Chapter 20: Let's Call It a Velociraptor
When I woke up in the morning, the sun was warm, and it was a good sunny day, Xiao Wu seemed to be very happy, tearing Liu Qing's trouser leg and wanting to go outside. The two of them, phew, Xiao Wu are not people, anyway, they ate four fruits, which can be regarded as dealing with breakfast. After a brief cleanup, Liu Qing poured the seawater he took yesterday into the shell of the kettle, added a handful of firewood to the fire, let the fire burn, and put the shell jar on the fire. After that, he carried the target he had made last night, held Xiao Wu in one hand, kicked the rattan rope on the stake, and opened the door with his back and walked out of the cave.
The sun was shining outside, the ground was a little wet, there were no puddles or mud, perhaps because of the terrain, the rain fell and quickly flowed away, and there was no chance of survival. Xiao Wu happily jumped around on the ground, sniffing this and that from time to time, and was so curious about things outside, especially so many plants, which made it excited.
Liu Qing smiled and played with Xiao Wu for a while, and said to it: "You play by yourself, don't run away, Dad will practice arrows for a while." "Yo! Now even my father claims to be on it, although I don't know if Xiao Wu understands, but it really didn't bother Liu Qing anymore, scratching the soil by himself, scratching the tree, and having a lot of fun.
Smiling and looking at it for a while, Liu Qing lifted the target and walked to the tree not far away, first this tree has a reason, it has a branch, just at a height of one person, Liu Qing cut off this branch with a sapper shovel, and left a section, just used to hang the target. Standing from a distance, this target looks quite like that, in order to be more effective, Liu Qing even made some thin mud and marked a few rings on the target, and painted a dot in the center.
Open the bow and arrow, aiming at the bull's-eye position, according to the shooting essentials of consciously aiming and unconsciously shooting, the two fingers pulling the bowstring inadvertently loosened, and the arrow flew out with a "whoosh", Liu Qing did not relax, but kept staring at the trajectory of the arrow flying. He found that although the arrow flew very fast, it had deviated from the aiming position early, some of it was lower and more to the right, and of course, the arrow was off target.
Bent down and picked up another arrow, this time Liu Qing consciously aimed at the upper left position of the bull's-eye, however, this arrow still missed, and the deviation was outrageous. Fly directly to the top left of the target, nearly a meter away from the target. Liu Qing was depressed! As a sharpshooter, where had he ever received this kind of bird spirit.
However, he understands better that even if he is a sharpshooter, he is not born, he is fed with bullets, and now he changes to a bow and arrow, which also requires a lot of practice to be handy. However, when Liu Qing put on an arrow again, he glanced at the arrow in his hand and seemed to feel that something was missing.
Arrowheads? No, in the earliest days, bows and arrows must have no arrows, and they can still pierce Yang in a hundred steps? What is that? Liu Qing remembered the movies and television he had seen before, and the arrows in them ...... By the way, there is a tail feather behind the arrow, Liu Qing suddenly understood, the tail feather, such a small thing, has a great effect on the arrow, which can not only ensure the stability of the arrow's flight, but also improve the flight distance of the arrow!
Thinking of this reason, Liu Qing couldn't solve it for a while, why? Because he hadn't even heard a bird's call until now, where did he get feathers to make tail feathers?
But no matter what, he still has to continue to practice archery, Liu Qing still doesn't believe it, without tail feathers, he can't practice archery well! Practice makes perfect, he can't shoot well now, the main reason is because he is not very clear about the essentials of bow and arrow shooting, and he does not understand the characteristics of arrow flight, I believe that after a period of practice, he can shoot at the target every time.
After practicing for more than two hours, more than 100 arrows in two bundles have been shot by him, and there are more than a dozen arrows inserted on the target card in the distance, which is the result of his practice. Finally gave him some comfort in his heart, indicating that he could still shoot. In fact, these arrows are far from taking so long, but he is experiencing every time he shoots, feeling the process of each archery, and observing the trajectory of the arrow's flight, so it is a little slow.
After this period of practice, he also has a little experience, the reason why the trajectory of the arrow is different each time is because the method of taking the arrow is a little wrong, the tail is stuck between the two fingers, naturally it will not move, but the front end is not fixed, so it is easy to cause shaking, don't look at this small shaking, the arrow shot out will have a great deviation. Just like shooting with a gun, at a distance of 100 meters, the gap and the front sight deviate from the target by one millimeter, and the impact point of the bullet may deviate by tens of centimeters.
So gradually, every time he shoots an arrow, Liu Qing's hand holding the bow body will intentionally form a slight angle with the bow body, so that the arrow can stay firmly at the intersection of the hand and the bow body, and he deliberately cut a slight groove in the bow body in order to find the midpoint of the bow body at that time. Now this groove just serves a purpose, and the body of the arrow can be closer to the bow, which is more beneficial for him to aim at the target.
After stopping, I shook my arm, archery is actually a very tiring job, especially every time the arm has to bear a great pull, people who do not have considerable arm strength generally can't play, let alone continuous archery. A person like Liu Qing, who trains a lot, after this practice, also feels that his arm is a little swollen and painful, and the strength of this bow is really not to say, it is estimated that there is at least sixty or seventy catties.
ran over and collected all the arrows he could find, holding a large bundle in his arms, and while walking back, he called Xiao Wu, it's time to go back to the cave to cook and eat. Although the fruit was full of energy, it couldn't withstand such a large amount of exercise as Liu Qing. At this time, it was not yet noon, and Liu Qing already felt very hungry.
Xiao Wu seemed to be tired of playing, and ran to Liu Qing's side, circling around him, looking very excited. Liu Qing held a large bundle of arrows in his arms, walked to the edge of the cave, threw the arrows in his arms on the ground, lifted the gate, and entered the cave with Xiao Wu. Yesterday's meat had almost been completely roasted, and only a little bit of seawater had been burned in the jar, but the salt crystals had only formed a thin layer at the bottom.
Liu Qing used two wooden sticks to pick up the jar and put it aside, the remaining little moisture and residual temperature were enough to dry it thoroughly, and then Liu Qing took a piece of meat, which was very hard and looked like it was roasted. Liu Qing used a dagger to make a hole in the meat, took a wooden stick and inserted it, and then set it directly on the embers of the fire to roast. While roasting, he said to Xiao Wu, "Hey, boy, I'm going to have a good day today, let you taste what barbecue is!
Xiao Wu looked at Liu Qing with blank eyes, and he didn't know if he was longing for a hug or for the barbecue that was about to be cooked in Liu Qing's hand.
The aroma of the barbecue gradually spreads. In the past, the meat became hard because the moisture inside was roasted out by the fire, but now under the grilling of the fire, the meat begins to soften again, because the fat inside is roasted, which softens the meat that has lost water and hardened. And because of the presence of oil, the fragrance emitted is extremely attractive, Xiao Wu's big eyes are no longer expectation, but longing, and now it is certain that it is definitely the barbecue in Liu Qing's hand.
Liu Qing smiled hesitantly, turned the barbecue over again, "Hungry, you little glutton!" said as he stood up from the stone in front of the fire and walked over to check how the sea salt in the jar was doing. Sure enough, the water in the jar had completely dried up, leaving only a layer of white crystals at the bottom.
"Ha! Salt! Finally there is salt!" Liu Qing shouted excitedly, extremely carefully scraping the salt frost at the bottom of the jar with his fingers, and after a while, a small pile was scraped, the body of the jar was tilted, and he knocked lightly, and the salt frost at the bottom gathered into a pile, Liu Qing looked at it with a smile, and put his fingers into his mouth and sucked twice, and there was still salt on his fingers!
Xiao Wu glanced back at the excited Liu Qing, and he didn't know how happy he was when he was there alone, Xiao Wu only had that piece of barbecue in his eyes now, and he had never smelled that kind of fragrance, it was simply a temptation that went deep into the soul!
After a few screams, Liu Qing walked to the edge of the fire, holding the jar in his hand, as if there was some treasure in it. The fat on the pieces of meat drip onto the charcoal fire below, making a "zila" sound.
After collecting the roasted meat, Liu Qing found a large green leaf, stretched it and spread it on a slightly smoother stone, and then began to cut the roasted meat pieces with a dagger. The large piece of meat, cut into pieces and spread on the leaves, the warm slices of meat, exuding a unique fragrance, made Xiao Wu keep circling around the stone, but it tried it once, and it was so hot that it almost cried, so it didn't dare to stick out its tongue anymore.
After cutting the meat, Liu Qing held the baby-like jar, reached in with his right hand, pinched a small pinch with his thumb and forefinger, and sprinkled it on the meat slices carefully, it felt like eating a big meal carefully, for fear of wasting a little bit of powder. In fact, when sprinkling salt, Liu Qing's mouth began to drool involuntarily!
The grilled dinosaur meat is indeed delicious, even if it is seasoned with fruit juice, it makes people feel very fragrant, and the meat is also very chewy, and it tastes unique. Now Liu Qing is even more looking forward to it, because salt is added.
After sprinkling the salt, Liu Qing pinched a piece of barbecue, put it in his mouth and tasted it, and immediately felt that the taste in his whole mouth was about to be detonated...... Forget it, Liu Qing closed his eyes and enjoyed the deliciousness, as for more, just think about it.
Xiao Wu was very unwilling to scream, Liu Qing made it feel very unfair like this. Liu Qing smiled, cut off a piece of barbecue meat with a dagger, and sent it to Xiao Wu's mouth, he now understands that human carnivores are born with stronger stomachs than humans, how old is this, and it is nothing to eat raw meat directly.
"Woohoo ......!" Xiao Wutun was also extremely happy, and even his voice was indistinct.
Liu Qing smiled and looked at Xiao Wu, who was gobbling up, and pinched another piece of barbecue. Before he could put the barbecue in his mouth, he heard what seemed to be movement outside, and it was getting bigger and bigger.
"What's going on?" Liu Qing said suspiciously, and at the same time, he also jumped up quickly, ran to the entrance of the cave, quickly pulled over the rattan rope, hung on the ground stake, and then stepped on the stone pile, poked his head out of the gap above to see what was going on.
The scene in front of me was familiar, still a large group of various animals running, and behind them, there were several dinosaurs chasing after them, these dinosaurs looked the same as the ones who died outside the cave before, they should be the same race.
Last time, he had already felt that the appearance of this dinosaur was very similar to the legendary Tyrannosaurus rex, but the size was relatively small, far from the legendary Tyrannosaurus rex. Liu Qing didn't know, but he quickly named this dinosaur, so fierce and so fast, let's call it "Velociraptor"!