At noon, Qiao Huaping led the young people in the village to cut down many branches from the forest and peel off a lot of bark.
The advantage of this kind of bow is that it is relatively simple and convenient for mass production. The disadvantage is that it is relatively simple and has low lethality. It can only be used for simple exercises first.
There were many people who wanted to learn archery. Qiao Huaping took a few old hunters in the village and began to teach the villagers who wanted to learn the most basic archery aiming method.
For a time, the resting place was filled with the sound of shooting arrows.
Naturally, there were also some who shot incorrectly. Fortunately, they only used simple bows and arrows. In addition, when practicing archery, they always picked unoccupied places and shot only wooden arrows, so almost no one was injured.
Occasionally, there are one or two unlucky ones, and if they get hit on the body, there won’t be any big problem, just bruises and swelling at most.
However, archery looks simple, but it is not.
Many villagers felt extremely tired after practicing for an entire noon. Their bodies, which were already very tired from the journey, couldn't hold on any longer, so they had no choice but to withdraw from the archery learning team.
There are also some cases where no matter how much you practice, the arrows shot out have their own ideas and fly all over the sky, which really makes people lose their confidence.
After practicing for two days, Qiao Huaping finally counted and found that only about a hundred people were still persisting.
This number is similar to Qiao Huaping's estimate.
What surprised Qiao Huaping the most was Gu Sanxi.
This youngster whom she once saved from a wild boar turned out to be a good youngster who learned to practice archery.
Gu Sanxi already had good skills. When he started to bend the bow, his hands were a little shaky. Qiao Huaping took a small stick and stood next to Gu Sanxi. She would gently hit Gu Sanxi wherever he was shaking. After practicing like this,
When Gu Sanxi bent his bow and shot again, he was able to hit seven or eight out of ten shots, which was considered very good.
Gu Sanxi's face turned red with excitement, and she stammered her thanks to Qiao Huaping: "Sister-in-law Qiao, thank you very much."
Qiao Huaping glanced at his legs and was quite surprised.
Gu Sanxi had injured his leg before, and he was limping on the road these days. Only when he couldn't hold on any longer would he sit on the cart and let his two brothers at home push him.
Qiao Huaping didn't expect that Gu Sanxi could persevere.
She gave Gu Sanxi a thumbs up: "No need to thank me, it's you who did a good job. I also admire you with admiration."
Gu Sanxi's face turned red and she didn't know where to put her hands.
Another person who surprised Qiao Huaping was Zhou Xiaoqing.
Zhou Xiaoqing is a girl, her body has not been transformed by spiritual water, and she is malnourished, so she has little strength.
But her accuracy is very good, even slightly weaker than Gu Sanxi who has a good foundation, but for a beginner like her who has only been introduced for a few days, it is already good enough to be called "talented"
reached the point.
When Zhou Xiaoqing first learned archery from Qiao Huaping, Zhou Xu was very angry, saying that it was just a waste of a bow that a dead girl wanted to learn archery from him.
Zhou Xiaoqing's eyes turned red and she ignored her grandma.
Qiao Huaping didn't pay attention to Zhou Xu.
In one or two days, none of the adults in the Zhou family showed any talent for hunting. Even Zhou Xiaoqing's father, Zhou Heishi, did not perform as well as Zhou Xiaoqing's daughter.
Qiao Huaping praised Zhou Xiaoqing in front of the whole village.
Zhou Heishi felt that he was a little embarrassed, and he also felt that his daughter was giving him a lot of face.
However, Mrs. Zhou Xu felt that what was a girl doing to learn archery and other things like fighting and killing?
While you have time to practice archery, wouldn't it be nice to dig some wild vegetables?
He actually stopped Zhou Xiaoqing, not wanting her to learn.
Song Yuelan never gave in, and no one could stop her Xiao Qing from learning archery!
It is a great benefit to have a skill that can feed yourself!
She even did not hesitate to quarrel with Zhou Xu.
Qiao Huaping sneered when he saw it, and instead of trying to persuade him, he directly invited the village chief over.
The village chief came over and scolded Ms. Zhou Xu: "Your Xiaoqing has a talent for archery. This is a great thing. As a grandma, you can't help her and let her children learn archery."
, why are you still thinking about hindering the child? Let me tell you the truth, if you go further, there will be more people and more bandits. We never know when we will encounter bandits! The child has learned archery now.
The strength can be stronger... Our whole village will prosper and suffer, and we may be able to save your life when the time comes!"
Mrs. Zhou Xu was very disapproving, but the village chief scolded her fiercely. She shrank her neck and muttered: "What about my family's work?"
The village chief laughed angrily and casually nodded at the family behind Mr. Zhou Xu: "The head of your family is prosperous, the second daughter-in-law, the third daughter-in-law, and your two grandsons, which one is not stronger than Xiaoqing? What's the matter, the whole family's work
You have to let Xiaoqing do it?! I say Mrs. Xu, we have to be conscientious. You have not treated your granddaughter well these years. This is your housework. I don’t like to talk about you. But at this time, you and I
What are you talking about about the work at home? Why, the safety of our whole village is not as dangerous as the work at your house?"
Zhou Xu was scolded so much that she didn't dare to say anything, and she didn't dare to openly prohibit Zhou Xiaoqing from practicing archery.
He is often very angry, saying that our archer is really amazing.
Zhou Xiaoqing lowered his head and ran away quickly, pretending that he couldn't hear him.
——What made the villagers of Liujin Village so enthusiastic was that one day, when the young men sent by the village to scout the road came back, one of them carried a plump hare with an excited expression.
It was a bit like a blind cat meeting a dead mouse - the man shot an arrow right into the rabbit's head, knocking it out with force. However, I have to say that the archery skills taught by Qiao Huaping were also the key.
The village was buzzing with excitement, and there was another wave of enthusiasm for learning archery.
Who doesn’t want to give his family more meat on this escape route?
Look at this big fat rabbit, it has real benefits!
Even Mrs. Zhou Xu was no longer so shady and angry with Zhou Xiaoqing, but instead urged: "Hurry up, study hard, and hunt a rabbit for the family when the time comes. Your second aunt and third aunt's brothers all want to eat meat."
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Zhou Xiaoqing remained silent and tightened his grip on the bow in his hand.
The villager who shot the rabbit was also a real person. He had prepared rabbit meat at home, and he brought a bowl directly to Qiao Huaping.
Qiao Huaping waved her hand and said very straightforwardly: "Don't give it to me. It's not a good idea to start with this. When someone else hunts something, will they give it to me or not? Right?"
The villager who shot the rabbit was very honest: "I can't tell others, but I didn't know anything about archery before. The reason why I was able to hit the target this time is inseparable from Sister Qiao's teachings. Sister Qiao is half of my master. We
Country people are very particular about repaying kindness. Sister Qiao has been kind to me, but this is nothing more than a bowl of rabbit meat."
Qiao Huaping was very insistent: "Okay, I understand what you mean. If you want to repay your kindness, it won't happen in this moment, right? When we find a place to settle down, can you take the time to treat me to a meal?"
That’s it?… During this time of fleeing from famine, food is precious, so let’s just skip it.”
The villagers were very moved and solemnly thanked Qiao Huaping before leaving with the rabbit meat.