Chapter 51: Making Clothes 2

  "Ga ga ga..." Xiao Hei didn't know what he was saying either, but in any case, he was speaking his baby talk with great joy!

  Mo Yu'er finished breakfast and took Xiao Hei into the cave, while Xiao Rongqiu was also lazy today and followed her back to the cave without going out. Mo Yu'er placed Xiao Hei beside Xiao Rongqiu: "Xiao Rongqiu, can you help me take care of Xiao Hei? I'll go find some suitable beast skins, first make a good set of clothes for Xiao Hei, and then make a pair of beast skin pants."

  "Ah~" The little furball didn't know if it was an agreement or not, but Moyi thought he agreed, so she put the two little ones on a rabbit skin cushion and went to the small cave where they stored animal hides. Inside the cave, there were countless animal hides, and Moyi first picked out a few soft ones for Xiaohei, while her own leather pants were still made of fox fur. The others weren't as particular; usually, when making leather skirts, they would just find any piece of animal hide that worked. Chu Huo, Fan Ge, and even the old leader Kasai used leopard or tiger skin, which was extremely rare, and the others wouldn't dare to touch it out of respect for their strength and leadership.

  Actually, Mo Yi'er also likes leopard skin. If there was a handsome white leopard skin, she wouldn't mind making a leopard skin coat. Now she's wearing short animal skin pants, and when winter comes, she'll have to wear thick coats. After taking the animal skin, Mo Yi'er went to find a piece of charcoal to draw with and returned to the resting cave. She saw Xiao Hei obediently lying on the rabbit skin eating his fingers, while Xiao Rong was lazily dozing off. Mo Yi'er couldn't help but poke his belly: "I told you to watch Xiao Hei, but you're lazy... Hmm? Won't you be hibernating soon! Speaking of which, I still don't know what breed you are!"

  The little furball's eyelids lifted slightly, without much expression. Mo Yier couldn't help but laugh and scold: "You're such a deadpan, can you even understand what I'm saying?"

  As they spoke, Mo Yier spread the animal hide on the clean ground of the cave and measured Xiao Hei's size with a silk thread ruler. She then began to draw and cut out patterns for his clothes. Children's clothing was easier to make, still using her favorite lamb skin from before. Since it had gotten cold, she would add thick silk fabric as lining to protect Xiao Hei's delicate baby skin, achieving two goals at once.

  Without a ruler, Mo Yi used that one relatively straight branch as a substitute. The drawing was quick, mainly because cutting the fabric pieces was too troublesome. Mo Yi's strength had increased by a lot compared to when she first crossed over, but using the not-so-sharp stone knife was still too laborious.

  After a busy morning, Xiao Hei's clothes and his own beast skin pants were all cut out, and then he found Silfeny and Kasar to take their measurements. Mo Yier thought that the elderly in the tribe were prone to illness, so they should make clothes for them first. Although she hadn't discussed it with Chu Huo, the chief, Mo Yier believed that with Chu Huo's kindness, he would definitely agree. Next came the women, and finally the men who went hunting. They worked hard, but were strong and robust, and Mo Yier found that some of the men didn't even look like they felt cold at all.

  So, when the harvesting team came back in the evening, they started making clothes. When the hunting men returned, dinner was not yet cooked, but the men did not complain at all. They washed their hands and faces clean and went to help with dinner. Chu Huo and Fan Ge went to fetch water and took the opportunity to wash their hair and bodies by the water pool. The two of them slept on either side of Mo Yi'er, and it was unclear when they started getting used to keeping themselves clean.

  On the way back, Mo Yuer found Chu Yan, looking at his hair wet and messy, handed him a silk scarf he usually used to wipe his hair. "Wipe it clean, don't catch a cold."

  "Good!" Chu Yan took over, with a warm smile in his eyes. Fan Wu saw the situation and also walked over, looking a bit wronged. "Mo Yi'er, my hair is wet too!"

  Mo Yu'er hastily took out a new one and gave it to him: "Here, I didn't see you just now."

  Fan Ge went over but didn't take it, just staring at Chu Yan's silk scarf with wide eyes. The 16-year-old boy still had a bit of childishness, compared to Chu Yan who was more mature, but also more interesting. "Brother, let's swap!"

  "No exchange, your new one is much better." Chu Yan lowered his voice and raised an eyebrow at his younger brother, with a clear provocative meaning.

  Fan Ge made a face at Chu Yan, using Mo Yi's new silk scarf to wipe his hair. Mo Yi was speechless about this, did they really think he couldn't see or hear anything? But, they were indeed adorable like this.

  Chu Yu was calm and gentle, meticulous in taking care of others. Fan Wei was the first man she met after coming here, every woman has a first time story, including the first man she saw after crossing over, she also had a different feeling. So if you must choose one from these two people, it's really hard for her. She can only drag it out, to see clearly what's in her heart, who she wants to spend her life with.

  However, going back to the subject, primitive humans lived in groups, and no matter who she chose, she would still have to live with another person. The only thing to consider is...who will she have children with in the future.

  "Chu Chu, I want to discuss something with you." Mo Yier had her own purpose in bringing the silk scarf for Chu Chu, and now that their hair was half dry, it was time to get down to business.

  "What's up? Spit it out!"

  "It's about making clothes, we have enough animal hides, I want to make clothes for the tribe members, just like this, and pants, so they won't be cold, even on very cold days, and also outerwear made of animal hide." Mo Yier pointed at the fox fur garment she was wearing.

  "This is great, thank you Mo Yier!" Chu Yan was delighted that Mo Yier could think for the sake of the clan people. It seemed that Mo Yier had already regarded the clan people as his own, which was extremely good for him.

  "Don't be so polite, you see I've already done one thing! Hehe...I mainly want to discuss with you, to transfer two people from the women's group to work with me on making clothes. This way, the number of people in the harvesting team will inevitably decrease, and there might not be enough food for the cold days?" Mo Yier asked with some concern, although keeping warm was important, but the most important thing was still the issue of food. If people starved to death, what was the use of wearing more clothes? Moreover, the extremely cold days had not yet arrived, and many tribal members were still not aware of the need to wear clothes.

  "Hmm... that's not a problem, we have more than enough food this year." Chu Yan glanced at the cave above their dwelling where they stored food, which had never been so full since he was born. With Mo Yi'er, life in the canyon was much better than before!