Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 230 Making Snow Season Clothes

Jiang Luoluo didn't know much about the value of snow squirrel pelts, but she could tell that it must be a very rare breed.

"And what about you, Ge? You're getting new clothes made too, aren't you?"

Jiang Luoluo looked at the snow rat skin that was only for her and was a little worried that Ge might have taken her share of the "good stuff".

“Snow rat pelts are meant for making clothes for kids like you; I don’t need them,” Ge explained.

"I can just go to the icehouse and exchange my clothes for new animal hides."

Sometimes, when you hunt down wild animal pelts suitable for making winter clothes, you might not want to process them immediately, or you might have too many clothes and not yet need to change them.

Some tribesmen would also store their hunted prey in ice storage in the back mountains, retrieving it when needed.

To be precise, the parents and relatives of Ge and Jiang Luoluo who died in the accident actually had some of these prey stored in the icehouse behind the mountain.

However, after a person dies, these things belong to the tribe, and Jiang Luoluo has no way to claim her parents' inheritance in her own name.

—Most orphans in the tribe who are not adopted by other tribesmen are sent to Fish Cave, where the tribe takes on the responsibility of raising them.

Correspondingly, the things left by their parents can be regarded as "rewards" paid to the tribe in advance.

The only person eligible to inherit this estate is the spouse. However, compared to the value brought by a living person, this estate is usually just a meager amount that can be consumed in a snowy or rainy season.

"Is that so?" Jiang Luoluo was a little doubtful, so she quickly ran out to ask Ke and Mao next door to confirm.

If you have any questions, ask them immediately. Don't keep them to yourself and overthink them. Jiang Luoluo is becoming more and more adapted to life in the tribe.

Even habits and thoughts have been subtly changed.

Ke was extremely shocked when he heard that Ge had actually hunted a snow rat.

He gave Jiang Luoluo a thorough lesson on how troublesome the snow rat is and how difficult it is to hunt.

Jiang Luoluo was confused by what she heard. Because she had never experienced hunting firsthand, she didn't really understand much of what she heard.

But she did realize one thing: Go hadn't lied to her; the snow rat's pelts were indeed used by the tribe to make clothes for children.

However, not everyone can hunt snow rats.

Mao also handed a small piece of animal hide to Jiang Luoluo, somewhat embarrassed.

“This is the prey I hunted myself, and Chi taught me how to handle it.”

It wasn't any valuable prey; it was just a small tool I found during my spare time from hunting, used as practice to teach the younger generation.

The real value might be that, after learning the handling techniques, you can throw it into the fire to keep the flame burning for a while longer.

Ke Mao was a little reluctant to throw it away; he felt that Jiang Luoluo might like it.

Even if it's just an ordinary piece of animal hide that has no real value.

Jiang Luoluo really liked it.

Now that the weather is cold, Jiang Luoluo has been wanting to make a pair of gloves, but she hasn't been able to find suitable materials.

Linen is too thin and has too many gaps, so it is not waterproof or windproof. Wearing it in the snow season does not provide much warmth. If you use several layers of fabric, it will be bulky and make it difficult to move your fingers, making it inconvenient to do things.

The effect is not as good as that of animal hides. However, when animal hides are used to make gloves, most animal hides have a thick layer of hair. When made into clothes, they are warm, but gloves are like long-haired brushes. Wearing them to brush something seems quite suitable.

If you cut off the fur, not only will it look ugly, but the warmth retention will also be greatly reduced. The cut fur will also become very prickly and no longer as soft.

But the animal hide that Mao gave to Jiang Luoluo was very rare. It was hairless and had a smooth feel, like pigskin or cowhide.

Jiang Luoluo realized something else: the animal skin clothes commonly seen in the tribe mostly had thick fur, simply because the tribesmen needed animal skins with better insulation to make clothes.

It doesn't mean that all the wild animals in this world have thick fur.

There are also many wild animals without fur, but their hides are relatively inexpensive, so they are rarely seen in the tribe.

So the animal hide that Mao brought back, which didn't quite fit the tribe's understanding of what animal hides were useful, unexpectedly suited Jiang Luoluo's needs.

Of course, even if it's really useless, it's still a souvenir made from the game that my friend made for his first time participating in a hunting team. Even if it's just kept as a memento, Jiang Luoluo will cherish it.

……

The next morning, Jiang Luoluo got up with great interest, preparing to make herself a new set of clothes and gloves.

Then, the attempt failed because the bone needles they used couldn't penetrate the animal hide at all.

Actually, Jiang Luoluo was too weak to pierce the animal hide, and it took her a lot of effort to only be able to make a hole.

Seeing this, Ge felt somewhat helpless. He was so focused on Jiang Luoluo wanting him to make clothes that he forgot that Jiang Luoluo was too young and not strong enough to handle the snow rat's hide.

The final solution was that Jiang Luoluo first made a garment of the right size out of linen, and then gave it to Ge to make a copy of.

Ge also took some time to go to the ice storage in the back mountain and exchanged it for a relatively thick piece of animal hide, which he planned to make into clothes for the snow season.

The tribe was actually very busy during this period.

The snow season will officially begin in just a few days, and the tribe will hold another hunting expedition two days before the start of the snow season.

Just like how the temperature rises when it snows.

At the very beginning of the snow season, wild animals that have been staying indoors less due to the cold weather will take the opportunity to come out and gather food for the winter one last time.

To have a snowy season without worrying about food, you absolutely cannot miss the important time when these wild animals appear in large numbers.

In other words, Ge could only stay at home for a few days before going out to hunt again.

This is why Ge is in such a hurry to prepare his winter clothes. If he doesn't prepare them now, he might be fine, but Jiang Luoluo will inevitably suffer from the cold if she stays home alone.

When thinking about these things, Ge actually overlooked the fact that Jiang Luoluo was not an ordinary child.

Even if she really got cold, wouldn't Wu, Zao, Ke... all remember Jiang Luoluo and send her some animal skin clothes for the snow season?

It can only be said that concern leads to confusion; the more you care about someone, the less you can imagine what ability that person has to take care of themselves.

Even if you are aware of it, you can't control the wild thoughts and anxieties in your mind.

Moreover, Ge has never felt safe.