"Why not? I see your shoes are so beautiful!"
"We have so few animal hides in our tribe, so we're trying to save as much as possible right now. I was thinking of making a pair for everyone who goes out hunting, so they can walk more comfortably. I wear them because I've never made these kinds of shoes before, so I'm not sure if I can make them. Also, I don't know if they're waterproof. Be obedient, Xiaohua. When we have enough supplies in the future, I'll make you a few more pairs."
"Really? But didn't we bring back a lot of animal skins from the Eagle Tribe?"
"But when you actually use it, you'll find it's not enough at all," Jiang Xue explained. "Look, there are several pregnant women in the tribe who are about to give birth. The newborns will definitely need animal skins to keep them warm, and they'll also need animal skins to make diapers. It's simply not enough. So, in a few days, you and I will go find some kind of insect. If we find one, we'll have a better and lighter material. By then, maybe we can actually make better shoes."
"Bugs? What bugs?"
Jiang Xue couldn't guarantee she had seen one, so she just said vaguely, "This insect is called a silkworm. It likes to eat mulberry leaves and can spin silk. The silk it spins is thin and white. If we can find it, we can raise a few more batches. When the winter comes, our lives will be better."
"Of course, there is another plant called cotton, which is also white and plump. You can also use cotton to make clothes and quilts."
"Silkworms, cotton?" Xiaohua's little head didn't understand for a moment, but she still grasped the two key words very keenly.
"Yeah, I can't guarantee you've seen it before." Jiang Xue was a little helpless. She didn't have any pictures to show her. If she had, maybe she'd know what it was. "You'll need to accompany me on this one. We'll call Xiangcao and Ah Qing along. If we can't find it in one day, we'll search for two. If we really can't find it, we'll wait until the flea market opens and ask the Bluebird Tribe to help us look for it."
According to what they said before, the flea market of the Bluebird Tribe will open after the spring, but Jiang Xue doesn't know the specific day. The only ones who know it are Mu Feng and Akagi.
It seems that I have to go back and ask Mu Feng and the others about this matter.
Jiang Xue originally just said it casually, but Xiaohua took it to heart.
She walked in front with her head tilted, muttering something constantly. Suddenly, as she walked, she became a small path. When Jiang Xue returned to the tribe, she pulled Xiangcao over.
"Sister Axue, my sister should know where to find the silk-spinning insects you mentioned."
Jiang Xue looked at Xiangcao steadily.
Vanilla thought about it seriously and said, "I have indeed seen the kind of bugs that Xiaohua mentioned, but they probably aren't there yet."
Jiang Xue was overjoyed: "Really? Tell me quickly, where have you seen them?"
Vanilla pointed in the direction of the bamboo forest: "I remember there were some over there, but they appeared during the dry season, so they should be impossible to find now."
dry season!
"Then do you know what tree they are on?"
Vanilla thought for a moment and said uncertainly, "I'd probably recognize it if I saw it."
"Okay, take me around tomorrow."
After hearing such good news, Jiang Xue wanted to drag her to find the silkworms immediately, but it was almost dark now. No matter how anxious she was, she could only suppress her excitement and wait until tomorrow to talk about everything.
"Okay, I understand." Vanilla nodded, then added, "However, I haven't lived here in the past few years. I don't know if the tree is still there."
Although the tribe had not yet used wooden furniture, they had cut down trees before to burn firewood for heating or to roast food. She really couldn't guarantee whether the tree was still there.
"It's no problem. Once I've checked it, I can make sure there are no bugs on it."
Jiang Xue was very excited.
Silkworms are afraid of water. Although the first batch of silkworms will hatch in spring, there is a lot of rain in spring and they are afraid of water, so it is difficult for them to survive the spring rain.
The dry season is tailor-made for the growth of silkworms, whether it is the environment, climate, or even the temperature.
By late autumn and early winter, they basically stop hatching.
"Xue Wu, I just heard Xiaohua say that you are still looking for a white and plump flower?" Qingsha also came over and asked Jiang Xue.
Jiang Xue nodded: "Yes, whether it is silkworms or cotton, they can be spun into yarn and woven into cloth. If we can find them, that would be great, but if we can't, it doesn't matter."
Qingsha seldom speaks in the tribe and has a low presence. If she hadn't suddenly come out to ask Jiang Xue, Jiang Xue would have almost forgotten that she existed.
Qingsha thought about it for a long time. "Does that flower also bloom during the dry season? The flowers bloom in clusters, white and soft?"
Jiang Xue was stunned: "Have you really seen cotton?"
Qingsha shook her head. "I'm not sure if that's the cotton you're talking about, but I did see a kind of white, soft flower near the Eagle Tribe before. It seems very similar to the cotton you mentioned. It's just..." She paused, "It's just that the Eagle Tribe is too far away from here."
"Don't worry, I'll go find it no matter how far it is."
This is related to future survival, so what if the distance is a little farther!
As long as she can be his, she will accept it no matter how far, hard or tiring the journey is.
"Now that the Snow Witch says so, it's easy." Qingsha laughed, "But they definitely haven't appeared yet. We have to wait until the end of the dry season at least."
"Yes, we do have to wait until then," Jiang Xue said. "Then we can wait until the end of the dry season and then we can go look for you."
That's cotton. Not to mention walking for seven days, she would even go through mountains of swords and cauldrons of boiling water to get it back.
Qingsha pursed her lips and nodded: "Okay."
With the news about the silkworms, Jiang Xue was so excited that she couldn't sleep all night. At dawn the next day, she pulled the vanilla and ran out of the cave.
It was also the first time for Vanilla to go out with Jiang Xue, and the first time she was alone with Jiang Xue. When she thought about what she had done to her in the Eagle Tribe before, Vanilla became even more uneasy.
Relying on her memory, she led Jiang Xue to a bare mulberry tree at the edge of the bamboo forest. "I remember the bugs you mentioned were on this kind of tree."
Jiang Xue carefully examined the mulberry tree, hoping to find some silkworm eggs on it. However, the tree was too tall. She looked up for a long time but didn't see a single silkworm egg. She couldn't help but feel a little discouraged: "If I had known, I would have found a few people who can climb trees."
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