Chapter 22: The Village
The three of them happily accepted the gifts, and one of them, a strong man about 1.85 meters old, about 30 years old, with long hair, dressed in sackcloth, and a scar on his face, walked over. Grunting and pointing to his ears, Wang Tong shook his head and waved his hand, indicating that he didn't understand!
Wang Tong said, "I'll give you another one!" He didn't understand.
Wang Tong personally handed him a hare of more than ten catties, and gestured for a while. Brother Scar accepted Wang Tong's rabbit, and probably felt that he couldn't go, so he gestured to let Wang Tong go with him, made a gesture of chopping rice, and went back to his house to eat together!
Wang Tong followed him with a smile, thinking that he could finally communicate with the people of this world. Greeting the other two with a smile, Wang Tong followed Brother Scar into the village.
Brother Scar gave the other two people a call, it is estimated that Wang Tong is good-looking, not like a bad guy, his skin is too white, and he is not a hunter, he should be a son-in-law who goes out to play, but strangely there is no companion, you stay vigilant, I will take it home to observe, rest assured! My martial arts are the highest, and there is no problem in my family.
Brother Scar called his wife, an honest woman in her thirties, and her eldest son, who was seventeen or eighteen years old, a boy who was thirteen or fourteen years old, and a daughter who was about ten years old, came home with her.
Wang Tong came to a house of red bricks and green tiles, the wall was made of stone and brick, and a gate made of red lacquered cypress stood in the middle of the wall, facing southeast and facing northwest. It is estimated that there are seven or eight rooms, and the house is concave, and at the right corner is a kitchen and a pigsty. The yard was full of wood fires under the eaves.
An old man in his fifties in the courtyard was weaving bamboo strips, and some dustpans, bamboo baskets, and bamboo baskets had been woven next to him.
In the kitchen, a thin lady in her fifties was cooking and stir-frying. A little girl of twelve or thirteen years old is helping to add firewood to the fire.
Brother Scar said loudly: "Mom, there are guests here, cook more meals." Here's the big rabbit he sent, make a braised rabbit!" and said to the woman. "Xiaohui went to the kitchen to help!"
Brother Scar quickly put a rabbit on its hind feet with a rope, then tied it to a nail on the pear tree, began to peel and cut off the belly with a knife, and threw the unwanted intestines, stomach, and lungs to the dog to eat, and put the heart, liver, kidney, and plate oil into the clay pot, and soon the two rabbits were sorted out.
The honest woman came out to take the meat, one was salted and pickled, and kept for later to eat, and the other was chopped up by Brother Scar, and marinated with seasonings, and prepared to be braised at noon.
Brother Scar brought a chair to Wang Tong, moved out of the Big Eight Immortals table, wiped the table with a clean rag, and then took a ceramic cup to make a cup of tea, and invited Wang Tong to drink. Wang Tong smiled and thanked him!
Then everyone was awkwardly silent, each in a daze or doing something. Fortunately, it didn't take long for the meal to be ready, first a large pot of hot and sour rabbit offal with green onions, then a pot of boiled vegetables, a pot of fried bacon with garlic sprouts, a pot of tomato and egg soup, and finally a large pot of braised rabbit meat roasted with potatoes, onions, and shiitake mushrooms.
Set up the dishes and chopsticks, grandparents sit on the upper seat (northwest), ask Wang Tong to sit on the upper seat on the left (northeast), Brother Scar sits on a stool next to Wang Tong, the two sons sit on the right side (southwest), and finally the honest woman and two girls sit on the lower seat (southeast). The old man made a gesture of please, and then everyone began to eat.
Wang Tong pointed to the wolf and the other two rabbits in the yard, and pointed to the rice on the dinner table, which means that the prey was exchanged for food. The honest woman smiled happily, although it is close to the edge of the forest with a wild (the meaning of the monster), there are many forest animals, but the strength of the monster beast is not weak, usually hunting, if you don't pay attention, you will be injured, when you meet a monster, it is more of a life of nine deaths, and there is hunting time in the slack, and the harvest is not necessarily, and it is not easy to get meat. The livestock raised by his own family is about to be sold again, and he is reluctant to eat it for household use.
After the meal, Brother Scar led Wang Tong to, cleaned the tidyed house, and gestured with his hand to let Wang Tong live here. Wang Tong thought to himself, Brother Scar misunderstood, but he just took this opportunity to stay here and learn their language, otherwise it would be very inconvenient to communicate.
Then Brother Scar continued to skin and handle the prey, and the old man went to catch up on sleep.
In the afternoon, an old man with white hair and high spirits came over to inquire about the situation, Wang Tong smiled and signaled, and Brother Scar explained for a while. He gave the old man a rabbit, and the old man smiled and took it away.
The sun is bright in the afternoon, and Brother Scar's family has to wait for the sun to be lighter before going to work, otherwise they will suffer from heat stroke, and people will be guilty of delaying farm work, not to mention, and it will cost a lot of money.
Taking advantage of the noon break, Brother Scar came with Wang Tong, a private school, introduced an old master, the master was dressed in Confucian clothes, his face was strange, his eyes were bright, Brother Scar gave the master two bacon, and pointed to Wang Tong, and said a call, to the effect that he didn't know which country came from the son, he didn't understand the language, and asked the master to enlighten him. Then he thanked him, and Wang Tong also bowed.
The master kindly instructed Brother Scar and Wang Tong to go back, and told Wang Tong to come over tomorrow morning to study.
After coming back, when Brother Scar's family went out to work in the fields, Wang Tong went into the wilderness forest to shoot a deer and three pheasants and came back, leaving two chickens, carrying a deer and a chicken, and Wang Tong went to give gifts to the master. The master repeatedly pushed and gave in, Wang Tong insisted on giving it, and finally the master accepted the gift and gave it to him with a smile.
Wang Tong learned quickly, and the master was very pleased, and he could communicate normally in a few days, and he reached the level of talent in a month.
After the exchange, I learned that the master's surname is Li, his name is Yi, and his word is good, and he is the cousin of Brother Scar, ranking sixth. Brother Scar, surnamed Li, famous, and flying. The four children are from oldest to youngest, namely Li Zhixuan, Li Zhibo, Li Xue, and Li Wen.
Because Wang Tong can bring back delicious prey every time he hunts, the four children of the Li family admire Wang Tong very much, often like a little tail behind Wang Tong, the two boys shouted to learn archery, Wang Tong used a good elasticity of iron trees as a bow, raw bison cow skin, cow tendon for bowstrings, bamboo, wooden poles for arrows, teach the two to thank the arrow, as for the bison meat more than half of the villagers, the rest left for Brother Li as food. Because Wang Tong was generous and kind, and strong in force, he quickly integrated into the village.
One day, Wang Tongzheng took Li Zhixuan and Li Zhibo to shoot egrets, voles, hares, etc. in the field. The younger brother Li Zhibo opened first, shot an egret and jumped on the spot with joy. Brother Li Zhixuan couldn't help but be silent for a while, feeling that his status was being challenged. Hurriedly started shooting, missed two arrows in a row, and couldn't help but be discouraged.
Wang Tong patted Li Zhixuan on the shoulder and said, "It's normal to miss the shot at first, and it's luck to shoot it." The first thing you have to do is to observe the state of the prey, whether it is stationary or in motion. Is it ready to take off, or is it ready to land, is it running in that direction, is it bowing its head to feed, is it being vigilant, or is it negligent? It is necessary to anticipate where the prey may be when the next arrow arrives. At the same time, pay attention to the direction and speed of the wind, and estimate its effect on the arrows. Bamboo arrows, wooden arrows are made of different materials, their own weight and air resistance will be different, you understand that the forward speed and falling speed are different! So shoot a little farther prey, the arrow should be slightly raised, and the closer prey, the arrow should be slightly lowered. The position where you shoot is not where you see it now, but where the prey will be when the arrow arrives in your mind. Finally, pay attention to the range of the arrow, and don't shoot prey outside the longest range, that is a waste of arrows and physical strength! Remember that the power of the arrow will decrease with the distance! The right distance is lethal! Don't worry, practice hard!"
The younger brother Li Zhibo listened, thoughtfully, thought for a while, shot again, and shot another egret, this time, the egret was startled and flew to other paddy fields and wetlands. It is obvious that Li Zhibo is more spiritual and perceptive in shooting, and his archery skills are better!
Li Zhixuan thought about it vigorously, recalled the main points of Uncle Wang's lecture again and again, and then regained his confidence. This is Li Zhixuan found that there was a gray-black hare in the grass in the distance, so he adjusted his state, shot an arrow, hit the rabbit's neck, and stuck the rabbit on the ground Li Zhixuan couldn't help laughing loudly, and ran over to pick up the prey.
Li Zhibo quietly touched the wetland, shot an arrow with a bow on a ridge, and with a bang, this time he shot a big egret, the egrets took off in panic, Li Zhibo shot another arrow into the air, and shot down a big egret again!
"This kid is very spiritual! he is the seed of a sharpshooter!" Wang Tong sighed.
The two girls trotted to pretend to be the prey shot by their brother, Li Zhibo took off his shoes, rolled up his trouser legs, and picked up two egrets and two big egrets from the fields and wetlands, one leg of mud, covered with sweat, and a happy smile on his face. Li Wen handed over the bamboo cage and smiled sweetly: "Second brother is awesome! ”
Li Xue handed over the bamboo cage and said with a smile: "Congratulations, big brother, you shot a big hare!"
Li Zhixuan took the bamboo cage with a smile, took out his bow and arrows, and loaded the hare.
At this time, Wang Tong heard a sword clash in the distance, so he said loudly to the four children: "You all come back! Hurry home! There is a fight in the distance, I will go and see! Go home and tell the adults, take precautions!"
The two boys carried the bamboo cage, put away their bows and arrows, took their sister's hand, and ran in the direction of the house, and at the same time said: "Uncle Wang be careful, find out the enemy's situation, come back early!"
Wang Tong climbed over a hill and saw that two masked men in black were attacking a white-haired old woman on a small road two kilometers ahead, and there were two black-clothed men lying on the ground who were motionless and seemed to be dead.