Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 119 Ashes of Death

The leader frowned.

He wasn't blaming the clansman for being careless. When he was moving the bricks, he had handled other bricks, all of which were indestructible and made a metallic sound when touched. They were quite solid and sturdy, unlike these few bricks.

It shattered on its own before I even applied much force.

Besides, if bricks are so fragile, why would they go to all this trouble to witness it? They must have heard from the builder that the cub said it's an important building material that can replace wooden houses.

Realizing that the problem was with the bricks themselves, Jiang Luoluo immediately thought that the soil formula was incorrect, and quickly ran towards a stone wall near the entrance of the cave.

The other people's eyes unconsciously followed the cub's clattering footsteps.

The cub tilted its head back and searched around on the stone wall.

The tribe has special animal hide paper, but it's troublesome to make and there aren't many of them. It's used to record more important information, so there's no way to give it to Jiang Luoluo to write down the clay ratio for brick blanks.

Moreover, Jiang Luoluo doesn't know the tribal script.

Most importantly, these soil proportion records need to be checked and compared frequently. Records on parchment are not easy to store and are easily lost or damaged.

So Jiang Luoluo communicated with Zao and used patterns that they could both recognize to replace various types of mud. Finally, they carved the patterns on the stone wall at the entrance of the cave for easy viewing.

Jiang Luoluo quickly found the corresponding record on it.

After comparing the proportions with the soil next to it, Jiang Luoluo frowned as she looked at the somewhat unfamiliar pattern... If she remembered correctly, this pattern should represent a type of soil called gray dead soil.

This gray-gray soil was acquired later in the game. It is silvery-gray in color, almost grayish-black, like ashes after burning. However, it is much heavier and looser, and it doesn't bind together much even after adding water.

If it weren't for Zao's insistence that Jiang Luoluo try it, she wouldn't have considered using this soil, and in the end, she only used a very small proportion of it.

However, Jiang Luoluo did not expect that such a small amount of gray dead soil would have such a big impact—aside from the gray dead soil, there was no problem with the proportion of soil in other places.

Jiang Luoluo turned to look at Zao. Under everyone's gaze, Zao walked over, his eyes also falling on the pattern representing the gray dead soil.

In an instant, Zao's face displayed an extremely complex range of emotions, including sudden realization, relief, and regret...

Finally, she sighed softly, "It's ashen earth..."

Jiang Luoluo didn't know the meaning of that sigh, but she could feel that the atmosphere in the cave relaxed after hearing the words "ashes and dead earth".

It seems like a satisfactory explanation has been found, giving the feeling of "Oh, it was so-and-so, so it's normal for problems to arise."

Jiang Luoluo couldn't help but tug at Zao's arm, looking at him with a puzzled expression.

Someone spoke, but it wasn't Zao who spoke. Wu sighed softly, "We... have already given up. Are you still persisting?"

When she mentioned us, the witch's voice was somewhat ethereal, as if countless voices were overlapping.

Chief Jing ran a hand through his hair, slightly annoyed. "I've already said that ash and dead soil are unusable. If there were any places where it could be used, people would have been using it hundreds of years ago. Why are you so stubborn..."

But he only managed to say a couple of sentences before he couldn't continue.

Jiang Luoluo immediately felt the pain of hearing gossip only halfway through, but she also knew that this matter was probably not a good thing for the tribe, and it was not appropriate to ask questions at this time, so she remained silent and continued to listen.

"I know..." Zao waved her hand. At her age, what could possibly be bothering her?

"Just trying." Perhaps he had already guessed the outcome, as Zao didn't seem disappointed.

The chieftain Jing and the shaman exchanged a glance. Neither of them could do anything about the old woman, so they waved their hands to let the matter pass and everyone continued carrying bricks.

The bricks that had already cracked when the first two batches were inspected, as well as the bricks mixed with ash and dead soil, were picked out and set aside.

Because the two batches of bricks that had cracked were not removed from the pile, they have now all been burned.

Jiang Luoluo went over and took a look, and found that the batch of bricks with smaller cracks could actually be used. Their hardness was not much different, but their appearance was full of tiny cracks, which did not look good and affected their sturdiness to some extent.

As for the bricks with larger cracks, there's no way to break them in half, or even three, four, five, or six pieces, by simply tapping along the cracks.

However, Jiang Luoluo remembered that if they needed to build walls or something later, they could put these broken bricks in there.

A group of people waited patiently for a while, until all the bricks had completely cooled down, before confirming the hardness of the bricks again.

As a result... even the hardest brick couldn't withstand the leader's powerful blow.

However, even normal stones cannot withstand this. The most important point about these bricks is that after being burned in flames for more than ten days, they have become resistant to high temperatures and will not crack like ordinary stones with temperature changes, making them more stable.

It is an important material for building kilns.

Another advantage is that bricks and stones have a fixed shape, uniform size, and are flat, making them easier to use for building walls, unlike stones which have various shapes and are difficult to fix.

The next problem was building the kiln.

Jiang Luoluo initially thought it would be more convenient to find a large, open space outside, but she didn't expect to be opposed by everyone.

Finally, the chief made the final decision to build a larger cave next door, and the kiln was built inside the cave.

Jiang Luoluo didn't understand why they had to go through all this trouble.

Seeing that everyone seemed to agree, Jiang Luoluo stopped arguing. After all, his understanding of the tribe was only partial, certainly not as profound as that of Chief Jing and the shaman.

Even the leaders Jing and Wu have made this decision, which means there must be a reason for doing so. She just needs to keep quiet; she'll find out the reason eventually.

However, before he could wait any longer, Ge took advantage of the time when everyone was discussing the size of the new cave to come to Jiang Luoluo's side and explain the reason to her.

He knew the cub remembered nothing, and he also knew the cub was full of curiosity about everything.

“If it is built outside, it will be difficult to use during the rainy season and the snowy season, which will be very inconvenient for the tribe.”

Jiang Luoluo glanced outside the cave and nodded. Although she was thinking of building a kiln with a house inside, it was indeed not safe enough for this rainy season.

Just like the previous needle rain, Jiang Luoluo wasn't confident that these bricks could withstand such terrifying damage.

And then there's the snow season... Jiang Luoluo paused, then decided to wait until the snow season arrived and she would know what the real snow season was like. What she heard from Ge or others was always beyond her imagination.