Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 95 Brewing Arrangements

The cub went off excitedly, but returned with a serious expression.

The group, who had almost finished tidying up, exchanged glances, puzzled by the cub's inexplicable emotional change.

Fortunately, the cub reacted quickly and returned to normal, though occasionally a thoughtful look would appear in its eyes.

It's as if he's thinking about something incredibly important.

Carrying some Sichuan peppercorns and a few pieces of ginger, Jiang Luoluo returned to the cave. Although she couldn't take out most of the ginger to use in cooking, Wu still gave some to Jiang Luoluo so that she could try it.

The lunch took a long time to prepare, and when Jiang Luoluo returned, the little girl happy and the little boy Zhuang were already waiting for her in the cave.

Brown hurriedly went to the small rocky hill to teach the children, while Red and Shigeru continued to pick fruit in the Taz Forest.

"Luo, you made some really delicious soft-shelled turtle on the mountaintop today, didn't you?" The little girl's words immediately shocked Jiang Luoluo.

How did you know that? Jiang Luoluo was surprised. She didn't seem to have seen anyone coming from the mountaintop, nor did she see He and the others talking about it with anyone else.

"My mother heard it from her," the little girl explained happily.

“My mother heard about it too!” the little boy interjected.

Jiang Luoluo's puzzled gaze swept over the two of them. Hmm? ???

After exchanging their statements, Jiang Luoluo realized that they had been spotted by the tribespeople on the way to the mountaintop.

They didn't go up to the top of the mountain, but they stayed at a distance and watched the whole thing, knowing what the group did at the top.

The neighbors casually remarked a few words, and the news spread quickly.

Jiang Luoluo was helpless. There weren't many interesting things happening in the tribe. When someone got sick, had a headache or fever, and went to the shaman for treatment, it was already considered a rare topic of conversation in the tribe.

Someone like her, who produces something every few days, has long become a "topic" in the eyes of the tribe. Wherever she goes, people will ask if she has any good stuff like jam.

It's just that because it's still a cub, no one comes to bother it. Even when exchanging things, they ask their own children to do it, or simply exchange with other members of the tribe.

Instead of bothering Jiang Luoluo.

After all, when an adult exchanges something with a cub, if the reward is too little, it will be seen as bullying the cub; if the reward is too much, the adult will be at a disadvantage. It is really hard to determine what is the "appropriate" exchange.

Moreover, what adults consider valuable may not be recognized by cubs, and vice versa. Some things that cubs think are valuable may be worthless junk in the eyes of adults.

Therefore, the only way to exchange jam is for the cubs directly. In any case, the wooden products he makes are of recognized value by the tribe and there will be no misunderstanding.

Starting with this topic, the conversation among the children turned into tribal gossip, all of which they had heard from their parents.

For example, if a member of a tribe is about to have a happy event, they will hold a wedding ceremony and start a new family after the rainy season.

"I really want to have a new home too," the little boy exclaimed. "That way, my dad and mom won't be able to beat me anymore!"

"Are you stupid!" the little girl exclaimed in shock. "You need a girl's consent to start a new family. How can you start a new family on your own?"

“Who says it can’t be?” Zhuang retorted. “I’m going to start my new family all by myself; I don’t want to find someone else to share it with!”

Jiang Luoluo lowered her head to hide her smile; they were still just children.

Some of the gossip was incomplete; happy and Zhuang only heard the gist of it, so they started guessing about many details or reasons.

For example, when Jiang Luoluo asked how a tribesman who was injured during the last hunt got hurt, happy said she encountered a Crimson-Tailed Armored Beast, while Zhuang said she encountered a Black Gold Tyrant Bear, and the two started arguing.

Neither of them could convince the other.

When Mao and Chi returned once, they finally got the answer from Chi—they had encountered a giant black-tailed python. Fortunately, this kind of python, a wild beast, did not have venomous fangs and relied entirely on its body to constrict and kill, which gave the tribesman time to wait for his companions to rescue him. Most of his bones were broken, and after a period of recuperation, he has now almost fully recovered.

When He returned from the small rocky hill, Xi and Zhuang, who had almost come to blows during their argument that afternoon, restored their previous good relationship through chatting, smiled and said goodbye to each other before going home.

Children's emotions always come and go so quickly.

……

Cong delivered the large wooden wine barrels that Jiang Luoluo had ordered the next day at noon, which was faster than Jiang Luoluo had expected.

Cong scratched his head and pointed to the sky, which had been clear for several days but was now somewhat oppressive, explaining that the recent sunshine had been strong enough for him to finish so quickly. If there had been no sun, he would have had to rely on fire to bake it, which would have taken several times longer.

Of course, it was also the witch who gave the instructions to prioritize fulfilling the cubs' needs. Cong hadn't done any other orders in the past few days, which is why the finished product came out so quickly.

With the wooden barrels in place, Jiang Luoluo immediately began brewing wine. Brewing wine is simpler than making jam, at least there's no need to worry about the jam burning if you don't stir it in time.

Over the past few days, Jiang Luoluo has also drafted her own ideas on how to brew wine.

The first step is to sort the fruit, putting whole, healthy ones together and overripe but not yet rotten ones together, and then washing them all thoroughly.

The first step is to prepare the overripe fruit, layering them evenly in wooden barrels or jars. Then, according to different proportions, sweet water mixed with fruit juice is added. Finally, the container is sealed and placed in a cool, dry, and well-ventilated location.

Jiang Luoluo modified some of the jars, adding cooked sweet jam instead of fruit juice.

Once this part is finished, it's time for the normal healthy fruit. The general steps are the same, but the ratio of fruit juice to water in the water ball is divided into several different levels.

Jiang Luoluo selected some other fruits and boiled them in hot water until they were cooked but not mushy. She then used them to make wine to test whether boiling could accelerate the fermentation process.

Following his own ideas, he mashed some fruit into a paste, added water from a water balloon, sealed it, and saw if it could ferment into wine.

The project was far too large for three teenagers to complete. As a result, Mao and Chi stopped going to the Taz Forest to pick fruit and even invited Li to join in making wine. It took them two days to complete most of the project.

In no time, wooden barrels, jars, and cans of all sizes filled Jiang Luoluo's cave.

The fact that most of the fruit had been removed did not make the cave feel more spacious; on the contrary, it made it feel even more crowded.

Unfortunately, Mao's house, which wasn't far away, was already piled high with fruit and couldn't take on any more of the work.

Brown sighed, "Move to my place, I have plenty of empty space."

The cave in He's house was smaller than the one Jiang Luoluo lived in, but there was still quite a bit of usable space.

After all, Brown wasn't as restless as a cub. It traded various things with the children on Little Stone Mountain, filling the cave to the brim.

Brown, an older single man, only has some essential items in his home, and there are no miscellaneous things stored there.

Even though the wine barrels they brought took up half the space in the cave, it didn't affect the normal living and use of the Brown family at all... They didn't need that much space anyway.

Chi also suggested, "You can put it at my house too!"

But nobody paid any attention to Chi.

Given Chi's personality, if you leave the wine barrels at her house, she'll probably drink them all before they're even fully fermented.

Then they would catch a bunch of prey and bring them to the cubs as an apology.

It's obvious without even thinking that Chi Neng was capable of doing this.