Chapter Forty-Nine: Roasting the Fire
"Ahh
Xin Huzi wiped the back of his little hand with the nose that flowed down when he sneezed. At this time, he was naked, wearing the skin he wore when he slept. Sitting on a rock, warming up by the bonfire that Daddy had raised. In front of him, there was also a fat fish strung with branches.
Some of the clothes that had been taken off and not yet dried were also hung on the branches of the trees, and dried very close to the campfire. But it was the clothes that Xin Huzi took off, and the clothes that fell in the stream.
Although Xin Huzi was very close to the bonfire, he still felt a little cold. But just now, when I was in the water, I didn't feel it much. But when I went ashore, I slowly felt cold. Although it is just past noon, there is an old hot day in the sky. But the chill on his body still couldn't be dissipated for a long time. It's really just like Daddy said, even Uncle Calf has to light a fire to ward off the cold.
And he just fell into the water, just for a while. But he was wearing a soaked leather coat, and after a while, he didn't expect it to be cold like this. But Uncle Calf was in the water, and it took a while for the fish to come up. It seems that Uncle Calf also has great skills! Xin Huzi thought about it, so he wiped it with the back of his little hand again, and snot and water. I looked at Daddy, who was picking up a wild boar by the stream not far from the campfire.
But I remembered that Daddy had just let me poke the eye sockets of the long-haired wild boar with an iron arrow. At that time, he was really a little scared, and he still opened his eyes and looked at his long-haired boar. But in the end, he listened to Daddy's words, and walked tremblingly to the body of the long-haired wild boar. Although he hesitated for a while, in the end, he still stuck the arrow into the eye socket of the long-haired wild boar!
But after inserting the arrow in his hand into the eye socket of the long-haired wild boar. Looking at the eye sockets that were punctured by myself all of a sudden, and the blood that kept flowing out of the eye sockets, I was really a little uncomfortable. In the end, it was Daddy who carried himself ashore. But he saw Daddy's smile at himself, and he could feel that Daddy was very happy! Thinking about it, Xin Huzi looked at the hand he had once held, the iron arrowhead.
Just now, he used this hand to insert the iron arrow into the eye socket of the hairy wild boar! He didn't know that he had the courage to come. At the moment when the iron arrow was inserted into the eye socket of the long-haired wild boar, there was no trace of fear for the long-haired wild boar staring at his dead eyes!
But when he withdrew the hand that held the iron arrow and inserted it into the eye socket of the long-haired wild boar. But I felt that the blood flowing down the cold stream made me feel afraid. If Daddy hadn't carried him ashore, he really wouldn't have been able to walk ashore by himself, and his two little legs were still trembling vigorously at that time, but he couldn't move a single step!
At this time, Xin Laosan was very calm, picking up the long-haired wild boar that was dragged ashore. At this time, he was using the swarthy iron dagger in his hand to delicately peel off the skin of the long-haired wild boar. The bright red blood water fell down Xin Laosan's hand and melted into the slowly passing stream.
The thick palms covered with calluses were also scarlet at this time. Some flies and insects, but they also seemed to smell the smell of blood on the long-haired boar, and they lingered around Xin Laosan's hand for a long time. But Xin Laosan didn't care about those ones, and the insects that kept flying around him and the long-haired wild boar.
I saw that the skin of the long-haired wild boar was very clean and neat, and it was slowly peeled off the meat by the experienced Xin Laosan. And beside Xin Laosan, there was still his big stone bow, and he was still carrying a quiver on his back.
A faint smile appeared at the corner of Xin Laosan's mouth at this time. But to this day, they are still happy for the little tiger child, inserting the arrow into the long-haired wild boar, and the eye sockets! He was when Xiaohuzi was so big, although the old guy also let himself try like this, but he was not as brave as he is today! Especially at the moment when Xiaohuzi inserted the arrow in his hand into the eye socket of this long-haired wild boar. That courage without hesitation is really a good material for being an old forest hunter! It is also one of the indispensable conditions for becoming a bower! The arrow in his hand hadn't hesitated since he knew how to shoot it!
When Xin Laosan smiled slightly, he completely withdrew the skin of the long-haired wild boar. Only then did he wash the skin of the wild boar that had been peeled off in the stream. Then he flattened the skin and laid it on a large stone to dry. This stone creek is really a good place to dry skins! Along the flowing stream, the breeze gently blows. And the sun, which is not shaded by trees, is an indispensable condition for drying the skins.
Xin Laosan, who had laid the skin of the long-haired wild boar, also used the black iron dagger knife in his hand to cut off several pieces of good meat of different sizes from the wild boar's body after picking up the skin. But he skewered the cut meat with the branches that had been prepared a long time ago. While skewering the good meat, from time to time, I smeared some salt on the meat. He also knew that Xiaohuzi must be hungry. And this wild boar, although delicious, is not very cooked. It was only with talent that the meat was cut off with an iron knife quickly. But in this way, after a while, when it is roasted on the fire, it is much easier to roast.
When Xin Laosan held some skewered wild boar meat and carried the bloody wild boar, he came to the bonfire. The little tiger who was hungry for a long time couldn't wait, but at this time, he was alone and grilled the skewer of fish.
This fish is the one that Xiaohuzi caught in the water just now. Although Xiaohuzi fell into the water, the fish in his hand naturally took off his hand. But it was also coincidental that he was thrown ashore by Xiaohuzi. In the end, Xin Laosan skewered the branches, and became the appearance of being roasted by Xiaohuzi in front of the bonfire.
Xin Huzi looked at Daddy and held a handful of skewered wild boar. He also carried the skinned, bloody long-haired boar to the bonfire. Then he said, "Ah, Daddy! ”
"Hey! Hungry"
"Hmm"
Xin Huzi seemed to be a little deflated, and answered Daddy's words listlessly, but he was still roasting the fish in his hand and churning. Although he was in the tunzi, he did not eat less fish he caught. But after catching a fish with his friends, he was helped by the eldest sister and roasted it for himself. is also because of the eldest sister, she is very good at grilling fish. He always handed over the fish he caught to the eldest sister to roast and eat, but he took it seriously and never grilled much fish.
Although he hasn't grilled much fish himself, he will watch the eldest sister roast every time. I also learned a little bit about how to grill fish. No, when I'm a little hungry. He picked it up himself, and the fish in front of him roasted it. Because it has been grilled for a while, the aroma of grilled fish can also be smelled.
"Hey!"
Xin Laosan glanced at the little tiger who was a little unenergetic, but smiled slightly. After a few steps, he came to Xiaohuzi and sat down cross-legged. After planting the skewered wild boar meat in front of the bonfire one by one. And he put the bloody boar on a clean boulder. Only then did he stretch out his hand to the little tiger who kept churning and grilling fish in his hand and said, "Come!" Daddy will help you sprinkle some salt. Hey! Your fish is well baked, and you can't eat it without salt. ”
"Oh!"
When Xin Huzi heard this, he handed the churning fish in his hand to Daddy's wide palm. Then it tightened again, and the skin on the body came. At this moment, he didn't feel much cold. After all, there is a boss in the sky, and with the bonfire in front of him, it is already half better. But it also made him feel that the water of this stone stream should really not go down. It's much colder than the water next to the Tunzi River! By now, his little feet in the water were still a little cool, and he was looking for some heat on the campfire!
"Huzi!"
"What, what?"
"Isn't it weird, Daddy?"
"Well, it's not strange, it's just that Daddy just now, the old murderer!"
"Hey! Don't hurt you, can you poke the eye sockets of that hairy thing! ”
"Oh!"
Xin Laosan said, and stroked the little tiger's little head with the big hand that was free. Xiaohuzi was still a little dissatisfied, and shook the warm big hand on his little head.
"Just now, we Huzi did a good job! It's really a man in our forest! ”
"Yes, yes?"
Xin Huzi looked at Daddy facing him, smiling at himself. I heard Daddy say that he was a man in the old forest, but he was really happy! Although Daddy was letting himself poke the eye socket of the hairy boar with an arrow just now, he didn't understand what he said. But now, Daddy poked the eye socket of the long-haired wild boar with an arrow, and said that he was a man in the old forest by doing this, but he understood it. I was really happy, but inadvertently, I looked at the big bow next to Daddy!
As early as yesterday, when Daddy shot the big-tailed pheasant with the big bow in his hand, he saw Daddy's ability to make a bow. also used a big bow to Daddy, and in an instant, he was envious of the ability to shoot down the big-tailed pheasant. But he didn't expect that just now, Daddy would shoot the arrow like this and kill the long-haired wild boar that rushed towards him. Really
"Daddy"
"What?"
"I, I want it, I want it"
Xin Huzi said, pointing with his little finger to the big bow placed next to Daddy.
Xin Laosan followed the direction that Xiaohuzi's little hand was pointing to, but saw that Xiaohuzi was referring to his big bow. With a smile, he stuck the grilled fish in front of him, between the wild boar skewers. Then he stretched out his hand and picked up the big bow that he had placed beside him.