The Otherworldly Journey of a Quick Transmigrator

The heavy rain continued until the afternoon of the next day. Su Yuanyuan took advantage of the time to cut holes of various sizes in the stone wall, letting them divide the space among themselves.

Judging from the sky, it might rain tonight. The beastmen are all happily waiting for their leader to distribute the houses.

The children and the female were tidying up the things in the awning. Su Yuanyuan saw that the children were shivering from the cold, so she beckoned them over.

"Lord God Envoy!"

A braver child ran over, while the others also came over, but they stood obediently two meters away from her.

"What's your name?"

"My lord! My name is Fox Ji."

Su Yuanyuan touched his arm; it was ice cold, and his lips were blue from the cold.

He took out several sets of children's clothes from his storage space and handed them to the group.

"Put on some clothes, you won't be cold if you put them on."

"Is this a celestial robe? The divine messenger has bestowed upon me a celestial robe!!"

After saying that, Hu Ji was about to run off to show off when Su Yuanyuan grabbed her arm, and she awkwardly forced a smile.

"It's not a fairy robe, it's just ordinary clothes, for keeping warm. Put it on quickly!"

"My lord, how do I wear these clothes?"

Fox Ji was a little disappointed when he heard that it wasn't a fairy robe, but when he heard that it was warm, he immediately wanted to put it on, but he was dumbfounded when he shook it out.

He had never seen these clothes before and had no idea how to wear them. The other children gathered around, all looking at her with puzzled expressions.

Su Yuanyuan picked up Hu Ji's clothes and explained to the others as she dressed him. They also clumsily tried on their own clothes, just like Su Yuanyuan.

After they were all dressed, Su Yuanyuan breathed a sigh of relief. Taking care of children is really tiring.

Watching the children run back to show off, she couldn't help but think of a question: these orcs only wore one animal skin, so how did they survive the winter?

For so many days, she had never seen any of the orcs light a fire. They ate all the prey they hunted raw, so they probably didn't know how to use fire yet.

Just as she was lost in thought, the fox clan leader and his people knelt down before Su Yuanyuan again.

She's gotten used to it these days; as long as she gives them a nice look, they'll be happy all day.

Whenever Su Yuanyuan gives something to someone, the orc who receives it will immediately kneel down and pay his respects.

"Get up quickly. When the weather clears up, I'll teach you something else."

"Thank you, divine messenger. Are you no longer angry with us?"

The fox clan leader cautiously raised his head, looking at Su Yuanyuan with hopeful eyes.

"I already said I didn't... Never mind, I'm not angry. Let's hurry up and get ready, it's going to rain again."

Su Yuanyuan retorted, but seeing the fox clan leader's immediately aggrieved expression, she simply changed the subject.

Call me whatever you want!

The beastmen all stood up excitedly to get to work, and some of the females even started chatting with each other.

"The divine messenger is so kind; the clothes he sent to my child are both warm and beautiful."

"Yes, yes! The divine messenger is so kind!"

"With the divine messenger here, will so many people not die this winter?"

Upon hearing this, the joyful atmosphere instantly froze, and everyone silently stopped what they were doing.

An older female snorted, "Don't say such unlucky things, and don't think you can rely on the divine messenger for everything. The divine messenger hasn't forgiven us yet. Let's get to work."

Su Yuanyuan was sitting by the window at the moment. When she heard their conversation, she looked up and glanced outside.

Su Yuanyuan poured herself a glass of water, thinking that she might as well teach them something, but her own knowledge was limited, and she could only teach them some basic things at most.

Just as Su Yuanyuan had said, after it got a little dark, it started raining heavily again, and it rained for three days before it stopped.

The first thing the orcs did after leaving the house was to go hunting. By the second day of the rain, they had run out of food, and they barely made it through the last day.

Su Yuanyuan offered them food, but the beastmen refused, saying they could not take the messenger's food.

After the rain stopped, she walked out of the stone house and saw that the few vegetable seedlings she had managed to grow had been washed away by the rain.

Putting the tidying up aside for now, Su Yuanyuan told the females to sit down in the open space and taught them how to make animal skin clothes.

She didn't see any flax nearby, but each household had plenty of animal hides, which they simply tanned and then wrapped around their bodies.

"I'll teach you how to make animal skin clothes first. Once you're all wearing them, this winter won't be so cold."

"That's wonderful! Thank you, divine messenger!"

Seeing that they were about to kneel down again, Su Yuanyuan quickly stopped them, "Don't waste time, bring me the animal hides from your house first."

The females ran back excitedly to get the animal hides, and when they returned, they all surrounded her, vying to put the hides in her hands.

Su Yuanyuan picked up a piece and touched it. The tanning was very rough, and the hide was not soft enough to be used for making clothes.

"These animal hides need to be tanned again until they are soft enough to be used to make clothes. I will teach you a few tanning methods first."

She learned how to tan animal hides in her previous world, and she never thought she would be able to use it one day. There are several ways to tan animal hides.

The first method is oil tanning: animal fat, brain matter, etc. are applied to the hide, and then repeatedly pounded and rubbed to make the hide soft.

However, this method is not suitable for use now. Animal fat is food for orcs, and if it is used to tan animal hides, they would have to hunt more animals, which is not cost-effective.

Foxes are smaller than other beast races, making hunting inherently difficult for them.

Another method is smoking: animal hides are placed on a tree trunk, and firewood is lit underneath to produce smoke that softens the hides. Then, the hides are simply treated with wood ash, stove soil, etc.

Su Yuanyuan felt it wasn't suitable for them to use it yet, since they didn't even know how to use a fire. She could teach them how to start a fire when everyone was around at night.

The third method of tanning is even worse. It involves using plants such as tea leaves, bayberries, and larch trees to release tannins through boiling, and then soaking the animal hides in them.

It allows tannins to penetrate the skin and combine with collagen, making the skin softer. We don't even know if these things exist in the world yet.

Then the only options are oral tanning or water tanning. Oral tanning uses the protease in saliva and the heat in the mouth to soften the hide by chewing.

The water tanning method is simpler. It uses water, animal blood, urine, etc., to allow metal ions to penetrate under the skin, making the gaps in the collagen larger and achieving a tanning effect.

Then, tools are used to remove the meat and residue from the hide, and it is rubbed repeatedly to make the hide clean and soft.

Despite their lack of education, these orcs are quick learners. Su Yuanyuan only taught them once, and they were all able to operate the equipment on their own.

“That’s right. Once it’s tanned, we’ll wrap the edges of the hide with vines, pull it flat, and fix it to the tree. This will prevent the hide from swelling and becoming uneven.”

"Rest assured, God, we will do as you say."

Tanning animal hides is not something that can be done in a short time. Seeing how energetic they were, Su Yuanyuan decided to take a closer look around.