Globe Trekker

Chapter 32

The banquet in the evening was very lively. Under a few big trees with a height of more than [-] meters like a canopy by the deep pool, there were two rows of tables, high and low. It was full of dishes. Although the utensils were rough and uneven, they looked steaming and smelled fragrant, very attractive.

With the big laugh of the bearded man, Wu Ming came slowly under the guidance of two young men. The dozen or so children who were driven away to play looked at Wu Ming in a daze, no longer noisy nor afraid, The seven or eight women serving the dishes stopped secretly, looking at this tall and handsome young man in surprise.

Wu Ming stepped forward quickly, and bowed his hands to the man with the beard and the leaders around him. The man with the beard smiled again, took Wu Ming's hand affectionately, and introduced his brothers to him.

With the introduction of the bearded man, Wu Ming finally knew that the bearded man's surname was Lu, and the forty-year-old teacher standing on his left was also surnamed Lu, who was his cousin and used to be a private school teacher; the man on the right was in his early thirties with dark skin and short skin The burly second boss was surnamed Lin, half apologetic and half proud to plead guilty to Wu Ming, he was the one who knocked Wu Ming unconscious and sent him to the cottage that day.

The short and thin man who had been standing behind the master was unremarkable. When the head master introduced him as the third master, Wu Ming noticed him and hurriedly bowed his hands to him.The man cheerfully raised his hand in return. Wu Ming noticed that this man's arms and fingers were long, and he had a pretty fair baby face, and his smile was a bit funny.

After introducing the third master, the bearded man grabbed the burly, young and sturdy young man behind him, and proudly introduced to Wu Ming:

"Brother Wu, this boy who doesn't make progress is my eldest son, named Kuiyuan, and his name was given by his master, haha! You two look about the same height. Apart from my physical strength, I can't compete with my brother. Compared with you, if you have a chance in the future, brother, you can mention him more, haha!"

When Wu Ming saw this young man named Lu Kuiyuan, he immediately fell in love with him. This guy looked much more pleasing to the eye than his father with a thick face and beard. He was about twenty years old. The bridge of the black nose is straight, a slightly yellow beard has begun to grow on the tightly closed lips, the thin clothes can't hide the bulging muscles, the facial lines are clear and resolute, but they are very well-proportioned, especially a pair of eyes that seem to be out of place on his face. The beautiful eyes on his face were clear, bright and full of aura. Not only did they not have the slightest hint of cunning and domineering, but they showed a bit of shyness and curiosity.

Lu Kuiyuan seemed to sense Wu Ming's affection for him from Wu Ming's polite smile, and he grinned at Wu Ming, showing his neat white teeth, and then stepped back behind his father, but he couldn't keep his eyes on him. The "lone wolf" who has been raving about in the green forest roads of Jiangxi and Zhejiang nowadays overlaps with the gentle and gentle Wu Ming in front of him, so that his eyes reveal an uncontrollable look of doubt.

The bearded man enthusiastically pulled Wu Ming to the main table, no matter how polite Wu Ming was, he couldn't help but push Wu Ming onto the stool. shouted loudly:
"Brothers, you have worked hard. It has been a few days since I called everyone together. Brother, I have been thinking about it all the time. I have always wanted to find an opportunity to have a good drink with the brothers. However, today's wine is specially for the people around me. Brother Wu made an apology, haha! Everyone must have known about Brother Wu’s feat, but before the flood flooded the Dragon King Temple, he invited Brother Wu here in a daze, ashamed! If this story gets out, no one will believe it , I'm still dreaming."

Everyone laughed loudly, they all knew about Wu Ming's amazing deeds and his current reputation as a "lone wolf" in the world, but who would have thought that such a ruthless man who had risen to fame would be caught up the mountain by his own people by mistake?So when fifty or sixty pairs of eyes looked at Wu Ming, how could they be ashamed?Some are all proud and proud, at most they have a little liking for Wu Ming's good temper.

The women who stood aside and waited on the table also laughed. The smiles of the women were quite different from the smiles of the men. From the moment they saw Wu Ming, most of the women were very fond of this handsome and generous young man who looked like a scholar. Favors, women are almost born to be pretty, and after hearing Wu Ming's gentle and elegant answers, and seeing Wu Ming's calm and good demeanor in dealing with others, the women's favorability multiplied accordingly.

After laughing and talking, Master Lu held up the wine bowl and toasted Wu Ming politely. Everyone held the wine but did not move. Everyone wanted to see how Wu Ming behaved.

Wu Ming took everyone's reactions into his eyes. How could he know that he already had a great reputation as a "lone wolf" in the world, so he was not polite at the moment, stood up and said "thank you", took the wine bowl, and asked Lu The head of the family and the master greeted politely, and then held the wine to pay respects to the surroundings, and poured a large bowl of eight taels of wine into their stomachs without any haste.

Everyone applauded when they saw this, and those with a light drinker were secretly speechless. This wine was made by the father-in-law and mother-in-law of the family according to the exclusive recipe, using the best rice, glutinous rice and sorghum, using the best spring water and herbs in the cottage, and brewing it after two fermentations and three steams. The high-strength wine made is usually unlucky for everyone who wants to drink a small glass. Most people pass out after drinking less than half a catty. At this moment, Wu Ming poured eight taels in one breath, and when he came out of the bowl, his face did not blush and his hands shook After that, he personally picked up the wine jar on the side, poured a bowl full, and politely returned to Mr. Lu, with a sincere and friendly smile on his face, which made it hard to refuse.

"Good! Good man! Good brother!"

Master Lu Da was overjoyed, he happily took the wine bowl and yelled loudly, raised his huge head and poured the wine into his big mouth, and all the men also yelled and cheered.

There was a sudden exclamation from the west, followed by crackling gunshots and screams.

Everyone was taken aback, and the audience was in total chaos. The overturned tables and bowls and chopsticks ping-pong-pong bang non-stop. Those with guns hurriedly picked up their guns. The master had already pulled out the box cannon and rushed to the screaming place, and a dozen men who had reacted hurriedly followed.

"Boom—crash..."

Head Lu Da kicked the table in front of him, loudly ordered the women to take the old people and children to the east, and pulled out the box cannon from his waist to call the remaining brothers to rush to reinforce.

Lu Kuiyuan, the eldest son of Lu Da's family, rushed out from a nearby room, and chased after him with a rifle in his hand.

Wu Ming looked around worriedly, and walked quickly to the master who urged the women and children to leave quickly: "Sir, what's going on?"

The master shook his head in pain: "The gunshots came from the west. It should be Duan Laowu from Dageling who came with his troops. Our two families have a long history of grievances. I can't tell clearly for a while, but there is no one." Thinking of their sudden attack at this time, it is probably because they have learned that we have received a large amount of ransom. It seems that today is dangerous. They have a large number of people, with more than forty long and short guns. I am afraid that they will not be able to resist for a long time. Xiao Brother, you have to be mentally prepared, if you can't do it, you can run away, I have to take care of the old and the young first."

"Wait!"

Wu Ming grabbed the master and said, "It's getting dark, where are you going? When I came down, I saw clearly that there was a steep and deep ditch to the east. It was difficult to walk on that mountain road during the day. If you fell down, you would die. How to get there? The north and south are steep and high mountains, and the only way to go up is to go up first and settle down in the cave. If you retreat [-] steps, you can shrink back and guard the high ground at the entrance of the cave, at least you can hold on for a while."

"That's exactly what I meant. Don't talk nonsense, help me if you have the strength. I'm afraid a group of women are scared to death. Boss Lu's father-in-law fell ill in bed at the moment, and the woman has a big belly. I'm afraid I can't take care of a dozen children alone."

After the master finished speaking, he lifted the hem of his robe and ran towards the two rows of houses. Wu Ming immediately followed, and under the guidance of the master, he ran to the door of Master Lu's house. Turn around and go out.The big belly woman followed behind with two half-grown children, ran out to meet a group of women and children who were crying and screaming in fright, and ran towards the cave in panic amidst the master's roar.

After finally leading a group of young and old to the entrance of the cave, two foreign monks who had already been petrified hurriedly greeted them, one picked up the fallen child and walked in, and the other helped the pregnant woman to enter the cave quickly.The master was already so tired that he sat down on the stone slab, his body heaving violently and coughing persistently.

(End of this chapter)