Chapter 48 Onlookers
Having just confirmed their relationship, both of them felt a little uncomfortable.
After dinner and washing up, Jian Mo went upstairs to make the bed first.
Wu Jiong didn't think much about it, and waited for him to go upstairs as usual. Just as he was about to transform into a beast, he saw Jian Mo, who was wearing loose short-sleeved shirts and shorts, smiling at him.
The bed had been made, but it was not made separately on both sides as usual, but all the mattresses were put together to form a huge mattress.
Jian Mo patted the mattress and motioned Wu Jiong to go over: "It's too late to make a big mattress today. Tomorrow I will put the mattresses together and make a big mattress. It just so happens that our mattress has been used for a while, and it's time to change it."
Wu Jiong's eyes were deep: "Okay."
Wu Jiong turned back into a giant wolf and lay on the huge mattress.
Jian Mo walked over wearing a fur blanket and touched his paw: "Can I sleep on you?"
Jian Mo usually slept in Wu Jiong's arms most of the time, and only slept on Wu Jiong when it was inconvenient in the wild. According to Jian Mo's inquiries, most of the Asian beastmen slept on their partners.
Wu Jiong's voice was a little hoarse: "Okay."
Jian Mo threw himself and the blanket on him, opened his long arms and hugged his neck.
The giant wolf's fur was long and soft, like clouds, much softer than the dog's fur, and without the dog smell of the dog.
Jian Mo rubbed his head and said with a smile: "I have wanted to sleep on you for a long time."
The giant wolf touched Jian Mo with its long mouth: "It's not that I can't let you sleep."
Jian Mo hugged the giant wolf with satisfaction: "That's different. I couldn't move my hands and feet when I slept on you before. Sleeping straight is no different from sleeping on the ground."
Giant wolf: "Yeah."
Jian Mo raised his head: "What does this 'hm' mean? Can I move my hands and feet in the future?"
Giant wolf: "If you want, you can."
Jian Mo couldn't help rubbing him again and stretched out his hand to play with his paws: "Why are you so cute?"
Giant wolf: "You are cuter."
The two chatted casually and moved around. When they realized it was a little late and had to go to bed, the moon had already sunk to the other side of the sky.
Thus, this newly married couple was sleep deprived again, and they kept yawning the next day.
Wu Jiong said to Jian Mo with some guilt: "Today we have to go to the Jintuo tribe to exchange metal blocks. Things that have been decided in advance cannot be changed."
Jian Mo: "I know, you go quickly and come back quickly, be careful on the road."
Having said that, Jian Mo still prepared fish balls, meatballs, fish nuggets, meat cakes, and other convenient foods for Wu Jiong. On the way, he boiled them in a clay pot and sprinkled some salt on them.
Wu Jiong left directly with the food.
After the beastmen left, Zhou Fu and others came to Jian Mo's house.
After looking around and making sure that Wu Jiong was not at home, Zhou Fu asked with a sly smile: "Jian Mo, are you and the tribe leader together?"
Jian Mo raised his eyebrows: "Are you so well-informed?"
Zhou Fu: "Ah! I knew you two were together!"
Xilu said with emotion: "The tribe leader has always said that he has no interest in the beastmen, but I didn't expect him to act so quickly. Winter isn't even over yet, and you two are together."
Jian Mo served them tea and asked with a smile: "Tell me how you knew? Wu Jiong couldn't have told you this news, and I didn't tell you either. Where did you hear it from?"
"That wreath." Zhou Fu gestured, "Did the chief make a wreath for you? Did he bring it back yesterday? His mouth was upturned this morning, he must be in a good mood, he should have given it to you."
Jian Mo: "You are really observant."
Xi Lu: "In fact, the chief asked for his share of metal before, we were all very curious, and then the people of Dianxin tribe spread the news that the chief asked them to help design the wreath, so we knew it."
Jian Mo then realized that Wu Jiong didn't have a metal knife and was still using a shell knife.
He thought Wu Jiong was upright, but he didn't expect Wu Jiong to use the metal for something else.
Zhou Fu nudged Jian Mo with his elbow: "Can we come and watch the wreath? What does the wreath made by the clan leader look like? Is this your token of love?"
Jian Mo said readily: "Wait a minute, I'll go upstairs to get it."
The wreath was so beautiful that Jian Mo couldn't bear to keep it in the box without seeing the light of day.
Besides, it was made by Wu Jiong himself, and Jian Mo actually wanted to show off.
Soon, Jian Mo came down holding the wreath.
Everyone looked at him and the wreath in his hand.
The collision of metal and glass, the contrast of black and color, the reflection of hardness and fragility, all kinds of contrasts made this wreath look extremely impactful.
Zhou Fu and the others looked at it and opened their mouths in surprise.
Jian Mo came over holding the wreath and said, "You can look at it, but you can't touch it. I'll be sad if you damage it."
Xilu praised, "Who would be willing to touch such a beautiful wreath?"
Zhou Fu was almost drooling, "It's so beautiful, much prettier than real flowers!"
Another orc said, "Metal is so hard and glass is so easy to break. How long does it take to make this wreath?"
Xilu said, "The chieftain made it himself. He has no experience, so it was even more difficult."
Jian Mo listened to their unanimous agreement and said with a smile, "Yes, so I thank him for his kindness."
Zhou Fu lay back and sighed, "Oh, that's great! I'm satisfied when I see it."
After everyone looked at the wreath, they continued to drink tea.
Zhou Fu's round eyes were filled with exclamation: "Yesterday you said you wanted to apply for materials to build a house. We all thought you were going to move out and were shocked. We didn't expect things to turn around so quickly."
Jian Mo was helpless: "How come you are so well-informed?"
Zhou Fu: "Qing Kuang stopped the clan leader on the road and told him. He didn't hide from us. We all heard it."
At this point, Zhou Fu smiled and said: "Jian Mo, you did it on purpose, didn't you?"
Jian Mo admitted generously: "I thought Wu Jiong was not interested in me, or he was too nagging, so I wanted to piss him off."
Everyone started to cheer.
When Jian Mo first came to the tribe, he was actually a little closed and timid, but now he is much more cheerful, and he feels radiant.
Everyone looked at him with emotion.
After drinking some tea, they gave Jian Mo the gifts they brought, and then said goodbye and went back.
Jian Mo looked at the gifts they gave, with a very subtle expression, but he said nothing, and stuffed the small jar of ointment deep into the box.
As expected of an orc with a partner, his openness is beyond the reach of others - the same is true for those who have a prospective partner.
Wu Jiong and his friends were gone for five days and did not return until the evening of the fifth day.
In addition to carrying metal blocks, each of them carried four large baskets of ore.
Seeing that he had lost weight, Jian Mo started to prepare a big meal with his hands and asked him: "Why did you carry so much ore back? It must be too hard."
Wu Jiong did not hide the truth: "We did not exchange ore with the people of the Jintuo tribe. We went around their tribe and picked up these ore in the unowned areas downstream."
Jian Mo: "No wonder you took so long this time. I thought you would just exchange ore directly."
Wu Jiong: "People in the Jintuo tribe will probably be suspicious if we exchange so much ore. If they knew that we have the technology to refine metal and we have no ore here at all, conflicts would easily arise. If a war is caused by that time, the consequences will be very serious."
Jian Mo nodded in understanding. The Jintuo tribe almost lived on mining, and even their food was basically exchanged for metal utensils. It was definitely impossible for them to give up the metal business.
Wu Jiong: "We have exchanged a lot of metal blocks and will tell others that our metal tools are made of metal blocks."
Jian Mo: "We need to hold a meeting with the people in the tribe to tell them, so as not to let it slip."
Wu Jiong: "Let's talk about it in two days. This time when we went there, the people of Jintuo tribe wanted to exchange our glass-making technology. After knowing that we can refine metal and the purity of our metal tools is higher than theirs, they
also wanted to exchange our metal-refining technology." Jian Mo did not expect that the people of Jintuo tribe would mention this matter. Some Surprised: "Then did you agree?"
Wu Jiong: "No. You provided both technologies, and we said we would come back to discuss it with you. Do you want to exchange?"
Jian Mo thought for a while: "What for?"
Wu Jiong: "They are willing to exchange with a large number of metal blocks. If the transaction is successful, our metal tools will be much easier to cover up in the future. Moreover, there are many processes required to smelt metal. It can save a lot of effort to exchange for metal blocks directly."
The Jintuo tribe has high-quality natural ore veins and can directly mine alloys.
Unlike here, if you want to smelt metal, you have to start with collecting ore, collecting, transporting, burning charcoal, kiln burning, etc. Each step requires a lot of labor and is very hard.
If you can directly exchange for metal blocks, things will indeed be much simpler.
Jian Mo asked: "Does this matter fall to me? Can we exchange it if I say so?"
Wu Jiong: "I have discussed it with Qing Kuang and the others, and we think that both exchange and not exchange will have advantages. We took the ore from the Jintuo tribe, and we owe them a favor. At present, everyone is inclined to exchange it with them."
Jian Mo: "It's okay to exchange it. But forget about glass, because glass involves alkali, and alkali can melt ore, so the risk of exchanging it is relatively high. I think we can exchange the technology of burning charcoal, and then help them upgrade the furnace so that they can refine metal with less impurities, and that's about it."
Wu Jiong: "I think it's okay, we will have a meeting tomorrow to discuss it. I told them , if you exchange it, half of the metal block will belong to you. "
Jian Mo thought for a while: "This is too much, I'm afraid everyone will have opinions."
Wu Jiong: "No."
Jian Mo: "That doesn't need to be so much, one third will be mine, I will use it to make some medical equipment."
Wu Jiong: "Let's discuss it in a meeting, one third is too little, it doesn't conform to the rules. You are willing to make concessions, you are a good person, but for the next person who makes a great contribution to the tribe, it is not so good."
Jian Mo understood: "You are right, let's discuss it again."
While they were talking, the meal was ready, and the four dishes and one soup exuded a rich aroma.
When Wu Jiong served the dishes, Jian Mo found the oil lamps and placed them on both sides of the dishes. After lighting the oil lamps, it looked like a candlelight dinner, and the atmosphere immediately came up.
Jian Mo looked up at Wu Jiong: "You're talking about business as soon as you came back. You haven't told me for several days. Have you missed me?"
Wu Jiong's Adam's apple moved: "Yes. What about you?"
Jian Mo: "Of course I did. Seeing that you didn't say it for a long time, I couldn't help but ask you in person."
Wu Jiong came over, touched Jian Mo's cheek, bent down and kissed him: "As soon as I came back, I couldn't bear to take my eyes off you, so I kept talking to you."
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