Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 116 Hairstyle

The fire was raging.

The temperature continues to rise.

Jiang Luoluo looked at the flames burning continuously in the innermost cave and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

Zao directed the two guards, "Go and move those two stones away."

To increase the temperature of the fire, the interior of the cave was blocked off by two large rocks on the left and right, leaving only a gap in the middle to fill with firewood.

Now that Zao has brought Jiang Luoluo over to check on the brick firing process, they need to remove the bricks from inside, so naturally they also need to move these two obstructive stones away.

The two elderly tribesmen guarding the cave were the only ones who were alive. After all, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the brick-making work would continue, and the rainy season would soon be over.

Then the young tribesmen won't be as leisurely as they are now. Some will go hunting, some will go mining... In short, they'll all have work to do.

Although the tribe doesn't place much emphasis on respecting the elderly, it's generally uncommon for younger tribespeople to order older tribespeople around to do heavy work.

The tribe takes pride in its strength, and young members are eager to do things that demonstrate their power, so they would never let others do them.

but……

Jiang Luoluo glanced at the two elderly clansmen in their fifties, then at Zao, who was in his sixties, and remained silent.

I'm sorry, Grandpa and Grandma, she's only six years old and can't help you.

Fortunately, the two elderly clansmen, both in their fifties, were still as strong as ever and easily lifted the two giant rocks, moving them aside to reveal the complete scene inside.

Rows of protrusions were covered with large brick blanks, while the depressions below were filled with burning firewood. Flames spread from the bottom up to the top of the cave, turning everything around red-hot.

Zao nodded in satisfaction. The two tribesmen guarding the bricks did not just focus on putting firewood in the middle, but added it very evenly, so that the flames were also very even and the heating difference between the bricks was not significant.

Jiang Luoluo couldn't help but admire the honesty of the tribespeople. It was truly a good time to be in this era. They didn't slack off when they worked. They would do exactly what they were told, without any pretense or deception.

He looked around, picked up the large pliers he had prepared in advance, and used them to remove a few bricks from the outermost edge. Then he stretched out his arm to grab the bricks in the middle.

Jiang Luoluo's eyelids twitched at the sight, fearing that the fire might burn—this was not the kind of fire used for kindling, and no ancestral ashes were placed inside.

But without blinking, he deftly picked out the brick blank he wanted to take.

Before Jiang Luoluo could even breathe a sigh of relief, she saw Zao stare at the innermost spot for a few moments before rushing into the fire.

Jiang Luoluo's eyes widened instantly, her mouth agape, and she almost blurted out a sentence...

Surprisingly, Zao walked out unharmed.

He wasn't exactly unharmed; Jiang Luoluo noticed that Zao's hair had curled up slightly.

Speaking of the tribespeople, their hairstyles are quite varied and unique.

For the tribal people, there is no concept of "our bodies and hair are given to us by our parents", nor is there any awareness that hair cannot be cut short. They feel that if their hair is too long, they will cut it short themselves with a stone knife or ask someone else to help them with a stone knife.

Some people find it too troublesome to just shave their heads bald and then shave them again when they grow to a certain length—Chi has a hairstyle that's a bit longer than a buzz cut, and he's one of those people who find it too troublesome to shave their heads bald.

Those like shamans, who do not require strenuous exercise, are rare to find in the tribe with long hair.

This is not the only one, because some people who love beauty will deliberately grow their hair long and then wear various ornaments in their hair, such as the bones or feathers of their prey.

If your hair is too short, it won't stay on.

Children, for example, are basically all the same—they have buzz cuts and short hair—you can tell when they last shaved their heads, but the children generally don't grow their hair long.

Jiang Luoluo's hair was probably cut a long time ago, and Ge seemed not to have realized that she was going to cut her hair, so her hair looked much longer than the other children's.

Shifting her attention from Zao's scorched and curly hair, Jiang Luoluo quickly went to check on Zao and found that he was actually completely unharmed.

Jiang Luoluo was somewhat surprised, as this was clearly beyond her expectations. No matter how strong the tribespeople's constitution was, they shouldn't be able to avoid being harmed by flames.

And she tried, but she just couldn't do it!

But it seems that's the truth; Jiang Luoluo saw a fleeting red fire wolf tattoo on Zao's body.

A somewhat unclear conjecture surfaced in Jiang Luoluo's mind, but now was not the right time to express her doubts.

So Jiang Luoluo had no choice but to suppress her doubts and carefully observe the dozen or so sample brick blanks that Qi Zao had taken out, checking their firing process.

Two brick blanks were found to have large, obvious cracks, which is most likely due to an incorrect ratio of clay to mud.

Fortunately, the two brick blanks were made from the same proportions, just in different positions, which made Jiang Luoluo breathe a sigh of relief.

This means that there won't be too many problematic experimental brick blanks.

Before Jiang Luoluo could even finish feeling relieved, Zao picked out two more brick blanks that didn't look right.

Jiang Luoluo glanced at them and noticed that there were also cracks on the two pieces, but the cracks were so small that they were not visible at first glance.

Zao easily noticed the problem with the two bricks, and Jiang Luolu couldn't help but admire Zao's keen observation.

Fortunately, the two brick blanks that were discovered were of the same proportion.

But this doesn't mean it's over yet. After discovering these two brick blanks with incorrect proportions, the remaining brick blanks will also need to be left to cool down for a period of time before we can observe their changes.

Some brick blanks may behave normally when hot, but develop problems after cooling.

This waiting time is quite long.

It cannot be cooled directly with water; it can only be placed against the wall and left to stand.

Jiang Luoluo and Zao did not just sit there waiting.

He went back to his cave next door to continue polishing stone tools, while Jiang Luoluo went over to freeload off him.

Ever since Zao said that her talent was average, Jiang Luoluo had never made any weapons in front of Zao, only occasionally making some tools.

But when she doesn't need to use it, Jiang Luoluo can't think of anything to do, so she just stays on the sidelines and plays by herself.

As for Ge, he went to participate in team building activities.

Recently, the tribe's demand for stones and timber has increased significantly, and the tribespeople who are not in use have been assigned to cut down trees and move stones.

It's basically just a team-building activity within the tribe.

Because Ge had to take care of Jiang Luoluo, he was worried about leaving her at home alone, so he had never participated in this activity with anyone else.

Jiang Luoluo felt that she shouldn't affect Ge's normal social life, so she arranged for herself to stay here so that Ge could go out and socialize with his peers.

After all, someone of Ge's age should be spending more time playing and interacting with peers, instead of staying home every day taking care of a child like her who hasn't even grown up yet himself.

Moreover, Jiang Luoluo is not a real child at heart, nor is she truly inseparable from adults.

So Jiang Luoluo made a simple decision: she could stay at Zao's house for a day today, go to Mao's house for a day tomorrow, and then go to He's house. If all else failed, she could go to Xi's house to play. She figured that after staying home for so long during the rainy season, happy must really want a friend to play with.

Jiang Luoluo quietly arranged her schedule.

Therefore, Ge doesn't need to revolve entirely around her; he still needs to have his own life and normal social interactions.

Moreover, Jiang Luoluo couldn't help but shake her head when she saw Ge's appearance. If he didn't play with his peers more at this age, how would he find a partner when he reached the age to get married?

Of course, given Ge's conditions, starting a family is not a problem for him at all, since his strength and talent are the biggest guarantee.

Romantic relationships are not very popular in the tribe, and people don't care much about it. Although some tribesmen do choose to form a partnership because they like someone, most tribesmen actually compare each other's conditions and only form a family after acknowledging each other's strengths.

Jiang Luoluo felt that Ge should at least choose one of his clansmen whom he liked, or rather, whom he was more familiar with and had a better feeling about, before getting married.

Go had no idea how much the cub was thinking about him.

However, she readily agreed to the cub's arrangement and went to the Taz Forest with the other tribesmen.

After all, cubs always have a lot of whimsical ideas and often use some strange and unusual things. If they don't have them at home, they will inevitably have to trade with others, which will waste a lot of time. Sometimes, after painstakingly finding something, the cub will no longer be in the mood to continue making it.

Therefore, if possible, Ge hopes that his home can have the things that the cubs need, so that the cubs can better use their imagination and not find that they are missing things at the last minute.

Because the hunt before the rainy season was very successful, there was so much food that they were almost overflowing. There has been no shortage of food so far. And with the rainy season clearly not long to come, everyone in the tribe is in a very peaceful state of mind.

The past few years have probably been a relatively easy time for the tribe.

……

After waiting for a while, one of the two tribesmen guarding the clay figures came to inform them that the clay figures had completely cooled down and they could go and check on them.

Zao then put down what he was holding and led Jiang Luoluo to the next room.

Jiang Luoluo breathed a sigh of relief; the remaining brick blanks did not present any unexpected problems.

Of course, this is not yet the job is done, because the firing process will continue for at least another ten days.

As the firing time increases, the number of potential problems also increases.

But at least this time the mission objective can be considered to have been completely achieved.

……

After realizing that her hair was getting a bit long, Jiang Lele began to consider whether she should cut it short.

Although Jiang Luoluo herself didn't have any obsession with growing her hair long, the tribe's practice of cutting children's hair at the roots still made her a little apprehensive.

She doesn't want to be bald, nor does she want to have a buzz cut or crew cut.

One shouldn't care too much about appearance, but one can't be completely indifferent either!

The final decision was to hold off on cutting my hair for now and wait until it grows longer.

For now, you can make two hair ties to tie it up.

Thinking about making hair ties, Jiang Luoluo found herself a new thing to do.

Hair ties don't have to be the kind with elastic. Actually, hair ties weren't elastic to begin with; they were only made elastic later for convenience.

Jiang Luoluo found some hemp rope, broke it apart into small strands, and then re-braided it using weaving techniques, turning it into a simple and pretty hair tie.

Drill holes in the beautiful stones, weave hemp rope while binding the stones inside, and a beautiful gemstone hair tie is finished.

After ruining stones of all colors, Jiang Luoluo set her sights on the hair tie itself—wasn't it too monotonous to have only one color, hemp rope?

Jiang Luoluo first found some grass leaves with strong dyeing ability and dyed a batch of green hair ties.

Upon seeing this, Ge brought back a bunch of colorful plants the next day for Jiang Luoluo to use for dyeing.

Jiang Luoluo had a lot of fun dyeing her clothes, and before she knew it, several more days had passed.

Jiang Luoluo came to play with happy as she wished, bringing with her a bunch of dyed gemstone hair ties.

Xi's parents were both at home. They saw that Jiang Luoluo liked it very much, and they liked the hair tie that Jiang Luoluo gave them even more.

She even took the hair tie Jiang Luoluo gave her and went out in the rain, leaving the two children at home to play.

Jiang Luoluo and her friends had only been playing a dress-up game for a short while when they were suddenly surrounded by a group of clansmen.

It turned out that Xi's parents had gone over to show off their new hair ties...

So a group of people went directly to Jiang Luoluo to exchange hair ties.

Jiang Luoluo was surrounded by a group of people and felt dizzy. Her ears were filled with all kinds of praise. In the end, she changed all the hair ties she had brought and didn't keep a single one.

Jiang Luoluo originally thought that more female members of her tribe would like hair ties, since in her previous world, only girls could use hair ties.

But in reality, the majority of those who come here to exchange hair ties with her are male tribesmen.

Especially those single male members of the clan who are planning to get married soon.

Jiang Luoluo could only think of the phrase "peacock spreading its tail feathers".

But upon closer reflection, it seems that in nature, it is the males who love beauty, and it is the males who use their good looks to attract females. On the contrary, females don't care much about physical appearance. The more glamorous a male is, the duller his magnetism becomes.

That seems to be normal for the tribesmen.

Jiang Luoluo suddenly thought of Cong. She remembered that Cong was also a young man of marriageable age who was looking for a partner. Some time ago, he had given Jiang Luoluo a lot of gifts as a thank you for the orders she had provided.

Then I'll go back and prepare a pretty hair tie for Cong Ye, and wish him all the best in finding a partner.

After all, they had been persecuting each other for so long.