Chapter 24 Manufacture of Weapons
There is a coarse grinding, and I have to find a few pieces of fine grinding, this whetstone is a consumable, and I will use it in the future, I am ready to find a few more.
I don't know when or how this island was formed, but the vegetation and even the stones on the ground are different from what I know.
Anyway, the stone was found, and there is enough to eat at present, and that deer is enough for us to eat for a long time, and the next step is bamboo.
I took the two of them to wander around the bamboo forest, the bamboo here is completely different from that in my hometown, how to say, the bamboo here is better, both in terms of toughness and strength.
This made it easier for me to look for something that was the right size.
We took out our homemade machete, which John had made in his hand, and I had a rope wrapped around the hilt.
Where the blade passes, the air breaks neatly, and there are no burrs, which shows the sharpness of the knife.
A few people rushed back with stones and bamboos on their backs, and when we returned to the cave, the women had already gotten up and were preparing breakfast.
I immediately threw myself into the manufacture of weapons, the manufacture of bows and arrows is relatively simple, mainly in the choice of materials, thankfully our current materials are very good.
And now that I have the knife at hand, the bow in my hand has already begun to take shape before breakfast starts.
I bent the bow, tied the ends with the paratrooper rope, and then took it to the fire to slowly roast and shaped, and everyone was stunned.
John was even more impressed.
After breakfast, the women went out to gather firewood, while John and Paul sharpened their knives while I proceeded to make weapons.
It will take some time for the bow and arrow to be finalized, so I started tinkering with the crossbow, which is not very technical, but it is very powerful.
And it's simpler to operate than a bow, but it's a little worse in shooting efficiency, but it's very suitable for people who have no foundation in handling bows and arrows.
When I was a child, I don't know how many things I made, but at that time they were small in size and power, and now I just need to enlarge the size in my memory.
Before dinner had even begun, my first crossbow was made, and everyone took it in their hands and looked at it.
"But what about the arrows?" asked Liu Yue.
"Bamboo will do. I said.
"I remember that the arrows in the movie all had arrows. Ling Han said.
"yes, that's a tricky question. I said, holding my cheeks.
"Leave it to me. Liu Yue said.
"You?" I wondered.
"Have you forgotten my stone axe and stone knife? arrowheads can also be made of stone. Liu Yue said.
"That's great, starting tomorrow, this job will be handed over to you. I said with a smile.
"But it seems to be a little bit close. Liu Yue said.
"Arrow Feather, this is not difficult, I will go out tomorrow to shoot a few birds with a slingshot. I said.
"Then how do you install and fix it?" Ling Han asked.
"I asked you to find the resin for the torches, that thing is the predecessor of glue, you can use that. I said.
"Okay, then leave these delicate tasks to our women. Ling Han said.
There was food, drink, shelter, and now that there were weapons, there was a little more hope of surviving on this island, and everyone had a happy smile on their faces.
This night, I did not slept any longer, and I kept vigil while continuing my weaponmaking.
Looking at the grinning monster outside the cave, I said, "Let you bounce for a few more days, and I'll kill you when I'm done with my weapons." ”
The next day, the division of labor was clear, and everyone took the initiative to move without me saying anything, and today I had to prepare the materials for making arrow feathers, and I took the slingshot and went out of the cave.
John didn't worry about me alone, so he had to follow me, but that's fine, if there really was something, the two of them could still take care of me.
Bird hunting is completely my forte, and I did a lot when I was a child, and even the chickens of my next-door neighbor were used by me to practice, but I was not less beaten.
During this time, we were already familiar with the surrounding terrain, but unfortunately we didn't have weapons before, and if we wanted to catch a bird to fight the tooth sacrifice, it was something we could only think about.
But now it's different, as soon as the connoisseur makes a move, I know if there is one, and I pulled out the slingshot and aimed at a big bird squatting in a tree.
I haven't seen this bird before, it looks like a pheasant anyway, but it's about the same size as a domestic chicken, and its feathers are beautiful.
"I'm sorry, don't worry, I won't waste anything on you. I said to the bird.
John on the side didn't dare to speak, staring at my target with bated breath as I knocked the strange bird down.
"Whoosh..."A pebble flew out.
Just kidding, I'm a slingshot, and the stone hit the bird in the head, and it fell from the tree before it could struggle.
John gave me a thumbs up, picked up the bird and tied it around his waist, and we moved on.
The vegetation and animals on this island are all in a state of primeval forest, and it is really easy to find a few birds, and soon John has three on his waist, and I also have two on my waist.
"Let's go, go home and drink chicken soup. I said with a smile.
I don't know if John understood me, but the gesture of eating was there, and I didn't realize that I had already called the cave home.
Back in the cave, everyone was amazed to see what we had gained, and Paul even urged me to teach him how to use a slingshot.
When Paul said this, John was moved.
"Alright, I'll make one for you later. I said with a smile.
When they learned that I was going to make them slingshots, they couldn't stop laughing, and they almost hugged me in circles.
Pluck the feathers and kill the birds, put them in the pot, anyway, I'm making chicken soup, and if there is some rice at this time, it will be perfect.
However, it is considered a delicacy in the world to be able to eat such food on such a desert island, and everyone is very happy to eat anyway.
After lunch, I couldn't break my promise, and promised to make a slingshot for the two of them, and the crossbow could only be put away first, anyway, I had to wait for the feathers to dry up to make arrow feathers.
This time I didn't have much effort to finish it, and even the slingshot I made for them I thought was more perfect than the one I had in my hand, and I don't know if this is human nature, I always think that others are good.
Seeing the way my brothers couldn't put it down with the slingshot, I no longer bothered about the craftsmanship of the slingshot in my hand.
I gave the two of them a rough explanation of the operation skills, and the two of them took the slingshot and went to practice, and there really wasn't anything to go out today, so I just focused on making my weapons.
I want to press the head, after all, one more person has more strength, we now have a total of eight people, and I think it's half open based on everyone's opinions, four bows and four crossbows.
When my second crossbow was finished, John and Paul returned, and they were happy like children with slingshots, but unfortunately they didn't catch anything.
The two of them have had enough, and quickly began to process knives, this dagger is just enough for everyone to have a hand, that is, there are only five machetes, and the three of us men are the main laborers, and we go out more frequently, so we must have one hand.
"Which of you has used a machete before?" I said to the women.
"Me. Liu Yue was the first to stand up.
It's pretty much what I thought, she likes the outdoors and can make stone tools.
The next one surprised me a little, the red-haired Luna, who looked as white as paper, gave people the impression of being soft and weak, but I didn't expect to pick up a machete and wield it like that.
After the weapons are arranged, the most bitter is still me, and the saying that those who can work more is placed in this cave, which is really appropriate.
I was busy making it for two days in a row, and I left the rest of the bits and pieces to you, but John and Paul also worked hard, and the grinding knives on the stone were not comparable to the grinders we used in the cabin, and both of them had blood blisters on their hands anyway.
The hardest thing among the female compatriots is Liu Yue, the stone she chose was sharp and fragile, and it was okay to make something a little bigger, but it was really difficult to make this arrow, and Liu Yue had several cuts on her hands.
It's been a lot better in the past two days, but I didn't play any role in this, and I still relied on Rumeng's own efforts in exchange.
Although Rumeng's hands-on ability is not as good as others, she is willing to learn, and she learns quickly, the most important thing is that she can still endure hardships, anyway, now she and Liu Yue are the main productive forces.
In the past two days, my foreign language level has also improved by leaps and bounds, and in order to motivate me to study, everyone has completely given up Chinese communication, and all the conversations are in English, which makes me unable to learn.
It seems that no matter what you study, you still have to have that environment, but on the third day, our peaceful life has changed a little...