Chapter 48
Next to the fire was the net that Zhang Liu had spent most of the night assembling.
The goat never expected that he would be attacked by such a trap in the open air.
The goat's hooves sank into the sand and unbiasedly entered the "rattan fishing net."
When it was pulled back, the edge of the goat's hoof was already covered with strands of wood fiber, and after running for a few steps, it immediately caused the stones next to it to knot, causing the front foot to stumble over the back foot.
In less than two seconds, the goat completely fell onto the beach and slid two to three meters.
But he was still dozens of meters away from Zhang Liu and the others.
"Haeer!"
"Ho ho ho!"
"Ho ho ho!"
It is not the bleating sound emanating from the animal world.
At this moment, in front of Zhang Liu, Anya, and Qin Rushuang, the leader was shaking his head, struggling violently, and roaring like a wild beast.
Without saying anything else, Zhang Liu raised the special wooden stick, and Anya picked up the stone again.
Even Qin Rushuang quickly came down from the side of the cave, found burning wood in the fire, and stood beside them to provide lighting for them.
As the flame approached, the goat's roar became more ferocious, and it even used its only remaining horn and lunged violently with its four legs.
But none of this has any effect; it just makes the wood fiber rope wrap around it more tightly.
The three stood in front of the sheep, looking at each other, unable to contain the excitement on their faces.
Zhang Liu raised the wooden stick tied with stones in his hand, then aimed it at the goat's head and hit it hard, breaking one of its horns.
This time, it was much harsher than the stone version of Anya's blow.
"Wow..." After suffering a precise blow to its head, the goat let out a miserable sound, but it did not die instantly.
It has a very stubborn disposition, but its four legs are stretched straight out, and the rope makes a buzzing sound.
Zhang Liu suddenly became anxious.
If the goat ran away at this time, he would regret it for the rest of his life!
Fueled by adrenaline, he didn't know he was tired at all; he just kept hitting with his stick.
Even if the stone at the front of the stick is cracked, due to the strong inertia, he was tied to the vines, and then he was picked up and fell not far away. Zhang Liu did not stop moving and still raised his head while hitting him with the stick.
He didn't react until the stick broke and made a clicking sound.
Panting, Zhang Liu dropped the stick, sat down, and stopped talking.
Looking at Zhang Liu, Anya's eyes showed a little fear.
She had witnessed the slaughter of big cattle before, but now she was unable to adapt to the bloody scene in front of her.
The sheep's head in front of him had been beaten beyond recognition, and fragments of brain and bone were stuck to the sharp stone at the front of the staff.
Only his limbs were trembling, indicating that he might still be able to save himself.
"..." Qin Rushuang pursed her lips and said nothing.
She felt dizzy when she saw the fish blood, so she was naturally unaccustomed to the smell, color, and strong sound.
After Qin Rushuang fought off the intense nausea in her stomach, she walked to Zhang Liu and asked anxiously, "Are you okay?"
Zhang Liu was holding his hands behind him, breathing hard.
"Yeah!" He shook his head vigorously.
But Zhang Liu only had the strength left in his body to shake his head.
The explosion had now sapped all his power.
Looking at Zhang Liu anxiously, Qin Rushuang couldn't help but feel convinced by Zhang Liu's statement of "Yeah" with a deep breath.
"I think I've lost my strength. I'll just sit down and rest for a while." She walked to Zhang Liu's side. Anya squeezed his extremely stiff arm with her hands, then asked, "Do you feel it when I squeeze you like this?"
"Yeah, it hurts." Zhang Liu nodded obediently, then looked at the sheep carcass on the ground and said excitedly, "I really didn't expect it..."
Although I don't know why, these goats are not afraid of humans at all, but the current result is that the three of them got a lot of meat!
This is meat!
Meat is full of protein, fat, and flavor!
But he was also in trouble right now.
Zhang Liu had never dealt with meat of this level in the seventeen years of his life.
The only tool in his hand was a blunt piece of metal.
However, he also understood one thing in his heart: that the matter should be dealt with as quickly as possible. In the current environment, the meat might deteriorate in just ten hours.
Zhang Liu reluctantly stood up, used a firelight to catch a glimpse of the goat that had been smashed beyond recognition, and began to remember the videos of him handling prey that he had seen in scientific and educational films.
Then he also thought that Anya's family owns a cattle farm and specializes in meat production.
So Zhang Liu asked decisively, "Colleague Anya, do you have any experience dealing with this kind of thing?"
"I…" Anya was about to answer, but then she realized what the other person was saying and immediately turned her head and made an "I didn't hear" gesture.
"???"
Zhang Liu was stunned for a moment, then realized what she was doing. He quickly ran in the direction where Anya turned her head, then asked with a flattering look on his face, "Anya, do you know how to do this?? I don't know how."
"I still have some experience. I saw the butcher at home cutting and working on a cow." When she heard the satisfying speech, Anya raised her head high and said proudly, "You didn't expect that?"
"I cannot believe that!" Zhang Liu nodded seriously and asked as if he saw a savior, "Quickly tell me how to hang him!"
Anya was silent for a moment.
But under Zhang Liu's serious eyes, she was still able to speak.
"Actually… I… I don't know; I just took a look." When she was asked the main question, Anya immediately lowered her head, then whispered, "I just remember that they hung the cow and brushed it; just brush it and it will be cut..."
"Pfft… cough cough cough…" Qin Rushuang, who was watching the discussion between the two, heard Anya's gentle tone and couldn't help but laugh.
Then she coughed twice to cover up.
Qin Rushuang laughed loudly like that, and Anya quickly explained, "Qin Rushuang, don't laugh at me! I won't learn to kill cows in the future, so I definitely won't watch the whole process."
"Yes, classmate Anya, I didn't mean to laugh at you just now; I thought you were cute." Seeing the guilty expression on Anya's face because she couldn't help, Qin Rushuang hurriedly explained, "Compared to you, I can't even help you at all now."
"Who said you didn't help? It was you who woke me up, so I had the opportunity to sneak attack this sheep!" Anya quickly explained Qin Rushuang's role in this hunt.
The two suddenly started complimenting each other at this moment.
"What about this?" After thinking about it, Zhang Liu also came up with his own solution: "You two go to bed first, and then I will deal with the mutton, and we will talk about other things tomorrow morning."
"Ah…" Anya and Qin Rushuang, who originally thought that they would stay up late to help, were suddenly surprised.
However, Zhang Liu also said, "I will do a simple treatment and then go to sleep. The dead sheep will not escape. We can deal with them together during the day tomorrow."
At Zhang Liu's insistence, Qin Rushuang and Anya entered the cave carrying torches and began to rest.
Outside the cave, Zhang Liu became busy.
Even if the head of the sheep in front of him was removed, its body would still be more than a meter long.
He didn't think he could finish it in the dark for half a night.
The most important thing to do now is to find a way to preserve lamb.
Zhang Liu's plan is very simple.
It means amputating the sheep's entrails and cleaning their internal organs, which are most susceptible to corruption.
Although he had never processed sheep droppings, Zhang Liu had slaughtered chickens.
Based on the so-called characteristics of "the sparrow is small but has a good liver and gallbladder," he believed that the methods of treating the internal organs of the two should be similar.
Soak the intestines, stomach, heart, liver, spleen, and lungs in water.
The two large shells he had picked up and brought back to use as water storage containers had a strong impact at this moment.
Although it is not known whether it can have an anti-corrosion effect.
But in his opinion, this at least successfully isolates the air from the outside world.
Two shells filled together can accommodate all the internal organs.
After thinking about it, Zhang Liu covered it with a layer of dead grass and a layer of branches as a fence to stop the flies.
Apply a thick layer of plant ash to the cut lamb to absorb the blood, then bury it in a dry sand pit to prevent flies.
As for the detailed cutting process, Zhang Liu plans to talk about it tomorrow.
He yawned loudly, started the fire, sat down next to the hole where the sheep mutton entrails were buried, and began to close his eyes to rest.
The combination of fatigue, the crackling sound of a roaring campfire, and the buzz of flies attracted to the smell of blood is the best sleep aid.
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