Chapter 333, Cannot Stay Idle

Translator: Silavin

 

The scorching sunlight continuously burned the earth. From the first ray of dawn, the Flame Dragon Tribe had begun bustling with activity.

 

Those building houses built houses, those paving roads paved roads, those fishing by the river continued fishing. In short, everyone had their own work.

 

After Su Bai did his Daily Check In and opened his Assistance Package, he also began preparing for today’s work.

 

Now, there were only eight days left until the rainy season, and the preparations were still not done. In fact, they were rushing.

 

He had previously understood what the situation would be like in the Tribe when the rainy season arrived, and how the rain would proceed.

 

His mood could be described as tense now – this was his first rainy season since he transmigrated to this era. It was also his first rainy season since becoming the Tribe’s Shaman. For him. preparations in all aspects had to be thorough.

 

Although each needed task has been gradually completed, he still felt uneasy since he had not experienced the rainy season before.

 

“Shaman, what are you thinking about?” Yu Ying curiously asked.

 

She kept pushing up the glasses on her nose bridge. This was her first time wearing glasses and she still was not used to it. She kept taking them off and putting them back on repeatedly.

 

Having something suddenly added to her ears, though not very heavy, would still feel irritating after wearing it for several hours.

 

The fox eared girl kept taking them on and off, and even when wearing them, she was uncomfortable and would need to constantly push them up.

 

She the glasses would fall off her nose bridge. Even so, having them on was still better than not having them on. After all, she did not want to keep seeing her surroundings as blurry. She was really happy when her world became clear again.

 

When sewing linen clothes every day, the burden in her heart was now not as heavy. She also did not have to look at things from up close anymore.

 

Furthermore, Su Bai had made it such that more fruit oil lamps were to be lit inside the wooden house, making the place brighter than before.

 

“Nothing much. I was wondering how you all spend your time during the rainy seasons?” Su Bai asked.

 

The rainy season meant they could not go out as often. They would have to mostly stay in their wooden houses.

 

Unlike usual when they could go out to work, they must have been very bored staying in their houses.

 

Worse, with such a long rainy season, was it not wasteful to spend over an entire month trapped inside their wooden houses?

 

“Previous rainy seasons? We all stayed in our wooden houses. Women sewed Animal Hide clothes, while men finally had a chance to rest. They took the chance to really rest up.” Yu Ying recalled.

 

“That’s quite a waste of over a month.” Su Bai said his thoughts.

 

“Because they all have to hunt and do heavy labor, when it rains and they can’t go hunting, they can only rest.” Yu Ying said.

 

“No, this period must be put to good use.” Su Bai solemnly said.

 

“Shaman, what do you want to do?” Yu Ying curiously asked.

 

In the previous years, even when the Old Shaman was here, the Tribe’s people all acted the same way: women were responsible for cleaning Animal Hides, while the men rested.

 

“I want to arrange some things. We must make use of this long period to create something useful for the Tribe.” Su Bai said.

 

He already had ideas in mind. During this period, besides having them study reading and writing, they needed to make some useful tools.

 

Of course, linen weaving, Wolf Tail Grass production, and ceramic making – they needed to increase the manpower for all of these. Since everyone had nothing to do during the rainy season, they might as well rapidly develop these industries.

 

After the rainy season, they could exchange with the Spotted Deer Tribe for large amounts of dried meat, preparing for the snow season that would come twenty-some days after the rainy season.

 

After all, twenty-some days was not a lot of time to go to the Hunting Ground. So, the Tribe needed to rely on trade to feed themselves. They must quickly produce more linen and ceramics to exchange for larger amounts of food.

 

“Shaman, what do you want them to make?” Yu Ying curiously asked.

 

During the rainy season they could not hunt or go out often. So, what could they do at this time?

 

“Have them make some novel goods, like baskets and winnowing baskets,” Su Bai smiled.

 

These could all be made by hand and could be exchanged for other things.

 

These baskets were not difficult to make. They just needed to split Hollow Trees into strips to make them.

 

Yu Ying naturally did not understand what these two things were, as these were terms she was hearing for the first time.

 

Looking confused, she asked, “Shaman, what are these things?”

 

“These things are very useful. When going into the forest to gather berries, they’ll come in handy.” Su Bai explained.

 

Currently when they went to the forest to gather berries, they all carried very heavy wooden buckets with them. Though the capacity was the same, just the wooden bucket itself was very heavy.

 

However, using baskets was different. They could hold the same volume but would weigh less than half of the current wooden buckets.

 

As for winnowing baskets, they were something this Tribe had never seen before. The Tribe’s women could use them when working.

 

They could use winnowing baskets to dig for wild vegetables, displace most of the dirt from the vegetables. or do other tasks with it. In short, winnowing baskets were an extremely convenient tool.

 

“I understand – these things are like the wooden buckets, right?” Yu Ying immediately made the connection.

 

“That’s right, these things.” Su Bai nodded.

 

“But Shaman, isn’t this carpenter work? I’m afraid most people won’t know how to do it.” Yu Ying was worried. She knew that these wooden buckets were all made by Uncle Gu Mu and the others. Suddenly asking the Tribe’s men to make these things might be difficult.

 

“Everything needs to be learned. Moreover, these two things aren’t that difficult to make. We can teach them.” Su Bai said. [As the saying goes, ‘all beginnings are difficult and no task is easy. But as long as there is a will, learning is but a process.’]

 

Furthermore, these two items were just handicrafts to be made inside wooden houses. Doing this was much easier than going out hunting and risking their lives.

 

“Shaman, how are these two things made?” Yu Ying curiously asked.

 

Actually, she was more curious about what these things looked like. Their names were just too strange.

 

“I’ll teach Gu Mu how to make them, then have Gu Mu teach them.” Su Bai calmly stated.

 

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