Chapter 252: Making a Gunpowder Gun
“You kid, what are you getting me! Take it back quickly.”
“Grandpa Six, I already took it over, but I can’t take it back. That's right, just accept it! "
Although this sixth grandfather is not a biological brother to his grandfather, he is still a cousin, just like him and Li Chengqian. Very dear.
"You kid, Grandpa Six has food here. Before the Chinese New Year, your grandpa sent me some things."
"Uh!" Li Jia was stunned for a moment.
But it’s normal to think about it. Grandpa Six and his grandfather are cousins!
Grandpa Six is also an old man living alone. It is Chinese New Year. How could his cousin Li Laogen not come over to see him?
"Grandpa Six, what my grandfather gave me was a gift from my grandfather, and what I gave you was a gift from me. This is different."
Hearing what Li Jiayi said, Grandpa Six looked at Looking at him and saying: "You are a good boy!"
Li Jiayi smiled and said nothing.
“By the way, Grandpa Six, do many people in the village usually go to the commune?”
“It’s almost the same as before. This drought has not had much impact on our village, because before the drought, most people went to the commune. The captain led people to buy a lot of food Food, now every household has food. "
"That's good. As long as the people have food in their hands, they won't panic."
"Yes, they have food in their hands. Don't panic." Grandpa Six agreed.
"By the way, Grandpa Six, is there no problem with drinking water?"
"No problem." Grandpa Six shook his head and said: "Our village has spring water left on the mountain, although it is not very much, and there is no way to irrigate the crops. , but the draft is no problem at all.”
“That’s good.”
“Yes! Especially where your grandfather lives, there is a spring behind the house, which not only solves the water problem, but also allows you to grow vegetables and other things. ”
“Oh! Really?”
There is a spring behind Grandma's house. Li Jiayi certainly knows about it, because Grandma's house has always used water from this spring.
It's just that he didn't expect that grandma would use this water to grow vegetables and other things. Isn't she afraid that the water is not enough for food?
After chatting with Grandpa Six for a while, Li Jiayi left and went to find his two cousins.
Li Jiayi arrived at Gou Dan’s house first, but did not find his two cousins, including Gou Dan.
I had no choice but to go to Erhu's house, and sure enough I found two cousins here, as well as Goudan.
Several people were making gunpowder guns out of wood, which immediately aroused Li Jiayi's interest.
In his previous life, Li Jiayi also made a gunpowder gun when he was a child. He first made a gun model out of wooden boards.
Then use No. 8 iron wire to make a frame. If possible, use bicycle chains to thread it in a row, and use bullet casings in front as network tubes.
However, this kind of gun has little power. If you want to make a powerful gunpowder gun, you can directly use seamless steel pipes, which are relatively thin.
The nut on the back of the car, find a screw to screw on, and then weld it shut. Make a small hole in the end of the screw to ignite the gunpowder.
This kind of gunpowder gun is so powerful that it can even be used to shoot birds. However, when choosing a steel pipe, be sure to choose a seamless steel pipe, otherwise it is easy to explode and injure yourself.
Of course, this is talking about Li Jiayi's previous life when he was a child, but he does not have such conditions now.
The most you can do is make a chain gun, the kind made from a bicycle chain.
There is no shortage of bullet casings in the village. What Li Jiayi didn’t expect was that Erhu and the others actually had bicycle chains.
The brigade leader is the only one in the village who owns a bicycle, so the bicycle chain must not have been obtained from the brigade leader's home. The only possibility is that it was bought from a bicycle repair shop in the commune.
It just so happened that the New Year was just over, and a few people probably picked up a lot of cannons. Now, they started making chain guns.
"Brother, don't you have a real gun? Why are you still doing this?" asked the cousin.
"Li Jiayi, do you have a real gun?" Erhu asked.
"Yes! What's wrong?"
It is not uncommon to have guns in this era, but children are just not allowed to touch them.
Now that they heard that Li Jiayi actually had a real gun, both Erhu and Goudan found it incredible.
“Take it out and let us have a look.”
“I didn’t bring it.”
“Uh!”
The next few people started to do it. But Li Jiayi just made a semi-finished product. There was nothing he could do because there were not so many bicycle chains.
Needless to say, when several people buy bicycle chains, they are sold according to the quantity, and there is no excess at all.
Li Jiayi doesn’t care! He just plays. If he wants this thing, it's really easy.
As long as there are materials, a thought can be made in space, and because of the power of space, what is made is much more delicate than what is made outside.
But when he thought about bicycles, he remembered that grandma's house didn't have bicycles yet.
My grandparents are only in their fifties and have no problem riding bicycles.
If you have a bicycle, it will be much more convenient for grandparents to go somewhere.
Even to go to the commune, riding a bicycle is faster than riding a bullock cart!
Thinking of this, Li Jia said to his cousin: "Brother, I want to go to the commune, will you go?"
"Go to the commune! When?"< br>
“Now.”
"Well! Let's go then."
"Okay."
Tell Goudan and Erhu, and the three of them rushed to grandma's house.
Because the tricycle is still at grandma’s house! There is no way they can walk there!
Otherwise it would be impossible to come back even if it gets dark, even if you come back riding a bicycle.
The three of them walked very quickly, and it didn't take long for them to get home.
Li Jiayi went directly to start the tricycle.
The sound of the tricycle engine also alerted Li Jiaqi, Li Jialin and Li Jiafen, and they hurriedly ran out of the house.
"Brother, why are you driving a tricycle?" asked the second sister Li Jialin.
"My eldest brother and my second brother and I are going to the commune." "Ah! Then I will go too."
"Second sister, what are you going to do! I'm going to buy something and I'll be back soon."
It's okay if Li Jiayi doesn't say shopping, but says he's going to buy something , Li Jialin got on the tricycle directly.
There is nothing Li Jiayi can do about this foodie.
"Sister, let's go too!" Li Jiafen said.
"Do you want to go?" asked the eldest sister.
"Yeah!" Li Jialin nodded quickly.
"Let's go!"
Li Jiayi will stop the second sister when she goes, but Li Jiayi will not stop the eldest sister and her cousin when they go.
Fortunately, the tricycle compartment is big enough, and the five people sitting in the back don't even occupy half of the seats.
The main reason is that when Li Jiayi made it at that time, it was big and people could sit on the left, right and behind.
"Mom, let's go to the commune and be back soon." Li Jia said to Ye Xin.
"I know, pay attention to safety on the road."
"Yeah!"
Although they were not very far away, Li Jiayi still took Asheng and Ah Quan with him. superior.
With Ah Sheng and Ah Quan here, it will be much safer. As for Ah Cai, he is a gatekeeper in the city.
The tricycle is very fast. It takes less than half an hour to travel more than ten kilometers. This is because the road is so bad.
If this is an asphalt road or a cement road, the speed can be faster.
There is no shopping mall in the commune. Everything has to be bought at the supply and marketing cooperative, including bicycles.
However, the bicycles sold by the commune supply and marketing cooperative can only be regarded as consignment sales.
When he arrived at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative, Li Jia stopped the tricycle, turned around and said, "You guys will see what you want to buy later, and buy it together later."
After that, he went out first.
After everyone came down, Li Jia closed the door and then went in together.
A strange tricycle came to the door of the supply and marketing cooperative, which had already attracted everyone's attention.
Even people from the supply and marketing cooperative came out to take a look.
After joining the supply and marketing cooperative, the eldest sister did not do much, but the second sister was different.
I want all the White Rabbit candies, snacks, and biscuits!
Li Jiayi didn't care, he didn't lack these tickets, and besides, these things didn't cost much.
When he buys expensive furniture, antiques or watches, he usually spends hundreds or thousands, so tens or even hundreds don't matter to him at all.
“Auntie, what brands are the bicycles you sell here?” Li Jiayi asked.
"There are only two types now: Phoenix and Flying Pigeon. They were sold forever years ago."
"Can I have a look?"
"Yes, come with me!"
Bicycles are not left outside. For the commune supply and marketing cooperatives, bicycles are precious commodities and are not left outside.
Following the salesman to the back, I saw two bicycles there, a Phoenix and a Flying Pigeon.
As for whether Li Jiayi could afford a bicycle, the salesperson didn't even doubt it.
You know, they came here on a strange tricycle!
Although they didn’t recognize him, they heard the sound of the engine.
In this day and age, anything that burns oil is high-end, no matter what it is.
“How much does this Phoenix bicycle cost?” Li Jiayi asked.
"Phoenix Bicycle 186, one Phoenix Bicycle ticket." The salesperson looked at Li Jiayi and said.
“I want it.” After speaking, Li Jiayi took out a Phoenix bicycle ticket and handed it over.
"Let's go! I'll give you a ticket."
"Yeah!"
When we got to the front, the salesperson started to write the ticket, and Li Jiayi took the ticket and paid the money , the salesperson pushed the bicycle out.
"Brother, did you buy this bicycle?" asked the cousin.
"Yes! What's wrong?"
Li Chengqian just heard Li Jiayi ask about the bicycle, and thought he was just looking at it, but he didn't expect to actually buy it.
Because he knows very well that bicycles are not that easy to buy. Not only do they require a lot of money, but they also need tickets.
The money is easy to come by, but the tickets are really hard to get!
"By the way, what did you buy?"
When Li Jiayi asked, the two cousins shook their heads, meaning they didn't buy anything.
The same goes for the eldest sister.
Just looking at the second sister, Li Jiayi was speechless. Was it because he couldn't eat enough or something?
"Count these too!" Li Jiayi said, pointing to the things on the counter.
"Okay."
But it doesn't matter, I didn't bring these things with me this time.
The reason why the second sister bought so much is probably because she didn’t know how many days she would stay here.
They are all snacks anyway, and he plans to buy them even if the second sister doesn’t want to buy them.
After buying the things, they didn’t stop, they loaded the things directly onto the tricycle and headed back.
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(End of this chapter)