After returning to Laiyuan, Song Zhewu urgently discussed the reorganization of the troops and the appointment of officers for the new troops after Xiao Guodong, Tao Rong, and Wang Xu urgently discussed the reorganization of the troops, and immediately summoned Li Sichi and Zhao Fengwu to ask for their opinions, after all, they knew their troops better.

After doing these things nervously, under the urging of Li Rujuan's expectant eyes, he hurriedly went to see Li Rujuan's younger brother. It turned out that it was originally agreed that after Song Zhewu and Li Rujuan returned to Laiyuan, they would call Li Rujuan's home in Shanghai. However, after first seeing the news in the newspaper that the unmarried wife of the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Route Army was named Li Rujuan, the suspicious father Li immediately sent a telegram to a friend who was doing business in Beiping, asking him to go to the art school to find Li Rujuan. received a call back from a friend saying that Li Rujuan had gone to the Fourth Route Army in Laiyuan as early as a year ago, and Li's father stayed there at that time, and Li Rujuan's two younger brothers, Li Rusong and Li Rubai, comforted Li's father for a while before he came back to his senses, and he didn't have the heart to do business, so he went home alone. This news must be told to Mother Li.

When Li's father told Li Rujuan's biological mother about the matter, Li Rujuan's mother immediately fainted, and after waking up, she scolded Li Rujuan for being disobedient and went to Beiping to learn what art school, and then complained that Li's father didn't care about their mother and daughter, which made Li Rujuan marry a commander-in-chief who didn't know how old. Father Li also sighed constantly, in all fairness, he loved this precious daughter even more than his two sons.

When the two sons happily ran home and sent back Li Rujuan's telegram from Hankow, Li Rujuan's parents knew that Li Rujuan was going to marry a handsome and dashing young man, and Li's mother burst into tears and laughed. Especially that night, after Li's father didn't wait for the next day's newspaper to come out, he got back the photos of Li Rujuan and Song Zhewu when they just got off the train from the newspaper office, Li's father and Li's mother saw that Song Zhewu, whose daughter was going to marry, was really a rare handsome offspring, and they were very happy, especially the daughter's heroic uniform, Li's father told Li's mother that it was the rank of major, which made Li's mother very happy, and immediately went to Hankou to find Li Rujuan, or Li's father took Li Rujuan's telegram to tell her, now that there is a war, it is better to wait for Li Rujuan to return to Laiyuan. And Li's mother can't go right away, how can there be a mother-in-law chasing after her son-in-law, so let Li Rusong go to Laiyuan to see it first.

Seeing Song Zhewu, Li Rusong took out the gifts that Li Rujuan's parents and brothers brought to Song Zhewu one by one. Because he knew that Song Zhewu was in a high position, Song Zhewu did not necessarily like the general gifts, the Li family took a lot of brains, and the last gift was that Li's father gave some famous tea, of course, they are all superb, among which the West Lake Longjing, although the number of Longjing output is large, but the quality of the production in Shifeng is the best. The dragon well sent by Li's father is produced in Shifeng, its shape is tight, round, light, straight, silver-green and faintly green, the inner quality is fresh, the bottom of the leaf is tender and green, clear and black, are the treasures of a bud and a leaf picked before and after the Qingming Festival, if it is not for Li Rujuan to explain on the side, Song Zhewu really does not know the benefits of this tea. Song Zhewu liked to drink tea in his previous life, but he couldn't afford to drink such good tea at that time; Li Rujuan's biological mother sent a pair of fine Korean wild ginseng to Song Zhewu, the general good wild ginseng can be a foot long is the best, these two wild ginseng are one foot and a half long, and the roots are complete, like a baby, it can be said to be the best of the best. Li Rujuan specially told Song Zhewu, "This is the best wild ginseng that my mother has treasured for many years, and I have never been willing to use it, but it is cheap for you." ”

Song Zhewu said with a dry smile: "The old man still loves me, but my body is good!" I don't need it for a while, so I won't accept such a heavy gift, so I'd better take it back and keep it for my aunt. ”

Li Rujuan glared at Song Zhewu with disgust and said, "Since it was given to you, there is still a reason to take it back, do you think this gift is light?" ”

Song Zhewu shook his hand again and again and said, "It's the first time I've seen such a valuable gift, where will it be light." ”

Seeing that Song Zhewu was a little scared, Li Rujuan smiled at this time, which can be regarded as sparing Song Zhewu.

Li Rujuan's aunt, that is, the biological mother of Li Rusong's brothers, was born in a Western-style family, but she was convicted by the Qing court before Xinhai, and the gift to Song Zhewu was two cans of Blue Mountain coffee. Blue Mountain Coffee Song Zhewu knew that in later generations, it was more precious than gold.

Li Rusong's gift to Song Zhewu was two gold-plated pistols with silver handles and gems inlaid with Browning M1900 and M1903.

For these two pistols, Song Zhewu likes them very much, and these two guns can be said to be famous guns. In particular, the M1903 is automatic in the free bolt type, and the firing mechanism has a control link to prevent early fire, and the pistol fires long rounds of 9mm Browning pistols designed by Browning. This Browning high-power pistol is very widely used in the world. The automatic mode of the gun is the barrel short recoil type, after firing, the barrel and sleeve are buckled together and recoil for a certain distance, the barrel and sleeve are released, and the barrel movement is limited a little later, and the sleeve continues to recoil. The locking of the chamber is achieved by the rise and fall of the barrel in the vertical plane; The firing mechanism adopts an exposed hammer type; The firing mechanism has a ramrod, which works only when the magazine is inserted and can only fire semi-automatically. The gun is equipped with an anti-accidental and anti-early fire insurance mechanism. The most distinctive feature of this pistol is the magazine structure, which is staggered in two rows and has a capacity of up to 13 rounds.

Seeing that Song Zhewu had to talk about the characteristics of this pistol like a few treasures, Li Rusong knew that Song Zhewu liked it very much, and he was very happy, and said with a smile: "Commander-in-chief, you and your sister are both soldiers, so you naturally need to have a good gun, I don't know anything about guns, this is recommended by a British friend of mine in Jardine Matheson, according to him, this gun is very good, so I bought it and gave it to the commander-in-chief and my sister." ”

Song Zhewu smiled and said: "Rusong, don't call me commander-in-chief in the future, we are all our own family, you can call me ......"

Song Zhewu wanted to call him brother-in-law, but when he thought that he and Li Rujuan were not married yet, it was a little inappropriate to call him brother-in-law now, so he swallowed the word brother-in-law back and said: "Just call me eldest brother or Wen Ge Ducheng, the commander-in-chief is called by others, that is not what you should call." ”

Song Zhewu's words reveal a strong family affection, not only Li Rusong, but also Li Rujuan's heart is warm and sweet.

Li Rujuan and Li Rusong have always had a good relationship, and when they saw that Song Zhewu liked his brother's gift, they were naturally very happy, and happily picked up the M1900 given to her, and reached out to pull the gun. Li Rujuan's move frightened Song Zhewu, he didn't know if there was a bullet in the gun, so he grabbed the pistol in a panic and said, "I'll keep this gun for you first, and I'll hand it over to you when you can shoot it." ”

Li Rujuan understood what Song Zhewu meant, thinking that she didn't know how to use a gun, for fear of danger, although her heart was sweet, she still glared at Song Zhewu and said: "I studied in the UK, and there is nothing difficult about using a gun, Brigade Commander Ye has been handing me over for a month." After speaking, he snatched the pistol, neatly pulled his left hand with a "bang", and moved the bolt. Seeing Song Zhewu's surprise, Li Rujuan said proudly: "This shot belongs to me." ”

After thanking him, Song Zhewu enthusiastically asked his future brother-in-law to stay in Laiyuan for a few more days, but he was busy with his affairs recently, and he had to wait for a while to accompany him. asked Li Rujuan to arrange dinner, and asked people to bring the 50-year-old Shanxi Fenjiu given to him by Yan Xishan to entertain Li Rusong.

In fact, the wine and rice Xiao Guodong have already been arranged, the Fourth Route Army is almost all northerners, and there are no chefs who are good at southern cuisine in the army, and because Laiyuan is a small county town in the mountains after all, there are no people here who can cook southern cuisine. Therefore, the dishes that come up are all Hebei cuisine, to be precise, it is central and southern Hebei cuisine, that is, Baoding cuisine. Mix meat melon, boiled shrimp segments, Tiangui mountain chicken, roasted north and south, Changshan soft-shelled turtle, golden lionfish, glutinous rice sweet rice, Raoyin tofu brain, Guo Bahuo roasted, buckwheat noodles and dumplings.

Song Zhewu had eaten these dishes in his early years, these were all famous dishes in Hebei, and he knew that Xiao Guodong had put a lot of effort into it, and he was afraid that it would not be good for him to entertain this future brother-in-law, which would make Li Rujuan unhappy. He even brought a jar of Fenjiu that Yan Xishan had given to Song Zhewu for fifty years.

Li Rusong was still a little apprehensive when he came, although the Li family was doing a big business in Shanghai, and he had not seen a few high-ranking officials like Song Zhewu, but after all, the person he wanted to see this time was his brother-in-law, and he was afraid that Song Zhewu would not be enthusiastic. Now when I see that Song Zhewu and his sister are in love, I have a bottom in my heart. Li Rujuan poured wine for the two, Song Zhewu first thanked Li Rujuan's parents for the gift, and then asked Li Rusong if he was okay in Laiyuan for a few days and waited for polite words, after the two of them had a few glasses of wine, Li Rusong finally relaxed.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, Li Rusong said: "My father was not worried that my sister was in the army, so I sent my younger brother to Laiyuan to visit. ”

Song Zhewu knew that Li Rusong said this, and he could think that the people of the Li family had recognized him, and Song Zhewu was also in a good mood, so he said while coming here: "Don't worry, stay for two days, and when your sister and I are busy with this paragraph, I will accompany you to take a look around this Taihang Mountain and see the scenery of this northern mountainous area." ”

Li Rusong said: "I still went back earlier, while my parents were worried. It's just that there is one thing to ask my sister ...... The eldest brother agreed. ”

Song Zhewu smiled and waved his hand and said, "I said, we are all our own family, so there is no need to be so polite." ”

Li Rusong looked at Li Rujuan and said to Song Zhewu with some embarrassment: "Although Xiangxue flour and Zhenbang colored cloth are not agents for merchants in Jiangnan, there are still a small number of goods that have flowed in the past, and they sell very well in Jiangnan. I didn't know it was the big brother's industry before, this time in Laiyuan, Chief of Staff Xiao took me to see it, I think our family can be the Jiangnan general agent of these kinds of goods? ”

Song Zhewu was afraid of impacting the national industry and was reluctant to let these goods be sold to the south of the Yangtze River, but as soon as Li Rujuan said in Hankou, he had already figured it out, and immediately said: "You can tell your sister about this matter tomorrow, and I will discuss these things with your sister and my subordinates in a while, and I will hand over these things to Rujuan in the future......

(To be continued)