Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 118 Water Chestnut

After learning about Xing's situation, Jiang Luoluo couldn't bring herself to refuse.

Of course, she hadn't intended to refuse.

Ping carefully and thoroughly explained the "profit sharing and buyout" system to Jiang Luoluo.

The "divided" refers to the dyed hair ties that Xing made and exchanged with people. A portion of each item had to be given to Jiang Luoluo, which could be food, animal hides, linen, or something similar.

Buying out means that Xing gives Jiang Luoluo enough exchange items in one go, which is equivalent to directly exchanging the production method.

The former is a steady, long-term investment; a short period of time doesn't matter, but in the long run, Jiang Luoluo will definitely profit more.

The latter is more of a dilemma. Jiang Luoluo's asking price is not high, nor is she asking for more, but having to offer extra items in exchange would already be a burden on Xingheping's family.

"The former, I guess." Xing patted Ping's arm. Perhaps because she didn't talk much, Xing's voice was very soft, unlike the loud voices commonly found in the tribe.

The former only requires them to pay the price themselves, while the latter requires their parents to suffer again.

Xing no longer wanted to add to her parents' burden.

Jiang Luoluo sighed. If possible, she would give it away for free, but Chief Jing and the tribe disagreed.

The strong can occupy more resources because they can bring benefits commensurate with the resources they occupy.

For example, a strong tribesman might order a weak tribesman to do his work, which may seem like he is oppressing the weak tribesman. However, when hunting or encountering danger, the strong tribesman will stand in front of the weak tribesman and protect him.

They have to make corresponding sacrifices after they have received benefits.

There are naturally selfish members of the tribe, but unless they are never exposed, they will be driven out and left to fend for themselves when their selfishness affects the tribe.

Therefore, Chief Jing does not support "free of charge". If too many people take advantage of others, it will encourage selfishness among some of the tribesmen, and even make those who were not selfish become selfish.

So Xing stayed with Jiang Luoluo, learning from her and helping her fulfill the orders from her clansmen.

Once you've done all this for me, you don't need to give me the dyed hair ties you made at the beginning; consider these as payment.

Jiang Luoluo gestured to indicate.

Xing's slightly aloof face revealed a faint smile, probably because she didn't need to do much work. Xing had very long hair that reached down to her waist.

Coupled with her frail appearance due to poor health, Xing's appearance closely resembles the mainstream female image of Jiang Luoluo in her previous life—a tall, slender, high-class, aloof, long-haired goddess with long legs, standing at 1.78 meters.

As for the mainstream aesthetic in the tribe—it doesn't distinguish between men and women when viewed from the back, but it's a bit difficult to tell them apart when viewed from the front.

It's not that they're ugly. In Jiang Luoluo's opinion, she's never seen an ugly person in the tribe. They're all above average in appearance, like men and women who work out.

But since everyone looks similar, and their body shape and hairstyle are also similar, it would be a miracle if anyone could tell them apart.

Moreover, it's not fashionable for men in the tribe to go topless, and women don't wear animal skins around their bears to expose their waists... Whether they have waists or not is hard to say, but Chi certainly doesn't.

Everyone's attire was similar, either a full set of animal skins wrapped tightly around them, or short-sleeved clothes similar to vests, which could be easily switched to long sleeves.

Jiang Luoluo even wondered if she could open another clothing store and make clothes that were clearly distinct between men and women... She always felt that the male tribesmen might prefer to wear pretty clothes.

With Xing by his side, Ge felt more at ease going out, and he could bring back many new things every day.

Jiang Luoluo quickly finished making the dyed hair ties ordered by her clansmen, thus resolving her own troubles.

After that, when others came to Jiang Luoluo to exchange dyed hair ties, Jiang Luoluo simply handed them over to Xing to take over. Over time, everyone knew that Xing was the new person who made dyed hair ties, so they stopped bothering Jiang Luoluo.

When Xing fully mastered the technique of dyeing hair ties, she also learned various hair tie weaving methods from Jiang Luoluo.

Jiang Luoluo transferred all her dyed hair tie orders to Xing, finally feeling relieved.

The rainy season wasn't over yet, and she thought she could rest for a couple of days, but unexpectedly, the next day Zao sent someone to call her and remind Jiang Luoluo that the pile of brick blanks being fired in the cave was due to be ready for the expected firing time.

Jiang Luoluo did a rough calculation and realized that more than ten days had indeed passed, so she had no choice but to obediently go and wait together for the first firing of the brick blanks.

Unexpectedly, when they arrived at the place, there were quite a few people there. Not to mention the two clansmen who were guarding the fire, even the shaman, after hearing the news, put aside his herbal medicine work and came to witness it.

Chief Jing not only came by himself, but also brought two young tribesmen to assist him. He probably guessed that there wouldn't be enough space in the cave, so he only brought these two people.

In addition to Jiang Luoluo and Ge, who brought Jiang Luoluo here...

The fire in the cave had stopped last night, and by the time everyone had arrived, the fire had mostly gone out, with only the embers still radiating warmth.

The two obstructive large rocks had long been moved out, which made the space inside the cave seem less cramped.

Two young, strong orc warriors, upon seeing Zao nod, rushed into the still-warm ashes and deftly removed the bricks neatly arranged on the stone platform above.

Without hesitation, Ge followed the two men inside to move bricks and went in to help.

Jiang Luoluo's eyelids twitched. Although the fire inside had been extinguished, the temperature on the bricks had not cooled down. It was easy to guess how hot they were.

These three people acted as if nothing had happened, each possessing a pair of ruthless iron hands.

The leader, Jing, stood by and watched with Jiang Luoluo and the others for a while, but then he couldn't stand it anymore. Just watching without doing anything was never in his nature.

So he rolled up his sleeves, buried himself in the work, and rushed in to help move bricks.

The bricks in the cave have more than a dozen different proportions of formula. When they were placed in the cave, they were placed in different positions according to different proportions. Therefore, when they were taken out, they were placed in different positions separately, so they were not mixed up.

When the bricks of the first few proportions were taken out, they were all in good condition and there were no problems.

However, when they reached a certain proportion of bricks, a cracking sound suddenly rang out, and everyone looked in the direction of the sound.

Then they saw a young tribesman staring blankly at the shattered brick in his hand. Under everyone's gaze, his cheeks flushed instantly, and he said in a somewhat bewildered and surprised tone, "I... I didn't use any force."