dognovel Chapter 412 Still a Sharp Weapon
Chapter 412 Still a Sharp Weapon
Chapter 412 Still a Sharp Weapon
After lunch, Chen Xiuyu cleaned up the kang table, took the sickle, and went to the meadow to cut some Ula grass.
Two horses, thirteen deer, and four roe deer lived in the meadow for such a long time. The area of the meadow and the hillsides on both sides is not small, but some people can’t help but eat. Fortunately, the crops have been harvested now, and the straw , corngrass, soybean trees, and grain, these things can be used to feed them, which is regarded as connected.
While Chen Xiuyu was at home holding a wooden hammer and beating the Ula grass on wood to make velvet, Lu Lu drank some tea, went out to call for Zhuifeng, took four ash sticks, and went to Jinjiabao's house in Huilongtun .
He specially changed into Su En today, wearing a dog fur hat, and jogging along the way on Chasing Wind.
Fortunately, there are trees around, which effectively slow down the wind speed and make the north wind less harsh.
It didn't take long to arrive at Jin Jiabao's house. Uncle Jin was staying in front of his stone forging house. The stove for calcination was in full swing, and several fist-sized potatoes were roasting on it.
He himself was sitting on a wooden bench by the fire, peeling potatoes and dipping them in miso.
Roasted potatoes are the favorite of many people in the Great Wilderness. Different from the softness and sweetness of roasted sweet potatoes, roasted potatoes are not as sweet as roasted sweet potatoes. Especially in the winter, hold it in the palm of your hand and enjoy it while eating The heat, the steaming feeling, is quite comfortable, and Lu Lu also likes it very much.
"Eat, sir!"
The courtyard door was not closed, so Lu Lu got off his horse and led Zhuifeng directly to his courtyard.
"Come one!" Jin Jiabao signaled to Lu Lu.
Lu Lu was not polite to him either, he tied Chasing Wind to the fence, went straight to the stove, picked a potato whose skin was baked black from above, picked up a piece of firewood from the ground, and scraped it. Then, a baked potato soon turned yellow.He couldn't wait to take a bite.
The hot potatoes in his mouth forced him to keep inhaling and exhaling to cool down, laughing and laughing.
The burnt aroma and just the right amount of sweetness, coupled with the smell of fireworks, give the taste buds a different feeling.
"I thought you didn't want your collar anymore! You promised to get it in four days, and let me wait at home!"
Jin Jiabao scolded, and casually handed the sauce bowl to Lu Lu.
Lu Lu took the baked potatoes and dipped some miso directly into the sauce bowl, and then took another bite, which added a spicy taste.
"I still have something here that I need to ask for your help. I wanted to fix it together and take it home, but I didn't come that day!"
As he spoke, he took off the four ash sticks tied to the saddle and brought them to Jin Jiabao: "This is a ski pole I made, and you have to put an iron ring on the end and put a cow's paw nail on it!"
The purpose of hooping the hoop is mainly to prevent the end of the ski pole from splitting, and it also plays a protective role.
Every day in the snow, skiing, walking, you need to keep sticking, the wear will be very serious, and the hoop can effectively prevent it.
At the same time, the hoop can also be used as a weapon.
When skiing in the forest, the sliding speed is very fast, with ski poles in both hands, and the gun can only be carried on the back.
In this case, if you encounter a small wild animal, you can scare it away directly, but if you encounter a fierce beast, it's hard to say.
It was covered with heavy snow, and it was the time when wild animals were most scarce in food. In case of attacking people, it was too late to take out a gun. At this time, the ski pole in hand was the best weapon, and they lashed at the wild animals to protect themselves.
As for the bull's paw nail nailed on the bottom, it can also be poked towards the beast. The top of the triangular bull's paw nail is half an inch long, and a poke is also a bloody hole.
Of course, the biggest role is to play a role when sliding on the ice.
If there are no studs on the tip of the ski poles, they may slip on the ice and knock people to the ground.
With the bull's paw nail, a pestle on the ice can also poke a small hole in the ice, which is better for leverage.
There are many tricks hidden in a small ski pole.
This is not only an auxiliary tool for skiing, but also a very sharp melee weapon.
The four ski poles were baked on the overheated pipe of the kang stove for a few days, and they had already dried out.
As long as it is finished and the wooden horse that Zhao Yongke's family helped to fix, this set of ski equipment is complete.
"Small things... eat the baked potatoes first!"
Seeing that Lu Lu liked to eat potatoes very much, when he was eating a potato, Jin Jiabao handed him another one.
The two sat around the stove, peeling potatoes and dipping them in miso. In less than ten minutes, all the potatoes roasting on the calcination stove were wiped out.
After a short rest, Jin Jiabao went back to the house to make tea, and the two drank water and chatted for a while. Jin Jiabao compared the four ash sticks that Lu Lu brought, and went back to the house to find a thick steel pipe. , threw it in front of Lu Lu, and found the little saw: "You do it yourself!"
Lu Lu saw what he meant at once. It was going to be sawed into small pieces with a steel pipe, and put on a mandshurica stick as an iron ring.
If you want to make iron rings, Jin Jiabao will have to make them. If you use this steel pipe directly, it will save trouble.
The point is that this steel pipe is also quite thick, no worse than an iron ring.
Lu Lu was also idle when he was idle, holding the saw and directly stepping on the steel pipe to fix it on the wooden pier, cutting off a section as long as five centimeters and starting sawing.
Don't look at it as just a small steel pipe, it took Lu Lu a lot of effort to saw off these four sections. He replaced five small saw blades, and after more than two hours of work, he finally sawed it off.
Jin Jiabao was silently smoking a pipe and watching Lu Lunong.
He was getting old, and knew that it would take a lot of energy to go through all this, so he simply grabbed Lu Lu and let him do it himself.
The steel pipe was sawed off, and the mouth was polished with a grinding wheel. Jin Jiabao took over and carefully trimmed and polished the tip of the ash stick. , but also just right.
The key point is that when the top wood is driven into the horn nails, the wood is also stretched, and the small section of steel pipe that is put on becomes more compact and stable.
Lu Lu swung the ski pole twice, whirring, with a good hand feel and good strength.
Nodding in satisfaction, when Lu Lu collected the four ski poles and tied them behind the saddle, Jin Jiabao went back to the house and took out the collar that was strung together with wire.
Lu Lu took it over and looked at it. The collar weighed less than a catty. I don’t know where Uncle Jin got the steel ring. It looked like it was machine-cast, and there were holes and teeth for adjusting the collar. Size, even those steel nails are not riveted, but welded by electric welding.
He originally thought that Jin Jiabao might have to be forged by hand, so he couldn't help guessing: "Master, do you have acquaintances in the agricultural machinery factory?"
Lu Lu could think of such a place.
"I used to be a worker in a machinery factory, and I retired early!" Jin Jiabao said with a smile, "I went to the district and asked my apprentice to make it for me."
"No wonder!" Lu Lu suddenly understood.
This forged and polished steel collar is not easy to make by hand, and the thick steel pipe is also difficult for ordinary people to get. Steel is expensive these days.
"What's wrong? Not satisfied?" Jin Jiabao asked with a smile.
"Satisfied, doing so well has already exceeded my expectations, what else can I be dissatisfied with!"
As Lu Lu said, he took out another five yuan and stuffed it into Jin Jiabao's hand: "This is the wages for helping me get my ski poles, is it enough?"
"Just give me some material money!" Jin Jiabao returned four yuan.
"Take it away, in the future, I may trouble you more!"
When Lu Lu learned that Jin Jiabao was actually a retired employee of the agricultural machinery factory, he was a master-level existence, and he still maintained a good relationship, the thoughts in his head came out again.
It seems that the iron cages needed for breeding can also be easily completed by Jin Jiabao.
Some wild animal cubs can't be kept in simple wooden cages, and iron cages are more reliable.
"You rest, I still have some things to do when I go back, so let's go first!"
Lu Lu began to think that he should also bring some wild animals to the old man from time to time, so as to save him from getting medicine beans to use wild animals. The key is that eating like that is not small.
It was not processed properly, but he could be taken away with him.
I ignored it before, but now it seems that this relationship needs to be well maintained.
Jin Jiabao was also polite, put the money in his arms, and stopped caring about Lu Lv.
Lu Lu rode Zhuifeng all the way back to Caodianzi. After dismounting, he took off the saddle and ski poles, and let Zhuifeng go to the meadow to graze. He himself lifted the saddle to the stable and hung it up, and went home with four ski poles.
There are still two links to this ski pole that need to be dealt with.
One is that the handle needs to be drilled, and then put on a leather ring. This thing can be put on the wrist, and can be put away at will, freeing up your hand to take other things, such as a gun, without worrying about losing it.
The other is also extremely important. At the tip half a foot, a trumpet-like animal skin with the top facing down is tied, usually deer skin or roe deer skin.
This trumpet-shaped animal skin is called a leather snow cover by the old hunters.
In winter, the forest, sea and snow fields are covered with ditches and flats due to the heavy snow, and it is hard to see where is a ditch or where is a gully.
When stepping on a wooden horse and passing through a ditch filled with heavy snow, if the two ski poles in your hands are propped up on the snow, but the bottom is not deep, you will be knocked down, and you may fall into a snow pit and be in danger, or you may be chased away. prey run away.
However, there are two leather snow covers on the ski poles. When the leather horns are pushed down, they will be stretched on the snow, so that they will not poke holes, but can borrow a lot of force to slide quickly.
This whole set of things looks simple, and it seems to be very rough to make, but it is the accumulation of years of experience of the elders, which is worthy of the name of survival wisdom, and it is very brilliant.
The next thing is simple, drill a hole, use a pliers to twist a big red-hot nail, and it will be done in about [-] minutes.
Lu Lu used the tanned yellow cowhide scraps to cut thin strips, passed them through the holes in the wooden handle, and weaved them a little, which was done easily.
As for the leather snow cover, deerskin is used. This is also the leather that can be used to replace wild boar skin for wooden horses. It is much more flexible than wild boar skin.
Cut off four round pieces of deerskin, leave a hole in the middle for the ski pole to pass through, and then use a thin iron wire to wrap it tightly in circles, and bind it firmly to the ski pole.
At this point, the ski poles are ready, just wait for Zhao Yongke to fetch the wooden horse at night.
Lu Lu let out a long sigh of relief, looked at the hazy sky in the yard, and whispered: "It's time to snow!"
At this moment, Chen Xiuqing rode an Oroqen horse and slowly appeared by the small river.
Seeing him, Lu Lu's face couldn't help shaking.
This guy, Lu Lu was nowhere to be seen when he was busy making these things, but now he came as soon as the things were ready, and, at this time, he was obviously thinking about having dinner.
Lu Lu had a feeling of being deceived by his naive appearance.
(End of this chapter)