The cocoon of a colorful-winged butterfly is about three times the size of a silkworm cocoon. Six thousand colorful-winged butterfly eggs can be woven into two or three rolls of silk, which is almost enough for the females in the tribe to have a thin sling and a knee-length skirt with slits in the summer.
"Yes, take your time. I want to get everyone dressed in sackcloth first. We can go to the forest and collect more thorns before summer."
"You're right, it's nice to have linen."
"However, we can outsource the task of collecting colorful-winged butterfly cocoons to other tribes. Perhaps this year we can even give the females some silk fabrics so they can wear them during next summer."
"Ling Yun, you are really smart. Let's do this. Finding colorful-winged butterfly cocoons is relatively simple, but it requires manpower. I believe they will be willing to do it if we can provide them with some food."
The word "outsourcing" was first introduced to Ling Yun by Lin Qiu, and now Ling Yun has learned how to apply it flexibly.
"This is all thanks to the beast tide. Not to mention the food, the animal skins alone are enough to trade for many things."
This year Ling Yun is also planning to produce candles on a large scale. By then, their tribe will become the tribe with the most abundant resources and will definitely be famous in the Somali continent.
Ling Yun felt very proud when he thought that the tiger tribe would be revived under his leadership.
Song Mu caught a wild beast and came back. Seeing Ling Yun covered with cubs, he couldn't help but smile with glee.
"What are you laughing at? Why don't you come and take over?"
"I'm going to make something to eat."
Song Mu's hands were also dirty, and before he had time to clean them, he raised his hands, bent down and kissed Lin Qiu, then walked out with a smile.
"Xiao Qiu, look at him."
Ling Yun was very unhappy. At this time, the cub on his head grabbed his ear and bit it. Ling Yun shook his ears in anger.
Lin Qiu smiled and carried the cubs from Ling Yun back to the nest one by one. "Alright, alright, go help Song Mu. I'll coax them to sleep for a while. We'll take them to nurse after we finish our meal."
Ling Yun turned into a human form and held Lin Qiu in his arms: "Xiao Qiu, you can comfort me too."
Lin Qiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, thinking that she had been coaxing him for a long time.
What Ling Yun likes most is to hug Lin Qiu from behind, and then put his nose against Lin Qiu's neck to rub and suck. Lin Qiu finds that even now that they have cubs, Ling Yun is still the one who knows how to act like a spoiled child the most in the family.
She patted the tiger's head with her backhand: "Okay, okay, Ling Yun will be good too."
"Can we do it today?"
Ling Yun said with his lips pressed against Lin Qiu's skin.
He has been waiting for a long time.
Ling Yun really doesn't want to go from a life where he could be intimate with Xiaoqiu every night to a life where he could only be intimate with Xiaoqiu every night.
Lin Qiu grabbed Ling Yun's hand and bit it, letting him know what it means that even a rabbit bites when it is angry, and then glared at him fiercely.
"If you don't say anything, I'll take it as your agreement. Xiaoqiu, I'll go help Songmu cook. We'll finish our meal early and rest!"
Ling Yun looked very happy from behind as he got off the kang.
Lin Qiu held his forehead.
"Why did you come downstairs?" Song Mu saw Ling Yun in the kitchen and expressed contempt for him for not taking care of the children.
Ling Yun was furious: "I'm here to tell you a good news. Xiao Qiu has agreed to mate with me today. And you, my good brother, after dinner, take the cub back to your room."
Song Mu rolled his eyes, not even bothering to look back at Ling Yun. He stretched out his hand and peeled off the entire hide: "Xiao Qiu couldn't possibly say those words."
His heart was slightly excited. He could mate with Xiaoqiu today!
"Hmph." Ling Yun didn't even offer to help. Instead, he folded his arms and said to Song Mu, "I think we should exercise some restraint. For example, we shouldn't let Xiao Qiu get pregnant too often. I've realized I'm not that fond of cubs."
"I discovered it a long time ago."
When Song Mu talked about this, his eyes widened.
Can you throw away something like this kid halfway?
So annoying.
Moreover, they seemed to be pleasing Xiao Qiu more and more. Now that he and Ling Yun had transformed into beast forms, they could no longer attract Xiao Qiu's attention.
Song Mu exerted more strength in his hands and untied one of the beast's legs.
Ling Yun then reached over and helped him turn the beast over: "Then we have a deal, you are not allowed to stay in Xiaoqiu's body from now on."
"Um."
"If that doesn't work, we can also use some musk. I think it's really effective. The female sheep hasn't shown any signs of pregnancy yet."
"We don't know if that thing will have other side effects. What if it's not just infertility?"
"Xiao Qiu said there were no other problems."
"Musk can make females lose their fertility. Who knows how it works? What if there are side effects that Xiaoqiu doesn't know about? No matter how you think about it, this thing is poison. It's better not to give it to Xiaoqiu."
Ling Yun listened to Song Mu's analysis and nodded. "Then we should make sure to clean it thoroughly afterwards. I calculated that the days Xiaoqiu was pregnant were the days we didn't let her rest during the cold season. I think if we take better care of it, it shouldn't be that easy for her to get pregnant."
After the two of them had discussed it, Ling Yun left the kitchen.
"Wait," Song Mu stopped him, "It's better not to let Xiao Qiu know about this."
"What?"
Ling Yun turned around and asked.
Song Mu suppressed an eye roll and said, "To prevent her from getting pregnant."
"Why? Wouldn't it be better to let Xiao Qiu cooperate with us?"
"What if Xiao Qiu knew we didn't want cubs and thought we didn't love her enough?"
"How could it be..."
Ling Yun remembered that when Lin Qiu was pregnant, she had been bothering them and had to ask them "Do you love her?" at least three times a day.
So he nodded and said, "What you said makes sense. It would be bad if Xiao Qiu thought we didn't want to have a cub with her and went to find another male to do so."
Song Mu nodded in agreement.
Ling Yun patted his good brother's shoulder and thought that his biological brother was indeed the most caring.
He took the wooden bucket to the stream and fetched water twice, then swept the yard. Then he returned and said to Lin Qiu, "I have some free time these days. Song Mu and I will work together to repair the fence. Didn't you say before that building a wall would be stronger?"
"Yes, yes, but I want to build another room next to Songmu's room for the kids to sleep in, and a room opposite the kitchen to store miscellaneous items. We can put things that are inconvenient to put in the cave there, and then we'll build a wall around the south side. That way, our yard will be bigger. We can plant some flowers in the yard and pave a few paths in the middle with small stones so that we don't have to worry about getting our feet wet or slippery."
It was obvious that Lin Qiu had been thinking about it for a long time. When Ling Yun brought it up, she spoke out all her thoughts.
"Okay, then build two more houses."
"Isn't it too crowded for the five of them to sleep in one room? They won't be able to sleep in the same room when they grow into big tigers. You have to build a bigger kang for them."
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