r18novel Chapter 14 Meat but No Cooking Utensils
Chapter 14 Meat but No Cooking Utensils
Twenty or thirty pounds of mutton, plus a pot of rat meat in the dormitory, was enough for the five of them to get through the most chaotic two days.
"They're here."
He turned and walked back to the convoy.
The three electric vehicles were already packed full.
The sheep's body was held down by the three archery club members who followed, hanging down on both sides of the vehicle, swaying back and forth with the movement of the vehicle.
The bull calf was stuffed into the largest tail box, with only its grayish-white tail sticking out.
"Old Jiang, there's no seat left."
Li Bin patted the sheep carcass on the pedal.
"It's alright, I'll go with you," Jiang Ming said, waving his hand dismissively.
"Walk!"
Zhao Yanzhi waved his hand and led the remaining members to escort them on foot from both sides.
The convoy started moving slowly.
The tires rolled over the wet, slippery grass, kicking up large clumps of mud.
The return journey was more difficult than the way there.
The increased load makes the electric vehicle's power seem insufficient, and when encountering slightly rough road conditions, you have to push the vehicle with force.
But no one complained.
Even Zhong Chengyu, who is usually the most delicate, was now pushing the cart with a flushed face and chuckling foolishly.
This is meat!
While everyone else is still fighting tooth and nail for a cookie, they have already achieved "freedom to eat meat".
This immense sense of superiority was enough to offset all physical and mental exhaustion.
As you pass through the dense thickets, the once quiet woodland gradually becomes noisy.
Those were the sounds of human activity.
As students get closer to the school, more and more of them venture out to explore.
"Holy crap... what's that?"
Two boys who were searching for earthworms with sticks in the roadside bushes stopped and stared blankly at the convoy emerging from the woods.
The truckloads of game piled high, the blood-dripping lamb legs hanging on the sides of the trucks, slammed into their retinas like heavy hammer blows.
"A sheep? That's a sheep, isn't it?"
"And there's a cow! That tail is a cow's tail!"
"Where did they get all these animal carcasses? Did they spot a herd of animals up ahead?"
The discussion spread as quickly as a plague.
The students, who had been scattered around digging for wild vegetables and picking wild fruits, all turned their curious eyes to them.
"Don't stop, stay close."
Zhao Yanzhi walked on the outermost side of the caravan, his composite bow half-raised, arrows nocked on the string, the sharp arrowheads swaying rhythmically with his steps.
A dozen or so archery club members were scattered on both sides of the convoy. Although they looked tired, the weapons in their hands were enough to intimidate most people with ill intentions.
No one dared to step forward and invite trouble.
After all, it's only the first day of our time travel, and everyone's moral standards are still high.
Those complex gazes followed them all the way until they turned into a mixed-use building area with gray tiles on the exterior walls.
This is the training building for various colleges and universities, and also the activity base for the archery club.
"Unload the cargo right here."
Zhao Yanzhi pointed to an open space near the side gate.
The archery club members who had been following along hurriedly began to move the heavy spoils of war.
The dull thuds of the planes hitting the ground continued one after another.
Sheep carcasses and calves of wild cattle quickly piled up into a small mountain on the concrete ground.
The air was filled with the nauseating yet incredibly tempting smell of raw meat.
"It's a pleasure to work with you, President Zhao."
The five people didn't linger. They rode their bikes away from the building quickly, carrying the still-bleeding lamb.
Only when the archery club members were completely out of sight did Zhong Chengyu let out a long sigh of relief, slumping into the back seat like a deflated balloon.
"I was so scared... When that guy pointed an arrow at me just now, I felt like my heart was going to stop."
"Promising."
Li Bin glanced at him disdainfully, but stepped on the gas.
"Hurry back to the dorm. This thing is too hot to handle, and it'll be troublesome if someone gets their hands on it."
……
Back to the dormitory building.
Ignoring the strange looks from passersby, the five people, like porters, huffed and puffed as they carried the three electric bikes up to the third floor.
"Thump."
The lamb's carcass was placed in the very center of dormitory room 302.
Zhong Chengyu plopped down on the ground, panting heavily, sweat streaming down his round face and soaking his collar.
"Awesome! That's so awesome!"
He panted as he looked at the lamb's carcass, a perverted grin spreading across his face.
"What should we do with this sheep?"
Zhong Chengyu's roommate, the bespectacled boy, swallowed hard and asked the most crucial question.
"Whole roasted lamb? Or lamb hot pot?"
"I think braised would be good, add more chili peppers..."
"Come on, stewing is the most nourishing way to cook it, and this is mutton!"
The four of them chattered excitedly, as if they could already smell the aroma of meat.
However, Jiang Ming, who was standing to the side, remained silent.
He leaned against an empty bed piled with suitcases and delivery boxes, watching his overly excited teammates, and suddenly poured cold water on their enthusiasm.
"What should we stew it with?"
These words were like a heavy hammer blow, instantly shattering everyone's illusions.
The noise stopped abruptly.
The group looked at each other, their smiles gradually freezing.
"We don't have any pots or seasonings."
Jiang Ming pointed to the wall; that was his dormitory.
"The only container we can use in our dorm is Wang Yang's metal lunchbox; the others are all plastic, and they melt as soon as you put them on a fire."
"There's still water."
He then pointed to the dried-up faucet.
"You know about the water outage, right? We have to be careful with the bottled water we have stored up, even for daily drinking. Where would we get extra water to wash meat? Where would we get extra water to make soup?"
"Where's the fire?"
Jiang Ming's gaze swept over the crowd.
"We can find firewood outside the school gate, but we don't have any tools to cut down trees, so we can only look for branches..."
Jiang Ming's series of questions instantly froze the fervent atmosphere that had just risen among them.
Each of these questions hits the nail on the head, and is so realistic that it's impossible to avoid them.
Zhong Chengyu's lecherous smile froze. He looked at the sheep on the ground, then glanced around the dormitory, opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.
Yes, what should we do?
The beautiful illusions were shattered, leaving only the harsh reality.
"Then... what should we do?"
Zhong Chengyu's bespectacled roommate adjusted his glasses, his voice filled with confusion and helplessness.
"We can't... eat it raw, can we?"
This suggestion sent a chill down everyone's spine.
After all, this isn't a modern metropolis with abundant medical resources. If you get an upset stomach from eating raw food, your life could be in danger.
"I'll try it with the knife I use to open packages first."
Undeterred, Zhong Chengyu took a folding knife from his desk drawer and walked over to the lamb carcass.
He squatted down, gestured towards the thickest part of the lamb leg, and then forcefully stabbed it in.
"Pfft."
The knife tip pierced the skin, easily creating a bleeding cut.
"Hold!"
Zhong Chengyu cursed angrily. He had just drawn his knife too violently, and the blade grazed his forearm, which was holding down the lamb leg, drawing blood immediately.
"Hiss~"
Zhong Chengyu put his injured area to his mouth and sucked on it, his face full of dejection.
The dormitory fell silent once again.
"This knife is still very effective at treating small areas."
Li Bin spoke a fair word, but the more he used it, the more his brows furrowed.
In the end, he still didn't cut off the piece of lamb leg with the hair still on it.
"Damn! What is this?! It's so difficult!"