At the foot of the mountain, at the edge of the field, Junior Brother Sha, holding an ox-horn bow in his hand, looked at the children who were running towards him cheering while holding the dead rabbit in the distance. The smile on his face became particularly bright and could not be concealed.
On the one hand, he was influenced by these children, and on the other hand, it was due to the extremely powerful and easy-to-use bow in his hand!
The bow in his hand is called an ox horn bow.
As the name suggests, you can know some of the characteristics of this bow just from the name.
That is, some parts of this bow are made of ox horns.
Junior Brother Sha knew the name of the ox horn bow a long time ago.
The one who told him this name was the Son of God in the tribe.
The Son of God once told him that there was a kind of bow called an ox horn bow, which had a complicated production process.
Unlike the bows used by himself and others in the tribe, which are made of mulberry wood, the ox horn bow is made of a composite of multiple materials.
A piece of ox horn is glued to each end of the bow, and the bowstring is tied to the ox horn.
This bow and arrow made of a variety of materials is not only easy to use, conducive to shooting, and accurate, but the bow is also powerful and can shoot feather arrows far away.
It is much better than the bows commonly used in the tribe now.
However, it is also more complicated and difficult to do.
As a man with great achievements in archery and the best archer in the tribe, when Junior Brother Sha heard the name of the ox horn bow for the first time, he immediately fell in love with this bow that was highly praised by the Son of God.
I don't know how many times I have thought about the appearance of an ox horn bow, and imagined how wonderful it would be if I also owned an ox horn bow.
It’s a pity that it’s not easy to achieve such a thing.
Because at that time, the Qingque tribe didn’t have any cows, and they didn’t even know where the cows were.
Junior Brother Sha was very upset because of this.
The degree of this was much stronger than the previous time when he had been thinking about finding a talking cow, peeling off its skin, draping it over his shoulders, and preparing to fly.
The two of them successfully formed a powerful duo in the tribe.
But it's not a good thing for two people to think about the cow.
One was thinking about skinning the cow, and the other was thinking about removing the cow's horns and making them into the cow horn bow that he had always dreamed of...
It was a bleak autumn.
“Mee~!”
Because such a wish was difficult to achieve at the moment, Junior Brother Sha, who felt that he had no hope of seeing the cow, suddenly heard a sheep cry. He was awakened from his deep thoughts by the cry of the sheep.
Suddenly looking back, I saw a ram standing up behind a ewe, doing that delightful thing.
When Junior Brother Sha saw this scene, he suddenly became alert and a lot of spirit burst out of his eyes.
I was so excited that I was speechless!
He pressed the ground with his hands, stood up from the stone he was sitting on, then ran towards the two guys with his eyes shining and his whole body trembling with excitement.
He was just about to shout, 'Let go of that little lamb and let me...'
Seeing such momentum, the old sheep herding nearby couldn't help but be stunned.
As the most senior and oldest shepherd in the tribe, he had seen many people see sheep mating.
Occasionally, some people will feel itchy in their hearts and have some reactions in their bodies when they see such a scene. Lao Yang can understand such things.
But I have never seen such a strong reaction as that of Junior Brother Sha!
Isn't it just something happening between sheep?
Did you have such a big reaction and just rushed over? !
While the old sheep carrying the whip was dumbfounded and complaining, Junior Brother Sha, with an excited look on his face, had already run to the side of the two conjoined sheep.
Without much hesitation, he stretched out his evil hands towards the ram!
Holding the two horns on the ram's head with both hands, Junior Brother Sha's eyes were full of eagerness.
He held the ram's horns with both hands and exerted force, directly twisting the ram off the ewe's back.
The stunned old sheep, after seeing such a violent scene, shuddered all over and could not help but shook his head vigorously, then stretched out his hands at lightning speed and covered his eyes.
What happened next was too brutal and too shocking to his worldview. He simply couldn't bear to watch it!
“Mee~!”
Not long after the old sheep covered his eyes tightly with his hands, unable to bear to watch any longer, a miserable sheep cry suddenly sounded here.
The sound was very loud and extremely miserable.
You don't even need to look, just by listening to the sound, you can know what inhumane and cruel thing this sheep is experiencing at this moment!
The old sheep, who was covering his eyes, couldn't help but shudder all over when he heard the sound.
It's really not that his psychological quality is poor or he has never seen the world. It's just that what is happening before his eyes is too unexpected and unbearable to watch!
As a man of considerable age, he had never imagined that one day he would actually witness such a tragedy!
“Mee~!”
Just as he was thinking this, another extremely miserable sheep cry was heard. The old sheep, who was covering his eyes and muttering to himself, could not help but shiver again.
So cruel!
It’s so cruel!
In the past, he only knew that Junior Brother Sha was good at archery. It was not until today that he realized that he was not only good at archery, but also extremely talented in other aspects!
I have never seen such a heavy-handed and cruel person!
"Meh~"
“Mee~!”
While the old sheep covered his eyes and felt that his entire understanding of the world had collapsed, the sheep's heart-wrenching screams continued, filling his eardrums.
Then the sheep screamed five or six times, and then slowly quieted down.
The old sheep held his eyes and suddenly had some strange thoughts in his mind.
This Junior Brother Sha looks much younger than me, and is also much stronger than me. How come he has accomplished everything in such a short period of time?
It turns out that some people look very young and very strong, but in fact, these are all superficial phenomena and they are not as good as older people like me.
With such strange thoughts in his mind, Lao Yang opened his hands that were covering his eyes and prepared to look at the miserable scene.
The scene was indeed very tragic.
As soon as he moved his hand away from his eyes, Lao Yang saw a sheep with a lot of blood on its body, and Junior Brother Sha with a lot of blood on his body.
Such a scene made Old Sheep's body tremble again.
This is really too cruel!
However, the next moment, the shocked old sheep froze.
But this daze only lasted for a short moment and was immediately replaced by an even stronger shock.
Because, just now, he discovered that the sheep covered in blood was not the ewe, but the ram that Junior Brother Sha had pulled off the ewe's back!
How could such a thing not shock him even more? !
Junior Brother Sha, who was covered in blood, looked out of breath.
He rested for a while, then bent down and picked up two objects from the ground.
This thing is nothing but two sheep horns.
The object that he had just knocked off the ram's head.
Holding the two sheep horns, Junior Brother Sha smiled.
I searched for cow horns but couldn't find them, but there were sheep horns in the tribe!
Why didn’t I think of trying using sheep horns instead of cow horns before?
Just like in my own tribe, now there are no cows to plow the fields, so we use donkeys to pull carts and plows.
Thinking with excitement and joy in his heart, Junior Brother Sha turned around and saw Old Sheep looking at him with shock and disbelief.
The old sheep in this state made him feel somewhat uncomfortable all over.
However, he could still understand why Lao Yang behaved like this.
After all, what he did not long ago was indeed too violent and shocking.
As a shepherd, it is understandable that the old sheep would react like this when he saw his sheep being treated like this in front of him.
Junior Brother Sha had no idea that what he had just done had been imagined by Old Sheep, who had covered his eyes earlier, and he was thinking this in his heart.
Then he walked towards Lao Yang with his bloody hands, looking very precious, with a shy smile on his face, and explained to Lao Yang why he did that just now...
Looking at Junior Brother Sha walking away with the sheep horns, Old Sheep opened his mouth wide and the expression on his face became extremely wonderful.
After a while, the old sheep put down the shepherd's whip, put his hands on his face, and rubbed them up and down vigorously several times.
The feverish feeling on my face not only did not disappear, but became even worse.
Old Sheep has never been so embarrassed as he is now.
What is going on?
Junior Brother Sha clearly smashed the sheep's horns in order to make a bow and arrow that was more user-friendly and more powerful. This was a very serious matter.
Why does it become so indecent when it comes to me?
God knows why I thought like this not long ago. Why did such a serious person like me have such a cruel picture in my mind...
Junior Brother Sha, holding the sheep's horns, left happily with a heart full of joy, leaving only the old sheep, who was thinking wildly, standing here, lowering his head in shame...
The making of the sheep-horn bow was not smooth, because Junior Brother Sha had never seen a sheep-horn bow before!
He had never even seen the original ox horn bow that was made from the sheep horn bow.
As for the Son of God who mentioned the ox horn bow, he could not explain the matter very clearly.
All I know is that the ox horn bow is a composite bow made of multiple materials.
At each end of the bow, there is a cow horn glued to each end.
The materials used include beef tendon.
Under such circumstances, it would be really strange if it were easy to do!
However, any difficulty is not a problem in the face of strong interests and hobbies.
Junior Brother Sha, who successfully found an idea, immediately started to make it with great enthusiasm.
During this process, he encountered countless difficulties and made many attempts.
Among these, straightening the bent sheep horns was the most difficult for Junior Brother Sha.
At the beginning, he didn't think about straightening the bent sheep horn, but just glued it directly to the bow tip with fish bladder glue.
However, through subsequent experiments in bow and arrow shooting, Junior Brother Sha discovered that the bent sheep horns greatly affected the effectiveness of archery, so he began to think about how to straighten them.
This is obviously not an easy task.
Because sheep horns are not only not tough, but on the contrary, they are extremely hard.
It is really difficult to straighten something like this from being bent.
Junior Brother Sha thought about it for a long time and tried it many times, but there was no progress at all.
This made Junior Brother Sha feel like he couldn't eat or drink for many days.
The turning point came when the tribesmen were weaving bamboo shoots.
To weave a awning, you need to prepare the materials.
One of the important materials is '椤头兮'.
That is the handle of the hoe.
Like the handle on the bamboo basket, it is a wooden stick bent into an arc shape.
Obviously, it is very difficult for a wooden stick to grow into this shape under normal circumstances.
Therefore, people need to carry out acquired processing.
The processing method is very simple.
That is to choose a wooden stick of suitable length, thickness and material, cut it down, and put it into the pile of firewood together with the skin while it is still wet.
After it is cooked through, take it out and bend it into the shape you want while it is still hot.
This kind of thing immediately woke up Junior Brother Sha.
Then, Junior Brother Sha, with his eyes shining, immediately began to use this method to process the sheep horns.
He learned from the person who made the handle of the hoe and gathered some broken leaves, small sticks and other firewood. After lighting them, he buried the sheep horns inside and waited here with full of expectation.
Amidst Junior Brother Sha's full anticipation, the broken firewood was finally burned out.
Junior Brother Sha couldn't wait to peel it open, and then he got what he wanted - a burnt sheep horn!
Such things made Junior Brother Sha cry without tears.
But there is good news, the good news is that the burnt sheep horns have become softer.
In other words, this idea is completely correct.
So, Junior Brother Sha continued to try, and later he stopped roasting it and switched to grilling...
In the process of making and correcting mistakes again and again, the sheep horn bow that had never appeared in the Qingque tribe finally slowly appeared in the Qingque tribe!
Although many sheep in the Qingque tribe's flock became bald during this process, but for Junior Brother Sha and the Qingque tribe, it is all worth it!
Although the sheep horn bow is a low-end version made by Junior Brother Sha when he couldn't find a cow horn, the power of this new bow is really impressive.
All aspects of its performance surpass those of the bows originally used by the tribe!