doomsday survival

Chapter 50 Bow Making ([-])

Having said that, Shi Jian was still so excited that he picked up the bow and couldn't wait to try the power of the bow.Shi Jian put his arrow on the string, pulled the bow to the full, let go, and the arrow shot out, piercing through a salted fish hanging on the wall, and nailing it to the wall.

"Brother Jian, you are amazing!" Xia Rou said happily, clapping her hands.

"Brother Jian, the shot is really accurate!" Xia Qing was also full of praise.

Old Shi Jian blushed, pretending to be modest and said: "Average, the third in the country!" But he thought to himself with shame: "Should I tell you that what I want to shoot is the piece of bacon next to it?"

The arrow penetrated into the wall about ten centimeters deep. Shi Jian pulled it out several times. Although the wall was made of mud, it had already dried out and was much harder than flesh and blood. It seems that the bow and arrow The power is still good.

"It should have shot right between two logs." Shi Jian said to Sister Xia Qing, "Otherwise, it would be impossible to shoot so deep."

"So can you shoot a wolf?" Xia Rou raised her face and asked, looking at the bow in Shi Jian's hand.

"Is it possible? Let's try it." Shi Jian waved his hand and said loudly, "Let's go! Let's shoot wolves!"

Xia Rou jumped with joy and cheered, "That's great! Brother Jian shoots wolves!"

Shi Jian felt awkward listening to Xia Rou's words, and murmured in his heart: "Why do you call me a pervert, brother is so pure, what's wrong with you?"

When they got out of the room, the three of Shi Jian realized that it was already late at night. Shi Jian looked at his watch and it was eleven o'clock.A waning moon in the sky illuminated the earth with silvery white, and several bonfires also emitted fiery light, which complemented the cold glow of the bright moon.Xiaomeng and Serena stayed in the defense circle without making a sound. From the bristling fur on their bodies, it could be seen that they were also very nervous.Wolf Fang kept barking twice, but its voice was quickly drowned out by the howling wolves that followed.

Outside the defensive circle, about forty wolves wandered around the camp. Facing Shi Jian and the others, a sturdy wolf was surrounded by ten wolves. It was obviously the wolf king.Seeing Shi Jian coming out, the wolf king straightened up and roared towards the sky, causing the pack of wolves to howl. Coupled with the cold moonlight and flickering flames, the surroundings looked extremely terrifying.

Shi Jian wasn't afraid, anyway, wolves were afraid of fire and didn't dare to rush in, but Xia Qing and Xia Rou were a little scared, especially Xia Rou, who held Shi Jian's lapel tightly and said timidly: "Brother Jian, hurry up!" shoot it!"

Shi Jian pointed to the wolf king and said, "That is the wolf king. If you can shoot it, the wolf pack will be scattered."

Xia Qing asked worriedly: "Can you shoot the wolf king?"

Shi Jian was also not sure, so he set his arrow on the string and aimed at the wolf king, but he didn't let go of the string for a long time.

Xia Rou whispered: "Brother Jian, you shoot the wolf king to scare me."

When Shi Jian heard it, his heart sank: "Come on, I've become the pervert king again!" But of course Shi Jian wanted to listen to what little Luo Li said. The arrow shot straight out with a "swish", passing over 20 centimeters above the wolf king's head, and disappeared into the forest. The wolf king didn't even know that he had just been attacked, and was still staring at the wolf king fiercely. Shi Jian.

Seeing Shi Jian shooting into the air, little Loli pouted her mouth and muttered, "Brother Jian, why are you not working hard?"

Shi Jian sighed, "I missed it."

Xia Qing patted Shi Jian's hand lightly to show comfort, and said, "It's okay, we'll just practice more."

"Well, I know, it's just a pity that the arrow was lost." Shi Jian said regretfully.

Seeing that his shooting skills were really bad, Shi Jian didn't mention the matter of shooting wolves. He added enough firewood to the bonfire and led the two girls back to the house.

As soon as Xia Qing entered the room, he was busy cooking. Shi Jian just saved up and didn't eat dinner until now, and hurriedly blamed himself: "It's all my fault. I was so busy making bows that I forgot that I didn't eat."

Xia Rou said crisply: "It's okay, I'm not hungry."

"I forgot too." Xia Qing said with a smile, "Actually, it's nothing to miss a meal. When we were in the tribe, we were often hungry and full."

After dinner, Shi Jian asked Xia Qing and the others to go to bed, and then went out to observe the situation of the wolves, and returned to the house when he saw that the wolves had no intention of attacking.

Blowing out the diesel lamp, Shi Jian went to bed in the dark, only to find that Xia Rou was already fast asleep, and the little girl was exhausted from this day.As soon as he lay down, a soft body slipped into Shi Jian's arms. Shi Jian hugged Xia Qing lightly, and said softly, "Why don't you sleep, are you worried about the wolves?"

Xia Qing gave a soft "um" without saying anything, Shi Jian hugged Xia Qing, and comforted him softly: "Don't be afraid, I have everything."

Xia Qing buried her head in Shi Jian's arms, and murmured after a while: "Brother Jian, I'm so scared. Since I met you and lived a peaceful life, I really hope that this will last forever. But the wolves It’s coming, I’m afraid that when I open my eyes, everything will be gone.”

Shi Jian hugged Xia Qing's delicate body tightly, patted her on the back lightly and said, "Don't worry, these wolves can't do anything to us, maybe we still have wolf meat to eat."

Xia Qing buried her head deeply in Shi Jian's arms, wrapped her hands around Shi Jian's neck, and gradually fell asleep under Shi Jian's pat.

That night, Shi Jian didn't sleep well at all. After all, those words were used to comfort Xia Qing. He was still worried that the wolves would attack the camp, so he would gently get up every once in a while to check the situation outside. They walked towards the camp, but they had no intention of attacking. When it was bright, the wolves dispersed, leaving only a few wolves hiding in the jungle, peeping at the camp.

For several days in a row, the wolves were like this, coming to surround the camp at night, and leaving a few wolves to watch them during the day, so that Shi Jian and others dared not go out.Shi Jian would light a bonfire every night to prevent the wolves from attacking. After a long time, Xia Qing and Xia Rou were no longer afraid of these wolves who were besieging but not attacking.

Since he didn't attack, Shi Jian didn't care about those wolves. Anyway, his supplies were enough to last for a while, so he and Xia Qing made the remaining half of the wood into a bow, but this bow was lighter. Xia Qing can also use it.

Shi Jian also made some bone arrows, the arrowheads were made from the thigh bones of roe deer.Shi Jian first smashed the leg bones with a hammer, picked out bone fragments of appropriate size and polished them on the stone to make sharp arrowheads, and then picked some birch branches again to make arrow shafts, but the front end was not sharpened, but cut open. Then insert the bone arrow into the gap, and tie it tightly with a string, so that a bone arrow is completed.

It is a pity that there are too few available arrow shafts, and Shi Jian did not get many bone fragments. In the end, he could only make 46 bone arrows. Adding the remaining wooden arrows, Shi Jian and the others had 110 five arrows. Arrowed.It sounds like a lot, but Shi Jian knew that it would be lucky if one-tenth of the more than 100 arrows hit.

In order to improve his accuracy, Shi Jian made a target out of hay in the open space, practiced archery desperately every day, Xia Qing followed suit, and the two of them stopped only after Xia Rou shouted that she was hungry for several days in a row. Did sleepless nights and food.Both of them were novices, they didn't know anything when they started practicing, their hands and faces were scratched by bowstrings and arrows, in order to prevent re-injury, they put on gloves and leather caps every time, so as not to get re-injured.

But what makes Shi Jian ashamed is that his shooting skills are obviously not as good as Xia Qing.Xia Qing almost hit the target with his arrow now, and three or four out of ten can only hit the red heart.On the other hand, Shi Jian was too weak. It would be good if six out of ten arrows hit the target. As for the red heart, it was purely a blind cat that hit a dead mouse only once and a half.

Xia Rou couldn't help laughing at Shi Jian, saying: "Brother Jian, you can't shoot well, let sister shoot wolves."

Xia Qing, who had already learned what a "pervert" was from Shi Jian, hastily declined and said, "Your brother Jian is a pervert, but your sister is not."

Shi Jian looked depressedly at Xia Qing, who was smiling delicately, and Xia Rou, who was confused, and said in his heart, "Are you seductive? I haven't eaten Qing Er yet, how come you are so lustful?"

Jokes aside, Shi Jian and Xia Qing are also constantly improving their archery skills, but Shi Jian feels that there is not much room for improvement, so he redistributes the weapons, taking the engineer shovel and letting Xia Qing use the bow and arrow , is mainly responsible for long-range attacks, which also reduces the danger of melee combat.

In this way, time passed in their continuous practice, until one day, Shi Jian found that there was not much firewood left, only enough to hold on for two days. Only then did Shi Jian understand the purpose of the wolves' siege instead of attacking every day.

　The code I coded last night was not saved, and I only found out today that I re-coded it, so the update is a bit late.Three shifts are planned today, to make up for what was owed last time, and the next shift will be around two o'clock in the afternoon.

　　
　
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