MTL - Gao Wu: Invincibility Begins with Basic Archery

  Chapter 7 We are here to say goodbye

   Indeed, as the lame man expected, even when it was dark, those young people did not come back.

  Not long ago, the atmosphere was dull, and the camp exuded a sense of despair everywhere, but at this moment, laughter and laughter came from everywhere, as well as the smell of cooked meat.

   "Grunt."

  Chen Fan's stomach growled in disbelief. In fact, he was already hungry. The motivation for him to draw his bow and arrow again and again was to watch the progress bar of basic archery, which rose little by little.

  After reaching level 1, he obviously felt that it was no longer so difficult to draw the bow to the full capacity, and he could shoot ten arrows in a row before he felt his arm sore and still had strength left.

  The bad news is that every time you shoot an arrow, the increase in proficiency is only less than 0.5%, even if you hit the bullseye, it is only a little more than 1%.

   In other words, at least he has to shoot an arrow a hundred times and hit the bullseye before he can upgrade [Basic Archery] from level 1 to level 2.

  The difficulty is more than two or three times that of before.

   "It's okay, take your time."

  He thought to himself, that is, one or two daytime things, what if nights are counted?

   "You boy, when you start practicing arrows, you really forget to sleep and eat, and you don't even know it's dark."

  The lame man's voice sounded.

   "Uncle Zhang."

  Chen Fan woke up like a dream, turned to look at him, and scratched his head.

  The lame man's eyes were soft. This afternoon, he was also idle and bored. Watching Chen Fan practicing arrows, the more he looked at him, the more shocked he felt inside.

  Because he discovered that this kid's archery skills seem to be improving rapidly!

  In the morning, he was obviously a rookie, and it took a long time to adjust his posture, but in the afternoon, regardless of the standard posture, for every three or four arrows shot, one hit the bullseye.

   If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he couldn't believe it. This is a beginner?

  Those young people who started to practice arrows, some of them practiced for two days, were able to hit the bull's-eye once when a blind cat hit a dead mouse, and after that, they couldn't hit the bull's-eye again.

"Um."

  He tried his best to keep himself calm, and said: "It's getting late, and it's time for me to go to the door. You should go back, come back tomorrow morning."

  The smell of meat in the air also made him twitch his index finger. Even if he went now, he could only get some offal, but it was better than nothing.

   "Well, Uncle Zhang, you can go."

  Chen Fan nodded, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Uncle Zhang, I'll be here later, can I light a torch here and practice for a while?"

  The lame man's eyes widened, as if he had heard something incredible.

   "You, do you want to continue tonight?"

  He was really stunned. He had seen hardworking people, but he had never seen such hardworking ones.

  Not to mention those young people, in the entire village, there is no one who is more diligent than this kid.

"yes."

  Chen Fan laughed, "I won't be able to sleep when I go back at night, and I'll be idle if I'm idle. How about continuing to practice arrows, Uncle Zhang, is it inconvenient? If it's inconvenient, forget it."

  He sighed inwardly.

  The lame man waved his hand and said, "It's not inconvenient. I'll light a torch for you here later. If you want to practice, just continue practicing."

   "Thank you, Uncle Zhang!"

  Chen Fan was very excited.

  According to the current progress, by this time tomorrow, the [Basic Archery] level should be able to reach level 2.

   At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps coming from far and near, and the two looked at the same place.

  I saw a middle-aged man walking over with a piece of meat in his hand.

"Father!"

   "Guodong!"

   Both of them exclaimed in unison.

  Chen Guodong nodded. It could be seen that he was in a good mood today, and it was rare to see a smile on his serious face in the past.

   "Aren, it's for you."

   As he spoke, he talked about the hind leg meat that was nearly 2 catties, and handed it to the other party.

  The lame man's eyes turned red, he looked at the piece of hind leg meat that Chen Guodong was holding, and said movedly: "Guodong, why did you send it here directly? Why did you give me such good meat?"

"fine."

Chen Guodong waved his hand, "The young people in the village must be guided by you, and the future of the village will depend on them in the future. You have worked so hard, and you should take the hind legs. They all know that and no one has any objections." .”

  The lame man heard the words, and then slowly stretched out his hand, took the meat, and said, "Is the harvest good today?"

"yes."

Chen Guodong had a strong smile on his face, "I was lucky today. I got two wilderness rabbits. The big one weighed nearly 50 jin. After peeling off the skin, there was still a little over 40 jin. The smaller one weighed more than 30 jin. In the stockade, each household is given a jin of meat, which is enough, besides, those who have been contributing to the stockade will give more."

"Good."

  The lame man also smiled, and sighed: "I really hope that every day in the future will have such a harvest."

"yes."

  Chen Guodong also nodded.

  The atmosphere fell into a brief silence, and then his eyes fell on Chen Fan, showing a smile: "Xiao Fan, come back with me, the meat is already cooked, and I'm waiting for you to go back."

   "Yes, Dad."

   Chen Fan responded, and he was looking forward to it.

   Saying goodbye to the lame man, the two stepped on the uneven dirt road one after the other.

   "I heard from your mother that you have been practicing archery all day today? At noon, you came here as soon as you put down your chopsticks?" Chen Guodong asked as he walked forward.

"Um."

   Chen Fan responded.

  Letting him alone with this father was, indeed, a little uncomfortable.

"how do you feel?"

   "Feeling, okay?"

   Chen Fan asked tentatively.

   "It's okay."

  Chen Guodong nodded, and said: "If you really want to continue practicing arrows, wait for Uncle Wei and the others, when they are free, I will let them guide you. It is thanks to them that you can have such a big harvest today."

"OK."

  Chen Fan nodded.

  He heard from the lame man that the Wei brothers could draw a bow weighing one hundred catties, so their shooting skills must be superb, and getting advice from the other party should be of great benefit.

"Um."

   After Chen Guodong finished speaking, the two fell into silence again.

   Fortunately, home is right in front of you, just turn a corner and you are there.

At this moment, Chen Fan narrowed his eyes slightly, and saw three or four middle-aged men standing or sitting in the main room of his house besides his mother and younger brother. Obviously, they were waiting for him father.

   Could it be a celebration?

  He thought to himself, for some reason, he had a feeling of uneasiness in his heart.

   "Tiangong, Tianyuan, why are you here?"

  Chen Guodong's eyes showed surprise, he walked forward quickly, and said: "It's just in time, you haven't eaten dinner yet? Why don't you just eat at my place."

  The woman next to her was startled, but she still smiled and agreed: "Yes, yes, the meal is ready, everyone can sit down."

   After all, today's prey is thanks to the superb archery skills of the Wei brothers, otherwise, how could it be possible to chase down the wilderness rabbit who is good at running with two legs?

  However, a few people looked at me and I looked at you, and finally fell on the head of the tall, middle-aged man who was a bit bald. It was Wei Tiangong, the eldest brother of the Wei brothers.

   "Guodong."

  Wei Tiangong took a deep breath, looked at him and said, "We are here tonight to say goodbye to you."

  (end of this chapter)