Three Hundred and Fifty-Two, the Seeds of Faith

As the bandits gathered here, the originally desolate refugee settlement suddenly seemed a little more angry.

Although some bandits went to the home of the homeless to steal the dried corn cobs, the homeless didn't say anything when they found out, but Ren Xiaosu beat him up and confiscated all his bullets.

The refugees also persuaded Ren Xiaosu not to attack so hard, and made the beaten bandits feel ashamed.

Later, this kind of thing never happened again.

Actually, there were some people among the refugees who bullied other refugees, and went to other people's houses for food like bastards every day, but Jin Lan and the others couldn't stand it, beat up these bastards, and then carried them to the bandit pile Going to accept the transformation...

It's okay for these bastards to bully the refugees, but it's unthinkable to bully the bandits.

Brick and stone houses rose from the ground, and the bandits had all their strength and worked very fast.

Ren Xiaosu watched Xu Jinyuan directing the construction of the house, and a female refugee beside him looked at him affectionately. He turned to Yang Xiaojin and said, "Is he one of the people you said you had a problem with?"

"Well," Yang Xiaojin nodded: "But it seems that there is nothing wrong with it."

Before, Yang Xiaojin was still wondering if this group of people would cause trouble, and had been secretly observing these people. At that time, she wondered why Ren Xiaosu was not worried, but she found that her worry was unnecessary.

Seeing that Xu Jinyuan is now looking forward to exchanging bullets day by day.

This time, they built twelve houses in one go. In this desolate wasteland, brick houses finally rose from the ground again. Ren Xiaosu looked at all this with a complicated feeling in his heart. Those solid brick houses, It seems to symbolize the continuation of human civilization.

Each house is about 28 square meters, and a house needs more than 1,900 bricks, which can accommodate more than ten people.

Although the houses are still a bit small compared to their number, the bricks from the second kiln have already started to burn, and they can be taken out in two days to continue building the house.

Jin Lan and Zhang Yiheng bragged to the refugees yesterday that they wanted everyone to have a house to live in.

Ren Xiaosu asked him with a smile at that time: "When the time comes, you will have saved enough bullets, will you still build a house?"

Jin Lan said embarrassingly, "I can't just watch my fellow villagers continue to live in cave dwellings. There are still so many children. Living in cave dwellings is very humid, which is not good for their health."

Zhang Yiheng said: "We can still build a school,

Build a factory..."

Ren Xiaosu was delighted: "Build a factory asshole, we don't have the skills to build a factory."

"What if it happens in the future," Zhang Yiheng muttered.

At this time, Ren Xiaosu walked towards the newly completed masonry houses, and he asked Jin Lan, "How many bullets do you have?"

It has been twenty days since the bandits started working, many of them should have saved enough ammunition, Jin Lan scratched her head after counting for a long time and said: "Because some time ago there were new brothers joining, we gave them a lot of bullets, So there is still about two or three shortfalls for each person, and it should be enough for everyone to make adobes for another day tomorrow.”

It was indeed because the new bandits slowed down everyone's progress. Otherwise, including some additional costs for moving bricks, mixing clay, and planting, these bandits should have already saved enough bullets.

Fortunately, there have been no new bandits joining recently, and the number has been controlled at about 400. Of course, there are some who escaped, but very few.

Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin said that there should be bandit forces from the north going south, otherwise they wouldn't have been here for more than ten days without a single new bandit coming.

So I'm afraid that what they will have to face next is friction with the northern forces to see who can win over whom.

Only then did Yang Xiaojin recall that they were here to suppress the bandits...

But now is not the time to think about it, Ren Xiaosu said with a smile: "You haven't counted the bullets for building the house today. I said before that each person involved in building the house will get 15 bullets, and they will do what they say."

As they said that, Jin Lan and the others suddenly became excited. After more than 20 days of hard work, this effort is finally about to bear fruit!

If Ren Xiaosu had returned the guns to them from the beginning, they would definitely not be excited, because those guns belonged to them, and they were given to them by other forces for free.

But it was different now. It was like an honor to save a hundred bullets for guns. The reason they were excited was not the gun, but the qualification to be able to hold a gun in this settlement.

As if this qualification is worth a thousand dollars, they were not so happy when they robbed caravans of money in the past, and they were not as proud as they are today, because they earned it with their sweat.

Ren Xiaosu asked Jin Lan to bring the ammunition over: "What are you going to do with these guns?"

Jin Lan excitedly said: "Robber, we hundreds of people are so united, we can definitely sweep the entire south!"

Jin Lan didn't say too much, after all, there are a few bandits in the north who are very fierce.

Ren Xiaosu was silent for a moment. He pointed to the refugees who were watching them and said, "Root? Rob them?"

The onlookers were stunned when they heard it, and Jin Lan quickly explained: "If we don't rob you, why should we rob you?"

"But there are many people like them," Ren Xiaosu said, "They also have children and wives."

At this moment, Xu Jinyuan asked suspiciously, "Then what are we doing with guns?"

"Protect them," Ren Xiaosu said with a smile. He pointed to the female refugee who hooked up with Xu Jinyuan every day and said, "Protect Xiaocui, protect the villagers, and protect the family."

Xu Jinyuan stopped talking, and Xiao Cui flirted with him shyly outside...

Ren Xiaosu picked up a gun and handed it to Xu Jinyuan with both hands: "After taking this gun, we are a family, comrades-in-arms, brothers, and family members."

Xu Jinyuan took the gun timidly, followed by excited Jin Lan and Zhang Yiheng.

They held black and cold firearms like they were holding a baby. Jin Lan said to the villagers: "Don't worry, with me, Lao Jin, no bandits can rob you!"

Yang Xiaojin silently watched all this beside her, looking at the young man who looked like the protagonist in the center of the stage. She once said that it would be difficult for a group of bandits to find faith, and it would be nice if they could unite.

But unexpectedly, now only more than 20 days later, a collective concept has quietly formed, and a belief about "guarding" has also quietly emerged.

There is no grandiose family and country feelings. The belief that Ren Xiaosu conveyed to the bandits is to protect, protect one's own property, protect one's family, and protect one's friends. Everything starts from the perspective of self-interest.

There is no need to maintain world peace or anything, this kind of thing has nothing to do with them.

Of course, whether it is the strength, will or belief of this group, it is just a small seed.

If they really left Ren Xiaosu, a powerful individual, and a rope that held them together, they would probably soon disperse and go their separate ways.

Or if you encounter a strong enemy now, you can quickly defeat them.

But Yang Xiaojin felt that Ren Xiaosu's ability to bury this seed was very remarkable.