Qiu Huang entered the house and checked the rice jar.
There wasn’t a single grain of rice inside.
“Just how poor was this guy?”
He couldn’t help complaining.
But thinking about it, it made sense. If there had been any rice or food left in the house, the original owner wouldn’t have starved to death.
This was a famine year.
The harvests were poor, starvation was everywhere, and people dying from hunger, like the original owner, could be found all over the country.
“Husband, I brought a little millet from home.”
Seeing Qiu Huang’s predicament, Tang Shiyi opened her bundle.
Inside were some personal necessities and a small amount of millet.
These were the things her parents had given her before she left home.
Normally, when a daughter got married, her family would provide at least some support.
Otherwise, if she couldn’t marry and had to remain at home, she would simply consume more food and be regarded as a burden.
The other women followed suit.
One after another, they took out what they had brought with them.
Some had wild vegetables.
Others had flour paste.
Together, they had enough food to last for a day or two.
Now that they were married to Qiu Huang, the marriage was a settled fact.
There was no changing it.
All they could do was accept their fate and work together with him to build a life.
They only hoped that Qiu Huang would not be too lazy and would work hard to support the family.
“Thank you, my wives.”
Qiu Huang thanked them sincerely.
After looking over their supplies, he estimated that they could survive for a day or two without much trouble.
But after that, things would become difficult.
In the end, everything still depended on him.
Hunting.
Based on his years of reading web novels, this was the most reliable way to get started.
In survival stories and historical novels, hunting was often the first step toward building a livelihood.
Since there was already plenty of “experience” from those stories, he intended to follow the same path.
After eating, the women busied themselves cleaning the house and repairing the holes in the walls.
Meanwhile, Qiu Huang worked on making a bow and arrows.
To hunt, a bow was essential.
“Not bad.”
He examined the bow he had crafted himself.
Because he lacked materials such as iron and leather, everything was made from bamboo.
The bow was a simple bamboo bow, and the arrows were sharpened bamboo shafts.
Qiu Huang gently drew the bowstring.
Now that he possessed the strength of ten adults, he didn’t dare pull too hard.
If he used too much force, the crude bow would break instantly.
He nocked an arrow and released it.
Whoosh!
The arrow flew several meters before losing momentum and dropping to the ground.
“It’s been a long time. I’m a little rusty.”
Watching the arrow fall, Qiu Huang sighed.
He had played with bamboo bows and arrows as a child.
But after growing up and becoming busy with school and work, he had never touched them again.
[Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have triggered the Arrow God’s Blessing.]
[Arrow God’s Blessing: Within one meter, your hit rate is 100%.]
Arrow God’s Blessing?
One hundred percent accuracy?
Hearing the notification, Qiu Huang was stunned.
What kind of concept was a 100% hit rate?
Even the greatest archers in existence couldn’t guarantee such a thing.
As expected of a system.
It was truly incredible.
He walked over and picked up the bamboo arrow.
After looking around, he found a target within one meter.
Drawing the bow once more, he fired.
Archery Proficiency +1
A line of text flashed before his eyes.
The arrow instantly struck the target.
“What does this Archery Proficiency mean? What’s it used for?”
The system replied:
[Archery Proficiency can be used to upgrade your archery skill. After upgrading, your shooting range and accuracy will improve.]
“But don’t I already have 100% accuracy? Can it still improve?”
The system responded:
[The Host’s current archery level is very low. The Arrow God’s Blessing only applies to targets within one meter, granting a 100% hit rate. Once the target is farther than one meter away, the hit rate is no longer guaranteed to be 100%.]
“I understand now.”
Qiu Huang nodded.
Anyone who had used a bow knew that the closer the target, the higher the chance of hitting it.
The farther away the target was, the lower the chance of success.
“Can the range of the Arrow God’s Blessing be increased? From one meter to ten meters, a hundred meters, or even farther?”
The system answered:
[Increasing your archery level will expand the range covered by the Arrow God’s Blessing.]
“What level is my archery currently, and how much proficiency do I need to level up?”
The system replied:
[The skill level and required proficiency are displayed on the system panel. The Host may check them directly.]
The status panel immediately expanded.
…
Host: Qiu Huang
Race: Human
Strength: 10
[One Strength Point is equivalent to the strength of an average adult.]
Basic Skills:
Archery: Level 1 【1/100】
[Protected by the Arrow God. Within one meter, hit rate is 100%.]
Spouses:
Tang Shiyi
Yan Roujun
Yan Roujiao
Murong Shiyun
Wanyan Meiling
Song Yuwei
Song Yufei
Su Yuexue
Chen Yuanyuan
Shan Feng
Evaluation: Your body has been greatly enhanced. You possess the strength of ten adults and can fight ten people alone. Overwhelming strength conquers all.
…
“So I only need one hundred proficiency points to gain a level. That’s easy.”
Qiu Huang immediately planned to grind his archery proficiency.
A one-meter range was nowhere near enough for hunting in the mountains.
In fact, with his current Strength Points, if prey came within one meter of him, he wouldn’t even need a bow.
He could simply catch it with his bare hands.
“Husband.”
At that moment, two young women approached.
Turning around, Qiu Huang recognized them as the twin sisters Yan Roujun and Yan Roujiao.
“What brings you here?”
Yan Roujun said,
“Husband, we’ve basically finished the household chores, so we came to see if you needed any help.”
Qiu Huang thought for a moment and pointed at the bamboo arrow.
“Can you make arrows like this?”
The sisters examined it and nodded.
“It shouldn’t be too difficult.”
“Good. Then help me make some more. I’ll need them when I go hunting in the mountains tomorrow.”
Having many people in the household was certainly troublesome.
Supporting them would not be easy.
But from another perspective, it was also an advantage.
Many hands made light work.
That truth had remained unchanged throughout history.
Especially in an era like this, the amount of manpower one possessed was a direct measure of strength.