Chapter 24: Matches and flint and sulphur and phosphorus
Ivy beckoned to the crowd and surveyed the road, while Ella recorded the data collected by the crowd and walked slowly.
Erin pushed the wheelchair as if nothing had happened before, and Wang Mubi tacitly stopped mentioning it, closed her eyes, and took a nap.
Seeing this, Erin stopped her wheelchair, sat down on the side, and teased the big black and rhubarb.
Time passed quietly, and Erin watched Ella and the others get farther and farther away, but Wang Mubi seemed to be asleep, so Erin simply did not move forward.
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Wang Mubi slowly opened his eyes, shook his head, sobered up for a moment, and found that he was covered with a bed blanket, and Erin was not far away, not knowing what he was doing.
Wang pinched the wheels of the wheelchair with both hands and tried to turn the wheelchair, but because the wheelchair design is not four-wheeled, the wheelchair did not move at all, only made a squeaking sound.
Erin heard the sound, turned around and saw that Wang Mubi had woken up, and hurriedly put down the things in her hand, patted the ashes on her body, and walked quickly to Wang Mubi.
"The master is awake. Erin put away the blanket on Wang Mubi's body, pushed Wang Mubi to the direction she had just got, and when she got closer to Wang Mubi, she found that it was a snow rabbit, but looking at the wound on her throat, it was obviously dead.
"Well, how long have I been asleep?" Wang said, rubbing his temples.
"It's been a while, it's past noon, and I guess they'll be back soon. Does the master want lunch now?" asked Erin Wang.
"It's okay, I've eaten a lot of snacks and I'm not hungry, Erin, what's the matter with that rabbit?" said Wang Mubi, looking at the snow rabbit on the ground.
"That's the snow rabbit that the rhubarb and the big black have just bitten to death, I'm bleeding, does the owner want to eat the rabbit, it's going to wait a while, and I didn't bring a pot, so I can only roast and eat." Erin lifted the rabbit ears and showed them to Wang.
"Will Erin get it? I used to eat it from Milley, this peeling is a hassle. Wang remembered that when he was in the mountains before, Ella was still not good at making living animals, and finally Milai baked it for everyone to eat.
"No problem, Erin is a professional maid. Erin said, taking out a small knife with a slightly curved tip, hooking the rabbit's neck around it, and then pulling it straight off the belly...... Forget it, the production process seems to be a bit bloody, and Bunny is so cute, so don't describe it in detail.
Erin broke a few thin branches, stood up the stripped rabbit diagonally, threaded it horizontally, and put two small brackets on it.
Then, Erin put some small branches of dry grass under the simple barbecue grill, took out an iron box, opened it carefully, pinched a little silk flocculent thing, put it under the dry grass, and then took out a small piece of iron, picked up a stone of suitable size, put it on top of the silk flocculent item, knocked it hard, sparks splashed on the silk wool, and it ignited, Erin quickly pressed the dead grass and successfully lit a fire.
"Alright, let's start baking. Erin put away the tin box and the stone, threw the stone away, clapped her hands, and turned the rabbit.
"Erin, what was in the iron box just now? Wang Mubi was a little curious.
"Well, it's a little bit of cotton soaked in oil. ”
"Is this how you all get fire, I heard Dr. Lin say that there are matches, so it's a bit dangerous. Wang Mubi was a little worried, when the fire just started, his heart jumped, although this fire will not burn, but it is still a little scary.
"The master doesn't know, matches are very rare, matches want to burn, wood chips should be very thin, and especially useless, one piece at a time, even if it is a skilled carpenter, to make this thing, it is also very eye-catching, plus ordinary people can't mine sulfur ore, let alone process, so the price is very high, and even if it's a match, don't you want to light the flint. Erin explained.
"Isn't it a stick?"
"The host...... In the case of wooden sticks, how can the sparks splash, of course, it is wood chips. Erin continued to explain.
...... If you want to fire it separately, it seems that it is simply soaked in sulfur with wood chips, and it is still lit by flint. No wonder matches are not popular, I think about it, matches, it seems to be phosphorus, sulfur or something, phosphorus...... White phosphorus itself knows how to do it, but that thing is too dangerous, red phosphorus, it's okay to seal and heat white phosphorus, but it's still not suitable now, well, no matter what, you still have to get through the trouble in front of you first, you can't stay up until the rainy season comes, what thoughts, it's all floating clouds.
Although it's not easy to use in life, white phosphorus seems to have a miraculous effect as a weapon, especially for these monsters, there should be no need to consider what is humane or inhumane, and the bones of the monster after being burned to death can be used to make white phosphorus again, which can be regarded as recycling.
Wang Mubi fell into deep thought, and Erin saw the appearance of Wang Mubi and quietly roasted the rabbit, from time to time with a knife to cut a cut or two, and sprinkled some spices.
After a while, Wang Mubi smelled the fragrance and suppressed his thoughts. I saw that on the simple barbecue grill, the snow rabbit had been roasted golden, and there was a hint of oil on the mouths, and Wang Mubi's appetite was moved.
"It's going to be baked right away, so let's wait. Erin continued to flip the rabbit, and Rhubarb and Black had already smelled the scent and ran around Erin.
Erin cut off a small piece of meat, tasted it, nodded, cut off a leg, and handed it to Wang Mubi, who couldn't wait to take a bite, only to feel that the meat was tender and delicious, and the skin was slightly burnt, which was even more in line with Wang's appetite.
"It's delicious, it's just right, Erin, you can eat it too. ”
Erin cut some meat and gave it to Rhubarb Dahei, then cut a little bit herself, ate it carefully, and said to Wang Mubi at the same time,
"It's good if the owner likes it, but I still think the rabbit stew is more delicious, after all, there are spices to put in. ”
"It's okay to roast, you can grind the spices into powder. Wang Mubi suggested.
When Erin was about to answer, Rhubarb and Dahei put down the rabbit meat and barked into the distance, Wang Mubi looked up and saw that Ella had already run over, looked at the rabbit in front of Wang Mubi and the two, and called,
"Hey, we eat shriveled bread, and my sister and master are hiding here to eat good things!!"
Erin smiled and cut off her other leg and handed it to Ella, while asking,
"Have you finished measuring?"
"Well, the planned measurement is finished and we have measured a little more, but we saw that the sky was not very good, so we rushed back, and Sister Ivy wanted to take them, so I ran over first. Ella said as she chewed on the meat.
Wang Mubi looked at the sketch drawn by Ella, well, according to the map in the town, about one-tenth of it is completed, and the follow-up should be much faster, but it may be camping outside, the north is not very good, the night is long and the day is short, if you want to finish it early, it is estimated that you will need a lot of money to send some people.
Wang Mubi thought carefully about how to save time, at this time, Ai Wei and others had also appeared, Wang Mubi swept it, and the number of people was all there, so it was announced.
"Well, they're all back, so let's get ready to go back, that's the end of today's measurements. ”