As a young man who was born and raised in the city, Zhang Zian had never slaughtered a live chicken, except for cutting fish. Facing the raccoon, which looked like a super large mouse, was quite tricky.
Since entering the forest, Fina and the others had been eating canned food all day, and they were tired of it. However, seeing that Zhang Zian had not hunted the animals in the forest for food, they could only endure it for the time being, so as not to be accused of "destroying the ecological balance." At this time, seeing several fat raccoons in the wolves' mouths, they couldn't help but drool. In their opinion, raccoons were no different from rabbits, and they probably tasted the same.
Fat in food was very important to cats. As pure carnivores, cats relied on protein and fat for energy, not starch.
During the days of trekking in the forest, Fina, Old Time Tea, and Famous had all lost a lot of weight, and were more eager for fresh meat.
Zhang Zian estimated the elfins' appetite, took two raccoons to the river, and used the Swiss Army knife that he carried with him to cut open their anus and remove their internal organs. His hands were full of blood. If it weren't for the river water that he could wash off, he would rather offend the elfins than do such a dirty thing.
The most troublesome thing was that the Swiss Army knife was too small and not sharp enough. Even cutting off the tails of the raccoons took a long time, and he was sweating all over.
After much difficulty, he cleaned up the bodies of the raccoons, soaked them in the river to wash the blood, and then strung them up with sharpened branches, ready to be roasted.
As for the skin, fur, and internal organs, of course, could not be thrown anywhere. The smell was terrible, and it was easy to attract flies. It might even attract scavengers. Throwing it into the river would save a lot of trouble, but it would seriously pollute the river.
So he dug a hole with a shovel and buried the skin, fur, and internal organs.
While he was digging the hole, Richard, who had been scared away by the smell of blood, flew back and landed on a nearby branch. Covering its nose with its wings, it cried, "Quack! You idiot! Don't you see that there are two stinky tails over there that haven't been buried yet? Or are you thinking about these two black and thick tails? "
Richard was, of course, referring to the raccoon tails that had been cut off. The two tails had been thrown by Zhang Zian by the river, so Richard had thought that he had forgotten to bury them. It had been making a lot of noise, worried that it would attract the carrion-eating raptors on the beach — the California vultures.
Everything around its butt was basically stinky. Although Richard's sense of smell wasn't very sensitive as a parrot, it could still smell the smell of blood and the stench coming from its tail.
Zhang Zian filled it with soil, rolled his eyes, and scolded, "You know nothing! I did it on purpose, okay? "
"Quack?" Richard didn't want to be outdone and rolled his eyes even more. "You idiot, you obviously forgot about it. Why are you still so stubborn? Why do you have these two stinky tails? There's not much meat on this tail! "
"Of course it's useful."
Zhang Zian rinsed the skinned raccoon's tail with the river water, then placed it flat on a relatively flat and concave stone by the river. He then soaked the tail with some river water, roughly estimated the ratio, and added some salt.
"Tsk tsk! I get it. You want to eat skewers, right? "
"Of course not."
Zhang Zian shook off the water on his hands and began to pick up firewood nearby to start a fire.
The other elfins were also very curious. It didn't look like he was going to eat the raccoon's tail, so why did he keep it?
"The raccoon's tail tendon is made of collagen, which is very suitable as a medical suture. I thought that it might be useful, so I planned to take out the tail tendon after eating. What if it can be used?" he explained.
Previously, the head of the horseback deer had been seriously scratched by the black bear. He only disinfected and bandaged it, but because he didn't have anesthetics or sutures, he couldn't stitch it up. Fortunately, it was strong and made it through.
Earlier, when the minke whale was stranded at the seaside of Binhai City, he used a kite line to stitch up its wound. Because the minke whale's wound was too big and too deep, it definitely wouldn't have survived without sutures. Besides, the minke whale was stranded on the beach and couldn't move. The whale's skin and fat layer were thicker, so it didn't feel much pain. That was why he had the courage to stitch up the minke whale's wound without anesthetics.
The deer's skin was thin, and it didn't have that much fat. If it was in pain, it would definitely run and struggle. Besides, he didn't have any sutures, so he gave up.
When he saw the raccoon, he remembered where he had seen it before. It seemed to be written in the first-aid manual that he had borrowed from Sun Xiaomeng. After the raccoon's tail tendon was treated, it could be used as a suture. After it was sewn into the wound for about a month, it would dissolve on its own. There was no need to remove the sutures.
Since there was a ready-made raccoon, he planned to take out a few tail tendons. It would be best if he didn't have to use them, but there were always unexpected situations. If he needed to use them, he wouldn't be helpless.
As for the problem of anesthetics, there was still no solution.
He explained, but his hands were not idle. He walked around nearby, picked up enough firewood to start a fire and barbecued meat, then put the two skinned raccoons on the firewood. One was smeared with a thin layer of salt inside and outside, and the other was not smeared with salt. Instead, it was stuffed with some edible wild vegetables and fruits to remove the fishy smell.
He lit the bonfire, and the fat raccoon was soon roasted until it sizzled with oil.
While waiting for the meat to be cooked, he peeled off the meat attached to the tail and found something that looked like a tail tendon. He used the tip of the spiral bottle opener used in wine bottles in the Swiss Army knife to pierce the tail tendon and hooked it. He slowly pulled the tail tendon out of the tail, selected a suitable one, and soaked it in hydrogen peroxide to disinfect it.
This was a delicate job. There was more than one tail tendon in each tail. Some were long, some were short, some were thick, and some were thin. Those that were too short and thin were definitely useless. Some that were originally longer might break in the tail during the process of pulling it out, so he had to be patient and extra careful.
The other raccoons had already been eaten by the wolves, but Fa Ci didn't eat them. It seemed like he was like the other elfins, no longer eating raw meat and drinking blood. Instead, he was waiting for the roasted raccoon meat.
Thinking about it, although Fa Ci was a wolf, since he was summoned as an elfin, he must have been someone's pet in the past, or had a close relationship with someone. In that case, it was normal for him to be used to eating cooked food with that person.
Fa Ci listened to his explanation of the raccoon's tail and couldn't help but have a sudden realization. He exclaimed, "If people in the past knew this kind of knowledge, they would definitely be able to save many lives."
The other elfins were already used to this miscellaneous knowledge that he had obtained from nowhere. Instead of thinking about the origin of this knowledge, they were more interested in the fragrant roasted raccoon meat and couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
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