[Ting Yu] Abandoned in the wild

13. Slingshot and Bow

When they arrived at Lueshang's stone house, the competent Zhiyuan had already taken Xiyu and Azhan to wash the prey, hung them on straw ropes and started to dry them, and the rest of the things were regularly placed by the door. On the ground outside, wait until Lueshang and Mike come back to choose by themselves.

Ah Ting took a fancy to the ball of beef tendon and cowhide among the many items at a glance. He bent down to pick it up and looked at it, and found that there was absolutely no problem in terms of toughness. It was completely suitable for simple slingshots and long-range longbows. .

"What's the use for you?" He asked Lu Shang and Mike beside him.

Both of them leaned over to have a look, and said with a smile, "They are all useless things, inedible and inedible, and they were originally intended to be thrown away."

Chen Ting weighed it in his hand, and said: "I recently found a lot of ingredients on the mountain, and one of the potatoes tastes good and is also suitable for making soup. I'll give you some, and let me take these two things away Go." He has been in the tribe for a long time and knows the rules of bartering, so he made this suggestion.

Hearing what he said, Lue Shang and Mike were silent for a while, and then suddenly laughed.

"You boy, when will our things be divided between you and me, you just want to take it away, and you are so polite." Lue Shang punched him on the shoulder with his fist, and reprimanded with a smile: "Could it be that you are I really plan to never associate with us again in the future, and I won’t be friends anymore.”

He said so frankly, Chen Ting was also a little embarrassed, smiled and said: "Okay, then I won't be polite, but the food is really good, you just treat it as I found it and share it with everyone, take it Go try some."

When he said that, Lueshang and Mike naturally had no objection, they nodded and agreed to get it later.

Xiyu was very happy at the side, rolled his big eyes, and said, "Let's go together, Xiyu cooks, it's delicious." He patted his chest, looking very proud.

Lue Shang and Mike were already exhausted from hunting these few days, and they happened to have a place to eat, so they immediately nodded and agreed, and hurriedly packed their things for Ah Ting and Xiyu to follow.

Zhiyuan was a little unhappy when he heard that, and turned to leave, "I don't want to go to the bastard's house for dinner, I'm leaving, there are still some left at home."

"Where are you going?" Lueshang smiled and pulled him over, and directly put him on his shoulders, "What a long-winded fart, we are all partners who grew up together since childhood, if he changes it, it will be over." Go to Ah Ting's house.

Along the way, the entire tribe could hear Ning Zhiyuan's shouts and curses, which could be heard far away.

When the group returned to the stone house at the foot of the mountain, Xiyu dragged Ning Zhiyuan, who was reluctant and stern, to the door to prepare lunch, and the well-behaved Ah Zhan followed Abba to help wash things behind.

Luishang and Mike looked around the whole room and found that it really changed a lot compared to the last time they came here.All the things are put together in a very orderly manner. Half of the ground is covered with stone slabs that I don’t know where to find, and then a layer of cushions made of palm bark is laid on top of it. The top is the animal skin. It was very comfortable to sit on.

"Your home is really well done now. How did you make these things?" Lue Shang sat on the animal skins and found that the animal skins were obviously washed by water, and he could smell a faint smell of plants. Fragrance.

"I'll figure it out on my own." Chen Ting said with a smile.

How did he explain to a group of wild people what he had learned from books in college before, so every time he faced such a problem, he could only vaguely prevaricate it.

"I think it's not bad." Mike also felt that the place where he sat was much more comfortable than the place where his butt hurt. on the road.

Chen Ting nodded, took out the tendon from the side and began to fiddle with it.The tree branches needed for the slingshot were collected by him before, and he found five of them that were suitable and hard enough, but he never found a suitable replacement for the strings on the slingshot until he saw them brought back today of beef tendon.

"What are you going to do?" Lueshang and Mike were also curious about the purpose of his taking away the tendon and leather, so they leaned over to see him moving things.

Chen Ting held the beef tendon in his hand and looked at it repeatedly. It seemed that this was not something he had hunted in the past two days. The long-term air-drying had already made him tough. The length he needed had to be cut off from the whole beef tendon. , but there is nothing that can do this now.

"Here you are." Seeing him pulling and pulling and rubbing it with a stone, Lueshang thought it must be to cut off the tendons, so he took out the weapon from his bag.

Chen Ting was stunned on the spot for a moment, looking at the iron dagger that Lueshang took out, he was speechless for a while.He always thought that there was no metallurgical technology in this era, so there should be no iron and bronze wares, but today Lue Shang took out such a dagger, could it be...

"Where did you come from?" He took the dagger and cut the beef tendon, splitting it in two easily.

Lueshang smiled smugly, and said, "This is probably the biggest harvest of this hunting trip. We actually picked this up on the road from the cannibals to the Yinla tribe."

"We didn't know what it was when we saw it. We took it in our hands and touched the cold one, and then touched it with our hands, and it bled, which shocked us." Mike continued.

Lue Shang nodded, and said again: "When we got to the Yinla tribe, the leader there said that he saw a cannibal chief holding this in his hand, but other cannibals didn't seem to have it."

After listening, Chen Ting pursed his lips and nodded.

According to Lueshang and Mike, it seems that this kind of ironware belongs to the cannibal tribe, which means that they may have mastered some metallurgical technology.

but……

Chen Ting frowned. If they really mastered the technology of metallurgy, why didn't they make ironware in large quantities?If that kind of savage and powerful tribe really possessed a lot of iron tools, I'm afraid they would be really hard to resist.But judging from the current situation, the cannibals don't seem to have many iron tools, and it is also possible that the one in Lueshang's hand is the only one they have.

So where did this thing come from?Chen Ting couldn't figure it out. This incident brought him some sense of crisis, and he couldn't help worrying about the situation that the cannibals had a lot of iron tools.

"What are you thinking about?" Seeing him bowing his head in deep thought, Lueshang asked.

Chen Ting met his gaze, and said with a serious expression, "I'm worried that if the cannibals possess a large number of such weapons, everyone will have a hard time this summer."

His question was slightly discussed and Mike hadn't thought about it before, so he didn't tell the priest and Handa about picking up the dagger at Handa's house before.But now the question Chen Ting mentioned frightened both him and Mike.

"If that's the case..." Mike asked anxiously.

Chen Ting sighed and shook his head, "We can't guess yet, so we can only do our own thing first. We have the power to fight back, so we won't be afraid of any danger."

Saying this, his subordinates made the slingshot faster.

"What the hell are you doing?" Lue Shang asked again.

"Slingshot." He handed one of the branches to Lueshang, and gestured for a length with his hand, "Cut the tendon into such a long one, tie it on both sides of the branch, and connect the middle part with a piece of cowhide. Wait for it." After finishing, we wrap the stone in cowhide, pull the tendon towards the target, and then let go. As long as the technique is accurate, we can basically attack the prey at a distance. If the accuracy is high, maybe You can directly disrupt the aggression of prey by hitting their eyes, and then it will be easier to hunt them closer."

He was explaining while doing it, and the expressions of Lueshang and Mike became extremely excited following his explanation.

"What you said is really feasible." Mike nodded affirmatively, "When Lue Shang and I attacked the cow, I was thinking that there was something that could blind the cow's eyes from afar."

Lue Shang laughed, and patted Chen Ting on the shoulder, "Brother, I think it's really a good thing that you are bored at home this time."

Chen Ting smiled, and his subordinates continued to work.Lue Shang and Mike were learning and groping beside them, trying to make this kind of good weapon that can reduce the danger of hunting.However, their skills are not as good as Chen Ting who has practiced too many times in his mind, until Xiyu and Zhiyuan made lunch, they only made one.

During lunch, Lueshang, Mike and Zhiyuan were all amazed by the food in Chen Ting's house.Lueshang, who ate salt for the first time, was taken aback. He didn't know whether to swallow or spit out the roasted roe deer meat in his mouth.It wasn't until Chen Ting explained the meaning of salt and the effect of garlic sprouts in detail that they felt at ease, and they just opened their stomachs and gorged themselves. The meal was extremely satisfying.

After the meal, the three of Lueshang left one after another. Before leaving, Chen Ting invited Lueshang and Mike to come to his home tomorrow morning. He was still thinking about the bamboo on the mountain and planned to try to make his first bow and arrow.