Seeing his daughter who looked like a pretty girl, Hayes was so happy inside that he also kissed her little face.
"Grow up and become beautiful, my little princess."
Finally, there was Fitz. At the age of four, he was hiding behind his mother, Andina, holding onto the hem of his mother's skirt with his little hands, looking timidly at the stranger.
He was still an infant when Hayes went to war, but now he is a boy who can walk quickly.
Squatting down, Hayes smiled and clapped his hands.
"Isn't this the first time you can see daddy's face clearly, little Fitz?"
Andina also bent down and gently comforted her son.
"Don't be afraid, call me daddy."
After hesitating for a while, the boy said something in a babyish voice.
"dad."
Hayes reached out and hugged the other person, gently touching his head.
"I'm sorry, dad has been away from home during the past few years when you were sensible, and he won't be in the future."
After saying that, he turned to look at his two wives, seeing each other again with tears in their eyes.
"I have worked hard these years. I have always missed you. I have been thinking about you in my dreams. I am afraid that I will never see you again."
Andina wiped the corners of her eyes and said softly:
"It's good to come back. Coming back is more important than anything else."
At this time, the off-road vehicle also drove outside the door. Hayes immediately opened the carriage and began to take out the gifts and various things inside. Some of them were to be distributed to other people in the brigade, so they were distributed directly on the spot.
Afterwards, Hayes was not idle. He went with Feiton and the others to visit the families of the company's fallen soldiers. Although there was an official pension, Hayes personally paid a sum of money to express his feelings.
In the evening, in the square, tables were filled with local delicacies, fruits and vegetables, and Hayes had to perform one last "performance".
He told some stories on the battlefield, followed the officer corps around in parades, gave speeches, and even used the small video camera in the car to show everyone some video records on the battlefield - when he saw the terrifying tyrant and the
As the executioners rampaged across the battlefield, many people screamed in horror.
Finally, after working hard into the evening, Hayes had the opportunity to truly reunite with his family.
After returning home, he took out a lot of toys, clothes, shoes and hats for his children from several large boxes, as well as some electronic products, such as locators, physical sign monitors, etc., and then high-end cosmetics for his two wives.
, all kinds of clothes, shoes and hats, and jewelry that looks very expensive.
Jalina and Andina were dumbfounded when they saw those sparkling earrings, pendants, bracelets and other objects embedded with huge gems and rare materials.
"Are these...very expensive?"
Hearing what Jalina said, Hayes on the sofa smiled and gently patted Fitz's little buttocks, which was crawling around on his legs. The little guy was holding a singing stuffed ball in his hand.
But within two hours it was covered with his saliva.
"It's expensive, of course it's expensive. How could I give you a bargain?"
"Then...that's such a waste. We don't really need this..."
Hayes smiled, gently placed the little guy on the sofa cushions aside, bent down and opened a thick black cloth bag, and took out a golden statue from it, which looked like an old nun with her head lowered.
There is also a halo behind him, and the characters are lifelike, but the key point is that it is embedded with 19 dazzling gems. These gems change from emerald green to bright blue or even to the people around them as the angle of Hayes's hand changes.
Light yellow.
"I asked someone to specially evaluate it. This thing should be a statue of a saint from four thousand years ago. The nineteen gems on it are extremely expensive Wicca gemstones. This kind of gemstone is almost monopolized by the state religion and is only used on precious statues of saints.
"
As soon as Hayes said this, both of them took a breath. Although they had never seen any big money, they could still imagine its value.
"This can't be you..."
"Ha, don't worry, it has been registered at the division headquarters. This is a legal item. I took it from an... old landowner's house during the mission. That family all died at the hands of gene stealers. It belongs to
If there is no owner, I have reported it to the instructor and can take it."
"Wow."
Taking the precious statue with both hands, Andina almost didn't catch it. She could only put it on the sofa and gently rub its surface engraved with scriptures, feeling the heavy weight, and then handed it to Jalina.
"Not only that, I also picked up a lot of things during this battle. Some of these jewelry are trophies, and some of them were purchased. The money was obtained after selling some of the things."
As he spoke, Hayes also took out an exquisite lighter made of crystal.
"Well, I didn't even sell it when someone offered me 30,000 yuan. The local market was in chaos at that time. If I sold it, it would definitely be at a low price. Just like that idiot Xiao Feiton, who finally got some loot and sold it all to profiteers at a low price, and then bought it at a high price.
Jewelry gift... Forget it, I asked someone to estimate it when I came back this time, and it turned out that it starts at least 100,000. This thing is made of rare crystals strictly controlled by the Mechanicus, and there is no material available on the market.
"
Then Hayes took out all the precious trophies in the box.
"...I'm lucky this time. I often receive rescue missions, and they are usually sent to rescue local rich, powerful people and landowners. Sometimes they leave in a hurry and don't have time to take many valuables with them."
Finally, Hayes took out two cards.
"The money is all here, it seems to be five or six hundred thousand. I didn't calculate it carefully. I sold some that were not worth keeping."
"Oh my God."
Looking at all this, Andina couldn't help but sigh:
"There are so many valuable things, but you just picked them up. Is the archdiocese so prosperous and wealthy?"
Hayes shook his head.
"No matter how prosperous or wealthy the people are, the people I see most are the poor, beggars, and slaves..."
"Then how..."
"Otherwise, where would they come from so many luxurious possessions? In my opinion, the only difference between those priests and gentlemen and the Tyranids is that they eat people more slowly, while the Tyranids eat people faster."
"Well, I heard, isn't the archdiocese an area presided over by priests? Logically speaking, they should be better than those noble governors of nest cities and so on..."
"Ha, well, let me tell you a story. On a planet that had not yet been invaded by the Tyranids, the regiment was still responsible for patrolling. However, it is said that due to the influence of the Tyranids, the climate of the planet became very bad.
There was an extreme high temperature and drought, and then there was a heavy rain that had never happened in a century. The world was originally dominated by agriculture and animal husbandry, and most of the people were farmers. Due to such a disturbance, there was no harvest for the whole year. However, in order to cope with the war, the people above
The jihad tax was collected for three years in advance, and it will be collected for the fourth year. Suddenly, there were victims everywhere who were making trouble because of lack of food, so we could only run around..."
Hayes spoke eloquently, and the two wives listened attentively, while the children were still having fun playing with the various new toys in their hands.