Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 91 The Uselessness of the Wicker Basket

"Why are you here?" Little Fish King Biao's gaze fell on the two jars of jam Jiang Luoluo was holding, and the two stinky flowers in He's arms.

His expression suddenly turned silent.

The children of Yuerdong do not often go to Xiaoshishan for training, but in order to keep abreast of what is happening on Xiaoshishan, one child is always assigned to stay on Xiaoshishan to observe the situation and promptly relay what is happening on Xiaoshishan to Yuerdong.

So Little Fish King Biao knew about the big commotion over the jam exchange on Little Stone Mountain.

At this time, Jiang Luoluo brought these things to the Fish Cave, and the meaning behind it was self-evident.

However, Little Fish King Biao couldn't be happy about this, even though he could get sweet and delicious jam and the Stinky Flower that could remove the fishy smell, and no longer had to eat unpalatable food to survive.

Perhaps he should thank Jiang Luoluo for her kindness and good intentions, and accept her offer.

But when he saw the scene before him, he felt suffocated and powerless, as if an invisible mountain was pressing down on him.

Perhaps it was his pride, or perhaps something else, that prevented him from readily accepting what didn't belong to him, from simply saying thank you.

Like a useless piece of trash, he can only wait for others to give him handouts.

But could he refuse? Little Fish King Biao lowered his eyes. Behind him, in the quiet cave, were dozens or even hundreds of other children who could only depend on these for survival.

These things are not just for him alone; he has no right to refuse them on behalf of all the children of Fish Cave.

Little Fish King Biao increasingly felt his own powerlessness—because he had enough strength to obtain food to survive, he did not want to accept help from others, as that would be a denial of his own existence.

However, his strength was far from sufficient. He could only ensure his own survival, but he couldn't help all the children in Fish Cave survive like him, without relying on others.

However, before Little Fish King Biao could make the choice to bow his head and accept, Jiang Luoluo had already stepped forward and gently grabbed his wrist.

"Luo wants to use these to exchange for two soft-shelled turtles with you, is that alright?" Brown spoke on behalf of the cub. The cub had communicated with him on the way, so this was not an excuse made up on the spot.

"Luo promised to cook a delicious soft-shelled turtle for her, but she doesn't have any. So, can you trade these things for one?"

Little Fish King Biao suddenly looked up, first at He, then at Jiang Luoluo who was looking at him expectantly.

In an instant, Little Fish King Biao felt the despicable nature of his heart... Exchange, yes, exchange. He did not accept charity, but exchanged on an equal footing.

Even though she knew it was a crude excuse made to take care of him, she still felt a sense of relief.

Little Fish King Biao looked down at the cub, and their eyes met. The cub's eyes were as clean and pure as ever, as if it had no extra thoughts.

It was simply a matter of wanting to exchange with him.

"Wait for me, I'll be back soon."

After a moment of silence, Little Fish King Biao suddenly spoke, then turned and ran towards the river at a speed that was impossible to stop.

He and Jiang Luoluo looked at each other, and He couldn't help but ask, "So what do we do now?"

Jiang Luoluo thought for a moment, then moved a stone next to an elderly clansman and sat down.

Little Fish King told her to wait, so she would wait a while.

He and Jiang Luoluo did not enter the Fish Cave. For the children in the Fish Cave, life was already painful enough. If they were to see a better life and learn that there were other choices and possibilities, it would only make their endless suffering even more unbearable.

Until there's a way to truly change their lives, it's best for Jiang Luoluo to appear in their sight less often.

He put down what he was carrying against the mountain wall and found a place to sit down. Unlike the cubs, he wasn't particular about carrying a stone over himself and just sat down on the ground.

The elderly clansman at the entrance of Yuer Cave today is named Gong. Her hearing has deteriorated, and she can't hear clearly unless you speak very loudly. So she didn't interrupt just now, but silently lowered her head and wove the rattan basket in her hands.

Jiang Luoluo squatted down and watched. Fortunately, she didn't need to speak. Communicating with Gong was easier with gestures, unlike He next to her, whose throat was dry after just a few words.

The grass and vine weaving techniques used in the tribe are not very practical. They are only used by the shaman for drying and storing herbs. At most, a few families use them to dry wild grass and vegetables.

But when it comes to drying things, you can just find any open space on a sunny day and dry them; there's no need for a whole wicker basket or anything like that.

Another use case is in the Fish Cave, because the children in the Fish Cave have to rely on catching fish to increase their food supply, and the water fish are large and have smooth scales that are difficult to control.

The elderly people who look after the Fish Cave use their spare time to make wicker baskets to help the children transport the fish.

However, because the soft-shelled turtles are large, each one is at least half a meter or a meter long, and the wicker baskets are designed to be the size of a human, it takes several days to make one, making them truly rare items.

Therefore, only some novice fish catchers can get rattan baskets, such as the Little Fish King Biao, who is particularly good at catching soft-shelled turtles and can bring them back with his bare hands.

However, since Jiang Luoluo said that this thing is not very practical, it means that this thing is indeed no good - the wicker basket that takes several days to make is actually disposable.

Once a wicker basket has been used to hold a fish, it can't be used a second time. A few lucky ones might be able to use it a few more times, but it will soon break down.

There are many secondary reasons, such as the size of the wicker basket being too large, making it impossible to make it too fine and tight in order to produce the finished product as quickly as possible, resulting in substandard quality.

Most importantly... soft-shelled turtles have teeth, very sharp teeth like saw teeth. Although they can't bite through a wicker basket in one bite, they can still gnaw it all over the place along the way.

This further eliminated Jiang Luoluo's idea of ​​using fishing nets to catch fish. Besides the size of the nets, it was more important whether they could withstand the biting of those soft-shelled fish.