Daddy is really great! !
Dad's hands-on skills are very strong, and the furniture he has made can be counted in several surrounding villages. He can imitate almost identical parts of the crossbow without disassembling it. Most people can make it.
"Okay, if my daughter says I'm awesome, then I'll be awesome."
Hua Chengtian grinned completely. In fact, he also felt that he was quite powerful. He had never concocted something like this before and he actually made it.
"Dad, are they ready to use? How elastic are they?"
Hua Jin has been curious since the beginning, and has been holding back until now. Hua Jin really wants to know.
"...It should be possible." Hua Chengtian is somewhat confident in the finished product he has made, but after all, he has not tried it before, so he is still a little worried.
You will know if it works or not by trying it.
Hua Chengtian stopped talking nonsense and directly collected the finished beef tendons hanging on the rope. Once he got it in his hands, his confidence immediately doubled.
The feeling in my hand is obviously better than that in the early morning. It is tight and elastic when I squeeze it lightly. It feels the same just by touching it.
Then he hurried to his workplace, under the shed on the west side of the courtyard.
The sets of crossbow parts they made are all placed in boxes under the shed. These parts are assembled by the two of them from time to time, disassembled and reassembled. They don’t need to be polished or painted to play with them. Once they are taken out, they will be shiny. .
After taking out these parts, he hurried back to the room and took out the precious crossbow in the room.
Although Hua Chengtian was so familiar with the loading and unloading process that he could close his eyes, but that was without installing the beef tendons. Hua Chengtian had no idea what would happen after the installation.
If you are fully prepared, you can make comparison adjustments immediately.
Hua Jin sat aside with her hands on her chin and looked at her father intently. The actions of the father and daughter also attracted Mrs. Hua and Qi, who sat next to Hua Jin and watched curiously.
The smile in Naihe Nianghuajin's eyes deepened, and she again focused on the parts that had been taken to the table.
Who said that only men like weapons? Women from other families don’t know that her mother and mother are very interested in them anyway.
In winter, when I have free time, I will practice crossbow shooting with my father and the others.
But maybe women are naturally afraid of the cold. Even if they dress warmly and only practice once in a while, the accuracy is too good to say the least, but it is still possible to shoot the target.
The men in the family are different. To resist the cold, frost and boredom, the crossbow has become one of their few pastimes in winter.
Even the oldest grandpa has good accuracy, not to mention the others, who also have young eyes.
Although the two brothers were surprised that there was such a thing in the house, they didn't know if they noticed something or maybe they asked their father secretly. Anyway, Hua Jin didn't hear too many inquiries from her brothers on the bright side.
Xiaosi's attention is in a different direction at a young age, so he is happy just letting him play along.
As for me wanting to have a practice space, I didn't fight with my family. Of course, the main reason was that it was too cold.
Hua Chengtian, who was being watched by several pairs of eyes, didn't notice it at all. All his energy was focused on the beef tendon in his hand, trying to maximize the toughness of the beef tendon.
After a lot of effort, he didn't break a tendon, and Hua Chengtian showed a satisfied smile on his face.
This hardness and toughness, so...it was a success.
Hua Chengtian was relieved that the beef tendon his daughter had brought back was not wasted.
Don't think that he really forgot about the hard-to-find beef tendons. It's just that since the child changed the topic yesterday, he didn't want to talk about it. What can he, the father, do, so he can only pretend not to know.
Considering that children are not ignorant of their own sense of propriety, and they returned safely after buying everything, even asking about it doesn't make much sense.
Hua Chengtian glanced at his daughter and looked at the beef tendon in his hand again, feeling uncontrollably excited.
"Dad, it's done..." Hua Jin's voice was very long, which was obviously excited. Her smile turned into a little flower, and the tiny rays of light in her eyes shone through the crescent moon-like eyes. She was glowing, and the ends of her slightly raised eyes were flushed with excitement, making the little girl look even fairer.
Mrs. Hua and Mrs. Qi were also very happy. Hua Chengtian had been messing with these things a lot in the past few months. Apart from eating and going to the fields to do carpentry work, he spent almost all his time on this.
Mothers and wives naturally hope that he can succeed without messing around, and this thing is very powerful at first sight, and it makes you feel safe just by looking at it.
Especially since the two of them like to go up the mountain in their free time, carrying one with them can also make them feel more at ease.
"...It should be done." Hua Chengtian nodded happily, and then he couldn't wait to start the next process, turning the dried beef tendon into elastic and usable tendon.
It's definitely not too hard. The first thing is to return the water to restore some softness. Hua Chengtian took out two sticks and threw them into the bucket.
As soon as the sun sets, Hua Jinhua and her daughter-in-law have already returned to the kitchen to prepare for the evening meal.
The old man Hua who went out for a walk also came back. It happened that the softness of the beef tendons was about the same. Hua Jin contributed a hammer from the space. The two of them swung it on the wooden stake with great force, smashing it with every hammer. On the beef tendon until smashed into a thin piece.
This process takes a lot of time. By the time the brothers come back, the dinner for dinner has been prepared, but it is still some distance away from being a thin slice.
Even the meal was eaten hastily. After filling his stomach, he moved the wooden pile into the main room and started again.
Hua Yun'ao and Hua Yunxiang also wanted to help. They were also very interested in the beef tendons that their father and grandfather made, and they looked eager to try.
Unfortunately, my father and grandfather rushed me back to my room on the pretext of doing homework.
Thinking of the homework assigned by the master, the two brothers could only take Xiaosi, who was very happy to play with the dog, back to the room. They thought that they could quickly complete the tasks assigned by the master and maybe have time to help their father and grandfather.
Looking at my sister sitting next to her father and grandfather, I feel envious for another day...
They finally helped. When they finished their homework and came out, my father and I were still repeating the same movement and beating on the Oxford tendons.
Anyone would be tired from beating for such a long time. When they saw the two sons eager to help, they immediately handed over their hammers. However, it was better to demonstrate the force of the beating first to avoid other mistakes.
It's time for teenagers to knock out a cup of tea in one breath when their strength is exhausted.
In this way, more than half an hour passed, and the beef tendon was finally hammered into the desired degree, a thin piece.
Next, the whole family works together to divide the thin slices of beef tendon into several portions and then tear them into strands, the thinner the better.
Even though it takes time to tear only a thin piece into shreds, it took the seven members of Xiaosi's family, except for Xiao Si, who was not good at controlling strength, a stick of incense to tear all the beef tendons into shreds.
Next comes the last step, which is to twist these silky tendons together one by one.
