Chapter 124 The whole village sees you off
Chapter 124 The whole village sees you off
The evening before Chi the Hunter and his companions left, Ruan Qingqing and Ruan Shiping delivered the crossbow made by Carpenter Yan to Chi Jingxiao.
As soon as the crossbow appeared, Chi Jingxiao's expression instantly became excited.
"Is this for me?"
Ruan Qingqing nodded, "Brother Chi, since we cannot make weapons privately, I can only let Uncle Yan make this crossbow into its current form. When you go to the battlefield in the future, you can coat the tip of the arrow with poison and shoot it at the exposed part of the enemy to cause a certain amount of damage, which can be regarded as a guarantee for yourself!"
She didn't say much about the other things. She believed that Chi Jingxiao would understand it after trying it a few times.
Chi Jingxiao couldn't put it down and looked at the crossbow over and over again. Finally, he couldn't help but pull the trigger to try it out. When he saw three arrows fired at the same time, he couldn't help but open his mouth wide.
Ruan Qingqing reminded him with a smile, "Try pulling the lever again?"
Chi Jingxiao did as he was told.
"Puff, puff, puff" three arrows were fired at the same time.
This time, Ruan Qingqing didn't need to remind him. He aimed, pulled the lever, and clicked the trigger, all in one go.
Chi Jingxiao shot all the arrows in the quiver before stopping.
"Good crossbow!" he praised with sparkling eyes.
"Continuous shooting crossbow!" Chi Hunter took an inadvertent glance at it from the window and rushed out in shock.
"Xiao'er, let me see the crossbow in your hand!"
Upon hearing this, Chi Jingxiao hid the crossbow behind his back and said, "This was given to me by Miss Ruan!"
Chi Liehu frowned and said, "I'm just taking a look. I don't want yours!"
"No!"
"Huh! You little bastard!" Seeing that Ming couldn't get it, Chi Liehu just tried to snatch it.
As the fight went on, the father and son started fighting.
Ruan Qingqing glanced at Ruan Shiping, who understood immediately and immediately held his crossbow tightly with both hands, shaking his head like a rattle.
Ruan Qingqing held her forehead helplessly. She had already explained what needed to be said. It seemed inappropriate for the two siblings to continue standing here. They left before the hunter and his son could react.
"Big sister, this crossbow is really good! I just saw Brother Jingxiao firing it. It's fast and quick, and it can fire continuously. I counted and it can fire ten times in a row."
On the way back, Ruan Shiping said to Ruan Qingqing with sparkling eyes.
"Well, go back and practice your aim. But remember to stay away from people when you practice. If someone uses this thing to make a big deal out of it, you'll lose your head!" Ruan Qingqing instructed seriously.
"I know!" Ruan Shiping replied unhappily.
On the second day, dark clouds hung low over Zaoziling, and the cold wind blew the fallen leaves into a spiral in the air.
On both sides of the road at the entrance to the village, there was a row of long square tables, stretching all the way to 600 meters outside the village. The tables were three meters apart, and the male and female heads of the family stood in between them.
On the left stood all men, with bowls and wine jars lined up on the table; on the right stood all women, with all kinds of things on the table, including dry food, down coats and hats, antifreeze boots, gloves, knee pads...
The younger children stood at the other end of the table.
The first table was occupied by the old Ruan family. Old Ruan opened the seal on the wine jar and filled the bowls on the table. The Ruan Wanjin brothers quickly stuffed the full wine bowls to Chi the hunter and the Chi family soldiers behind him.
"Uncle Ruan, what are you doing..."
Chi Liehu and the others were stunned. Before they could finish their words, a dozen of Ruan Shixing's brothers jumped out from the right and put large backpacks on their backs.
"Nephew, don't refuse. These are our kindness. Without you kids guarding Zaozilin, we would have turned into a pile of earth long ago. Come, drink this bowl of wine. May the children be free from the cold wind and snow on this journey." Old Master Ruan took the lead in raising his glass to the hunter Chi and the Chi family soldiers behind him.
"This... is good! I'll drink it! Thank you for your kindness, Uncle Ruan Liu!"
Led by Hunter Chi, the Chi family soldiers also drank up the wine in their bowls, and at the end they shouted: "Thank you for Uncle Ruan's kindness!"
Old Mrs. Ruan led Liu and others, as well as Ruan Shixing and others, and each of them held a pair of anti-freeze boots and stuffed them into their backpacks.
"Aunt Ruan Liu... this is too expensive, we can't accept it!" Chi Hunter waved his hand to refuse.
"My dear nephew, please accept this! Last year, when it snowed heavily, you ran around on our roof every night for half a month, helping us clear the snow from the roof despite the cold weather, saving us from the danger of the roof collapsing. This pair of boots is a token of our appreciation. I hope that no matter where you good children go, your feet will be warm and not wet or cold!"
"Okay! We'll accept it! Thank you, Aunt Ruan Liu!" Hunter Chi bowed deeply to Old Lady Ruan and others.
When they walked to the second table, the man of the house still poured wine for them.
"Good children! Drink this bowl of wine and keep these people in Zaozilin in your heart. We have steamed sorghum wine and are waiting for your triumphant return in Zaozilin!" said Village Chief Li emotionally.
"Good kids, take these dry food with you, they are all specialties from our Zaozilin. If you want to eat home-cooked meals when you are out in the future, come back when you have time." Village chief Li's wife gave earnest instructions as she led her daughters-in-law and children to stuff things into Chi the hunter's package.
"Okay!" Chi Liehu's eyes were already a little wet.
"Brother Chi, if it weren't for you last winter, our whole family would have died on that night. I'm not good at speaking nice words, so I'll toast to you! May everything go smoothly and be safe for you in the future! Come back to Zaoziling more often when you have time. From now on, on the eighth day of the winter month every year, we will slaughter a pig and wait for you to come back to eat the slaughtered pig dishes!"
"Brother Sishui, you don't have to be so polite! We all live in the same village, so it's only natural for us to help each other. As for killing the pig, you should wait until the New Year! If you kill it too early, you won't be able to eat fresh meat during the New Year."
Chi the hunter patted Ruan Sishui on the shoulder and said.
"Brother Chi, you must do this! We will send you out of Zaoziling on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month this year. We hope you can return safely on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month next year. Let's eat the pig-killing dishes together and celebrate the New Year together in Zaoziling!"
Chi Hunter's eyes were filled with tears, "Okay! We'll remember this! On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Brother Sishui will be waiting for us to come back and eat the pig-killing meal!"
"On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Brother Sishui is waiting for us to go home and eat the pig-killing meal!" The Chi Jiajun behind him shouted loudly, his voice so loud that it seemed to pierce through the clouds, reminding his future self not to lose or forget.
Chi Liehu and his group drank bowl after bowl of wine and received wave after wave of gifts. Soon, their backpacks were bulging.
When there was no more room to stuff things in, everyone would just put a hemp rope around the bags they were carrying and hang the things on the rope.
After helping the first table, Ruan Qingqing and the others immediately ran forward, ran to the end of the line of tables, and waited at the last table.
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