I've been transported to the orc continent.

Chapter 231 Loom

It's not that I'm afraid I can't do it, but that I'm afraid my work won't be satisfactory.

Especially the more cumbersome tools on the loom, such as combs and brushes, although not complicated, are very time-consuming.

Bai Ling first drew a pattern of the loom in her notebook, and then drew several separate diagrams of each component, marking their dimensions.

Following the same process as making a spinning wheel, Bai Ling first made a scaled-down loom. When making the loom, Bai Ling asked the two most skillful and intelligent orcs in the carpentry team for help. Bai Ling told them the dimensions of each component, and the orcs were able to make it.

The loom was a bit complicated, so Bai Ling didn't dare to push himself too hard. He went to the carpentry group every day on time and went home for lunch around noon, never wasting a second at the carpentry group.

After lunch, Bai Ling would go to find Yue. If the weather was nice, the two would take a walk around the tribe. If the weather was bad, they would sit inside and either talk or work together.

Yue became completely obsessed with knitting. The scarf he was knitting for his great-uncle was almost finished. Perhaps because of his skill, the scarf was already quite well-made. Bai Ling no longer went to the council room to be with the tribesmen, so Yue stopped going too. He would stay with the young beastmen, either at their house or his, sitting on the warm kang (heated brick bed), talking and knitting at the same time.

Snowflakes were falling outside the window, but it was very warm inside. The double-glazed windows blocked the cold wind and snowflakes from outside, and the kang (a heated brick bed) was constantly radiating heat. When the young beastman was knitting a sweater at Yue's house, Yue would sometimes bring out sweet soup to entertain her friend.

At times like these, the young beastmen would make a ruckus, and some would tease Bai Ling and Yue. At these times, Yue would lower her head, blush slightly, and say nothing.

The young orcs were also sensible; they would only make a few jokes at most, and wouldn't say anything too embarrassing. After drinking the sugar water and laughing, the orcs would continue to knit their sweaters.

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The comb brush on the loom requires bamboo, so Bai Ling carried a bamboo basket and went up the mountain with Yue.

Some of the bamboo transplanted from the Gaoshu tribe survived, growing sparsely on the sunny hillside.

According to the orcs of the Longhorn tribe, bamboo not only grows very fast, but also has a strong reproductive capacity. A few bamboo plants can reproduce into a whole patch. Every spring, they would go up the mountain to cut down bamboo in order to suppress its growth.

There are only a few dozen bamboo trees here this year, but next year they may grow into a large area.

The bamboo in the orc world is a little different from that on Earth. It is not evergreen all year round. In winter, the bamboo turns yellow, and it will turn green again when spring comes.

Bai Ling randomly picked a bamboo stalk, took out a machete from his basket, and chopped hard at the base of the bamboo.

After a few chops, a noticeable gap appeared at the base of the bamboo. Bai Ling stepped back, and Yue stepped forward and kicked the bamboo, causing it to fall to the ground.

In terms of strength, Yue is much stronger than Bai Ling. He can kick a bamboo tree with one kick, while Bai Ling cannot. If he were to kick it, it would take at least three or four kicks to knock the bamboo tree down.

In fact, Bai Ling's body is already very healthy. He is definitely not the kind of person who can't lift heavy objects. However, the difference in their natural abilities cannot be bridged by hard work. No matter how much he trains, he will never catch up with Yue's strength and speed.

Fortunately, Bai Ling was very open-minded. When he decided to pursue Yue, he had already thought it through. He couldn't match Yue's bravery and strength, but he could catch up in other areas.

Bai Ling pulled the bamboo down the mountain and transformed into his beast form. Yue tied the bamboo to Bai Ling's body, then climbed onto Bai Ling's back and sat down. Bai Ling let out two "howls" and then ran across the snow with Yue on his back.

It snowed again not long ago, but the weather was too cold and the snow hadn't melted. Not many people walked around here, so the snowflakes were still quite soft. When Bai Ling ran, she kicked up a snowflake. Yue was all covered up, except for her eyes.

He didn't look at the vast, desolate scenery in the distance, but rather at Bai Ling.

Because she was sitting on the white lion's back, Yue could only see Bai Ling's mane being blown by the wind, and his two ears swaying precariously in the wind.

The bamboo was cut in two and tied to Bai Ling's body. As Bai Ling ran, it scraped against the ground. Bai Ling wasn't running very fast; in fact, it was quite slow. Yue was on its back. If it ran too fast, the wind would be too strong, and Yue would definitely feel uncomfortable. After all, it was winter, and even if it wasn't running, the wind felt like knives on its face.

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The bamboo that has been cut down needs to be processed. First, it needs to be split into suitable lengths, then split in half from the middle, and the outer skin needs to be peeled off and left to dry.

Bai Ling doesn't have a single day of rest now. The loom isn't finished yet, so he's continuing to work on the silk-drawing machine in the carpentry team.

The spinning machine can not only reel silk, but also spin yarn. The spun yarn is also easier to wind into balls. It is more convenient to spin yarn than a spinning wheel, and it is very popular among orcs who love to knit sweaters.

Bai Ling only made this spinning wheel once. Before all the orcs in the carpentry group had learned it, Bai Ling was there to guide them, and then a few of the orcs in the carpentry group learned it.

Many orcs from other tribes are now working in the carpentry group. They joined later and can only do assistant work for now. While assisting, they also learn numbers, dimensions, and proportions. They spend almost all day in the carpentry group, even eating lunch in the carpentry group's house.

The orcs of the High Tree tribe all live in houses, while orcs from other tribes live in caves on the low mountains. The caves have heated beds and fire walls, and there are also cooking rooms at the entrance of the caves, so they are not too cold when they live inside.

Some orcs from other tribes were interested in stone tools, so they learned to make them from others. A few orcs also learned weaving from the orcs of the High Tree tribe. The straw hats and bamboo hats made by Bai Ling have become popular in the tribe. Especially when it snows, many orcs wear straw hats and go out, deliberately walking around the tribe in the wind and snow.

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Once the bamboo is dried, it can be used to make bamboo sieves.

As he envisioned, he would first make bamboo strips, and then use a blade to grind the strips into fine bamboo filaments. Before starting, Bai Ling was full of confidence in this step, but when he actually began, he realized how difficult it was.

The tools in his hands were the most ordinary ironware, the most advanced tools in the orc continent. To make a thin bamboo strip was as difficult as climbing to the sky.

Before he could grind it to the desired fineness, the bamboo strips had already broken.