Having the experience of making a crossbow for the first time, Zhang Lie polished the parts in only a day and a half this time.
After Lin Xu assembled it, another repeating crossbow was made.
At dawn the next morning, after the two of them had a simple breakfast, they each carried a repeating crossbow and went to the back mountain with great interest!
As a result, by sunset, they had not returned.
The old blacksmith and Ruolan were both anxiously waiting, especially Ruolan, who had already gone out to watch it countless times.
"Dad, did they encounter some wild beast?"
The old blacksmith did not answer the question, but said solemnly: "You wait at home, I will call the master to go to the back mountain to find them!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard noisy sounds outside.
"Zhang Lie, what method did you use to get so many wild beasts?"
"Brother Lie, please teach me!"
"How much will this cost? The old Zhang family is going to make a fortune now!"
"Zhang Lie can both blacksmith and hunt. He is really amazing!"
"Didn't you hear what Zhang Lie said? I used some kind of repeating crossbow made by Lin Xu to hunt so many wild beasts!"
"Liannu? Is it the thing they are carrying?"
"Lin Xu? Real or fake? Isn't he a waste? Can he still make a repeating crossbow?"
"Anyway, it was Zhang Lie who said it! If you don't believe it, ask Zhang Lie!"
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Ruolan and the old blacksmith rushed out immediately and saw Lin Xu and Zhang Lie striding over with their hands full of hares and pheasants, strung together with ropes, at least seven or eight.
Next to them, there was a large group of villagers, all of whom had eyes shining with envy and talked non-stop.
"Dad! Ruolan! Look how many wild animals we hunted!"
Zhang Lie excitedly rushed to them, picked up the mountain products in his hands, then turned around and said loudly: "I told you just now, I can hunt so many mountain products only because of the chain made by my brother-in-law.
Crossbow! If any one of you talks behind my back again and talks ill of my brother-in-law, and I hear it, I will not spare him!"
After hearing this, Lin Xu couldn't help but smile.
On the way here, Zhang Lie said this several times in order to help him clear his name of "trash". Now he solemnly repeated it again. In addition to telling the villagers, he mainly said it to Ruolan.
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This uncle-in-law looks big and thick, but actually he is thick and thin!
"Brother Lie, this kind of repeating crossbow is so powerful. It can actually hunt so many wild animals! Can you make one for me? I'll buy it with money!"
A young man came forward and said eagerly.
Zhang Lie glanced at Lin Xu first, and when he saw that Lin Xu had no expression, he immediately waved his hand: "Go! Go! Go! Let's play for a while! Do you think the Liannu is a kitchen knife? You still spend money to buy it? You can afford it!"
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"You name the number! I'll find a way to raise money!"
"It doesn't matter if you have money! This is a sacred weapon, not for sale!"
"Hey, Brother Lie, don't be so heartless! I even treated you to dinner!"
"I'll treat you to three meals later!"
After driving away the onlookers, Zhang Lie closed the door of the yard and danced excitedly: "The repeating crossbow made by my brother-in-law is really awesome! I saw a pheasant, which was still twenty or thirty meters away.
Raise the crossbow, take aim, and hit with one arrow! If the arrow misses, shoot again immediately, and the pheasant will have nowhere to run!"
"This repeating crossbow is much more powerful than the long bow!"
"Based on today's harvest, if we go hunting for another day and then take these wild products to the county and sell them, it will almost be enough for our family to pay taxes!"
"With the Liannu, our family can live a good life just by hunting!"
Lin Xu walked to Ruolan and said with a smile: "We were just hunting today. We came back too late, which made you worried. You must pay attention to it in the future."
Ruolan felt a little embarrassed and sweet at the same time when she heard that Lin Xu was asking her for help specifically for this matter.
The old blacksmith was about to remind him of this, so he followed Lin Xu's words and said: "There are ferocious beasts and miasma in the old forest. Don't go too deep!"
Lin Xu nodded: "Remember, dad."
Zhang Lie played with the repeating crossbow in his hand. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it. Finally he couldn't restrain his curiosity and asked: "Brother-in-law, where did you learn how to make a repeating crossbow?"
"I learned it all from books."
Lin Xu put forward this universal excuse again.
"I used to think that reading meant just shaking my head and reciting those acid articles. It turns out that the book also contains methods for blacksmithing and making repeating crossbows!"
Zhang Lie couldn't help but have a look of yearning in his eyes.
"In order to let you study, I tightened my belt just to get enough money for my husband! As a result, you ran back after only a few days of studying and stayed in the blacksmith shop and refused to go! Only now do you know how to study.
The benefit? It’s too late!”
The old blacksmith became more and more angry as he talked. He raised his leg and kicked Zhang Lie on the butt again.
"Aren't I afraid that if I study, no one will inherit our family's ancestral blacksmithing skills?"
Zhang Lie touched his butt and laughed This chapter has been completed!