Ma Hongji was very generous this time, not only entertaining Li Jing and others in his own mansion, but also holding a banquet outside the mansion to invite the soldiers to eat and drink.

Because of Li Jing's assurance, and Ma Hongji's majesty there, coupled with everyone's singing and harmony, although the people in the village no longer hate Li Jing and others so much, the mustard in their hearts cannot be changed in a few words.

No, when the people of the village went out and passed by, they all looked at the soldiers curiously, and although no one approached, they all observed from a distance.

It wasn't until the awakened children in the village appeared that this awkward situation changed.

Children are the purest and full of curiosity about everything.

Although Majiapo Village is wealthy, although it is much better than some poor people in remote areas who rarely eat a meal of meat all year round, it can only be regarded as a meal of meat for ten days and a half months, let alone seeing so many big fish and meat.

Adults can naturally restrain their yearning for fish and meat, but children can't restrain themselves, no, although the adults observe from afar, but the children also watch from a distance at first, but then they gradually get closer to the warriors unconsciously.

Then, at the instigation and persecution of some older children, some of the younger children emboldened themselves to come closer.

Eventually, some of the children simply stood across the street, four or five meters from the closest.

The children sucked their fingers, drooled, and stared greedily at the fish on the table...... Interestingly, the adults may also want to judge how these Li Jing's subordinates would treat the villagers from the fact that these warriors treated children. Therefore, not only did he not stop this kind of behavior that would make adults a little embarrassed, but he gave some encouragement with tacit consent.

After all, half of the people in this area used to be bandits, and some even recognized who attacked the village with guns back then, so this made the villagers think that these soldiers were all Li Jing's subordinates, and they were all bandits who turned into the Eighth Route Army, otherwise, why are there so many acquaintances?

And although the soldiers on Li Jing's side rarely had such a sumptuous meal, the embarrassing scene they encountered when they entered the village just now made everyone lose any appetite.

And this has caused everyone to want to improve this situation as soon as possible and become a family between the army and the people -- this is not only the mentality of atonement, but also the foundation of our party and our army, and it is also the habit that the soldiers have slowly cultivated in this kind of ideological baptism.

But the problem is that the villagers don't give them a chance at all, so they don't know what to do. Moreover, now that it is dark, there is no time to improve.

Besides, seeing the drooling eyes of more than a dozen children not far away, who can still eat?

So, in the eyes of the soldiers, this became a godsend: they were worried that they had no way to improve everyone's views and attitudes, and these children were sent to the door, and if they couldn't seize this opportunity, God would send down thunder to kill them.

Ergazi is the henchman of Li Jing's henchmen, and in this team, except for Li Jing, he and Wang Zhongjun are the highest-ranking people, and it is said that they are qualified to enter the mansion to eat. However, Li Jing just looked at him, and Ergazi understood, and immediately went out to have a banquet with the soldiers quietly.

Although today's Li Jing has already changed his mind and changed his ways, he is an old man for many years, and he knows the truth that 'the heart of harming people is indispensable, and the heart of preventing people is indispensable'. With such a big feud with Majiapo Village, it is impossible to say a few words and apologize to resolve it. Don't look at Ma Hongji helping so much, and patting his chest to promise, but who can be sure that Ma Hongji will suddenly change his face and black hands when everyone is eating and drinking and letting down his vigilance?

And if you take Ergazi and Wang Zhongjun with you and go to the mansion to have a banquet, in case Ma Hongji makes a black hand and captures or kills all three of them alive at once, then those soldiers outside will become a group of dragons without a leader, and their combat effectiveness, especially their cooperation, will inevitably be greatly reduced, and maybe they will really be eaten by Ma Hongji.

On the contrary, whether it is to stay with Wang Zhongjun or Ergazi to be with the soldiers outside, once something happens, Ergazi can not only immediately command the soldiers, but also make Ma Hongji have scruples and dare not do it.

Of course, between Wang Zhongjun and Ergazi, who to send outside to do the external response, Li Jing naturally chose Ergazi, a henchman who had experienced many lives and deaths together, without hesitation. This is the main reason, and the second is that Wang Zhongjun is not a bandit after all, and he doesn't know much about the attack on Majiapo Village back then, so he doesn't know the bottom line, and if something happens, Wang Zhongjun is very likely to not handle it well. On the contrary, Ergazi, who personally participated in several battles against Majiapo Village that year, if the villagers were not convinced and deliberately provoked, Ergazi could also suppress his subordinates who had turned from bandits, so as not to mess up and break the big story.

After all, today's Li Jing's vision is much higher than before, and it can't even be said at all: in the past, Li Jing only thought about expanding his subordinates and strengthening his strength, so as to dominate the green forest. However, now, Li Jing is bent on climbing up, and his biggest dream is to be a general and command thousands of troops to fight, which is definitely a hundred times more beautiful than being a cottage.

What's more, he can also glorify his ancestors in a dignified manner, and glorify the lintel with iron and iron - this is definitely the greatest wish of the 99.99% mountain king.

After all, he is now a battalion commander and is not far from the position of regiment commander. When he became the commander of the regiment, he naturally had ideas from the position of division commander...... The starting point is high, and there is hope in my heart, so I naturally die down.

Therefore, Li Jing, who has always paid attention to face, has such a low posture to ask for everyone's forgiveness. Although there is a long-term ideological education and the subtle results of colleagues around him, the reason for his own ideals is definitely the top priority.

As a henchman among his henchmen, Er Gazi naturally understands Li Jing's wishes and eyes very well, not to mention, he also wants to glorify his lintel - if Li Jing becomes the regiment commander, he doesn't dare to say that he will be the deputy regiment commander, but being a battalion commander is ironclad.

Therefore, Er Gazi also wanted to help Li Jing resolve the embarrassment in front of him.

No, when he was eating and drinking, he suddenly noticed something strange on the left, and turned his head to look, but saw a little boy of five or six years old, sucking his fingers, looking directly at the plate of shredded meat on the table. Behind the little boy, there were more than a dozen children, who were staring at the fish on the table, glancing at the warriors expectantly, and worrying about the little boy.

Obviously, everyone saw that they were getting more and more advanced to each other, and the other party did not show any annoyance, which made everyone's burden bigger and bigger, and in the end, this little boy was sent by everyone to test the reaction of the warriors.

Ergazi's heart moved, and he immediately put down his wine glass and beckoned to the little boy with a smile.

The little boy took two steps back in fear, and then, probably because of his greed for fish, he couldn't help but take a step forward, and finally, he glanced back and forth on the noodles of fish and Ergazi, and swallowed his saliva, looking scared and reluctant, very cute.

Ergazi smiled more kindly, pointed at the braised big carp with chopsticks, and asked, "Do you want to eat this fish?"

The little boy looked at Ergazi with some fear, and reluctantly looked at the braised big carp, and then looked at Ergazi for three seconds, and finally nodded slightly. Then he quickly lowered his head again, obviously, he had realized that he had just nodded a little ashamed.

"Shall I invite you to eat this fish?"

The little boy was stunned for a moment, and looked up at Ergazi, his eyes flashing with a little excitement. However, he quickly asked, "Really, did you really invite me to eat fish?"

"Hmm!" Ergazi nodded very seriously and said with a smile: "Anyway, my uncle can't finish eating, so I just invite you to eat together, so as not to waste it." ”

"Great. The little boy immediately ran over, first kissed Ergazi on the face, and then looked directly at the fish.

Ergazi instructed the soldiers around him to bring more dishes and chopsticks, so that these children could eat fish and meat with chopsticks.

Then, Ergazi picked up the little boy, put it on his lap, and said with a smile: "Wait a minute, when this uncle brings you dishes and chopsticks, you can eat hard, okay?"

"Okay!" The little boy nodded very seriously, and then thought of something, and said to Ergazi in a milky voice: "Thank you, uncle, you are not a bad person, you are a good person." ”

Ergazi was stunned for a moment, and felt a little emotion in his heart: What the leaders said is right, sure enough, what attitude you have towards the people, what attitude the people will use to respond to you. Now, he only showed a little friendliness, and the little boy thought he was a good man, ignoring the evil side of his time as a bandit.

And just when Ergazi lowered his head and sighed, he suddenly found that the corners of his clothes were pulled.

Turning his head, he didn't know when, the dozen or so boys had already occupied his side.

"Uncle, can you please us eat fish?" said the tallest boy among the children.

"No problem. Uncle will invite you to eat today, okay?"

"Good!"

"But you wait a minute, wait for another uncle to bring you dishes and chopsticks, and then, you go to eat at one table by one, okay!"

"Good!"

The children applauded loudly in unison, and did not forget to nod solemnly, but at the same time, they swallowed their saliva at the same time, causing the soldiers on the side to want to laugh, but they were solemnly warned by Ergazi with his eyes: Lao Tzu finally wants to use these children to break the gap in the attitude of the villagers towards us, you must not let the children feel humiliated because of this laugh, and disperse, in this way, I am afraid that more villagers will hate us in the future, and it will really be a big thing for the battalion commander.

Soon, the dishes and chopsticks were served, and the children immediately took a pair of dishes and chopsticks, rushed up, and scattered to eat fish and meat on other tables.

When Ergazi just gave the little boy sitting on his lap a chopstick and shredded green pepper pork, he saw a large group of children rushing out of the alley across the street, this time, most of them were little girls.

Get!

Don't say anything, if you dare to favor one over the other at this time, you will definitely die by yourself - just these little girls crying can make people run away in shame.

Therefore, without waiting for these little girls to speak, Ergazi took the initiative to invite them to eat fish and meat, and they were finally happy.

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