Chapter 718: Success is just around the corner
After the tanning is over, the next step is to smoke the hides.
Bi Fang made the skin into the shape of a bag, extinguished the open flame, set up a tripod on the charcoal fire, and put the animal skin bag directly on it, with the mouth of the bag facing down.
"This step of smoking is very important, the purpose is to avoid the animal skin after encountering water to turn into raw hide, raw hide can not be used as clothing, once it loses moisture, it will become hard and cannot be worn at all, so every time I do this step I am very serious."
"I remember I said don't use an open flame, it's easy to burn the hides, wait a few hours, turn them over and continue, and when you're done, the skins will be cooked."
While waiting, Bi Fang was not idle, he took out a reindeer stomach bag, which was filled with liquid frozen into ice cubes.
This is what Bi Fang collected from the eyeballs of the reindeer, not much, but very useful.
"Mixing the liquid in the eyes with the branches can also be made into super glue, and there are also hooves, which can also be kept to make super glue, and when boiling, the grease on the water surface is skimmed out, which is a good bone oil, which can be used to soften the leather."
"The musk ox was trying to lose as much weight as possible, so I gave up four big hooves, but this time the load was improved, and I kept it."
After the process, the next step is pure water grinding.
The next day, the skins were tanned, and everyone was exhausted, and last night's low temperature caused everyone to be caught up in the activities of rescuing the ice caves.
Fortunately, with the efforts of everyone, the ice cave did not freeze, the whales under the ice field are still full of vitality, and the temperature has temporarily risen to more than minus 40 degrees, although it is still cold, but compared to more than minus 50 degrees yesterday, it can already be called "warm".
The good news was that the Tesis broke through the thick ice and continued to ramble, moving at a sudden speed.
Now the distance between the two is less than two miles, and if you have good enough eyesight, you can even find a blurry figure directly under the starry sky!
Thinking of this, everyone was full of energy, and the number of tourists by the ice cave also increased again, and the number of people remained at about thirty, and the labor force was sufficient.
"Would anyone like a roast reindeer meat?"
In front of the bonfire, Bi Fang held the piece of meat high and asked everyone.
Reindeer meat?
Whether it was someone who was cutting ice or someone resting on the sidelines, they were stunned when they heard this.
Bi Fang was on the side, and everyone knew what he had done, today Bi Fang roasted half a big deer at one time at breakfast time, and they wondered how one person and six dogs could eat so much, but they didn't expect it to be given to them.
Seeing that no one reacted, Bi Fang shouted again: "The taste may not be so good, does anyone want to taste it!" ”
Everyone present finally reacted, and they all surrounded with a bang.
"Me! I want to give it a try! ”
"Give me a taste!"
"Get out of the way, let me see!"
Obviously, there are only more than 30 people, but they can't get through Bi Fang.
After spending two days in the Arctic Ice Field, no matter how familiar they were, they all knew Bi Fang's identity and deeds, and everyone was very interested in the reindeer meat that the adventurer had grilled himself.
Bi Fang quickly cut the pieces of meat from the reindeer, sprinkled them with a thin salt, and handed them to everyone.
Half a reindeer, close to 100 catties, even if it is a pound per person, it is more than enough for more than 30 people to eat, and ordinary people can't eat a pound of pure meat in a normal meal, plus although the roasting technique is skillful, the reindeer meat is more chai than musk beef, which is not particularly delicious.
It can only be said that it is ordinary, but the ability to make wild reindeer meat to an "ordinary" level with only salt can only be said to be a great help brought by Bi Fang's own wilderness cooking skills.
"It's not delicious when it's cold, don't wait too long."
Obviously he had just taken it off the fire, but Bi Fang couldn't persuade people to be careful of scalding, because once they left the flame, the huge temperature difference would cause the temperature of the meat pieces to drop rapidly.
"There's no need to rob it, everyone has it."
Like a small barbecue vendor, Bi Fang skillfully cut the pieces of meat, put on the sharpened branches, and handed them out one by one.
[Woo woo, I'm so envious, I really want to eat the barbecue made by Fang Shen himself]
[Fang Shen feed me! 】
[Fang Shen's wild barbecue, I really want to taste it]
[Peter Pan gave the anchor meatball*1 - I'm curious about the taste of reindeer meat]
"Whew, the taste is unexpectedly good!"
"I didn't even eat breakfast, I happened to be hungry, it's a little fragrant!"
"It's okay, it's just some firewood."
"It's definitely worth the ticket price, I never thought that an ordinary trip to the North Pole would be so fun and so happy!"
After the simple meal, Bi Fang also fed the impatient sled dogs on the side, and ate a simple meal himself, and then began to make clothes.
"It's a very basic skill to make clothes and other items out of things around you during long-term survival in the wild."
"Although it takes a lot of time and effort to make mature hides, you will also find that leather products made in this way are stronger and more durable than those made in modern industry."
"This is also a rare situation where field products can surpass modern industrial products."
Normally, the quality of things made in the wilderness is generally not as good as that of industrial products, such as soap, which is made of alkaline water and grease by Bifang, and it is impossible to sell it better than what is sold in the supermarket, otherwise the human chemical industry will develop to dogs?
But animal skin is different, as a natural product, but more strong and durable, and is a natural product, can effectively mask their own smell, more conducive to getting closer to the prey, and will not make a sound when rubbing like a down jacket or jacket, which can be well camouflaged.
"When making clothes, you can use a variety of materials to sew hides, and animal tendons can also be used to sew clothes, but it's best to use them in a drier place."
"Of course, plant fibers are also possible, but the seams are easy to crack and need to be sewn frequently, so I choose to glue the edges with animal skin glue first, and then sew them together, so that it is very strong."
The reindeer skin was cut into long strips of cloth, and most of it was made into buckets that could be worn as trousers and directly over the legs.
"The knee joint should pay more attention to keeping warm, otherwise it is easy to develop arthritis or rheumatism, and we can put another layer."
On top of the long animal skin, Bi Fang put a short tube on his knees, and finally put on a deerskin coat, and the whole person suddenly swollen.
Although some of the beauty was sacrificed, it was a little more wild in the wilderness, and the most important thing was that Bi Fang finally felt that his body was warm!
Until the afternoon, the Tesis was less than 500 meters away from the gray whale, and even the most bad eyesight could see it under the stars at this moment!
"Alright, let the Tesis turn the ship's bow, and the next thing is to let the gray whale return to the sea!"
Bi Fang's words were uplifting, and everyone began to high-five each other and laugh heartily.
Success is just around the corner!
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