As summer approached, Hu Jiaojiao also made several sets of clothes for Long Mo and the cubs with cloth, so that they would have cool clothes to wear in the summer.
A female can receive cloth for two sets of clothes. Hu Jiaojiao also participated in the work and received cloth. The rest of the cloth was exchanged for supplies.
Originally, Feng Sheng and Hu Jing strongly asked her to take it back directly, but she refused.
The thing she has the most is supplies.
There are eight people in her family. If she takes it all for free, it will be a mess.
With Hu Jiaojiao taking the lead, there has never been an orc in the tribe who wanted to take advantage of others. They all exchange supplies for cloth in an orderly manner.
Summer clothes are much easier to sew than winter animal skins. Hu Jiaojiao sews them all by hand, stitch by stitch.
The last stitch was passed through the clothes and tied into a knot. Hu Jiaojiao bit the thread with her teeth and turned the clothes over, so that the stitches were almost invisible.
"Come over here, guys, and try on new clothes."
Hu Jiaojiao shouted into the yard.
Today happened to be a day off, and the kids didn't have to go to school or go to the rabbit pen, so they helped her chop and collect firewood in the yard.
Every weekend, the six cubs could pile up a whole yard of firewood, and prepare enough firewood for Hu Jiaojiao to cook for a week.
As soon as Hu Jiaojiao finished speaking, six cubs swarmed in.
A group of skinny little radish heads have grown a lot taller now. The new clothes they made in early spring have only been worn for a few months, and their sleeves and trouser legs have become much shorter.
The cubs' wrists and ankles were exposed.
"Mom, our clothes are still wearable. There's no need to wear new clothes." Long Yu said sensibly.
Although their family had no shortage of animal skins, sewing clothes stitch by stitch was still very hard work.
Every time my mother makes clothes, she has to make a lot of them, which makes her life even more tiring.
"Yes, mother, we don't want new clothes..." Long Yao nodded in agreement, but his hands had already curiously touched the clothes next to Hu Jiaojiao.
"What kind of animal skin is this? Xiaowu has never seen this kind of animal skin before. It looks so thin..."
Long Zhong slapped him.
"I don't want you to touch anything. Take your hand back. Look at your dirty hands."
Long Yao looked down at his black hands, quickly took them back, and rubbed them hard on his trouser legs.
Fox Jiaojiao's funny explanation:
"This is not animal skin, this is linen, made of ramie."
"Linen? Mother, is it made of the grass that the uncles from the tribe brought back?" Long Linger asked curiously.
They often saw orcs from the tribe carrying back many inedible plants.
"Grass can be used to make clothes?" Long Zhong's eyes widened suddenly, his face full of disbelief.
Several kids also looked surprised.
It’s not like they didn’t walk through the grass.
When they were young, there were no animal skins, so they tied grass into a skirt and wrapped it around their buttocks.
But they had never seen grass in pieces like animal skins.
"Yes, it's made of the grass called ramie." Hu Jiaojiao nodded.
"If wood can be made into thin paper, there's nothing strange about grass being used to make clothes." Compared to the other kids, Long Xiu was the calmest.
Seeing the cubs' surprised expressions, Hu Jiaojiao smiled and urged:
"Go wash your hands and try your new clothes to see if they fit you."
The kids immediately washed their hands and lined up to get their new clothes.
Ramie fiber is white, and after processing, it becomes a little off-white and bud yellow. A thin layer of linen is very refreshing and comfortable to wear, without any of the heaviness of animal skin.
Hu Jiaojiao made two sets for each of the cubs, both of which were the simplest vests and shorts. Long Linger made a short-sleeved shirt and a skirt that just reached above the knees.
Because every cub's clothes are the same, Hu Jiaojiao embroidered the cubs' names on them to make it easier for them to identify them.
After a while, the kids came downstairs wearing new clothes.
"Mom, this linen is so thin and cool to wear. I won't be hot in the summer." The happiest person was Long Linger.
Females have delicate bodies and are the most sensitive to cold and heat.
Every summer she was too hot to move, not to mention wearing a layer of airtight animal skin.
"Ling'er, do you like it?" Fox asked with a smile.
"like!"
Long Linger ran to Hu Jiaojiao and turned around, the joy on her face was beyond words.
Although the other kids were not as excited as Long Linger, they also couldn't let go of the new clothes. They touched them here and there, feeling the softness of the fabric.
Hu Jiaojiao looked at them one by one.
She was afraid that the baby would grow too fast, so she made the clothes a little bigger as usual.
Summer is hot, so wearing loose clothes will keep you cooler.
The kids all inherited Long Mo's good looks. Although their clothes are loose, they don't look sloppy at all.
Generally, orcs will look dark when wearing white, but her cub does not look dark at all. Instead, it makes his cheeks look white and tender, his lips red and his teeth white, which is very cute.
"Mom, we all have new clothes, where are your new clothes?" Long Yao rolled his eyes and found that Hu Jiaojiao was still wearing animal skins, he asked with his round eyes wide open.
Maybe they ran out of cloth and mother has no more cloth to use.
Long Yao’s little head suddenly started to wander with thoughts.
Looking at Hu Jiaojiao again, he immediately took out another set of clothes.
"Mom, Xiaowu just wants a new dress. Give this to you. It will look great on you."
The little guy obviously liked it very much and took it out without any hesitation.
Seeing Long Yao like this, Hu Jiaojiao felt warm in her heart and rubbed his head.
"Mother has some, so don't use Yao'er's. Yao'er can keep it for himself."
Only after hearing her say this did Long Yao feel relieved.
It is not summer yet, so it is still cool to wear linen. The clothes have gone through a series of processes and have not been washed yet, so there is a lot of dirt left on them.
Hu Jiaojiao asked them to take them off themselves, wash them, and wear them again in summer.
Nowadays, the cubs wash their own clothes and never let Hu Jiaojiao help.
Hu Jiaojiao packed up the scraps of cloth and took a bag of linen clothes to Hu Min's house.
Whatever she did, she would never forget to give something to her parents. She made two sets of linen clothes for each of them, and also one set for each of her second and third brothers.
Since her eldest and fourth brothers already had partners, it was inconvenient for her to send them clothes anymore, so she made a linen dress for Fengsheng and Hujing respectively.
What we give to them is equivalent to what we give to our eldest and fourth brothers.
When they arrived at Hu Min's house, Hu Jiaojiao unexpectedly discovered that Hu Lin was also there.
"Jiaojiao, you came just in time. Hu Lin brought back a lot of fish today. You can take them back and share them with the kids. I remember your kids all like to eat fish."
When Hu Min saw her cub coming, she immediately and happily pulled Hu Jiaojiao in.
He turned around and asked Hu Lin and Hu Qiang to pack up the fish and take it back to Hu Jiaojiao.
Only then did Hu Jiaojiao see that the ground was covered with large fish, and each fish weighed at least twenty or thirty kilograms.
Half the yard was filled with fish.
"Mom, why are there so many fish?" Hu Jiaojiao asked in surprise.