Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 105 Black Bear Doll

When Ge returned, he bumped into Mao as he was leaving. However, Mao was only seen from behind when he left, and Ge couldn't ask him anything before he disappeared from sight.

Back home, it took a long time before I finally figured out what had happened from the cubs.

Ge's reaction was normal; he didn't seem to find anything wrong with it. Looking at the clump of hooked vines that had been soaked by the rain, he simply smiled and spoke to the cub.

"If Luo wants some, I'll go and harvest some for you after the rainy season ends."

You can have as many as you want.

This actually shows the confidence that strength brings.

Ge felt guilty towards his people and Jiang Luoluo, but he never felt that there was anything he couldn't do; he only felt that he hadn't done enough.

But Mao lacked that confidence. He was always doubting his own abilities because there was so little he could do, so he could only try his best to do everything well.

After all, Mao's strength on Little Stone Mountain was far from being the strongest. It was only because the children of his age or older had already left Little Stone Mountain to carry out their own training.

He was only able to use his age advantage to get the best stones on the small rocky hill for training.

In addition, the fact that he got a fever when he tried to help the cub cut the hook vines last time made him even less confident in his abilities.

He can't even do something this simple...

Therefore, Mao did not think this was a simple matter; on the contrary, he regarded it as very important.

But for Ge, gathering hooked vines was no different from collecting roadside weeds; it was just something he could do easily and could gather plenty for his cubs.

There's not even a need for much emotional reaction; that's the confidence that comes with strength.

However, since the cub said it wanted to dry the rain-soaked hook vines with fire, then Ge wouldn't go against the cub's wishes and make the decision for it.

It simply followed the cub's instructions, placing it next to the fire, and then ignored it.

The two quickly started making jam again, but Ge made most of it.

Jiang Luoluo had only been cooking for a short while when she was distracted by other things and went off to "play" on the side.

Ge just looked at her with doting affection.

It turns out that when Jiang Luoluo was making jam, she picked up a fruit and discovered that it was "alien"—the kind that was irregularly shaped.

The round fruit has two extra triangular points, making it look like a cat's head, which is very cute.

When the fruit was shown to Ge, he couldn't understand its appeal at all!

Jiang Luoluo had been bombarded with a lot of information, and her mind was filled with information about simple line drawings and cute cartoon shapes.

Therefore, when we see similar shapes, it's easy for us to fill in the blanks in our minds and project similar images onto them.

But Go doesn't have that many thoughts in his mind. When he sees fruit, he can only think of fruit. Perhaps he can imagine some real wild beasts... but what's so cute about those wild beasts?

Therefore, Ge couldn't understand why the cub was holding a fruit and grinning foolishly.

Shouldn't we go see a shaman?

Jiang Luoluo looked at Ge, who couldn't understand the adorable creature at all, and couldn't help but shake her head. No, she had to make up for Ge's incomplete childhood.

What child's childhood doesn't include a cute, fluffy doll?!

...Actually, it was Jiang Luoluo who wanted to play.

It's just an excuse for myself.

Without hesitation, Jiang Luoluo quickly rummaged through her pile of unused animal hides and linen.

I originally planned to use burlap to make the doll's body and stuff it with straw or something similar, just for the realistic feel of the animal hide.

A bold idea spontaneously emerged – since we're going to make animal dolls anyway, why not just use real animal fur?

Well... although the idea of ​​skinning real animals to make animal dolls sounds a bit like hell.

Jiang Luoluo never imagined she would have such a luxurious day. In her previous life, she had never used real animal fur to buy dolls.

She herself can't even afford clothes made of genuine animal leather.

Thinking of this sad thing, Jiang Luoluo was silent for a moment, then continued working.

Those things are in the past, one thing is another, she can't afford any genuine leather clothes now!

The first doll Jiang Luoluo wanted to make was a kind of bear she had seen at the bonfire banquet. Judging from the name, it seemed to be a black bear. Pure black fur would suffice, which would be convenient.

Moreover, the bear shape is the easiest to make, as it is rounded, has not too many complicated structures, and is easy to shape.

Jiang Luoluo spent two days drawing out the overall structure, cutting it into different shapes, and then sewing them together.

After hesitating for a long time, Jiang Luoluo still filled it with some scraps of linen instead of using straw.

This doll is over 50 centimeters in size. Jiang Luoluo plans to make it into a pillow for herself to sleep on. She will fill it with linen to make it softer, and she is afraid that she might accidentally prick herself with straw stalks when she hugs it.

This was a wasteful act, but Ge didn't try to stop it at all. He even asked Jiang Luoluo if she had enough linen, and if not, he would go and get some more.

Spoiling, in short, spoiling.

The eyes were made of a semi-transparent stone, which was very beautiful. However, it was not easy to find two stones of the same shape and size. In the end, Ge helped by manually dividing them to make them the same size.

Jiang Luoluo immediately understood the meaning of "dotting the finishing touch" when she sewed two translucent stones onto the doll's head to serve as eyes.

Because she saw that Ge, who hadn't paid much attention to the doll before, suddenly changed his expression after sewing the doll's eyes back on.

"Luo, is this a black bear? Luo, you made a black bear?"

Jiang Luoluo was speechless. It turned out that she hadn't recognized what Jiang Luoluo was doing the past two days.

"Lo, do you really like black bears?" Ge asked.

If the cubs like it, should he catch two black bear cubs next time he hunts...? No, do the cubs like black bears or black bear meat?

Jiang Luoluo thought for a moment, and if she really had to say, she actually liked Monokuma.

It took Jiang Luoluo another half day to finally make Ge understand that she just thought the black bear look was the easiest to imitate, not that she actually liked black bears... Black bear meat does taste good.

Having already figured out how to raise black bear cubs, Ge nodded and calmly crossed that out.

It's like flipping a switch; Jiang Luoluo suddenly developed a passion for making handmade dolls. Besides her own black bear doll, she also started making dolls for other people.

However, considering the material issue, the remaining ones were all mini versions, only the size of a palm.

Even so, Ge was still deeply moved when he received the miniature black bear doll.

Brown, lush, joyful, strong... Jiang Luoluo made a whole row of them, each doll was different, the most obvious being the eyes, and the stones used were all different.

Jiang Luoluo also created different facial expressions based on the different personalities of the characters.

For example, Xi's doll has a smiling face, which perfectly matches Xi's well-behaved personality of always smiling at everyone, while Zhuang has a smug expression, He is serious, and Mao is earnest...

As for Ge's doll, Jiang Luoluo thought it over and over again and chose the one that was cute and laughing. She hoped that Ge could be happy like a doll, instead of carrying those heavy burdens.

When all the dolls were finished, Jiang Luoluo realized that the jam seemed to be almost done cooking as well...

Jiang Luoluo, who had been slacking off, looked at Ge with great embarrassment, having pushed all the blame onto him. Ge simply shook his head and said, "It's okay, Luoluo can do whatever she wants."

Speaking of which, the rainy season has been going on for almost half a month now. Jiang Luoluo couldn't help but ask Ge, "Do the tribesmen just stay at home and do nothing during the rainy season?"

She and Ge and even Mao's family can make jam, but other families can't even make jam. I don't know what they can do. Are they just going to lie at home all day doing nothing?

Go thought for a moment, unsure whether to nod or shake his head at the cub. Normally, the tribespeople had nothing to do during the rainy season.

But it's not like what the cubs implied, doing nothing at all. There are always odd jobs to do, and you'll never miss a chance to do them if you want to.

For example, the tribespeople living in wooden houses inevitably encounter leaks when it rains. They have to brave the rain to cut down trees and repair the houses. Even if the houses don't need repairs, they still have to keep an eye on the fire and replenish the firewood as needed.

There were also other odd jobs. They weren't the kind of lazy people who were content as long as they could survive, or like Chi who had enough strength to rely on, so most of the things they could do or not do were optional. The other members of the tribe were not very idle.

Some tribesmen who rely on hunting will take this time to sharpen a new stone knife or replace their old weapon.

Those with families and children will take this time to make some new animal skin clothes, either to replace the old ones or to prepare for their children's future growth, so as not to run out of time to make clothes for their children later.

Some young members of the tribe, undeterred by the threat of heavy rain, would still go to the Big Rock Mountain to train and hone their hunting and survival skills.

These are all very ordinary things. For example, Mao would also receive instruction from his father, Ke, at home and do some simple training.

It's not like the cub thinks, that everyone is just sitting around doing nothing.

If it weren't for taking care of the cubs, Ge would probably be the kind of person who would brave the rain to train on the big rocky mountain.

However, with Jiang Luoluo on his shoulders, Ge would definitely not do anything irresponsible, nor would he feel comfortable leaving the cub alone in the cave.

……

The jam is almost done cooking; only a portion of the fruit remains to be used.

Jiang Luoluo had been forced to stay at home to the point of losing all patience. Seeing that Ge was almost finished cooking, she simply instructed Ge to gather them all together and brew wine.

Without making any distinctions, Jiang Luoluo simply put all the remaining fruits together, regardless of whether they were suitable for brewing wine. She treated it purely as an experiment.

Whether it works or not is another matter. Anyway, this is all that's left. Even if it's wasted, it doesn't matter. But if it succeeds, the tribe will have one more type of fruit wine.

Go never objected to the cub's actions. After the cub roughly finished up the mess, Go was finally freed from the tedious work of making jam and had time to do his own thing.

Ge took out his stone knife and stone spear, preparing to do some necessary polishing.

Both weapons inevitably sustained some damage during the previous hunt, and Ge needs to sharpen them again so that they can be used well on the next hunt.

Ge's two weapons were considered to be in good condition. Many of his tribesmen had their weapons destroyed during this hunt and had to be re-sharpened. The abundance of prey meant that they had experienced more battles, and their weapons were naturally more worn out.

Even if there is no direct damage, but only some wear and tear on the edges, if the weapon is shortened after re-polishing and is no longer convenient to use, it still needs to be replaced.

The situation is slightly better, though; the discarded weapons can be used by the children for practice or exchanged with some smaller young members of the tribe, so they won't go to waste.

Fortunately, neither of Ge's weapons was seriously damaged this time; they only needed a simple polishing.

Jiang Luoluo, however, watching Ge's actions, suddenly remembered that she still had two stone tools that she hadn't finished polishing.

It was the double-edged axe she had been sharpening halfway through.

Because what followed was Jiang Luoluo and Mao secretly tasting the roasted chili peppers, the half-finished double-edged axe was simply forgotten.

Seeing Ge begin sharpening his weapon, Jiang Luoluo, who had finished making a few dolls and had some free time, also felt a little itchy to finish sharpening the double-edged axe.

This was the first time Go had ever seen such a peculiar weapon made by a cub; its unusual shape made it difficult for Go to understand its purpose.

Once the cub was mostly finished being polished, Ge couldn't help but pick it up and admire it... and found that he still didn't understand how to use it.

There's not even a grip; maybe it's thrown? But it doesn't seem very convenient to use.

Ge didn't understand, so he asked directly.

"Lo, how do I use it?"

Jiang Luoluo was pondering what to do next when she heard this. She looked up and casually pointed to the stone spear that Ge had placed to the side, indicating that it, like the stone spear, needed to be secured with a wooden stick.

Goh was even more confused.

The reason why stone spears need to be secured with wooden sticks is to increase the attack range, mainly for piercing and throwing damage, and to increase the advantage of insufficient arm reach when attacking large prey.

But the double-edged axe, the shape of the axe head really doesn't seem suitable for throwing or piercing, it's more like, more like... Go fell into deep thought.

Jiang Luoluo made a few slashing motions and gestured to Ge, indicating how to use it.

Go looked at the cub with a puzzled expression. "But what's the difference between this and holding a piece of wood or a stone?"

Jiang Luolu tilted her head, and after a brief moment of confusion, she suddenly realized that because the tribe members were so powerful, the effects of various blunt weapons were not very noticeable and were even superfluous.

Why spend time shaping something into an axe or hammer when you can do it with any piece of wood or stone?

Jiang Luoluo didn't understand the scientific principles, but she knew one thing: even now, after thousands of years, hammers and axes are still in the toolbar, not yet obsolete.

Their roles are certainly more numerous and more important.