I Became The Chief of A Primitive Village

Chapter 199: As Bright As Day

*Rustle, rustle…* Ai’er and Cheng Shi led seven or eight people back to the outer region of the Tribe, all carrying many Kerosene Fruits.

The Kerosene Fruits were divided into several bags made of vine (vine bag), which were woven according to Su Bai’s instructions.

They were woven in the same way as on Earth, using vines one in layers. Of course, these vine bags were woven very densely, with very small openings, so the Kerosene Fruits inside would not easily fall out.

Moreover, the vine bags were very convenient to carry, more so than wooden buckets, and could hold more things.

“Ai’er, you go rest first, I’ll take the Kerosene Fruits to the Shaman.” Cheng Shi said as he slowly landed on the ground.

Ai’er also landed on the ground, retracting her butterfly wings, and said, “Alright, I’ll go train first.”

Cheng Shi carried a bag of Kerosene Fruits and stepped into the Main Teepee, grinning as he said, “Shaman, I’ve brought back the Kerosene Fruits for you.”

The boy put the vine bag on the ground, which was full of densely packed brownish fruits.

“Good, you can go rest now. Let others handle the rest,” Su Bai said.

“Shaman, I still need to train.” Cheng Shi said, blinking his slender black eyes.

Su Bai nodded with satisfaction. [The diligence of our Warrior Trainees is indeed reassuring. After all, most people back on Earth would prefer to rest after completing their job.].

“Go on then, there will be extra meat tonight as well.” Su Bai waved his hand.

Cheng Shi immediately grinned, his face still showing traces of childishness. He nodded and left the Teepee.

“Shaman, why did you suddenly get so many Kerosene Fruits?” Yu Ying asked, pinching her nose.

The Kerosene Fruits already smelled. With a large bag of them in the Teepee, the odour naturally intensified.

“These Kerosene Fruits have great uses.” Su Bai said, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Yu Ying’s fox tail lowered from the smell. She asked, “Shaman, are we making fruit oil lamps like before?”

“That’s one thing we can use them for, but there is an even more important use for them,” Su Bai said, also lightly covering his nose.

“Shaman, what other uses? What should I prepare?” Yu Ying curiously asked.

“First, have someone squeeze out the juice of the Kerosene Fruits, all into one wooden bucket.” Su Bai instructed.

“Yes,” Yu Ying nodded and turned to leave the Teepee to find people to squeeze the Kerosene Fruit Juice.

Soon, several bags of Kerosene Fruits were placed in an open area, and the Tribe’s people took out wooden buckets and sat in a circle.

Everyone used leaves to separate the Kerosene Fruits, squeezing the juice drop by drop into the wooden buckets.

*Drip, drip…* Quite a bit of Kerosene Fruit juice was squeezed into each wooden bucket. The yellow juice fell into the buckets drop by drop, creating ripples.

An hour later, all the juice from the Kerosene Fruits had been squeezed out and sent into the Main Teepee.

Su Bai stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the buckets of freshly squeezed Kerosene Fruit Juice. He said with satisfaction, “Great. These are all precious materials.”

“Shaman, what is their other use?” Yu Ying asked, curious.

“Have people sew Animal Hides together, piece by piece, into one large sheet. The area… make it as large as possible,” Su Bai instructed.

In his mind, he already had a way to fight against the Black Snake Tribe, but the prerequisite was to do the preparatory work well.

Yu Ying did not understand why, but she knew to just do as she was told. She nodded and said, “I’ll go have people start sewing right away.”

“Mm, be quick about it, try to finish it in two days.” Su Bai instructed.

“Shaman, there aren’t many Animal Hides in the Tribe, so we might not be able to sew a very large piece.” Yu Ying worried.

“It’s fine. Sew as much as you can. We don’t need to make Animal Hide clothes for now. Let the Tribe’s people wear what they have,” Su Bai paused, then continued, “After the Animal Hides are sewn together, if there are any left over, then make Animal Hide clothes.”

“Understood.” Yu Ying nodded.

Su Bai blinked his black eyes and continued to instruct, “Xiao Yu, prepare more stone bowls and grass ropes.”

“Yes,” Yu Ying turned and left the Teepee, returning shortly with many stone bowls and grass ropes.

“As I taught you before, twist the grass ropes into several strands, and make more fruit oil lamps,” Su Bai said, taking up a grass rope and starting to twist it.

“Alright,” Yu Ying’s slender hands also began twisting the grass ropes.

After a few minutes, there were many twisted grass ropes on the wooden table, each looking uniform.

As instructed, the fox eared girl evenly poured the Kerosene Fruit juice into each stone bowl. Then, she placed the twisted grass ropes into the stone bowls filled with Kerosene Fruit Juice. Suddenly, the stone table was full of fruit oil lamps.

“Xiao Yu, put the fruit oil lamps in various corners of the Teepee, then light them. This way, the Teepee will be as bright as day,” Su Bai instructed.

Yu Ying nodded, but just as she picked up a stone bowl, she paused, worried, “Shaman, but won’t this be dangerous? If we’re not careful, as you said, won’t the Teepee catch fire?”

“Yes, but there’s a way to solve this too.” Su Bai said, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

“Shaman, how do we do it?” Yu Ying curiously asked.

“Go get some wooden sticks and vines, and also have people bring in some wider stone slabs.” Su Bai instructed.

Yu Ying was stunned for a moment. Although she did not know what it was for, she still left the Teepee to have people bring in these things.

Ten minutes later, the fox eared girl returned to the Teepee with wooden sticks, vines, and some stone slabs. Of course, the stone slabs were all carried in by others, as the fox eared girl was not strong enough to move so many stone slabs.

“Shaman, I’ve prepared the things you’ve asked for. What do we do now?” Yu Ying asked.

Su Bai just smiled, without explaining too much, and started to set up the wooden sticks.

Three wooden sticks were set up together, forming a tripod, then fixed with vines. Su Bai then placed a wooden bucket on the tripod, again fixing it with vines, and then placed the fruit oil lamp on top.

He made several such tripods, mimicking the first one, and placed fruit oil lamps on each of them.

“Alright, light them up. This way, we don’t need to worry about the Teepee catching fire,” Su Bai smiled.

Yu Ying’s pink eyes widened with delight, and she happily commented, “Shaman, you’re so clever, to come up with such a smart solution.”

She took a lit wooden stick from the fire pit and lit all the fruit oil lamps on the tripods.

After the last fruit oil lamp was lit, the Teepee suddenly became bright, unlike the usual darkness of the night.

“It’s so bright!” Yu Ying exclaimed, looking around in delight.

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