【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

Chapter 314: Primitive Tribe Chieftain Mother-in-law 34

Apparently, the tribesmen had not yet grasped the key to capturing animals alive, and the only animals that survived were a piglet and a lamb.

"It's snowing, Chief. Should we start heating the kang?"

Shu pushed his tribesmen aside and came to Yun Xi, asking expectantly.

"You've been waiting for this day for a long time, right?" Yun Xi smiled helplessly, "Let's go, light up the kang and go."

Shu cheered and called on the tribesmen to try the heated kang.

"The stove is inside the house. When it's lit, the smoke will be discharged upwards through the chimney, and the hot air will flow through the pipe to the bottom of the kang to heat it." Yun Xi asked Shu to light the fire, and as expected, the kang bed soon became warm.

"How about it?"

"Wow!"

“It’s really getting hot.”

The tribesmen were chattering non-stop, and the children had already kicked off their animal-skin shoes and were jumping up and down on the kang.

"Alright, alright. Even though it's winter, there are still some finishing touches to be done." Yun Xi raised her hand to silence everyone. "Tao, take a few people and deliver the prey we hunted this time to the cellar."

"Yue, you are good at making clothes. Take the animal skins discarded by the tribe and sew them into animal skin bags."

"Xueqing, I think your carpentry is pretty good. You can learn carpentry from Shu and equip each room with a kang table and a wooden barrel."

"Xing, go find some clay pots. I remember there should be quite a few. Each room should have one. In the dry winter, if you put water on this stove, you can have a sip of hot water all day long."

"He, Miao, you two are quite strong. Come with me and learn how to make shoes. Use old linen as the soles and sew deerskin or rabbit skin on them to make boots. They will be very warm."

"One last thing. Let's rearrange the accommodations today. Xueqing and Bingyu are new to our tribe. We can't have our own rooms, so we'll have to squeeze them in together."

He raised his hand, "Chief, this winter, I want to be Guo's partner."

"You're seventeen?"

"Yes, I celebrated my sixteenth birthday last fall and my seventeenth birthday this fall." He nodded.

"Guo, what do you mean?"

Being looked at by the tribesmen, Guo nodded shyly, "

"Okay, then you can live together and wait until next spring for Xing to hold your marriage ceremony."

Tao saw it and quickly said, "Mom, I, I, I!"

Yun Xi's face darkened. "Who are you going to marry?"

Tao pointed at the tall Bingyi, "Mom, I want to be Bingyi's partner."

Bing Yi? This man, with a low profile, had decent looks. He wasn't as good as a wolf, but he was better at fighting and hard work.

"Bingyi, what do you say?" Yun Xi said sinisterly, her tone full of dissatisfaction with the pig that had eaten her cabbage.

Bing Yi stepped forward and said, "I admire Tao and am willing to be her partner, protect her and love her."

Tao's face gradually turned red. Yun Xi was suspicious. How come she suddenly got it?

Seeing that she was confused, Yue leaned close to Yunxi and whispered, "During hunting, Bingyi is the only one who can compete with Tao. They have helped each other many times, so maybe that's how they developed feelings for each other. Besides, Chief, orcs have a hard time having children. It's not as easy as it was for us before. Yunyue is conceiving a new life. Why not let them give it a try? Even if it's not suitable, it's okay if they separate."

"Then let's just try to get along first." Yun Xi was convinced. "Are there any other people who want to become partners?"

He pulled the shy Xuelian forward and said, "Chief, Xuelian and I also want to be partners."

Xueqing was shocked, and so were the others. Although He was good-looking, he was a bit sloppy. They didn't expect that he would win Xuelian's favor.

"Snow Lotus? Are you sure? The river cannot transform into a beast. It will be more difficult for you in the future."

Xuelian grinned, "Chief, you know my hunting skills. It doesn't matter. He will take care of the interior and I will take care of the exterior."

"Okay, three pairs."

Yun Xi picked up a branch and wrote and drew on the snow, and a thin layer of snow was cut away.

Today there are five rows of houses, with six rooms in each row, for a total of thirty houses.

The layout of the first row has changed slightly. From west to east, there are the kitchen, the woodshed, the Yinglang family of four, Yunxi's single room, the rooms of the four girls, Yuxuehua and three-year-old Bingliu. Next door is the room of the boy, Hai, who will move in when Xuejiu and Bing grow up. The last room is the woodshed.

The layout of the second row is slightly different. Xing lives in one room, Yue lives in one room, Xingmiao lives in one room, Bingyu and Binger live in one room, Xueqi and Shan live in one room, and Bingsan and Bingwu live in one room.

The layout of the third row is: one room for lotus, one room for wheat and fruit, one room for peach and ice, one room for snow lotus and river, and two rooms are empty.

The fourth row consists of three storage rooms and three woodsheds. If the firewood is placed under the corridor, it will still get wet by rain and snow, so it is simply moved into the house.

The layout of the fifth row is that Xueqing and her one-year-old son Xuejiu share one room, there is a room for the lake and the tree, there is one room for the year-end party, and there are three empty rooms.

"This is the current layout. Xueqing, you guys live in the last row, so be careful at night and make sure the storage room in the third row doesn't get robbed."

"Okay, Chief."

After everything was arranged, everyone did their job. Those who were moving moved things, those who were moving firewood moved firewood, and they were busy all day long.

The next day, no one lay comfortably on the kang. Everyone had something to do. In the morning, they all went together to sweep the snow. In the morning, they all came to Yunxi to learn how to make shoes. Yunxi took a look and simply taught them all. The tribesmen helped each other, and before noon, everyone had a pair of warm and comfortable deerskin boots.

In the afternoon, everyone ran to find Shu and Xueqing to learn carpentry and make wooden barrels, and in the evening they swept the snow together again.

On the third day, after sweeping the snow, everyone crowded into Yue's house and finished making animal skin bags together. In this way, all the collective work of the tribe was completed.

Yun Xi was very satisfied. Although each of them had their own shortcomings, they also had many advantages. At least they knew what they were doing when it came time to do the work.

On the fourth day of hibernation, the snow stopped. After sweeping the snow again, Yun Xi took out animal skins and distributed five pieces to everyone. The animal skin quilts made by Ying were also distributed.

"The next big moment is coming!" Yun Xi smiled mysteriously and took out something. "The Beast God is pleased with our hard work and has given us a reward."

The tribesmen were breathing rapidly and crowded into Yun Xi's house, craning their necks to look.

Tao was the first to ask, "Mom, what is it?"

Yun Xi didn't keep it a secret. "The first one is made of cotton. It's softer and fits better than linen, making it suitable for wearing next to the skin in spring and winter. Linen is breathable, making it suitable for wearing in the hot summer and autumn. Each person needs eight feet of cloth, so adults can make one set, and children can make two sets."

When they saw the pure blue cotton cloth, desire flashed in everyone's eyes.

"I didn't expect our clothes could have colors."

"What is cotton?"

"What is a ruler?"

Yun Xi ignored everyone's discussions and asked everyone to line up and come forward to receive their respective shares, including the infant Yun.

"There is another reward below. It is for those who have made significant contributions to the tribe and are hardworking and brave."