Chapter 2: Orc Village

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When Moshi opened his eyes again, his nose was filled with a warm and strange stench, like the smell of oil accumulation and deterioration, and some furry thing clinging to his exposed skin.

He had to admit that he felt warm in his belly, which was close to the furry thing, and a little chill in his back......

But the mass suddenly moved.

Mo Shi snapped open his eyes and stepped back.

Then something hit his back. It was also soft, but a hard part poked into his spine, causing him to hiss in pain.

Mo Shi's vision was not clear, and he was dazed to see that the animal clinging to his belly seemed to be a dog. Then he looked back, and a hideous face like a demon came into his eyes.

Mo Shi arched himself in an instant, and this time he bumped into the puppy that was originally clinging to him.

- What a mess.

The dizziness made him feel like the world was spinning.

At this time, his consciousness was even more sober, and Mo Shi finally came back to his senses a little - the fierce face he saw just now seemed to be a large beast, but the horns on his head and the fangs in his mouth had been cut off, and that face was not alive.

At the same time, something arched over his belly, trying to push him up.

It seems that when Mo Shi turned over just now, he suppressed the puppy.

"Wow, the slick big brother is finally awake! I'm going to, oops—" At the same time, the voice came from beneath him.

Then a puppy's head came out from under his barely held elbow.

The puppy has a round head and forehead, a short snout, and large eyes, and its mouth is slightly open to reveal two rows of baby teeth and a pink tongue, which looks cute and cute. But for puppies, it seems to be a little too big.

"Good morning, big brother, you've slept for two days and two nights!" said the little dog.

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The "little boy" with the puppy's head sits cross-legged in front of Moshi. Behind him stood several adult figures, while two or three figures stood outside the house, and the eyes of many pairs of dogs were fixed on Mo Shi.

They wore thick clothing made of animal skins and coarse weaves, with dog-like heads at the neckline and large hairy hands with sharp nails under the cuffs. Among them, there also seem to be women in outer skirts.

- Orcs.

This is one of the names given to other races by the race of Moshi.

In the era of Mo Shi's memory, the world they lived in had long since been completely extinct.

At all costs......

- These people obviously possess a high level of intelligence.

Moshi's staff was leaning against the corner, and Sapphire was silent, but Moshi knew that the bluebird was working. Through the language analysis permission of the "artificial intelligence terminal" Jade Bird, Mo Shi can understand what these people say.

"He looks like a ...... God. His body is not the same as ours. An old man's voice murmured.

"He fainted in front of our house, in the yard ......," a young male voice explained.

"In any case, there was no hair on this man's face. He was certainly a nobleman. Another voice joined the conversation.

"How could the nobles be here?"

"Perhaps...... Who knows. I've heard that there is another war going on in the north. ”

While the orcs were talking softly, Mo Shi was drinking the soup that the little boy had brought him, and there were some pieces of meat in the soup, which did not taste good, but he was now hungry and thirsty, and he didn't care whether it tasted good or bad.

Taking advantage of this free time, Mo Shi half-narrowed his eyes and made a brief observation of his surroundings.

It was a very simple house, so simple that there was no room, just a space to shelter from the elements. Pots and pans are placed in one corner, clothing is placed in another, and piled prey is piled up against the wall...... Even the animals they raise, a large guinea pig-like rat, live directly inside the house.

The "giant beast" that scared Mo Shi before was actually half of the animal skin that was peeled off with its head attached.

If this house is the average standard of the buildings here, then the level of civilization here is probably similar to the "old era-medieval" in the Moshi knowledge reserve.

"This gentleman," said someone who finally stepped forward to speak to Mo Shi, a tall, strong orc with a tawny canine head, and his voice was deep and deep, "Hello, I am the patriarch of this village, Maika Dongge. ”

Mo Shi half leaned back on a sack, which seemed to be used by the family as pillows, tables and chairs, and looked at the canine-headed people gathered around him.

"Hello, Mr. Maika. Using the bluebird's processing system, Mo Shi said simple sentences, "My name is 'Mo Shi'." First time here. ”

He didn't understand the etiquette here, so he just spoke.

The male orc drew his fingers on his chest and forehead, as if to say hello, and said, "This is the land of the 'Duke of Firefinch', Dongge Village." ”

"Firesparrow ......"

"Haven't you heard of the Grand Duke of the Western Territories?" the man seemed a little surprised. However, the expression of the orc was not easy for Mo Shi to judge.

"Actually," said Moshi, "I basically don't remember anything." ”

"Don't remember anything?"

"I only remember my name, and I seem to wake up from the sea. I can't seem to remember the rest. "In a sense, there is no half-story.

The tall male orc froze.

After a while, he asked, "How is your body feeling?" You seem to have stayed at the beach for too long and have been punished by heaven. You have many wounds on your legs caused by ice blades. ”

"Heavenly Punishment, what's that?"

"It is the curse that God has sent on us in the northern kingdom to punish us...... It looks like you really don't know anything. The male orc sighed, his ears lowered, "We can't go to sea, and we can't migrate to the warmer south, because of this 'heavenly punishment'. God has not forgiven us. ”

This is a strange phenomenon.

Mo Shi tried to sit up.

When he raised his hand, everyone let out a sigh, as if they saw something strange and unusual. Mo Shi wasn't sure if shaking his head would be the right expression, so he said, "I can't stand up now, and I can't hold anything. ”

"In that case, you can rest here for a while. Patriarch Maika decided, "When the Duke's Knights pass by, I'll ask them for advice." Or wait until the snow is lighter, and I'll go to the city and ask for you, maybe your family is looking for you. ”

This is certainly not possible.

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It's been the third day since Mo Shi came to his senses in this hut and rested for a while.

He's pretty much figured out his situation now.

This place is a small village called "Dongge" on the border of the sea.

The village is said to be in the territory of the "Duke of Firefinch", who is a loyal allegator of the "Golden Lion Family", the royal family of the "Northern", and is also the cousin of the current king.

As for the composition of the state, Mo Shi has only heard about it for the time being.

About this humble little family, Mo Shi already remembered all the members.

When he awoke, he saw the little boy who was the family's son, Duber, and an older sister named Duna, who lived with his father Dubbins, his mother Gina, and some domestic animals.

It is said that Mo Shi passed out in front of their house that night.

"Dad said that people like you, who have no hair on their faces and are smooth, are nobles!" said Duber, "so he wants me to call you 'you' and 'sir' and 'sir.'" ”

"It's okay, Duber. After all, I don't remember where I'm from or who I really are. Mo Shi asked him, "Do all the nobles look like me?"

"I've only seen the knights of the Order, and when they take off their helmets, their faces do resemble those of the Big Brother. However, none of the big brothers are as slick as the big brothers, they at least have hairy ears, just like me. ”

As he spoke, Du Bai stretched out his fleshy paw and pulled his soft dog ears.

He was still a puppy with droopy ears and covered with fluff.

Mo Shi pondered: Among the same race, there are actually families that are closer to human appearance. It's an interesting phenomenon.

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In the afternoon, Mo Shi tried to go for a walk outside the house.

His left hand supported the long stick, and his right arm rested on the boy's shoulder, and he walked with difficulty.

Ice and snow still cover the earth.

Mo Shi was wearing his original boots, the bottom of which was probably too thin, and when he touched the snow, he felt the cold.

"Big brother, yes, now lift your right foot - don't leave your body in the snow for too long, you can't stay in one place for long, that's the rule that 'snowwalkers' must follow if they want to live. Du Bai pretended to be an old man, and lowered his voice to imitate what his parents had told him.

"Snowwalker, is that what you call yourself?"

"Yes, we're all snowwalkers, both us and the Hyars. ”

Mo Shi tried to walk around the house.

He saw the bodies of three huge beasts beside the house made of dirt and wood.

Two of them were beasts with two horns on their foreheads, and the other had an exaggerated mouth and a long, barbed tail. Their bodies are frozen in snow and ice. The beasts here are huge, fierce and terrifying, and are called "behemoths" by the orcs. Mo Shi was glad that he was not in danger in the forest, and became their ration.

That afternoon, Moshi managed to walk around the hut a few times and returned to the house before the blizzard.

Dubbiduna's father had returned from the hunt and had returned empty-handed, carrying only two dull-coloured birds, and their mother had returned from the village with a small piece of tanned fur. As far as Moshi knows, the men are responsible for hunting, while the women are weaving, making food, and some handicrafts.

In the evening, Gina, the mistress of the family, and her daughter Duna, continued to work at home:

She placed a wooden basin filled with snow by the fire, and when the snow melted, she added some plant wattles to it.

"What is this doing?" asked Moshi.

The girl looked up and replied to him: "Soak the hemp sticks until soft, and then you can spin the thread." ”

She saw that Mo Shi was a little dazed, so she continued: "Winter hemp still needs to be soaked soft after peeling off the shell. Once the impurities have been removed, they are kneaded into threads and woven into cloth – the linen you are wearing now is what we weave. This is a specialty of our Dongge Village, and in the summer market, there will be merchants who come to buy it. ”

Winter hemp.

Mo Shi touched several layers of linen cloth with his fingers on the haystack.

The linen cloth was rough and gritty to the touch.

"What kind of yarn do you use?" asked Moshi.

Duna seemed to find it amused, helpless that she didn't know anything about him.

"Hand and spindle, of course, sir. She replied, "What else could you use?"

"Spinning Wheel ......"

Mo Shi blurted out.

The word jumped in his head naturally, as if the words in a book had been read here.

"Spinning wheel, what's that?" and both Duna and Gina were stunned.

Mo Shi understood: in this world, the spinning wheel is a weaving machine that has not yet been invented.

"Please show me the spindle you use. Mo Shi supported his body and sat up a little.

The girl handed a wooden utensil to Mo Shi.

It was a hammer with a metal hook on the top. It's heavy for humans.

Moshi had the knowledge of the spindle in his mind: the fiber mass was pulled and wound around the spindle, and the weight of the object itself and the force generated by its rotation were skillfully used to make the messy fibers be drawn and twisted to form a yarn.

"Maybe I can make a simple weft winding machine – a hand-cranked spinning wheel...... Yes, I can do it. ”

Mo Shi's mood suddenly became clear, and he himself didn't understand why.

He sat up and tried to stand up, but the orc boy hurried over to support him.

"Do you have pen and paper, do you have any wood, saws, files, or anything like that...... "Do you have any leftovers of carpentry?" he searched and flipped through the knowledge in his mind. He felt like he could do it. And the spinning wheel is also a necessary thing for this family, for this world.

"Pen, paper?" the girl's surprised voice brought Mo Shi back to his senses.

He stumbled over to the fire and pulled out a half-burned stick.

After the flame is extinguished, the wooden strip can barely act as charcoal.

Mo Shi brushed aside the debris and broken grass on the ground, and drew a draft on the ground.

The next day, Du Bai and Du Na helped Mo Shi borrow carpentry tools and participated in the construction of the "strange car".

Although the orc girl and boy were young, they were still much stronger and more agile than the injured and frozen Moshi. With their help, the hand-cranked spinning wheel was quickly made. Combined with a roller and a spindle, twine can be easily spun.

Duna Dubo now believes that Mo Shi is a noble lord from afar, full of magic and learning.

They looked at him with innocent and enthusiastic eyes, which simply made Mo Shi a little embarrassed.

Mo Shi asked them to send the spinning wheel to the center of the village and introduce it to the villagers who participated in the collective labor.