Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 27 Fish Cave

He noticed the commotion around Jiang Luoluo, chased away the children who were surrounding her, and then asked the little girl happy what had happened.

These past two days, the people who have interacted the most with Jiang Luoluo are the little girl happy and the little boy Zhuang. He also assumes that they have the best relationship with the cubs and that they are the first people he consults when something happens.

After understanding the whole situation, Brown did not intend to stop the cub, even though he could be considered half a guardian of the cub at the moment.

But after two days of contact, Brown was able to confirm that the cubs had their own clear thoughts and were not like the willful and mischievous children of ordinary children.

Moreover, the cubs make the fruit puree themselves, and even if Brown wanted to help, he only did some minor physical labor.

If the cub wants to trade fruit paste with other cubs for something, there's absolutely no problem.

Most importantly, there's already so much jam in the cave, and half the fruit still needs to be made. It would be good to clear out some of the stock by exchanging items.

Otherwise, if we keep going, there will soon be nowhere left to stand in the cave.

—Young Ge didn't tell He about his plan to give away the jam to some of his tribesmen for free, so it's normal for He to be worried about where the jam would go.

The children in Xiaoshishan are all between ten and fifteen years old, totaling about a hundred. It's not that there are only this many children in the tribe, but rather that some of them don't stay in Xiaoshishan all the time.

Children whose parents have special professions are more likely to learn related professional knowledge from their parents when conditions permit.

Therefore, only a handful of older children could be seen at Xiaoshishan.

For example, the carpenter Cong learned from his father from a young age how to identify and process trees. From the age of thirteen or fourteen, he rarely appeared on the small rocky hill.

As for the little girl happy and the little boy Zhuang, when they grow up a couple of years later, they will follow their parents to learn from the mining and herb-gathering teams. Then, when they grow up, they will inherit their parents' professions and become members of the mining or herb-gathering teams.

In tribes where education is incomplete, family education can be considered the most important link in the transmission of knowledge.

However, people in the tribe do not force their children to inherit their positions—some things, you just can't learn them.

People in the tribe never deceive themselves; they only make realistic judgments, whether something is feasible or not.

After all, it's a matter of life and death. It's like someone who can't distinguish herbs joining a herb-gathering team—you don't need to say more about what will happen.

Because there are not many things to think about, most of the tribe members only have the goal of survival in their minds, so they are able to honestly accept all the shortcomings of their offspring, as long as they can survive.

In addition, there is another group of children who don't often appear on the small rocky hill, namely the children of "Fish Cave".

"Fish Cave" can also be called "Nursing Cave". It is the place where orphans in the tribe who have lost their parents and have no one to adopt them live.

They lived at the very bottom of Silver Peak Mountain, in a huge cave, surviving only on the occasional food provided by the tribe.

However, because food supplies in the tribe are not stable year-round, most of the time the tribe can only provide enough food to keep people from starving, and the children are often at a critical stage of growth and development, so they frequently go hungry.

Fortunately, it was near a big river, so the older children would catch fish in the river to fill their stomachs and feed the younger children with the fish, which is why it was called "Fish Cave".

If it weren't for young Ge's insistence on adopting Jiang Luoluo, Jiang Luoluo would probably be living in the Fish Cave with a group of orphans right now.

Jiang Luoluo didn't know much about Fish Cave, but she could piece together some information from the other children's casual conversations.

The younger children in Fish Cave have to fight for food to fill their stomachs, making the competition quite fierce and much bloodier than the games on Little Stone Mountain. Moreover, there are not as many rules in Fish Cave as there are on Little Stone Mountain.

People can only follow rules when they are well-fed.

Although several older members of the tribe were responsible for guarding the Fish Cave, the food was limited and had been stolen by others. The few elders guarding the cave couldn't conjure up food out of thin air.

It's no wonder that Chief Jing and the Youth Witch Association were worried that Jiang Luoluo wouldn't be able to survive in Fish Cave, and that she wouldn't be able to complain if her food was stolen.

The older children, in order to ensure they have enough to eat, spend a lot of time fishing every day and have even less time to train at Little Stone Mountain. They can only come here periodically to learn the key points.

Jiang Luoluo was unaware of He's complicated thoughts. She simply waited patiently for the children to return home, secretly hoping they would bring her a surprise.

Of the dozen or so children, only a few returned with something in their hands; the others either had no parents at home or had been beaten by their parents and refused to come back.

Because what they want to take are all the good things from the house.

Jiang Luoluo wasn't afraid that the children would lie to her, saying they would tell their families but secretly not—the Yanshuang tribe valued promises, and what they promised, they would keep, even if it was just children.

Even though the little boy was strong, he would take out the Crimson Fire Stone that he "believed belonged to him," instead of secretly taking his parents' things... He was sneaking around because he was afraid that other children would take it from him, and he couldn't beat anyone.

Two of the children brought five or six somewhat wilted firecracker plants from home, and they were quite embarrassed when they took them out... because they were originally going to throw these firecracker plants away, and their parents had given them to them so readily.

Jiang Luoluo gave a reassuring smile. It's okay, it's just a little dry, not rotten or spoiled. She can dry it into dried chili peppers when she gets back... Oh right, it's been raining and cloudy lately, no sun. She can roast it over a fire, it won't affect the taste.

The two children were very touched. When Jiang Luoluo accepted the few unsightly fire flowers and even pushed out a jar of fruit paste for them to dig for themselves, they blushed and only scooped out a little bit of jam to take away.

This made Jiang Luoluo even more embarrassed, and she raised her hand but didn't know how to gesture.

Another child brought over half a plant that looked like aloe vera. It not only looked similar but also had similar effects, such as reducing swelling and relieving pain. He pointed to the fireweeds scattered on the ground and spoke to Jiang Luoluo.

"This is reed grass. If you accidentally break a fire flower and it gets on your skin, you can break off a piece of this and apply it to the affected area. It will stop hurting quickly, Luo."

Jiang Luoluo blinked and looked at the child named Ping. Compared to the other children who casually took things from home just to exchange for jam, he seemed to have made his choice after careful consideration.

Jiang Luoluo readily accepted, handing over the jam jar so Ping could take it himself. After thinking for a moment, Ping took about the same amount as the previous two.

Another smart child.

Jiang Luoluo couldn't help but sigh. Even in a traditional and backward primitive tribe like the Yanshuang Tribe, not everyone is a simple and honest fool. There are always a few exceptionally clever individuals among them.

The remaining children took either flint or stones that were particularly beautiful but whose purpose they did not know.

Jiang Luoluo looked at the transparent white crystal stone, which was about the size of an adult man's fist. The little girl next to her confirmed several times that it was something her family had agreed to exchange. Only then did she stuff the remaining jam along with the wooden jar into the child's arms.

My goodness! It's huge! Pure natural! Transparent crystal!

Jiang Luoluo was overjoyed by the transparency of the crystal. Although she couldn't use it right now, once she collected more materials, the crystal would have many more uses.

The simplest item is a telescope, which can expand the field of vision by dozens of times, bringing a significant change to hunting or anything else.

Jiang Luoluo, engrossed in her beautiful imagination of the future, was unaware that in the eyes of others, she had transformed from a "silent cub with a talent for using stone tools" into a "silent cub who likes pretty flowers and shiny stones."

Although they can't speak, the cubs have such expressive faces.

……

Meanwhile, young Ge is experiencing a tense and exciting hunting battle.

The prey was a giant black bear that was over five meters long.