Chapter 43 The firewood collapsed by itself
Yang Da also made twenty arrows for Qin Yao and put them in a quiver and gave them to her.
A good arrow is very expensive. The material of the arrowhead and the tail feathers on the arrow tail, these two important components cost a lot of money, not to mention the technology of making arrows, which are not passed on to outsiders.
Qin Yao was ready to pay a high price, but Yang Da said, "Just give me another five taels of silver."
Qin Yao knew that there was definitely more than this, "Isn't this enough?"
Yang Da waved his hand, "The materials used are not the best, and the arrow feathers are a bit complicated, but I used bird feathers that I made myself, so it didn't cost much, and five taels is enough."
Qin Yao was not the type to be pretentious. Since the other party was willing to sell it to her, she said thank you generously, gave him five taels of silver, and took the bow and arrow.
On the way back, she would look at it from time to time, as if she had obtained some treasure. She pulled the bowstring and released it again and again, unwilling to shoot the arrow, so she pulled the empty string several times, making a vibrating "buzzing" sound.
You can imagine how powerful it would be if an arrow was placed on it.
Qin Yao didn't dare to say that she could shoot through a person's body with one arrow, but it was still easy to shoot through a roe deer with one arrow.
In fact, with her arm strength, this bow is quite light. If she uses the God Arm Bow and special long arrows, she can shoot through a warhorse!
She walked to the valley where she encountered robbers last time. This time, she did not encounter robbers. There were a few people walking on the road. They were villagers from nearby villages.
Qin Yao walked away by herself and no one greeted her.
Behind us came an ox cart loaded with goods and a few people sitting on it.
The road was narrow and could only accommodate one ox cart. Qin Yao moved to the side of the road and heard several people in the car talking about something. They seemed to be coming from the county town. She vaguely heard some words such as "ox, government, and end of the year".
Qin Yao listened carefully and found out that the government of Kaiyang County raised eight cows, and each cow consumed one guan of grass money every month.
Now the government can no longer afford it and plans to sell all the other cows and keep only one.
On the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the government planned to take the cattle to the cattle and horse market to dispose of them.
The government raises cows, feeds them lavishly, and doesn't do much work, so they must be good.
There was a villager in the car who was a little tempted. He thought of going to the city to have a look. If the price was right, he would buy one and take it home. This would make it easier to farm the land next year.
The remaining few people heard this and expressed their envy.
The ox cart gradually drove away and Qin Yao was left behind.
She was a little surprised that raising a cow was so expensive. It would consume one or two silver coins' worth of fodder a month. No wonder there was a saying like "the cost of feeding one cow or horse is as much as the cost of feeding five people."
But on the 15th day of the twelfth lunar month, did the government only sell live cattle? Would they kill old cattle and sell their meat?
Maybe, she could buy a piece of beef tendon to use in place of the rubber band for the slingshot.
Thinking of this, Qin Yao's heart moved. Counting the days, it was five days later.
I haven't bought the charcoal for the winter yet, and I think I should also prepare some New Year's goods. It's a good opportunity for me to go to the county town to buy some.
With only ten taels and one cent of silver left in her hand, Qin Yao was not in a hurry anymore.
With a good bow in hand, she will not starve to death even if she goes hunting.
As for the five people in the family, the four children were well-behaved, but Liu Ji would definitely be kicked out of the house after the New Year to make money to pay off his debts!
At this time, Liu Ji was lying in his room, fantasizing that one day he would tame the evil woman in the family with his beauty, let her work like a cow and a horse for him, and make money for him to spend.
Little did he know that he only had one month left on his probation.
Two miles away from Liujia Village, Qin Yao saw a group of sparrows looking for food in the fields. She hunted six of them with marbles and brought them home as a snack.
However, it was my first time using marbles with my bare hands, so I used a little too much force and the six sparrows were a little broken.
But no matter how chopped up the sparrows are, they are still meat. Liu Ji happily took these disgusting sparrows into the kitchen to clean them up, but he secretly cursed Qin Yao for being cruel and ruthless.
He looked back several times in the kitchen and saw Qin Yao gesticulating proudly with a bow in the yard. He couldn't help but ask sarcastically,
"Where did you get the bow and arrow? It must have cost a lot of money, right?"
Qin Yao was in a good mood. She turned around and pointed the bow and arrow at him, and smiled, "I bought it, not much, five taels."
"Five taels?!" Liu Ji couldn't control his shocked voice at all.
Qin Yao nodded, "Why, do you have any objections?"
Liu Ji thought she was unreasonable!
Can a broken bow be eaten or worn? She actually wanted five taels of silver?
Oh no, it could shoot him through too!
Seeing the bow in Qin Yao's hand bending more and more, Liu Ji swallowed hard and smiled what he thought was a gentle and doting smile, "No problem, as long as you like it, my lady."
When Dalang and his friends learned that Qin Yao had a new treasure, they surrounded her curiously, wanting to touch it, but they didn't dare to.
Qin Yao took the initiative to hand the bow and arrow to Dalang and asked him to try it.
The young boy was extremely surprised, but soon frowned. The bow was so heavy and hard that he couldn't pull it open at all.
"Hahahaha…" Qin Yao laughed out loud without any hesitation.
Until the young boy was about to get angry and embarrassed, he waved for him to come to him, half-knelt down, held his hand, drew the bow, put the arrow on it, and let go.
A "swoosh" sound of breaking through the air was heard in the yard, and a feather arrow flew out as fast as lightning.
With a "thump", it was nailed firmly to the pile of firewood and trembled for a long time before it returned to stillness.
"Wow!" Si Niang opened her mouth wide and looked back at her stepmother and eldest brother. Her little stars of admiration were about to fly out.
Erlang immediately shouted that he wanted to come too.
"Okay, come one by one." Qin Yao agreed readily, without any favoritism, and asked each of the four brothers and sisters to come one at a time.
Every time an arrow was shot, exclamations of "Wow" and "Mom is so great" could be heard in the yard.
However, after the novelty wore off, Erlang was obviously more interested in the fried sparrows coming from the kitchen and slipped into the kitchen.
Sanlang didn't seem to like to move around. He sat obediently on the small wooden stool under the corridor, looking at Qin Yao, Dalang and Si Niang who were still in the yard with bright eyes, and clapped his hands from time to time to create atmosphere for them.
Dalang became serious. Since he couldn't draw the bow, he thought about running over to pick up the arrows on the pile of firewood.
Only to find that I couldn't pull it off at all.
"Auntie?" The young boy looked at her with pity and annoyance. Qin Yao strode forward and pulled out the arrow easily.
But then there was a loud "crash" and the neatly stacked firewood pile collapsed due to the remaining force from her pulling out the arrow.
"What's wrong? What's wrong!"
Liu Ji ran out in a panic, holding a spatula and dragging Erlang, who was still holding sparrow meat in his hand, thinking that the newly built house was going to collapse.
Si Niang used her whole body to support the bow which was taller than her. She looked at the scattered firewood on the ground behind her mother and brother and said innocently, "Father, the firewood collapsed by itself!"
Liu Ji looked at the ground and said, "Si Niang, are you sure the firewood collapsed by itself?"
The 'Yuanbao Tower' that he had painstakingly built after several days of hard work had lost its original appearance, with dry firewood scattered everywhere.
Thinking that he would have to rewrite it, Liu Ji couldn't help but take a deep breath and pinched his philtrum to prevent himself from being mad at his mothers!
Si Niang held her face in anticipation: Does anyone have a vote? Can you vote for my author grandmother?
(End of this chapter)