Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 180

The younger children, those under ten and over six, each carried a pile of transparent stones in their own clothes and ran towards Jiang Luoluo, piling the stones into small hills on the open ground in front of her.

The older children, those over ten years old, each carried a basket woven from vines, filled with neat, transparent stones, which they arranged in a long, orderly row in front of Jiang Luoluo.

Jiang Luoluo then realized why Little Fish King Biao had told her at the bottom of the cliff that she didn't need to take those transparent stones away.

It turns out that in the time before she arrived, Little Fish King Biao had already led the other children from Fish Cave to bring back many transparent stones from the bottom of the rocky cliff during their free time.

Because he guessed that Jiang Luoluo would definitely need these transparent stones.

As Jiang Luoluo looked at the ever-increasing number of transparent stones in front of her, a sudden wave of sadness washed over her, and her eyes welled up with tears. She felt as if she couldn't control herself from crying.

Just by looking at the number of these transparent stones, she could guess how long it took the children to climb such a steep and smooth rocky cliff, and how hard they had to carry them out of the cracks.

Jiang Luoluo went down easily because she was being guided. If she had to go up and down on her own, it might have taken her more than ten minutes to slowly descend.

Because it is a rocky cliff connected to a large river, its steepness is only one factor. The biggest problem is that it is full of moisture and very slippery. Even if you hold on firmly, you may slip and fall into the river.

Even for fish like Little Fish King Biao, or even older children, no matter how familiar and accustomed they are to their actions by the river, the danger of such behavior cannot be erased.

Moreover, it would be even more troublesome and dangerous for them to carry such a large number of transparent stones up there.

If they're not careful, not only could the transparent stone fall into the river, but they themselves could very well fall in.

It goes without saying how dangerous it is to catch a big fish in a big river. Just considering the fall itself, you're lucky if you don't hit a rocky cliff. Not to mention there are so many transparent rocks. If you do get a cut and bleed, it won't be long before a bunch of fish pounce on you.

The more Jiang Luoluo understood how dangerous this behavior was, the more her eyes stung with tears, and the emotion in her heart was beyond words.

Jiang Luoluo didn't show it. Instead, she turned her back and tried her best to suppress these emotions before turning around to meet the expectant gazes of the many children and showing a bright, big smile.

She bowed slightly to them sincerely, saying, "Thank you. I really need these transparent stones. You've helped me a lot. Thank you."

They were sincere and passionate, not seeking any benefit from Jiang Luoluo. Their greatest desire was to do something for her and gain her approval.

Jiang Luoluo, understanding the situation well, transformed this feeling of being moved into a clear emotion and gave it back to the children of Yuerdong.

After receiving a response from Jiang Luoluo, the children erupted in bright and enthusiastic cheers.

They were indeed filled with gratitude towards Jiang Luoluo. Leaving aside grand principles, the delicious fish soup they were eating now was all thanks to her.

Because of Jiang Luoluo.

And why are they already wearing thick, warm clothes when the temperature has just dropped?

It's all because of Jiang Luoluo.

Many children who were confined to the fish caves since childhood and were not even ten years old could now play outside. Although they need to do chores, how much time does such light work take? They clearly have more time to breathe under the vast sky.

How could they not be grateful to Jiang Luoluo for bringing all of this to fruition?

Finally, Little Fish King Biao answered on everyone's behalf. He looked at Jiang Luoluo and said very seriously, "Luo, you don't need to thank us. We should be happy that we were able to help you."

"If there's anything you need us to do in the future, please let us help you again."

Jiang Luoluo smiled and shook her head, "What you've done is already very good. The rest..."

Jiang Luoluo suddenly stopped speaking because she realized that she actually wanted these transparent stones to make a telescope.

The reason she made telescopes, and so many of them, was because Chief Jing planned to use them to equip the hunting team.

In other words... these children from Fish Cave weren't actually working for her, but for the tribe.

That makes things easier. Jiang Luoluo's eyes lit up. If it were her, she might not know how to give the children of Yuerdong anything as a token of gratitude—it would seem like charity.

But if it's for the tribe's benefit, then it's perfectly reasonable for the tribe to offer a certain reward as a token of appreciation!

If all goes well, these telescopes will be made and exchanged among the tribe members.

Although it's not like fishing line where most of the process is done by the children of Fish Cave, it's perfectly reasonable to include them in the entire telescope-making production line and allocate a portion of the "profits" to them, given that they provided the collection and transportation of raw materials!

The revenue from a single telescope produced and distributed to the children of Fish Cave may not be much, but every little bit helps, and when the total number is large, it becomes quite substantial.

Even if it only allows one more child in Yuerdong to have enough to eat, it's all worth it, and it will make life easier for the children in Yuerdong during the upcoming snow season.

In other words, the children of Fish Cave kindly helped Jiang Luoluo collect transparent stones, but Jiang Luoluo had a bright idea and created a temporary job for them, providing them with a small amount of compensation.

Although this might reduce Jiang Luoluo's overall compensation, she already possesses more than enough.

There's no need to use the efforts of these children in Yuerdong to gain more leverage for herself. Jiang Luoluo doesn't consider herself a particularly generous or selfless person, but she's certainly not so greedy as to want to take even the rewards from the children of Yuerdong.

Jiang Luoluo doesn't need to explain all these things to them. After she has a meeting with Qing, Heng, and Yuan to discuss them, they will be able to finalize them. Then, she can distribute the rewards from the tribe, which will save the children of Fish Cave from refusing to accept them.

Jiang Luoluo snapped out of her daze and continued her sentence, which she had only interrupted halfway through, "...I'll trouble you to help me move the rest."