The problem of the bowstring was solved, everything was ready, the parts that had been made were assembled, fastened with wedges, hung the string, and a small hole was made near the crossbow machine, and a safety pin was made. It's done, Lin's crossbow is freshly baked! I tried it with the bowstring, and it was loud and powerful, and it was indeed a good crossbow.

Ermao hugged his work tightly, reluctant to exchange with Lin Ziyuan. Ermao has put a lot of effort into this crossbow, and all parts have been done very carefully, especially the crossbow groove part, which is polished and shiny, and there is no trace of hindrance.

Among the three, it is Ermao's crossbow that is the best, Lin Ziyuan is very familiar with crossbows, focusing on practicality, and there are no excessive requirements in the details; And the crossbow made by Qiaoyun has some delicate air in it.

Lin Ziyuan handed the crossbow he made to Qiaoyun, and he took the one she made, which is very appropriate! In ancient times, the crossbow was often used as a token of love.

Sun Qiaoyun hugged the crossbow tightly: This is the first thing he gave himself, or did he do it himself! Since then, this crossbow has accompanied Qiaoyun all his life and has never been separated.

"When I went to dinner at home tonight, I told my father that you were going to teach us both to read, and my father and mother were very happy, and their eyes were red. Dad went to Xiahe Village to drink, and said that he would apprentice tonight. Qiaoyun said this to Lin Ziyuan, not in a tone of discussion, not to ask for opinions, or to explain the affairs of the family to her man like a little daughter-in-law.

"Oh, got it." Lin Ziyuan was gesturing with the crossbow in his hand. Illiteracy is a big problem, teach the two of them to learn sign language and flag language, sign language is easy to say, flag language is difficult, Lin Ziyuan stared at him, and fire erupted from his throat and eyes. It can be said that the two still don't know anything about this flag.

In this period, traffic basically depends on walking, communication basically relies on roaring, and whichever side obtains information in advance, which party can get the first opportunity, arrange in advance, and respond. Without mobile phones and radio stations, this flag is even more important.

In Lin Ziyuan's heart, flag language is one of the skills that must be mastered. There is no choice but to teach the two of them to read now.

To Lin Ziyuan's surprise, Qiaoyun was literate! It's just that living in this deep mountain and old forest has long forgotten about it. As for Ermao, he really doesn't recognize a basket of big words, and he doesn't know that he is the master of a word when he falls down. Forget it, let's both learn from scratch.

The dinner was very rich, a jar of wine made by Daddy Sun was placed in the middle of the table, the red silk wine seal had not been removed, Daddy Sun and his wife were dressed very neatly, and the ceremony was very solemn. Originally, Lin Ziyuan was very opposed to this, but Father Sun didn't agree, so he had to follow him.

The first thing to worship was not a statue of Confucius, but a strange figure made of mud, with some strange lines carved on the body. This is a portrait of a saint who does not have Kong in the house, just pinch a piece of mud to make do with it?

Father Sun told him that this was the ancestor who made words. The custom in the mountains, the apprentices are worshiped like this, is it Cangjie? Ooh! It's a long way back!

The butcher should worship a knife, the cook worship a spoon, the student worships an old clay, and the dung digger worships...

The sisters and brothers saluted Lin Ziyuan, and Father Sun accompanied the salute. Ermao was the most direct, knelt down and bowed his head three times, and said: "Mr. is above, please accept the disciple's worship!" "Get up and you're done. Qiaoyun did a squatting salute, and deeply blessed Sanfu, this girl's behavior was natural, but Lin Ziyuan was very stunned and puzzled: Who did you learn this action from?

The poor people in the mountains worship the written word and feel that it has magical powers! There is a lot of respect for people who are literate and literate. Qiaoyun said that although the Xiucai in Xiahe Village was crazy, no one bullied him, and when he met face-to-face, he still respectfully called Mr., this is the simplicity of the mountain people.

Lin Ziyuan bowed to Qiaoyun in return, the etiquette of ancient Chinese women collided perfectly with the return salute of modern second-year young people, it felt like worshipping in the church, Qiaoyun's face was as red as a red cloth - Qiaoyun never admitted that he had worshiped Lin Ziyuan as a teacher in the future.

After the apprenticeship, dinner begins. Daddy Sun put the coarse porcelain bowl on the table, removed the wine seal, and began to pour the wine, which was very smelly of Liangshan heroes. The two of them drank, and Ermao accompanied the prime minister.

Men can't drink, women can't serve at the table, and no matter how hungry they are, they can only watch from the sidelines. Serving the food and pouring water.

Lin Ziyuan quit, this apprenticeship, in Lin Ziyuan's view, is a playful nature, and he feels very happy. Why does the family have to divide the high and low into high and low when they have a meal? I didn't agree to anything, everyone sat around and was happy!

Seeing that Lin Ziyuan insisted on this, Father Sun had to agree, added dishes and chopsticks, and Sun Wang's family, Qiaoyun and Ermao all poured a small half bowl of wine. Ermao felt that he was an adult, and he should drink, so he touched Lin Ziyuan with a big grin. Sun Wang was very restrained, but he was very happy in his heart, and he drank wine as if he was taking poison.

The wine is sweet potato burning, the taste is fragrant and sweet, moistens the throat, not very strong, about ten or twenty degrees, it tastes like mountain spring water, it seems that Daddy Sun bought good wine, Torin Ziyuan's blessing, he has a hood of money! It seems that the natural disasters before the Republic of China have passed, otherwise, how can there be such extra sweet potato wine.

After a few bowls of wine, Father Sun gradually let go, pulling Lin Ziyuan to chat, without the image of being timid and afraid of things in the past. After the rain, Father Sun went to the spring again, and returned disappointed again, and seemed to let go. This person, the poor and the rich are destined, Father Sun sighed.

Qiao Yun and Sun Wang's family hurriedly ate, got off the table, and gave the table to Lin Ziyuan and the others. Father Sun drank too much, and he was emotional for a while, and he burst into tears for a while. Pulling Lin Ziyuan, Brother Lin on the left and two brothers on the right. Lin Ziyuan couldn't cry or laugh, and Qiaoyun frowned when he heard it!

Father Sun thanked Lin Ziyuan again and again, and had to pull him to taste his cigarette pouch and pot; Completely ignoring Huzi's protests, he hugged Huzi and kissed and touched it for a while, picked up a bowl of vegetables, and buckled the meat and soup to Huzi's face.

Father Sun will pull Lin Ziyuan to worship and call him a brother and brother, and after a while, he will entrust Qiaoyun to Lin Ziyuan, saying that he has no ability, and he has suffered Qiaoyun Niang, and he is crying as he talks. He also said that when the Zhao camel came, a foreign cannon bombarded his face, and gave him a peach blossom on his face - where his foreign cannon was still bent, he could only be used as a burning stick.

In the end, Father Sun was drunk and drunk, humming and chirping, so that Sun Wang's family fell asleep. Ermao continued to tinker with his crossbow. Qiaoyun pulled Lin Ziyuan and sent him back to the cave. Huzi followed awkwardly, sticking out his tongue as he walked, and continued to lick the broth all over his face.

"I don't see it, you're quite drunk, aren't you drunk? … Why don't you live at home? Mom and Dad are willing..."

"Not drunk... Drink it, this wine has a low degree..."Lin Ziyuan laughed, the road was too narrow, and it was not very convenient to walk alone, so it didn't take long for Qiaoyun to be on Lin Ziyuan's back: "Hurry up, girl, if I am unstable and fall into the ravine, we will become a pair of hard-working mandarin ducks!" "Deliberately walking staggering to scare her.

"You dare! If you fall, the ghost will haunt you..."

"By the way, I think my dad behaves very unusually, not like an ordinary country hunter? … And you... What did the family do before they came to the mountains? When he came to the cave, Huzi dragged his tail to the entrance of the cave to sleep, and Lin Ziyuan sat down and chatted with Qiaoyun.

Sun Qiaoyun was silent for a while: "My family used to be a big family, it should be in northern Jiangsu, my grandfather was a big official in the imperial court, and then when he got older, he returned to his hometown."

"I remember that there was a big man's house, inside and outside several places, there were groups of servants, there were a lot of lands in the countryside....he was very famous in the local area, my grandfather was very good, and his family education was very strict, and my grandfather hugged me at that time and taught me to read..."

"The grandmother who took me was a fat woman, very strong, and I used to swing on her arm... He has a girl named Magpie, who is a few years older than me, and is my maid... There are two uncles in the family, and my father is the third in line, and he is idle all day long, walking birds and hunting. ”

"Daddy doesn't like grandpa much, but fortunately, he knows two words, and grandpa lets him manage the fields in the countryside, collect rent or something on weekdays... The eldest uncle seems to be an official, and the second uncle is in business, and the people who come and go are all well-dressed..."Qiaoyun recalled, and said to Lin Ziyuan, and there were many conjectures in it, which she had never mentioned to others.

"Later, it may be that the eldest uncle offended someone outside, or it may be that the second uncle's side, someone was jealous of the Sun family's property, colluded with the bandits in the mountains to break into the house, killed people and set fires... Grandpa, the eldest uncle and the second uncle's family are all dead! The servants and maids fled in all directions... My family lives in the middle of nowhere, and my dad escaped with us... A whole family is dead! Qiaoyun hugged Lin Ziyuan tightly, his whole body trembled, and his eyes widened in fear, as if that tragic scene had happened in front of him again, Lin Ziyuan patted Qiaoyun with pity to comfort him.

“… At that time, I was nine years old, Da Mao was six or seven years old, my mother was holding Ermao, the family didn't know where to flee, and my relatives were unwilling to take us in.

Later, my father used the only money he had to buy a house in a mountain village, and the family settled down, and rented a few acres of land from the landlord... The family still needs to eat! But my father used to collect rent, pull and pull the abacus, how could he serve the ground! I went to work in the fields with my mother..."

"My father wanted to avenge his family every day, but then somehow, the gang of strongmen found out, and the bandits chased them all the way, and we fled overnight...

At that time, I thought that I would escape as far as possible, but then I fled to Shandong, but I still didn't dare to live outside, so I fled all the way to the mountains! Since then, my dad has become what he is now, he hates those bandits, but he is afraid of the yards in front of him, and he cringes all day long, and it makes people angry to watch! He can't protect me, I can only protect myself, and then you came..."

Qiaoyun leaned on Lin Ziyuan's arms, rubbing Lin Ziyuan's ears with his hair a little while reminiscing, and from time to time he was silly: With you, I will never be afraid again! Eyes full of excitement and pride.