Chapter 63: Wild boars will pee when they see them!
The pressing horse is a workbench that fixes the bow material. The bow maker can sit on the pressing horse and step on a pedal with his feet.

The pressure on the pedal presses the bow material tightly through a lever, making it easier to perform operations such as planing and grinding.

Pressing the horse is actually optional, just find another way to fix the bow material.

But this bow training stand is essential.

Because it is used to train the bow. (Nonsense)

To put it simply, it involves adjusting the bow arms, stringing and heat correction.

Su Ran thought of his neighbor Uncle Li.

At that time, Su Ran was squatting in his chicken coop to catch a chicken thief, but in fact he was the one who got up to pee at night.

Uncle Li's real name is Li Manchuan, and his neighbors call him Dachuanzi. He likes to take a stroll with a group of old men and women after meals to help digest their food. He is also an avid archery enthusiast.

When he was young, Li Manchuan went hunting in the mountains with his bow and arrows, just like other people went fishing, and he was often away from home. Now that he is old, he can no longer do such dangerous things, and he just likes to make bows and arrows for fun.

He is having dinner with his wife Sun Xuemei at this moment.

"Is Uncle Manchuan at home?" Su Ran shouted outside with his neck stretched out. He actually saw the movement in the house.

"Who is it?" Sun Xuemei pushed open the door and welcomed Su Ran as soon as she saw him. "Xiao Ran, come in quickly. Your uncle and I are having dinner. Have you eaten yet?"

When Uncle Li's chickens were lost, Su Ran gave him 500 yuan as compensation. Sun Xuemei knew about this and still remembered Su Ran's kindness.

Even if this had not happened, Sun Xuemei's attitude towards Su Ran would not have been bad.

"After eating, I'll borrow something from my uncle." Su Ran smiled at Li Manchuan, "Uncle, do you have a horse tamer or a bow training frame? Lend them to me."

"You want to make a bow and arrow?" Li Manchuan had already borrowed these two things, so how could he not know what Su Ran was going to do.

"OK."

"Uncle will get it for you right away." As if he had found a soulmate, Li Manchuan immediately moved the two things Su Ran wanted from the outer room.

Both items were quite heavy, so Li Manchuan helped Su Ran take them back to Aunt Wang's house.

Seeing the elm wood prepared on the ground, Li Manchuan felt itchy in his heart: "Do you want your uncle to help you? It seems that you have never made a bow before, but your uncle is an old hand."

"Thank you, uncle. Aunt Sun is waiting for you to come home for dinner, otherwise she will scold you again later." Su Ran said with a smile.

Thinking of his wife's fierceness, Li Manchuan was about to leave: "Okay, aunt, let me know when you're done, and I'll help you check it."

"to make."

Although Li Manchuan regarded bow making as a hobby, he always felt that there was no one in the village who was better at making bows than him. He inevitably thought that Su Ran was a beginner and wanted to give him some pointers when the time came.

Su Ran didn't care so much. Now that he had the tools, he started measuring the length of the wood with a tape measure.

This is used to determine the length of the bow.

Su Ran decided on 110 cm. The overall production of the bow was somewhat similar to the Ming-style small bow.

It is better to carry than ordinary longbows.

Then Su Ran hammered a nail on both sides of the wood, used an ink-stained rope to draw a straight line in the middle, and then used a pen to draw a bow shape on the wood.

It is extremely important to achieve symmetry in the front bow shape, then use a file to remove the uneven areas, and then use a plane to continue planing.

Su Ran worked on it for several hours in a row, striving for perfection in the process. Netizens were full of admiration for his techniques and skills.

In the end, the basic bow shape emerged.

Sitting on a small stool, Su Ran picked up the sandpaper and continued to polish the uneven parts of the bow that was pressing on the horse. After he was satisfied, he would start training the bow and making corrections.

The fate of a single bow depends on bow training. If the material is not good or the production process is improper, it will probably "crack" at this step.

"The bow material in my hand is now in the shape of a bow, but it is still just a stick. We need to train it so that it can adapt to the bending and deformation of a longbow while retaining its toughness and becoming a strong and powerful weapon."

As they talked, netizens always felt that Su Ran holding the bow was quite intimidating, and the aura between his brows made him look like an ancient general.

During the bow training process, Su Ran would trim the bow arm according to the bend of the bow arm and measure it with a caliper to make it symmetrical and truly conform to the desired bow shape.

Rather than just looking that way when it's wound up.

The bow training should not be too fast. The process should be stopped and continued.

Not only people need to rest, but bows also need to rest.

It wasn't until the second half of the night that Su Ran finally got the distance he wanted.

After doing all this, the next step is to make a string groove at the tip of the bow, then use tendon to roll the string, and the rest of the arrows are also completed.

It was not until after eleven o'clock the next day that Su Ran finally produced a relatively satisfactory product.

People in the live broadcast room come and go.

There were nearly 200,000 viewers in one night.

After Su Ran confirmed that the task was accomplished, all the netizens who had been waiting for a long time flocked into the live broadcast room.

At noon, Su Ran moved a stool and sat outside the yard, holding a very fine sandpaper in his hand to further polish the bow.

Put it close to his eyes and knock it, Su Ran nodded with satisfaction: "Well, not bad."

Then Su Ran took a piece of cloth and put it into an oil barrel.

The bucket was filled with tung oil, which was brushed three times in a row before varnishing was applied.

The benefit of doing this is that it can make the bow and arrow more beautiful and textured, and it can also achieve the purpose of anti-oxidation and moisture-proof.

Su Ran had already tried the traditional bow in his hand in advance, and the pulling force was about sixty-five pounds at 15 inches.

This pulling force is close to the standard of a war bow in ancient times.

Short and sharp, it lives up to its name.

"It's just a last-minute effort, it won't last."

After all, it was his masterpiece that he had spent a lot of effort on. Su Ran stood up with the bow in his hand and made a gesture of pulling an arrow towards the outside of the yard.

His hands were not pulling the strings. It was common sense that letting the strings go would easily hurt himself.

But at this moment, Aunt Liu, who had just walked into the yard, was almost startled: "Oh my God, Xiaoran, please don't scare me." Su Ran quickly put down the bow and supported Aunt Liu: "I'm sorry, Aunt Liu, I didn't expect you to come in."

Aunt Liu was also very sharp-eyed. She knew that Su Ran had not put an arrow on the target, but she was still shocked. She waved her hand to indicate that it was okay. "I heard that you are going up the mountain tomorrow. Can you help me and bring me some mother-in-law needles?"

Su Ran's ghost thorn grass is called mother-in-law's needle. It is a medicinal herb that clears away heat, detoxifies, relieves blood stasis and promotes blood circulation. It is quite common.

"What's wrong, auntie? Are you feeling unwell?" Su Ran asked with concern.

Aunt Liu waved her hand and smiled, "Your aunt is in good health. The chickens I raise have had diarrhea recently, so I want to feed them some herbal medicine to try."

Bidens pilosa L. does have this effect. Su Ran had seen his grandfather feed it to chickens before.

He agreed: "Okay, I'll bring you some when the time comes."

Aunt Liu thanked her and left, but came back after a while.

But at this moment she was holding a basket of red wedding eggs.

It is just an ordinary egg whose shell is dyed red with sumac. This is usually done when there is a happy event.

"Come on, Xiaoran, I'll give you some eggs."

"Aunt Liu, you are too polite. How come this is a happy event?"

Aunt Liu smiled and said, "My daughter-in-law gave me a big fat grandson. He will come to visit me soon."

After talking to Aunt Liu for a few more words, Su Ran ate the red eggs while thinking about the bow and arrow in his hand after she left.

After the training bow was strung, the bow looked much shorter than before, but this made it much more convenient for Su Ran to carry it into the mountains.

Su Ran's inability to let go of the product also made netizens anxious.

"Brother Su, when are you going to test the power of this bow?"

"Yeah, you're good at making people anxious."

Just as Su Ran was about to speak, the village chief Zhou Dafu came again.

"Su Ran, I heard that you are going to hunt wild boars in the mountains. Are you sure about this job? Are you going to fight a wild boar with your bare hands without a hunting rifle?"

Zhou Dafu also came out of concern for Su Ran's safety. As soon as he entered the yard and finished speaking, he saw Su Ran shaking the bow and arrow in his hand.

"Wow, you are really good, you have such skills."

"Can this thing do anything? Show it to me."

Coincidentally, netizens also wanted to watch it, so Su Ran decided to give it a try.

Su Ran gently took out a feather arrow from the quiver. The arrow was extremely sharp and the feathers were neatly arranged.

He carefully checked every part of the arrow to ensure it was free of flaws and could maintain optimal stability and accuracy during flight.

Then he placed the arrow on the bowstring, with the arrow pointing slightly towards the sky.

Su Ran took a deep breath, adjusted his posture, stood firmly on the ground with his feet, and leaned forward slightly to better control the upcoming force.

Unlike the Mediterranean three-finger string-pulling shooting method used in modern archery, Su Ran uses the traditional Chinese thumb-pulling shooting method.

So he wrapped a piece of cowhide around his thumb in advance to serve as a ring.

Su Ran's eyes fell on a red brick on the red wall in the courtyard.

This long-range target takes the accuracy of the bow and arrow very seriously.

However, Su Ran handled the vibration of this traditional bow and arrow just right.

It also greatly improves the launch accuracy.

The vibration of a bow is not simply a matter of feel. The vibration starts at the moment the arrow is released, and the vibration of the entire bow will vibrate along with the arrow shaft, which seriously affects the shooting accuracy of a bow.

Netizens in the live broadcast room held their breath, and Chow Tai Fook was also stunned by Su Ran's professional moves.

I subconsciously stepped back a little.

Su Ran's eyes became more focused, as if nothing else in the world could distract his attention except the target in front of him.

As his breathing gradually steadied, he began to exert force in his back and shoulders, his muscles moving faintly under his clothes.

Drawing a bow relies on the strength of your back and shoulders to pull the bowstring back, rather than just the strength of your arms.

Slowly, the bowstring was pulled tighter and tighter until it became a full moon.

Then, he loosened his fingers slightly, and the taut bowstring bounced back to its original position like a released beast.

The arrow cut through the air with a sharp whistling sound.

Su Ran's gaze followed closely, closely following the arrow that had left the bow.

As expected, the arrow hit the vegetable field.

Zhou Dafu: “…”

Su Ran cleared his throat and said, "I just tried it out and it feels good this time. It should be fine."

Chow Tai Fook said I don’t believe you at all.

When Su Ran drew his bow again, the atmosphere was obviously much more relaxed this time.

The arrow whizzed out again. What was more magical than the last time was that it seemed as if some magic power fixed the arrow on its track, and it hit the red brick accurately.

Then stone chips flew everywhere, and most of the arrow tail was still outside.

But when Zhou Dafu stepped forward to pull out the arrow, he almost peed his pants.

This seemingly ordinary arrow actually shot through two red bricks.

"My goodness, this wild boar makes everyone pee when they see it."

Li Manchuan, who happened to be walking outside the courtyard, witnessed this scene and fell to the ground without being able to stand steadily.

(End of this chapter)