Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 32 Decorating the Cave

Jiang Luoluo and the children of Xiaoshishan exchanged for a lot of things. Not to mention that she couldn't carry them all back by herself, even if He helped, she would have to carry them back in two separate trips.

Seeing this, the little girl happily stayed behind and helped Jiang Luoluo carry some of her things back. Although the little boy Zhuang was a bit simple-minded, he also came over to help after seeing the little girl's actions.

Although he doesn't understand social etiquette very well, he has a decent ability to imitate.

To Jiang Luoluo's surprise, Mao paid more attention to the cubs' condition after collecting the jam from them. After thinking for a moment, he came over to help.

Thanks to the group, Jiang Luoluo was able to bring the items back in one trip without having to make multiple trips.

It's not a matter of weight. Just like no matter how strong a person is, without tools, he can't hold a dozen basketballs at the same time.

Thinking about the barter fair tomorrow, and the high probability that there will be even more items, Jiang Luoluo is already thinking about making a backpack when she gets back.

However, the animal hides at home have all been used to make a backpack for young Ge, and the linen is almost used up... Could she ask He to help her get some more fabric?

The older children who accompanied the cub back to the cave were shocked as soon as they entered. The cave, which had been filled with jam for several days, was already infused with a sweet and fragrant aroma.

Inside the small cave, on the right side against the wall were several pieces of wood that had been specially brought in to make a wooden door in case of rain and dampness; they were stacked against the wall.

To save space, and because there was really no other place to put things in the cave, Jiang Luoluo neatly arranged layers of wooden jars and pots, all filled with jam.

On the adjacent stone bed, there was a neatly made linen mattress, with two animal skin blankets, one large and one small, folded along the edge.

In the crevices between the stone bed and the cave walls, there were some odds and ends, such as scraps of linen, hemp rope, and bone needles.

To the left of the entrance to the cave were the remaining fruits, followed by a water vat, firewood, a few pieces of meat piled together, and a neatly arranged wooden container... all taken from He Qucong.

Before leaving, young Ge had exchanged a large number of wooden containers with Cong, knowing that the cubs needed them. However, it would take Cong some time to finish making them all, and since young Ge was going on a hunt and couldn't come to collect them himself, He had to do it for him.

In the very center were four stone pots bubbling with water, taking up a considerable amount of space and making the cave feel even more cramped. The larger fire also raised the temperature inside the cave considerably.

Fortunately, it's close to the rainy season now. Not only is the sky dark and the sun nowhere to be seen, but it also drizzles from time to time, further lowering the temperature. It's actually better to be warmer in the cave.

As a result, the fruit didn't keep well. Jiang Luoluo could already faintly smell the alcohol. If left any longer, it would easily ferment.

So Jiang Luoluo plans to finish making the jam as soon as possible these next two days, so as not to waste it.

Although Jiang Luoluo also drinks alcohol, she is not addicted and prefers soft drinks to alcohol. Therefore, she has never thought about brewing her own wine... She doesn't like to drink it and has no need for it.

Jiang Luoluo didn't know how the tribespeople entertained their guests, but she insisted on keeping the older children sitting in the cave for a while. She also gave each of them some fruit and made a hot fruit drink by mixing fruit jam with hot water.

The children wanted to refuse the cub's kindness, but the hot water with jam was so fragrant that they couldn't refuse.

Finally, Jiang Luoluo took out some more jam and wanted to give everyone a little more. There wasn't much jam left on the small rock mountain, and she had already shared it with the three of them. She felt that she hadn't given enough, and since they had all come back with her, she definitely wanted to make up for it.

But none of the children wanted it, and they refused firmly. The little girl was clever and understood even better the principle that she should only take what she did. They had already taken more jam than the others, and it would be excessive for them to take more.

Mao felt the same way. He didn't think he had done anything wrong, but he still received jam from the cub. He only helped carry the cub's things because he felt embarrassed. After bringing the cub back, how could he take another one?

Although the little boy Zhuang was tempted by the jam, he saw that the little girl Xi had refused, so he shook his head firmly. But before leaving, he whispered to the cub that he would take a little more things tomorrow and could exchange them for a little more jam, just a little bit.

Brown returned carrying the burlap sack, just as several children were running away as if their pants were on fire. He looked at the cub with some curiosity, "Luo, what happened to them?"

Jiang Luoluo, clutching the jam jar but unable to deliver it, looked back innocently, wondering what had happened.

Brown looked at the cub, thought for a moment, and roughly guessed what had happened. He smiled, shook his head, and held up the burlap in his hand, asking, "Do you need my help, Luo?"

When Jiang Luoluo returned, she thought of making a burlap backpack to take to Xiaoshi Mountain the next day to carry the things she needed for trading. So on the way back, she gestured to He, and after arriving at the cave, He took a piece of meat and went out to exchange it for the burlap that Jiang Luoluo needed.

Young Ge left Brown's portion of food, and Brown also brought his own food. There was already extra food in the cave, so it was normal to exchange it for something else, and it wouldn't make any difference.

Jiang Luoluo nodded. Today she needed to make jam, sew backpacks, and later identify the plants and stones she had traded. She really needed help.

Of the three things, only making jam was something Brown could help with, since he didn't know what the backpack to be sewn would look like, nor could he help Jiang Luoluo identify the uses of the plants.

Moreover, seeing how many times the cub has cooked jam, Brown found it easy to get the hang of it. At most, when he wasn't sure about the heat, he would ask the cub to come and take a look.

Having experience sewing animal hide backpacks, Jiang Luoluo quickly finished the linen backpack, saving more than half the time. After all, it was very strenuous to pierce animal hide with bone needles, while linen could be easily pierced.

After setting the burlap backpack aside, Jiang Luoluo sat on the open ground next to the campfire and began to sort through the things she had received that day.

The first thing to do, of course, is to pick out the firecrackers, which are the chili peppers.

There were nearly a hundred chili pepper plants, but about one-fifth of them were quite dry, so Jiang Luoluo picked them out separately.

"Luo likes firecrackers so much? You picked them all out as the first thing..." Brown said, stirring the jam in the stone pot while watching the cub's movements with a smile.

Before he could finish speaking, he saw the cub mercilessly pluck the "flower" off the fire flower, and his smile froze on his face.

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Brown leaped to his feet, "Wait, Luo, be careful, it's poisonous! If you break a Fireflower and it gets on your skin, it will sting a lot!"

Jiang Luoluo raised her hands and handed her hands, which were covered with a layer of linen gloves, to He Kan.

Brown stopped moving and looked at the cub's behavior. The feeling of being intellectually crushed resurfaced. When he saw that the cub was prepared and not acting on a whim, Brown could no longer utter words of advice.

Although Jiang Luoluo was certain that the Fire Flower was a chili pepper, and had at least half of the characteristics of a chili pepper, she would not easily risk her own safety—even with the superhuman physique of the tribespeople, they all complained of pain, so it must have been quite painful.

But that's normal. After all, the spiciness of chili peppers is more accurately described as "pain" than "taste," so it's normal to feel pain.

Therefore, Jiang Luoluo will try carefully and experiment boldly.

Jiang Luoluo placed the chilies that could still be kept for a while aside, and then did some simple processing on the wilted ones, stringing them together with straw rope and having He help her hang them on the cave not far from the fire.

The strings of chili peppers, a vibrant red, look festive and beautiful.

Brown, thinking he understood the cub's thoughts, began to praise it lavishly, "So Luo wanted to make it into ornaments to make the cave more beautiful! That would indeed look good."

Jiang Luoluo then looked at the four dried rabbits hanging not far away. After several days of air-drying, these rabbits had begun to take shape. With the strings of chili peppers next to them, they were not far from her spicy rabbit head dish.

Hmm... let's check if that plant that looks like a scallion is actually a scallion; one chili pepper isn't enough.