Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 146 I Want to Be Friends with You

Jiang Luoluo sat down obediently.

Actually, sitting on chairs wasn't common in the tribe before. Everyone preferred to sit on the ground, anywhere, without much formality.

But at some point, the tribe members became more accustomed to using objects with height differences as chairs.

For example, there are stones or wooden stakes that can be seen everywhere.

Jiang Luoluo belatedly wondered, could it be related to her?

But it seems that only a few people, such as He, happy, Zhuang, Mao, etc., know about the wooden stakes and stools she makes.

Hmm... okay, she knows why now.

"What brings you here?" Qing asked, tapping on the Earth Star Stone as she looked up at Ge and Jiang Luoluo.

From their positions and attitudes, Qing keenly sensed that the one making the decisions between the two was actually Luo, a little girl who was only six or seven years old.

He couldn't help but feel a little strange, but at his age, such strange things were no longer worth much emotional reaction from him.

Therefore, Qing simply asked the question calmly and composedly.

Jiang Luoluo felt uneasy and apprehensive, but she still answered honestly, "It's...making..."

Before she could finish speaking, just hearing that name made Qing jump up from the ground, staring at Jiang Luoluo with wide eyes, "What did you say?! You told me to come here?!"

"What did she say?! What did she tell me to do?!"

I couldn't stay calm or composed at all.

Jiang Luoluo hadn't expected Qing to react this way. It was only then that Jiang Luoluo realized that the rumors about Qing circulating among the clansmen might not be exaggerated.

Jiang Luoluo was a little nervous for a moment, and her mouth suddenly choked. Her voice hadn't fully recovered to begin with, and the more anxious she became, the less she could speak.

He even coughed involuntarily, and upon hearing the cough, Ge and Li immediately stood up at the same time.

The brother quickly looked up and patted Jiang Luoluo's back, picked up Jiang Luoluo's small water cup, and comforted her, "Luo, don't worry, I'll explain."

Li quickly grabbed Qing's arm to calm him down, "Grandpa Qing, Grandpa Qing, don't worry. Luo's voice hasn't recovered yet, so she can't say too much. Let her speak slowly."

Seeing the chaotic scene before him, Qingcai realized that he had lost his composure. He coughed to cover his emotions, sat down again, picked up the Earth Star Stone that he had thrown away when he got up, and continued to knock and bang on it.

However, he hadn't even noticed that he was tapping in the wrong direction or position, and the few people who did notice it didn't feel comfortable pointing it out.

"You...you two, speak slowly. Did she call you here to see me? What's the matter?"

Go held down the arm of the cub that was obediently drinking water, signaling the cub to continue drinking.

He looked up at Qing and said, "It's because Luo wants to make some transparent lenses, but we really can't grind them, so he suggested that we come to you for help."

"You guys certainly know how to talk." Qing snorted, her expression filled with years of resentment. "I'm afraid what she meant was, 'Let's find you something else to do here, and save ourselves a few Earth Star Stones.'"

As Jiang Luoluo drank water, her eyes widened. She thought to herself, "Qing really knows Zao well. She can even guess what Zao said so clearly."

However, Qing did calm down because of this. He raised his chin and gestured for Jiang Luoluo to look at the transparent lens in Li's hand. "This is the transparent lens you wanted, right? It's already made. Take it."

His tone was full of pride, as if he had finally won in some way.

We asked him to make some transparent lenses, but you didn't expect that he'd already made them!

Jiang Luoluo looked up in surprise. This was clearly made by Qing, so why not just let them take it? Wouldn't that be too impolite? And Li would be unhappy too.

Seeing what Jiang Luoluo was thinking, Qing chuckled twice, regained her previous amiable expression, and looked at Li, saying, "This transparent lens was originally made by Li for you."

"Huh?" Jiang Luoluo was completely taken aback. At first, she thought Li Ye wanted to bring the transparent lens to her in exchange for something.

Jiang Luoluo put down her water glass, turned to look at Li, and was a little surprised. She didn't think she had ever interacted with Li much, and they weren't that familiar with each other. Why would Li want to give this to her?

Li blushed as Qing saw through her thoughts, but instead of running away, she carefully moved closer, sat down next to Jiang Luoluo, and placed the transparent lens in her hand into Jiang Luoluo's palm.

She spoke in a low voice, "Luo, I want to be your friend."

In Li's eyes, the cub Luo always comes out with many novel items and makes many amazing things. The people around her are always happy, and Li really wants to be friends with such a cub Luo.

So, after seeing that Jiang Luolu really wanted a lens made of transparent stone, Li thought, if she could make the transparent lens for Luolu, could she become good friends with Luolu?

Jiang Luoluo was clearly stunned when she heard Li's words. Then she seriously grabbed Li's hand and pushed the lens back into Li's hand.

Jiang Luoluo looked intently into Li's shy eyes, met her gaze, and then smiled, "Being friends with me... doesn't require gifts."

Jiang Luoluo raised their clasped hands, "As long as it's like this... that's fine."

Jiang Luoluo spoke each word carefully and earnestly.

"We are already... friends."

Li stared wide-eyed in disbelief, then a look of joy appeared on his face.

"Really? That's great! Luo!"

Li excitedly hugged Jiang Luoluo, then put the lens back into her hand. "But I still want to give this to you, Luoluo. You really need it, don't you?"

Qing watched as the two children finished their conversation, her smugness barely concealed. "Is that enough now? Go back and tell Zao that such a simple little thing is no challenge for me at all."

"Uh..." Jiang Luoluo lowered her head shyly and spoke in a very soft voice.

"This...is not enough..."

Qing frowned in confusion, "What's not enough?"

Jiang Luoluo pointed to the lens in her hand and blinked innocently.

"One is not enough."

Qing immediately had a bad feeling. He frowned and asked, "How much is enough?"

Jiang Luoluo slowly expanded her palm, then expanded it even further, finally making a gesture as if she couldn't even hug her.

"So many, so many, so many..."

Qing's expression changed almost immediately, but she did not criticize Jiang Luoluo for being greedy and making exorbitant demands.

Instead, he instantly realized that since Jiang Luoluo was introduced by Zao, it proved that she was indeed not that simple.

"Alright, tell me, what do you need so many for?"

One or two pieces would have been fine for Qing, whether for the sake of strength or the reputation of the creation, but the cub Luo wanted far too much.

Many people must understand the reasons before they can make a decision.

Upon hearing about Qing's culture, Jiang Luoluo immediately perked up and asked Ge to bring out the wooden board with the smiley face she had carved earlier, and also asked Li to help bring some clean water.

In front of Qing and Li, Jiang Luoluo cleaned the transparent lens that Qing had polished, as if she were making it herself, revealing its original clarity.

Then he did everything he had done at the construction site again, re-enacting the effect of the transparent lens magnifying things, witnessing the shocked looks on Li and Qing's faces.

Qing was mainly shocked, while Li only showed a hint of curiosity.

Only older people can truly appreciate the impact of something like this. Younger generations like Li and Ge don't experience that feeling at all; they only feel surprise and novelty.

Because they are far from being old enough to feel the impact and changes that such things have on their lives.

However, Qing quickly came to her senses and looked at Jiang Luoluo, "If that's the case, Zao probably won't let you come to find me, right?"

If this is the only effect, and if this is the only effect required, then anyone else could easily do it; there's no need to come to him, an old man who doesn't have many years left to live.

Jiang Luoluo nodded, took out the transparent lens she had made from the small bag at her waist, placed the two lenses one in front of the other, and handed them to Qing to look at.

"Just like that... put them together..."

The image, which had already been enlarged, became even larger.

"Then it can become bigger..."

Jiang Luoluo slowly moved the lens, which was aimed at the smiley pattern on the wooden board, toward the outside of the cave.

"That means you can...see further!"

Qing's gaze followed the movement of the lens in the cub Luo Luo's hand, and soon, through the lens in Jiang Luo Luo's hand, Qing saw the scene outside the cave.

Even though it was just a corner, it was so clearly visible before his eyes that Qing's eyes immediately lit up.

Jiang Luoluo continued speaking.

"You can even...see the other side of the river."

Jiang Luoluo was already very familiar with this line.

Qing looked at Jiang Luoluo, composed herself, and said, "So..."

Jiang Luoluo nodded vigorously, "So, there's a lot to do..."

She pointed to the transparent lens in her hand, indicating its size.

"Bigger..."

He then pointed to the thickness of the transparent lens.

"Thicker..."

Then he picked up the two lenses and compared them together.

"More at different distances..."

Jiang Luoluo concluded.

"There's so much to do!"

Qing looked at Jiang Luoluo, pondered for a moment, and then nodded. "I understand."

Then Qing sighed softly, "No wonder Zao asked you to come to me. Besides me, probably no one else could do these things."

As he spoke, Qing suddenly became somewhat smug, perhaps because he felt he still had some strength in Zao's eyes.

Jiang Luoluo's expression froze, unsure whether she should say it or not.

However, her expression and demeanor conveyed a great deal without her even uttering a word.

Qing glared angrily and demanded, "Did I tell you to go find someone else?!"

The voices were filled with far more accusation than anger.

Jiang Luoluo didn't find Qing scary at all; instead, she felt a guilty sense of seeing her friend caught cheating.

After a moment of silence, Jiang Luoluo nodded honestly and admitted, "And Heng and Yuan..."

Qing opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say anything. She just snorted and breathed out through her nose.

Then he suddenly turned to look at Ge, his tone impatient and angry, and said in a bad voice, "Go and find me a bigger piece of wood."

"Huh? Hmm?" Jiang Luoluo felt a little confused.

Ge simply looked up at Qing, then patted Jiang Luoluo's head, telling her to stay there obediently, before turning around and obediently going out to find Mu Tou.

Jiang Luoluo scratched her head, puzzled.

Qing didn't show her emotions to Jiang Luoluo, but looked at the two pieces of lens in Jiang Luoluo's hand and said, "Didn't you say you wanted to put them together? We need to find something to hold them in place."

Jiang Luolu blinked, then realized that Qing wanted Ge to find a piece of wood to fix the lens in place and see the effect.

After all, it's not very clear what you can see when you just hold it up by hand. It's only because the people in the tribe have exceptional eyesight that they can easily grasp the key points and realize the usefulness of the telescope immediately.

"You should still have some transparent stones there, right? Bring them to me."

Qing wanted to get angry, but looking at Jiang Luoluo's innocent and naive appearance, she restrained herself and did not vent her emotions on the cub. She turned her head away and sulked for a while before turning back to look at the cub and speaking.

Jiang Luolu blinked, feeling that she couldn't quite keep up with Qing's train of thought.

Li quickly explained from the side, "Grandpa Qing is going to continue grinding your lenses, Luo. Don't you need a lot?"

"Okay." Jiang Luoluo nodded obediently, took out the few transparent stones she was carrying in her waist bag, and handed them to Qing.

I couldn't help but feel glad that I had brought these transparent stones with me when I went out. My original plan was that if I could communicate well with Qing, I could give these transparent stones to Qing and let her try to grind transparent lenses.

Unexpectedly, the process was wrong, but the result was surprisingly correct. Jiang Luoluo thought to herself, "Luckily I brought it with me. If I hadn't, I would have had to go back to get it, which would have been too troublesome."

However, it was actually just now that Qing saw Jiang Luoluo take the transparent lens from her waist bag and noticed that there was a transparent stone in Jiang Luoluo's bag, which is why she made that request.

Jiang Luoluo was wrong about that.

If Jiang Luoluo hadn't been carrying the transparent stone with her, Qing wouldn't have made things difficult for her and would have let her go home to get it.

After handing all the transparent stones in her bag to Qing, Jiang Luoluo looked around and obediently returned to sit down next to Li.

Watching Qing quickly take out tools to polish the transparent stone, Jiang Luoluo watched intently for a while, wanting to learn the technique, but unexpectedly felt very hypnotic.

Because the process was so tedious, Qing's technique was too steady, so steady that you couldn't see any fancy skills, you could only hear the rustling sound of friction.

To stay awake, Jiang Luoluo turned to look at Li to wake herself up. Unexpectedly, Li, who was beside her, also took out a stone and started chiseling it.