Chapter 32
By the way, he had forgotten after being here for so long that orcs did not have their own civilization and their development was still quite primitive.
Cruelty and barbarity are synonymous with orcs.
Is he going to teach them Chinese characters? What are the initials and finals in Pinyin? I think there's also whole syllable recognition?
After thinking hard for a while, Yu Sui decided to give up for the time being. He had already returned the knowledge to the kindergarten teacher, so he could take it slow.
"I'm just curious. Is the parchment scroll expensive?" Yu Sui asked with his head tilted.
"It's very expensive. We dwarves only write down the particularly complex structural diagrams on parchment, and we have to remember everything else in our heads." Robert looked bitter and resentful.
Sheepskin must be refined by an alchemist and then added with preservatives before it can be used to record things for a long time. Ordinary nitrate-treated leather cannot be used.
This also led to the parchment scroll being circulated only among the upper class. In order to pass it on, the dwarves spent a lot of money to buy the parchment scroll.
"It is said that the elves have a kind of leaf that can record words. It has natural protective magic and is not afraid of wind and rain. It is really enviable." He continued sighing.
It’s so magical that even Yu Sui would be jealous.
What kind of race is this, blessed by God? They have a long lifespan, great strength, are proficient in magic, have no shortage of food, and even their paper is natural.
It would be unacceptable for them not to be rich.
Unlike him, he even has to make his own toilet paper.
But judging from Uncle Robert's tone, the production of this leaf paper unique to the elves must be low.
After all, when the dwarves were in the human world, they often came into contact with people from the upper class, and they had never seen it, so it should be very rare in the hands of human nobles.
Yes, anything that grows naturally, although blessed by nature, is limited in number.
The raw materials needed for the paper he made were readily available, and this alone made it many times better than elven paper and parchment.
Paper was already very common in his time and the price was very affordable. Whether it was toilet paper or paper for study and work, it was readily available.
However, this was also achieved at the cost of countless blood by our ancestors. In the beginning, paper and writing were only in the hands of the upper echelons, and the common people did not even have the right to read.
In the era when bamboo slips were used, ordinary people could not read books and had no way to change their destiny through reading.
It is extremely difficult for them to change their class.
There are few books, and the lower class people have even fewer opportunities to access them, so the cost of learning knowledge is very high.
In every country in this world, books and writing are firmly controlled by the nobles and royal families, referring to the Five Surnames and Seven Aristocrats in ancient times.
In a money-burning industry like magician and alchemist, it is impossible to succeed without family background. Poor people can only become mercenaries and stay at the bottom.
If Yu Sui were in the human world, he would not dare to do whatever he thought of like he does now.
For example, tofu must have been captured by a nobleman and turned into a slave on the first day it was made, earning gold coins for the nobleman.
Not to mention the other things he made later, like the paper we make today, which is something that everyone is vying for no matter which country it appears in.
It might even cause a war. Paper is lighter and easier to preserve than parchment, so it will definitely spark a revolution. Whoever possesses this technology will have an endless supply of gold coins. How can it not be exciting?
This is why when reading time-travel novels, if the protagonist is a commoner, he or she will definitely not dare to make paper or refine salt first, because if people find out, he or she will lose his or her head immediately.
Fortunately, he doesn’t have to be afraid, Yu Sui thought happily.
Uncle Robert came just in time, saving him from making another trip. The papermaking technique still needed to be improved by the dwarves. He only knew the concept, but did not have the patience to conduct experiments one by one to see which material would make the strongest and most durable paper.
It is hard to say whether it is fortunate or unfortunate for the dwarves to meet him. He has never been idle. Not only are there more jobs for them as bricklayers, but they also make all the pots and pans in the tribe. Now he has also commissioned them to make paper.
But if you think back to how they looked when they first saw the bricks, you know that the dwarves must have enjoyed it, so they won’t fight over it this time.
Yu Sui went into the house and poured Uncle Robert a glass of freshly brewed glutinous rice wine. The berry wine had been drunk by Xu and the others that time, and the new one was not ready yet.
As the sweet and smooth rice wine slid into his stomach, Robert relaxed his brows and sighed with satisfaction.
"Xiao Yu Sui, I didn't realize you have such a long brain. At first I thought you were a messenger sent by the God of Craftsmen, then I thought you were a messenger from the Goddess of Harvest. You are so good at using all kinds of ingredients, and even your wine is unique."
Who made him come from the era of information explosion? As long as you are interested, there are many detailed tutorials. Unlike here, you have to buy seeds secretly to grow cotton. If this kind of thing were to be passed back to modern times, Pinxixi would be laughing to death.
"This is talent, there's nothing we can do about it!" Yu Sui said shamelessly.
Even though his tribesmen and he had always praised him in this way, it still sounded so awkward. Rob choked.
The autumn sun was scorching. Yu Sui looked at the sun and estimated the time. When he felt it was about time, he took Uncle Robert to the bamboo curtain.
"This is the new thing I made, look!" Yu Sui said mysteriously, pointing at the bamboo curtain.
The bamboo curtain he made was crudely made, a flat bamboo board with a narrow frame, and was barely usable.
The liquid on the bamboo curtain had turned into yellow straw paper, somewhat similar to the yellow paper used for ancestor worship, but not as bright yellow, and the color was darker.
Robert carefully reached out and picked it up and shook it. Due to the rough production techniques and tools used, the texture of the paper was not smooth. He held it with one hand and gently stroked it with the other.
If good paper is made into this, most people would not be able to tell what it is used for.
Yu Sui chuckled twice and was about to explain its use to Uncle Robert, but the dwarf opposite him suddenly raised his head, which scared him.
"Hey, this, this, can this be used to write? No wonder you just asked me about the parchment!"
Robert's face, which had already turned dark red from years of forging, turned even redder with excitement.
Without answering, he folded the paper gently, put it in his arms, and ran towards the tent where the dwarves were temporarily staying.
Watching him run away without saying a word, Yu Sui held out Erkang's hand with a puzzled look on his face.
Dwarves are always curious about new things. After he got used to it, he didn't pay much attention to it. He picked up a piece of straw paper and rubbed it to feel it.
This paper will tear if you crumple it a little. Even if you crumple it into a ball and then unfold it, there will still be many wrinkles and some places will be torn.
The quality was so disgraceful that he was a little disappointed.
Using it to wipe my butt is not as convenient as using tree leaves. It seems I need to improve the steps. Anyway, this is just an experiment, and it has been half successful. At least I have a prototype.
I originally wanted to ask Uncle Robert to make a paper machine, but he couldn't do it. The paper machine should be made of iron at best. The porous flat screens of round mesh and long mesh can only be made by dwarves.
As a result, Uncle Robert ran away so fast that not even his shadow could be seen.
He remembered what the other party asked before leaving, and thought, "I guess he should go back and try to write?" But he was so anxious that Yu Sui didn't have time to tell him how to improve it.
This first batch of straw paper was not suitable for writing, especially the charcoal pencils used by the dwarves, which would be punctured if you applied too much force.
He picked up the remaining paper and stacked it together. Although it was not easy to use, as a clumsy person, he decided to keep the finished product of his first papermaking as a souvenir.
A small golden figure ran towards him against the sunlight and stopped just in front of him.
"Brother, let's go eat!" Xiaochu shouted happily.
I sniffed the fragrance in the air and realized that it was time for dinner after all the busy work.
The main dish in the cafeteria at noon is usually barbecue, and braised offal is only available in the afternoon.
Ashan and his friends, along with Yu Sui, learned how to cook and stew. Kalan also taught them how to make tofu. Although few of them succeeded, the tofu they learned from the class was occasionally made into dishes to improve the diet of the tribesmen.
In addition to barbecue, the cafeteria also prepared fried fish nuggets, shrimp and tofu, and stir-fried meat slices today.
Stir-fried dishes are particularly popular with everyone, and we need to make more every time, otherwise there will not be enough to share.
Dolly saw Yu Sui and Xiao Chu coming from a distance, so she waved to him happily and asked him to come forward.
The snow wolves who were queuing up also looked at him with a smile and asked him to go to the front.
"You came quite late today. If you come any later, there won't be any food left." A female snow werewolf pinched his face and teased him.
Yu Sui touched Xiaochu in his arms, and embarrassedly tried to avoid his hand and queue up at the back, but the enthusiastic Snow Wolves pushed him to the front one by one.
When the snow werewolf cubs were young, they enjoyed the care of the entire tribe. When they grew up, it was natural for them to take care of other cubs. However, it was difficult for them to enjoy such treatment while wearing the shell of a cub, which was quite shameful.
The clay bowls used by the snow werewolves were similar to the basins of the dwarves, and Dolly filled a large clay bowl for him with food.
This portion was enough to fill his and Xiaochu's stomachs, and Karan next to him also gave him a large piece of grilled pork ribs.
Yu Sui really couldn't refuse this enthusiasm, so he took the meal and found a table with Xiao Chu to sit down. The dwarves and snow wolves around them greeted him kindly.
Up to now, both the snow wolves and the dwarves have become accustomed to eating in the cafeteria. They are so used to the cafeteria meals that they don’t want to eat the meals they cook themselves.
Everyone also feels that since the cafeteria opened, a lot of time has been saved, and the busy autumn in previous years now has room to breathe.
Especially after dinner, except for the soldiers who still need to patrol, everyone else will rest and chat near the cafeteria, and the cubs will play around the adults.
Sometimes, after a good chat, the dwarves who love drinking would dance around the bonfire with red faces. Men and women would form a circle, singing and dancing happily, and the infected snow werewolves would also join in.
Each snow werewolf is as tall as two dwarves. Although the scene is a bit weird, it is surprisingly harmonious.
The Tu tribe used to live in fear every day, either worried about being captured by humans or attacked by monsters.
Now they are close to the Black Rock Tribe. To them, the powerful monsters are no match for the Snow Werewolves, and they have finally managed to live a stable life.
Xiaochu was eating with chopsticks in his hand, enjoying the delicious food. The chair he was sitting on was as high as the dwarf's. Although he was a little taller than the dwarf, he still couldn't reach the table sitting on the snow werewolf's chair.
Helplessly taking out the animal skin and wrapping it around Xiaochu's waist, Yu Sui felt that the only shortcoming of orcs was that they could change size at any time, especially the cubs, who would often suddenly change from being furry to running around naked.
He was used to always carrying a spare piece of animal skin with him.
Xiaochu and I were eating when the light in front of us suddenly dimmed. It turned out that Qi had returned from hunting with his warriors, and Hexu, Xiangcao and he were sitting at the same table.
Seeing the empty table in front of them, Yu Sui asked curiously, "Aren't you going to get some food? Ashan left some for you."
The warriors would return from hunting early or late, and each time their meals would be kept separately.
They are the most powerful military force in the entire tribe and must not be allowed to go hungry. The food left for them must be of both quality and quantity.
"Notting went to get food." Vanilla replied, taking out some wild fruits from the cloth bag and placing them in front of Yu Sui.
The orange fruit was placed in front of him. It was very similar in shape and size to the pomelo that Yu Sui had eaten before, but the color was more like tangerine, and a sweet fragrance filled his nose.
The not-so-smooth peel exuded an alluring aroma. Yu Sui picked one up in surprise and gently peeled off the thin skin. The crystal clear orange segments nestled tightly together, exuding a refreshing fragrance.
This was the orange of his dreams! When he was little, he loved eating oranges and always hoped they would grow bigger. Now, his wish finally came true.
Each segment of the big orange is as big as a grapefruit, soft, tender and juicy. After taking a bite, the sweet and sour juice fills your entire mouth, giving you an overwhelming sense of happiness.
Seeing how much he liked it, Vanilla also smiled faintly.
Yu Sui gave everyone at the table an orange slice. It was Xiaochu’s first time eating it, and the sweet and sour orange conquered him instantly.
I didn't expect that I could eat oranges after coming here. Yu Sui looked at Xiangcao with gratitude.
Qi looked at Yu Sui deeply, then turned his gaze to Juzi, his expression becoming thoughtful.
"The food is here, the food is here, make way!" Notting was holding a few ceramic bowls in his arms, on which were piled a large amount of barbecued meat. The mountain of meat blocked his face.
Xu and Qi stepped forward to take the barbecue first, and Notting was free to put the several ceramic bowls in his arms on the table.
Xiangcao stood up and went to the side to get chopsticks to distribute to a few people. Those who were close to Yu Sui were now completely accustomed to using chopsticks, but were not used to using forks. After all, all the food Yu Sui taught in the cafeteria was Chinese food.
Since the canteen opened, Yu Sui's family has reduced the number of gatherings. Everyone basically comes to the canteen to eat, and the time spent meeting Qi and others has also been reduced a lot.
Although he had a lot more free time, he still missed them. So even though Yu Sui was full, he was not in a hurry to leave. He sat beside the table with a smile and listened to them tell him about their hunting.
Xu was talking excitedly while eating, and Notting supplemented it by showing the tip of the beast's tail, which had been charred black by the beast's lightning magic. (The part of the beast that can change into beast form while in human form)
Yu Sui was so amused that he fell over laughing.
"Of course, the most powerful one is Qi. He jumped up like this and punched the monster on the head. The monster was stunned at that time. We took the opportunity to rush forward..."
Xu glanced at Qi's expression and quickly changed the subject.
Yu Sui nodded repeatedly and couldn't help but say, "That's right, Brother Qi also killed that huge porcupine with one punch that time. He ate pork for several days in a row!"
Her eyes drifted to Qi, and Vanilla clearly saw the smile in his eyes, so she rolled her eyes in annoyance.
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