Chapter 41: My father has made you suffer.

Wei Qingwan exerted half a day’s effort, but the bow in her hand was only drawn in a very small arc, and the arrow resting on the bow fell to the ground due to the trembling of her hand.

Wei Yi Chen helped Wei Qing Wan pick up the fallen arrows while comforting, “Wan Wan don’t be anxious, archery is hard, father’s bows are all on the hard side, it’s normal that you can’t pull it off, big brother’s first time archery was similar to yours.”

“I’ll try again.” Wei Qingwan fired the bow again.

This time she used more force, then let out a soft cry while the bow and arrow in her hand fell to the ground.

“Wanwan, what’s wrong?” Wei Yi Chen was busy checking Wei Qingwan’s hand.

Wei Mingting, who was originally teaching Wei Ruo, also walked to Wei Qingwan’s front when he heard the voice, checking on her condition, and his eyes were also filled with strong concern.

“I’m fine, it’s me who’s useless, I didn’t draw the bow and cut my hand with the bowstring.” Wei Qingwan blamed herself.

Wei Yi Chen spread out Wei Qing Wan’s hand and saw that the finger she used to pull the bowstring was struck with a deep red mark by the bowstring, although the skin wasn’t broken, the red color was particularly eye-catching on Wei Qing Wan’s fair and delicate skin.

Wei Mingting frowned, then said to Wei Yichen, “Yichen, go get some medicine and put it on Wanwan.”

“Alright, I’ll go now.” Wei Yi Chen hurriedly went back to look for external wound medicine.

Yun and Wei Yi Lin also rushed over.

Seeing Wei Qingwan injured, the two were concerned and nervous.

“Wan Wan quickly show Mother, how did you get it like this? Quickly stop practicing bow and arrow, your hands are not made for this.” Yun was busy saying.

“Yes sister, can we play something else?” Wei Yi Lin seconded.

“I’m sorry …… it’s me who’s useless ……” Wei Qingwan lowered her head in shame.

“What are you talking about, what does it have to do with you being useful or not, riding and shooting is not something a woman should do in the first place.” Yun said.

“Don’t be afraid, sister, I’ll practice my riding and shooting to protect you in the future!” Wei Yi Lin said as he patted his chest.

Wei Qingwan’s eyes reddened, “Thank you Yi Lin.”

Immediately after that, he said to Wei Mingting and Yun, “I’m sorry father and mother, there’s nothing wrong with my daughter, letting you guys get hung up, my daughter is unfilial.”

“It’s perfectly normal for a father and mother to be concerned about their children, what’s unfilial about it.” Yun said.

Wei Mingting nodded a little, agreeing with what his wife had said.

“Alright, don’t cry, go back to the carriage with Mother first to rest.” Yun pulled Wei Qingwan away.

Wei Yi Lin followed behind, like a little bodyguard.

When Wei Qingwan left, Wei Mingting turned and walked back to Wei Ruo.

Suddenly thinking of something, he looked down at Wei Ruo’s right hand.

He caught a glimpse of bright red marks on Wei Ruo’s fingers that were pulling the bowstring as well.

And because Wei Ruo opened her bow far more often than Wei Qingwan’s, the number of red marks on her hands was much more numerous and obvious than Wei Qingwan’s.

“Ruo’er, stop practicing for now.” Wei Mingting immediately shouted at Wei Ruo to stop.

After Wei Ruo put down his bow and arrow, Wei Mingting asked, “You already have many red marks on your hands, why didn’t you tell my father?”

Wei Ruo glanced at the red marks on her hand and calmly replied, “No skin broken, not really.”

A red mark of this degree was no injury at all in Wei Ruo’s opinion.

Wei Ruo’s words caused Wei Mingting to frown and look grave.

To him, this level of injury was indeed nothing, but girls were different, daughters were pampered and raised, naturally they were no better than him, and he had always felt that it was normal to be like Wan Wan.

Wei Mingting was silent for a long time before saying, “Ruo’er, my father has made you suffer.”

Wei Ruo raised her head to look at Wei Mingting, and then quickly averted her eyes to the distant archery target.

There was a moment when Wei Ruo wanted to tell Wei Mingting that she didn’t feel any bitterness in her life in the countryside, where she had a family and friends and a life of her own.

But she held back and didn’t say anything, because these were words that Wei’s family didn’t like to hear.

In their minds, it was best for her if they picked her up and brought her back to be a government lady and pamper her.

In order to change the topic, Wei Ruo took the initiative to ask Wei Mingting, “Do all bows require that much strength? There isn’t that kind of crossbow that is relatively lightweight and can be used with one hand, for example.”

“Yes, it’s true that if you use an incompetent man, you won’t need too much strength, and you won’t hurt your hands, does Ruo’er want to try an incompetent man?” Wei Mingting asked.

Wei Ruo shook his head, “I won’t try, I’m just a little curious as to why the generals use more bows than incompetent horses these days.”

“Because of the slowness of the use of the jedi, in the same amount of time a skilled bowman can shoot three arrows, while the jedi can only shoot one. When two armies are fighting, the intensity of firepower is very important.” Wei Mingting answered.

“That’s so.” Wei Ruo was thoughtful.

Seeing Wei Ruo’s interest in crossbows, Wei Mingting asked his attendants to fetch incompetent horses in order to better explain to Wei Ruo.

Wei Mingting handed the incompetent man to Wei Ruo: “Come, Ruo’er take a look, this incompetent man can be loaded with one arrow at a time, and after shooting, it will take more time to load a second one.”

Wei Ruo took it and shot one at the target, then loaded a second arrow for the worn out man under Wei Mingting’s guidance, and it was really slower.

For a novice like her, the time it took to load a crossbow was about the same as the time it took to shoot an arrow with a bow, but for someone like Wei Ming Ting, who had been in a hundred battles, the speed of picking up an arrow and shooting it with a bow was much higher than the speed of loading an incompetent man.

Wei Ruo looked at the incompetent man in his hand thoughtfully.

“What is Ruo’er thinking?” Wei Mingting was somewhat curious about his daughter’s thoughts.

“I was thinking that it would be awesome if this incompetent man could load many arrows at once.” Wei Ruo said absently while playing and observing the worn out clasp in his hand.

“Ruo’er’s ideas are interesting.” Wei Mingting said, then raised his head to look at the sky, “It’s getting late get ready to return to the house.”

Wei Mingting saw that it was getting late, so he ended the day’s trip and took his wife and children to hit the road back home.

The road back was calm, and the group returned to the Wei Mansion very safely.

After entering the door, before separating from Wei Ruo, Wei Mingting specifically instructed Wei Ruo: “Today you are riding a horse for the first time and shooting arrows, tomorrow you will inevitably be uncomfortable, go back and rest early.”

“Good.”

Wei Ruo returned to Listening Pine Court not long after receiving a medicinal bath pack from Cui Ping.

It was Wei Mingting who explained to Yun, and then Yun ordered Cui Ping to bring it.

Wei Mingting because of the war so the family always have some medicine, this medicine bath bag is for Wei Mingting on weekdays.

Wei Ruo opened the medicinal bath bag and carefully distinguished it, sniffed it, and it was indeed a prescription that had the purpose of soothing the tendons and activating the blood.

There are some flaws in the formula, but the usefulness is there.

Originally, Wei Ruo planned to prepare a medicinal bath herself, but since Wei Mingting had someone send it over, she didn’t toss it and just used the packet that was sent.

So in the evening, Wei Ruo took a nice hot medicinal bath to soothe and relax.

Wei Ruo had anticipated that she might wake up the next day with a sore back, but she really didn’t realize until the next day that it wasn’t just the sore back that was the problem, but also that the pain was in some awkward places!