Pushing the door in, it was a girl about sixteen or seventeen. A pale pink skirt. He is about 1.7 meters tall, his skin is brighter than snow, and his waist-length hair is black and shiny. A pair of smart big eyes, looking at Hachi in a blink. In his slender and slender hand he was holding a square plate with two dishes and a bowl of rice on it. One meat and one vegetable, although not much, but fragrant.

When Hachi saw the food brought by the girl, his index finger suddenly moved, and he couldn't wait to take it. Hurriedly put a chopstick into his mouth and shouted that it was delicious. The girl who watched couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle.

"What's your name?" Hachi asked as he ate.

"Hui Gongzi, my name is Hongqiang. The girl replied with a salute to Hachi.

"Oh, good name. The so-called red walls and green tiles..."Hachi casually showed off the few words he knew.

When the girl heard this, she burst out laughing, and said to Hachi with a chuckle: "Childe, I am the rose of the rose, not the wall of the wall." ”

"Oh, that's right. It's okay, I don't know Rose, hehe, your stir-fried dishes are so delicious. Seeing that he was making a fool of himself again, Hachi quickly laughed at himself and changed the topic by the way.

"Since the son is not disgusted, then the slave will be responsible for the child's diet in the house these days. Red Rose said to Hachi.

Hearing Hongqiang say this, Hachi immediately nodded and said, "Well, okay, okay, don't call me Childe, it sounds awkward, my name is Hachi, you can call me Hachi." And don't talk about yourself like an old slave and a slave. I'll tell you, I was still a poor guy the day before yesterday. You were so much richer than I was then. Hey, it's all tears. Okay, there's still a lot of food, you can also go and eat with me. ”

"The slave and maid have eaten it, and then they will not eat it. Childe, you can just eat. If it's not enough, the slave will serve you dinner. ”

"You forgot as soon as I finished speaking, you call me Hachi, don't talk about slaves anymore, or I'll tell them that you are disobedient and deduct your salary" Hachi made a fierce threat to Hongqiang.

“... Slave Maid"

"Huh?"

"Uh... I know. ”

"Well, that's what I said. You can call me Little Starling in the future, or call me Starling. It sounds so smooth. ”

"Starling... It's a bird, isn't it?" asked Red Rose tentatively.

Hachi suddenly coughed, "Cough... Cough... That's called a little starling... Why do you think it's still a bird..."Sighing helplessly, Hachi ate with his head bored.

When Hachi finished eating, Hongqiang simply cleaned up and said goodbye to Hachi, saying that she would wash the dishes.

After eating enough, Hachi, who had nothing to do, lay on the bed, thinking about why he couldn't shoot so many arrows in the morning. Obviously, I don't feel wrong, why is it crooked? My strength, control, including eyesight, are much stronger than when I was a child. But it can shoot crookedly. Could it be that your skills have declined... I remember when I was a kid...

"Little Eight, teach us archery, your archery skills are so accurate. Dahu and Mantou said to Hachi with a homemade bow.

"Okay, I'll go get the bow. Hachi happily agreed.

When I went home, I picked up the fiery red bow I had won in the archery competition, and ran to the nearby hill with the big tiger steamed bun.

In front of a large tree, Hachi's feet are shoulder-width apart, so that the weight of his body is evenly spread on his feet, and he picks up the bow with his left hand and places the arrow with his right hand on the arrow stand made by the fingers of his left hand. Then slowly raise the bow to keep your gaze and the arrow level, then adjust your breathing and feel the light breeze blowing in the air. Pull the bow back with your right arm. After drawing the bow full, he adjusted his position slightly, and quickly let go of his right hand, only to see the arrow fly straight towards the center of the rough drawing target in the trunk of the tree. Nail it to the top.

This made the little tiger and steamed bun who followed loudly, and then followed the cat and the tiger to learn from Xiao Ba, but there was no accurate head of Xiao Hachi, but under Xiao Hachi's careful teaching, he slowly got closer and closer to his heart. A few hundred meters behind Hachi, a little girl looked at Hachi and them, and also took out a bow, learning Hachi's movements until... As soon as I pulled the bowstring..."click", the back of the bow broke into two sections... As soon as she puffed to the ground, the little girl turned around and left.

......

Scenes of the past emerged in front of Hachi's eyes, and Hachi also smiled and gradually fell asleep.

After about an hour, Hachi woke up from his sleep in a daze. As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw Red Rose wiping the table on the side. Hachi sat up with a wit. Said to Red Rose: "No need to wipe it... It's not dirty. ”

"This is the work to be done on weekdays, disturb the public... Starling is sleeping, I'm sorry!" After finishing speaking, Hongqiang couldn't help but be happy.

"This... Forget it, so be it. Hachi didn't know how to make Red Rose change her mind. After all, it was he who made the family call it that, so that's the only way.

Looking at Red Qiang, who was carefully wiping the table, Hachi suddenly had an idea and asked, "Red Qiang, can you help me find a piece of wood and beef tendon with better toughness?" ”

"Make a bow?" Hongqiang was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, I'll help you find it." But with the permission of the masters, I'll report it, and I should be able to get it soon. After saying that, he hurriedly walked out of Hachi's room.

Seeing the red rose that was burning away in a hurry, Xiaoba also smiled knowingly and sighed: "What an anxious girl." ”

......

I had nothing to do, and I practiced my internal strength for a while, but there was still no progress. Just when Hachi got up and moved his body. There was another knock on the door, and Hachi walked over and opened the door, and it was Red Qiang, who was sweating profusely. The slender girl was holding a large log with a long cow tendon hanging from it in one hand, and the other hand was clearly knocking on the door.

I saw Red Rose's tired panting appearance. Hachi was inexplicably moved in his heart and quickly took over the wood. As soon as he picked up the wood, Hachi chuckled in his heart, and his eyes became even more moved when he looked at Red Qiang. This piece of wood is obviously of good texture, and it is definitely more than 100 catties to buy. Such a heavy piece of wood is probably much heavier than the weight of the girl in front of me. It's just an adult strong man, and it's not easy to carry it. What's more, it's such a girl who looks very weak.

As soon as Hachi put the wood aside, Red Rose said that she was going to cook. Hachi immediately stopped Hongqiang and asked her to go into her room to sit and rest, and go cook by herself. However, Hongqiang refused to live or die, and the two twisted for a long time. In the end, they decided to do it together, Hongqiang watched from the side, and Hachi came to take charge.

Led by Red Qiang, the two soon came to a small kitchen not far away. There was no one in there at this point. Let Xiaoba also show his skills to the fullest. Since Xiao Li Dali often hunted until late, he didn't come back until late, so most of the time the meals at home were prepared by Xiaoba, so although they were not as good as Hongqiang, they were also eaten with a lot of local flavor of hometown dishes. Hongqiang also put down her identity as a slave and maid, and had a happy dinner with Xiaoba.

After eating and drinking, Hongqiang packed up the dishes and chopsticks and left Hachi's room, and Hachi also began to make a bow by himself. Hachi took out a thousand fish knife and quickly cut out a bow back. The materials brought by the red rose are indeed very good, and the toughness is excellent. Looking at the back of the bow with satisfaction, Hachi made a small hole at each end of the back of the bow, threaded the tendon through, tied a knot each, and soon a simple longbow was ready, although the appearance was not beautiful, but Hachi liked it very much. This is the bow I used when I was a child. Satisfied, he flicked the bowstring twice, and Hachi decided that he must give it a try the next day.