Chapter 17: Eating Meat
By this time, the two had returned to the cave.
Bai Yingying was a little dumbfounded when she saw the snake corpse.
Obviously, when she left, there were no bugs in the cave.
And now, the snake corpse is crawling with small insects, and it is very disgusting to look at.
Lin Xia grabbed the snake's tail and said quickly: "Yingying, you eat first, I will drag the snake corpse out to deal with it." ”
“... Well. You go and come back quickly. Bai Yingying smiled lightly.
When Lin Xia left the cave, she collapsed.
She forgot.
Here, corpses attract bugs. And because she was worried that her prey would be stolen, she dragged the body into her 'home'.
In the last days, all living beings have disappeared except xenomorphs and humans, and she has no experience in this area at all.
In her memory, the food she bought had to be disposed of in the kitchen at home. But I forgot that there is no such condition here.
The insects on the ground spun around for a moment without a target, concentrating on the blood trail left behind.
Bai Yingying knew that these blood stains had to be dealt with properly, otherwise they would attract insects in the future.
She thought about it, went out and found a stone to take advantage of, and smashed all the bugs to death. Then go out to collect firewood.
Luckily, she only dragged the snake corpse to the entrance of the cave, which would be easy to deal with.
Bai Yingying moved all the large stones in the cave to the position just now, and half-enclosed the place where all the insect corpses were located, leaving only a gap.
Then put the flammable dry firewood on top of the insect carcasses, and when the fire is successful, lead the fire to the dry firewood.
Bai Yingying watched the flames dance, and the smoke drifted diagonally out of the cave,
After a while, I heard a 'crackling' sound.
She finally let out a sigh of relief.
She didn't have a good way to hide the smell, so she had to burn it with fire.
It just so happens that you can eat something hot yourself.
Although the stone pot has not yet been completed, today's hunting task has been completed, and Lin Xia can rush to work at home.
When Lin Xia came back, he saw Bai Yingying collecting firewood outside the cave, and there was smoke at the entrance of the cave.
He saw that Bai Yingying's face was covered with sweat, and he was distressed.
"Yingying, you go and rest, I'll pick up firewood." Lin Xia said, and hurriedly got into the cave to let go of the processed snake meat.
The whole snake, with the head and tail of the snake and the internal organs and snake skin, left a whole piece of the snake body that was one meter long, was wrapped in leaves by him, and he carried it back tightly with rattan ties.
At this point, it doesn't matter if you put it on the ground.
After Lin Xia put down the snake meat, he also saw that the mole meat he brought back had not moved.
He frowned and walked out quickly.
happened to collide with Bai Yingying, who was holding dry firewood.
"Ahem, cough, cough..."
The two collided at the entrance of the cave, and they were both choked with smoke and coughed.
Bai Yingying hurriedly pushed Lin Xia into the cave.
She asked helplessly, "Ahem... You're in a hurry... Ahem, ahem... What to do..."
Lin Xia had already stopped coughing, and hurriedly hugged her shoulders and cared: "Yingying is okay, right?" It's my fault, I saw that you haven't eaten yet, so I'm a little anxious to go out and find you. ”
"Ahem... It's okay, I'd like to wait for you to come back and eat together. Bai Yingying covered her mouth and coughed lightly.
The tears that were smoked just now flowed out, not to mention how pitiful it was to look at it.
"Don't wait for me next time, the meat is fresher and better. I'll just leave the rest to me. ”
Lin Xia patted her on the back, pursed her lips, and said cautiously: "Next time there is prey, don't bring it back first, find a place to cover it with branches and leaves, and wait for me to come back and deal with it." ”
"Hmm. This time I was too careless. Bai Yingying walked towards the place where Lin Xia had placed the mole meat.
"No, Yingying is already very powerful." Lin Xia bent his eyebrows, "I will teach you some basic knowledge of survival in the wild in the future." ”
Lin Xia also returned to the entrance of the cave, leaned over to pick up all the dry firewood that had fallen on the ground, and put it in the corner.
Bai Yingying was already eating the mole meat that Lin Xia had brought back.
When he returned, he tore off a piece of meat from the stick and handed it to him, and said with a smile, "You can also eat while teaching." ”
The mole meat that Lin Xia brought back was pure meat cut with sharp claws, and it could be eaten directly.
Lin Xia patted the ash on his hand and smiled even brighter: "Okay." We eat together. ”
"Hmm."
Bai Yingying and Lin Xia sat on the ground, each biting the piece of meat in their hands.
Lin Xia explained what had just happened while eating: "Generally speaking, small prey don't have much blood, and the bloody qi disperses quickly, and it hardly attracts other beasts. Corpses can be disposed of on the spot, as long as the meat is fine. ”
"Untreated prey cannot be taken home and placed on the ground. The aura it emits attracts some special bugs, even if the cave is sprinkled with insect repellent powder. ”
"Don't underestimate these bugs, they are numerous, and over time, they can steal a lot of meat."
"Also, Miko-sama said that meat that has been eroded by too many insects is easy to get sick if you eat it, and you can't eat it unless you have to."
"Therefore, when the hunting team brings back the prey, they will be extra careful not to let the dead prey touch the ground."
"Hunting party?" Bai Yingying is very interested in hunting teams.
Lin Xia nodded, "Hmm." Generally, the high-level orcs of the hunting team will not kill them, and try to keep the prey alive, so that it is fresh to bring it back to the tribe. ”
He was a little ashamed, "I can't grasp that degree yet." ”
Capturing prey alive, unless it is crushed by strength, is a technical job.
If it is light, the prey will run away without saying anything, and it may be counter-killed.
If it's heavy, the prey will die directly. In other seasons, if you bring it back to the tribe from afar in the summer, the meat will taste good, and you will get sick if you eat it.
Bai Yingying suddenly knew in the memory of the original owner that sometimes it was common for the hunting team to go out for three or five days before coming back, and it turned out that the prey was brought back like this.
Lin Xia continued: "But it doesn't matter if it's the season now, there are a lot of prey in spring, and the hunting team can't go far to hunt a lot of food, and it can be stored for a long time." ”
"Early spring is also the time to clean up the beasts around the tribe, to avoid the beasts gathering too much and causing danger to the tribe. I brought you here because the hunting party has cleaned up the area, and we will not be in any great danger if we live here. ”
Lin Xia suddenly thought of something, "But." Sometimes, when a large game is hunted, the hunting party will quickly leave the scene with the carcass, and they will also have to go against the wind. Avoid the thick bloody aura, which will attract more beasts, and it will be dangerous to face them head-on. ”
"However, we rabbit hunters rarely hunt large prey. Unless there is a Golden Dog tribe next door to help. ”
Bai Yingying nodded repeatedly.
She also guessed some, mainly the question of the beast form. Their rabbit-hunting beasts are too small to seem to be able to break the barriers of talent.
Their tribe has a history of more than two hundred years, but only the orcs of the Yellow Order have appeared at the highest.
“....”
While eating meat, Bai Yingying listened to Lin Xia's talk about the basic knowledge of hunting, and felt very interesting and listened to it with relish.
It's just that Lin Xia brought back too little meat, and it was not enough to eat at all.
Bai Yingying only ate a small piece and planned to roast snake meat to eat.
She asked Lin Xia to use a dagger to split the snake's body into sections.
Skewer a piece of snake meat with a wooden stick and start grilling.
Soon, a burnt smell of meat spreads.
Finally eating cooked food, Bai Yingying was very satisfied.
Lin Xia prefers to eat raw meat, so he only tasted a bunch and didn't eat it again.
The two of them were eating their favorite foods, and they were both in a very happy mood.
On the second day after leaving the tribe, they all hunted food alone.
It's a great start.
The future is promising.