Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 122 Hooks and Vines Turn into Fishing Line

The day after the bonfire feast, Go rejoined the hunting party.

This hunting trip was not a large-scale hunt before the rainy season, but a small hunting team of a dozen or so people.

Starting from Silver Peak Mountain, the search and inspection radiates outwards into the Taz Forest, conducting a thorough search to ensure that no hidden wild animals are missed and to deal with all those that pose a threat to the tribe.

This hunting party will not venture deep into the Taz Forest; the furthest distance is within half a day's journey home, so it won't affect their daily meals.

As a highly anticipated orc warrior, Ge was naturally responsible for the part that was furthest away. He would eat breakfast prepared by Jiang Luoluo at home in the morning, then take a boxed lunch prepared by Jiang Luoluo to eat at noon, and go home for dinner in the evening. That would end his day of hunting.

Since most of the prey this time were small animals, they didn't require cooperation and could be hunted successfully by one person. Therefore, there was no need to send them to the ice storage on the back of Silver Peak Mountain; each person could simply take them home and process them.

Jiang Luoluo then saw many familiar yet unfamiliar animals and tasted many new flavors.

Xing still comes to see Jiang Luoluo every day, but Ping no longer needs to carry her around to pick her up and drop her off. She slowly makes her way to and from Jiang Luoluo by herself, leaning on her cane.

Although it was hard work, it was also very enjoyable.

However, Ping still secretly followed his older sister Xing every day, worried that Xing would encounter trouble, and only quietly returned home after seeing Xing arrive at her destination safely.

They would come early in the evening to wait, and only appear when Xing was almost home, pretending to bump into her.

Jiang Luoluo knew about this, and Xing herself knew about it too, but neither of them said it out loud.

Jiang Luoluo also took some time to go find He. Classes on Xiaoshishan Mountain have not yet resumed because of the rainy season. The plants on Xiaoshishan Mountain are growing wildly and need to be dealt with in advance.

We also need to be wary of any animals hiding in those plants, in case they hurt the children.

"By the way, Luo, do you still want the hook vines? We cut down a lot more this time," Brown asked.

Jiang Luoluo was taken aback, then suddenly remembered the hook vines she had completely forgotten about in the cave.

His life has been full of twists and turns.

First, there was nowhere to store it, so it could only be left outside to get rained on. Then, when it was time to dry, it was forgotten again and was soaked by heavy rain for a long time. Finally, it was remembered and taken back to the cave to dry. But then, because of other things, it was completely forgotten.

"Yes!" Jiang Luoluo nodded.

Those two hook-shaped vines are probably ruined; she should prepare some new ones and try again.

Brown nodded. "Then I'll talk to them later and ask them to save some extra for you."

When Jiang Luoluo returned to her cave and remembered to check the hook vines, she found that the two clumps of hook vines had turned from bright green to a wrinkled, dark brown.

The diameter also shrank from four or five centimeters to just a few millimeters. What was originally a huge ball that was more than a meter long was reduced to a small ball the size of an elbow.

Uh… Jiang Luoluo fell silent.

No wonder she had forgotten about it. Putting aside the camouflage color that blends so closely with the ground, its size alone would have made it completely unnoticeable to her.

Jiang Luoluo thought that when she picked it up, it would be a hard but dry and fragile object like noodles, but she didn't expect it to be like this.

It does resemble dried noodles, but it's boiled dried noodles.

The soft texture feels like a slightly stiff rubber rope.

Huh? Huh?! Hmm hmm hmm? ? ?

Jiang Luoluo looked at the dark brown hook vine in her hand with a blank expression. It had probably been soaked in water, dried in the sun, soaked in water again, dried by baking, and dried in the wind... There was no trace of plant smell on it anymore.

Jiang Luoluo tried to pull on it, but found that she couldn't break the hook vine with her strength.

Oh no, Jiang Luoluo remembered, it was just a normal hook vine, and she couldn't break it even with her strength.

So Jiang Luoluo took the clump of hooked vines, turned around and ran out of the cave, leaving Xing, who was making hair ties inside, looking up in confusion.

However, that's how the cubs are; ever since we no longer have to worry about them being poisoned, they often run around everywhere.

Fortunately, the cubs know their limits and don't run far. They only go to Mao's house nearby, and if they go to a place further away, such as Hei's house, they will find other people to accompany them.

So Xing wasn't worried about the cubs. She just lowered her head and continued working. If the cubs hadn't returned by the time she finished the hair tie, she would go look for them.

Jiang Luoluo did go straight to Mao's house, but not to find Mao; she went to find Ke.

That's right. As an orc warrior, Ke did not go hunting with the tribe's hunting teams. Instead, after communicating with Chief Jing, he decided to make jam from now on.

I plan to treat making jam as a "traditional profession" like Cong's.

After discussing it, Chief Jing and Wu agreed to Ke's idea, but Ke would have to give a portion of all the jam he made to the cub Luo.

This is the reward that the cub Luo deserves.

Jiang Luoluo certainly agreed. Not only was she finally free from the endless jam-making ordeal, but she also regularly received free jam. It was such a great deal!

So, Jiang Luoluo, realizing that she wasn't strong enough, came to find Ke to try.

Ke didn't take it seriously at first. The hook vines were indeed sturdy, but they were still no match for the strength of the orc warriors. Otherwise, how would they have cleared those hook vines off the mountainside?

Those were all uprooted and pulled out—otherwise, given the growth capacity of these plants, if the roots weren't severed, they could regrow in a few days, wouldn't we have to clean them up every few days?

Then I tugged at it, but it didn't break.

Ke looked down at the ugly hook vine in his hand, then at the cub looking at him expectantly. He unconsciously sat up straight, gathered his strength, and pulled hard again.

It wasn't torn.

"Father?" Mao asked in confusion.

"Cough." Ke coughed lightly, got up from beside the stone pot where the jam was being cooked, stretched his arms, and looked at the cub.

"Luo, will it be okay if I really tear it in half?"

Jiang Luoluo shook her head repeatedly, saying it was alright, she had another one at home.

Ke nodded with relief, his red tattoos appearing on his body. He stomped his feet hard on the ground, leaving faint footprints.

...It still didn't break.

A profound silence fell over the cave.

"...That's not right." Ke scratched his head. Are hook vines really that sturdy?

Jiang Luoluo's eyes lit up; even Lian Ke, an adult orc warrior, couldn't break it with his strength!

Modifying fishing line with hooks and vines is feasible!

Upon seeing this, Jiang Luoluo realized that perhaps it was because of her repeated forgetting that the experiences the hook vine had gone through matched a certain change in the hook vine, thus strengthening its resilience.

Write this down: First soak it in water, then sun-dry it; then soak it in water again, then bake it dry; after baking, place it in a cool, shady place to air-dry...

Jiang Luoluo pinched her chin. This step felt so familiar; it seemed like many things were handled this way.

But that's not important anymore. Next, let's test how well the hook vines can withstand cutting. The fish in the river all have teeth as sharp as knives. If the cutting resistance is not good, it will be easy for the fish to bite through it.

However, it's not unsolvable. Just put more effort into the hooks that are easy to bite, so that those soft-shelled fish can't get a bite.

The result was acceptable. Jiang Luoluo and Mao couldn't cut the hook vine with their stone knives, but Ke managed to cut it after some effort.

This finally salvaged some of his dignity as an adult orc warrior.

Jiang Luoluo returned home satisfied with the two halves of the hook vine. She needed to find He later; a little bit of hook vine wouldn't be enough, she needed a lot! A huge amount!