Yao Xiaoqing smiled and said: "Father, you should use the sawtooth faster here, so be careful!"
"Okay." Yaohu nodded and took the engineer's shovel, and went up the mountain with the mountain and big rocks.
At this time, the sun had come out. Yao Xiaoqing took advantage of everyone's absence, washed a bamboo pole and tied it to a firewood stick. He took out the underwear in the bag to dry, and then started shaving the bamboo knots with a dagger.
Shave all the burrs on the bamboo, split the bamboo, and cut the large part into a shape that is thick in the middle and thin at the ends. After dry cutting the bow, it looks a bit like a smaller version of a shoulder pole.
Cut the bow stem smooth, without any burrs to the touch, and carve grooves on both ends of the bow stem to facilitate binding of the bowstring.
Finally, he chopped two pieces of bamboo that were about a foot long and as wide and narrow as the middle part of the bow stem. They were still cut into thin pieces at both ends and thick in the middle and were set aside.
After completing the bow stems of the two bows, Yao Xiaoqing began to strengthen the bow stems.
Tear off the bark from the rattan, rub it a few times, and then twist it into a thin rope.
Walk to the platform, find a big tree with resin flowing out, pick out some sticky resin, apply it on the short bamboo piece, and wrap the short bamboo piece around the middle of the bow trunk.
After finishing the bow drying, I went into the cave and took some leftover vine bark from the braided straps, twisted them into a few strings, made two strands of strings into one, and twisted two strong bow strings.
Take the bow stem into the cave, open the fire covered with dust, put some firewood on it and blow it, then bake the two ends of the bow stem. While baking, press the two ends of the bow stem until the bow stem takes shape.
Pick up a bowstring and wrap it around the groove at one end of the bow stem, tighten it tightly and tie it to a tight buckle.
Then step on the end of the bow string, wrap the bow string around the groove at the other end, tighten and tie the knot, and a simple long bamboo bow is ready.
Yao Xiaoqing pulled it and felt that this bow was very powerful for her current arm strength.
After making the two bows, start making the arrow shafts. Clean the leaves and bark on the small shrubs that are seven or eight inches thick.
Cut the straightest part into a piece about 60 centimeters long and shave it smooth with a dagger.
From a bundle of small shrubs, there are only about twenty useful roots after selection.
One end of the arrow shaft is cut into the shape of a bullet, and a groove is left on the other end. The feathered wooden arrow is then glued on to complete it.
Everything was ready but the only thing missing was feathers. With nothing to do, Yao Xiaoqing made a quiver out of vines.
The warm sunshine makes people feel lazy. It's past noon and no one has come back yet.
Yao Xiaoqing put the dried underwear into her bag and looked at the cave. Thinking of how a dozen people were crowded in there last night, the smell was really sour.
The four major elements of human survival: clothing, food, shelter, and transportation. Although this body is uncomfortable and unsightly, it can cover up shame. Next is food, salt, housing..., after all, there is really nothing.
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In the history of time travel, which other woman has had such a difficult time as me? She didn’t even have the chance to make money and buy things.
For food, clothing, housing and transportation, you have to rely on your own hands and brains.
Yao Xiaoqing frowned and walked around the entrance of the cave, standing on the edge of the platform and looking down the mountain.
I began to plan in my mind: first surround the platform with wood, and then build a few simple bamboo sheds against the entrance of the hole, so that more than a dozen people would not be crowded in the hole, and even the lice could not be cleaned.
After the trees at the foot of the mountain are cut down, we will first find some stones to build a wall, and then build a row of houses along the mountain. The materials for building the houses can be stones or red bricks.
After the house below was built, a step was dug along the gentle slope to reach the platform. The platform was used as a drying ground, and the cave inside was used as a warehouse to store food.
Yao Xiaoqing said to himself, "Yes! Let's do it this way. Solve the problem of food and housing first, and take your time with the rest. Food will be there, salt will be there, toilet paper will be there, and everything will be there."
Shan Amu climbed up with a basket on his back. When he saw Yao Xiaoqing spinning around on the platform, he smiled happily and said, "Look, Xiaoqing, I picked up a lot of duck eggs!"
Yao Xiaoqing hurriedly took down the basket and carried half of the basket full of duck eggs. It looked like there were at least a hundred duck eggs.
"Yaya and Hua haven't come back? Have you finished picking up the duck eggs?"
"It's at the back! There are so many wild ducks, how can we pick them all," Shan'am smiled and pointed to the foot of the mountain, "Hua jumped on a wild duck laying eggs and crushed a nest of duck eggs."
Yao Xiaoqing thought that scene was a bit funny. She turned around and saw Yun Amu holding a wild duck and Hua carrying wild vegetables leading Yaya up the mountain.
Seeing the wild duck, Yao Xiaoqing laughed: Now it's better, there's no need to look for feathers.
When Yun Amu saw Yao Xiaoqing looking at the wild duck she was holding with shining eyes, she thought she was greedy for meat and said with a smile: "Xiao Qing, when Amu cleans up, there will be meat to eat. It's a pity that there are so many by the river."
We can't catch any wild ducks."
Yao Xiaoqing took the wild duck with a smile, plucked some feathers and said, "I can catch it when I make the bow and arrow."
Yun Amu didn't understand what it was.
Hua said at the side: "Xiaoqing, where are the leaders and the others? We saw wild boar excrement by the river, and some wild boars came to the river."
Yao Xiaoqing looked at the flower in surprise, "Really?"
"Really." Hua and Yun Amu both nodded.
Yao Xiaoqing looked at the few people and said, "My father and Uncle Shan have gone to chop down big trees. When they come back, let them dig traps."
Yun Amu nodded and said: "Okay, I'm going to pick off the wild duck's feathers."
Yao Xiaoqing hurriedly said: "Mom, take out the duck feathers and tie them with rattan skin. It will be useful later."
Yun Amu nodded and went to work.
Yao Xiaoqing took out the scissors from her bag, cut the feathers, put some resin on the tree trunk, applied it to the arrow shaft, glued the feathers on it, and wrapped it with a string twisted from rattan bark to fix it.
Yaya looked at those wooden arrows and asked curiously: "Qinggu, what are these for?"
Yao Xiaoqing glanced at her sallow little face and sparse hair, "It's used to catch wild ducks. Yaya will have meat to eat every day from now on."
"Oh! There is meat to eat!" Yaya smiled and narrowed her eyes, "Qinggu, where did the golden retriever go?"
"The Golden Retriever went to find food." Yao Xiaoqing was a little worried: Why hasn't the Golden Retriever come back yet?
After gluing feathers on all the wooden arrows, Yao Xiaoqing counted them. There were twenty-five in total.
I picked up my bow, put an arrow on it, pointed it at a small tree, and fired a test shot. The arrow left the string and missed the target tree, but hit the tree next to it.
Yao Xiaoqing looked at the missed wooden arrow and patted his head. How could he hunt with the skills of a three-legged cat? He had to practice hard. This was a skill that meant he could eat and save his life.
Shan Amu came out of the cave with two bags of seeds. When he saw the bow and arrow in Yao Xiaoqing's hand, he exclaimed: "Xiao Qing, what you have in your hand was also in the hands of the people from the Giant Bear Tribe last time, Shan's legs."
He was stabbed by this thing before being chopped."
Yao Xiaoqing looked at her in surprise, "Amu, this is called a bow and arrow. Does the Giant Bear Tribe also have one?"
Shan'am nodded, "Yes, the man with the bird feathers on his head is holding something like this. It's not as big as you, but it looks about the same."
No wonder the Giant Bear Tribe is able to dominate this area. Their brains are indeed very good and they have already made bows and arrows.