It wasn't until the sky was new and the east was already white, that Liang Daya and Zhu Yidao touched into the Yulin Village outside the east gate of the city. Without waiting for them to look for the team, the team found them first—as soon as they entered the village, they were followed by two people who looked like croppers, and two hard fires against the root of their buttocks, and sent them to a small farm yard. The men who escorted them called this place the detachment headquarters.

Later, there was a man who looked like an official, wearing a potholed octagonal hat on his head, Liang Daya had seen it before, it was called a red army hat, but the official was wearing a gray eight-way coarse cloth uniform, in his twenties, medium height, carrying a cowhide bag on his right shoulder, and a box cannon on his left shoulder.

Liang Daya recognized dozens of words, squinted at the small sign on the official's arm, and immediately gasped: Mom, that-egg! I've met the Eight Roads.

The person who looks like an eight-way official is very easy-going, although he has no intimacy, but the expression on his face does not show hostility. The Eighth Route Official pulled a stool next to the generous dining table and sat down, took out an old newspaper, rolled a cigarette, and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

Liang Daya is a person who has seen the world, and he is not timid at this time, he looked at the Eighth Route Official in a daze, and asked rhetorically, "What are you doing?" ”

The Eighth Route Officer raised his head, glanced at Liang Daya very attentively, and said, "We are the Eighth Route Army's Bump Mountain Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Detachment. ”

Liang Daya nodded, and then introduced himself with a big grin: "I am Liang Daya, the front door shopkeeper of the Ruitai rice store in Lanqiaobu, and he is Zhu Yidao, the son of Zhu Dacai, a craftsman in Lanqiaobu. ”

"Oh——," The Eighth Route Official sighed, stood up, and said, "I said how do you look familiar, it turned out to be Mr. Liang Daya, ......" said and walked over to Liang Daya.

Liang Daya was a little surprised, but also a little proud, feeling that he was very famous, and even the Eighth Route Officer knew it. He was a little confused in his smugness - he really couldn't remember when and where he had met the Eighth Route official in front of him, so he asked stupidly, "Who are you?" ”

"Mr. Liang doesn't remember, I was hunted down in Lanqiao Port the year before last, and after hanging the lottery, I got into the Ruitai rice store, and it was you Mr. Liang Daya Liang who hid me under the case and saved my life."

Only then did Liang Daya remember that there was such a thing. At that time, he thought that person was a thief fleeing for his life, but he didn't expect that it would be the commander of the Eighth Route Army.

"Mr. Liang Daya sympathizes with the revolution and has a sense of justice, which we should not forget." The Eighth Route Commander said again.

Liang Daya wanted to laugh in his heart, and secretly thought, what does it mean to sympathize with the revolution and have a sense of justice, we Liang Daya is such a person, whoever is soft, we will pull him, and whoever is sideways will kick him. It was you who was chased that day, we will help you, and if someone else is chased, we will also help. Also, this Eighth Route official has a Mr. Liang, which makes Liang Daya a little embarrassed. Think for yourself, what kind of gentleman is we guys who buy rice and grain? From childhood to adulthood, we only have one name, which is Liang Daya. Thinking about it again, Mr. Liang is Mr. Liang, anyway, it is much more useful than calling Liang Daya.

The Eighth Route Commander was already smiling at the moment, and asked Liang Daya and Zhu Yidao each to serve a bowl of Luo'an Prefecture melon slice tea, and then asked, "Where are you going?" ”

Liang Daya tilted his neck, cooed for a while, finished drinking, rolled up his sleeves, wiped his mouth, and said, "I said, sir, can you get us something to eat?" We haven't touched rice for a day and a night. ”

The Eighth Route Official patted his head and said, "I forgot about this stubble." He turned his head and waved at a man with a box cannon. The man picked up the box and went out, and after a while, he brought in two large coarse porcelain basins and two blue flower sea bowls, a pot of radish stew, and a pot of dried rice.

There was another person who followed the man in, white skin, not tall or low, his body was a little thin, he also wore an octagonal hat, and he also wore a bandage on his arm, and there were new blood stains oozing out.

The Eighth Route Official said hello to Bai Jingmian and said, "Director Zhang, why did you come out?" Don't hurt the wind. ”

The white-faced man called "Director Zhang" said: "This slight injury is nothing, it's okay." As he spoke, he looked at Liang Daya and Zhu Yidao and asked, "New here?" ”

The Eighth Route official said: "These two are my old acquaintances, and this Mr. Liang also saved my life, and he is a good man." ”

Director Zhang let out an "oh", nodded at Liang Daya and Zhu Yidao, then sat on the bench and looked at Liang Daya and Zhu Yidao with great interest.

Liang Daya and Zhu Yidao didn't care about others anymore, they didn't even want to say more than a word, they rushed forward, each filled a big bowl with a sharp edge, and filled it into their stomachs with a crackling crackle. Taking advantage of the time to eat, Liang Daya opened his mind. He remembered that the Eighth Route official hung the lottery in Lanqiao Port that time, which was fought by Liu Hanying's team of the national army, and seeing that he and the surname Liu were enemies, he must not tell him that he was going to defect to Liu Hanying.

After eating and drinking, Liang Daya said to the Eighth Route Official: "Lanqiao Port was occupied by Japanese devils, everyone ran away, and the two of us also ran back." ”

The Eighth Road Commander smiled and said, "The people of Lanqiaobu are running to the east of the river. I see that the two of you came to Tatecheng day and night, presumably to find Liu Hanying to join the army, right? ”

Liang Daya was taken aback, thinking that it was inappropriate to admit it, and it was inappropriate to say that it was inappropriate. Secretly pondering, this eight-way official is amazing, he is a sharp-eyed, but he is not easy to fool. You can't talk nonsense in front of real people, and if you say it, you will reveal it.

Seeing that Liang Daya was silent, the Eighth Route official said again: "Tatecheng was also beaten down by the Japanese. In the middle of the night last night, we fought with Commander Liu's troops for a while, but we couldn't stop it, and Commander Liu and they retreated. We were ordered to stay guerrilla for a few days. Then he asked: "Liu Hanying's troops are also going west, divided into several groups, and you haven't met any of them?" ”

Liang Daya replied in his mouth that he hadn't met, but he regretted it in his heart - damn it, he obviously met it last night, but he thought it was Yao Hulu's people, and the team he was looking for was shoulder to shoulder, but he made a mistake. changed his mind, and he was puzzled again - dare to love that this Eighth Route official and Liu Hanying are not enemies? Listen to him, they fought together last night.

As if seeing through Liang Daya's thoughts, the Eighth Road official smiled and said, "I'm afraid Mr. Liang doesn't know that although Liu Hanying has had friction with us, that is our Chinese own business." Now that the Japanese invaders have come in, we have formed a national anti-Japanese united front, and whether it is the Kuomintang army or the Communist Party's army, we have become brothers and work together to fight the Japanese. You see, Director Zhang is the lottery that was hung in Tatecheng last night. I think the two of them are also homeless, and Mr. Liang is a strong man who understands righteousness, if he is willing to join the Eighth Route Army, we are very welcome. ”

Liang Daya is now accustomed to the title "Mr. Liang", and feels that it is very useful, and feels that the Eighth Route Official treats people very politely, which makes people feel strangely comfortable, so he asks: "How many guns do you have?" ”

The eyelids of the Eighth Route Officer jumped, and he glanced at the person named Director Zhang, and said, "Our entire detachment only has more than 300 guns at the moment. However, we plan to get a thousand guns in the second half of the year. ”

Liang Daya asked again, "How many of you are there?" ”

Before the Eighth Route official could speak, Director Zhang, who had been silently observing them, opened his mouth leisurely and said lukewarmly: "Why, Mr. Liang looks down on him?" Let's tell the truth, there are not many of us at the moment, but all the anti-Japanese compatriots in China are our people. Mr. Liang crossed his fingers and counted how many? Forty and fifty million. ”

Zhu Yidao, who had never been angry, inserted a lever sideways at this time, and asked in a daze: "Is there a military salary?" ”

The Eighth Route Officer said: "The salaries of our guerrilla detachment were paid by the Japanese. How much you can send depends on how well the war goes. Naturally, you can't make a fortune when you are eight-way, but what you do when you are eight-way is much more important than making a fortune. ”

Liang Daya glanced at Zhu Yidao with dissatisfaction and asked, "Zhu Yidao, tell me about it, is it still inappropriate for us to do this eight-way?" ”

Zhu Yidao thought for a while with a sad face before saying, "Brother Daya, I listen to you." ”

When Zhu Yidao was talking, there was a dark darkness outside the door.

Liang Daya raised his head, glanced at the door, and saw two young women coming in, one of them was wearing a gray cloth uniform, which looked like the uniform worn by the Eighth Route Chief, but the hat was not a potholed octagonal hat, it looked a bit similar to the hat of the national army, decorated with a blue sky and white sun cockade, and a wide cowhide belt was tied around his waist, and he was very energetic.

At this moment, Liang Daya made a novel discovery - the same gray coarse cloth uniform was much better on the young woman's body than on the Eighth Route Official and Director Zhang. Not to mention the yellow face of this eight-way official, he is also a little too thin. Director Zhang looked like a scholar, wearing a gray coarse cloth uniform, fat and bloated, and even more loose. But the women's eight roads are different, the uniforms are dressed decently, the small belt is tied up at the waist, the body is slender and slender, and the little face is white and red, which makes people feel comfortable when they look at it.

After such a comparison, a temporary thought appeared in Liang Daya's mind, so he turned his face and said to the Eighth Route Official: "It's okay, let's try this Eighth Route first." ”

The Eighth Route Governor said, "That's great, we welcome it." ”

Liang Daya said: "But let's talk in front, when the eight roads fight devils, we have nothing to say, and we won't blink an eye when we cut him a turtle grandson." But I heard that the team of your Red Army's Eighth Route Army manages people to death, we are used to being comfortable, and it is not uncommon for people to put a tight spell on their heads, if we are uncomfortable, we will run away as soon as our calves are kicked. Do you say yes? ”

Obviously, the Eighth Route Governor was not mentally prepared for this question. The Eighth Route Official's brows furrowed, and he turned his face to look at Director Zhang, but Director Zhang's face was expressionless, and he didn't care. The Eighth Route official said: "Fighting devils to resist Japan is the first priority, and other things will be talked about later." ”

Liang Daya asked again: "Do you have a person named Yang Tinghui here?" ”

The Eighth Route Official smiled faintly and said, "I am Yang Tinghui. ”

Liang Daya was taken aback, then took a step back, looked at Yang Tinghui from top to bottom very seriously and comprehensively, and muttered: "My God, you are Commander Yang?" People say that Commander Yang has three heads and six arms, and he is an invulnerable character who walks on the eaves and walks on the wall, and when he stomps his feet, half of the uneven mountain is shaking, do you really have that great ability? To me, you're like a teacher, aren't you? ”

Except for Director Zhang, who had been keeping a straight face, everyone in the room laughed. The two new young women, Ba Lu, covered their mouths with laughter. Yang Tinghui was also full of red light, walked over and patted Liang Daya's shoulder, and said: "Those are all rumors, scaring the Japanese devils, the more mysterious they become." Not to mention invulnerability, one by one, I can't even beat you. Those who have learned martial arts like you can show their skills in our team. ”

A sentence scratched Liang Daya's itch, Liang Daya glanced around proudly, and saw the two young girls Balu smiling very brightly at him, his heart suddenly became hot, and a sentence rushed out: "That's good, let's be his mother's Balu." After speaking, he stood up, unexpectedly took off the octagonal hat on Yang Tinghui's head, buckled it on his head, wore it, it was inappropriate, and took off the military hat on the young girl's head of Balu, and then he felt that it was appropriate, so he put Yang Tinghui's military hat on Zhu Yidao's head, and said with a big grin: "However, let's try it first, if it is suitable, we will take it to the end, and then talk about it if it is not suitable." ”