bookrebus Chapter 170
Chapter 170
As for Heng, her greatest advantage is her hand speed and production speed. Jiang Luoluo naturally wouldn't let such an advantage go to waste and instead let Heng do other things.
However, it's not like Heng is completely free from other responsibilities.
First, there was the production of telescopes, as requested by Chief Jing. This was a very large-scale production project. Even if only for those tribesmen who could still participate in hunting or other activities outside the tribe, at least a thousand telescopes would be needed.
This also requires calculating some loss rate. After all, considering the danger of hunting, it is normal for half of the binoculars to be destroyed during a hunt.
Even without considering future losses, if we take the most basic quantity of one thousand as an example, a telescope would require at least two transparent lenses to make, which means it would require more than two thousand transparent lenses and more than two thousand transparent stones.
In the tribe, it's difficult to even gather two hundred of the same type of transparent stones, let alone two thousand or so. At least a thousand more would be needed to make enough—grinding transparent lenses is not a 100% successful process!
Jiang Luoluo failed to make something even after damaging dozens of transparent stones. Even if she gave it to Qing and Heng, there would still be two or three defective products out of ten.
However, if quantity and speed are prioritized, the quality will naturally be lower, and the probability of defective products will be higher.
Of course, there's no need for Jiang Luoluo to worry about the origin of these transparent stones. She will try to find a solution first. If she feels she can't solve it herself, she will seek help from Chief Jing, who has given her that authority.
What Heng needs to consider is what kind of stone is easiest to make into a transparent lens, and is also the easiest to obtain. The trade-off between the difficulty of obtaining raw materials and the difficulty of production is what Heng needs to consider.
She needed to find a suitable range, to find a type of transparent stone that was easy to make into a transparent lens, and whose materials were readily available.
After all, if the material for transparent lenses is particularly difficult to obtain, then even if it is perfectly suited for making transparent lenses, it will not be of much use to the thousands of orc warriors waiting for telescopes.
The topic returned to Yuan. Jiang Luoluo's task for Yuan was to experiment with what size and magnification telescope would be more suitable for hunting teams or even other tribes.
Ideally, it should be designed to be portable, not hinder movement, and have sufficient defensive capabilities so that it won't break easily.
Yuan had no objection to this, as it was precisely her area of expertise.
Jiang Luoluo then discussed the design of the telescope with Yuan for a long time, standing by and listening to their conversation while processing the prey.
The more he listened, the more uneasy he felt. He turned to look at the talking cub, and suddenly something flashed through his mind, making him realize that he had been "deceived" by the cub—she didn't seem afraid of the source at all!
But then Shou realized that the cub was lying to him, seemingly to create an opportunity for him and Yuan to get together... Had he reached the point where even the cub had to worry about him?
Shou fell into deep doubt and stopped listening to the conversation, even though he couldn't understand it from the middle onwards.
After Shou silently dealt with the two prey, Jiang Luoluo and Yuan had almost finished their discussion.
Shou kept his promise and escorted Jiang Luoluo back, even though he had already realized that Jiang Luoluo was "deceiving" him and that she wasn't afraid to leave alone.
But after all, Jiang Luoluo is only a seven-year-old child.
So Shou still planned to send Jiang Luoluo back, because neither he nor any of the other tribesmen could allow such a young child to wander around the tribe alone.
The two walked in silence for a while before Shouxian finally spoke up, "Um... thank you."
Jiang Luoluo looked up at Shou.
Shou scratched his head. "The things you did and the things you said were to help me and Yuan be together, right? I want to thank you."
It would have been better if Shou hadn't said that, because as soon as he did, Jiang Luoluo immediately remembered his actions from earlier, and shook her head in exasperation, "What are you thanking me for! Look at yourself!"
Shou was stunned. "Huh? Me?"
"How can you just leave after delivering things every time? You need to stay and communicate with Yuan more." Jiang Luoluo clenched her fist and waved it forcefully.
Shou asked with some doubt, "But if we leave without putting it down, Yuan won't accept it, and she won't accept the things I gave her."
"Sigh..." Jiang Luoluo sighed deeply and asked Shou.
"Does Yuan really need those things you sent?"
Shou scratched his head, puzzled. "What do you mean?"
Jiang Luoluo spoke earnestly, "Are these things you gave Yuan something that Yuan particularly needs? Is it that Yuan can't live without these things? Is there some reason why Yuan has to accept these things?"
Shou quickly shook his head and waved his hands, "No, no, these prey only have nice-looking feathers. Their meat doesn't taste good, and it's not filling. They can't be used as food."
Jiang Luoluo looked at Shou and said, "That's right, so you see, these things are not things that Yuan has to accept, nor can Yuan not live without these things."
"When she has clear ideas and goals, she will definitely want to reject your advances and not want to take anything extra from you, because she doesn't want to increase her guilt towards you because of these unimportant things."
“I keep accepting what you give, but I can’t give you anything in return. The more you do this, the more burdened Yuan will feel, and the less able he will be to respond to you.”
“But!” Jiang Luoluo emphasized clearly.
"But have you ever thought that there's something else about you that Yuan can't refuse?"
Shou shook his head abruptly and said, "I don't know, what is it?"
Jiang Luoluo pointed to Shou himself, "That's your companionship."
"As you know, Yuan doesn't dislike you. She just has things she wants to do more. So, compared to those beautiful but useless things, what she can't refuse is your companionship."
Shou, his face full of confusion, tilted his head to follow the direction the cub was pointing. "My companionship?"
Jiang Luoluo nodded, "Yes, it's your companionship."
Seeing that Shou still didn't understand, Jiang Luoluo continued to ask, "You like Yuan, right? So when you're with Yuan, do you feel happy?"
Shou immediately nodded, "I'm very happy."
Jiang Luolu clapped her hands. "That's right! You feel happy being with Yuan because you like Yuan. Yuan likes you too, so she'll definitely be happy being with you."
Upon hearing this, Shou blushed with embarrassment. "Is...is that so?"
Jiang Luoluo nodded very firmly, "Of course, so..."
Jiang Luoluo changed the subject, her tone exasperated, "You shouldn't have just put the things down and left. You should have stayed and helped Yuan finish dealing with those things, and done these things together!"
"If she doesn't accept your gift, then don't say it's for her. Just say you wanted it yourself but wanted to ask her for a favor. Do you think she would refuse to help you?"
Shou scratched his head. "But I don't like those pretty feathers and bones."
Jiang Luoluo was taken aback; being too honest wasn't always a good thing.
So Jiang Luoluo changed the subject and asked, "But if you and Yuan made that thing together, would you still dislike it?"
Shou shook his head blankly, "I like it."
Jiang Luoluo wanted to pat Shou's shoulder, but unfortunately she could only reach Shou's abdomen, so she patted Shou's arm instead. "This is it. And who said you had to take it back? You can pretend to forget it after you're done. Just leave it with Yuan. That way, if you don't catch a suitable prey, you can go over and say you forgot something last time."
"Then see what Yuan is doing. No matter what she is doing, go and help her. Even if you just sit next to her and talk to her, that's fine too."
"I'm not good at speaking," Shou said, sounding embarrassed.
"Then do more work!" Jiang Luoluo was speechless.
"If you don't have work to do, find something to do yourself... Every time you leave, pretend it was an accident and leave something behind, so you'll have an excuse to go back and find the source next time."
Shou nodded seriously, looking shocked as if a new world had been opened up to him. He had never imagined that this could be done... it just sounded a bit too much.
In closing, Jiang Luoluo patted Shou's hand earnestly and told him, "Being there for her is very important. Sometimes she may just need you by her side, without needing you to do anything."
Of course, this method only applies to those who have feelings for each other.
If someone likes another person and does this, they might not just encounter this sticky, ambiguous atmosphere, but rather a full-blown physical fight.
...After all, the people in the tribe have been fighting since they were young, so there is no possibility of being harassed by one party and having to swallow their anger. They would fight at the drop of a hat.
After chatting for a while, Shou realized that the two of them were going in the wrong direction. Although he didn't know the exact location of Jiang Luoluo's house, he was generally clear about the direction.
He couldn't help but ask Jiang Luoluo where the road she was leading was going.
Jiang Luoluo thought for a moment, counting on her fingers, "First, I need to go to Qing's place to talk to him about the gathering, and also Heng, I need to tell her too. Then I need to see Ti, I need to check on my glasses..."
Looking at Jiang Luoluo, who had packed her schedule to the brim, she asked, "Are you going to so many places?"
Jiang Luoluo quickly waved her hand, "Shou, you can take me to Qing's place. I can go to the rest of the place by myself. You don't need to stay with me the whole time."
Shou thought for a moment, then shook his head. "I'll go with you. You taught me so much earlier, and I want to thank you."
"However, you really have a lot to do."
Jiang Luoluo thought about it and realized it did seem a bit too much, but having something to do was better than having nothing to do.
"Luo, why are you doing these things?" Shou asked curiously.
Jiang Luoluo thought for a moment and gave her answer, "Because I thought of it and then I did it."
Rather than having a grand and specific goal, Jiang Luoluo mostly just "saw" something, then "thought about it," and then "did it."
Making jam won't send her back to her previous world, making fishing line won't, and making a telescope certainly won't...
"Then, why did Luo make the telescope?" Shou asked a more specific question.
"Because I want to see what the Gray Dead Soil Plain looks like, but I'm too young to leave Silver Peak Mountain, so I can only try to see further and more clearly," Jiang Luoluo answered honestly.
"That's really amazing, Luo," Shou exclaimed in amazement.