"Okay!" Hu Jiaojiao nodded with sparkling eyes.
She knew that Long Mo didn't believe it, but she didn't expect that he would agree without hesitation to something that other orcs thought was nonsense.
The smile in his eyes suddenly overflowed.
“That’s right!!”
Hu Jiaojiao suddenly slapped her forehead and her pupils dilated.
"Long Mo, I've figured out a way to make ice cubes in summer!"
"How do you get ice in summer?" Long Mo looked puzzled. He could understand storing ice, but where did the ice come from in summer
It can't just appear out of thin air, right
His deep eyes stared at Hu Jiaojiao.
Thinking of the miracles she has created many times, it suddenly seems not surprising that she could create ice in summer.
"I don't know how to explain it to you. Anyway, as long as we find something called saltpeter, we can make ice cubes." Hu Jiaojiao pulled his arm, her eyes filled with joy.
"Saltpeter?" Long Mo was confused, but still asked, "Where can I find saltpeter?"
As long as it is something Jiaojiao wants, he will go find it even if he has never seen it.
"If we can find a saltpeter mine, we can find saltpeter, but this saltpeter mine..." Hu Jiaojiao frowned and carefully searched the memories in her mind.
She remembered that saltpeter could be extracted, but this method was time-consuming and the amount was too small.
In nature, saltpeter can be extracted from salt marshes, caves and other places.
Salt
Hu Jiaojiao's eyes lit up, and she said in a clear voice, "Maybe we can find saltpeter mines near the salt lake."
"Then I will help you find saltpeter mines."
After listening to this, Long Mo put down the bamboo in his hand and stood up.
"Hey!" Hu Jiaojiao quickly pulled him back, "It's already late, why are you in such a hurry? It's going to be dark soon, let's talk about finding the saltpeter mine tomorrow."
The two of them spent the whole day making mats and bamboo beds, and it was almost dusk.
Hearing this, Long Mo turned and looked outside the house.
The afterglow of the setting sun illuminated half the sky red, and it was indeed getting late.
It is indeed inconvenient to go out at this time.
Hu Jiaojiao pressed his shoulders and asked him to sit down.
"You've been tired all day, and the kids will be home soon. You do it first, and I'll make dinner."
Hu Jiaojiao felt happy when she thought that there was a way to make ice in the summer without using space, but she was not in a hurry.
The next day, the two men found the patriarch and told him about their search for saltpeter.
"Are you going to the salt lake?" the patriarch asked in surprise.
"right."
Hu Jiaojiao nodded, and was about to discuss with the tribe leader about going out of the tribe with Long Mo to look for the molten stone mine, when the tribe leader interrupted her with a smile.
"That's right. I was just about to tell you that the tribe's salt flowers are running out. I plan to send a team of orcs to the salt lake again to get some salt flowers back."
The clan leader looked at Hu Jiaojiao with a kind face.
"The weather is so hot now, Jiaojiao, you and Long Mo should just stay in the tribe. You don't have to go out. I'll ask the orcs who are collecting saltpeter to help with the search for saltpeter mines."
"How can this be possible?" Hu Jiaojiao subconsciously wanted to refuse.
She was looking for saltpeter mines for her own selfish reasons, so that she could keep cool in the summer. How could she have the nerve to ask the orcs of the tribe to help her find saltpeter mines
"It's not a big deal, let's just settle it." The clan leader waved his hand and refused to argue with Hu Jiaojiao.
"If it is true as you said, that ice can be made, then we will also go to look for the molten stone mine."
During the hot summer months, females in the tribe are more likely to get sick.
If there is ice, it can also make females healthier and less likely to get sick.
After hearing what the clan leader said, Hu Jiaojiao stopped hesitating and just nodded in agreement.
Now the number of orcs in the tribe has increased many times, plus the newly joined orcs from the Yuehu tribe, there are more than a thousand orcs now, and the rate at which salt flowers are consumed is also increasing exponentially.
This time the patriarch sent a hundred orcs to the salt lake to get salt flowers.
After deciding to look for saltpeter mines, the patriarch sent another thirty orcs.
Hu Jiaojiao told the orcs the characteristics of the saltpeter mine one by one, and the team set off early the next morning.
Because she was not sure whether saltpeter could be found, and Hu Jiaojiao did not know whether the saltpeter in the Orc world could also be used to make ice, she did not publicize this matter.
So that everyone won’t be happy in vain.
After the orcs who were looking for saltpeter left, Hu Jiaojiao told other orcs how to make the cool mats, and soon the cool mats became popular in the tribe.
The summer in the beast world is extremely hot. Sometimes even the wind is hot late at night.
With the cool mat, when the orcs felt hot, they would wet the animal skin with well water and rub it on the cool mat, and they would immediately have a cool bed.
Although it cannot solve the scorching heat, this moment of coolness is enough to make the orcs ecstatic and unable to put it down.
In comparison, bamboo beds are not so popular.
Orcs are big in size, and it is easy for the bamboo beds to collapse when they sleep on them. After Hu Jiaojiao promoted both, she found that people preferred cool mats.
Only families with cubs will make bamboo beds for the cubs and females to sleep on.
Hu Jiaojiao replaced all the animal skins on the kang in her room with mats, and placed a large bamboo bed and six small bamboo beds under the big tree in the yard.
The bamboo bed is both light and strong, and even a cub can move it easily. After the summer is over, it can be put back into the warehouse and can be used again next year without taking up space.
At night, the family of eight rested in the yard.
Enjoy the cool evening breeze, drink some cooling juice, and sleep under the stars.
Life is comfortable and relaxed.
The team left the tribe and was gone for two months.
Fox Jiaojiao also gradually adapted to the scorching heat of summer.
The first to come back were the one hundred orcs who were carrying the salt flowers. This time they brought back a total of two thousand kilograms of salt flowers, enough for the tribe to use for a long time.
"Where are the remaining orcs? Why haven't they come back?" The chief seemed even more anxious than Hu Jiaojiao. Seeing that there were still thirty orcs who had not returned, he asked with a frown.
The orc who led the team out was the one who had gone with Hu Qiang to get salt flowers before and was more familiar with the road.
Even so, after two months of traveling, his face was full of wrinkles.
"Don't worry, Chief, they are fine." The leading orc explained with a smile on his face, although he looked embarrassed.
"When we came back, they found a saltpeter mine nearby. We were worried that the tribe was in urgent need of salt, so we transported the salt back first. They said they would come back as soon as they got the saltpeter, and they should be on the way now."
Hearing this, a smile immediately appeared on the patriarch's face.
"Are you telling the truth?"
Unexpectedly, the salt extraction was so smooth this time, and they actually found the saltpeter mine.
The orc leader nodded seriously and confirmed, "Really."
"Okay, okay, thank you for your hard work along the way." The chief patted the leading orc on the shoulder and ordered the orc to move the salt flowers into the warehouse.
Now we just have to wait for the remaining orcs to bring back the saltpeter ore.