Pulling the hair was too troublesome, Shen Shi'an had no choice but to follow the anatomy tutorial to make a V-shaped incision on the chest of the mutant goose, and peel off the entire outer skin.
Gouzi is smarter at this than he is. He grabbed one side of the incision and pulled it down vigorously. The whole piece, including the fur of the leather belt, was cleaned off.
Fortunately, it is in the countryside far away from the city, with little pollution, so it is not difficult to find a place where goose meat can be cleaned initially. Shen Shi'an put the whole goose back into the space, walked to a rather wide clear water lake and released it again. There should be frequent people washing clothes and vegetables in the lake, and several pieces of square and extremely flat bluestones are paved along the shore, which is just convenient for people to stand on and touch the lake surface when they bend down.
The long sword that has been blown and broken, cut iron like mud, and has not been used much has been used for the first time today. With a few swipes, it easily cut the whole goose from head to tail, and divided it into more than fifty pieces. Each piece weighed about 20 kilograms, and they were carried to the lakeside to be cleaned one by one, and then put into the fresh food area on the second floor of the bamboo building after being drained.
The internal organs are a bit troublesome. Except for the goose heart and foie gras, which can be cooked by simple cleaning, goose gizzards and goose intestines are really difficult to deal with. The shallow pit that was pecked out by the mutant goose before was dug a little deeper, together with the goose. Goose feathers and other unwanted bits and pieces were buried together.
By the time all these are properly disposed of, it will already be dark.
Due to the presence of mutated geese in this area, zombies and survivors didn't know where they were driven. It was rare to be quiet and safe. Shen Shi'an thought for a while and asked the children for their opinions: "Let's sleep outside tonight, camping and barbecue How is it?” It’s early summer now, the temperature at night is suitable, and there’s not much to do in the space recently, so staying in it for too long is also a kind of torture.
Is there any need to ask, Shen Xun raised his hands and feet in agreement.
I chose a flat land with a wide view by the Qingshui Lake, took the off-road vehicle out of the space, and took out more than a dozen bamboo poles. Using the off-road vehicle as a benchmark, insert/insert one at a certain distance to form a 15-meter-diameter bamboo pole. Irregular circle about meters. Ropes are tied to the bamboo poles, and bells, forks and spoons, metal pieces and other objects are hung on the ropes—if something hits you in the middle of the night, the sound can serve as a slight warning. Although it is simple, it is better than nothing.
Just as Shen Shi'an put the protective ring in place, the child walked over with a small handful of tree twigs, bent over the bell rope, and threw it on the ground with great interest: "An'an, are these enough to roast a goose!"
Shen Shi'an raised his eyebrows: Roasted goose feathers are more or less the same.
When the first planetesimals started blinking in the dark blue sky, three bonfires lit up in the open space beside Qingshui Lake.
There is an iron pot on top of the pile, and the goose soup in the iron pot is already bubbling, and the hot aroma comes out from the gap of the pot lid, overflowing and wafting in this small space.
A pile was guarded by Shen Xun, holding freshly chopped half-meter-long bamboo skewers. Wash the goose meat and cut it into square pieces that are half the size of a fist. They are strung together with fruits and vegetables on bamboo sticks: one piece of goose meat, one piece of apple, one piece of goose meat, one piece of Pleurotus eryngii, one piece of goose meat, one piece of sweet pepper...
A total of eight bamboo sticks were strung to the brim, sprinkled with seasonings and placed on an iron plate beside the campfire. Shen Xun held one in each hand and turned it back and forth over the fire. The mutated goose is big and rich in fat. The goose fat is roasted by the fire, flows through the vegetables and fruits in turn, and finally drips into the firewood with a sizzling sound, bursting out a burst of rich meaty aroma.
The child swallowed while turning the bamboo sticks, staring at the meat skewers without blinking, and shouted at Shen Shi'an every few seconds: "An'an! Can you eat the meat!"
"No," Shen Shi'an beside the third bonfire said without raising his head, brushing honey on the goose wings, "keep roasting for me honestly."
The goose wings of the mutated goose are too big. Even if Shen Shi’an only cut off the tip of the wing, it would be more than one meter long. He used a knife to make a series of cuts in the thickest part of the meat, and it started to simmer after a while on the grill . The grill was reassembled from supermarket shelves and made by myself. It is about half a meter high and just right on the campfire. After brushing the honey, I applied another layer of adjusted sauce. After a few minutes of roasting, the goose wings were turned over and shaken slightly with the grill underneath.
The self-made grill was still a little unstable, Shen Shian thought, and when they meet in the future, they will have to collect a set of equipment specially used for grilling.
The aroma in the air became more and more intense, and when the child was so greedy that he almost gnawed his paw, Shen Shi'an finally announced: "You can eat it."
Although the mutant goose is big, its meat quality is not bad at all, instead it is fat, tender and juicy, which is suitable for frying. The goose soup is hot and delicious, the grilled skewers are charred on the outside and tender on the inside, and the goose wings are fragrant. Each of the three ways of eating has its own advantages. It is really the ultimate enjoyment when paired with the breeze in the wilderness and the sky full of stars.
Shen Shi'an took out a can of cold beer from the space, opened it and took a sip, his neck trembled, and he felt that the pores of his whole body were stretched out in an instant. The child was gnawing on the goose wings with great enjoyment. Seeing this, he hurried over and took a sip, but before he swallowed it, he frowned, and spit it out again, with a look of distaste beyond words.
He raised his Coke to Shen Shi'an's mouth: "An An, drink this!" An An must have wanted to leave all the good drinks to him, so he drank bad water, it's so pitiful.
After eating a meal for nearly two hours, there was not even a drop of soup left. Shen Xun sat beside the campfire with his stomach in his arms, his face full of unfinished thoughts. Shen Shi'an leaned on the backpack, took out a pack of marshmallows, skewered them with bamboo sticks and roasted them over the fire, serving them as desserts for children. The soft marshmallows are baked until they are browned on the outside, and the rich sweet fragrance flows in the air. Before eating, I feel that the whole person is sweet.
After roasting the marshmallows, the mess on the ground was cleaned up, all the bonfires were extinguished and buried in the soil, Shen Shi'an took the child's hand and walked around Qingshui Lake to digest food.
Shen Xun held the roasted marshmallow in the other hand, finally waited until the outside was not so hot, and quickly opened his mouth to make one. Unexpectedly, the half-roasted part inside was still hot, but the taste was so good, it was so hot Grinning his teeth, he couldn't bear to spit it out: "Okay, good, good time! An An time!"
Shen Shi'an lowered his head and took a bite of a bamboo stick. The hot and sweet taste spread in his mouth, and even his mood became happy. After going around the lake twice, he picked up the child: "Go to the space to take a shower and get ready for bed, and I have to get up early tomorrow."
Sleep directly in the car at night, the rear seat can slide back and forth until it is close to the front seat and then completely flat, it is a wide and soft big bed, more than enough for two people to sleep.
Shen Shi'an patted the pillow loose, and after the child lay down, covered him with a blanket, and also lay down.
The skylight was half open, and from the position where the two of them lay down, they could just see the bright and shining stars in the sky. The night wind carried the fragrance of green grass in and out, and the temperature was neither too high nor too low, just right and comfortable.
It was the first time for Shen Xun to sleep in the wild, and he was so excited that he stared at the starry sky from "the stars are flat and wide" to "full of clear dreams, the river of stars". Get up: "Sleep quickly."
The thick eyelashes blinked against the palm of his hand, the child turned around, his dark green eyes sparkled, and he tapped his finger on his forehead: "Say good night first."
Shen Shi'an couldn't help but wanted to laugh, and lowered his head to kiss his forehead: "Good night. Can I sleep now?"
Satisfied, Shen Xun leaned over and kissed him on the forehead: "An'an, good night."
Holding Shen Shi'an's arm, squeezed into his arms to find a comfortable position. The tip of her nose twitched and sniffed secretly: An An used strawberry-flavored body wash tonight, hehehehe.
At around three o'clock in the afternoon the next day, Shen Shi'an finally drove back to the main road and confirmed his location according to the map. After several considerations, it was decided to use a medium-sized town 20 kilometers away as a temporary foothold.
There are three main reasons: firstly, he needs to replenish clean domestic water, and secondly, the permanent population of the town is around 150,000 to 20,000, which is neither too much nor too little, so he can just find mutant zombies to obtain crystals . Third, there is an agricultural store in the town that specializes in agricultural products and seeds.
There are not many grass seeds left in the space, and the mutated geese eat a lot. It is estimated that a new batch will be planted every once in a while, so sufficient reserves must be made. In addition, the catching of geese gave him an inspiration: if he can bring the mutated goose into the subspace and control it, then if he encounters an invincible enemy in the future, can he do the same
Of course, this enemy is limited to humans. The zombies obviously have a sense of his space, and their desire for the spiritual spring even exceeds that of fresh flesh. It would be bad if any accident happened during the process of entering the space. He still has a lot of things he doesn't know about the zombies. But the space and the spiritual spring are too important, he can't take this risk.
As for the rescue team, the military's initial rescue targets are mostly concentrated in the outskirts of large cities and small and medium-sized cities. Because of the large area and sparse population in rural areas, survivors have a high chance of self-rescue, and it is unlikely to collide with them in the short term. Even if they were unlucky and they bumped into each other, he didn't take the initiative to report his name, anyway, the other party didn't know that he had a child, and when the communication network collapsed, Shen Shi'an suspected that the people who wanted to find him could only rely on the help of military personnel. The device can make verbal calls or transmit text messages, but photos should not be transmitted, so the rescue team probably has no way of knowing what he looks like.
Shen Xun never had any objection to his plan, sitting in the co-pilot was still reminiscing about the whole goose feast last night, "An'an, shall we still eat goose tonight?"
Shen Shi'an put away the map: "It depends on the situation."
Depending on the situation, it is estimated that there will be no goose tonight.
As soon as Shen Shi'an parked the car at his destination—a shop specializing in agricultural products and seeds, Shen Xun sniffed: "An'an, there are people inside."
Needless to say, Shen Shi'an also noticed it. With the five senses that became more and more excellent after the advanced exercises, the strong heartbeat in the shop rang clearly in his ears through the door. only one person.
This agricultural product store is located at the front end of the township street, and the car can drive in along the road. There are not many buildings around it, and most of them are commercial shops. Therefore, the population is small, and there are only a few scattered zombies.
Shen Shi'an turned off the ignition, took out the long sword and carried it on his back, got out of the car and walked to the other side to pick up the child, locked the car and walked into the shop.
The iron fence outside the store gate was not closed tightly, leaving a gap of about 20 centimeters. Shen Shi'an opened the iron fence, stood outside the door and shouted: "Is there anyone? I am a passing survivor, and I have no malicious intentions."
It was almost dusk, and the door was closed again due to a power outage, so the shop was a little dark, but with the help of the light coming in from the glass window at the top of the door, Shen Shi'an still saw the figure standing at the corner of the counter clearly.
It was a young man, about twenty years old, slightly taller than Shen Shi'an, with good features but very thin, and seemed a little malnourished. The limbs are slender and straight, with a strong sense of strength, and the traces of long-term exercise can be clearly seen. If it is placed before the end of the world, it should be a heroic and healthy type that is popular with female students.