#2Chapter 2 Breakthrough!
Tuk, Tuk, Tuk!
"Qingzi, are you at home? Open the door!"
Shen Qing put away his thoughts.
The scroll in sight immediately put away and disappeared.
"Coming, coming."
He walked to the door and opened the door. A cold wind rushed inside: "Uncle, why are you here?"
Although Shen Qing didn't have any parents when he traveled back in time, he had a younger brother and a younger sister on his father's side.
The two siblings can survive to this day without being wiped out, and it is indispensable for their uncle's help.
Uncle Shen Er was silent for a while, then untied a piece of meat from his waist and said: "These are the Shanbengzi I caught a few days ago. They are all smoked. I don't have many of them now. You and your sister can save some." "
"this..."
"Stop talking nonsense." Shen Er threw the meat to Shen Qing and turned around to leave without having time to pat the snow on his body.
Shen Qing wanted to show his integrity, but looking at the flesh on his hands, he subconsciously couldn't let go.
When people are poor, even their ambitions are short.
Suddenly, Shen Qing seemed to have thought of something, and hurriedly gave the Shanbengzi to Shen Fang, and rushed out into the wind and snow.
"Uncle, uncle, wait a moment, I have something to ask you."
Shen Er, who was walking in front, stopped and turned around, "What's the matter, Qingzi?"
Shen Qing didn't feel any embarrassment. He bowed his head and said, "Uncle, I lost my arrow today. Can I borrow one?"
Shen Er glanced at Shen Qing and sighed, "Follow me."
Shen Qing said hurriedly: "Thank you, uncle."
Uncle Shen Er's home is not far from his residence, just in front of and behind the house.
His house is on a slope, and uncle Shen Er is at the bottom of the slope. It's just a short detour, just a few steps away.
My uncle's family has two sons, plus an aunt, a total of four mouths to feed.
As an old hunter in the village, my uncle hunts in autumn and winter and gathers ginseng in spring and summer. Even if his boss in the county gets a hand, he can still earn fifty or sixty coins a day, which can be exchanged for about five kilograms of rations.
It looks pretty good, enough to feed the family.
But in fact it is far from enough.
Salt and iron cost money, cloth, oil, and tea cost money, and hunting gear also cost money, not to mention all kinds of exorbitant taxes and levies.
Although each of them is not much, they are still overwhelming to death when added together.
Walking behind, Shen Qing saw that his uncle, who was in his thirties, had become as if he was in his fifties or sixties, and even his back was a little hunched.
After a while, the two came to an adobe house.
Compared with Shen Qing's family, my uncle's family is obviously much larger and much stronger.
"Fucking tiger, open the door!"
Aunt Wang heard the noise and opened the door.
As a woman from the mountains, Wang is not good-looking, and is even a bit ugly.
With dark skin and a broad frame, he looked as strong as a man.
"Mother, give Qingzi an arrow." The uncle said directly as soon as he entered the door.
Aunt Wang didn't say much. She turned around to take the arrows and complained softly to her uncle Shen Er: "There aren't many arrows at home!"
Wang took off the bamboo tube hanging on the wall, took out a pair of feather arrows, thought about it, and added two more.
Then he handed it to Shen Qing and warned: "Auntie didn't say you were reluctant to part with these arrows. Qingzi, you also know that your uncle's family is not easy, so don't throw them away."
"Thank you, Auntie." Shen Qing said gratefully without looking closely. He stood at the door and looked inside with the dim light.
Two cousins were sitting in the main room sharpening their hunting tools. When they saw him coming, they smiled and said hello.
"Brother Qingzi, do you want to come in and sit down?"
"It's snowing so heavily. I'd better go back early. I have to go up the mountain tomorrow morning. When the snow stops another day, we can go into the city together."
"Okay!"
Shen Qing turned around and said, "Uncle, aunt, you guys are busy first, I'll go back first."
After Shen Qing left, Wang closed the door and said to Shen Er, "I heard that Yaomei has been given to the head of Linfeng Hall by the Zhao family as a concubine?"
Shen Er said: "It happened not long ago."
Wang tried to say: "Can Yaomei talk to the martial arts school and let Shanwa enter the martial arts school? When Shanwa becomes a martial arts master, our family's life will be much better. Shanwa is her nephew after all. , you are her second brother."
Shen Er snorted coldly: "You think the martial arts gym is run by your family? Just go in when you ask? I've already inquired, it costs ten taels of silver just to enter the outer door. Let's ask Yaomei for help, and the money will go to the one with the least amount. It's also five or six taels, not a decimal number."
Wang said: "Today, the son of the Chen family said that there is a family in the city who wants to buy a daughter-in-law and can give them five taels of silver. Xiaofang is not too young..."
When Shen Er heard this, he glanced at the Wang family subconsciously and said, "How can the Chen family be so kind? Back then, they devoured my eldest brother's family, and if I hadn't stopped them, they wouldn't have even given a piece of meat to their siblings. I'm just going to lie to you, an ignorant woman."
Mrs. Wang said nothing, and after a while she said in a slightly complaining tone: "The heavy snow is not stopping now. Don't think about them all the time. Think more about Xiashanba and Huzi."
"I know. I know it well."
…
There is a bamboo forest behind Shen Qing's house, which was crushed to the ground by heavy snow.
One of the large bent bamboos had a wooden stake hung on it, with part of it flattened in the middle.
There are dense holes on it.
This is the place where Shen Qing usually practices bowing.
After returning home and picking up the bow again, Shen Qing took the arrows borrowed from his uncle's house and skillfully placed them on the bowstring.
Shen Qing fully drew the bow, keeping a distance of three feet between the bow and his arm.
call out!
Fifty steps away, the arrow left the bow and hit the outside of the wooden stake, almost missing the target.
Shen Qing had an expressionless face as he put the arrow back on the bow.
This bow was left by his father before he died. It was made of elm wood and had a deer tendon string.
Although it was not a very good bow, it was much better than those hunting bows made of single wood or bamboo.
At least it could be used to hunt wild boars and wolves, while the latter could only hunt pheasants and rabbits.
Even if such a bow was sold, it could be sold for one or two taels of silver, which was one of the few assets he had.
Whoosh!
Another arrow was shot.
It missed the target.
Shen Qing continued to practice archery, once, twice, three times...
He didn't know how many times he practiced, until the sky was covered with a layer of black curtain, and he stopped.
At this time, Shen Qing glanced at the simple panel in his sight, and a smile appeared on his face.
[Skill: Archery (beginner)]
[Progress: 100/100 points]
[Status: Upgradable]
[Note: Heaven moves vigorously, and a gentleman should strive for self-improvement! Continuous practice can break through the progress of skills. ]
"Finally enough!"
Without any hesitation, Shen Qing's consciousness moved: "Break through for me!"
There was a muffled sound in his mind, and the progress value on the simple panel was jumping rapidly, just like the screen on the gas pump when refueling in his previous life.
When the progress number returned to zero, the panel in his sight suddenly vibrated.
[Current skill: Archery (skilled)]
[Progress: 0/200]
Shen Qing seemed to feel something, and his eyes were fixed on his hands.
I saw that his hands were visibly bulging with calluses, and the muscles on his arms became stronger and stronger at an incredible speed.
This feeling is like...it's like I really practiced archery for a long time...
All kinds of essentials about archery emerged in my mind.
Shen Qing narrowed his eyes slightly, took out a feather arrow again, and put the bow on the string.
The ape arm stretched out, and the bow was pulled full moon.
A set of movements became extremely skillful.
Bang!
The bow trembled.
A hundred steps away, an arrow hit the bull's eye, and the tail feathers trembled!
The snow on the big bamboo fell down.
The bent bamboo body could not help but slowly straighten up.
Shen Qing, with an excited look on his face, slowly put down the bow in his hand and looked at the simple ink-like panel in his sight.
He realized that this seemingly simple panel might be the foundation for his survival in this world.