Bai Xuemei held a knife in one hand and pulled the skin of the goose with the other hand, peeling it off slowly.
Compared with rabbits, deer, and sheep, the skin of goose is not very easy to peel. The main reason is that the skin of goose is too thin, and the connection between the skin and the underlying muscles is relatively tight.
If it's the skin of a rabbit, just pull the skin with one hand and stab it with a knife in the other hand. You can peel it off very quickly. Even a novice can quickly master it.
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However, Bai Xuemei is obviously not a novice when it comes to skinning.
Although her focus is basically on spinning and weaving, raising silkworms and reeling silk, taking care of the children, and feeding sleeping pills to her adult brother when nothing happens, as a person of this era, she does not know how to deal with prey.
strangeness.
Therefore, although the skin of the goose was not easy to peel off, she was able to peel it off relatively completely after some seemingly careful operations.
After peeling off the skin of the goose, she did not rush to deal with it. Instead, she disemboweled the goose and disposed of it. Needless to say, the foie gras. Even the goose intestines were not wasted. She used a small
The copper knife was opened from the middle, and after cleaning it, I put some salt on it and scrubbed it vigorously with the newly dug well water.
After placing the processed meat on the platform built in the kitchen and holding it with a clay pot, Bai Xuemei began to process the peeled goose skin.
It is basically modeled on the processing method of animal skins.
For example, first use thin bamboo slices to scrape off as much fat as possible on the top, then spread it out, dry it in the sun, and polish it.
At the beginning, Bai Xuemei just focused on the big goose. After taking care of the big goose, she thought about it for a while and came to the duck house again, her eyes constantly focused on the ducks circled inside.
Scan.
After a while, she discovered another unhappy duck.
Bai Xuemei, who was deeply influenced by her spouse Han Dashenzi, also had a kind heart and treated everyone equally.
After a lot of treatment has been given to the big goose, it is natural that one cannot favor one thing over another.
So this depressed and unhappy duck was quickly treated by Bai Xuemei from the duck house.
There is no need to go into detail about the process, all you need to know is that the final result is that the duck that was treated into the kitchen is as peaceful as the goose.
After treating the geese and ducks, Bai Xuemei's eyes fell on the chicken coop again. She just glanced inside and immediately discovered several chickens that needed treatment.
In the end, I chose the one who was more seriously ill...
Compared with geese and ducks, the skin of chickens is more difficult to peel, but Bai Xuemei still peeled it off.
After such an operation, it was not yet known whether warm clothes could be made using this method, but Bai Xuemei knew another thing.
Not only did she know, but many people in the Qingque tribe such as Wu, Senior Brother, Shitou, Yuan, etc. also knew.
The thing is, after peeling the skin, the goose and duck are very delicious when cooked, and the meat is very chewy.
Unlike before, the outer layer of skin has been cooked for a long time and is still difficult to chew, which greatly affects the taste.
Unpeeled duck is delicious only if it is slowly roasted over charcoal fire.
With this understanding, when the tribe eats ducks and geese in the future, it becomes more logical to skin them.
In the past, people in the tribe were not so particular about what they eat, but as life gets better day by day, food becomes more abundant, and with the leadership of their big foodie God Son, they become more particular about what they eat.
A matter of course.
This also allows Bai Xuemei to have more materials to try to make brand new clothes, instead of like now, always searching around the goose pens and duck houses, first finding unhappy guys to dress them.
treat.
And the geese and ducks in the goose pen and duck house don't have to work so hard. Every time they see this cruel woman coming, even those who were dozing off will keep quacking.
To prove that I am not depressed at all...
Time passes little by little, and the original version of the down jacket made by Bai Xuemei is also perfected day by day.
The dried duck fur appears very hard, but problems such as hair loss rarely occur.
Bai Xuemei also imitated the method of tanning the skins of ordinary animals and tanned them, but the effect was limited.
Moreover, duck skin and goose skin are not as strong as the fur of rabbits, deer and other animals and are easy to sew.
So after trying to connect several pieces of skin together, Bai Xuemei gave up the idea of directly using such feathers to make clothes.
As before, he began to sew the pieces of feathers into the inside of the linen clothes, turning them into the lining of the linen clothes.
As time goes by, the temperature gradually decreases. Before you know it, it is the season of late autumn and early winter. Even the wind blowing has some winter meaning. It blows on people, making them feel a little uncomfortable.
cold.
Bai Xuemei didn't feel the slightest bit of cold. On the contrary, at this time, she still felt a little hot.
This result was very simple, because she was wearing new clothes that had just been made from linen and goose and duck fur.
Because this new type of clothing is usually sewn with a layer of goose and duck feathers inside, the white snow girl who made it is called Yuyi.
After this kind of feather clothing was made, many people in the tribe felt the benefits of this kind of feather clothing, and it immediately became popular among the Qingque tribe.
If it weren't for the fact that the geese and ducks in the tribe can also lay eggs, these guys would have been labeled as unhappy by the people of the Qingque tribe, and then they would be caught and let them accept Qingque collectively.
The treatment of everyone in the tribe...
This initiative of Bai Xuemei is very meaningful.
It's not that the feather coats she made through this method were better at protecting against cold and warmth than the animal skin clothes that the tribe had been wearing.
It's because with the influx of a large population, the Qingque tribe's fur storage is somewhat insufficient.
The Qingque tribe now mainly focuses on agricultural cultivation, supplemented by hunting and grazing, and the number of furs they obtain every year is relatively limited.
The furs obtained from trade exchanges are not as much as before.
Under such circumstances, it is not uncommon for the fur to be insufficient.
Now, Bai Xuemei has used feathers that the tribe had never paid much attention to before, combined with linen, to create a kind of clothing that is not weaker than fur in terms of warmth retention performance. This is indeed a very good thing for the tribe.
More importantly, compared with animal skin clothes, this kind of feather coat made of feathers and linen is very light. It hardly feels heavy when worn on the body, but it is much more comfortable than animal skin.
It is also for this reason that after Bai Xuemei successfully produced it, it became popular in the tribe.
Especially Wu, after putting on a feather coat specially made for him, he was reluctant to take it off.
However, because the number of geese and ducks raised in the tribe is not enough and they cannot be killed in large numbers, the number of this new type of feathers is not too large.
While everyone felt distressed and regretted that they had wasted so many feathers, the lotus root digging team from the Qingque Tribe heading to Lotus Island to dig lotus roots also set off from the tribe and headed along the Bronze Highway.
On Lotus Island, the Son of God made special regulations that no birds were allowed to be arrested there. No one in the Qingque tribe dared to violate this.
But in my spare time, there is no problem in going on a relatively large hunt with the wild ducks that live near the original Wild Duck Inn and now the Longmen Inn.
As a result, the wild ducks here soon suffered.
Obviously they are all lively and active, but the people of the Qingque tribe gave them a diagnosis of depression.
And they were kind enough to use the Qingque Tribe’s methods to treat them.
They were not the only ones who were forcibly treated. Some of the geese who were returning to the south temporarily fell on the ground to rest. The geese that were discovered by the people of the Qingque tribe also had to accept a wave of treatment from the people of the Qingque tribe...
There is no way, under the continuous influence of their wise, majestic, bright, and a series of prefixed titles of sons of God, they are so caring...
In the Qingque tribe, Bai Xuemei was sitting there, holding a needle and thread, sewing the processed goose skin into the inside of a piece of clothing.
The movements are very careful and conscientious, and the stitches are closely sewn.
And unlike other feather coats that are usually sewn with duck feathers and goose feathers mixed together, this feather coat being sewn is all sewn with goose feathers, making it look very uniform and beautiful.
Of course, this dress was not worn by Bai Xuemei for herself, nor for anyone in the tribe. It was made by her for Brother Cheng, who was leading construction projects in Jinguan City.
People are really strange. Some people are obviously far away from each other, but once something good happens to them, they can't help but think of them and want to leave the best to them.
other side.
I am happier than getting it myself...
The chilly wind blew, and the leaves on the trees rustled. Many of the leaves looked green, but were actually scorched, and they made a crisp scorching sound when you stepped on them.
This is the Retting Pond located downstream of the Qing Que Tribe's creek, where many people gather.
Bundles of soaked flax were taken out from inside, and people peeled the flax here.
The outer skin of hemp that has been left in water for a long time has rotted away, leaving only fine fibers, and the smell is not good at all.
However, no one in the Qingque tribe disliked it. Even the shaman carried a small bench made of several pieces of wood and sat here peeling hemp.
After these years of development, hemp has penetrated into all aspects of the Qingque tribe. The people of the Qingque tribe can no longer live without the ropes twisted with hemp and the linen cloth woven with hemp.
It is also because of this that no one dislikes this work which seems to have a strong taste at all. Not only do they not dislike it, everyone also has a smile on their face.
Near this pond where the smell is floating around, a rough and primitive singing voice sounds from time to time, "The black hemp skin is yours..."
Often after a male primitive sings, a female primitive will continue singing duet.
The lyrics are simple and straightforward, often with some strong themes about things that both men and women are more concerned about.
After these years of development, the population of the Qingque Tribe has continued to grow. The Sheep Tribe, Green Tribe, Donkey Tribe, and Bone Tribe, which were originally close to the Qingque Tribe, have all joined the Qingque Tribe in one way or another.
Among them, the happy party has not been held for many years.
Because it has been absorbing and integrating with other tribes, the Qingque tribe no longer needs to hold happy parties.
In the past, singing while retting and peeling hemp has now been given some other meanings, and has become an important day and activity for people in the tribe to choose and confirm their spouses.
Nowadays, those who sing when peeling hemp are basically adults or nearly adults in the tribe.
During the antiphonal song, if both parties can look at each other, they can immediately go to the edge and dig into the dead grass.
Of course, by getting into the dead grass, the two parties have become more formal spouses.
Later, you can go to the witch, and the witch will issue something called a marriage certificate by the Son of God, and you can become an official spouse.
This kind of marriage certificate is a small rectangular copper plate made of bronze, with the names of both parties engraved on it with a knife made of meteorite iron.
On the north side of the copper plate, there is a relatively rough "囍" and the shape of a blue bird, which are all directly carved.
It is difficult to tear up such a marriage certificate. If you want to get divorced, you need to find a witch again and let the witch take back the marriage certificate, which can be re-melted into other things later.
Of course, divorce has not happened yet. The concept of marriage among the people in the tribe was only gradually strengthened after Han Cheng arrived. It is still in a relatively primitive stage, and people don’t have many ideas. In addition, the people in the tribe are now roughly
They are still in the stage of sharing the same meal, and the gap between them is not too big, so no one is thinking about divorce.
In the understanding of everyone in Qingque, becoming a spouse means becoming a spouse, so why do we need to dissolve the relationship between them again?
Isn't this troublesome?
Therefore, the Qingque tribe usually waits until one of the spouses dies to terminate the relationship. After the other spouse dies, the remaining spouse can find a new spouse.
Another aspect that needs to be mentioned is that the Qingque tribe is not a monogamous system.
This was not the result of Han Cheng's deliberate guidance, but was determined by the objective conditions in the tribe.
