I'm bad and I'm hitting a wall, primitive life requires hard work

On the last day before the transaction, the sky turned gloomy, with dark clouds overhead. Strong winds blew the clouds across the sky, and the leaves were rustling.

A damp smell filled the entire forest, and it was surrounded by mist.

"Eat it, and remember to lay eggs."

Nishi Ichisu muttered to himself as he poured the chopped beast entrails into the wooden trough used to feed the flying beast.

The flying beast in the fence tilted its head alertly and stared at Xi Yiqi, motionless, as if it had no interest in the smelly minced meat in front of it.

Just be stubborn!

"Okay, Brother Ji, enjoy your meal slowly. I will take my leave now."

Nishi Ichisu shrugged, turned around and left with the empty bucket.

Xi Yiqi had long ago renamed these flying beasts - now the tribesmen all call them "pheasants".

Several days had passed since these pheasants were captured and brought back to the tribe.

When they were first caught, they refused to touch the minced meat in the trough and kept clucking all day long, disturbing the tribe members even at night.

The next day, Nia simply let them starve.

It finally calmed down.

On the third day, after eating and drinking their fill, the chickens started pecking at each other again. They enjoyed the meat but did not lay eggs.

Nia was a little impatient and simply left the job of feeding the chickens to Skye.

Today, Skye and the others followed Yan Luo to the wild for training, and it will probably take a while for them to come back.

The job was passed to Nishi Ichiki like a baton.

She looked up at the gloomy sky and frowned slightly.

The trade fair is about to begin, is it going to rain?

"Xiqi——"

I heard Grandpa Morishi's voice behind me and turned around to look.

I saw Sen Shi walking towards me happily with a wooden crossbow in his hand.

After approaching, he handed the wooden crossbow to Nishi Ichiki and said, "The wooden crossbow is ready. Take a look at it."

"Hey!"

Nishi Ichiki quickly reached out and took it.

Hey!

My hand suddenly felt heavy!

I didn't expect this wooden crossbow to be so heavy.

Now she was a little uncertain. Although this wooden crossbow was easy to pull open, could that kid Ster hold it for a long time?

It seems that we need to find a way to improve it, maybe add a leather belt that can be carried on the shoulders...

Nishi Ichisu leaned the wooden crossbow against his arm and thanked with a smile: "This wooden crossbow is really exquisitely made. Thank you, Grandpa Morishi. I will try it now."

Senshi nodded expectantly, pointed at the target where the children had practiced stone archery in the morning and said, "Let's go, I want to see it too!"

Nishi Ichiki didn't hesitate, he took the wooden crossbow and walked quickly over there.

First, he used his hands to pull the extremely tough bowstring to the crossbow teeth and fixed it in place. Then he took out a wooden crossbow arrow from the crossbow quiver sewn by Wulu Amo and installed it on the crossbow.

The power of a crossbow depends on the kinetic energy carried by the arrow, not the pulling force, and it is not the crossbow itself that kills the target, but the arrow.

Therefore, the importance of arrows is self-evident.

But iron and bamboo have not been found yet, and the arrows in their hands are made of sharp stone flakes.

Thanks to Lu Ye's skills, the arrow is sharp enough.

In this primitive society, as long as you don't shoot something too far, it is more than enough for hunting!

When it comes to crossbows used in war and crossbows used for hunting, there is a big difference.

When we discover resources like iron ore in the future, we can slowly think about improvements.

"call--"

Xi Yiqi didn't think any more about it, took a deep breath and adjusted his breathing.

With one hand firmly holding the tail of the wooden crossbow, with the other hand tightly holding the wooden handle in the middle of the crossbow, the index finger lightly placed in front of the trigger, aiming at the center of the bull's eye fifteen meters ahead.

This set of movements is done in one go, clean and neat.

Sen Shi, who was standing aside with his arms folded across his chest, couldn't help but have a hint of admiration in his eyes.

Wu Xixi, the next witch of Yanyuan tribe, is somewhat different from Wu Yu.

Wu Yu was not interested in these things at all, and he would not participate in hunting. From childhood to adulthood, the only thing he cared about was the safety of his tribe and those precious herbs.

But this did not prevent the tribesmen from respecting him. After all, he was an expert in witchcraft and medicine and had made great contributions to the tribe.

As Nishi Ichiki pulled the trigger, the bowstring slipped and the crossbow arrow shot towards the target in front of him like a flash of lightning.

"Whoosh-"

The air seemed to be torn apart, making a sharp sound of breaking through the air.

Sen Shi's eyes followed the arrow track.

"Boom-"

With a dull sound, the crossbow arrow hit the bull's eye!

"Good archery!" Chen Qi's cheers came from not far away.

It turned out that it was already noon and the hunting team had returned to the tribe.

Nowadays, hunting teams usually go out hunting in the morning and check traps or drive prey towards traps in the afternoon.

At noon, they would also go back to the tribe to help build some buildings.

Xi Yiqi put down the crossbow, touched his nose a little embarrassedly, and said: "Chief, when did you come back? Was the hunting going well?"

Fortunately, the school’s military training sent our class to the army instead of making us stand in the playground as punishment.

The wooden crossbow itself has a high accuracy, not to mention that the target is so close.

Hitting the bull's eye was to be expected.

Chen Qi walked over with a smile, his eyes fell on the wooden crossbow in Xi Yiqi's hand: "We saw you shooting when we just came back. The hunting this morning went well. Is this the wooden crossbow you mentioned that day?"

"Yes, this is the wooden crossbow." Nishi Ichiki said, handing over the wooden crossbow.

Chen Qi took the wooden crossbow, gently hooked the bowstring, and aimed in the direction of the target.

Seeing this, Xi Yiqi hurried forward to stop him: "Chief, this wooden crossbow cannot be fired without any purpose, it will cause great damage to the bowstring!"

"Okay! I understand." Chen Qi immediately put down the wooden crossbow and looked at it carefully.

After a while, the hunting team in the forest quickly put down their prey and surrounded them.

Obviously, they all witnessed what happened just now.

At this moment, everyone looked at the wooden crossbow with burning gazes, with curiosity and excitement flashing in their eyes.

A warrior stood on tiptoe behind Chen Qi, staring with eyes wide open, and asked impatiently: "Wu Xiqi, what is this for?"

"Wu Xiqi, is this thing really better than a bow and arrow?" Some warriors also stared at the wooden crossbow with doubt.

Nia didn't care about anything and just shouted, "I want to try it too!"

Facing the tribesmen's unusually enthusiastic reaction, Nishi Ichiki patiently explained:

"This is called a wooden crossbow. It is very light and easy to carry. There is almost no noticeable sound when shooting at prey, so it is not easy to alarm the prey. It is an extremely practical hunting tool."

"It's not that it's better than the bow and arrow. They are different tools, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. When we find the right materials in the future, we can improve the bow and arrow. The improved bow and arrow's lethality should not be underestimated."

After hearing this, everyone nodded in understanding, their eyes filled with anticipation.

They seemed to have seen the future scene of hunting with wooden crossbows.

Nishi Ichiki also drew this pie.