Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 65 Solution
Upon hearing this, Li Wei hesitated. The information he had just received only stipulated that the message could not be published in the main storyline, but if it was created privately, he would have to bear the consequences.

As he was thinking, Fila suddenly went out and left. A moment later, she returned from the warehouse with the deerskin. He thought she was going to take over the task, but Fila simply threw the deerskin to Leon, gave him a deep look, and went back to her room to rest.

The next second, Leon seemed to have received some information, and his expression instantly turned strange and ugly. Finally, he hesitantly dropped the deerskin and returned to his room with a worried look on his face.

Things were not that simple after all.

Li Wei was taken aback. He stepped forward and picked up the deer hide, which still smelled strange but was soft and of good quality. The next second, two pieces of information appeared in front of him.

This is an important family asset: a relatively intact deerskin. It has been carefully tanned by a professional butcher and has considerable value. Quality: One Star.

[Friendly reminder: Family property of quality one star or higher requires professional trimming and use. Forcibly using it is equivalent to damaging family property and will result in a deduction of ten family contribution points.]

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Grass!
Li Wei was stunned. He had been too busy lately. Since hunting that deer, he hadn't even had a chance to go to the warehouse to take stock of the supplies.

He knew the deerskin had definitely been tanned by Fila, but he really hadn't expected there to be such a restriction.

Wait, never mind what happened, this isn't worth it.

After completing the main quest this month, Lyon will gain approximately five family contribution points, and Fila will gain the same.

The problem is that, without the tailor profession, it takes 10 family contribution points to make two pairs of deerskin boots in order to complete the main quest worth 5 family contribution points.
Isn't this forcing people to give up?

At this moment, Li Wei frowned deeply.

He felt he had probably underestimated Margaret and Thomas, or perhaps just the former. This woman had seemed harmless and hadn't shown much aggression over the past month.

Li Wei was almost fooled by her.

He was now willing to bet that Margaret had definitely handled the deerskin, and that she knew every detail and resource about the family.

So she could even foresee that when winter came this month and the mountains were blocked by snow, Fira and Lyon would be short of warm boots.

Actually, Penny was also short of them, but as a craftswoman with a strong sense of 'career', she would never allow any unexpected events to interfere with her main mission. So Penny would rather be extorted by Li Wei than not buy those leather boots.

However, Fila and Lyon didn't have much initiative. Fila's job was simply to cook, feed the cows, and at most, sweep the snow in the camp yard and clean the cowshed.

Even straw sandals are bearable.

Once Leon realizes that his feet might freeze, he will definitely lie down, which will affect the main quest and even Li Wei's end-of-month evaluation.

If Thomas and Margaret persuade him again to deliberately go to work barefoot and cause a workplace injury, they promise to compensate him afterwards...

Grass!
In that case, the one who will suffer is Li Wei, the head of the family. He will be tainted and could be killed off by the plot.

At this thought, Li Wei broke out in a cold sweat.

Although most of this was his own imagination, it is indeed a very feasible idea.

He could have imagined it, but Margaret and Thomas, as seasoned players who had completed the game, couldn't have thought of it?

There might be corresponding detailed guides and procedures available.

For a moment, Li Wei was in a real bind.

For the first time in his life, he truly felt that if Missy hadn't died. Ah! The loss of my beloved!

So what should we do? This matter needs to be resolved; we can't just passively wait to be impeached!
Li Wei's mind raced. At this moment, he even felt that Fira might have foreseen this scenario and was just waiting for him to make a mistake.

Speaking of which, Fila is really amazing. These rabbit and deer skins were processed by Fila shortly after being skinned. Without professional tanning materials, it seems that they used a combination of wood ash, brain marrow tanning, and smoking.

Overall, Fila, this wilderness survival master, has a truly endless array of methods. She can even render turpentine, so how could she not think of a way to make boots?
"Damn it, it's hard to guard against a sneak attack!"

After much deliberation, Li Wei finally made a decision. He called out Fila and Leon, and in front of them, he drew his sharp steel dagger and made a small cut on the deerskin.

With that one strike, information instantly surfaced.

[You damaged family property. Although you are the head of the household, your actions have had a negative impact, and you have been forcibly deducted 10 points from your family contribution.]

At this moment, Leon was stunned, while Fila's gaze was meaningful; she was indeed waiting for Li Wei to dig a pit and jump in.

At this moment, Li Wei turned around and went back to the room, took out his half-damaged leather armor and the sewing tools left behind by Missy, threw them in front of Fila, and spoke directly.

“Mom, Missy may be gone, but her tools for sewing leather armor are still here. Could you help me make two pairs of deerskin boots with these materials? It’s so cold, you and Leon each need a pair, I can’t bear to see you freeze!”

Say whatever you want, it's free anyway, and this is considered to provide the plot logic, so he's taken the cost. But secretly, Li Wei has already quickly submitted two transaction requests.

He didn't ask for much; a pair of deerskin boots would be enough for him, giving him 300 experience points, equivalent to a month's experience income for an average worker.

Take it or leave it; no bargaining.

As for how Fila and Leon divide the boots and how they make them, that's their own business. Just kidding. With the materials and tools, even if they don't make them perfectly, how could that stump a wilderness survival expert?
Lyon could simply pay a little more and have Fira do it for them.

Besides, this isn't really a scam. His half-damaged leather armor still has a large portion of excellent quality. With a deerskin, there would be plenty left over to make two pairs of boots.

The remaining materials can be pieced together in the future to make a piece of leather armor or something similar.

From this perspective, they are the ones who truly benefited.

This can be considered Li Wei's way of making amends to them. After all, no matter how you look at it, last month, as the head of the family, Li Wei failed to discover this hidden danger in advance, and even if he did discover it, he couldn't solve the problem. That was his fault.

If you make a mistake, correct it; just stand at attention and accept the punishment.

It's no big deal; he can afford to spend 10 contribution points.

Just as Li Wei had expected, Lyon traded 300 fishing experience points without saying a word.

He did nothing but fish last month, and he has plenty of fishing experience.

Fila hesitated for a moment, but eventually agreed to the trade, because 300 experience points was quite reasonable, while she was only giving 300 gathering experience points.

The matter was thus perfectly resolved.

To his surprise, Leon didn't need Fila to do it for him at all. He quickly disassembled the half-damaged leather armor, took half a deerskin, borrowed sewing tools and a fine steel dagger from Li Wei, and began to make it.

They seem to be very confident about this.

(End of this chapter)