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Chapter 58
No matter how Lin Yu knew it and moved it with emotion, Grandma insisted on not having her tooth pulled out.
Lin Yu had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and said, "Well, it's fine if you don't pull out your teeth, but your gums are very swollen, and your teeth have cavities. I have to cut your gums and let blood to reduce the swelling, and then burn them to eliminate them. pain."

This treatment is truly appalling!
Grandma's face turned pale, her lips were tightly closed, and she was noncommittal.

Lin Yu said: "It sounds terrible, but it doesn't hurt that much. I assure you, it's much lighter than the toothache you usually endure! And it only hurts once. After this pain, it won't hurt in the future."

Grandma was a little moved, she thought, what Lin said was reasonable, no matter how bad it was, it couldn't be worse than a toothache, so she nodded in agreement.

Lin Yu smiled, took out two small wooden sticks, put the end of one of them under the scorching stone and smoldered, and sharpened the other with a jackknife to sterilize it.

"Mom, open your mouth wide."

Grandma opened her mouth as she said, revealing two rows of badly worn teeth.

She looked nervously at Lin Yu and the sharp wooden stick in her hand, her heart raised to her throat.

"Relax, it will hurt a little." Lin Yu said softly, "Bai, watch my operation carefully."

Bai opened his eyes wide, without blinking.

"Pierce the swollen gums beneath the teeth with the sharp end, causing the blood to flow out."

Lin Yu demonstrated while explaining.

Grandma frowned slightly, the pain must be painful, but as Lin said, compared with the pain she usually endured, this pain was really nothing.

When the blood was draining, Lin Yu took out the smoldering wooden stick that turned red and black, pressed the other stick against Grandma's tongue, and then inserted the red stick into the cavity.

Bai heard a sizzling sound, and saw a wisp of faint heat coming out of Grandma's mouth.

Grandma's body trembled slightly, she clenched her fists tightly and said nothing.

"Bring the safflower powder."

Bai immediately fetched a bamboo tube containing safflower powder, which has the effect of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and relieving pain on local trauma.

Lin Yu picked up some powder made from safflower with his fingertips, and applied it to the wound on Grandma's gums.

"Okay, wait a few days and see. If the gums are swollen again, the tooth must be pulled out. I will make some conditioning medicine for you. You will come to take the medicine every morning and evening in the future. It will help your condition."

Lin Yu didn't dare to talk too much. After all, she is not an old Chinese doctor, and she doesn't have the ability to rejuvenate. Moreover, most of the plants that have good curative effects on rheumatism and typhoid, such as eucalyptus and fungus trees, grow in the warm south. The geranium was used to boil medicine, which made her not very good medical skills even worse.

But in the eyes of the tribe, Lin Yu is a veritable miracle doctor.

Grandma felt the tooth pain gradually disappearing, and said happily: "It doesn't hurt so much anymore."

In the past few days, when people from the tribe praised Lin's medical skills and heard that her ears were getting calluses, she was always skeptical. Now that she has experienced it herself, she no longer doubts Lin's ability, let alone her identity as a wizard.

The glue was finally dried, and none of the three bows cracked. Zhang Tian was so happy that he could not close his mouth from ear to ear. He tried the bonding effect, and it was quite firm!
It seems that my uncle's craftsmanship has not deteriorated... He thought happily.

The next step is to modify the shape. The bows used by the tribe are straight bows, which are in the shape of a crescent moon. Most of the horn bows are made of recurve bows. , this shape can maximize the draw distance and enhance the power.

The men looked on forcefully, with their hearts hanging. They were still not sure about the bonding strength of the glue, for fear that the bow would suddenly burst.

Until Zhang Tian successfully completed the modification of the three bow tires, they were relieved and surprised at the same time. Even if the materials used to make the bows were tied together with ropes, they could not withstand such tossing. It turned out to be so strong!
Once the Gestalt is repaired, it is time to tame the bow.

It stands to reason that in order to increase the service life of the horn bow, a layer of glue should be applied to cover the animal skin, or the sap of the lacquer tree should be used to make lacquer and painted on the surface of the bow tire to achieve the purpose of waterproofing and moisture-proof.

But these steps take too long. If they are done step by step, they will not be able to catch up with Dongshou.

There is a saying that if you don’t return home, you are like walking at night in a brocade. He has worked hard to make more advanced hunting weapons. If he can’t make a big splash at the tribal meeting, what’s the point of making bows?

The bow body finally has the shape of a bow, and it will take some time until the bows are tamed and stringed to produce a finished product, but the men are already gearing up and eager to wait, arguing loudly about the ownership of the three bows.

Seeing the men fighting more and more fiercely, gradually blushing and thickening their necks, in order to avoid the original version of two peaches killing three men, Zhang Tian immediately stopped him and suggested: "If you want to use the bow that shoots the sun, you must fight for it based on your strength. These three bows, I will give it to the three best archers!"

Hutou laughed loudly: "Of course my archery skills are the best, who dares to refuse?"

"I don't agree!"

"I'm not convinced either!"

The crowd was passionate, and none of the men were convinced. At this time, at least they couldn't admit cowardice.

Hutou was furious. He thought he was a recognized marksman. Usually, these guys praised his archery skills, but now they turned their faces and refused to admit it. It's really abominable!
Zhang Tian said with a smile: "Since you all think your archery skills are the best, let's compare! Let's hold an archery competition!"

He counted, including himself, a total of twelve young and strong players participated.

So they found four tree stumps and learned that Lin Yu was good at drawing circles freehand, so she asked her to use charcoal to draw three concentric circles of different sizes on the tree stumps.

Give everyone another rope and announce the rules: "Shoot the innermost circle and tie three knots, shoot the middle circle and tie two knots, shoot the outermost circle and tie one knot, Let's shoot ten rounds, and at the end, whoever has the most knots will be the best at archery."

The men looked at each other in blank dismay, they couldn't figure out why they had to tie knots when they hit the circle, and why the number of knots was related to the level of archery.

Zhang Tian took the trouble to explain that just explaining the internal logic of the rules took him a lot of time.

"Do you understand?"

"I understand, I understand!"

The men hurriedly agreed, and Zhang Tian could tell that some people really understood, while most pretended to understand.

"Let's get started! Hurry up!"

Hutou kept urging, he didn't understand a word of the rules of the competition, but it didn't matter, he would shoot, as long as every arrow hit the smallest circle, who would dare to question his archery skills?
The clansmen all came out of the cave, waiting to see the men compete with great interest.

In the past, when men had disputes, they would decide the winner through wrestling. This was the first time in history that the archery competition was held. Everyone sat down in rows on both sides of the field, and their eyes were full of anticipation.

The four tree targets stood 20 meters away, and the contestants were divided into three groups. Lin Yu and Xiao, who fully understood the rules, scored the contestants, and the children acted as arrow boys, handing arrows and water to the contestants.

Hutou looked solemn, without any contempt, and solemnly moved his shoulders and wrist joints on the sidelines, waiting to enter.

At this moment, a hearty laugh suddenly sounded in the mountain forest: "Everyone is so excited, you are going out of the cave together so late! Did you not eat enough during the day and continue to look for food at night?"

There was a man's laughter in the distance.

Everyone followed the sound and saw a group of seven people coming out of the bushes under the cold moonlight. The person in front of them had a face as sharp as a knife, a strong figure, and a wolf fur coat as white as snow.

(End of this chapter)