Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 281 Valve Cable Steel Ball Skin
After the three of them separated, Wang An returned to the supply and marketing cooperative's house and bought a lot of thick wire, thin wire and a lot of springs for making clips. He also bought a lot of long nails and short nails.

Whether it is a rabbit sleeve or a clip, they are all made of wire and are consumables that must be replenished at any time.

Nails, like iron wire, are priced by the kilogram. However, perhaps due to the craftsmanship, nails are slightly more expensive than iron wire, at 1.4 yuan per kilogram.

The reason why he bought the nails was that Wang An discovered that animals would appear in the house from time to time.

Nails can be used to nail cages of various sizes.

Besides, things like wire and nails are considered daily necessities in rural areas and can always be used, so buying as much as you like will not be redundant or wasteful.

Finally, after Wang An walked around the supply and marketing cooperative, he bought a bundle of bicycle valve cables, 5 pounds of steel balls, and two Bingcheng cigarettes, and then turned around and walked out of the supply and marketing cooperative.

In bicycles of this era, valve wires must be used at the tire valves, including donkey cart tires with steel wire hubs. Valve wires must also be used.

valve wire,
The valve cable is actually a hollow rubber tube with very good elasticity.

Apart from being used on car tires, this thing actually has no other uses, but Wang An bought this thing to make a slingshot.

Steel balls are actually used on steel wire hubs. Donkey carts of this era rarely used bearings because the entire bearing was very expensive.

Basically, they are loose steel balls and bead bowls, used to replace bearings. If they are broken, just replace the steel balls or bead bowls.

And Wang An bought this thing to use as a slingshot.

Because there are many kinds of birds in this era, there are also many squirrels in the woods.

It is absolutely impossible to shoot birds or squirrels with a gun.

If a bullet passes by, whether it is a bird or a squirrel, it will be beaten to pieces.

Therefore, if you want to kill small animals, you can only use a "weapon" like a slingshot that is not particularly harmful.

A slingshot can actually be considered a weapon!
When fighting dogs, a slingshot is of little use because you have to make the dog run away.

If you chase dogs away and hit small animals with a slingshot or something like that, that's just nonsense.

After I got up, I was as tired as a tortoise. How could I have time and energy to think about small animals?
But now that the dogs are injured, it is completely unknown whether the three of them can find prey every time if they go into the mountains to escape.

But after entering the mountains, you can't just slip on the condom and look at the clips.

Therefore, Wang Ancai wanted to make a few slingshots and bought a lot of steel balls.

In this way, even if you can't find any prey when you go into the mountains, you can still hunt some squirrels or birds, so you won't come back empty-handed.

You must know how hard it was for Wang An to find prey every time he went into the mountains after he was reborn.

Although I was never empty-handed every time, it was just good luck, but luck is a very uncertain thing.

If everything depends on luck, then why not go to see Buddha early and ask him how to get a lot of luck?
Most of the slingshot straps of this era were made from discarded bicycle inner tubes.

But there are not many bicycles in rural areas. This is partly because they are unaffordable. The main reason is that bicycle tickets are hard to come by.

Therefore, used bicycle inner tubes are not so easy to obtain.

You must know that every bicycle inner tube is replaced after it can no longer be repaired.

And when making a slingshot, compared to bicycle inner tubes, valve cables are actually the most perfect.

Because after the bicycle inner tube is cut into narrow strips, only the middle one is relatively straight.

The tread strips on the side are curved, so the force is uneven and the resilience is not straight.

If you want to hit the slingshot accurately with a leather strip like this, it's not that difficult!
The valve cable does not have many shortcomings. It is not only straight, but also highly elastic and powerful. The most important thing is that this thing is used as a slingshot, and it is relatively accurate.

Of course, this thing is not cheap. One stick is more than a foot long, about 33 centimeters, and costs 8 cents a stick.

To make a slingshot, you need 8 valve wires, 4 on each side. There should be at least 6 strands, and 3 strands on each side. If there are any less, the elasticity and power will be insufficient, and it will be useless to hit small animals.

Steel balls are not cheap either, costing 1 cent each, 2.3 yuan per pound, about 240 balls per pound, and Wang An bought 5 pounds, which is a bargain of 5 cents.

In fact, you can also use stones or clay marbles for the slingshot, but the stones are not round and are not easy to use at all.

Clay marbles, on the other hand, need to be made of clay, which needs to be dried in the shade and then baked. There is no time at all, so steel balls have to be used to transition.

Wang An would never bother making clay marbles because Wang An felt that this job was suitable for Mu Xueli and Wang Li.

It can't be that Wang An provided the slingshot, but Wang An had to make the slingshot, right? No one owes anyone anything.

After coming out of the supply and marketing cooperative, Wang An found a place to carry people and sorted out the money in his pocket.

This time I came to the supply and marketing cooperative. I sold fur bear bile and hanging tubes in the supply and marketing cooperative house for 3985.8 yuan, and sold a gun outside the house for 1600 yuan.

Among the money, 150 yuan of management money belonged to Wang An himself, so Wang An took out 150.8 yuan from it without hesitation and put it into the pocket of his cotton-padded jacket.

Then the remaining 3830 yuan and the 1600 yuan from selling the gun were combined together, making it 5430 yuan.

40% of the money belonged to Wang An, so Wang An took out two more wads, and then counted 17 more cards, totaling 2170 yuan.

Wang An suddenly discovered that the amount of money he had made from dead people time and time again was quite serious.

It's weird that if you keep turning around, there's always a chance to make a fortune!

The remaining 3260 yuan was divided into two equal parts, each of which cost 1630 yuan.

After finishing everything, Wang An looked at his watch and it was still noon, so he drove the sledge and walked to the market.

Because the New Year has just ended, people don't have much money, so the market is relatively deserted now. It can be said that there are more people selling things than buying things.

As soon as he entered the market, Wang An saw an old Oroqen man selling leather bags.

The skin bag is a kettle. One is made of a tanned animal bladder as the inner liner, and then the animal bladder is wrapped and sewn with tanned fur.

The other is to use a gourd gourd as the inner liner, and the outside is wrapped and sewn with tanned fur.

However, when it comes to storing wine, it’s best to use gourds and gourds as the inner container, because wine filled with animal bladders will have a special taste.

Of course, it doesn't matter to those who don't mind the smell.

Wang An found that the leather bags were well-sewn and looked good. They cost 2 cents each, which was not expensive, so he bought two animal bladder bags and three gourd bags without hesitation.

The main thing is that the leather bag is very convenient to use. Slight bumps and hits are basically fine.

Especially those with animal bladders, which are generally fine if you fall off a horse.

And whether it is filled with water or wine, it can also be used to pretend to be young or old.

Besides, making this thing is quite technical, mainly bladder tanning, which is really a job that most people can’t do.

Mainly because the bladder is too thin and people who don't know how to do it will accidentally have it leaked.

Finally, this honest Oroqen old man gave Wang An an animal bladder skin.

This action made Wang An feel very embarrassed.

So, Wang An took two boxes of Bingcheng cigarettes from the sledge and gave them to the old Oroqen man.

There's nothing wrong with reciprocity.

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