I woke up to find myself transmigrated into a disabled child.

Chapter 49 Making a Stone Mill

"Le Zhong, we're done cleaning up. Dinner is over there on the counter; just heat it up a bit when you want to eat it."

Wiping her hands with a cloth, Lezhi, still half asleep, came to the dining table with Leyou.

"Yes, I know how to do it, don't worry. Are you leaving the tribe this afternoon?"

Upon hearing Le Zhong's question, Le Zhi glanced at Le You, who shrugged and said, "I don't care, it's nothing anyway."

"Well, in that case, we won't go out this afternoon. I've thought of something, and I can make it while we have this time." Lezhi nodded, expressing his idea. Yes, he wanted to make the starch this afternoon; he had collected so many stone fruits the past two days, so he didn't lack the raw materials.

"Alright, since you're not going out, I won't worry about it. Remember, if you do go out, don't go far. It's best to have someone accompany you. Don't leave the tribe on your own, understand? Those insects love to attack lone tribespeople."

"Okay, okay." "I understand."

Seeing Le Zhong's serious expression, Le Zhi and Le You nodded obediently at the same time. After hesitating for a moment, Le Zhi wanted to ask Le Zhong about the shadow, but was interrupted by Le Zhong first.

"By the way, besides the Golden Stone Slab, is there anything else you want?" As if suddenly curious, Le Zhong asked casually.

Stunned by Le Zhong's question, Le You looked up at the sky and said, "I want a weapon..."

"No, weapons don't count. Don't even think about it until you enter adolescence. What about you, Lezhizai?" Lezhong interrupted Leyou's delusions, extinguishing his last glimmer of hope.

The rules of the Spirit Feather Clan do not require members to join the guard to possess weapons. Ordinary clan members can also have them, but they must undergo training within the clan and obtain the approval of their mentors. There are no exceptions.

After all, as winged beings, their innate talents are enough to protect them, but if they have weapons but don't know how to use them, they might accidentally injure themselves or others. After several such incidents occurred among the Spirit Feather Clan, the clan chief announced this rule and strictly enforced it.

As a newly minted pre-adolescent, Leyou has a long way to go before graduating from training, and weapons are simply beyond his reach.

Looking sympathetically at the dejected Leyou, Lezhi thought for a moment and cautiously said, "Well, if possible, I'd like to have a complete set of kitchen utensils... and it would be even better if I could have a stone mill or a blender." Lezhi whispered the last sentence to herself.

However, opinions on the size of the bird are subjective, but in any case, the two people and the bird present heard it clearly. It was rare to hear Lezhi make a request, so the fluffy ball immediately perked up, chirped, and groomed Lezhi's fur.

"A stone mill?" "A blender?"

Regardless of the meaning of the furry ball's cry, Leyou and Lezhong, who could communicate normally with Lezhi, both raised questions at the same time.

"what is that?"

Seeing their interest, Lezhi also became enthusiastic and explained the working principles of the stone mill and mixer to them with great gestures.

"So, if it's powered by energy, the stone mill and mixer you mentioned can move on their own, right?"

Le Zhong touched his chin thoughtfully, a desire to explore the unknown igniting in his eyes.

"Ideally, yes, but initially we can do it manually. It's feasible to use human power, although it will be more tiring, but it's still much better than doing it all by hand."

"Hmm, that stone mill sounds easy enough, I could totally give it a try, but the mixer, and those gears you mentioned, I have absolutely no clue about them!" Leyou said, rubbing his head in frustration.

“It’s just gears. I think I understand what Lezhi means.” Lezhong glanced at Leyou, a look of disdain from a top student flashing in his eyes. “I’ll think about it when I have time. As for the stone mill, since you can make it, Leyou, you can go and mess around with it. Come to me if you have any problems.”

Seeing Le Zhong's confident demeanor, Le Zhi stared wide-eyed at Le You, wanting to ask a question but too embarrassed to speak. If she really questioned him, it would be difficult if Le Zhong got angry, since it was because of his request that she thought of researching this.

With their lips pursed, Le Zhi and Le You were urged to go home by Le Zhong. Unable to persuade Le Zhong otherwise, they had no choice but to leave first.

"Hey, Leyou, can you really make a stone mill?" On the way home, Lezhi started making conversation. Actually, if they had a blender, a stone mill wouldn't be so necessary, but since they didn't have a blender yet, Lezhi decided to settle for something he could make first.

"It should be fine. I'll go find Le Nian later. He's good at handicrafts. I'll go with him to pick out some stones to bring back for you to see."

"Okay, then I'll wait for you at home."

Having made her decision, Leyou dropped Lezhi off at the door and then ran off excitedly to find Le Nian. At this moment, the little black bean, which had been obediently perched on Lezhi's head, rolled its eyes, spread its wings, and flew away, chirping twice at Lezhi before heading out of the tribe.

"Hey, where are you going, furball?" Staring blankly as furball flew away, Lezhi was full of questions. "Didn't you eat enough just now, and now you're going hunting again?"

Lost in thought about Maoqiu's intentions, until Maoqiu could no longer be seen on the horizon, Lezhi finally walked into his house with a heavy heart. This was one of the few times he had been alone since he returned to his homeland.

Patting her cheeks, Yuezhi shook off her sudden melancholy thoughts and went into the kitchen to start processing the stone fruits. To make starch, the first step was to peel and crush all the stone fruits; no matter what tools were used later, the step of washing and peeling could not be skipped.

After putting all the stone fruits into her spatial storage, Lezhi took a knife and a wicker basket and went to the stream not far behind the house. She chose a flat spot and began peeling the stone fruits.

The knife the tribe gave him was for cutting food, so it wasn't very big. He needed to get used to using it for peeling, but practice makes perfect, and the skin of the stone fruit wasn't hard, so gradually, Lezhi's peeling speed improved a lot.

When Leyou and Lenian arrived at Lezhi's place with a space full of stones, he had already peeled half of the stone fruit.

"Lezhi, we're here!" Leyou's shouts carried far and were easily caught by Lezhi.

"I'm here……"

Hearing Lezhi's voice coming from behind the house, Leyou and Lenian quickly went around the wooden vines and spotted Lezhi by the stream.

"Wow, you've already started! Wow, you've chopped so much already, you're pretty quick!"

When Lezhi mentioned wanting a stone mill, he had already told Leyou that he wanted to use stone fruits to make starch, so Leyou wasn't surprised at all to see Lezhi like this.

"It's alright, Le Nian, you're here too. Thank you for your help." Le Zhi put down the knife in her hand, stood up and greeted Le Nian.

"It's alright, consider it a thank you for your hospitality earlier, and I'm also quite interested myself. Shall we begin now?"

"Well, let's get started."

The three of them chose another open space, and Leyou and Lenian took out the stones they had brought back from their spatial storage for Lezhi to choose from. Lezhi herself didn't have much experience, and after looking at them all, she couldn't figure out what they were all about.

"I can't tell either, so I'll just choose the hardest one." After all, a stone mill needs to withstand years of wear and tear, so it needs to be hard enough to be durable.