Chapter 45: Pride and Thunder
After these disciples in the door saluted and greeted the guests, and after a burst of excited greetings, the hall gradually calmed down, and Fourth Sister Wen leisurely drank tea with a teacup, she put down the teacup, and turned her head to Lu Caiting amiably and authentically; "Brother Lu, the purpose of your coming to cover the door this time, I even told Brother Tiger to the concubine, and the concubine has repeatedly weighed the pros and cons, it can be said that it is difficult to sleep all night!"
When the disciples in the door saw Mrs. speak, they all looked at her together, and Mrs. usually had a high prestige in the door, she was fair and decisive, and her righteousness was awe-inspiring, and she was deeply convinced by the disciples in the door. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Fourth Sister Wen continued; "I thought about this matter again and again, but the concubine still figured it out, although the concubine body is a female stream, but she still knows the general situation, and now the widows are rampant, and they have hit our doorstep, and the country is broken, which is worrying? The concubine made a decision to support Brother Lu, and if there are people with lofty ideals in the door, as long as they are willing, they can go with Brother Lu, join your New Fourth Army, expel the Japanese Kou, and count me Fengleimen as the country, make some efforts for the nation, report to the ancestors and ancestors, and live up to the reputation of Fengleimen. ”
Lu Caiting didn't expect Fourth Sister Wen to agree to support him, his heart was suddenly overjoyed and excited, he quickly stood up, bowed respectfully to Fourth Sister Wen, and saluted; "Brother Lu, on behalf of the New Fourth Army's Mengshan Anti-Japanese Independent Column, thanked the fourth sister for her support against Japan, and also thanked the fourth sister on behalf of Su Yan's fathers and fellow villagers.
The other disciples of the Wind and Thunder Sect were waiting for them, and when they saw that their wife had promised them to join the New Fourth Army, they immediately burst into applause, it turned out that Qi Lianhu had already secretly spread the matter of joining the New Fourth Army among the brothers in the door, and the Fenglei Sect was also a famous and decent family, and the disciples in the door were all hot-blooded children, and they had long been looking forward to embarking on the journey of resistance against Japan.
Lu Caiting was really a little too happy and excited, originally thought that even if Mrs. Fengleimen could agree, at least there would be a bitter battle of words, but she didn't expect this lady to be so bold and generous, it seems that Qi Lianhu is not wrong, this lady is a heroine, a generation of strange women.
Thistle Thunder sat beside him, his face blushing, his lips twitching, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it.
The fourth sister of Yiwen stood up with a 'hoof', her eyes were shining, and she waved her hand and said, "Listen to the disciples in the door, line up in the courtyard. With that, he walked out of the lobby.
All the disciples of the Wind and Thunder Sect whistled and rushed out of the hall, lined up in several rows in the empty dam outside.
Lu Caiting and the others also followed Fourth Sister Wen and Ji Thunder to the empty dam outside.
By this time, it was completely dark, but there were lanterns and torches around the courtyard, bright as day, and the gate was locked and locked.
Fourth Sister Wen stood in front of the line of disciples, quietly looking at the disciples, and only after a long time did she speak loudly; "Brothers, this sect is going to do a big thing today-" Speaking of this, she tilted her head and pointed at Lu Caiting; "This Brother Lu, although everyone doesn't know him, but even Brother Tiger must have told you about him, don't look at him like you, young, but he is the deputy captain of the anti-Japanese column of the New Fourth Army, he has led his team to eliminate many Japanese devils and traitors, he is our big hero! The purpose of his coming to the door today is to recruit our brothers, join the New Fourth Army together, fight against the Japanese devils, and serve the family and defend the country. Be sure to support the brothers in the door, and if there are people who are willing to join the New Fourth Army, please stand up and line up on the left. ”
Before Fourth Sister Wen's words fell, Qi Lianhu, Wen Hao, Wen Leopard, and Ah Hun had already hurriedly stood out of the line, lined up on the left, and then stood up many Fenglei Sect disciples, closely lined up on the left, and there were few people left in the original line.
Fourth Sister Wen looked at them and shouted loudly; "Butler! Get out the roster. ”
An old man in a long robe and a claw-skin hat, who looked like a butler, hurriedly instructed his servants to bring a roster and pen and ink.
Fourth Sister Wen pointed to the disciples in the door lined up on the left, and said to the housekeeper; "Write down their names, and when they're gone, send some money to each of their homes."
The housekeeper hurriedly opened the roster, picked up Mao and wrote down the names of these disciples in the sect, and after a while, he reported to Fourth Sister Wen; "Madam, there are thirty-two people in all, all of them have been written down."
Fourth Sister Wen nodded with satisfaction, a smile bloomed on her face, and she said humorously; "It seems that the disciples in my Wind Thunder Sect are all bloody, backbone, and good!"
Lu Caiting looked at it beside him, he originally thought that the important person of the Fenglei Gate in Pucheng on this trip, that is, no matter how generous and bold the master and wife were, at best, they would only give him five or six people, but he didn't expect to give him thirty-two people at once, these Fenglei Sect disciples are all young and strong, alive and vigorous, and have a foundation in martial arts, and they are enriched into the special combat team, that is really perfect and ideal, and the special combat team will greatly improve its combat effectiveness.
Ji Thunder couldn't hold back anymore on the side, and turned his head to Fourth Sister Wen; "Madam, resist Japan and kill devils, I support, I support, let's just select a dozen people to join the New Fourth Army, you have taken away so many people at once, our business also needs people to take care of it!" Do you think you can keep a few more people? ”
Fourth Sister Wen turned her head and glanced at him, shook her head coldly; "The matter decided by Mrs. Ben has not been discussed, even if there is a shortage of people in the business, can you recruit some more disciples?"
Ji Thunder stopped talking, just lowered her head, and kept sighing and complaining, in fact, most of the disciples in the Wind and Thunder Sect were taught by Fourth Sister Wen herself, so her prestige in the door was naturally higher than that of her husband.
Fourth Sister Wen turned to the housekeeper and asked; "Have you prepared all the food and drink?"
The butler nodded hurriedly in reply; "Mrs. Hui's words have been prepared, so I will order the banquet to start immediately."
Fourth Sister Wen said lightly, "Okay, tell the people below that there are no rules for today's banquet, one is to catch the wind for Deputy Captain Lu, and the other is to see off the disciples of my sect, everyone goes to the banquet, eats and drinks with an open belly, and what Mrs. Ben wants is this lively atmosphere." ”
The butler took the order and went straight to the kitchen to prepare for the feast.
Fourth Sister Wen made a gesture of invitation to Lu Caiting, smiling and groaning; "Please, Deputy Captain Lu!"
Lu Caiting smiled and shook his hand; "Fourth sister, let's call me brother, everyone is already a family, so it's more affectionate."
Everyone bypassed the middle hall and went to the back hall dining room, which was already brightly lit, and there were already six or seven sea tables, each of which had chicken, fish, and duck meat, and the dishes were sumptuous, and there were also sea bowls for wine and wine from the big altar.
The guests and hosts sat down in order, Ji Thunder, Wen Sijie and his wife sat down on the chief of the first table, Lu Caiting and Lu Xiaohu accompanied each other on the left, Wen Hao and Wen Leopard brothers accompanied each other on the right, Qi Lianhu and Ah Hun accompanied the prime minister, and the others also sat down on other sea tables in order, and even the servants and maids below were seated one after another.
Qi Lianhu got up and lifted the wine jar to fill everyone on the table with wine, and then sat down, Fourth Sister Wen stood up, picked up a bowl full of wine, moved to the middle of the table, looked at the people at each table, cleared her throat, raised her voice and said loudly; "Brothers! In the past ten years, the door has been silent and weak, and even a little decadent, and has disappeared from the fighting spirit of competing with the rivers and lakes, which is very nesty, and the business has also been greatly affected, but in the eyes of the fourth sister, this is just a small dispute, today the country and the nation have reached a critical moment, and the country has sent many outstanding sons and daughters to the front line of resistance against Japan to serve the country, this is the big dispute! The reputation and integrity of this door will also begin to become famous all over the world, famous in history, after all, this door is a famous and decent family, I hope that all brothers will fight bravely to kill the enemy, do not insult the reputation of this door! ”
The fourth sister's speech was sonorous and loud, and the hall erupted in warm applause, which lasted for a long time.
After the applause gradually subsided, Fourth Sister Wen continued; "Brothers, you join the New Fourth Army, the fourth sister knows that the conditions of the New Fourth Army are poor and very difficult, but the New Fourth Army is really killing devils, deeply loved by the people, and is in line with the hearts of the people, unlike ****, although there are millions of troops, they are losing and retreating," Speaking of this, she pointed to Lu Caiting on the chief table and said; "This Deputy Captain Lu, Brother Lu, he is also a member of the Jianghu sect, and he also led the people in the rivers and lakes to dare to annihilate the devil sniper team that made **** frightened in the devil's position, the one who sniped many **** generals, and was named the 'Imperial Arrow' by the Japanese Emperor died at his feet-----"
The hall once again resounded with warm applause and cheers, and those young Fenglei Sect disciples were inspired by these words.
After the applause and cheers gradually subsided, Fourth Sister Wen raised the wine bowl high and spoke loudly again; "We Jianghu people kill devils, we are not weaker than those well-equipped ****, my Fenglei Sect disciples will create miracles, so that the people of the country will be amazed, come, for our Lu brothers, see off our disciples, dry the wine in the bowl!"
The whole hall stood up, raised their bowls and drank in large gulps.
Lu Caiting stood up, drank the wine in the bowl, wiped the wine from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, and was shocked again in his heart; This woman is no less bold than a man. ’
After drinking, everyone sat down, and Fourth Sister Wen also sat back in her original seat, this bowl of wine dried a little violently, and everyone ate some vegetables to suppress the wine.
Lu Caiting also ate some food, poured the wine in the bowl, he stood up, came to the middle of the table with the wine bowl, raised the wine bowl, and said loudly; "Thank you for your hospitality, and on behalf of the New Fourth Army, I would like to thank you again for your support! We are all bloody Chinese, and we will never be willing to be slaves of the country! As long as everyone bravely stands up, takes up arms, and unites, we will be able to drive the Japanese invaders out of China, and the New Fourth Army is not only an anti-Japanese team, but also a team of ordinary people. With that, he raised the bowl and drank it in a big gulp.
The people below also shouted, and they all raised their wine bowls and drank them heartily.
Next, Lu Caiting returned to his original seat, he and Lu Xiaohu both toasted to everyone at the table, Ji Leiting and his wife, the Wen brothers, Qi Lianhu, and Ah Hun also toasted to the two of them.
Lu Caiting and Lu Xiaohu also toasted at each table with the Ji Thunder couple, and the disciples of the Wind Thunder Sect at those tables also toasted at their tables, admiring each other, and the wine was also drunk happily until twelve o'clock in the evening.
After the banquet, the other disciples of the Wind Thunder Sect all went back to rest and prepare according to the instructions of Fourth Sister Wen, and the Ji Thunder Ting couple only left the guests and the Wen brothers, Qi Lianhu and Ah Hun, and took them to a study in the back hall.
The guest of honor sat down, and the maid maid presented hot tea to everyone, and everyone drank hot tea to relieve the hangover.
After drinking hot tea for a while, Fourth Sister Wen suddenly pointed to a large burden on a round table, a small burden and a long wooden box under the round table, and two short square wooden boxes to Wen Hao; "Open it and let Brother Lu take a look."
Wen Hao did as instructed, got up and opened the large and small baggage and the long wooden box on the round table, and the short square wooden box, everyone suddenly felt their eyes light up, and the wine was half awake, it turned out that inside the big bag were dozens of brand-new fast and slow machine barge pistols, inside the small bag were twenty gold bars, and inside the long wooden box were ten formal rifles and a Czech machine gun, as well as countless bullets, and the two short square wooden boxes were full of two boxes of silver yuan.
Fourth Sister Wen glanced at Lu Caiting and said slowly; "Sister knows that the conditions of the New Fourth Army are poor, and this is also the family background of our Fengleimen over the years, thirty shell pistols, ten rifles and one machine gun, more than 10,000 rounds of long and short gun bullets, not to mention 10,000 yuan of ocean and twenty gold bars, Brother Wanglu smiled."
Lu Caiting couldn't believe his eyes, Feng Lei Men not only made a person, but also gave such a heavy gift, this support, this generous gift was too heavy, he was so moved that he didn't know what to say.
Fourth Sister Wen smiled generously and said heartily; "Brother Lu, we are already a family, don't see outside, these things can only be of real value if you use them on the battlefield, if you have the opportunity in the future, the fourth sister will slowly get some for you, the fourth sister is old and can't gallop on the battlefield, this can be regarded as the fourth sister's contribution to the anti-Japanese effort."
"How can the godbrother bear such a big gift?" Lu Caiting's voice trembled a little.
Fourth Sister Wen picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, smiling; "If my brother really wants to repay him, then kill more devils on the battlefield."
Ji Thunder kept sighing beside him, his eyes were bulging round, and his expression was very reluctant, and he dared not speak angrily.