, a sandstorm suddenly came, and I couldn't buy new clothes. It doesn't matter, my mother will take me there when the sandstorm stops. ”

"On the evening of October 27th, two strangers came, hoping to hide in our house and leave when the sandstorm came. Dad didn't agree at first, but Mom said to be kind and compassionate, so she let them in, they were so dirty. There was not much water in the house, but my mother still let them take a bath, and they were very grateful to my mother. But I don't like the look in that uncle's eyes, he always stares at his mother......"

The diary came to an abrupt end, and there was no more content after that, and Rayson realized something was wrong.

"Uncle! Uncle! Come here! ”

At this time, Ashley, who was standing beside the bed, suddenly screamed and eagerly called Rayson to his side.

"Uncle! Look at that! ”

Rayson followed Anderley's direction and looked at the trolley parked in the yard.

At this time, the wind and sand outside were a little weaker, and visibility improved, and the rags covering the cart seemed to be blown open, revealing some strange shadows, which looked like ...... Some kind of limb.

Ashley narrowed her eyes slightly, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and stammered, "Uncle, could that be ......?"

Rayson also had a sense of foreboding in his psyche. The window was still some distance from the trolley, and he couldn't see it clearly, so he didn't know for sure, so he simply took out his flashlight and opened the window.

Using the light of the flashlight, the two of them could see what was on the trolley. At this look, Ashley suddenly gasped.

Beneath the corner of the wind-blown rag was a human foot, covered in dried blood.

Apparently, on the trolley, which was originally covered with rags, was a corpse!

Probably, there is more than one!