Chapter 5: How the Fish Crossbow is Made
Ye Xuan had never felt that Ye Xu was so gentle, and Ye Xu's sudden touch of the head made Ye Xuan's heart warm.
"But brother...."Ye Xuan looked at the remaining white rice on the stove with a little worry, and her brows gradually tightened: "Brother, we only have that little white rice left, is this enough?" ”
Egg fried rice is different from white rice cooking, under the same conditions, the amount of white rice used to make one bowl of egg fried rice meets the amount of three bowls of porridge.
Therefore, as far as today's dinner is concerned, the two of them have already used a large part of the white rice.
"It's fine." Ye Xu's eyes were like torches, and he said confidently: "Sister, in the future, my brother will guarantee that you can eat fragrant white rice every day!" ”
Although Ye Xu's pocket can't be said to be bulging now, the reward of a few hundred Wen given by the county order is enough for the two of them to eat white rice for two or three months.
Just after noon, Ye Xu hurriedly went to the blacksmith shop to get the twenty bow arrows and bow strings, and when he returned home, Ye Xu began to make a fish crossbow.
Ye Xu tossed at noon, and finally made a prototype of a fish crossbow, although the effect is not as good as modern fishing tools, but in terms of the productivity of this era, it is already a very advanced product.
At this time, although the Great Xuan Dynasty had bows and arrows, it did not have crossbows, let alone fish crossbows.
"Brother, what is this?" Ye Xuan took the fishing crossbow in Ye Xu's hand with a curious look.
"Be careful, don't get yourself hurt, it's called a crossbow." Ye Xu took the fish crossbow, pulled the string on the arrow, and pulled the trigger on a big tree not far away.
Search!
The arrow shot out quickly and pinned to the trunk of the tree.
"Good... It's amazing! Ye Xuan was taken aback: "Brother, is this what you did?" ”
"Of course, except for your brother, who in the world can have this level?" Ye Xu smiled confidently: "You wait at home, my brother will go to the beach for you to catch fish!" Fish soup will be made for you in the evening. ”
Then he walked out and walked in the direction of the seaside, and before leaving, he didn't forget to tell his sister not to open the door to other people casually.
After all, judging from Ye Xu's integrated memory, there are no fewer scoundrels in these ten villages and eight stores who beat him for the idea of a flower-like sister.
As soon as I came to the beach, I saw some fishermen coming back one after another, one of whom was Wu Zhuang, the son of the village chief.
"Ye Xu, why are you going?" Wu Zhuang drooped his head and looked at Shen Xin.
"Won't I go fishing at the beach?" Wu Zhuang's father, the village chief, had helped him, so Ye Xu's first impression of him was still good.
"You'd better not go." Wu Zhuang waved his hand and said: "The tide suddenly recedes today, the fish are all in the deep sea, you kid is weak and weak, if you go to the deep sea, you will definitely be sent to death again, you better go home and take care of your sister!" ”
At this time, the productivity of the Daxuan Dynasty was very backward, relying on the sea to eat the sea, and the sky was at the mercy of fate. When fishermen go out to sea, if they encounter fish congregating in the deep sea, they usually return empty-handed.
"It's okay, I have a solution." Ye Xu smiled, then quickened his pace and continued to walk towards the beach.
"What the hell does this kid want to do?" After Wu Zhuang shook his head, he didn't think much about it, and walked directly in the direction of home.
Ye Xu lived in Quanzhou, Fujian Province in his previous life, which is a coastal city, Ye Xu followed his grandfather to the sea to fish since he was a child, so he also knows the habits of seaside movements very well.
In addition, Ye Xu has won the championship of the municipal diving competition, so it is not a problem to stay in the deep sea for three or four minutes.
When he came to the beach, as Wu Zhuang said, there were basically no fish in the shallow water, Shen Xin swam to the deep sea, and dived into the water, not long after, Shen Xin found a grouper, about two catties.
Ye Xu grasped the time, pulled the trigger, and the arrow flew to the grouper in the blink of an eye, Ye Xu hurriedly swam over, grabbed the grouper, poked out of the water, and glanced at the loot in his hand.
"Yes, it's quite fat."
Ye Xu stuffed the grouper into the fish cage on his waist, collected all the arrows, and continued to find the next target.
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The sun is setting in the west, and the village is ready to go home one after another after working outside.
"Dad, you said that this Ye Xuqi is weird, yesterday I heard you say that he saved the son of the county commander by mistake, and today he is going to go to the deep sea to fish with a landlubber, do you think this guy is stupid?" Wu Zhuang, who returned home, said to the village chief who was working in the courtyard.
"What?" The village chief was stunned, and then shouted: "Then why don't you stop him, that kid is a landlubber!" ”
The village chief is not stupid, if something happens to this Ye Xu, not to mention his friendship with his parents for the time being, if the county order knows, he will definitely be unable to escape.
"I don't know about this, that kid said he could do it..."Wu Zhuang said aggrievedly.
"Why are you still stunned, you guys hurry up and follow some of me to the sea with me!" The village chief said hurriedly.
The village chief soon led a group of fishermen to the seaside, and everyone looked for Ye Xu on the beach and did not find Ye Xu.
"Village chief, do you think this Ye Xu will die in the deep sea?" One of the villagers muttered.
It's high tide now, and it's getting late again, so if you go alone into deep water, there's still a lot of danger.
Besides, Ye Xu doesn't understand water, what he means is that Ye Xu has had an accident if he doesn't have an accident now.
"Look, is that person Ye Xu?" Another villager hurriedly pointed to a figure on the sea.
In the night, a figure slowly swam over the sea.
"Did you say this kid got any fish?" A villager next to him whispered.
"Bullshit, this kid doesn't understand water, it's good to be able to pick up a life, and he can catch a fish?" Wu Zhuang looked disdainful.
He is a master fisher in the village, and as such, he thinks he has an absolute say.
But as Ye Xu walked slowly, many people found that the fish cage around his waist was bulging and dripping with blood.
"Ye Xu, did you hit something?"
When Ye Xu approached, the villagers surrounded him.
"Well, so-so, I caught five or six relatively large fish, and some other small fish and shrimp, I couldn't fit the fish cage, and I threw them halfway." Ye Xu said lightly.
"This fish is so big, it looks like it's still a grouper?"
"Yes, yes, I think these fish can be sold in the market, at least for 30 yuan! Thirty Wen, I can't earn thirty Wen without eating or drinking for a month! ”
At this time, no one ridiculed Ye Xu anymore, but cast envious eyes one after another.
In small fishing villages, productivity is backward, many people don't talk about deep-sea fishing, even if it is difficult to swim to the deep sea, but only when the fish swim from the deep sea to the shallow stalls in a few seasons of the year, the villagers try their luck, and there will be a bumper harvest.
However, the people who are favored by luck are a minority after all, and the vast majority of people are petty fights, and some even go home empty-handed.
And Shen Xin not only went to the deep sea to fish today, but also returned with a full load, which really surprised him.
"This guy is just lucky, I also went to the deep sea once last year, and I fought no less than him." Wu Zhuang on the side finally couldn't help but speak: "Since Ye Xu is fine, you guys should disperse quickly." ”
Seeing Wu Zhuang's jealous expression, Ye Xu couldn't help but shake his head, this Wu Zhuang is not bad in nature, maybe he is a little jealous....