Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 88 Brown's Home

It wasn't until evening that He returned to the cave, looking utterly exhausted.

Although the children on Little Stone Mountain loved playing in the water, the gloomy weather every day made them feel unhappy. On rare sunny days, they all stayed on Little Stone Mountain and didn't want to go home.

It took He a lot of effort to drive all the children back, and by the time they returned to the cave, it was almost dark.

He looked at the little girl happy and the little boy Zhuang, thought for a moment, and then asked them to continue to keep Jiang Luoluo company for a while, as he had to go out for a bit and would be back later.

Jiang Luoluo looked at He with curiosity, wondering what he was going to do.

He didn't hide anything from Jiang Luoluo. He gently patted Jiang Luoluo's head and told her that he was going back to his old home to pack up.

He has been staying with Jiang Luoluo recently, living with her, but the hunting team is about to return, and Ge is also going home. Naturally, He will also have to leave and give the place back to Ge.

We can't wait until Ge comes back and then scramble to move everything back. We need to prepare in advance and clean and tidy up the cave that hasn't been inhabited for a long time.

Jiang Luoluo opened her mouth silently, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she obediently did not move, and just watched Brown hurriedly leave.

Brown's home is not far from Little Stone Mountain. After all, he goes to Little Stone Mountain to teach every day, so his place of residence must not be too far away, otherwise he would not be able to pay attention to the situation on Little Stone Mountain in time.

Brown's cave has many neighbors around it; he's not the only one living there.

In a way, this is a small settlement within the tribe, and they don't interact much with other tribespeople outside.

After all, most of the people living here are like He, who have physical disabilities but possess certain abilities, as well as some elderly people who have not mastered the ability to learn.

Some people just can't learn anything that requires brains, and even in old age, they can only rely on their muscles.

Just like Jiang Luoluo had once wondered, where do the tribespeople who process and weave hemp cloth live? The answer is this place where He Zhu lives.

Even in the Fish Cave, apart from a few elderly clansmen on duty who live there in case something happens to the children, the other elderly clansmen still live in their own homes.

They are, after all, elderly members of the tribe who have made contributions to the community.

Geographically speaking, Little Rock Mountain is the furthest from Taz Forest, making it the least likely to be attacked by wild animals and relatively safer.

Therefore, those who are physically disabled, old, and lack the ability to protect themselves are arranged to live in what is theoretically the safest location in the tribe.

As for the shaman who lives on the top of Silver Peak Mountain, his location is actually the most dangerous place when a large-scale wild animal attack occurs on the tribe.

Because it's the only place where you can't escape, retreat, or flee.

Those who live elsewhere can easily retreat to other safe places when danger comes, whether it's a small rocky hill or a riverbank, they can hide anywhere.

But the situation is different at the top of Silver Peak Mountain. The fire is there and cannot be left. If they do not want to abandon all the heritage of the tribe and become true savages, they must stand firm in front of the fire and not retreat an inch.

The shaman, of course, could not leave.

Therefore, when danger arises, the summit of Silver Peak is actually the most unsafe place, even though all the orc warriors eventually gather there.

But that also meant that the tribe had entered a critical moment of life and death.

Jiang Luoluo was actually very interested in He's home, since she had never visited before.

Everyone was saying that the rainy season was coming, and that everything that needed to be done should be done before the rainy season arrived. No matter what they thought, their actions seemed very rushed.

Jiang Luoluo became a little nervous. She didn't want to waste any more time, nor could she ask to go to He's house with him. So she could only wait at home for He to come back.

He didn't actually waste much time. Although he had been taking care of Jiang Luoluo during this period and hadn't been able to go back to his own home to clean up, he had been asking his neighbors for help to keep the fire burning.

So, apart from some dust that needed cleaning, many things in Brown's house were exactly the same as before he left and could be used immediately.

He simply cleaned the inside of his cave. It wasn't much different from the cave where Jiang Luoluo lived, except that the space was a bit smaller. After all, it was a cave where a bachelor lived alone, and the space was just enough for him to live in.

Some things in the house were already on the verge of breaking, and after being left unused for so long, they were even less usable. He made a note of the items that needed to be replaced and planned to replace them with new ones when he had some free time.

Despite having a lot to remember, He looked at the cave he had lived in for many years and fell into a daze, feeling a strange sense of unfamiliarity.

There is also loneliness and solitude that are already apparent before anything even begins.

After standing there in a daze for a while, Brown finally came to his senses, picked up some jam that the cubs had forced on him, and went to his neighbor's house to thank them for their help and care during this time.

When Brown returned from his cave, only Mao and the cubs remained inside.

Chi and Mao returned after dark, bringing a quantity of fruit that made Jiang Luoluo want to sigh. Seeing that He was not there, Chi offered to take the little girl happy and the little boy Zhuang home.

Anyway, she had to go up the mountain to get home, so it was on the way.

The little girl happy and the little boy Zhuang each brought home a wooden jar of jam as payment for helping Jiang Luoluo with her work that day.

Don't underestimate the superhuman abilities of the tribe just because they are young and do little.

In addition, making jam is not complicated, and there is not much difference between children and adults. So, they deserve to receive this jam as payment.

So when they returned, only Mao was in the cave with the cubs.

The little boy Zhuang was so enthusiastic about working in the afternoon that he washed far more fruit than needed, so Mao didn't have to wash any more fruit and took over the task of making jam.

The wooden spoon stirred the pot, producing a sound that wasn't exactly pleasant to the ear, but inexplicably delightful.

Jiang Luoluo continued carving marking patterns on the wooden container, each stroke precise and focused.

One was taciturn, the other was speechless; the cave was quiet except for the crackling of the firewood burning, the bubbling of the stone pot being stirred with a wooden spoon, and the scratching of a stone knife carving on wood.

Yet it was this quietness that dispelled the loneliness in Brown's heart.

I don't know why, but just seeing this scene in front of me felt like a void in my heart had been filled.

"What else do we need to do? I'll come too." He said naturally, looking up with a smile, taking a step forward, and blending into this tranquil beauty.

Other sounds gradually came from inside the cave.

There were long pauses in the conversation, followed by large, quiet silences; there was the sizzling of hot oil; and the sound of large mouthfuls of chewing.

And... that bright, open, and cheerful laughter.