Chapter 68 Jingyuan and the Principle of Bows and Crossbows

He said he was looking for a new dress for Xiao Yun'er, but he definitely wouldn't be able to get it out in a short time.

I don’t know where to look for it yet. Even if I find it, I have to rub it with washing powder and dry it before bringing it to her.

In short, Jingyuan first measured her height. He did not have a tape measure, so he used a straw rope to measure from the tips of her toes to the top of her head, and then used a knife to cut a mark. The length of the rope in the middle of the mark was her height. It was estimated that it was about one

It looks like it's less than 1.5 meters tall.

The measurements were also measured using the same method. She has a very slender figure and cannot find clothes that are too wide.

After taking the measurements, Jingyuan read comic books with her, and in the process, tried to teach her how to read.

He remembered that when he was a child, he learned pinyin first, and then learned radicals and radicals.

Learning to read and write is a very long process. It is probably not until the fifth or sixth grade of elementary school that you can say that you have learned most of the common Chinese characters without having dyslexia.

He didn't have much time to teach her, so he matched the words that appeared in the comic book with the actual things.

For example, when the book mentioned "sun", he would first point to the word "sun" and then point to the sun in the sky.

Xiao Yun'er's learning and understanding abilities are indeed very strong, and she quickly understood that the character "sun" represented the glowing ball in the sky.

When Jingyuan points to the "sun", she will look up at the fireball in the sky.

Writing is not difficult for her, but to be precise, she is not "writing" words, but "drawing" words. The vines hold the pens, like a printer, and turn the fonts on the comic book almost 100%

Restored flawlessly.

In one afternoon, Jingyuan has taught her a lot of things, such as "cloud", "skirt", "hair", "hand", and "shoes". There are about 20 words.

But she couldn't form a complete sentence with these words, she just matched these "symbols" with actual objects.

There were some jokes during this period. For example, when Jingyuan taught her "shoes", he meant his own military shoes, and she quickly learned it.

But she equated the general word "shoes" with Jingyuan's military shoes. It took Jingyuan a lot of effort to correct her thinking and make her understand that what is worn on the feet

, uniformly called shoes.

The whole teaching process is quite interesting. After all, his student is a cute little girl who doesn't cry or make trouble and is very smart.

Unfortunately, happy time is always short-lived, and in a blink of an eye, it will be dark again.

Jingyuan bid farewell to Xiao Yun'er by drawing a picture and told her that he would come back to see her in three days and extended the interval between the next meeting to two days.

She didn't react much, as if she understood that Jingyuan would only play with her for a short time during the day.

Jingyuan waved goodbye to her and left Shunxiang Supermarket.

This night, he did not return to the southern suburbs.

Xiaobai's dog food and water are enough to survive tonight. Besides, when he is hungry, he will naturally look for dog food to eat. The unopened bag of dog food is placed next to the wall, and a large bowl of water was poured for him in the morning.

It's enough to drink for several days.

Just give him a kennel when he goes out in the morning. He is a very smart puppy and won't run around. As long as he doesn't go out, Jingyuan has nothing to worry about.

However, the main reason why he stayed in the city center was because of those mutated sparrows.

Knowing that this dangerous flock of birds existed near his home, he always felt a little uneasy, fearing that on his way back, he would bump into a flock of weaver sparrows out hunting.

He won't be able to sleep well unless he kills all the mutated sparrows.

Therefore, tonight he began to try making bows and arrows.

He thought this was a fairly easy thing, but after actually doing it, he realized that it was not what he thought at all.

The shape of the bow and arrow was very easy to make. He cut down a thick and curved branch, trimmed the details and shape with an eggplant knife and a knife, and carved grooves on the edges of both ends of the branch.

It looks like a bow, only the string is missing.

It took a lot of effort to cut off a section of snake tendon, straighten it, and clamp it into the grooves at both ends of the wooden bow. He felt that he was a genius, and it only took him dozens of minutes to make a bow.

The arrow is not difficult to make, just sharpen the branches and straighten them.

Anyway, his purpose is to set fire. As long as the arrow can carry the flame and incendiary agent and fly smoothly to the destination, there is no need to pierce the prey's body.

There’s no need to worry too much about accuracy or anything like that. That crooked-necked tree doesn’t know how to stand up and run a marathon. The target is so obvious, so it’s just about right.

Before the sun set, he had already made ten arrows and took a simple wooden bow with him.

He was happily testing arrows in the community, holding the bow arm in his hand, taking the arrow and stringing it. With a tooth-aching clicking sound, the wooden bow deformed and he could feel the tension.

Letting go of his hand, the wooden arrow flew out quickly, but the shooting distance was not satisfactory. He only shot a few dozen meters. When he threw it with his hand, it was more than a few dozen meters. And after only four or five shots, the bow arm broke.

Yes, the quality is worrisome.

He was not discouraged and found thicker and heavier wood - he broke the load-bearing pillars of a small wooden pavilion in the community.

He cut the wooden pillar in a wide open area, and with his extraordinary strength and the hard eggplant knife, he carved out a large bow over one meter long.

But here comes the problem: the new big bow is not as good as the small bow made before.

The quality of the bow string was very good, and the mutant python's snake tendons were very tough. Even if he used both hands and feet, he could not break it. However, the wood of the big bow was too hard and could not provide any elasticity at all.

The result of pulling the bow was to break the big bow.

Only then did he understand that bows and arrows are not slingshots. A slingshot can use rubber bands to provide elasticity, but the elasticity of bows and arrows actually comes from the bow arms.

If you want to shoot high and far, you need a bow arm with good quality and elasticity.

This is really a very full ideal, but a very skinny reality.

Suddenly we hit a dead end, where can we get elastic materials?

While I was sitting on a pile of scrap wood and worrying, I suddenly caught a glimpse of those abandoned cars in the community.

An idea popped into my head, is it possible to make a bow out of metal?

But it definitely won't work with ordinary steel bars. If the thing is twisted and bent, it won't be able to change back.

He came to the car, circled around it, and observed it carefully.

If I were to take this car apart, which part of it would be the most resilient?

He thought it should be near the chassis, because cars are equipped with shock absorbers, and to do shock absorbers, springs and the like are needed.

He squatted down and continued to circle around the car. He saw springs for shock absorption in the car bearings. However, the shape of these springs definitely could not be used for bows and arrows.

But this reminded him of another thing - the leaf springs near the truck bearings.

His eldest brother-in-law was pulling trucks. At that time, his eldest brother-in-law was practicing for his A2 driver's license, and he went to see it. He remembered that his eldest brother-in-law told him that the truck was very uncomfortable to drive because of the use of leaf springs.

He didn't remember it very clearly. He just went there because he was bored that day. He had no interest in trucks. The reason why he remembered this incident was because his buttocks in the passenger seat that day were very uncomfortable.

People are always impressed by some embarrassing memories. He remembered that he did a very childish thing that day and kicked the leaf spring of the truck as if to relieve his anger. Of course, it was his foot that was injured, and he was also injured.

The eldest brother-in-law made a joke.

He still vividly remembered the arc-shaped reed made of layers of steel plates.

That thing seems to be the shock-absorbing part of the truck. Judging from the shape, it is quite suitable for making a bow arm, but it seems a bit too bulky to use as a bow, so it is better to lay it down sideways.

Well, wait? Doesn’t this just become a crossbow?

Good guy, it turns out that there is such a difference between bows and crossbows.

He thought about it carefully and felt that a crossbow was more suitable because he didn't need to hold the bow and shoot while running, he only needed to shoot far enough and high enough.

You should make a heavy crossbow, find a bunker to hide far away, and fire wildly at the mutated sparrow's nest.

Yes, just do it!
Chapter completed!