Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 232 The Great Hunting Bird Event

Without Jiang Luoluo noticing, the soaps she made suddenly became useful.

Similarly, there's the stone and wood bow that Gen and Mamoru made together, a magical little tool that Mamoru proved to be very useful for shooting birds after numerous experiments.

Many clever members of the tribe have already begun to try to imitate it.

They don't usually hunt birds, but rather they are capable of doing so. In particular, most of the tribe members who make feather blankets are elderly retired people with decades of hunting experience.

In a short time, various techniques and methods for catching birds emerged in the tribe.

Jiang Luoluo went to various places to watch every day, but she couldn't decide who to watch.

For example, there's a dog with amazing skills at catching birds with his bare hands... That's right, this tribesman's name is "Dog." Just like the tribespeople's custom of using the names of wild animals for their descendants, Dog's name also comes from a certain wild animal in the Taz Forest.

According to the tribespeople, the dogs are extremely beast-like, and you can even see many signs of this in their daily lives. They can also unleash a lot of beast-like power in their human form.

Conversely, he was more prone to losing control than other members of his tribe.

In Jiang Luoluo's view, the way the dog hunts birds is very similar to the character Inuyasha she saw in the anime. This gave her a feeling of replacing watching anime with her meals, and she would watch the dog catch birds whenever she had free time.

But besides dogs, many other tribespeople also have their own unique skills. For example, the tribeswoman named You has the skill of setting traps. These traps are different from the guard traps; they can trap birds to death.

Every time I watch the young birds set up their traps, I feel a sense of beauty, like watching an installation art piece. It's especially artistic when they manage to catch several different birds each time.

The artistry of food.

It wasn't just Jiang Luoluo who loved watching plays; the children on Little Stone Mountain also enjoyed joining in the fun.

Watching this bird-catching activity is much more thrilling and exciting than their usual games on the small rocky hills, especially since some of the bird hunters are actually their parents.

Many children even get to participate directly, being taught by their parents how to hunt these birds, much to the envy of the other children.

The tribe doesn't think that it's useless for the children to learn these things, or that taking care of and teaching the children is troublesome.

It is very necessary to teach these skills to the children in the tribe. One reason is that it can enrich their hunting skills and teach them more hunting methods.

Another point is that, although hunting small birds was not of much value to the tribe in the past, it served no purpose other than wasting physical strength and energy.

But now that these birds' feathers have been discovered and can be used to make soft, warm feather blankets, it means that hunting small birds will become an important habit in future tribes.

After all, no one can avoid needing a soft and warm blanket when they get old and injured.

Even if we don't think about getting old, just right now, who wouldn't want to improve their life if they could sleep in a warmer and more comfortable blanket?

Similarly, as feather blankets became popular in the tribe, the demand for linen also increased significantly.

The tribespeople discovered that the feather blankets could only be filled with linen covers, as animal hides were too tough, heavy, and not breathable.

Stuffing feathers into a quilt made of animal hides will quickly compress the feathers into a tight ball, losing their original fluffy, soft, and warm properties.

Only highly breathable fabrics like linen can provide sufficient airflow for the feathers when they are not covered, thus preserving their fluffy and soft characteristics.

The entire tribe seemed to come alive and be full of energy because of the single task of making feather quilts, even though snow covered most of Silver Peak Mountain and the temperature was getting colder and colder.

But the hearts of the tribespeople grew increasingly passionate.

Jiang Luoluo was all smiles, watching the tribe's enthusiastic development, until more and more tribesmen came to her to exchange soap and cleaning liquid that could be used to wash feathers.

Jiang Luoluo then realized something: the soaps she made were no longer enough...?

Oh no... how did it end up like this again?

Jiang Luoluo was filled with confusion and doubt. She clearly remembered that at the beginning, no one wanted soap at all. She still managed to give away a few bars to her acquaintances with great difficulty.

Knowing that the tribe needed soap, Jiang Luoluo couldn't just refuse to make it. So she continued to work hard making soap while looking for someone to take over her soap-making job.

Finally, Jiang Luoluo's gaze fell on Xing.

There was no other way; Xing was the only one who watched her complete all of these things. She was very knowledgeable about the soap-making process and had personally witnessed how the soaps reacted and changed.

Unlike others, who need Jiang Luoluo to demonstrate again and wait several days to find out if they have learned or mastered the skills.

Xing did indeed get the hang of it very quickly and made it.

Even because of her mature bodily perception—Jiang Luoluo's body had not yet fully developed—the finished product she made was much more detailed than Jiang Luoluo's.

Jiang Luoluo occasionally felt that Xing had to braid various hair ties every day, occasionally go to Rong's place to learn fine arts and wood carving, and now she also had the job of making soap.

I'm incredibly busy.

Fortunately, soap can be made in large batches at once, and most of the time it just needs to sit and rest, requiring little operation, so you can use that time to do other things.

However, Xing was willing to take on any extra work, even if it was troublesome, and added the task of making soap.

Xing is now truly and completely capable of supporting herself on her own.

Even if she were to become independent, she would have no problem making a living.

The rules remain the same: for every ten bars of soap Xing makes, she needs to pay Jiang Luoluo one or two bars as payment for learning the skill from Jiang Luoluo.

Although Jiang Luoluo didn't really need this kind of reward, the rules couldn't be broken.

Jiang Luoluo's family already has a lot of unused new hair ties, and now it looks like they'll need to collect a lot of soap too.

In addition, as more and more people in the tribe made feather quilts, the space inside the kiln began to become insufficient.

After all, you can't be too close to the kiln, nor can you be too close to the place where they knock and bang on burning metal blocks every day, otherwise it would be too easy to cause a fire.

In the end, you even had to queue up to get a spot to roast a feather.

—It's perfectly fine to slowly dry something in your own home using your own fire.