After Wu Nian returned to his bedroom, he saw the bow and arrow hanging on the wall.

In my memory, this bow has been hanging here for a long time. Father Wu rarely takes the bow to shoot arrows, let alone him. If the bow is not maintained, it will break.

Hope this thing still works.

He quickly stepped forward, took off the bow and arrow, and put it in his hand for inspection. Although he had been mentally prepared, his heart sank when he saw the condition of the bow and arrow.

This big black bow had not only broken strings, but also traces of moths on the bow body. It was completely scrapped. Looking at the arrows, the arrowheads were all rusty.

This is a sad era.

The borders of the Chu Kingdom were weakened, and the military households helped the officers farm and became domestic slaves. They could hardly even shoot a bow and arrow, let alone guard the border fortress and guard against foreigners.

But on the other hand, the Mongolian people in the north became stronger and more frequent raids into the Chu state became a common practice.

"This is what the history books say. In the last years of the dynasty, life will probably be more difficult."

Wu Nian shook his head and got these thoughts out of his head. We will talk about the future later. The most important thing now is to get a bow.

There are only two ways, borrow a bow or make your own.

Wu Nian chose to make his own bow without hesitation.

As a mercenary, survival in the wild is one of the basic abilities. How to make a simple bow and arrow is also a basic thing.

After making a plan, Wu Nian took out some copper coins from the box under the bed. He didn't count them, so he put them in his arms and went out.

Gamblers will never give up financial power. Wu Jiayuan was in charge of money.

After Wu Nian left the bedroom, he strode towards the door. He found Liu Xiang standing motionless in the kitchen, holding something unknown in his hand. He couldn't help but be surprised and asked: "Xiang'er, what's wrong with you?

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"nothing."

Liu Xiang trembled, almost frightened by the arsenic in her hand. But she quickly regained her composure, turned around, and said coldly.

Wu Nian didn't think too much, but thought he should show off. He couldn't help but smile and said: "Xiang'er. I'm going out today to buy a mulberry wood bow. When the bow is ready, I will go hunting in the mountains. I promise that we will go hunting every day in the future.

Everyone has meat to eat.”

Liu Xiang was unmoved. Wu Nian also said something similar.

Liu Xiang once believed it, but within a few days Wu Nian would return to his old ways. He would drink, drink wildly, and then beat her.

Beating him to death is like beating a dog. No, it's more cruel than that. Even a dog is a good guard at home and home. People who raise dogs generally don't beat them.

She is worse than a dog.

Liu Xiang's face turned blue when she thought about her excitement, but her little hands turned white, revealing the white bones. She stretched out three white fingers and sneered: "Three days, your word can only be credited for three days at most. One more day will be enough."

No. Would I believe you?"

Wu Nian was very embarrassed when he heard this. It was really hard to talk to the little girl in the movie, and he was ridiculed every time.

But Wu Nian was not angry. Liu Xiang was too miserable. He only had sympathy and pity.

But it's useless to talk too much. If you do it, you will have credibility. If you don't do it, it will be bragging. There will be meat, and the good life will be prosperous. Xiang'er will also become fat and beautiful.

He smiled and strode towards the door.

"Hmph." Liu Xiang snorted softly from the tip of her nose, and then fell into struggle again. Should I poison him to death?

Her eyes were filled with fear. Death was not an easy decision to make. She was afraid.

Naturally, Wu Nian didn't know that his child bride actually wanted to die together.

He strode out of the house confidently and came outside. The entire Baihusuo was a small castle.

The castle was very crowded, and the air was filled with various stinks. The walls were dilapidated, and there were some gaps where people could pass through.

Coupled with the soldiers' fighting power, they are actually just paper and will break with a poke.

This castle guarding the border was completely abandoned.

However, the most basic daily necessities are still available in the castle. There are grain and oil stores, grocery stores, cloth shops, and of course a blacksmith shop.

It's just that in recent years, there have been fewer people making weapons, and there are more people making agricultural tools.

After Wu Nian took to the street, he didn't know if it was an illusion. People around him looked at him with strange eyes. They even automatically avoided a little bit of the road to let him pass first. This scene was like a bully in the village, running rampant and domineering.

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Or it can also be said that it is a rat crossing the street, and everyone shouts to beat it.

"Hey." Wu Nian sighed again, helplessly came to the grocery store next to the blacksmith shop, and said to the grocery store owner, Lao Wang, "Old Wang, give me a piece of mulberry wood."

Lao Wang was an old man in his fifties and had rich experience in hundreds of households. He guessed Wu Nian's purpose. He was not afraid of Wu Nian and shook his head and said, "I haven't had any bow-making materials here for many years."

"Um?!"

Wu Nian's eyes widened in surprise. This time he really couldn't stand it anymore. The grocery store in this frontier castle didn't sell bow-making materials?

"Money is needed to make bows. With that money, people might as well buy themselves some delicious food. If no one makes bows, of course I won't buy the materials." Lao Wang is an old man and guessed what Wu Nian was thinking.

, said with a sneer.

What Lao Wang said was true, combined with Wu Nian's memory and what he had seen and heard. In addition to Liu Xiang's matter, he also had a sense of urgency.

In this small household, disaster may happen at any time.

After leaving the grocery store, Wu Nian began to have difficulties. This clever woman couldn't make a meal without rice. Without bow-making materials, it was impossible for him to make a bow out of thin air.

Wood is easy to get, go up the mountain to find it. Where are the other materials needed to make the bow?

"It seems that I can only borrow a bow." Wu Nian sighed and thought to himself.

Wu Nian didn't want to borrow the bow if possible.

Asking to borrow a bow is almost like borrowing money. To borrow money, you have to be humble?

But the situation at home cannot be delayed any longer. Without a bow, we cannot go hunting to improve our lives. This home really doesn’t feel like home.

Wu Nian quickly returned to his dilapidated courtyard. Liu Xiang was drying clothes when he heard the noise and looked back at Wu Nian, with a cold look in his eyes.

Wu Nian remembered that he had praised Haikou, and couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed. He took the initiative to explain: "The grocery store has no bow-making materials. I'm thinking about where to borrow a bow."

"Haha." Liu Xiang sneered, her thin body bent down and picked up the big wooden basin, and placed it at the door of the main room with great difficulty.

Wu Nian was embarrassed and distressed. It was difficult for her thin body to hold a wooden basin, let alone wash clothes. She had really suffered too much in these years.

"Hey." Wu Nian sighed, went back to his bedroom and lay down, thinking about whom to borrow a bow from.

Liu Xiang stood at the window at some point, staring at Wu Nian silently like a ghost.

She finally made up her mind.

Poison this bastard.

Although Wu Nian repeatedly promised to borrow a bow to hunt, she did not believe the words of a drunkard and gambler who told lies.

He was poisoned to death for a hundred times.

"You can see your parents when you die." Liu Xiang's eyes began to well up with tears. The parents in her heart were her adoptive parents.

Her parents were so kind to her, leaving all the delicious food for her to eat.
Chapter completed!