Chapter 340: Draw the Bow
A hoarse voice came from the room: "Who! The "voice fell" creaked, and the wooden door opened, revealing a figure with a large flat head and a slight silver thread. looked at Zhang Niu outside the door with a smile: "It's you."
After breakfast, Zhang Niu rushed back to the village, looking for Uncle Zhang in front of him to make rabbit cages, originally went back to the village yesterday to find Uncle Zhang, but unfortunately he was not at home and said that he went to the town.
Uncle Zhang is not very old at most in his forties, and there is already a fierce silver wire on his head, and he saw Zhang Niu at the door and hurriedly shouted to sit in the house, and now everyone in the village knows that Zhang Niu let everyone plant colorful watermelons for money, and his family also planted a few acres of land.
In front of you, Uncle Zhang makes furniture at home in his spare time, small stools, chairs, and even wooden beds will help you make them, saving money and making them beautifully, no worse than the wooden beds sold in the town.
Zhang Niu made a large rabbit cage, and Uncle Zhang was the most suitable candidate in the village and did not have to travel far. When you walk into the small courtyard, you can see the wood piled up in the corner, and there are round stools in the lobby that look like a rough shape.
This time is a free time. Uncle Zhang made some small items to sell at the market. Cheap and beautiful, many people love to buy these stools. Especially when picking vegetables or doing some small chores at home, a small stool is the best furniture for them.
"Ah Niu, what kind of wind blew me to me." Uncle Zhang set up a chair for Zhang Niu to sit down and talk, standing strangely tired.
"Can't you come and sit down if you're fine? Wouldn't it be nice to look at your craft? Zhang Niu looked at the wood everywhere and joked. "Look, you've made a lot of furniture again, and you're helping someone else?"
Uncle Zhang naturally knew what Ah Niu was talking about. Because in the corner of the lobby is a set of Eight Immortals tables and benches, painted in red. As long as you sit here, you can smell the strong smell as long as your nose doesn't go bad.
"This is someone from another village asked me to help do it, during this period of farming, I helped them make a set of furniture, anyway, it didn't take much time, it was all simple little work, and the stools and chairs in Uncle Zhang's eyes were the best things to complete." Are you going to get a set of furniture and go back, if so, don't be polite to your uncle. ”
Seeing Zhang Niu frequently looking at the wood in the distance and the things around him, Uncle Zhang guessed that the reason why Zhang Niu came here was probably a problem with furniture.
Zhang Niu admired it very much, he hadn't said it yet, Uncle Zhang had already guessed a lot, although he didn't guess correctly, but he got to the point. So he didn't hide it, "Your eyesight is still so good." This time I came to make a rabbit cage for me. It's better to make a space with more rabbits. ”
"Are you going to raise rabbits?" Uncle Zhang heard Zhang Niu talk about the rabbit cage, and immediately thought about it.
"No, it's just using this rabbit cage to keep some animals." Zhang Niu was a little vague, understanding that it was about the animal.
"I almost forgot, you have a lot of ornamental rabbits there, the villagers say so." Uncle Zhang gave a good explanation, mistakenly thinking that it was a happy Xiaozhu's ornamental rabbit to be locked up in a rabbit cage.
Zhang Niu was happy in his heart, Uncle Zhang gave such an explanation, which was the most suitable thing for him, and nodded again and again, "Yes, it is used to lock up those ornamental rabbits." ”
"So what kind of rabbit cage are you going to make? Is it double-layered, single-layered, or multi-layered? Many rabbit cages came out of Uncle Zhang's mouth.
Zhang Niu waved his hand, "I drew a rough drawing by myself, like the above requirements, this is fine." He took out the white drawings that he had folded earlier from his pocket and handed them to Uncle Zhang.
"I didn't think you could design, that's amazing. I'll help you see what this drawing looks like. With a smile, he took the drawings and disassembled them into a cylinder-sized drawing.
This is when Zhang Niu took home the machinery without using it, and kept it in a drawer, and only got it out as a drawing a few days ago.
Zhang Niu was a little worried that the rabbit cage he drew would not be recognized in Uncle Zhang's eyes, and he was very attentive to the three-view painting method when he spent the rabbit cage, the front of the rabbit cage, the side, and the overhead were all flowered, and there was also a three-dimensional view, which took a lot of brain cells to get out.
Uncle Zhang slowly closed the drawing and gave a thumbs up: "Yes, you drew the picture very correctly." Including the decomposition of each part, it can be said to be specific to a certain step, and it is worthy of those who have read the book to stand up immediately. Reaching out and making a gesture of following, "I'll show you something." ”
Zhang Niuliu was happy when he received Uncle Zhang's praise, but after a while, he wanted to take him to see something, so he stood up and followed behind.
Passing through a straight corridor, Uncle Zhang's house is relatively large in the village, not only there are many rooms but also a lot of this corridor, a pillar of wood stands proudly there, and it is still standing after years of invasion.
The flower carving on the top of the head shows the exquisite carving of the carver of the Qing Dynasty, and there are very few houses in the village that have been preserved so completely.
Uncle Zhang took Zhang Niu to a room, the door panel was pasted with the red word Fu, and he took out a large number of keys from his mouth.
"Isn't it too heavy to have such a key in your trouser pocket?" I secretly thought in my heart that I admired Uncle Zhang for carrying such a large string of keys in his trouser pocket all day long, and I didn't know where to put it.
Slowly open the door, there is a damp smell inside, the room is not well lit, it looks like a dark deep hole, anyone who walks in seems to swallow people.
"Smack. Uncle Zhang's skillful wall pressed the switch, and the room suddenly lit up, making people no longer feel black, but the mildew inside was too heavy.
"It turned out to be a grocery store." After turning on the lights, Zhang Niu finally saw this place.
The small room was full of items, a large wine vat, a huge grinding stone, and a very old imitation yarn machine, but it was already in tatters.
The most eye-catching thing is to hang a huge bow of ancient color on the wall, and not far away there is a black quiver and even a few white-haired bows and arrows, Zhang Niu stared closely at the bow and arrow on the wall.
This time it is a blessing for the eyes, seeing this giant bow, who would have thought that Uncle Zhang's family would have such a good treasure.
"That bow was made when I used to be bored. It's okay to go up to the mountains to hunt. Uncle Zhang also saw Zhang Niu staring at the giant bow, and explained the origin of the bow with a smile.
"You know how to use a bow?"
"Yes, I have good eyesight and enough strength, and I shot a wild boar with a few arrows." Uncle Zhang did not exaggerate at all, but said truthfully.
"Later, things were busy, so I didn't go hunting in the mountains again. The bow has been placed in this catty. Grocery room. Uncle Zhang saw the giant bow and sighed a little about the passage of time.
On the opposite side of the giant bow, a gray cloth covered the large object, and Uncle Zhang also walked in front of the object, and raised his hand towards Zhang Niu, "Go back to the station, wait for a lot of dust."
Zhang Niu hid behind the door, not knowing what the fabric in front of him was covering, it was worth Uncle Zhang's mouth to come to the grocery room to "place in the grocery room, some things that are not commonly used."
Uncle Zhang held the corner of the fabric in his left hand, and the person leaned to the side, pulling hard, and suddenly the dust was in the sky, but fortunately Zhang Niu stood far away and did not let the dust "invade."
Uncle Zhang instigated with both hands and fanned the dust, "I haven't been here for a while, it's all dusty here."
The dust dispersed, and Zhang Niu also saw the true face of Lushan under the cloth, which turned out to be a rabbit cage similar to the one drawn on his own drawings, and pointed to the rabbit cage: "Why do you have this here?" "Full of surprise.
The rabbit cage in front of it is divided into five layers, and it occupies a lot of individual positions here, and many places are damaged to varying degrees, and even many places are tied with thin wires, which is obviously a rabbit cage that has been worn out.
"I just saw your drawings, and no matter how I look at it, I think it looks similar to the cage I used to raise rabbits, so I took you over to take a look. Who thinks that it is really about the same, that is, the location of several places can be changed slightly, Uncle Zhang does not need to look at the drawings, and points out the different places of the rabbit cage, "It should be this place!" ”
Zhang Niu himself was surprised, Uncle Zhang pointed out that the prescription was the difference on his drawings, and he couldn't help nodding, "That's right, it's the square of these places, I really saw it in the county, so I drew it." ”
"Raising rabbits, this kind of rabbit cage is by far the best use, not only in terms of feeding, but even in terms of cleanliness and hygiene, it is less effort than ordinary cages and points to one of the places: "Look here. A bunch of one pull can be easily fed, no need to worry about the rabbit running out
The rabbit cage drawn by Zhang Niu from memory seems to be less convenient than the rabbit cage in front of him in some places, and Uncle Zhang introduced that he likes the rabbit cage in front of him more.
Although the rabbit cage depicted from memory is not bad, the comparison between the two seems to be much inferior: "Then how about making this rabbit cage, it is exactly as good as this one, and you don't have to start work according to the drawings."
"That's the best, in fact, what you painted is no different from this, but in terms of practicality, it's still good for me, it's not grandma selling melons and boasting, it's really good in some places."
"It's okay, your carpenter's skills are the best in the village, who would doubt your skill level, isn't this looking for a cigarette Zhang Niu patted his ass a little.
"Hehe, what you said is too serious, I'm just a little better at it. Then I'll start like this
"Okay, I wonder how long this rabbit cage will take to finish?" Although the time was not in a hurry, Zhang Niu still couldn't bear it and asked.
"Are you in a hurry?" Seeing Zhang Niu say this,
"There's no hurry, just ask casually how long it will take to complete this rabbit cage with a somewhat complicated structure." walked over and carefully looked at the tattered rabbit cage.
"If you're not in a hurry, this rabbit cage will help you get it in a week, and I've recently got a lot of wood back, and I won't go out to find wood." glanced at Zhang Niu, "If you're in a hurry, I can work hard for you in about five days to help you finish."
"Then you can leave it to me in a week, don't get tired, otherwise I don't want to go, and this rabbit cage will be slowly done." Entering the space to capture the colorful rabbit, Zhang Niu is not in a hurry to make preparations.
With Zhang Niu's statement, Uncle Zhang can slowly make this rabbit cage. So he put the cloth lid on top of the old rabbit cage and turned around to get ready to go out.
"Uncle Zhang, can you stop for a moment? Seeing Uncle Zhang, who turned around and was about to go out, Zhang Niu hurriedly shouted.
"Is there anything else?" The rabbit cage has been negotiated, is there still something that has not been clarified?
Zhang Niu rubbed his hands and said with some embarrassment, "This catty is small, this catty is small, I don't know if the giant bow on your wall is for sale?" Courageously pointed to the giant bow on the wall.
Uncle Zhang laughed, "What do you think you are doing, do you like this giant bow?" Not angry at all, he walked to the wall and removed the giant bow that hung from the spike.
The giant bow was removed and stroked gently. The original layer of dust on it was wiped off by Uncle Zhang one by one, revealing a smooth bow body, "This giant bow is made of special trees in the mountains, and I was lucky to see a magical tree in the mountains that year." It is very soft to fold, but after a roaring fire, it immediately becomes a piece of hardwood, which is folded by hand, and the strength produced by using the tendons and bones of fine animals as a bowstring is very strong. Now it's generally hard for the lads to pull away. "Hand the giant bow to Zhang Niu" You try, if you can pull this bow away, I will give it to you, don't mention the money, the good bow has been hanging in the grocery room and is a little dusty. It's a pity, I was going to give the bow away, but after thinking about it, it seems that not many people in the village have free time, and if you can pull this bow, it will be very suitable for you, and you can go into the mountains to hunt if you have nothing to do there. ”
Zhang Niu stretched out his hand and took the giant bow, "It's so heavy." This is the first feeling, especially the wood mentioned by Uncle Zhang, which is very soft to hold in his hand. With a big hand, he grabbed the bow and arrow handed over by Uncle Zhang, and wound it clumsily.
The arrow was pointed at the wall, Zhang Niu did not dare to put the arrow at this pedestrian, holding the giant bow as if he had arrived in the forest, there was a feeling of imminent movement.
"Okay, how about your arm strength. Can you pull this 110-pound giant bow? Uncle Zhang saw Zhang Niu, who was ready, and said with a smile.
Uncle Zhang said this, Zhang Niu knew that the bow in front of him needed 1110 catties of strength, which was no more than the usual pick of 120 catties, which was a two-yard thing.
It's good for ordinary people to pull a little apart. The ability is slightly stronger to pull to the form of a half moon, and then there is no strength to pull back, it is impossible to pull the half moon all the time, and gradually pull it into a full moon, which requires the support of strength.
"Take a deep breath, take a deep breath, and burst out again." Uncle Zhang was afraid that Zhang Niu didn't know the essentials of drawing the bow, so he was explaining.
"Got it
In fact, at this time, Zhang Niu was already happy, and when it came to strength, it could be said that it was his strength, even so Zhang Niu still didn't dare to smile, but took a deep breath according to Uncle Zhang's words, if he didn't need to pause until the full moon, it was a bit surprising.
So he took a deep breath, counted one or three silently in his heart, raised his arm, and pulled back, "Squeak, the tight bowstring, under Zhang Niu's force, gradually formed a half moon, on the basis of the half moon, he stopped for three to four seconds, and pulled the half moon into a full moon in an instant."
After the full moon, he hurriedly let go, even if Zhang Niu's strength was amazing, he also felt that pulling to the full moon was a very tiring job.
Uncle Zhang was dumbfounded, even if he was young, he usually pulled to half a moon, and occasionally a few full moons were already unaffordable, which still relied on long-term accumulation.
Now Zhang Niu can pull the full moon after a pause, it's incredible.