Chapter 125 Weapon Crafting (4)

After training the Black Goose Tribe's security team, Ha Gang returned to his own tribe. He reported to Xu Que that the Black Goose Tribe members were unarmed, and Xu Que decided that he would definitely help them in making weapons!

“It’s definitely not going to work today! I’m making a mosquito repellent rope out of this. After you’ve rubbed it together, you can light it at night, and no mosquitoes will dare to come near it! It’s really effective! It can achieve twice the result with half the effort! It’s more effective than anything else!” Xu Que said as he used a boning knife to cut the artemisia capillaris from the part that was close to the ground.

The deputy leaders of the Hou, Hua, and Hei Lu tribes worked together to carry bundles of the wormwood that Xu Que had cut to an open area, as instructed by Xu Que.

When Xu Que saw that the Artemisia capillaris was almost ready, he also used a boning knife to cut off some of the Artemisia argyi next to it and had the Black Deer Tribe members carry it over and put it away with the Artemisia capillaris!

Hou, Hua, and some members of the Black Deer tribe, following Xu Que's instructions, had neatly arranged the mugwort and artemisia!

Xu Que looked back at the pile of wormwood and mugwort not far from them, which was more than enough, so he put away the boning knife and went to the pile of wormwood.

He took a wooden stump from next to the Black Deer tribe, sat on it, and began to carefully rub a mosquito-repellent rope.

Xu Que grabbed a handful of Artemisia capillaris, divided it into three equal small bunches, and then added a few sprigs of Artemisia argyi to each small bunch, twisting them together like he was making a rope.

Hou and Hua watched Xu Que quietly as he worked. After a while, Hou simply picked up three Artemisia capillaris stalks and started rubbing them, just like Xu Que. Hua and the deputy leader of the Black Deer tribe followed suit and started rubbing them as well.

After rubbing for a while, when he felt that he could completely control the fire rope, he picked up three strands of Artemisia capillaris, the same amount as Xu Que, and started rubbing them.

"Wow! I didn't expect Hou to learn things so quickly! This mosquito repellent rope is so beautifully made! Look, isn't it even more beautifully made than mine?" Xu Que said to the other members of the Flower and Black Deer tribe.

Hua and the deputy chief of the Black Deer tribe were rubbing a mosquito-repelling rope together, but even their combined speed couldn't match the speed of one person, Hou!

"After we finish rubbing it like this, do we need to find a way to dry it before we can light it?" asked the deputy leader of the Flower and Black Deer tribe.

“Yes! But in this hot weather, while we’re twisting the rope, the sun will dry the wormwood to a slightly drier state, just enough to light a fire! If it’s too dry, the whole mosquito-repellent rope will catch fire as soon as you light it! The mosquito-repellent rope we make is meant to burn slowly, not like firecrackers that go off all at once during the New Year!” Xu Que said to the tribe members around him.

Hou quickly twisted a mosquito repellent rope into a very long one, even longer than Xu Que's.

After Xu Que finished rubbing the mosquito repellent rope in his hand, he laid it out flat to let the sun's heat dry it a little.

"These mosquito repellent ropes can't be allowed to dry out too much! If they're too dry, they'll look like this! They'll burn to ashes in no time!" Xu Que picked up some mosquito repellent ropes that had been drying in the sun for a long time and lit them with a windproof, non-inflatable lighter, then said to the people next to him.

Watching Xu Que's actions, everyone suddenly realized: "You really can't let it get too dry! Otherwise, it'll burn to ashes before you even finish lighting it!"

Xu Que then cut the mosquito-repellent rope he had just made in half and held it in his hand. He lit it with a windproof lighter. Sure enough, the not-very-dry mosquito-repellent rope burned well, and it produced quite a lot of smoke. This definitely had the effect of repelling mosquitoes.

Xu Que cut the mosquito-repellent ropes into small sections of about 30 to 50 centimeters, and then had the members of the Black Deer Tribe fix each rope to the doorway or window of every wooden house in the tribe, to be lit when it got dark.

After all this was done, the food cooking in the big iron pot was just cooked!

With an impatient look on his face, Hou lifted the pot lid and used a long-tailed wooden spoon to scoop out all the potatoes, pineapples, apples, and large plows that were cooking in the large iron pot, and distributed them to the tribe members.

"Take whatever you want! Everyone in the Black Deer tribe will get a share of what we cooked today! Don't worry or be afraid of missing out!"

"Take whatever you want from over there! I'll try these cooked apples first and see what they taste like!" After saying that, Hou used his long-tailed spoon to scoop up a few cooked apples from the large iron pot.

After Hua waited for Hou to scoop two apples from the big iron pot, Hou handed Hua the long-tailed spoon in his hand, letting her use the spoon to scoop out whatever she liked.

The deputy chief of the Black Deer tribe and Hua Du each grabbed two apples and started munching on them.

"Wow! This is the first time I've ever eaten something so delicious! It's so sweet and sour, it's hard to describe in words! In short: it's so delicious! If you want some, go roast a few and try them, it's so good!" Hua said, placing the long-tailed wooden spoon on the side of the pot.

"Does no one like to eat cooked pears? There are so many big pears, and not a single person likes them? Or are you simply unfamiliar with them and afraid to eat them?"

The other members of the Black Deer tribe said in unison: "Anyway, I don't know what others are planning, but I really don't recognize this kind of white pear. I thought it was something to be soaked in a big iron pot for seasoning! I didn't dare to take it out for a while!" said one of the members of the Black Deer tribe.

At that moment, a group of children from the Black Deer tribe ran towards them.

Pointing to the large, untouched, and already cooked pears in the big iron pot, she said, "Hey sister! Can I eat that big pear? I really love them! I've never actually tasted what they taste like."

With a wooden spoon, she scooped up the food that each of the children surrounding her wanted most!

"Wow! The boiled pears that Sister Hou gave us are so delicious! I want more... Please leave the biggest fruit for me!" A boy with a slightly large head cried out to Hou.

"Wow! These pears taste so good after being cooked! They're much sweeter than the candy that Sister Hou gave us yesterday!" Hou couldn't help but chuckle as she heard the children say this.