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Chapter 40 Cut the Beef
A bonfire is lit, and Won prepares to divide the beef.

He only had a stone ax in his hand, and he didn't bring the blade made of flint two days ago.

The stone ax was fine for chopping trees, but it was almost impossible to cut cowhide because it was not sharp enough.

Fortunately, there is no shortage of stones in this place, and he can recreate one or two stone knives.

The choice of stone knives is still flint.

This kind of stone has good hardness, high brittleness, is easy to knock, and the knife edge produced by knocking is sharp.

The most important thing is that flint is widely distributed all over the world, and it is the main material of choice for primitive humans to make stone tools.

In fact, in terms of sharpness alone, stone knives made of obsidian are sharper.

However, obsidian is a natural glass formed after the magma flowing out of volcanic lava suddenly cools down. Compared with flint, it is relatively rare.

In addition, shells and all kinds of jade are good materials for making stone knives.

Using local materials, Han Yuan found a few larger pieces of flint from the ground, then smashed them open, and selected suitable pieces from them.

After finding a suitable stone flake, carefully tap it with other stones to trim the shape.

The resulting stone knife is about three fingers wide, palm long, and the thickest part is no more than one finger.

The edge of the blade has traces of beating, it is not smooth, but it is very sharp, no less than a kitchen knife made of steel.

He found a wooden stick, split part of it with a stone ax in the middle, and then stuffed the finished flint stone knife into the crack in the wood.

A hemp rope made of bark is firmly tied, and a sharp flint stone knife is made.

After making the stone knife, Han Yuan tried the effect.

The stone knife started along the wound on the American bison's neck, pressed down hard, and the cowhide was broken open smoothly.

Although it is not easy to do, it can be used, and the sharpness is no worse than that of a household kitchen knife.

Controlling the stone knife, it cut down the neck and cut to the abdomen.

He will cut a line from the belly, and then come along the line to separate the cowhide from the beef.

This is the method that saves the most effort and energy, and is also the fastest method.

Cowhide is really too tough, only the belly part is the softest and thinnest, and it is also the easiest to scratch.

When cutting to the abdomen, Han Yuan carefully controlled the stone knife, keeping an eye on the depth of the blade.

Because there are too many organs in the abdomen, and they are very soft, they will be broken if you are not careful.

Although a large part of the organs are useless to him now.

But he didn't want to accidentally cut the cow's stomach or intestines, causing the contents to flow out and contaminate the beef.

Over time, a line was cut from the throat to the abdomen to the tail.

Because the cowhide was extremely tough and he had to control the blade, Han Yuan's tired hands were shaking.

Fortunately, the work behind is much simpler.

After touching the sweat on his head, he continued to divide the cowhide.

Work early, it's hard to work after dark.

Along the line of the abdomen, the cowhide and beef are separated a little bit, and a layer of fat is reserved on the abdomen to protect the internal organs from flowing out.

Although it is doomed to be impossible to completely peel off the entire piece of cowhide with his technology, Han Yuan still wants to preserve the large piece of cowhide as much as possible.

This thing is so useful.

It may not be suitable for making clothes, but it can be used as mattresses, leather shoes and so on.

Compared with the shoes on his feet now, the cowhide shoes are much better in terms of comfort and wear resistance.

After a while, with his continuous efforts, more than half of the cowhide from the belly line to the back has been successfully peeled off from the meat, revealing the bright red beef.

Even in the abdomen, the North American bison doesn't have much fat. When the cowhide was cut open, it was bright red beef with an extremely attractive appearance. Won couldn't help swallowing when he saw it.

The cowhide was peeled off, and the faint smell of blood spread.

The two jaguar cubs nestled next to their mother stood up simultaneously and looked towards Han Yuan.

After sniffing their noses, they all trotted towards the hillside, stopped at a distance of about three or four meters from Han Yuan, and looked at him.

With his back facing the hillside, Han Yuan was busy skinning the bison, and didn't notice the arrival of the two little ones.

But the shooting equipment automatically followed, and the barrage in the live broadcast room reminded him.

Looking back, sure enough, the two little ones were squatting not far behind him.

It may be that the two little ones didn't expect him to turn back.

Turning around, one of them was frightened again. In a panic, one lost its balance and rolled down the gentle slope with a grunt.

Han Yuan couldn't help laughing, shook his head with a smile, and beckoned to the other one, wanting it to come over.

However, the little guy was very vigilant, so he ignored him and ran away again.

Ignoring the two little guys, Han Yuan turned around and continued to skin and carve the bison.

More than half of the afternoon had passed, and he had to hang the beef over the bonfire to dry before it got dark.

Otherwise, if the cowhide is cut, the beef will easily deteriorate if it is directly exposed to the humid and hot air.

As for the two cubs, Han Yuan is not worried that they will leave. This is where they usually live, and the body of the jaguar mother is still here.

In a short time, these two little ones won't leave, even if he, an intruder, breaks into their territory.

After busying for a while, he had peeled off all the cowhide on the upper side and put it on the ground on the other side.

As for the cowhide on the two legs, he directly cut off the connection with the abdomen, mainly because it was too troublesome to peel off.

After separating the cowhide on one side, Han Yuan was not in a hurry to take out the internal organs.

If it is a normal cattle slaughter, taking out the internal organs is indeed the first step.

But he plans to cut off all the meat on the upper side first and then deal with the internal organs.

Because once the stomach is broken open, all kinds of internal organs will flow out, which is very troublesome to deal with.

The stone knife cut into the meat with incomparable sharpness, and pieces of bright red beef were quickly cut off by him.

Each piece of meat is not very big, but it is not small, and it weighs four or five catties.

After cutting it off, Won immediately transferred the beef cubes to the simple grill that was set up in advance, and began to dry the moisture.

Soon, pieces of fresh beef were continuously transferred to the grill.

Just such a large piece of meat, the harvest is dozens of catties.

After the whole meat was cut, it took another half an hour for Han Yuan to cut off all the beef on this side, leaving only the two fur-covered beef legs untouched.

Just use the stone ax to chop off the joints later.

The bison that had cut off most of the beef exposed its bones, but there was still a lot of meat attached to the bones.

There was no other way, he couldn't handle it cleanly with just a flint knife.

But these meaty skeletons can be saved for dinner.

Although one meal must not be finished, it will waste a lot.

(End of this chapter)