748. Chapter 748: Village Invitation
At noon three days later, everyone was tired and sleepy. It was three days ago, and there was no one figure. There were vast grasslands around. Everyone looked tired and boring. They finally came to a small hillside and were about to take a break before leaving. The mountain eagle who arrived first suddenly shouted in surprise: "Brothers, look?"
Everyone looked up in surprise and saw that there was a gentle hilly area in front of them. There was a mountain village. Outside the village, some drought-resistant poplar trees grew, and the leaves were all falling. The village seemed to be made of rammed soil, low and dilapidated, and there were no people outside. There were a few sheep chewing on the grass on the ground bored.
"Village?" Everyone was surprised, but soon sat on the hillside with a frustration and found that the village was like what? This is a neighboring country, not a country, with a language and a custom, and everyone would enter with a gun and would definitely be beaten by the enemy on the spot and would not get into trouble.
"Everyone is on the spot to rest, sniper cover, I'll go over and see if I can ask for some help." Lan Xue saw that everyone was very tired and urgently needed a hot meal, so she couldn't bear it and immediately suggested.
"Can you do it?" Luo Zheng also knew the situation of the team and marched continuously. Everyone didn't say it, but his body was indeed seriously overdrawn, especially his malnutrition. If he didn't replenish it, he couldn't bear it at all. How could he complete the task of rescuing the Tiger King? He looked at Lan Xue with some concern and asked uncertainly.
"Try it, I'm a woman, so it's easier to communicate." Lan Xue smiled bitterly, unloading her equipment, putting down her weapons, and bringing nothing to avoid misunderstandings. In this area where warlords are separatist, children will play with guns, and guns are not rare here. If you don't release your goodwill first, it will easily lead to conflicts.
Luo Zheng also knew that this was a last resort. He kept reconciling and everyone's body was sure to cross the task. How could he talk about the task? He reminded him helplessly: "Be careful, put the pistol on the back, just in case."
"Okay." Lan Xue agreed, checked the pistol, put it on the belt behind her back, took off her helmet, spread her hair, tied it into a ponytail with a rubber band, took off the Geely suit and combat uniform outside, revealing the camouflage vest inside, and her proud figure immediately showed up. Luo Zheng's heartbeat and became a little confused.
Lan Xuebai glanced Luo Zheng, but smiled happily and said to everyone: "Be careful, I'm going." As he said that, he picked up the last bit of compressed biscuits and put them in his pocket, walked forward, and checked around vigilantly as he walked, in case of accidents and dared not take off the headset, so that it would be convenient for timely contact.
Everyone looked for a place to lie down and stashed their sniper rifles. Not long after, everyone saw Lan Xue coming to the entrance of the village and walked out of the village. They were holding guns in their hands and aimed vigilantly at Lan Xue. Luo Zheng and others were shocked and quickly aimed at them and were solemn, but they heard Lan Xue's advice not to shoot.
Lan Xue was also startled when she saw the woman holding a gun rushing out, but found that everyone's posture of holding a gun was not reasonable. She knew that it was not a well-trained armed person. She seemed to be murderous, but she couldn't feel murderous intent. She was puzzled and whispered to everyone not to shoot, and then raised her hands flat to show kindness. She said in an international common language: "Don't shoot, do you understand?"
After asking twice, the group of people were whispering, Lan Xue didn't understand a word, and she thought about retreating. Suddenly, a woman came over from behind the crowd, wearing a black screen, a black turban, and a gun, followed by several women. She came to Lan Xue and asked in surprise: "Who are you? Why are you doing here?"
"We are mercenaries, and I'm here to find something to eat. I wonder if it's okay?" Lan Xue said politely, deliberately using the word "we", to show that he is not alone, and to remind the other party not to do anything randomly.
The man heard Luo Zheng’s implicit voice, looked at Lan Xue with a serious expression, and saw where could he see people behind him, and said in confusion: “Are you mercenaries? What conditions are needed if we hire you?"
"It depends on what it is." Lan Xue continued the topic helplessly. Once she has determined to use this identity, she can only play the role, otherwise it will be exposed and it will be difficult to move forward.
"Save people." The woman said with a serious expression, looking at Lan Xue tightly. Perhaps she thought of something sad, and a hint of pain surged in her eyes.
"Your question is very vague, I can't judge the difficulty of hiring." Lan Xue continued helplessly.
The woman did not answer immediately, but said something to the people around her. Everyone lowered their guns, but still looked at Lan Xue with vigilance, gradually dispersing. The woman continued, "My name is Lucia, a missionary, a doctor, a Westerner. I came to this village ten years ago to settle down with my husband. Three months ago, General Vatta's people came over, ransacked the village, and took away all men over fifteen and sixty years old. We jointly hire you to save people. What conditions are needed?"
"General Vatta?" Lan Xue was stunned, thinking that this person should be a warlord. He was here to save people. It was not convenient to intervene in local affairs. He did not want to deceive the other party. He said in embarrassment: "I need to discuss this with my teammates. Can't I directly answer you?"
"Are you afraid of the devil Vatta?" Lucia asked retorted in dissatisfaction.
"It's not a question of whether we are afraid or not, but the difficulty of the task itself needs to be evaluated. If we can't complete it, or we are not sure of completing it, wouldn't it be a death?" Lan Xue asked back.
"What you said makes sense. What if we hire you to train? You are mercenaries and know how to shoot. You teach us to shoot. You can also have the ability to protect ourselves. What conditions are needed?" Lucia continued to ask, looking at Lan Xue firmly, full of expectations.
"This is simple. We can stay here for three days. You only need to provide a house for us to rest and provide food for us to eat. How about it?" Lan Xue was delighted and said, as long as she did not interfere in local affairs, it would be easy to do.
"Okay, that's all." Lucia said happily after receiving Lan Xue's answer. While explaining to everyone in local language, the people around him suddenly cheered and looked very excited.
When Lan Xue saw this scene, she felt a sense of sympathy for no reason. She was pitiful for these people. She could tolerate hardships. The man and the child were captured. Life and death were unknown. She had to arm herself to protect herself. Who could know the pain? At this moment, Lan Xue decided to train them well and the team would take a break.
"Please call your companions over here." Lucia said happily: "I have asked everyone to prepare food, and there is hot water, so I will get rid of the training."
Chapter completed!