Chapter 85 Birds with a broken shell
After returning to the tribe, completing the knife washing ceremony, the hunting team went down the mountain. Shao Xuan didn't have much prey, so he took his prey down the mountain.
This time Wu did not leave Shao Xuan to talk immediately because all his attention was on the Qing thief brought back by the advance team, and he had no time to pay attention to the others. However, after the knife washing ceremony was over, Wu told Shao Xuan that he would find him again after waiting for a few days, and that Wu would ask someone to tell him.
The advance team brought back the number of ferocious beasts that were hunting this time was not as large as before, and the quality of ferocious beasts was not as good as before, but this time they made the greatest contribution. It is impossible to tell the story of the Qingzhe directly. Only a very small number of people in the tribe knew about it, and the people who knew it were also people who had a great status or made great contributions in the tribe. Most ordinary people were not aware of it. The only thing they knew was that the advance team made great contributions this time.
Most ordinary people in the tribe will not worry about what contribution the advance team has made. They are more concerned about how the hunters in their families gain. As for other people's affairs, they are just their oral topics. Even if many people are curious about the advance team's performance, they will leave it behind after returning to the tribe and are busy dealing with their prey.
Shao Xuan dragged his prey home, put down the things, and ran to Lao Ke, and brought some fresh meat and a few bird eggs. When he went down the mountain, Shao Xuan also gave Mai and Langga some bird eggs. Anyway, he had eaten too much bird eggs in Greenland, so he brought them back to let everyone eat them, to see if there is any difference between the bird eggs in Greenland and those in other places, and whether they can be used as medicine eggs.
In Lao Ke's house, Shao Xuan briefly talked about the gains this time. Of course, some things that need to be kept confidential cannot be said. He just focused on the white hair that set up the trap.
"That kind of white hair is very suitable for setting up a cover after connecting it into a line. Unfortunately, it cannot be preserved for a long time. I originally wanted to bring some back to show you. I encountered some trouble in the middle. After using up the cover, the broken line began to deteriorate within a few days. It lost its elasticity and broke as soon as it pulled. When we came back, it had degraded."
Although Lao Ke felt that some of the words that Shao Xuan said when he explained, he could also infer the meaning of these words and understand what Shao Xuan said.
"What a pity." Lao Ke said. The materials are difficult to find, which is one of the main reasons for the gradual loss of this skill.
"It would be great if I could find a way to bring them back intact in the future." Shao Xuan said.
Lao Ke shook his head, "Don't force it."
For Lao Ke, his greatest wish is to pass on the skills he mastered to the right people. Now, he has found Shao Xuan and there is no regret. Moreover, Shao Xuan can come back safely with the advance team, which is luck and strength.
"What are these eggs?" Lao Ke looked at the eggs that Shao Xuan threw into the pot and asked.
"I brought it back from there, and the advance team often ate it, so I brought some back."
After hearing Shao Xuan's words, Lao Ke didn't ask any more questions. Since Shao Xuan said that the advance team often eats, it should be a good thing.
Shao Xuan left three bird eggs and gave all the others to Lao Ke. After having dinner at Lao Ke in the afternoon, Shao Xuan took Caesar home.
Before the sun set, Shao Xuan planned to deal with the animal meat he brought back.
Set up a stone pot in the house and light the fire. Shao Xuan put the remaining three bird eggs into the stone pot, intending to cut them after cooking, and take them to the hole.
After throwing the egg into the stone pot containing water, Shao Xuan ignored it and dealt with the animal meat outside the house, otherwise the night swallows would come out to disturb the matter when it was dark.
Caesar was lying at the door of the wooden house holding a bone and gnawing. Suddenly his ear moved, he turned his head to look at the stone pot inside the house, listened carefully, got up and ran to the stone pot, and looked into the pot.
There are three bird eggs in the pot, all as big as Shao Xuan's fist. These three are not the largest or smallest among the eggs brought back by Shao Xuan, and there are not so many patterns, but the color of the eggs is different.
Shao Xuan took the chopped meat in and put it into the stone jar to marinate it. When he turned his head, he saw Caesar staring at the stone pot.
"What are you looking at?" Shao Xuan walked over and glanced into the stone pot.
At first glance, I saw one of the eggs cracked, and the egg was still shaking.
Damn it!
Shao Xuan directly reached into the stone pot, took out the broken bird egg, and took it in his hand and looked at it.
The egg shell just broke, and Shao Xuan took it in time and did not get in. The cracks on the egg became bigger and bigger, and there were still chirping sounds coming from it.
It is obvious that the bird in the egg is coming out.
Looking back at the stone pot, Shao Xuan used his other empty hand to pick out the other two eggs from the stone pot.
Fortunately, the stone pot was just raised and the water temperature had not yet risen. Otherwise, after cooking for a while, the bird that was about to break its shell would be cooked directly.
This situation has never happened in the bird eggs I brought back. After eating so many bird eggs, none of them had formed shapes. When I was taking the bird eggs, Shao Xuan took the eggs that looked like they had just been stolen. Generally, there were no formed birds in it. This was the experience of ke. It was not that ke. The ke was full of sympathy, but that the green space was not easy to ignite, and there were also formed birds in the eggs, and it was not convenient to eat them raw, and it was not convenient to cook eggs. That's all.
The bird eggs that were just stolen were generally cleaner, while the eggs that had been stored for a long time had some stains or other marks on the eggs. The birds that steal eggs did not pay much attention to hygiene, and the bird nests were not exquisite and simple. The bird poop on the bird nests could still fall into the bird nest below. So Shao Xuan chose cleaner when he was choosing, and he did not shake them one by one to confirm.
Besides, in fact, there is no need to care too much about whether the egg is formed or not. As Ke Ke said, the ones formed do not want to eat them and throw them away. Before this, Shao Xuan did not encounter a single one with a formed bird in the egg. Unexpectedly, one appeared now.
Shao Xuan's hand that had just peeled the skin was still bloody, and the cracks on the eggs in his palm became bigger and bigger, and the chirping sounds were clearer. Shao Xuan could clearly feel the eggs through his palms. Looking at the eggs, he thought, if this little bird survived, he would just take it as a chicken. He just didn't know if it could lay eggs like a chicken. It didn't matter if it couldn't. It would be slaughtered until the end of the year.
The broken eggshell was pushed out, and the chicks inside gradually revealed their figure.
It was not the chick that Shao Xuan had seen before. The bird was wet and had no hair, and his eyes were not open.
Chicken birds are divided into early adult birds and late adult birds. The early adult birds can open their eyes as soon as they come out of their shells. They are like chicks, with furry all over their bodies, can stand, walk, move, and eat independently. However, the late adult birds cannot open their eyes after they come out of their shells, and they don’t have much hair on their bodies. They have to stay in the bird’s nest honestly and rely on their parents to feed them.
The one in Shao Xuan's hand is obviously a late bird.
Shao Xuan observed the beak of the little chick in his hand. The beak shape of the beak is obvious that he eats meat.
Perhaps the bloody smell on Shao Xuan's hand stimulated the chick. The little bird had a big beak and pecked Shao Xuan's hand. It probably thought it was food, but it found that it could not swallow it.
Shao Xuan looked around, took out an old animal skin and put it on the stone table, put the small chicks in his hand on it, then dragged out a piece of unmarinated animal meat, cut off a small piece, and tore it into smaller strips, and clamped it with two thin wooden strips and put it into the open beak.
The cut beast meat is the weakest among the prey that Shao Xuan came back, but it is not much weaker. Shao Xuan didn't know if this bird could withstand the energy in the beast meat.
Unexpectedly, the little chick swallowed it directly, and continued to grow her mouth, chirping constantly.
There seems to be no problem.
Shao Xuan continued to feed it a few more times before it closed its mouth and fell asleep after eating.
Looking at the little chicks nesting on the animal skin, Shao Xuan shook the two bird eggs he had taken out before and listened to the sound, then threw them into the stone pot to continue cooking.
Chapter completed!