The crowd followed Hongwu through two dense reeds, ran for more than 60 kilometers, and finally came to a lake, and there was a big water village on the lakeside.

At this time, Hongwu stopped and said to everyone: "This is my water village, if you don't dislike it, let's live here temporarily!" ”

"What did the lord of Hong Zhai say! How can we dislike it? Since the lord of Hongzhai wants to keep us, then we will be brothers from now on! Li Qing said.

"That's nature, since I saved you, then we will always be brothers! If you have any problems in the future, just tell me! Hong Wu said.

"Okay, there will be the owner of the village to worry about in the future!" Li Qing said embarrassedly.

"Hehe, brother!" Hong Wu said with a smile, and everyone laughed too.

From afar, everyone saw a big red flag planted at the door of the water village, on which were written "Qinglong Village" three golden characters, which was very beautiful. Everyone looked at the flag carefully, and then followed Hongwu into the water village.

As soon as Hong Wu walked into the gate of the water village, the brothers in the water village rushed up at once, and a black-faced man said to Hong Wu: "You are back, who are these people?" ”

"This is the group of brothers I saved in the reeds, these brothers are very strong, and just like us, we are all anti-Japanese teams!" Hong Wu said to the black-faced man.

Hong Wu turned to everyone and said, "This black-faced man is called Zhao Meng, and he is the second in my village!" ”

Zhao Meng smiled at everyone and said, "In the future, everyone will be brothers, and you will find me if you have something!" ”

"Well, remember, two brothers, thank you!" Li Qing said.

"Haha, silly boy, why are you still so polite!" Zhao Meng said.

"Everyone is brothers, let's get in!" After Hong Wu finished speaking, he grabbed Li Qing's hand and led them into the main hall.

"Brothers, prepare wine and good meat, and wash the dust for these new brothers!" Zhao Meng shouted at everyone in the village.

The crowd hurriedly dispersed, moving the table and taking the stool. When I was done, I went to the kitchen to cook and cook. After more than two hours of busy work, everyone finally brought the food, and the group of guerrillas who looked at the delicious table were stunned and drooled.

"They're not stupid! What are you doing in a daze! It's all for you! It's time to eat, move your chopsticks! Hong Wu said to them.

Only then did everyone start to move their chopsticks, and they all gobbled it up. Zhao Meng couldn't help but laugh when he looked at them.

"What are you laughing at! These guys must have consumed a lot of physical strength after fighting for such a long time, so they are naturally hungry! Hong Wu said.

Hearing this, Zhao Meng hurriedly stopped laughing, and hurriedly shouted to everyone: "Everyone eat slowly, the food is enough!" It's hard to eat fast! ”

Hearing this, everyone laughed all at once.

Hong Wu and Zhao Meng walked up to Li Qing and sat down, Hong Wu said, "You can be the leader of our water village!" I'll give you additional personnel and equipment, and it's not a problem to form a team! ”

"By the way, Li Qing, didn't you say that you were going to defect to the New Fourth Army!" Yan'er said.

"Alas! It can't be like this! People are kind to us, we can't help but repay it! Li Qing said to Yan'er.

"Although the team of the New Fourth Army is the team of the people, there is too much discipline and too much trouble, how can such a team be happy with our water village!" Hong Wu said.

"That's right! We stay and fight devils, what's the difference! Li Qing said.

Hearing Li Qing say this, Yan'er had no choice but to nod.

"You're going to give me more numbers? How many people are in your team? Li Qing asked Hongwu curiously.

Hong Wu smiled and said: "Not much, I only have 7,000 brothers!" I'll give you 2000 people, you can add it well! How many people do you have left? ”

"I still have 140 infantry, 180 cavalry!" Li Qing said embarrassedly.

"Hehe, now your number has increased, you have to set an example for your brothers in the future, and strive to become our sharp knife!" Zhao Meng said.

"Alas, if I had time to train, this team would have become a sharp knife!" Li Qing said confidently to the two.

Na Hongwu stood up abruptly and said to everyone, "Everyone is quiet! I have something to announce! ”

Hearing this, everyone's voices gradually became smaller, and after everyone quieted down, he continued: "From today on, Li Qing is the third child of our water village, from now on, everyone must respect him like me and the second child, do you understand?" ”

"Got it!" The brothers replied. He nodded in satisfaction.

After everyone was full of wine and food, Hongwu immediately took everyone into a few big rooms behind the water village to rest, he called the brothers to help clean the house, and asked the brothers to bring all kinds of daily necessities, and asked the brothers to help make the bed, and saw that everything that could be thought of was done before leaving with confidence.

The first day of Li Qing and the others in Qinglong Village passed like this! At night, Li Qing lay in the bed thinking about the dead brothers, and his heart was suddenly very sad, so the tears couldn't stop flowing again.