"Okay!" Fox Jiaojiao's eyes were shining and she nodded.

She knew that Long Mo didn't believe it, but she didn't expect this kind of thing to be nonsense in the eyes of other orcs, and he didn't hesitate to agree.

A smile suddenly overflowed from the bottom of his eyes.

"That's right!!"

Fox Jiaojiao suddenly slapped her head, and her pupils dilated.

"Long Mo, I've figured out a way, I can also make ice cubes in summer!"

"How do you get ice cubes in the summer?" Long Mo's eyes were puzzled, he could understand the ice, but where did the ice come from in the summer?

You can't just conjure it up out of thin air, can you?

His deep eyes stared at the fox.

Thinking of the miracles she has repeatedly created, it suddenly seems that it would not be strange if she could conjure ice cubes in the summer.

"I don't know how to explain it to you, but if you find something called saltpeter, you can make ice cubes." Fox Jiaojiao took his arm, her eyes filled with joy.

"Saltpeter?" Although Long Mo was confused, he still asked, "Where can I find saltpeter?" ”

As long as it is something Jiaojiao wants, even if he has not seen it, he can find it.

"If you can find saltpeter, you can find saltpeter, but this saltpeter mine ......" Fox Jiaojiao frowned, carefully searching the memories in her mind.

She remembered that saltpeter could be extracted, but this method took time and was too small.

In nature, saltpeter can be extracted in salt marshes, caves, etc.

Salt?

Fox Jiaojiao's eyes lit up, and her voice was crisp: "Maybe you can find saltpeter mines near the salt lake." ”

"Then I'll help you find a saltpeter mine."

After listening to this, Long Mo put down the bamboo in his hand and got up.

"Huh!" Fox Jiaojiao hurriedly grabbed him, "When is this, what are you anxious about, it will be dark in a while, and the matter of finding saltpeter mines will be talked about tomorrow." ”

The two of them made mattresses and bamboo beds for the day, and it was almost dusk at this time.

Hearing this, Long Mo turned his head to look outside the house.

The afterglow of the setting sun reflects half the sky, and it is indeed not early.

At this time, it is indeed inconvenient to go out again.

Fox Jiaojiao pressed his shoulder and asked him to sit down.

"You're tired all day, the cubs are coming back, you do it first, I'll make dinner."

Thinking that there would be a way to make ice cubes in the summer without using space, Fox Jiaojiao felt a burst of joy in her heart, but she was not in a hurry.

The next day, the two found the patriarch and told him about the search for saltpeter.

"You're going near the salt lake?" The patriarch asked in some surprise.

"Yes."

Hu Jiaojiao nodded, and was about to discuss with the patriarch about going out of the tribe with Long Mo to find the stone mine, when the patriarch interrupted with a smile.

"Just then, I was about to tell you that the tribe is running out of salt flowers, and I plan to send a team of orcs to the salt lake again to get some salt flowers."

The patriarch looked at the fox Jiaojiao with a kind face.

"It's so hot now, Jiaojiao, you and Long Mo just stay in the tribe, you don't have to go, I'll let the orcs who take salt flowers look for the saltpeter mine by the way."

"How's that going to work?" Fox Jiaojiao subconsciously wanted to refuse.

Looking for saltpeter mines is for her own selfish purposes, to be able to cool down in summer, how can she be embarrassed to let the orcs of the tribe help her find saltpeter mines.

"It's a big deal, it's settled." The patriarch waved his hand, and he didn't argue with the fox Jiaojiao at all.

"If it's true as you say, we can make ice cubes, and then we'll have to go find this stone mine."

During the summer heat, the females of the tribe are also more likely to get sick.

If there is ice, it can also make the female healthier and less susceptible to illness.

After listening to the patriarch's words, Fox Jiaojiao was no longer entangled, so she had to nod her head and respond.

Now that the orcs of the tribe have increased many times, plus the new orcs of the Moon Lake tribe, there are more than a thousand orcs, and the rate of salt flower consumption is also increasing exponentially.

This time, the patriarch sent a hundred orcs to the salt lake to fetch salt flowers.

After deciding to find the saltpeter mine, the patriarch sent thirty more orcs.

Fox Jiaojiao told the orcs about the characteristics of the saltpeter mine one by one, and the next morning, the team set off.

Because she wasn't sure if she could find saltpeter, and Fox Jiaojiao didn't know if saltpeter in the orc world could also make ice cubes, so she didn't publicize it.

lest everyone rejoice in vain.

After the orcs looking for saltpeter left, Fox Jiaojiao told the other orcs how to make the mat, and soon the mat spread among the tribe.

The summer in the world of beasts is unusually hot, sometimes late at night, and even the wind is hot.

After having a mattress, when the orcs feel hot, they wet the hides with well water and rub them on the mat to get a cold bed immediately.

Although it could not solve the heat, the coolness of this moment was enough to make the orcs ecstatic and love it.

In comparison, bamboo beds are not so popular.

Orcs are big, and sleeping on a bamboo bed is easy to collapse the bamboo bed, and after Fox Jiaojiao promoted both, she found that everyone liked the mat more.

Only in families with cubs, orcs will make bamboo beds for cubs and females to sleep.

Fox Jiaojiao replaced the animal skins on the kang in the room at home with a mat, and placed a large bamboo bed and six small bamboo beds under the big tree in the yard.

The bamboo bed is light and sturdy, so even the cubs can be easily moved, and when the summer passes, they can be put back in the warehouse directly, and they can continue to be used next year without taking up space.

At night, a family of eight rested in the courtyard.

Blowing the cool evening breeze, eating the juice to relieve the heat, and sleeping under the stars.

The days are comfortable and comfortable.

The team left the tribe for two months.

Fox Jiaojiao also gradually adapted to the scorching heat of summer.

The first to come back were the 100 orcs who carried the salt flowers, and this time they came back with a total of 2,000 catties of salt flowers, which was enough for the tribe for a long time.

"What about the rest of the orcs? Why didn't they come back? The patriarch looked even more anxious than the fox Jiaojiao, and when he saw that there were still thirty orcs who had not returned, he frowned and asked.

The one who led the team out was the orc who went to fetch salt flowers with Hu Qiang before, and he was more familiar with the road.

Rao is like this, he has been running on the road for two months, and his face is full of vicissitudes.

"Don't worry, patriarch, they're fine." Although the orc who led the team was embarrassed, he explained with a smile on his face.

"When we came back, they found a saltpeter mine nearby, and we were worried that the tribe was in urgent need of salt, so we brought the salt flowers back first, and they said that they would come back immediately after getting the saltpeter, and it should be on the way now."

Hearing this, a smile suddenly appeared on the patriarch's face.

"What you said is true?"

I didn't expect that this time the salt flower was so smooth, and it really made them find the saltpeter mine.

The orc who led the team nodded seriously and confirmed, "Really." ”

"Okay, okay, you've worked hard along the way." The patriarch patted the orc on the shoulder and told the orc to move the salt flower into the warehouse.

Now it's just a matter of waiting for the remaining orcs to bring back the saltpeter mine.