In early spring in February, the cold wave has not receded, the biting north wind is howling, and in the shady and low-lying areas of the river valley, there is still snow that has not melted. On the river beach on the south bank, there is a large elm forest growing. On the withered branches, if you look closely, you can see that it has already melted.

There are buds coming out.

Wei Shi leaned against the elm tree, his expression changing. After an hour, he lowered his head and accepted the reality of time travel.

In the previous life, Wei Shi was born in a small town. His parents were ordinary farmers. He relied on his diligence as a problem solver to get into the university of his dreams, and then studied for a master's degree. After graduation, he settled in Shanghai and became a senior technician.

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If he didn't travel through time, Wei Shi's next dream would be to buy an apartment in this big city, marry a virtuous and filial wife, and settle down. During his lifetime, he hopes to take over his parents who have worked hard at home all their lives.

But life is unpredictable. Before Wei Shi could save enough for the down payment of a house, he encountered a car accident on the way back to the rental house, and then became a member of the time-traveling army.

The man he possessed was about seventeen years old, and his surname was Wei and his nickname was Shitou.

This small village called Yushuwan is a resting place for this group of refugees from the north.

During this break, which lasted more than ten years, Wei Shi's mother passed away after giving birth to a daughter. Wei's father had a skill in blacksmithing and could make farm tools. He relied on this craftsmanship to support his son and daughter.

Last summer, Blacksmith Wei contracted an epidemic and lay in bed for more than half a year before finally passing away.

The backbone of the Wei family is gone, leaving only Wei Shi, a half-grown boy, and Wei Xiao'e, an eight-year-old girl, living in poverty, relying on charity from neighbors, picking elm coins, and digging bitter vegetables to survive. This life can be described as miserable.

How miserable.

The farthest place people in Yushuwan have ever been is Xinye County. They only know that the highest official is the county magistrate. As for who is above the county magistrate, the villagers no longer care.

Wei Shi had just traveled through time and did not dare to ask any more questions.

However, judging from the clothes worn by the villagers, Wei Shi judged that it should be in the Han Dynasty, and the possibility of the Eastern Han Dynasty is very high, but the specific dynasty is unknown.

In the conversation with the villagers, he heard phrases such as Wancheng, General Zhang, Cao Sikong, etc., and he had some vague guesses in his mind.

What's going on in the world is not what Wei Shi is most concerned about right now.

The most important thing for him now is how to survive.

Wei Shi had learned half a dozen of the craftsmanship of Old Wei Tou, but after learning, when it came to actually practicing it, he had few successes and many failures.

Whether it's a kitchen knife, a hatchet or a sickle, it always breaks.

The reason is also very simple. There are many impurities in pig iron, and Wei Shi's strength is not enough. He can't be kneaded after a lot of practice. After helping the farmers several times, he even lost his money, and gradually no one came to him anymore.

At Wei Shi's age, if he wants to rely on the blacksmith's skills to make a living, he can only improve the wood-burning stove and increase the intensity of the blast. Only in this way can the temperature be barely raised and the impurities in the pig iron melted away. Otherwise, the forged

Things become useless after just a few uses.

Unable to rely on his crafts to make a living for the time being, Wei Shi could only place his hope of survival on hunting. Nine out of ten men in the village of Yushuwan relied on this to support their families.

If you want to hunt, you need someone who can take advantage of you.

After Wei Shi figured it out, he made a simple crossbow in the elm forest.

Elm trees are very good materials for vehicles, bridges, farm tools, appliances and construction. In his previous life, Wei Shi helped villagers do carpentry. When he was in college, he worked part-time in a crossbow-making club. He didn't know much about the making methods of wooden bows.

strangeness.

However, the future is the future, and the present is now. When Wei Shi chopped off the elm branch with a hatchet and started to use his hands, he realized that thinking and doing are not the same thing.

In later generations, there were machine tools, drilling machines, and electricity, but now he had nothing but a hatchet.

The six materials used to make a bow are bow, horn, ribs, glue, silk and lacquer.

Everything else is easy to handle, except for tendon. In terms of efficacy, beef tendon is the best.

Wei Shi had no beef tendons in his hands, so he could only find a kudzu vine in the elm forest, peel off the outer skin, and take out the elastic vines inside to temporarily use it as bow strings and bow tendons.

After working hard for a whole day, Wei Shi reluctantly made an elm bow. He tried it and found that it could shoot more than ten steps away. It should be no problem to hunt small prey such as rabbits and pheasants.

The sky was already dark. Wei Shi had been working hard all day, and his stomach growled. Thinking that his little sister was still waiting for him eagerly, Wei Shi was heartbroken and decided to go deep into the forest in the dark to see if he could catch some prey.

In his previous life, Wei Shi's family was in a rural area with mountains and forests nearby, so he was not afraid of it. In addition, I don't know if it was a benefit of time travel, but Wei Shi's eyes were not troubled by night blindness, and his vision in the dark was not affected at all.

In February, vegetation grows and everything revives.

Animals that have been hibernating all winter wake up from hunger, and their stomachs are in urgent need of nutrition before they have the strength to mate.

For hunters, this is the best time to hunt.

Wei Shi didn't walk long before he found a puddle and footprints of different depths on the ground, which made him suddenly pleasantly surprised.

It's time to wait and see.

After waiting for about half an hour, a gray figure gradually came closer. It was a thirsty little muntjac that wanted to drink water.

Muntjacs are timid by nature. While drinking water, they would raise their heads and look around from time to time.

However, although it was alert, it had insufficient intelligence after all and did not find Wei Shi lying on the branch of the elm tree.

When the muntjac drank enough water and was about to turn around and leave, the elm bowstring in Wei Shi's hand loosened.

The sharpened arrow shot down from above and went straight to the long neck of the muntjac in an instant. After making a squeaking sound, it was nailed to a dead tree on the ground.

When Wei Shi came down from the tree and came to the muntjac, he found that the guy was still struggling with his neck crooked. He tried to get up and escape, but it was obvious that there was a piece of dead wood dragging him. Even if he was not injured, he couldn't escape.

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"Haha, I'm lucky this time. Although this muntjac is a bit small, it has a lot of meat and good skin. It can be exchanged for something." Wei Shi was pleasantly surprised.

After pulling out the arrow, Wei Shi had no intention of hunting other prey. He hurriedly picked up the dying muntjac and headed straight to his home down the mountain.

This time, after being out for a whole day, Wei Xiao'e was alone at home and didn't know what was going on.

There are more than 20 households in Yushu Bay, half of which are the Cai family. The rest are refugees like the Wei family. Wei Shi's home is located at the east end of the village, and there are few families nearby.

Wei Shi, who was thinking about his sister, rushed home with wind in his step.

Although she is just the sister of her predecessor, as an older brother, Wei Shi has the obligation and responsibility to raise Wei Xiao'e. This is why he brought his prey home after a busy day today.

Before he reached the door, he heard Wei Xiao'e's cry from inside, and occasionally a man's rough and harsh yelling.

Oops.

Despite all the rush, it's still too late.
Chapter completed!