Chapter 35 What do you think?
"Friends, not enemies!"
Just like some people rode bicycles when they were young and learned to ride smoothly, but they haven't ridden a bicycle for a long time, maybe 10 or 20 years, and have forgotten that they ever knew how to ride a bicycle.
But as long as there is a bicycle in front of him, he will still ride it. Even if he stumbles, he can ride it and will soon become proficient again.
Just like when Chen Shanhe was talking to Wang Jiudao, the third boss in front of him, he spoke the dialogue naturally. That was it.
Although Wang Jiudao, the third boss, was worried that the person in front of him would get angry, the clothes that the other party was wearing gave him some courage to continue questioning.
After all, apart from fighting the Japanese, Ba Ye is unambiguous. When it comes to other forces, he can always unite.
They are relatively easy to talk to, as long as they don't harm the common people.
However, among the more than 30 people in Menghu Village, they have indeed never done anything immoral.
So he still had some confidence in his heart: "Shopkeeper Chen, even if our Tiger Village does not harm the people, we are still bandits.
Regardless of your status outside the customs, now that you are honored as the Eighth Master, it might not be appropriate for you to go to our village!
If word spreads, it will also affect the reputation of your regular army, Eighth Master!"
In these years, although Ba Ye's reputation was not as good as that of the Central Army's Shanxi-Sui Army, he had fought several tough battles with the Japanese army and achieved good results, so his reputation in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region was also good.
The most important reason is that this is a regular army, and the village is a green forest. Generally, those who work in the green forest have not been willing to stay with the regular army and people from the court since ancient times.
This is the past habit, of course there are exceptions.
For example, Zhang Dabeard outside the customs was able to conquer the world. If Huanggutun had not been bombed, it is still unknown whether the Japanese could have entered.
Moreover, the excuse given by the Eighth Master in front of him was too perfunctory. The child next to him wanted to visit the bandits' den. What was the reason?
"Shopkeeper Wang, how many people are there in your village?
My grandfather said that the neighborhood is barren and even if there are bandits, they won’t be too big. At most, twenty or thirty people are considered good!
You have never dared to agree to let us go to your village, are you worried that we would be disadvantageous to you?
My Uncle Shanhe, a few days ago, I killed a dozen Japanese soldiers from the mill in front!
Today, together with the Eighth Route Army on the other side of the mountain, we wiped out a Japanese squadron with hundreds of people. My uncle alone killed dozens of them!
There are twenty or thirty people in your cottage. If my uncle Shanhe had evil intentions, I could kill you with one person and a gun, so why bother!
How do you think you compare to the Japanese?"
Du Xinghua knew that Chen Shanhe couldn't remember what happened, and was worried that he would tell him about it, so he intervened.
After all, his grandfather said that when you are away from home, you can only know people but not their hearts, not to mention that the other party is a bandit.
This is another reason why the old scholar asked Du Xinhua to follow Chen Shanhe. Even though he is young, he can still give some help in dealing with people.
Killing two birds with one stone.
The third master, Wang Jiudao, was not angry because the child next to him rashly interrupted. Sometimes whether you are qualified to speak or not depends on your strength.
Right now, the other party is stronger than you, and the stronger person is qualified to speak. This is the logic of robbers and bandits.
However, what the child said made him gasp.
Hiss... is it so fierce?
However, from the few shots just now, every shot knocked off their hats without damaging their scalps. This shooting method may or may not be true.
And Wang Jiudao could tell that what the child in front of him said was sincere, at least it was what he believed to be true in his heart.
Seeing the tall man with a calm face in front of him, this eighth master just stood here quietly waiting for his decision, but even if he just stood quietly, it still put a lot of pressure on him.
In fact, at this time, he suddenly understood that he had no choice. If the other party was really willing to deal with him, those few shots just now...
Let’s not talk about just now, let’s talk about now. He is standing in front of him clearly. The opponent wants to kill him. With the speed of his gun, there is absolutely no problem.
Thinking of this, what other choice could I make?
However, he guessed in his heart that when Mr. Ba found his own copycat, he generally had only one intention, and that was to recruit him.
Since it is a recruitment, the decision is not made by him as the third leader, but by the entire four pillars and eight pillars.
But no matter what the decision is, we must take the person back.
"Now that I've said that, I'm afraid I'm a bit ignorant if I keep mumbling, so shopkeeper Chen will follow me back to the village!
However, although the cottage is small, I, Wang Jiudao, cannot guarantee whether Shopkeeper Chen can succeed!
However, since the Eighth Master wants to visit the mountain stronghold as a reward, I will ask a brother to go back to the mountain stronghold in advance to inform the master and let the master prepare to welcome the guests. I wonder what the Eighth Master would like?"
When Chen Shanhe heard these two sentences, he suddenly understood that there was a mystery to this. He was secretly trying to find out whether he was going to the village as a private person or as the eighth master.
However, he did not speak, because although he understood the meaning of this sentence in his mind, he did not have the memory of how to deal with it.
All he could do was nod.
Wang Jiudao thought he understood as soon as he saw it. The other party was tacitly worshiping the mountain as the eighth master, so he must be here to discuss recruitment.
So I arranged for a little guy who was the most eloquent around me to run back all the way and tell the boss about the things here so that I could make preparations in advance.
After all, the thirty or forty people in their cottage are extremely small, and they are the kind of people who try to survive in the cracks. If there weren't a few strong men in the cottage, they might have been taken over by others long ago.
"Shopkeeper Wang, I don't know why you are here?"
While walking, Chen Shanhe asked.
Wang Jiudao smiled bitterly: "Didn't we hear that a few days ago, your Eighth Master fought with the Japs here? I was wondering if there was anything left on this battlefield, guns and ammunition that had not been swept away.
It’s okay to pick up some leaks!”
He thought to himself, if he had known earlier that he would encounter evil stars like you if he came to pick up things, he would not have come here if he had known earlier.
Although Chen Shanhe had no hope, he still wanted to ask: "Have you been here a few days ago? Have you seen any military flags left on the ground?"
Wang Jiudao quickly shook his head, don't blame this on me, he really didn't see it: "I'm sorry, I didn't come a few days ago, so I came here today to look around, but I didn't find anything!"
But I was murmuring in my heart: "Could it be that something belonging to Master Ba has been lost and they are going to look for it in the village?"
But since he had already agreed, if he wanted to take him to the village, he could only wait until he arrived at the village.
Half a day later, thirty miles.
Tiger Village, Juyi Hall.
More than a dozen people were sitting together, surrounded by beams and eight pillars. Except for the third child who was outside, almost everyone was here.
"Today, I'd like to invite everyone to come. It's something that the third child has brought back, and I want to discuss it with everyone!
Today, Lao San took five or six brothers to Wubeiling, Dujiapo Village, to see if any weapons and equipment were left behind on the battlefield where the Eighth Route Army fought the Japanese army.
After all, in the past, we also searched for battlefields cleaned by others and missed a lot of guns and ammunition.
But unexpectedly, this time he met Master Ba head-on.
What was even more unexpected was that Master Ba actually wanted to visit the cottage!
Chapter completed!