Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 253 The Tribe's "Spring"

As for why Yuan and Shou were in such a hurry to build the heated kang (a traditional heated platform bed), one reason is that Yuan is pregnant, and if the heated kang is built now, it can be used directly next snow season.

There's no need to wait until the baby is born and then spend half a month sleeping on the floor and setting up a heated kang (traditional Chinese bed). That would be too bad for the baby.

Another thing is... Yuan got pregnant and stayed at home, so setting up a heated kang (a traditional Chinese bed-stove) was just something she did conveniently.

The snow season has just ended, and the temperature hasn't really risen much yet. As soon as Yuan saw Jiang Luoluo, he pulled her up to sit on the heated kang (a traditional Chinese bed-stove).

The kang (heated brick bed) wasn't very hot, but it felt warm enough for Jiang Luoluo, who had just arrived from outside.

Jiang Luoluo mainly came to check on Yuan and the baby in her belly, to see if there was anything she could do with her knowledge from her past life to help.

She knew that many places were backward and therefore had many unhealthy pregnancy customs, and she couldn't guarantee that the tribe wouldn't be like that.

Soon, Jiang Luoluo realized her lack of knowledge.

As someone who has never been married, Jiang Luoluo's impressions of pregnancy mostly come from her relatives, short videos, and TV dramas.

However, the portrayal of pregnancy in TV dramas is generally a negative example.

So, aside from "not being able to eat anything during pregnancy," "needing to exercise appropriately," and "being able to do appropriate prenatal education," Jiang Luoluo's cerebral cortex is so smooth it could be used as a slide.

First of all, pregnant women can't eat just anything... Are there many things in the tribe that people can eat?

Then there's appropriate exercise... Yuan not only built a heated kang himself, but he's also making things right now. Isn't that enough exercise?

She should be worried about over-exercising, not under-exercising.

There's even prenatal education... Jiang Luoluo is afraid that the children in the tribe are crawling out of the ground with stones thrown at them.

After going through all these things in her mind, Jiang Luoluo realized that she actually had very little to tell Yuan.

Another day where I feel utterly useless.

However, when Jiang Luoluo looked up, she saw the new version of the telescope that Yuan was modifying in his hand.

"Huh? Yuan, are you making binoculars?"

"Binoculars?" Yuan looked at Jiang Luoluo with a puzzled expression, holding up the object in his hand so that Jiang Luoluo could see it clearly.

"We're just figuring out how to fold it up."

Yuan showed a thoughtful expression and repeated in a low voice, "Binoculars..."

Jiang Luoluo stared at the thing in Yuan's hand, her expression showing some shock.

That's why Yuan could be called a genius. She was created with high expectations, and people even thought she was the successor who could inherit her mantle.

What Yuan was doing was cutting a monocular telescope in half and creating a folding mechanism so that it could be folded and stored like a nunchaku.

The monocular telescope's two long tubes were attached together, giving Jiang Luolu the illusion that it was a pair of binoculars.

"Yuan, how did you come up with this?" Jiang Luoluo was shocked and excited, her eyes full of admiration.

The main factor that produces the telescopic effect in a telescope is the distance between the different lenses, with one lens refracting the viewing angle onto the other.

The distance cannot be too far, but it also cannot be too close.

When the distance is too far, the light will not refract properly; when the distance is too close, even if you can see things clearly, you can't see far at all.

Therefore, the length of the telescope tube was essentially fixed until more refined lenses that could magnify the telescope were made.

A pair of binoculars about the length of an arm may not seem very big, but it's definitely not small either, and it's not very convenient to carry around.

Before the snow season, one of the main purposes of participating in hunting activities was to see if it was possible to further reduce its size while determining the appropriate telescope range.

It's unclear what Yuan saw during the hunt that led him to fold up the telescope's barrel.

The reality is that Yuan has already succeeded halfway.

Separating the telescope tube into two parts and then closing it again is not difficult, so Yuan easily accomplished half of the success.

The reason it's not considered a complete success is because there are still many unresolved issues regarding how to put it all together.

If you use hemp rope, straw rope or similar materials to tie and secure it, these extra small items that need to be carried may be more troublesome than carrying a whole monocular telescope.

Moreover, it's not convenient to use.

When people use it, they certainly hope that it can be used directly without having to spend time and effort to assemble it first.

So, the source is halfway to success, and is currently thinking about a more convenient, simpler, and easier way to assemble and restore it to its original state.

Just then, Yuan saw Jiang Luoluo coming over and asked her if she had any good suggestions.

Eh... Jiang Luoluo actually does have one.

She hadn't thought of this before, but as soon as Yuan asked the question, several solutions immediately came to mind.

Firstly, for the first version, you can go to the carpenter Cong and have him make threads on the telescope tube that has been cut in the middle. As long as they are screwed together, they can be reconnected as one.

The downside is... it's too troublesome to make. Carpenter Cong might only make a few a day, and that's only if he doesn't make anything else.

But how could Carpenter Cong not make other things? Most of the daily necessities in the tribe need to be made by Carpenter Cong.

Another issue is the high wear rate. If you accidentally break or wear down the threads while carrying it, it may be impossible to assemble it.

But this idea was indeed better than what Yuan himself had come up with.

Then came the second idea: to divide the telescope tube into several sections and make it into a retractable telescope.

Upon hearing Jiang Luoluo's words, Yuan looked at the camera in his hand and asked in confusion, "What's the difference between this and the camera?"

“Yes!” Jiang Luoluo nodded and pointed to the top and bottom of the telescope tube for Yuan.

"We can make the telescope tube wider at one end and narrower at the other, so that the smaller section can be retracted into the larger section. When in use, we just need to pull it out completely!"

Currently, the telescopes used in the tribe are all cylindrical in shape, and the front and back lenses are mostly the same size, so holding them is no different from holding a wooden stick.

Yuan understood Jiang Luoluo's idea, and his eyes lit up instantly.

In fact, she had many thoughts in that instant, not just about the telescope tube, but the topic of discussion was still the tube. So after those fleeting inspirations under the new system, Yuan still talked to Jiang Luoluo about the tube.

The second solution that Jiang Luoluo mentioned is more reliable than the folding solution that Yuan himself came up with, and it also takes up less space and is more convenient to carry.

After all, those smaller telescope tubes are actually hidden inside the larger tube, directly reducing the size of the telescope tube by half.

It doesn't require any reassembly or mechanical modifications, has a low wear rate, can be reused more often, is more robust and sturdy overall, and is more feasible.

Therefore, without much consideration, Yuan decided on the second plan proposed by Jiang Luoluo as the direction for the future.

However, the previous solutions were not completely abandoned. Although the telescope's telescopic effect is not guaranteed to be completely related to the size of the lens, a telescope made with a larger lens does indeed make it easier to see farther.

If an extra-large telescope could be made and disassembled for use during hunting, it would undoubtedly have unexpected benefits in certain situations.

However, such a large telescope is still somewhat difficult for the tribe at present, firstly due to the issue of materials, and secondly due to the time required for its production.

Just because it can't be made yet doesn't mean it can't be made in the future. If a suitable opportunity arises, Yuan will definitely try.

For now, we'll focus on the other option.

With the idea in mind, Yuan began to try making it. Jiang Luoluo watched for a long time but found that there was nothing she could do to help.

Moreover, Yuan's physical condition did not change due to pregnancy; she remained as strong and healthy as ever.

She left first, otherwise if she stayed here, Yuan would have to spend his energy taking care of her and wouldn't be able to concentrate on his own things.

It was almost noon, so Jiang Luoluo went home and had lunch with Xing. After a short nap, she couldn't wait to go out again in the afternoon.

Jiang Luoluo originally wanted to go to Xiaoshishan to check the situation, but when she was halfway there, she encountered a familiar figure.

It's Little Fish King's Fat.

It had been more than three months since the two had last met. Little Fish King had grown quite a bit taller, but at the same time, he had become increasingly thin and slender.

Although the children in the nursery have more food than usual this winter, it still cannot guarantee that they will have enough to eat at every meal.

In addition, Little Fish King is at the age where he is growing, so he can eat more food without anyone objecting, but that means the other children will be even hungrier.

It wasn't just the little fish king who got fat; the other older kids also quietly reduced their food intake, and compared to before the snow season, everyone had lost a lot of weight.

The good news is that none of the children in Yuerdong died during this snow season. In fact, only one older child got sick, and he caught a cold from going outside when the temperature had just risen a couple of days ago.

They weren't starving or freezing; this was the best snow season the children of Yuerdong had ever experienced.

When Jiang Luoluo met Xiaoyu Wangbiao, Xiaoyu Wangbiao was carrying a nearly two-meter-long soft-shelled fish up the mountain.

Water was still dripping from the turtle's body, indicating that it had just been caught.

Upon seeing Jiang Luoluo, Little Fish King Biao was somewhat surprised. He then gave a faint smile, raised his hand in greeting, and water droplets from the water fish dripped down the animal skin clothing on Little Fish King Biao's arm and onto the ground.

Watching Little Fish King's body half-soaked by the fish skin, feeling the temperature that was far from warm after the snow season had just ended, and the cold wind that blew by from time to time.

Jiang Luoluo subconsciously shivered.

Aren't you cold?

Little Fish King Biao was taken aback by Jiang Luoluo's question, paused and hesitated for a moment before shaking his head, "I'm not cold."

But Jiang Luoluo clearly saw that Little Fish King Biao's body trembled subconsciously when the cold wind blew by.

But Jiang Luoluo also believed that Little Fish King Biao was not deceiving her. Perhaps for him, this temperature was indeed "not cold" because he had experienced much colder weather and scenes.

Compared to those cold spells, this isn't really that cold right now.

"Where...where are you going?" Jiang Luoluo knew that sometimes verbal concern didn't have much effect and might even make the other person feel more pressured.

So when she was about to speak, she swallowed her words of concern and changed the subject.

Little Fish King Biao chuckled, "Hao said he's been eating meat all winter and his mouth is a bit bland, so he wants to eat soft-shelled turtle. He brought some meat over and asked me to catch a soft-shelled turtle and send it to him."

It's a thing of the past that the tribespeople didn't like eating soft-shelled turtles. After Jiang Luoluo used scallions, ginger, garlic, and some other processing methods to remove most of the fishy smell from the turtles, some of the tribespeople actually started to like the taste of soft-shelled turtles.

Even if they don't eat it often, they'll still get one or two soft-shelled turtles every now and then to enjoy the taste.

Some tribesmen would choose to exchange fishing lines at the Fish Cave and then go fishing on the other side of the river in their spare time to be self-sufficient.

Some tribesmen don't really like fishing and instead exchange food with the children of the Fish Cave for soft-shelled turtles.

Especially now that the snow season has just ended, and there are many things to do, I don't have much time to catch soft-shelled turtles—although catching soft-shelled turtles seems easy, and sometimes you can catch a whole bunch at once.

But sometimes you can sit for hours and not get anything out of it. It's fine when you're not busy, and you don't care about those few hours, but when you're busy, you really can't spare a single minute.

Besides, exchanging with the children of Fish Cave can improve their diet. It's the season for small beasts right now, so food is much easier to obtain, and there's no need to worry too much.

"Oh, okay, then go ahead quickly." Jiang Luoluo nodded hurriedly.

If Little Fish King Biao talks to her for a few more minutes, he has to stand here in the wind for a while, which is uncomfortable to watch.

"Okay." Little Fish King Biao waved to Jiang Luoluo, carrying a whole soft-shelled fish on his back with one hand. It was a very familiar action for him, and he wasn't worried at all that the fish would slip from his grasp.

"Wait a minute..." Jiang Luoluo hesitated for a moment, torn between being afraid of the cold and worrying about Little Fish King's weight.

Finally, he took off the burlap scarf from his own neck and hung it around Little Fish King Biao's neck.

"Is this warmer now?" Jiang Luoluo touched her neck, which suddenly felt cold, and after taking it off, she wasn't so bothered anymore.

The outdoor temperature wasn't as cold as she had imagined; her body, wrapped up tightly, quickly adapted to the outside temperature.

So he smiled and waved to Little Fish King Biao, then ran towards the little rocky hill, "Goodbye~"

Little Fish King was stunned for a moment before reaching out to touch the scarf around his neck, which was still warm.

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he did feel that his body was much warmer.