Who knows! As soon as I returned to the mountains to farm, I encountered a natural disaster.

You will definitely have to light a fire to spend the night, and you have to find firewood.

There was no shortage of materials to start a fire, and there was a pile of chopped thorns at the door.

Some of these thorns have dried up, and there are other dried plants wrapped in them. The whole thing is a big dry grass ball.

Mu Xi went out to find firewood, while Zhao Yeqing dealt with the big grass ball in the cave.

To start a fire, the material must be flammable and not too big. She needs to cut off the thorny thorns to get the hay inside. The vines of the thorns can also be used as fire starting materials.

After she separated the grass ball, Mu Xi came back holding Chai.

First use a large wooden stick as the bottom, leave some space in the middle, and then put the fire-kindling materials. There are a few small firewoods on the materials.

Zhao Yeqing took out his lighter and lit the hay, and gently blew on the ignited firewood with his mouth. He stopped when he saw the flames getting bigger.

Mu Xi said: "When I was collecting firewood just now, I saw a persimmon tree nearby. You stay in the hole while I pick it back."

Zhao Yeqing had no objection. The fire that had just started still needed someone to watch over it to prevent it from extinguishing.

Mu Xi moved quickly and brought back not only the persimmons, but also the trunk of a small tree and two rolls of bark.

It didn't look like it was used to light a fire, so Zhao Yeqing asked curiously.

Mu Xi replied, "I want to make a bow and arrow. I can save bullets if I can. During this time, I have to find food in the woods. I'll try to see if I can use it for hunting."

He had no confidence in what he said, and he had no experience in making bows and arrows.

The trunk of this small tree was only as thick as a forearm. Mu Xi removed the branches and leaves on it, leaving it about one meter long.

To make a bow, you must first split the tree trunk into two halves in the middle. Mu Xi opened his backpack, took out a knife and began to peel the tree trunk.

The knife is very sharp, like peeling wood or watermelon.

The wood used to make the bow needs to be straight enough to ensure that the arrows shot will not deviate from the direction.

Mu Xi held the wood upright in front of his eyes, squinted one eye to check the situation, and put it down again when he saw that it was not flat enough.

Zhao Yeqing picked out a few of the soft persimmons that Mu Xi had just brought back, cut them open with a knife and took a bite of the flesh in the middle. This may be because fruits with sufficient sunlight have higher sugar content and are surprisingly delicious.

She opened her eyes wide in surprise, there was no astringency at all as she had imagined.

Peel off the other half of the skin and put it to Mu Xi's mouth, "Try it quickly."

Mu Xi kept moving his hands, opened his mouth to take the persimmons, finished eating and said, "Pick a few more before setting off tomorrow morning."

After feeding, she went back to pick out the remaining persimmons and prepare today's dinner.

Sweet potatoes and canned potatoes can be stored for a longer time, but corn is still fresh and cannot be stored for a long time. I will solve it tonight.

Before baking, set up a simple rack.

In fact, you can poke the corn cobs with a wooden stick, place it next to the fire or hold it over the fire to bake, but the former will cook slowly and will be easily scorched, and the outside will be dark and the inside will still be raw, while the latter will make your hands sore.

When grilling something, it is best not to let the open flame come into contact with the food. Make a simple rack higher than the flame and place the corn on it. Use the heat from the flame to roast the corn so that the corn will not turn black, and the total time spent is less than grilling on a spit. Some.

As the saying goes, sharpening the knife will never make you chop wood.

Use four pieces of firewood to tie two X-shaped brackets, and insert one on the left and right into the ground. A branch is passed through the middle of the corn and placed on the two X-shaped brackets.

Exactly one or two centimeters away from the flame.

Mu Xi finally smoothed the wood, and a bow opening was needed at each end of the bow to tie the bowstring.

A bow handle of about fifteen centimeters is also cut out in the middle to make it easier to hold the bow.

The bow strings were made from the two bundles of bark that I had just brought back.

This bark is not the old bark used to build greenhouse shelves to protect vegetables from the sun and rain, but a small tree with a trunk only as thick as a thumb.

This kind of tree grows very fast in the forest, especially after rain. It looks like bamboo shoots and can grow taller in a few days.

The flexible fibers of bark are very long and are more durable than vines when used to make rope.

In the past, when using this kind of bark to make a rope, you had to wait for two or three days to dry it before use. Recently, the sun has been extremely strong, and a lot of the water under the bark has also evaporated. Mu Xi put it next to the fire, and after a while, the bark The green on the inside turns to light brown.

Tear the bark into thin strips, twist the two thin strips together clockwise to become a string, and then twist the two thin ropes together counterclockwise to become a bowstring.

After the force of the rope twisted in two directions interacts, it will not spread out.

Put the twisted rope into the mouth of the bow. After one section is tied, the other end needs to be bent before the bow can be tied.

Press down the other end of the bow with one hand and tie the string, and the bow is completed.

Mu Xi tried to pull the bow string, and the tight rope made a dull clang sound.

After the bow is bent, you need to adjust the belly again to make sure it is level.

Mu Xi picked up two stones with a weathered surface in the cave. This kind of stone has uneven surfaces and is most suitable for polishing.

Put the stone on the belly of the bow and rub it back and forth. The pits that were originally cut by the knife will be rounded, and then use the knife to remove the burrs.

If the small pits on the belly of the bow are not smoothed, a certain pit will become a bending point of the bow, and the bow arm will break after being used a few times.

When you have a bow, you still have to make arrows.

The arrows do not have iron arrowheads. It is best not to use dry branches and make them fresh, so that the arrows shot will not be light and will not crack due to stress.

There were many small trees outside the cave. Mu Xi broke off five or six finger-thick branches at the entrance of the cave and continued to cut them with a knife.

The outer bark of the branch must be peeled off to prevent it from falling off during use and changing the direction of the arrow.

The arrow must be pointed. Mu Xi sharpened one end with a knife and roasted it on the fire for a while. The roasted arrowhead would be harder.

Mu Xi had long wanted to make a bow and arrow. After the geese at home died, he would collect goose feathers. If the tail feathers of the birds he usually went out to catch with snow cakes were long enough, he would also keep them in case of emergencies. needs.

I didn’t forget to take it with me when I went out this time to make feathers for my bow and arrows.

Zhao Yeqing didn't expect that he was growing feathers just for today, so he was a little convinced, "You can still think of doing this."

Mu Xi explained that it is best to use carved feathers and lastly goose feathers for arrows. When they were in school, the teacher had told them that in addition to stealing stolen goods and arresting them at the scene, poachers should also carefully observe their clothes and accessories. A humble feather may be the key.

Some hunters make necklaces out of animal teeth, while others like ferocious birds and make necklaces and amulets out of eagle feathers.

It can be regarded as a metaphysics among poachers and a medal of merit.

Zhao Yeqing nodded matter-of-factly, "I understand, it's the same as touching the gold talisman."