Chapter 18

This amount of sugar can be exchanged for a lot of things for the tribe, especially the Tauren, who are naturally fond of sugar.

Heiyan laughed heartily and patted Yu Sui's head with satisfaction.

Everyone calmed down and looked at the food on the wooden board.

"Hey, what's this bright red thing?" Notting stretched out his chopsticks in surprise towards the oily, bright red spicy fish head in the large stone basin.

"Don't—" Yu Sui hurriedly stopped him.

Notting turned his head to look at him, but his hands did not stop. He stuffed a large piece of fish head into his mouth. There was a lot of chili powder on the fish head.

"Cough, cough, cough!" His face suddenly turned red and he kept coughing due to the stimulating spicy taste. However, he was reluctant to let go of the greasy and delicious fish head in his mouth, so he stretched his neck and tried his best to swallow it.

Yu Sui was stunned. Seeing Notting covering his mouth and gasping for breath like he was spitting fire, he hurriedly brought him the honey jam water that he had prepared in advance.

He quickly explained, "This taste needs to be tried first. Some people can accept it, while others can't. It's the chili pepper I found in the spice box."

The others looked at the basin of fish heads with a different look. They wanted to eat it, but were also afraid of making a fool of themselves like Notting.

The dwarf tribe often exchanges large amounts of spices with human caravans. Due to their personalities, most dwarves like the taste of chili peppers. Robert and his family stretched out their chopsticks to pick up the fish head with shining eyes, and were then amazed by the taste in their mouths.

"Mom, this tastes better than what you made!" Hank exclaimed.

They, the dwarves, also put chili peppers in various dishes, but none of them were as flavorful as this fish head. Ellie and Rob kept stuffing the fish head into their mouths while praising it.

Oh my god, someone can make peppers and fish so delicious, especially fish, which is always fishy no matter how the dwarves prepare it, and few people would eat it. I didn't expect the combination of the two to taste so good.

Seeing how delicious they were eating, the other werewolves were eager to try their luck. Lu took a small bite and tasted it. The spicy taste made her eyes light up.

Everyone else tried a bite as well. Except for Heiyan, who couldn't stand the fiery sensation in his mouth, everyone else could handle it. Even the cubs, Xiaohua and Xiaochu, relished the delicious taste.

Yu Sui quickly pushed the non-spicy grilled fish toward Heiyan, "This grilled fish is not spicy. The red grilled fish over there also has some chili in it."

It was a pity he didn't find any cumin in the spice box; it would have been a great addition to barbecue.

The grilled fish with pepper already had a lot of flavor, and the spicy flavor was even more delicious if you could handle it. It was the first time for the Snow Wolves to eat food with such spice, and they all sweated profusely while eating.

After dinner, Yu Sui hung a small hand-woven cage around Xiaohua's neck and put some candies in it.

Yu Sui gave the remaining candy to everyone except a few pieces for Xiaochu.

When Robert and his family were leaving, he raised his long beard and said to the boy earnestly: "You are still a cub!"

"Huh?" Yu Sui watched them leave, his head full of questions. If he couldn't figure it out, he'd give up. He filled Qi's wooden basket with sugar, keeping one bamboo tube for each of them and putting the rest in.

Qi and he finished moving quickly. For reasons known to all, the others had left first.

Before leaving, Qi looked him straight in the eyes and said solemnly: "Thank you for all you have done for the tribe."

"What's there to thank me for? Everyone has worked very hard." Yu Sui smiled embarrassedly.

Qi smiled and left with the wooden basket.

Wow, Qi looks even better when he smiles, Yu Sui couldn't help but praise him in his heart. There's nothing he can do, he's just a face lover.

After a good night's rest, Yu Sui got up early the next morning to check the temperature of the firewood kiln.

The kiln body had cooled down. He used his fists to break up the dried yellow mud on the top of the wood-fired kiln, and couldn't wait to dig out the mud and take out the bricks and tiles he had made.

When making clay molds, both stepping on the clay and throwing the clay were done very well. Although firewood was used in the first half of firing, it did not affect the quality of the bricks.

Yu Sui excitedly picked up some of the successfully fired tiles and red bricks and ran to find Rob.

When he was burning bricks, he was thinking about building a house first. After the snow wolves in the tribe experienced the benefits, they would also burn bricks with him to build houses. Now with the more dexterous dwarves, they would definitely understand what they were doing.

You know, most kingdoms now use stone and mud to build their houses, and the poor live in wooden houses. As for the strong orcs, most of them use animal skin tents.

Since bricks were invented, they have been used for thousands of years, which is enough to prove their superiority.

Seeing Yu Sui running in a hurry, Xiao Chu also ran out.

The two of them arrived outside the dwarf's tent, and the dwarf children who had been bribed by his candy yesterday surrounded them happily.

Seeing that they became more energetic than yesterday, Yu Sui felt much more relieved.

Hank rushed to the front, took Yu Sui's hand and said, "Brother Yu Sui, come and play with us!"

Xiao Chusan jumped into Yu Sui's arms in two moves, lay on top of the bricks and tiles, and proudly stuck out his tongue at the dwarf child below.

Yu Sui's face was blocked by him, and he said helplessly: "I came to look for your father. Is Uncle Robert here?"

"I'll take you there!" Hank pulled him towards a tent.

The tent built by the snow werewolves had a large space and was provided with straw mats for the dwarves to sleep on. Dozens of dwarves lived in one tent. Fortunately, the air flowed well and there was no smell.

Yu Sui remembered the dwarf houses he saw in the Tu tribe. Their houses were just like human houses, with beds and various furniture. However, the snow werewolves lived a very primitive life, and of course no one thought of getting these for them.

Most of the male dwarves have beards. If Hank hadn't led them, it would have taken Yu Sui a while to find Rob with so many dwarves.

Rob was also a little surprised by his arrival.

Yu Sui placed the bricks and tiles in his arms in front of him, "This is what I made. It can be used to build a house. It is stronger and more durable than those built with mud and stones!" he said excitedly.

Rob picked up the brick and examined it carefully. The dwarves in the tent gradually gathered around, each picking up a brick to examine.

"Did you burn this? It's a truly excellent building material," a male dwarf said excitedly, holding up a brick and knocking on it. "The internal structure isn't easily affected by moisture, the shape is even, and it's easier to use than stone. It's simply perfect!"

He knew that coming to the dwarf was the right decision, as he saw the advantages of bricks at a glance. Yu Sui nodded in affirmation.

The dwarves, the best craftsmen in the continent, easily figured out the uses of bricks and tiles. They gathered together for a heated discussion, their faces flushed crimson.

They discussed so loudly that soon the dwarves from other tents gathered around, filling this tent up completely, and bricks and tiles were passed from one dwarf to another.

"The wood-fired kiln I built is relatively small, and it can only produce a few bricks and tiles. Uncle Robert, you can try using these first." Yu Sui suggested.

Rob immediately agreed, "Then let's go find the chief first!"

Heiyan left the warriors to Qi to hunt and patrol, while he sat with Chief Bangber to discuss how to help his people survive the winter.

They, the snow werewolves, can live in animal skin tents in winter without freezing to death, but the same cannot be said for the dwarves.

But building a house with mud and stones takes time, both in terms of transportation and construction.

What's more, the stones need to be crushed into small pieces, and the amount needed is not small. The stones around their tribe are definitely not enough to build so many houses, so they need to look for them in farther places.

It is easy to find materials for building a wooden house, but wooden houses have poor cold resistance.

The dwarves were injured and needed the help of the snow werewolves no matter what kind of house they built. The two were hesitating about which kind of house to build.

Black Rock was scratching his head in anguish. He wanted to ask the dwarves to move back to their own tribe, so that he could take his warriors to patrol farther away every day. But after thinking about it, he realized that this would be too tiring for the warriors every day, so he gave up the idea.

At this moment, there was a commotion outside. He looked out the window and saw a group of dwarves accompanying Yu Sui.

Because it was the house of the Snow Werewolf Chief, a group of dwarves stopped and Yu Sui walked in cautiously.

He took out the bricks and tiles in his hand and handed them to Heiyan and Bombur.

Heiyan flipped through it and looked at it, but couldn't see anything special.

Bombur's eyes lit up as he tapped the bricks to hear the sound. "This is perfect for building a house. It has a special texture that can both keep warm and insulate. It also looks very breathable, so it won't get damp inside a house."

He lifted up two bricks to look at their shapes. "This shape is also very uniform. It is not as difficult to build as stone. It is a good building material!" Bombur praised loudly.

Heiyan was also very happy after hearing what he said. He and Bangbo were worrying about building a house when Yu Sui came with the materials.

Bombur stood up suddenly. "How was this made? They are so similar in size, it can't be a rough stone."

Heiyan also stared at him with anticipation on his face.

Yu Sui explained the process of making clay molds to the two of them. Many dwarfs stuck their heads in from the doorway and listened attentively, while those behind him who couldn't squeeze in stood on tiptoe anxiously to look inside.

"The wood-fired kiln I built to make bricks is very small. If I want to use it in large quantities to build houses, I have to build a big one." Yu Sui gestured and said.

"Build it!" Heiyan said cheerfully, waving his hand. It wasn't difficult. All it took was strength. We could just get a few Snow Werewolves from the gathering team to help.

However, in order to make bricks, a large amount of black stones need to be mined, and large wooden carts are needed for transportation, all of which require time.

After discussing for a while, Bombur and Black Rock decided that the Snow Wolf would first take the uninjured dwarves back to get the tribe's things, and bring over the tools, boilers, smelting furnaces, etc. before starting to burn bricks.

The excited dwarfs couldn't wait and took Yu Sui to build a brick kiln first.

Seeing that most of them were injured, Yu Sui took on the heavy work himself. Fortunately, a few snow wolves came to help him soon.

The bricks he made weren't enough to build a brick kiln, so since he wanted to build a house, he decided to build a big one. He asked a few snow wolves to find stones for him and break them into small pieces, while he prepared the yellow mud on the shore.

As for brick kilns, Yu Sui had only seen brick kilns and the general principles behind them when he was a child. He and the dwarfs gathered together to discuss what the specific structure should look like.

Chief Bangbo couldn't sit still and followed over. After listening to Yu Sui's description of the general appearance of the brick kiln, several dwarves made some improvements and drew shapes on the ground with branches.

The holes on either side of the kiln were used to store the bricks, while the hole in the middle burned coal, which then conducted the hot air to both sides. How exactly did this heat transfer? Yu Sui didn't quite understand it, but fortunately, the dwarf easily solved this problem.

When Black Rock found a dozen or so Snow Werewolves to lead the dwarves back to move, many dwarves were still reluctant to leave and wanted to participate in the construction of the brick kiln. This novelty was very attractive to them.

Chief Bombur separated half of the dwarves in the tribe who were still able to work, took the selected people back to move things, and the other half stayed here to build a brick kiln.

Dwarves, both men and women, are good at work. They are three or four times stronger than humans, and even the children are familiar with the work.

Here, people were busy building a brick kiln according to the blueprint, while Yu Sui led a few snow wolves to dig the soil and crush it.

The time for building the brick kiln is just right for drying the bricks, so both are not delayed.

Crushing mud, burying mud, stepping on mud, throwing mud. The process of refining mud is not difficult. After a while, even the dwarf children learned it.

Especially when stepping on the mud, a group of dwarf children scrambled to jump on the mud pile, as if it were a game, and they had a lot of fun.

The werewolf cubs who had come running over after hearing the noise also cheered and jumped into the mud. Since it was difficult to exert force in their animal form, and their fur would easily get stained with mud, they all became naked children.

The skin color of the snow wolf cubs was lighter than that of the dwarf children who worked as blacksmiths all year round, but after a while they were all covered in mud and turned into little natives.

If this happened in modern times, it would definitely be a mixed doubles match between men and women, Yu Sui sighed in his heart as he looked at the dwarf parents who were still smiling as they watched their cubs playing.

After Uncle Robert looked at Yu Sui's mold, he made a few more according to its size for easier use.

The trampled mud is lifted into the air by the snow werewolf warriors, and after being repeatedly beaten several times, it can be used to make bricks.

The children all loved this process and rushed to make bricks with the adults. They filled the mold with mud, scraped it flat with a wooden board, and then turned it upside down to make it whole, having a lot of fun.

The Tu tribe had various tools, food, and minerals carried on the backs of the snow wolves or placed in wooden baskets and transported over one after another.

Even the heavy smelting furnaces were easily carried over by the snow wolves.

Chief Bangbo fulfilled his promise immediately and made a huge iron pot for Yu Sui, with a diameter of about three meters, and also made a large spatula for Yu Sui.

The long-awaited big pot was finally obtained, and Yu Sui happily picked it up and ran home.