17 Chapter 17
Pluck the bird feathers first...... Ah Yun couldn't say, she had never killed chickens or fish before, she had only seen stall owners deal with them in the vegetable market, but she only dealt with things that had long since turned into meat steaks and broiler chickens. Is the plucking feel of a chicken that has just died different from that has been dead for a long time?
She hoped so, because now she couldn't pull out the hairs, and the slippery roots were tied very tightly, and because of the restlessness she plucked the hair several times and controlled her strength to the fullest, as if she was doing some kind of unfamiliar handiwork.
The whole process was very tormenting, she also touched the bird's wound in the process of processing the hair, it was a big blood hole, she had just poked it out with a wooden spear, the blood in and around this hole had turned into a very dark color, it was almost black, and it began to show some kind of gel texture, Ah Yun frowned and looked away.
Is she going to let the blood go? Straight out of this hole or ......? It's not right, she still remembers that when she came home for the Chinese New Year a long time ago, the bloodletting was still to wipe the neck of the animal while it was alive, and then pour it out from the neck......
The poor bird in Ah Yun's hand was like a tattered Rubik's cube, and she turned around for more than half an hour and still couldn't find a solution.
But in the process, Ah Yun slowly calmed down. To be more precise, her mood was closer to a little disgusted with her numbness than calm. It's not the Virgin, it's the instinct to reject everything that just happened, she knows that in this environment you can't stop doing it because you hate it, but there is no way to do it without rejection, it's like some kind of allergies.
The work of handling the prey went very poorly, in addition to Ah Yun's restlessness, and she was clumsy. Recall Tisso's actions earlier...... The guy had big hands and rough skin, like a grinding stone, and the bird was purred and bald after a few strokes.
I can only keep scratching my head here. Fortunately, after tossing for a while, she still slowly got some tricks, this bird's skin is very tight, and the bird's feathers themselves are difficult to pull out. She took the stone and pressed it hard against the prey, and then knocked it, so that the feathers became easy to peel off.
Ah Yun was very careful when plucking, she felt that the bird's fluff and long feathers would always be used, so she was very careful when handling it, and it was also time-consuming.
Half an hour had passed, and she was only halfway there, and by this time the sky had begun to darken. Ah Yun hadn't even eaten a bite of the bird meat he had hit.
Unable to procrastinate any longer, she relentlessly began to speed up the handling of her prey...... After she cleaned her hair thoroughly, the numbness became much lighter. Because she couldn't tear open the body of her prey with her own strength, she could only use the tip of a wooden spear.
Aim the spear halfway through the neck and pull it downward. If you can ignore the blood and organs that flow out of it, and the bones that slowly leap out of the pink flesh like cobwebs...... Then this process is no different from zippering, and it is even a bit decompressing. The blood was wiped clean, and all the organs were taken out and set aside.
The bird's bones were shaved out by Ah Yun with bone pieces and put aside, and the meat pieces were sloppily divided into several large pieces, wrapped with clean leaves, and put into the inside of the fence. With the edible and usable parts in place, she had to begin to dispose of the strong, fishy-smelling organs, and the dirt that was thoroughly moistened with blood.
The blood-stained soil was first dug out and cleaned as much as possible, and in the process, Ah Yun rubbed off the blood shells on his hands with mud. The bloody mud she dug up was wrapped a few times and coiled into a large lump of mud. Ah Yun stood up with the mud ball and took it to the pit where the white rock was used to store the filth, and after throwing the mud ball into it, she also took some new soil from the vicinity and filled it with a layer to cover the smell.
Speaking of "......", this filth pit has almost to be abandoned, and the contents accumulated in it are almost to the limit. At that time, Ah Yun dug it very, very deep, almost two meters, and it was an upside-down cone. Every time she poured some filth into it, she would fill it with a layer of clean earth or stone to cover it, much like an animal covering its excrement.
After using it for so many days, the pit was almost half a meter deep. She had to find time to completely fill in the old pit with dirt and stones, and then find a new place to dig a new pit of filth.
Because this time it was a blood-stained mud with a huge smell, and Ah Yun filled in twice as much soil and stones as usual.
After disposing of the blood mass, Ah Yun picked up a few small stones nearby and brought them back. The next thing is to deal with the organs, in addition to her one, there is also the one that Tisuo hunted earlier.
Should it be thrown away or eaten raw? Ah Yun looked at the two piles of bird entrails that could not be expressed in words. I can't help but think of ...... Stir-fried pickled pepper chicken offal, I miss you so much, stir-fried chicken offal.
She looked at her internal organs with mixed feelings. In addition to eating, these fishy things can definitely be used as bait, but unfortunately Ah Yun has no way to seal them, she doesn't want to leave them near the cave, and at night it is equivalent to sending an invitation to all the carnivorous beasts to "come and eat me when you are hungry".
The old way, Ah Yun wrapped the internal organs in the leaves, tied them with vines and took them to the tree at the foot of the hillside, Ah Yun took the leaf bag wrapped in the internal organs, climbed to the highest point of the branch fork in three or two, and then chose a place to hang the leaf bag.
If you are eaten, it will be considered a gift to nature, and if you are not eaten, you will worry about what to do with you tomorrow! Although she thought so, Ah Yun knew that it would most likely be eaten, because the smell was so great that she could still smell the faint smell of blood after climbing down the tree.
Forget it, just eat it...... She can't even eat it raw.
Ah Yun trotted back to the cave, she tinkered with eating half of the bird while it was fresh, and brought the rest back to the cave and wrapped it in leaves as a nutritious breakfast tomorrow!
I've done a lot of things today, and Ayun feels very satisfied...... It wasn't completely dark yet, and the skyline was dyed with orange in several colors, blue, pink, orange, and pale yellow, like some kind of delicious drink. Ah Yun sat outside the fence with the fruit, leaning against the bulging straw bales, humming a song to enjoy the sunset.
The fence and wooden gate were completed today, and Tisso introduced her to a lot of food in the rainforest and found a new and more convenient place to catch water. Other than that, the biggest improvement was the hunting, and although the overall process was not pleasant, after the work was over, Ah Yun still relaxed.
She also learned more of the local language and got along well with Tisso. The days were no longer as dry and boring as they used to be, and she was able to find food on her own, and she could craft her own weapons to capture it.
The basic survival cycle has taken shape, and she can start building fires and exploring tomorrow.
Sit outside the fence until the last rays of sunset disappear, and the canopy is slowly covered with a veil of stars. The surroundings fell silent, and the wind rustling through the lawn brought a soothing rustle for the ears.
It didn't take long for the chirping of the bugs to come alive, and the sound reminded Yun that it was time to get back into the cave. But today...... She didn't want to go back to the cave to sleep so early, probably because she had eaten a lot of meat and didn't feel very sleepy.
She continued to sit outside the fence with a wooden spear in her hand, looking at the green slope at night. Wave after wave of insects chirped, the moon finally slowly emerged from the clouds in the far reaches of the rainforest, and the cold white moonlight spread down. Because he stayed outside since the sun went down, Ah Yun's eyes quickly adjusted to the darkness, and the moonlight was bright tonight, and the visibility was very clear, and he could even see the grassland under the green slope clearly.
It's like a blurred canvas there, darker in color, but you can see the waves blown by the wind. It feels very new, she used to be afraid of the coming of the night, but now she is not so afraid, she thinks that sooner or later she will need to accept the strange night here, try to stay outside for a while today.
Not long after, Ah Yun heard strange footsteps behind her, and she immediately jumped up and slipped back into the cave and closed the door.
Let's get used to the darkness in a few days! It's getting dark today. Ah Yun nested on the straw mat in the cave, squirmed a few times, and Meimei closed her eyes.
In the past few days, he has eaten and drunk well, which has caused Ah Yun to sleep very comfortably. The nightmare also turned into some inexplicable strange dreams.
"Ah Yun, are you back?" Tisso didn't know why she was standing in front of her house, the real door, the brown fingerprint lock door. When the door opened, there was a small blue mat inside, and on the mat was a cat carrying tea and water, "What do you want to eat?" Craving dumplings? ”
"Eh, you're so annoying, I've eaten outside." She waved away Tisso, walked in the door, sat down on the couch, and began to eat potato chips and play games.
At this time, the mobile phone rang, and after answering, there was a huge insect chirping inside, which was particularly noisy. She frowned and hung up the phone and continued to play the game. Suddenly, several aunts and uncles wearing watermelon insect cultural shirts came from outside the balcony, carrying bags to catch the subway.
At this time, Ah Yun, who was playing the game, had already realized that she was dreaming, she looked at the gate, and Tisuo was still standing there looking at her with a smile: "What to eat?" ”
"......" Ah Yun woke up sweating profusely, she felt that her positioning of Tisuo had become more and more accurate, whether in reality or in dreams, Tisuo had undoubtedly become her food delivery immortal. The last time I dreamed of Tisuo, he held the fish and shouted, 'Jintang sauerkraut fish to eat or not!' ’
Will it be pizza and fried chicken next time? Ah Yun pinched the corners of his eyes and crawled towards the outside of the cave. The hot and humid wind of the early morning, with the fresh smell of plants, has already hung all over the green slope.
Ah Yun stood still, leading the wind to stretch her limbs and stretch her waist, a few times on the left and a few times on the right, and did a set of gymnastics she fabricated herself, and after the activity, she began to eat breakfast, drank some water and ate half of the bird yesterday.
"Uh......" was only left for one night, and the raw bird meat already had a strong smell of blood, but fortunately there was not much left, Ah Yun poured water after a few bites, and then began to gnaw on the rhizome to suppress the disgusting taste.
After eating, she first went to check the organs tied to the tree, and sure enough, the bag had long disappeared without a trace, and some leaves and vine residues used to wrap the organs could be found under the tree, and it was really difficult to preserve such a big smell.
After the inspection, Ah Yun did not return to the cave. She brought a wooden spear and some tools that she could carry with her, pebbles and bone knives, and some dry food. Today I'm going to explore the vicinity of the rainforest, and stop by the giant skeleton wreckage to see if I can bring some more bone fragments home.
On the way to the skeleton wreckage, I collected some wildflowers from the road for a long time and put them in my mouth to chew as snacks. The fragrant astringency of the petals and the sweet taste of the stamens make the tongue feel very relaxed. The mood is also getting happier and happier, and Ah Yun is bouncing all the way.
The collection of bones went very smoothly next, and I probably found several bone fragments in the wreckage that could be used for transformation. At the same time, Ah Yun also wanted to dig up some of the fat bugs buried in the soil before. However, after squatting on the ground and rummaging in the mud for a long time, I didn't find the fat bug.
Did it only take two or three days to grow into an adult? Is it too fast, Ah Yun still didn't give up, and almost turned over the dirt covered by the wreckage, except for some broken dark brown thin insect cocoons, and found nothing.
During the rummaging, Ah Yun also found that there were a lot of animal droppings here, although most of them had already been dried. She put the bone fragment in her waist bag and left the wreckage.
At this point, she was very close to the border between the rainforest and the herbs, and the new water draw was about a kilometer east of the wreckage.
Ah Yun rummaged through the wooden spear in his hand, what did he say? Why don't you try to be bold and explore the edge of the rainforest today? It's all here, and it's almost time for the sun to go down from here back to the cave and then to the bush area.
Without much hesitation, she began to walk towards the east, not immediately closing the distance between herself and the rainforest, but keeping a certain distance like a satellite, parallel to the front. While facing forward, I observed the state of the edge of the rainforest.
There are almost no shadows of animals in the fringe areas, only insects occasionally probe under the wide bottom plants, shake their unidentified tentacles a few times, and then slowly disappear. The trees that form the edges are not strong enough, and the thickest ones may be like ordinary black cedars, with large staggered areas, and you can get a glimpse of what the rainforest looks like through the gaps between the trunks.
The sunlight broke through the green leaves of the canopy, and the light spots floated over the trunks and thick green moss, and Ah Yun felt as if he had seen the green gems inside through the rough stone.
Perhaps attracted by the beautiful spots of light and green, Ah Yun tightened his grip on his spear and moved closer.