In Tokyo, I just want salted fish

Chapter 93 Bamboo Bow and Selfishness

The rain seemed to be getting heavier, and the knocking on the door became louder.

The raindrops gather on the transparent glass that blocks the inside and outside of the house, from small to large, and when they are about to lose their temper, they draw zigzag light-colored watermarks downward.

Sugita Sakura chatted casually with Uesugi Kai, and she found that his knowledge of bow tools was completely Xiaobai.

Moreover, besides being handsome, she has not found any other advantages in him so far.

Why does my brother respect him so much?
"It stands to reason that your archery stage should still be at the level of pulling a rubber band?"

Pulling the rubber band is to tie a rubber band to a wooden stick with a length of about nine inches, which is used to imitate the action of pulling a string.

It belongs to the entry in the entry, something for beginners to practice.

"Well," Uesugi Kai answered her, "After all, he just graduated from stretching rubber bands."

"Uesugi's strength does not lie in the knowledge of tools." Suhei Sugita came out from behind Sugita Sakura, and the wooden door behind him was just closed.

"Why do you say that?" Sugita Sakura turned her head and looked at her brother who was particularly handsome but not very handsome.

"Because he's good at archery."

"It's that simple?" Sugita Sakura couldn't believe it.

How good can a person who has just learned the art of archery be?
Being able to get rid of the elastic band is already very good, but archery is something that takes a lifetime to practice.

"It's that simple."

"Sugita-senpai."

Uesugi Kai greeted Sohei Sugita who was wearing a white coat in front of him politely.

Hanamaru Hanabi who was beside him also bowed his head slightly after him, and said in a cute voice: "Excuse me."

Sohei Sugita returned the salute to the two very politely, and found that he didn't know the girl standing beside Kai Uesugi.

He raised his head and asked, "Who is this?"

"Hanabi is—"

Sugita Sakura interrupted Uesugi's words and replied for him: "She is Uesugi-senpai's younger sister."

Hanamaru Hanabi froze for a moment, waved her hand and said, "No, no."

She thought about it again, and found that something was wrong, and added: "It seems. That's right."

No, too.

So is it?

Sugita Sakura's thinking was extremely flexible and jumping, she looked at Uesugi Oki: "Senior Uesugi's step-sister?"

Step sister?

Kaoru Uesugi recalled a little bit, when he was in kindergarten, Hanabi was fed by him at noon, so he could be regarded as half an older brother.

"That's right." He agreed decisively.

Sugita Sakura looked at him with a strange look.

"My name is Hanamaru Hanabi, please take care of me." Hanamaru Hanabi put her hands together on the skirt, leaned her upper body forward about 15 degrees, and made a very ordinary but cute greeting.

"Sugita Sakura." She saluted her back.

"Sughei Sugita, please take care of me."

Compared with his younger sister, Sohei Sugita's manners and rules are more appropriate, and every movement will make people feel natural and comfortable.

Kai Uesugi knew that this was the aura brought about by his long-term practice of archery, and he seemed to have integrated the word "positive" into his life.

"Sakura, did you introduce what you need to Uesugi-san?"

Sugita Sakura spread her hands to her elder brother: "Not yet."

Sohei Sugita did not speak.

Brother and sister are indeed brothers and sisters, she quickly understood what her brother meant.

She pointed to the waiting seat in the corner behind her, and said to Hanabi: "Hanamaru-san, please sit there, there is morning tea and biscuits."

Hanamaru Hanabi looked in the direction she pointed, the clean coffee table and beige sofa were neat and tidy.

She nodded slightly to her, and said in a sticky voice, "Thank you."

Among the girls, there is a topic between the girls. Seeing that Hanabi and Sugita Sakura had a good chat, Uesugi Kai continued to choose his own bow.

Opening the glass showcase, Sohei Sugita took out a handful that Kai Uesugi had just seen - Sugita Seiya.

"As an archer, I still prefer bamboo bows."

The bow is wound, and the vine-colored strings are slightly offset to the right, not parallel to the bow stem.

Although Kai Uesugi didn't understand the reason for this, but from the experience of shooting so many arrows, the bowstring is slightly to the right, which can improve the accuracy of shooting.

Holding a seven-foot-three-inch bright bamboo bow in his left hand, Suhei continued to explain:
"Because of the material, the bamboo bow is easily deformed and cracked by the environment and weather. If it is not well maintained, its lifespan will be short and the price is expensive. It is not the best choice for beginners."

"Is there any advantage?" Uesugi Kai asked.

"The advantages are lightness and beauty," Suhei Sugita said concisely, "This is a practical advantage. Compared with the glass fiber bows and carbon fiber bows that appeared later, the bamboo bow has more cultural significance, and the shooting shape will be more beautiful. Very aesthetically pleasing."

"Graceful shooting is very important in the rank audit. High-ranking priests and fan scholars will not use non-bamboo bows."

Uesugi Kai understood the meaning of his words: "It's also when you are taking the rank test, is it more popular to use a bamboo bow?"

"Yes, but the most important thing is the person's own archery," Suhei Sugita handed the bamboo bow to Kai Uesugi, "I made the string specially, try it."

Uesugi Kai took the bamboo bow that was taller than him, and looked up at the end of the bow.

"It's so light." He kept looking back and forth on the bamboo bow, and this was his first impression of this bamboo bow.

The bright-colored bamboo bow has a slender stem, long at the top and short at the bottom.

About two-thirds of the place, that is, the two ends of the bow are tied with flax-colored ropes. These two positions are called rattan heads and grip lower rattans.

The entire bow is about 2.3 meters long, which is longer than the longbow that Uesugi Kai touched in the archery department.

Sohei Sugita: "This bamboo bow is "four-inch extension" (about 233cm), the full bow distance is 97cm, the maximum bow force is 21kg, the vibration is relatively small, and the recovery speed of the bow is in the middle. "

"It was made by my grandfather not long ago."

"21 kg?"

Uesugi Kai heard this bow force and decisively gave up the idea of ​​pulling it full with bare hands.

This is much greater than his usual bow strength of 14kg.

Still, he tried to pull the open string a little.

Gya—n
The sharp low and short sounds are different from the high and high sounds he has been exposed to before.

Sohei Sugita: "The bowstring is a synthetic string "Tiangong · Cui", the string sound is sharp, the string body is soft, and it is easy to string. "

The movement of Uesugi Kai pulling the string made him calm down, and said slowly:
"This bow is for you."

Stopping the action of pulling the bowstring, Uesugi Kai did not accept it readily, but asked instead: "Why?"

110 yen, enough for his food expenses for several months.

"A shooter needs a good bow."

Sohei Sugita closed the glass of the booth, "Actually, choosing a bow doesn't require too many requirements, you just need to know its characteristics, and it's enough if you like it."

His tone was as calm as his demeanor.

"Fate is very important. As long as you hold the bow in your hand, the archer will adapt to it, feel it, and make it more adaptable to the archer himself."

"But this is not the reason for me to accept such favors from my seniors." Kai Uesugi said.

"Because I admire you very much, Uesugi-san."

Suhei Sugita looked at him, "Of course I have my own selfish intentions in giving you this bow. I heard from Yaya that you want to participate in the National Kyudo Championship."

"Then you should also know my performance in that national competition."

"do not know."

"."

Uesugi Kai said the truth: "But I heard a little bit."

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