Husband and Father Youwei

Seeing that Ruan Tang opened his mouth slightly with an unexpected look, Tu Lin looked amused, raised his hand and stuffed a slice of braised mutton into his mouth.

Being stuffed with meat brought Ruan Tang back to his senses, he calculated the date, and it seemed that today was indeed his birthday, but he was even more surprised, and couldn't help asking Tu Lin: "How do you know that today is my birthday?" ?”

He remembered very clearly that he hadn't told Tu Lin about his birthday, and there were no elders in his family anymore, so he couldn't figure out how Tu Lin knew about it.And in fact, he doesn't know his real birthday, his current birthday is just the day when he was picked up by his parents.

Tu Lin smiled and said, "You grew up in the village, and there are always people in the village who will remember you. I asked my sister to help me. I went around the village and asked every household in the village. Later, through the people in the village, I learned from everyone. It was only through the mouth of an aunt who was married to another village. That aunt had a good relationship with your mother when she was not married, and she still remembers your birthday very clearly."

"You...thank you." It is impossible for Ruan Tang not to be moved by Tu Lin, but at this moment, he suddenly thought of something. In the past few days, the villagers in the village looked at him inexplicably and strangely. He even said a lot of things that made him puzzled. Now I think it was because Tu Lin asked them about his birthday.

Ruan Tang felt that his heart was full and wanted to say something, but looking into Tu Lin's eyes, he couldn't speak for a while, and finally only changed into the word "thank you" full of complexity.

"You're welcome, it should be." Tu Lin said casually, it was just a birthday, and it was nothing compared to what Ruan Tang did for him and Tu An in the past, not to mention that he had other thoughts about Ruan Tang , he feels that he has not done enough.

Ruan Tang pursed his lips, said nothing more, and rolled up his sleeves to help.

Tu Lin hurriedly stopped the person and said: "You are the birthday star today, how can I let you do it, I will do it, you can go back to the room and rest. By the way, I will put the birthday gift for you on the bed in your room Now, see if you like it."

"Is there a congratulatory gift?" Ruan Tang was surprised that Tu Lin would celebrate his birthday. He didn't expect that there would be a congratulatory gift. Ruan Tang, who hadn't celebrated his birthday for many years since his parents passed away, couldn't help it. Some unexpected surprises and expectations.

Seeing that Tu Lin had made up his mind not to ask him to help, and also wanted to see what gift Tu Lin gave him for his birthday, he didn't force him anymore, and said with a smile: "Then I'll go back to the house first, today Thanks a lot."

Naturally, Tu Lin didn't find it hard, but it was a pity that he only found out in the morning that today was Ruan Tang's birthday. Because he didn't have enough time, he didn't have much time to prepare, so he could only cook a table of good dishes for Ruan Tang. celebrate.As for the gift, it was prepared a few days ago, and it was intended to be given to Ruan Tang, so it would be perfect to give it on his birthday.

On the other side, Ruan Tang's footsteps unconsciously took a little longer than usual, and he walked a little faster, and soon reached the house.At this time in the room, Tu An was lying on the table quietly doing homework, which was left by the teacher in the school to practice three big characters every day.

Tu An wrote so seriously that Ruan Tang didn't notice it when he entered the room, and Ruan Tang didn't bother him, he just walked lightly to the bedside, and sure enough, he saw a triangular shape with half an arm's length and a width of an adult lying on the bed. Hemp paper bag.

Ruan Tang picked up the hemp paper bag, feeling the weight in his hand, and the anticipation in his eyes grew stronger.He opened the hemp paper bag several times, and when he saw what was in his hand, he couldn't help feeling a little inexplicable and puzzled.

What he saw in his hand was something similar to a bow, but it was definitely not a bow. It had a crescent-like bow body composed of bow arms and strings like a bow and arrow, but in the middle of the bow arm, there was a The long and thick wooden handle is perpendicular to the cantilever and meets the bowstring, and the handle is also engraved with grooves and small machine brackets.

The whole object looks black and thick, but it is exquisite and unique in the subtleties.Ruan Tang couldn't help lifting it up to take a closer look, and at the same time, he suddenly remembered that when he was young, because he had to pull the arrows out of the quiver one by one, and then shoot them with a bow, his father once told him that when he was young, he felt troublesome. This kind of weapon is similar to bows and arrows, called crossbow arrows, and there is another kind of crossbow arrows called continuous crossbows, which can shoot arrows continuously.

Thinking of this, Ruan Tang's eyes lit up. He took the things in his hand, turned around and walked out, intending to ask Tu Lin if this was what he was thinking. Come in.

"This, is it a crossbow?" Ruan Tang asked impatiently when he saw Tu Lin.

Tu Lin nodded and replied, "It's fine to call it a crossbow, but there's another name, it's called a crossbow. Do you like it?" Although just looking at Ruan Tang's expression, he knew that he liked his gift very much, but Tu Lin couldn't help it. Lin still wanted to hear what Ruan Tang said.

"I like it, of course I like it." Ruan Tang nodded hurriedly, holding the crossbow in his hand like he couldn't put it down, and asked: "Is the crossbow also a bow? Then how to use it?"

Tu Lin said to Ruan Tang, "Go, go to the backyard, I'll teach you."

The two came to the backyard. Tu Lin first took the crossbow in Ruan Tang's hand, put on the arrow and pulled the bowstring, and at the same time did not forget to explain to Ruan Tang. Finally, he returned the set crossbow to Ruan Tang. Walking around behind Ruan Tang, holding Ruan Tang's hand holding the crossbow in one hand to help him aim, the other hand was placed on Ruan Tang's waist without a trace, the two of them were almost stuck together, and after they stabilized, they opened their mouths to instruct Ruan Tang to pull the bow. trigger.

The trigger was plucked, the bowstring popped out suddenly, and there was a soft "shoo" sound, and the arrow shot straight out, hitting the firewood pile several meters away from the two in the blink of an eye.

Tu Lin was a soldier in his previous life, and he also likes weapons very much. Whether it is modern hot weapons or ancient cold weapons, he has a little research, so it is not difficult to make a crossbow by hand, but because of the material limitations here, The bows and crossbows made are obviously not as long-range and powerful as those in the previous life.

As for ordinary bows and arrows, although they are stronger than crossbows, the production steps of bows and arrows are very complicated, even he may not be sure that they can make them, and Tu Lin doesn't want Ruan Tang to see the bows and arrows and think about the sad things in the past. In the end, he made a crossbow.

The crossbow is easy to learn, so Tu Lin only demonstrated it once, and Ruan Tang has already mastered it completely.Before Tu Lin could make a move, he had already set up a new arrow, and after aiming briefly, he shot it out.

In addition to the crossbow, Tu Lin also installed a detachable arrow box under the body of the bow, which contained a total of twenty arrows, because the arrows of the crossbow are also smaller than the arrows of ordinary bows, so The arrow box is not very big.

Seeing that Ruan Tang was so excited that he didn't even notice his own movements, Tu Lin couldn't help but smiled silently, and rubbed Ruan Tang's narrow but strong waist with nostalgia, before he put down his hands. Then turned around and left the backyard with light steps.

Back in the kitchen, Tu Lin continued to prepare for the evening birthday banquet. Not long after, Tu Xinmei, Zhao Changping, and Zhao Xiuxiu's sisters also came. Tu Xinmei was still holding a package in her hand, which she spent half a day working on this afternoon. The new dress made with the eldest daughter Zhao Xiuxiu is a birthday gift for Ruan Tang.

It happened that Tu Lin had already prepared all the meals, and Tu Xinmei asked Zhao Xiuxiu to bring the burden into the house, while she and Zhao Changping started serving the dishes in the house.Tu Lin was not polite to Tu Xinmei either. Seeing that Tu Xinmei and the others were helping, he handed it over to them, and went to the backyard to call Ruan Tang.

As soon as he entered the backyard, Tu Lin found that Ruan Tang was still standing where he left before, and on the pile of firewood a few meters away in front of Ruan Tang, there were already a dozen arrows densely packed. It was found that there were many more arrow holes than arrows.

Tu Lin didn't call Ruan Tang immediately, and waited for Ruan Tang to shoot an arrow that had been set before he said: "Dinner is ready, let's eat first, just take a rest."

Ruan Tang turned around when he heard the sound, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, he was so absorbed in the crossbow that he didn't notice the passage of time, and in the end, he asked Tu Lin to come and call him, and couldn't help saying: "Sorry, I didn't pay attention until this hour .”

"It's okay." Tu Lin smiled, telling Ruan Tang not to care, and then he stepped forward to take down the arrows from the pile of firewood. Seeing this, Ruan Tang hurried up to join Tu Lin.

After collecting the arrows, the two returned to the main room together.At this time, Tu Xinmei and Zhao Changping had already arranged the food, bowls and chopsticks, and even poured out the wine that Tu Lin had brought out in advance. Seeing that Tu Lin and Ruan Tang had returned, Tu Xinmei took out the clothes she had made for Ruan Tang .

Ruan Tang didn't expect that Tu Xinmei would make him new clothes, and he couldn't help but thank him very much. After Tu Xinmei asked him to change into them, he didn't refuse.Speaking of which, the material Tu Xinmei used to make clothes for Ruan Tang was given to them by Tu Lin before, but it was not bought by Tu Lin, but in the thank you gift from the Zhou family.

The material is high-quality silk fabric, the color of moon white is extremely bright, and it also has exquisite patterns. With Tu Xinmei's meticulous needle chisel, it looks no worse than the tailor shop in the county town. After Ruan Tang wears it It also fits very well, and people look very energetic.

Ruan Tang originally wanted to have a good appearance, but now he changed into a new suit, making him look even taller and handsome, making Tu Lin's eyes seem to be glued to Ruan Tang's body.Not to mention Ruan Tang's focused eyes, even Tu Xinmei and the others noticed it, and it made Tu Xinmei and the others feel that they seemed redundant.

But maybe they could also see that Ruan Tang was uncomfortable under Tu Lin's eager gaze. Tu Xinmei and Zhao Changping didn't say much, and then they just pulled Ruan Tang and pushed him to the main seat, and the others followed suit. Sit down in turn.

Ruan Tang was embarrassed to be the host, but Tu Xinmei said that he is the birthday man, no one is more qualified to sit here today, let alone Ruan Tang, who pushed him back to his seat with Tu Lin on the left and right superior.Ruan Tang couldn't hold back Tu Lin and Tu Xinmei, so he had to sit down in the end, but it wasn't over yet.

After they were all seated, they started with Tu Xinmei, followed by Zhao Miaomiao, Zhao Lingling, Zhao Xiuxiu, Zhao Changping, and finally Tu Lin and Tu An. They each said auspicious words to Ruan Tang to congratulate him on his birthday. And there is no such thing as a single sentence.

The adults are okay, they all gave well-regulated congratulatory speeches, but the three children except Zhao Xiuxiu, because Zhao Miaomiao said first, "I wish Uncle Ruan can have meat every day", the latter two also followed suit. He, Zhao Lingling said, "I hope Uncle Ruan can eat candy every day." She is still young, and she likes sweet candy more than meat, while Tu An said, "I wish Uncle Ruan can eat whatever he wants every day." There is nothing to eat."

The childish words made the adults burst into laughter, but Ruan Tang was very moved, but suddenly today, he didn't prepare any red envelopes in return, he touched his body, but only found about thirty copper plate.In the end, an auspicious number was picked, and eight of them were given to several children, and Zhao Xiuxiu was not left behind.This time, Tu Xinmei didn't stop her, and Zhao Xiuxiu and the others accepted it.

After the gift was delivered and the words of congratulations were said, everyone moved their chopsticks and began to eat and drink.