Chapter Seventy-Two: Drawing the Rods from the Bottom of the Axe (Fourth Shift)

In the evening, after Ge Tianyou drove the so-called spirit deer back to the deer pen, he returned to the grass house, only to see that the little brigade was still lazily lying on Old Man Li's kang and snoring and sleeping.

Seeing Ge Tianyou come back, Old Man Li took a puff of his cigarette pouch and said with a smile: "Are you back?"

"Hmm!" Ge Tianyou replied as he knocked the snow off his body, but did not speak.

Old man Li naturally could see that the kid had been a little sullen recently, as if he had something on his mind, and he didn't ask much: "The meal is ready, or venison." Hurry up and eat some so that you can go out in the cold. ”

Throwing off the snow on his body, Ge Tianyou, as usual, went to the stove to roast his body first, and then went to eat. But today, he just turned his head to look at the food on the table, and he didn't have the slightest appetite.

"You've been sullen lately, is there something going on? Tell me old man, maybe I'll give you some ideas. ”

During this period of getting along, Old Man Li was very optimistic about Ge Tianyou, and he didn't expect that this child was not only clever, but also very sensible, seeing that Ge Tianyou was not in a high mood and had lost his appetite recently, so he asked with concern.

"Uh, it's okay, it's okay. It may be that the snow has been heavy lately, and it is a little difficult to walk. Hearing this, Ge Tianyou sighed and pretended to be nothing.

"Well, it's okay. As he spoke, Old Man Li slowly walked to Ge Tianyou's side, bent down, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and said, "There is not much firewood for burning recently, and the sickle at home is not easy to use. But the long axe is too long, so you can just go and get some of the axe shaft off later. ”

"Oh!" he replied, and Ge Tianyou looked back at the long axe standing in the corner.

Ge Tianyou had seen the long axe the day he came, and I don't know what age it was, the axe was already full of rust, but fortunately, the axe shaft still looked strong and slightly shiny.

Since Old Man Li has ordered, he has no appetite, so while he is fine, he should remove the axe and replace it with a shorter axe handle.

Thinking in his heart, Ge Tianyou was almost warm, and walked over.

When he got closer, he realized that this extremely inconspicuous looking tool was actually more than six feet long, and the height of the axe was more than twice as tall as his own.

At this moment, Old Man Li suddenly said on the side: "Be careful when you take it, although this axe looks old, its weight is not light." ”

Ge Tianyou nodded knowingly, turned his head to look at the axe leaning against the wall, reached out and stroked it, then held the axe shaft with both hands, and suddenly lifted it upwards violently.

Unexpectedly, this time the force was too strong, and he didn't lift the long axe at once, but quickly exhausted himself.

"Huh!" Ge Tianyou was surprised, and said in his heart: "I have practiced the stone pier for half a year, how can I not be able to lift the axe of the district chief!"

Thinking about it, Ge Tianyou tried again. It was still the same as before, but this time he didn't exert his strength first, but first gave himself a breath of strength, and after making all the preparations, his hands grabbed the axe again, and then clenched it tightly in his hands.

"Click, click!"

After two sounds, Ge Tianyou had already held the axe shaft in his hand, and felt that the weight of the long axe was indeed not light, so he hurriedly put one end of the axe shaft on his shoulder.

"Huh!" The anger he raised was spit out by him, Ge Tianyou's face was already flushed, and he asked Old Man Li: "Grandpa Li, why is such an ordinary long axe so heavy?"

"Hehe!" Old Man Li chuckled, "Do you think he's ordinary?"

"Isn't it ordinary?" asked Ge Tianyou even more strangely.

Old man Li said: "I think it was also a battle-hardened weapon back then, but now it has lost its majesty." ”

"Ah, isn't it an axe to chop trees, but a weapon?" Ge Tianyou was even more surprised when he heard this.

"Well, sort of. In fact, tools and weapons still depend on how people use them, and if they are used properly, then their nature is different. ”

"Then has it ever killed people?" asked Ge Tianyou curiously.

Old man Li shook his head: "I don't know, his master has long been dead." ”

Ge Tianyou looked at the long axe on his shoulder, and couldn't help but stroke it and said, "Since you have been on the battlefield, you must have killed people." ”

"Hehe, alright, quickly remove the axe and change it to a short handle. After knocking out the smoke in the cigarette stick, Old Man Li seemed a little tired, turned around and climbed on the kang, and saw that the little brigade was still lazily lying on his kang to sleep.

Next to the stove of the fire kang, it is naturally the hottest place, and then I heard a miserable scream of "meow", and when the old man Li saw this, he laughed like a child.

It's a pity that this little brigade is still a little dazed at the moment, and hurriedly licks his hot stomach for a while.

Ge Tianyou also smiled when he saw this, he knew that Old Man Li was just teasing Xiaolu.

After laughing, Ge Tianyou looked at the long axe again, then squatted down with his right leg, then supported the axe shaft with both hands, leaned between his shoulders, and used the sliding of the ground to put the long axe on the ground.

Clapping his hands, Ge Tianyou nodded with satisfaction. So he found a broken stick about the same thickness by the stove, and the question was how he could now remove the axe.

After thinking about it, Ge Tianyou suddenly had an idea, found the broken sickle, inserted the tip into the groove of the axe, and used the corner of the wall to jam the two pieces of the axe at both ends. Then he grabbed the tail of the axe and lifted it up. Then, a muffled sound came from his belly.

And just between this pull, a crisp sound of "pop" sounded, which was the sound of the iron cracking. But it wasn't the axe that shattered, it was the tip of the sickle that was the first to break.

Ge Tianyou took advantage of this opportunity and hurriedly twisted the axe shaft and turned it violently. Then there was a "bang!", and the axe shaft was unscrewed by him.

What Ge Tianyou didn't know was that at this time, his every move did not escape the old man Li who was lying on the kang and pretending to be asleep, because he had never been sleepy, but had been paying attention to Ge Tianyou's every move.

The moment Ge Tianyou pulled the axe down, Old Man Li turned his head, but the corner of his mouth showed a funny smile the moment he turned over.

"Huh!" After Ge Tianyou pulled off the axe, he found that the wooden pole in his hand was still very heavy. For a while, Ge Tianyou couldn't hold it and fell to the ground again.

"How could this be!" After the gun fell to the ground, Ge Tianyou exclaimed, he thought that he would just remove the axe, but he didn't expect the axe to be so heavy.

Looking at the axe on the ground, Ge Tianyou was depressed at first. Then, I saw that the corners of his mouth suddenly showed a smile, and then he actually smiled.

The frightened little brigade held his head in his hands as if he was on the side, his eyes widened in horror, and even he didn't know what was wrong with this Ge Tianyou!

(To be continued)