Chapter Seventy-Four: Flying a Kite in the Otherworld
The making of a kite is not complicated, the main thing is the choice of materials. The skeleton of the kite must be light and flexible, and the flesh needs to be thin and tense so that the kite can fly and not be damaged by too much wind.
After Lin Fan asked Xingsha, he passed the test and soon found materials suitable for making kites.
The skeleton of the kite is made of branches called the yarrow tree, which has a tough and elastic strip of paper, and the flesh is made of the inner membrane of the black leopard, which is full of tension under the skin of the black leopard and dries like a piece of oiled paper. Xingsha also found gum for fitting and twine for flying kites.
Because the space in the house was too small, Lin Fan and Xingsha moved the materials to the village square and began to make kites.
More and more people gathered in the square, and just now Xingsha had spread the news that Lin Fan was going to make him a special gift throughout the village.
The villagers had already seen the traps and the arrow towers, and when they heard the news, they were curious about what their future lord would do this time. Especially the children in the village, they all looked at the busy Lin Fan in amazement, and when their eyes fell on Xingsha, their eyes showed envy.
Lin Fan looked at Xingsha next to him with his chin raised, like a rooster who had won, and smiled secretly in his heart. He knew that Xingsha must have deliberately told the news just now, he had done this kind of thing when he was a child, and when he had a new toy, he couldn't wait for everyone in the world to know about it.
He doesn't break it, he just buries himself in making kites.
Because the twine is relatively heavy, in order to allow the kite to fly smoothly, Lin Fan deliberately made the kite bigger, using a full half of the inner membrane of the black-scaled leopard, which was the size of a door panel after being rolled out.
After making the skeleton of the kite, Lin Fan found out the inner membrane of the black-scaled leopard that was prepared, the flexible inner membrane had layers of fish scale markings, shining with golden luster in the sun, like the feathers of a flying bird, Lin Fan sketched it casually with a quill pen, and pasted a few long tail feathers on the hem, and the whole inner membrane looked like a bird with wings ready to fly.
Seeing such a change, the curiosity of the children and villagers next to him was aroused, and they looked at Lin Fan expectantly.
After drawing the inner membrane, the next thing is much simpler, Lin Fan used the gum to stick the skeleton on the inner membrane, and after the gum dried, he tied the twine, tried the angle, and when he felt almost the same after debugging a few times, he lifted the kite.
The whole kite is nearly two meters long and one meter wide, fluttering slightly in the wind, looking like a big bird with wings ready to fly. Although it was the first time to make such a large kite, Lin Fan was very satisfied with his work.
"Lin Fan, is it done?" Xingsha asked expectantly as he looked at the kite.
"Hmm. Do you like it?"
"Yes, I like it!"
Xingsha looked at the kite in Lin Fan's hand with shining eyes and nodded. He stretched out his finger and carefully touched the scales on the kite, looked up at Lin Fan and said, "Lin Fan, you said it can fly, but it can't move?
"You'll know right away, let's go to the entrance of the village. Lin Fan rubbed Xingsha's hair and smiled.
Everyone followed Lin Fan to the entrance of the village, Tatali was leading people to survey how to build the city wall drawn by Lin Fan, seeing a large group of people following Lin Fan over, Lin Fan was still holding a strange thing in his hand, and he couldn't help but be a little curious, and stepped forward and asked, "Lin Fan, what are you doing here?"
"I made her a knick-knack. Lin Fan pointed to Xingsha Dao.
Xingsha next to him grabbed the conversation and explained proudly: "This is a kite, Lin Fan made it for me!
"Flying to the sky?" Tatari was stunned, carefully glanced at the kite in Lin Fan's hand, and looked at Lin Fan with a strange expression: "Lin Fan, you don't seem to know wind spells, right?" She already regarded Lin Fan as coaxing Xingsha, so that a film and a few wooden shelves could fly into the sky. What do you need spells and wings for?
"I can only use fire spells now. Lin Fan nodded, he knew what Tatari was thinking, and couldn't help but smile, "You don't seem to believe it." Then you come and take it, and when I tell you to let it go, you let it go. ”
As the female leader of Lin Lan Village, Tatali is already competitive, coupled with the contact in the past two days, she knows that Lin Fan will not care about these little things, and when she heard Lin Fan say this, she raised her eyebrows and immediately took the kite, "Okay, I want to see how this thing flies into the sky." ”
Lin Fan didn't explain, he felt the direction of the wind, and now the west wind was blowing, he asked Tatari to pinch the skeleton, stand against the wind, and then start to release the line.
Xingsha looked at Lin Fan nervously. Although he believed that Lin Fan would not lie to him, he was still very worried in his heart when he looked at the kite in Tatali's hand, and he didn't know if the kite could fly. The other children were in the same mood as Xingsha, looking at the kite in Tatari's hand as if they were on a pilgrimage, their eyes wide and unblinking, waiting for the moment when the kite would fly.
"You say this thing is called a kite, can it fly?"
"Since Lord Lin Fan said that it can be done, it should be able to do it. Look at the trap, what a clever mind. ”
"I look at the hanging. The trap is not the same as this one. Have you ever heard that something that isn't alive can fly into the sky?"
"That's right, it seems that Lord Lin Fan deliberately said this in order to make Xingsha happy. Wait, if we can't fly, we shouldn't see it, don't embarrass Lord Lin Fan......"
Seeing that Tatali and Lin Fan were competing, the villagers who came next to him immediately whispered. Except for a few people who supported Lin Fan, the opinions of the others were surprisingly consistent with Tatari, believing that without the help of spells, it would be impossible to let such a dead thing fly into the sky.
At this time, Lin Fan had already put the thread, he closed the thread, and felt that the tightness was about the same, so he said to Tatari: "Release!"
Tatali immediately let go, Lin Fan adapted to the wind speed while running against the wind, while putting the twine in his hand, the huge kite shook, and then flew higher and higher, the scales on the inner membrane reflected the golden luster in the sun, as if a golden bird rose in the wind!
Everyone looked at the kite that rose into the air in amazement, and there was only one thought left in their hearts: it really flew!
"It's flying!"
"It's flying!"
The children in the village woke up first, jumped up happily, and happily chased after Lin Fan. It was the first time they had seen such a playful thing, a thread, a few pieces of wood, and a wild animal skin film that could turn into a giant bird that flew into the sky! It was amazing! These children were so excited that their faces turned red, and some of the younger children pointed to the kites in the sky, dancing with their hands and snot, and screaming.
"It's really flying...... Tatari muttered as she looked at the kite flying higher and higher above her head.
At this time, someone patted her lightly, and Tatali looked down, and her eyes came to her side, and she winked at her and said, "Don't be surprised, you will get used to it soon." Next time, though, I'd suggest you'd better not bet with him. ”
Hearing Aimei's words, Tatari didn't know what expression to make. A pair of amber eyes looked at Lin Fan, who was surrounded by children.
"Lin Fan, you are awesome!" Xingsha stood beside Lin Fan, looking at the kite flying higher and higher, and happily pulled Lin Fan's sleeve and said.
Lin Fan felt that the kite had flown steadily, and handed the twine to Xingsha and said, "Xingsha, you can try it." ”
"I, can I?" Xingsha looked at the twine handed over by Lin Fan, his eyes were a little surprised, but he didn't pick it up immediately.
"Of course, come, I'll teach you. Lin Fan held Xingsha's hands, let Xingsha hold the twine, looked at the kite and said, "Look, as long as you keep the string tight, the kite will fly smoothly in the air." If you want the kite to fly higher, release the line slowly, but not too fast, or the kite may fall off......"
Lin Fan carefully explained how to fly a kite for Xingsha, but he didn't notice that Xingsha's entire face was already red to the base of his neck, and his voice in reply turned into a small trace of .......