First, pluck out the bird feathers... Ayun couldn't tell. She had never killed chickens or fish before. She had only seen stall owners handle them at the vegetable market, but they only dealt with things that had long since turned into steaks and broilers. . Does the feeling of plucking the feathers of a recently dead chicken feel different from that of a chicken that has been dead for a long time?
She hoped so, because now she couldn't pull out those hairs, and the slippery roots were stuck very tightly. Because she was so uneasy, she couldn't control the strength of her hands several times when pulling out the hairs, as if she was doing something. Unfamiliar craftsmanship.
The whole process was very painful. During the process of processing the hair, she also touched the bird's wound. It was a big bloody hole that she had just dug out with a wooden spear. The blood in and around the hole had turned into a very bloody hole. The dark color was almost black, and it also began to have a gel texture. Ayun frowned and looked away.
Does she still have to drain the blood? Directly pour out from this hole or...? That's not right. She still remembered that when she went home for the Chinese New Year a long time ago, she would wipe the neck of the animal while it was still alive and then pour it out from the neck...
The poor bird in Ayun's hands was like a tattered Rubik's cube. She turned it over and over for more than half an hour but still couldn't find the solution.
But in the process, Ayun slowly calmed down. To be more precise, her current mood was closer to the numbness of being disgusted with herself than to being calm. It's not the Holy Mother, but her instinct is to reject everything that just happened. She knows that in this environment, she can't just do it because she hates it, but she can't do it without rejecting it, just like some kind of allergic constitution.
The work of handling the prey went very poorly, not only because Ayun was restless, but also because she was clumsy. Recalling the action of lifting the rope before... The guy's hands were big and rough, and the skin was as rough as a grindstone. He rubbed it a few times and made the bird snort bald.
I can only keep scratching my head here. Fortunately, after struggling for a while, she slowly figured out some tricks. The bird's skin was very tight, and the feathers themselves were difficult to pull out. She took a stone nearby and pressed it hard on the prey, then knocked it. After doing so, the bird's feathers became easier to peel off.
Ayun was very careful when plucking the feathers. She felt that the down and long feathers of the bird would always be used, so she was particularly careful when handling them, which was also very time-consuming.
Half an hour passed and she was only half done, when the sky began to darken. Ayun hadn't even eaten a bite of the bird meat he had shot.
Unable to procrastinate any longer, she steeled herself and began to process the prey quickly... After she cleaned the fur thoroughly, her numbness became much less intense. Because she couldn't tear apart the prey's body with her own strength, she could only use the tip of a wooden spear.
Aiming at the neck, aim the spear at the bottom and poke it halfway in, then pull it downwards with force. If you can ignore the blood and organs that flow out, and the bones that slowly jump out of the pink meat like a spider web... then this process is no different from zipping, and it can even be a bit of a relief. Clean the blood and take out all the organs and put them aside.
Ayun shaved the bird's bones cleanly with bone fragments and put them aside. The meat was first divided into several large pieces, wrapped in clean leaves and placed inside the fence. After placing all the edible and usable parts thickly, she started to deal with the organs with a strong fishy smell and the piece of soil that was completely wet with blood.
First, he dug out all the blood-stained soil and tried to clean it as much as possible. In the process, Ayun used the mud to rub the blood crust off his hands. She rolled the blood mud she dug out into a large mud ball. Ayun stood up holding the mud ball and took it to the pit on the white rock side used to store filth. After throwing the mud ball in, she also took some new soil from nearby and filled it into the filth pit. Layer to cover the flavor.
"..." Speaking of which, this cesspit is almost ready to be abandoned. The amount of stuff accumulated in it has almost reached its limit. At that time, Ayun dug it very, very deep, almost two meters deep, and it was an inverted cone shape. Every time she poured some dirt into it, she would fill it with a layer of clean soil or stones to cover the dirt, a bit like animals covering their own excrement.
After using it for so many days, the pit was almost only half a meter deep. She would have to find time to completely fill the old pit with soil and rocks, and then find a new place to dig a new filth pit.
Because what was thrown in this time was blood-stained mud with a strong smell, Ayun filled in twice as much soil and stones as usual.
After dealing with the blood mass, Ayun picked up a few small stones nearby and took them back. The next step was to deal with the organs. In addition to her share of organs, there was also the share Tisuo had hunted previously.
Should you throw it away or eat it raw? Ayun looked at two piles of bird entrails that could not be described in words. I can't help but think of... stir-fried chicken with pickled peppers, I miss you so much, stir-fried chicken with pickled peppers.
She looked at her internal organs with mixed emotions. In addition to eating, these smelly things can definitely be used as bait. Unfortunately, Ayun has no way to seal and preserve them. She doesn't want to leave these things near the cave. At night, they are equivalent to sending them to all carnivorous beasts. An invitation to "Come and eat me when you are hungry" was issued.
The old way, Ayun wrapped the internal organs in leaves in twos and twos, tied them tightly with vines several times and took them to the tree at the foot of the hillside. Ayun held the bag of leaves with the internal organs in his mouth, and wrapped it in twos and twos. I climbed to the highest point of the branch, and then chose a place to hang the leaf package.
If it is eaten, it is considered a gift to nature. If it is not eaten, I will worry about what to do with you tomorrow! Although she thought so, Ayun knew that most of them would 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 get rid of the taste even if it's raw.
Ayun trotted back to the cave. She ate half of the bird while it was fresh and took the rest back to the cave, still wrapped in leaves, for tomorrow's nutritious breakfast!
I have done a lot of things today, and Ayun feels very satisfied... It is not completely dark yet, and the skyline is dyed with several colors by the orange skylight, blue, pink, orange and light yellow mixed together, Like some kind of delicious drink. Ayun sat outside the fence holding some fruit, leaning against the raised straw bale, humming a song and enjoying the sunset.
The fence and wooden gate were completed today. Tisso introduced her to many foods in the rainforest and also found a new and more convenient water connection. Besides that, the biggest improvement was hunting. Although the overall process was not pleasant, Ayun still relaxed after the work.
She also learned more of the local language and got along well with Tisso. Life is no longer as dry and boring as before. She can find food by herself and make weapons to capture food.
The basic survival guarantee cycle has been formed, and she can start to continue making fires and exploring tomorrow.
Sit outside the fence until the last trace of sunset disappears, and the sky is slowly covered by star veil. The surroundings were quiet, and the wind blowing through the lawn brought a rustling sound that was soothing to the ears.
It didn't take long for the chirping of the insects to become active, and this sound also reminded Ayun 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. Maybe it was because she ate a lot of meat and didn't feel very sleepy.
She continued to sit outside the fence holding the wooden spear, looking at the green slope at night. Accompanied by the chirping of insects, the moon finally slowly appeared from the clouds in the distance of the rain forest, and the cold white moonlight spread down. Because he had been outside since the sun went down, Ayun's eyes quickly adapted to the darkness. In addition, the moonlight was bright tonight, and the visibility was very clear, and he could even see clearly the grassland under the green slope.
It's like a blurry canvas, darker, but you can see the waves blown by the wind. It felt very strange. In the past, she had always been afraid of the arrival of night, but now she was not so afraid. She thought that sooner or later she would have to accept the strange night here. She would try to stay outside for a while today.
Not long after, Ayun heard strange footsteps coming from behind her. She immediately jumped up and got back into the cave and closed the door.
It’s better to get used to the darkness in a few days! It's getting late today. Ayun nestled on the straw mat in the cave, squirmed a few times, and Meimei closed her eyes.
Having eaten and drank well these past few days, Ayun slept very comfortably. The nightmare also turned into some inexplicable strange dreams.
"Ayun, are you back?" Tisuo didn't know why he was standing at the door of her house, the real door, the brown fingerprint-locked door. After the door is opened, there is a small blue floor mat inside. On the floor mat is a picture of a cat serving tea and water. "What do you want to eat? Do you want to eat dumplings?"
"Hey, you're so annoying. I've eaten outside." She waved Tisuo away, walked in, sat down on the sofa, and started eating potato chips and playing games.
At this time, the phone rang, and after answering it, there was a huge buzz of insects, and it was very noisy. She frowned and hung up the phone, continuing to play the game. Suddenly, several aunts and uncles wearing watermelon bug cultural shirts appeared outside the balcony, carrying bags to catch the subway.
At this time, Ayun, who was playing the game, had already realized that she was dreaming. She looked towards the door. Tisuo was still standing there and looking at her with a smile: "What do you want to eat?"
"..." Ayun woke up sweating profusely. She felt that her position on Tisuo had become more and more accurate. Whether in reality or in a dream, Tisuo had undoubtedly become her food delivery fairy. The last time I dreamed about Tisuo, he was holding up the fish and shouting, "Would you like to eat the pickled fish in golden soup?" '
Will it be pizza and fried chicken next time? Ayun pinched the corners of his eyes and crawled out of the cave. The hot and humid morning wind with the fresh smell of plants has spread all over the green slope.
Ayun stood outside and stretched her limbs in the wind. She did a few exercises on the left and a few on the right. She did a set of gymnastics that she made up by herself. After the exercise, she started to have breakfast, drank some water, and drank half of yesterday's exercise. The bird was eaten.
"Uh..." After just one night, the raw bird meat already had a strong smell of blood. Fortunately, there wasn't much left. After a few bites, Ayun drank a lot of water, and then started to chew the roots and press the disgusting one. smell.
After eating, she first went to check the organs tied to the tree. Sure enough, the package had long since disappeared without a trace. Under the tree, some residues of leaves and vines used to wrap the organs could still be found. It smelled so bad. Things are really hard to preserve.
After the inspection, Ayun did not return to the cave. She brought a wooden spear and some portable tools, pebbles and bone knives, as well as some dry food. Today I plan to explore near the rainforest, and return to the huge skeleton wreckage to see if I can bring home more bone fragments.
On the way to the remains of the skeleton, I collected some wild flowers on the road for the first time in a long time and put them in my mouth to chew as snacks. The refreshing astringency of the petals and the sweet, pinkish texture of the stamens make the tongue feel very relaxed. The mood became more and more cheerful, and Ayun was jumping up and down along the way.
The subsequent collection of bones also went very smoothly. I probably found several bone fragments in the wreckage that could be used for modification. At the same time, Ayun also wanted to dig up some of the fat bugs that were buried in the soil before. However, I squatted on the ground and dug through the mud for a long time, but I couldn't find the fat worm.
Did it take only two or three days for the insect to grow into an adult? Is it too fast? Ayun still refused to give up and turned over almost all the soil covered by the wreckage. Except for some broken dark brown thin cocoons, he found nothing.
During the search, Ayun also discovered that there was a lot of animal excrement here, although most of it had already dried. She put the bone fragments into her purse and left the wreckage.
At this time, her position was very close to the junction of the rain forest and the herbal medicine. The new water fetching point was about one kilometer east of the wreckage.
Ayun flipped the wooden spear in his hand, what should I say? Why not try to be bold today and explore the edge of the rainforest? It’s almost time to go back to the cave and go to the bush area. The sun has almost set.
Without too much hesitation, she started walking towards Dongfang. She did not immediately close the distance between herself and the rainforest, but kept a certain distance like a satellite and moved forward in parallel. While facing forward, I observed the state of the edge of the rain forest.
There are basically no traces of animals in the edge area. Only bugs poke their heads out from under the wide bottom plants from time to time, shake their unknown tentacles a few times and then slowly disappear. The trees that form the edge are not thick enough. The thickest ones are probably as thick as ordinary ebony trees. They are scattered in large intervals. Through the gaps between the tree trunks, you can get a glimpse of what the rain forest looks like.
The sunlight broke through the green leaves from the canopy, and the light spots floated on the tree trunks and thick green moss. Ayun felt like he was looking through the rough stone and saw the bright green gem inside.
Perhaps attracted by the beautiful spots of light and green, Ayun tightened his grip on the spear and moved slightly closer.
