Seeing off the guests, Lu Caiting also felt some discomfort in his chest and stomach, maybe he was in too much of a hurry to drink just now, he was busy sitting down at an empty table to rest, and Hu'er was busy making a pot of hot tea for him from the kitchen. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After resting for a moment and drinking a cup of hot tea, Lu Caiting quickly recovered, he stood up and commanded Hu'er; "Let's go, take our baggage."

Hu'er went up to the second floor to pick up the burden, put it on his back, and then walked out of the restaurant with the master, the master and servant came to the bazaar, the market was densely crowded, the shouting of various vendors mixed with the sound of cars and horses, the hustle and bustle, although the double market town is a general market town, but it is the same as the county of Yuxi, located at the junction of Suzhou and Anhui, integrating water and land trade, so it is very lively.

The two of them walked in the market for a while, and finally came to the braised vegetable stall, Lu Caiting asked for two roast chickens, braised beef, braised pig's trotters, pig ears, pig's heart tongue, a package of braised vegetables, plus a jar of sorghum wine, the two of them carried the wine and food and came to a 'Qin Ji blacksmith shop' on Xiahe Street in the bazaar, Lu Caiting tore his throat at the door of the store and shouted, "Boss, is there a good iron?" ”

An old, slightly hissing voice of reply rang out from inside the shop; "Yes, yes, what are the guests going to do?"

Lu Caiting didn't laugh and continued to pretend; "I'm going to make an embroidery needle."

An old man with thick eyebrows and a thick beard walked out of the door of the shop and laughed; "Just listen to the tone, you know it's your second young master." The old man was in his sixties, shirtless, wearing only a leather apron, with a bronzed face and chest, and he was in good spirits.

Lu Caiting and Hu'er greeted with a smile; "Daddy Qin is good!" After speaking, he strode into the store and put the food and drinks on an empty table.

The shop room is very spacious, there is a big stove and bellows in one corner of the room, the furnace is blazing, an anvil, a man in his thirties is shirtless, with a leather apron, holding an iron tool in his left hand, and holding a hammer in his right hand is forging repeatedly. "Second Young Master, Hu'er!!"

The old man who was called Uncle Qin took off his apron and changed into his clothes, and instructed the young man; "Sledgehammer, don't be in a hurry with this work, let's do it again tomorrow, put out the fire, close the shop door, and let's accompany the second young master."

The sledgehammer really stopped what he was doing and said to Lu Caiting with a smile; "Second young master, you go to the backyard, my fourth brother is inside, I'll clean up here, close the shop door and come later."

Qin Ji blacksmith shop owner Qin Da Dad has six sons under his knees, named Sledgehammer to Six Hammers, the fourth son Qin Si Hammer is the same year as Lu Caiting, and is also a classmate, he lives by striking iron, it is not easy to feed a large family, then there is spare money for the children to study, and it is also Qin Da Dad and Lu Caiting's father Lu Hongtai have some friendship, so the tuition fees of the four hammers from childhood to high school, including the five hammers, and the tuition fees of the six hammers are provided by Qinglongtang, and the Qin family is naturally very grateful to the Lu family, and their relationship is as close as a family.

Qin Si Hammer, Qin Wu Hammer, and Qin Sixth Hammer were all at home, and when they heard Lu Caiting's arrival, they all came out of the backyard to greet them, took Lu Caiting's hand and asked long and short questions, and they jumped up and down with joy and affection.

Lu Caiting, Hu'er was surrounded by the Qin family and came to the big table in the house to sit down, Aunt Qin was busy serving the braised vegetables in dishes and plates, and casually prepared to fry two vegetarian dishes for them, cook some vegetarian soup, five hammers, six hammers were also busy setting the dishes and chopsticks, pouring wine.

Lu Caiting asked about the five hammers and the six hammers; "Why didn't the fifth and sixth go to school?"

Six Hammers hurriedly replied while setting the dishes and chopsticks; "Brother Ting, you don't know, although classes have resumed now, many students are reluctant to go to class, because they want to learn Japanese, babbling, like a pig's arch, the teacher also understands it, and he doesn't force the students to learn, and secretly sends some annotated topics for the students to review at home."

"Oh, that's right—" Lu Caiting sighed after hearing this; "The country is broken, these devils are not only brutal, but also very vicious, not only forcibly occupy our territory, but also want to plant our national ......"

After a while, the sledgehammer had already cleaned up the stove, closed the shop, and walked into the backyard house, Aunt Qin also fried the vegetarian dishes and cooked the soup, and happily brought it to the table, and a large family sat around the table.

Daddy Qin picked up the wine bowl, coughed lightly, moistened his throat, and then saluted Lu Caiting; "Second Young Master, this bowl of wine is honored by the eldest father on behalf of my whole family!"

Lu Caiting hurriedly picked up the wine bowl and saluted in return, and said modestly; "Daddy doesn't have to be like this, you can call the younger generation Ah Ting, Tingzi, and the second child, why should the family be so polite, making the younger generation embarrassed."

Daddy Qin's face sank, and he argued solemnly; "Which one? After all, China is a country of civilization and benevolence for thousands of years, and the arrangement of some relationship levels is essential, so don't be humble, Daddy accompanied you to dry a bowl of wine, and Daddy was happy. ”

Daddy Qin's six sons are all mighty and strong, perhaps they were born as iron experts, and they have been doing manual work with a hammer since they were young, or they may have followed their father to practice foreign boxing all year round. Sledgehammer has followed his father to strike iron since he was a child, and the second hammer has lived a poor life without penetrating the family, and he has mixed a company commander in the Imperial Association Army with a martial arts, and he has no relationship with the family, but the third hammer is working as a coolie on the dock of Qinglongtang, and the fourth hammer has just graduated from high school, and the fifth hammer and the sixth hammer are still studying.

Lu Caiting also paid tribute to Daddy Qin and Aunt Qin, and the family ate and drank happily.

Qin Sihammer smacked his broad lips, picked up the bowl and saluted Lu Caiting, while asking impatiently; "Brother Ting, how was that thing planned? Brother waits uncomfortably! ”

Lu Caiting knew that the thing he was referring to was to participate in the special combat team of his senior brother ****, and this matter was strongly supported by the Qin family, he picked up the bowl and touched it with the four hammers, then drank it all, put down the bowl, he knew that the door outside the store had been closed, and there could be no idle outsiders, but he still couldn't help but look around, and then slowly replied; "The selection of personnel for this matter has been decided, but now there is a little deviation, I have changed the way after repeated trade-offs and discussions with Zhuge of glasses, we can go to eliminate the sniper of the devil for the ****, but we will not join the ****, we have to join the New Fourth Army......"

As soon as his words fell, the whole room boiled, and Daddy Qin took a big sip of wine, slapped the table, and said excitedly; "Yes, the second young master and that glasses classmate are really eye-catching, the Communist Party's New Fourth Army is the people's team, they are sincerely anti-Japanese and protect the people, and they are supported by the people, so they have to join such a team!"

Lu Caiting nodded, and told the story of his encounter with Lin Zhifeng, and finally said; "Three days later, the New Fourth Army was established in Dongqiao Village, and the Lin Zhifeng and Silver Phoenix sisters served as the political commissar of the column......"

"Alas, who doesn't know the silver phoenix in the county seat, sister Sifeng,! She is not only beautiful and beautiful, but also engaged in propaganda under the noses of the Japanese gendarmerie, scattering leaflets, shooting little devils and traitors, out of nowhere, and being bold and ......bold" "Wow, with the New Fourth Army led by a goddess like Sister Sifeng, it must be a succession of battles, annihilating little devils and traitors...... "Four hammers, five hammers, and six hammers immediately chirped and muttered.

"Of course—" Daddy Qin added softly, he took a shallow sip from the wine bowl, narrowed his eyes, and his expression was full of cunning.

Everyone was so strange, they all looked at him, thinking in their hearts; 'You've been striking iron in the shop all day, how can you possibly know what's going on outside?' Lu Caiting still couldn't help but ask; "Daddy, do you know the Silver Phoenix?"

Daddy Qin put down the wine bowl, raised his head, stretched his thick eyebrows, brightened his eyes, and talked eloquently; Comrade Lin Zhifeng is one of the outstanding leaders of our party's county party committee in the Mengmeng Prefecture, she is young and energetic, and her work is serious and careful...... Actually, Daddy, I am also an underground party member, but recently, the activities of the traitor detective team have been rampant and frequent, and the party organization liaison offices and traffic stations in the city of Yuxi County and other places have been seriously damaged, and I haven't received contact from the organization for a long time, and now I know that Comrade Lin Zhifeng has established an independent column of the New Fourth Army in Jiangjun Ao and Dongqiao Village, and I also want to go there with you......" may have said too excitedly, and the vicissitudes of his knife and axe couldn't help but tremble again and again.

"Daddy," said Five Hammers, Six Hammers, standing up, and questioned again as if in disbelief; "Are you really a Communist?"

Aunt Qin said with a smile on the side; "These two stupid boys, didn't your father already tell you, why do you still ask?" It seems that she has always known that her wife is a member of the Communist Party.

The four hammers also patted their heads and sighed; "I only know that my father is buried in iron all day long, or a bowl of old white dry wine, but I didn't expect that my father is a real person and does not show his face, and he hides it deeply!"

Sledgehammer stood up and lifted the jar to fill each man's bowl with wine, chattering; "Actually, every time my father's friends come, they are always mysterious together, I know something's wrong, but I don't know that they are Communist Party ......" Speaking of this, he picked up the bowl and said in a loud voice; Let's all respect my father with a bowl of wine, it is a good thing to do the Communist Party, but after all, we are also risking killing our heads, Dad's age, and this courage, are admirable, and it also gives our next generation a good start. ”

The table was full of people who stood up and raised their bowls and toasted.

After drinking the wine, Daddy Qin stroked his beard with his hand and said solemnly; "Okay, now it's time to talk to the second young master about business," he looked at Lu Caiting and continued; "The things you have for the special combat team, a hundred pairs of shoes made of suede, gloves, daggers with sheaths, darts, ring cones, soft rope flying grabbings, thick gweed cloth shoulders, and mask scarves embroidered with tiger stripes, everything is available, Daddy has prepared them for you, just for safety, these things are all kept in the farmhouse in the mountains, and they can be extracted from the house."

After hearing this, Lu Caiting's handsome face increased, and he clapped his hands and shouted softly with excitement; "Great, everything is ready, thanks Daddy, is it just enough money for you? You can't let Big Daddy pay in advance. ”

Daddy Qin nodded again and again; "Enough, there are still a few oceans left, and the villagers all know that this is something for fighting devils, how can they charge more," Speaking of this, he turned to Aunt Qin; "Return the remaining six oceans to the second young master."

"Yes, yes." Aunt Qin agreed while reaching out and taking out the money in her arms.

Seeing this, Lu Caiting hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him; "No, this little extra money is counted as the hard work fee for the big daddy, get some wine and drink, these things are now for our New Fourth Army, and in less than a month, the special combat team of the New Fourth Army will appear in Luxi County and various places, so that the devil and the second dog will be frightened and frightened!"

As soon as it was said that the special combat team of the New Fourth Army would be established and appear in the Mianmeng area, the people at the table were all excited, and the five hammers and six hammers hurriedly begged Lu Caiting; "Brother Ting, we want to join the special combat team, please accept us, our long fists and short fights can also be practiced as you like, and we can lift more than 100 catties with one arm to lift the stone lock, and we can lift more than 300 catties with both hands to lift the grinding plate......"

Daddy Qin also used his eyes to stop his wife from returning the remaining money, he knew that the second young master was generous and uninhibited, he drank a lot of wine, full of joy, the New Fourth Army can build another team and prosper the army, and there are two young masters and their own children to join, this team must be invincible, enough for the devil to drink a pot, can he be happy, he suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help asking; "Oh, Second Young Master, among these things I have done for you, there is one thing that I don't understand, Dad, that is, a masked scarf, yes, this scarf has eye socket holes, which can usually be wrapped around the neck, and when necessary, you can cover your face, only expose your eyes and nose, so that the other party will not recognize you, and increase the sense of mystery, but why embroider the tiger pattern on the blank space of the eyes and nose?"

Lu Caiting smiled and explained; "Daddy, this is all the four-eyed Zhuge Ning glasses came up with, you always know that he is well-versed in the past and the present, knowledgeable, he has some research on the customs of the Japanese Yamato nation, he said that the Japanese are actually very superstitious and timid, strong on the outside, and dry in the middle, embroidering these tiger patterns is to scare them!"

"Well, that's the case—" Daddy Qin nodded in agreement.

Lu Caiting picked up the wine bowl, glanced around the table, and then said word by word; "Drink this bowl of wine, this matter is settled, three days later, Daddy, Auntie and the family moved to Jiangjunao, Dongqiao Village, where we will meet......"

Aunt Qin picked up the wine bowl and said with some hesitation; "My old woman is uneducated and ignorant of the general situation, but I also know that the country is gone, where can I come from this small family, and our blacksmith shop may not be burned by the little devil that day, but I and your father are so old, not only can we not do anything when we go to the mountain, but I am afraid that it will become a burden to you......"

When Lu Caiting heard her say this, he shook his hand again and again; "No, you still have a big role to play, when we are fighting outside, you will repair guns and cannons for us at home, and we will have our own arsenal and hospital."

"Okay," Daddy Qin said dryly, in a high mood; "Big Daddy, this old bone is out of the way, when it comes to repairing guns and guns to build an arsenal, Big Daddy I still have a few old brothers, who specialize in making guns and cannons, and then I will call them together and throw away their arms to do a fight." After speaking, he craned his neck and drank the wine in the bowl.

Lu Caiting also finished drinking after touching the bowl with the other four hammer brothers and Hu'er, and after he put down the wine bowl, an anxious look suddenly appeared on his face, and he said worriedly; "Daddy, there is one more thing, the younger generation is always concerned about ......"

"What's the matter, say it, and see if Big Daddy can share it for you." Daddy Qin asked eagerly.