Traditional Chinese Medicine: Back to the years when educated youths went to the countryside

Chapter 230 Making Bows and Arrows
In fact, everyone, not just Yu Hua, was very curious.

Hearing this, everyone gathered around carrying flags and gongs and drums.

Those days were no better than now. Pesticides and fertilizers were not yet widely available. Pest removal was done by hand. Fertile soil was only composted. It was difficult for ordinary people to see such dangerous things.

The scene just now really shocked everyone.

Especially after learning what happened, everyone's scalp went numb when thinking of that dark, plaster-like thing.

After all, Wang Aiduo almost had an accident just because he didn't wash his hands after touching it.

It’s so terrible, what did Wang Chengzhou do by making it?
Looking at the group of curious educated youths, Wang Chengzhou chuckled, but gave it up, glanced at the big sun above his head, and quickly called everyone to rush to the hillock, "I don't need to tell you, you just need to follow me. , you will know later of course.”

Everyone looked at each other.

At this time, it was past noon, and smoke was rising from the village. Everyone was hungry, and some people even had stomachs growling.

It was obvious that he was in high spirits, and everyone was unwilling to dampen his interest, so they all followed him and climbed up the hillock.

In order to build houses, the villagers have been digging for years, but the loess hills are still continuous, almost connecting the three villages together.It is lush and lush, with persimmon trees, cypress trees and pine trees growing there, surrounded by tombs of unknown ages. They are densely packed. Autumn has just begun, but you feel a sense of coolness when you walk in.

Everyone was hungry, but when they saw the numerous fruits hanging on the branches, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

In August, the persimmons have basically grown to full size. They are as big as a green apple and look like a millstone. They look very pleasing to the eye.After waiting for more than half a month, that is, by mid-September, the branches will change color, and the orange or orange-red fruits will hang like small lanterns all over the tree.

Adults and children in the country will have the sweetest time of the year.

It's just a pity that the time has not come yet.

However, some people just don’t believe in evil.There is a male educated youth in Shuixi Village, if I remember correctly, his name is Qin Lang.This kid was probably very hungry, so he refused to listen and insisted on picking one out and tasting it.Unexpectedly, after one sip, his tongue was so astringent that he stuck out his tongue. Like a puppy in summer, he fanned the wind with his palms and didn't draw back for a long time, causing everyone to laugh in unison.

"Lao Lang, you are really stunned! Even if we are not from the countryside, we know that green persimmons are very astringent and cannot be eaten at all. Now, are you honest?"

"Ah, it looks so scary! Are green persimmons really that bad to eat? I really want to try it too..."

"Sister! If you are messing around, I won't care about you when the time comes!"

Hearing what the twin sisters said, everyone couldn't help it.

Yu Hua quickly stopped the rash girl and smiled helplessly, "Xiao Mo, you really can't eat that!"

"Wang Xiucai called us here, he probably has something serious to do."

"Comrade Qin Lang is about to lose his combat effectiveness. If you fall again, who will you rely on to complete the mission?"

Everyone was laughing up and down.

Wang Chengzhou was moved in his heart and said hurriedly:

"I asked you guys to come over. I really have something serious to do, and time is tight."

"Have you seen these pine trees? We need some pine branches of appropriate thickness. Please help us find them. If you find them, call me and I will poke them down with a spear."

"Everyone, please be more agile. If you do well, I will reward you with sweet persimmons in a few days."

Everyone was so happy that their hunger was almost drowned out. When they heard what he said, they thought he was joking and didn't take it seriously at all.

Jian Mo even curled her lips and teased:
"Come on, Wang Xiucai!"

"We know you are not an honest person."

"Do you think you are God? Just blow a breath of fairy air, and the forest leaves all over the mountains and fields will turn red. I don't believe you!"

Wang Chengzhou did not argue with her, but ordered:
"Guys, work faster. Finish the pine branches as soon as possible, and then we can start picking persimmons."

"Don't worry, the persimmons you picked will be considered as compensation for me. If people in the village gossip, just ask the brigade to come to me."

"After all, it stands to reason that everyone should go home for dinner. But in order to complete the work of protecting Qiu, I will be responsible for the lunch today!"

The crowd couldn't help cheering.

No need to rush back and forth on the road, everyone is still very happy.Not to mention that after getting along with each other for a day or two, everyone has adapted to each other's liveliness, and they are still willing to spend more time together.

The group of people struggled for a while, and when they returned, everyone was carrying pine and cypress branches and green persimmons, laughing and joking, as if they had returned from a trip.

The villagers were preparing lunch, squatting at the door with bowls and chopsticks in hand, chatting. When they saw them, they couldn't help but look sideways, shaking their heads and sighing.

He thought to himself: If we leave the job of protecting the autumn to these sluts, this year’s crops will be finished!
All the way back home, Wang Honghe and Li Yuzhu immediately started working when they heard that the educated youth comrades would be invited to stay for dinner.They were frying pancakes and cooking porridge. Even Wang Aiduo, who was lying in the room with his body stretched out and reading, was pulled over to help.

Several female educated youths saw that it was not easy to sit around and be busy as a family, waiting for dinner by themselves, so they washed their hands and went to help.

The male educated youth followed Wang Chengzhou to deal with the pine and cypress branches he had brought back.

Only then did everyone understand what he was going to do. They couldn't help but scratch their heads, but they were also a little excited.

Boys love to play. When they heard that Wang Chengzhou was going to teach them how to make long bows to hunt wild beasts that destroyed crops, everyone was looking forward to it.

Although I don’t know if it is reliable, but things have come to this point, just do it!
In fact, Wang Chengzhou didn't have much confidence.He had only read about the making of bows and arrows once or twice in books, but this was his first time actually getting started.

But after some thinking, except for this method, other strategies don't seem to work very well.

He thought about digging a trap in the ground and placing spikes soaked in venom inside the trap. If an animal falls in, it will be poisoned even if it is not stabbed to death.But digging holes in crop fields is really unrealistic.Land suitable for planting is inherently precious. If he dares to destroy it wantonly, he may be pushed into the pit by the angry villagers and beaten to death before the pit is dug...

Even less so if you take drugs.Not to mention being too passive, the poisonous nature of the poison is too strong. If it spreads into the ground, if someone accidentally touches it, it will definitely cause trouble.

As for applying it to a spear and hunting wild beasts by yourself, that would be even more ridiculous.He doesn't know how to activate Wushuang. How many kills can he kill with just one person's strength?

The only reliable thing is to learn the method of the ancients: spread arrows to shoot animals!

However, making a strong bow requires dried hickory wood, acacia wood, oak wood...but he didn't have any of those things.The best substitute available right now is raw pine.

Soak wet pine branches in hot water and bend them, then bake them over a fire to shape them, then tie them with hemp rope, and a simple longbow is completed.As for the arrows, it's even simpler.Find some relatively straight dry hard branches, lightly smoke the arrowheads to make them harder, sharpen them, and soak them in venom.

The boar's skin is thick, making it difficult for simple bows and arrows to penetrate its body.However, with the poison of Sheyi, there is no need to pursue lethality. As long as it can break through the defense and the poison invades the flesh and blood, it will fall down.

High physical resistance does not mean high magic resistance.

Under the guidance of Wang Chengzhou, a group of young people were so energetic that they almost finished tossing the pine and cypress branches they brought back, and finally each of them was armed with a long bow.

As for the arrows, since they can be recycled and are the key to killing wild beasts, they have to be handled more carefully.

Wang Chengzhou even wanted to find Uncle Changsheng, so he smelted some broken pots at home and forged some arrowheads.But after thinking about it, I decided to forget it. I’m not yet at the point where I want to sell the iron out of the situation.

While eating, Wang Chengzhou took out the arrow again and quenched the poison for the arrow.After everyone had eaten and drank enough, he led them to the open space at the end of the village to practice their aim.

Not to mention, after some training, there are actually a few guys with strong hand-eye coordination. Standing more than ten meters away, they can already hit targets as big as the mouth of a bowl.

However, lesbians are born with different physical constitutions, so they are a little worse.Except for the fat female educated youth Pan Feiyan, the others could not even draw a bow, let alone shoot an arrow.

The harsh reality made Jian Mo and Jian Li purse their lips and Lao Gao wanted to go back and eat two steamed buns immediately to strengthen their bodies.

Under the leadership of Wang Chengzhou, everyone trained very seriously.Even those with good physical strength are exhausted and sweating from the constant shooting.

However, in the eyes of outsiders, it seems like a joke without doing anything serious.

The crop fields are all next to the village, and the old and young men are pulling weeds and removing insects in the fields. When you look up, you can see them playing there, and they all can't help but frown.

Those older girls and younger wives wiped the sweat from their cheeks, sneered, shook their heads and sighed:

"Oh, Wang Xiucai is preparing to lead troops to fight? Why are you still training? My incompetent brother from my mother's family is not as serious about playing as they are. By the way, I forgot to mention, my brother is ten years old this year."

"Haha, don't be too disrespectful with your mouth. In any case, Wang Xiucai is working hard. He also practices archery diligently in order to lead everyone to do a good job in protecting the autumn. It's just that the big wild boar gun can't be used. If you don't die, is he planning to turn people into porcupines?"

"Tsk, tsk, that mouth of yours isn't much better! No matter how you say it, I'm just a health worker, and it's my duty to treat illnesses and save people. As long as you have good medical skills and a good heart, let him have fun. Just treat someone who is not good. The sensible little brother is fooling around."

Hearing their discussion, some of the gentlemen were unhappy and frowned.They are probably worried about how this year's harvest will be affected.

Especially Wang Zhiguo, this guy shouted at the top of his lungs:

"You bitches just have no principles!"

"Treating a disease is to treat the disease, and protect the autumn. The team entrusted him with such an important job, but he led a bunch of educated youths to fool around all day long, without paying any attention to the safety of everyone's food rations. Just selfish and undisciplined!”

"When the food is distributed at the end of the year, other production brigades can have a good year, but we have to endure hunger and spread the word. How can the young and old men hold their heads high?"

When a group of young ladies and young wives heard this, they were unhappy. They curled their lips and teased: "Hey, Wang Zhiguo, why do you start caring about your reputation? Could it be that you want to get a wife?"

The crowd burst into laughter, and someone helped:
"Wang Zhiguo, you are the village chief, but you are still worried that the girl's family will think our village is poor? Besides, our village has been poor for more than a day or two, as if no one knows about it."

"That's right! Our mountain is facing a river in front and a mountain behind it. There are either floods or bears. We don't have a peaceful life all year round, but we still can't fill our stomachs all day long. If I hadn't been blinded by lard, I would I won’t marry into a shabby place like yours!”

"The Laoqulin production brigade has a brick kiln, and the Han family's production brigade can hang vermicelli. What else can our Wang family's production brigade do besides farming? Marry a man, dress and eat with a man. If I were a girl from another village, I would If you don’t marry, you will suffer poverty.”

A group of people were originally criticizing Wang Chengzhou, but somehow they got involved in the criticism of living conditions.

When the old men in the village heard this, they immediately opened their eyes. They were simply insulted. How could they be happy about it?Both sides were very angry, and they started arguing and chattering while standing in the field, as if they were having a meeting.

After leading everyone to practice for a while, Wang Chengzhou felt that it was almost done.Time was running out. He didn't want to train everyone to be sharpshooters. He just needed to form a tacit understanding with each other, know when to advance and when to retreat, and act in unison.

A dozen people were holding longbows and shooting at the wild boars that broke into the crop fields. No matter how bad their accuracy was, they could always miss one or two arrows, right?
That's enough.

As the sun was about to set, Wang Chengzhou was planning to take his team members to patrol the fields again. Unexpectedly, a man ran over from a distance.

When he got closer, he shouted out of breath:
"Wang Health Nurse, hurry up!"

"The boars are here again!"

"Zhishu Bai and Village Chief Wang are directing everyone to drive away wild boars in the fields. Go and help!"

This guy's voice was so loud that everyone in the crop field heard it. They stopped arguing one by one and looked up.

Seeing that he looked familiar, Wang Chengzhou greeted everyone and asked hurriedly, "Is anyone injured? Where did the wild boar go? Are you a member of Yanggao Village?"

After all, he is a doctor, and his first thought is to save people.

"I am I am!"

The man was so sweaty that he shook his head and said anxiously:
"No one was hurt, but the crop fields suffered!"

"Several large wild boars broke into the original sweet potato field. Once the big guys were driven away, they ran around in the field and destroyed a lot of crops."

"I'll lead the way. You guys should follow me with gongs, drums and flags!"

Several big wild boars...

Wang Chengzhou's heart tightened, and he quickly called for everyone to follow him.

He himself hurried home.

In order to ensure safety when practicing archery, everyone brought ordinary arrows. Those carefully made arrows are still being quenched at home, and they are probably almost ready by now.

Seeing the situation, the group of educated youths felt nervous and hurriedly ran towards Yanggao Village carrying bows and arrows.

——Thanks for the 100-point reward, I am just a scholar after all!

——Thanks to the popular Holy Blade brother for the 100-point reward!

(End of this chapter)