The cubs in Black Stone City go to work in the morning and go to school in the afternoon. When the sun sets, they skip and jump home with animal skin bags on their backs. When they pass by Qiao Xin's house, some brave cubs stick their heads in to look inside.

"Master Qiao Xin, do you cook tree bark to eat?"

When Qiao Xin and Mao Bai heard these familiar words, they smiled at each other. It turned out that all the cubs would ask similar questions, not just Lang Yu.

The cub was completely confused by their laughter and had a face full of question marks.

Qiao Xin continued to weave the paper curtains and patiently explained: "I don't boil the bark to eat, I make paper. I add it to lime water and boil it until it's soft, so it's easier to make pulp."

"What is paper?"

"Paper is used for writing. The wood chips we use now are not very convenient for writing. Paper is easy to carry and can be reused." Qiao Xin has thought it through. In the future, not only will he have to exchange work points for paper, he must also exchange used paper. On the one hand, it is for recycling and reuse, and on the other hand, it reduces the felling of trees.

Make it a habit from the beginning and reduce as much as possible.

When the cubs saw that the first person was not scolded but was talking and laughing, they bravely squeezed over one by one and climbed onto the wooden fence of Qiao Xin's house.

The teachers at school had taught them to respect Qiao Xin more than they respected Wu and the city lord.

When they returned home, they told the adults at home everything their little teacher had taught them. The adults guessed that Qiao Xin was the messenger of Black Stone City, and was superior to the city lord and the witch.

Many of them came from other cities and naturally understood the importance of God's messenger, but it was the first time they saw God's messenger so kind.

Everyone in Black Stone City has their own job, so Qiao Xin can only make the paper curtains by herself. However, there is a lot of demand for them. Seeing that the children are curious, Qiao Xin simply teaches them how to make them.

As long as they could weave a qualified paper-making screen, they would be rewarded with a steamed bun.

As time went by, except for the older ones who had to go home to help with the housework after school, and Lang Rui taking away many of the cubs, only some little ones were left.

The little ones came running when they heard the news, and every day hundreds of them gathered in Qiao Xin's yard.

Some were too young to help, so their older brothers and sisters brought them over to help add fuel to the fire.

Qiao Xin generously took out some ground beans, chestnuts and sweet potatoes, roasted them over the fire, and shared them with everyone.

Even though there are many children, the finished products are not that many, only a few dozen.

However, Qiao Xin didn't care about these things. She still rewarded the children every day and roasted sweet potatoes and chestnuts.

Hu Jiao came out to help. Seeing the crowds of people and the baskets of ground beans being eaten every day, she felt so distressed that she found Qiao Xin and asked her to stop doing this.

Qiao Xin tucked her hair behind her ears. "It's mainly to help look after the children. These children are still young and can't help. As soon as school is over, they run around the construction site. It's very dangerous. Every cub is a treasure of the family. If something happens to them, it's like destroying a family."

Hu Jiao thought of the cubs she had lost and fell silent for a moment.

After weaving hundreds of paper-making screens, the bark of Qiao Xin was boiled until soft, and the pectin in the bark was separated and dispersed into fibers under the action of lime water.

Qiao Xin took the bark out of the pottery jar, rinsed it clean, poured it into the stone slab, and beat it continuously with a wooden stick.

The cubs had endless energy. Before Qiao Xin had been beating for long, the cubs gathered around to help.

One by one, holding a wooden stick, they hit the bark fibers with great interest.

Qiao Xin boiled a cart of tree bark, but she couldn't pound it all by herself. The cubs wanted to play, so she let them sit in a circle by the pond and play.

Chirping and having a lot of fun.

From another building not far away, Xiang Li looked down and was filled with envy.

She poked the elephant card next to her and said, "I want to play, too."

Xiangka raised his head and took a glance, then lowered his head to do his own thing.

The yard was so lively every day, and Xiang Li stood by the window on time every day to look over there.

Xiangka only paid attention to it for a moment every day and then stopped looking at it. Instead, he took the firewood he had bought at a high price and used a bone knife to cut it into suitable sizes. He then imitated everything in the house, from kitchen utensils to doors and windows.

Regardless of whether he has the life to leave Blackrock City, it's always a good idea to explore more. Maybe one day when he leaves and brings the information back to Tirion City, it can greatly improve the convenience of Tirion City.

Xiang Li pouted, dissatisfied with Xiang Ka's silence, and insisted that he respond to her, "You speak."

Xiang Ka was helpless. “We can’t leave this house. There are people patrolling and guarding the four corners here.”

These are considered normal. What is abnormal is that these guys from Black Rock City robbed the supplies they brought for no apparent reason, but it was no different from robbery, for example, they wanted two animal skins for a cart of firewood.

The weather was getting colder and colder, and they couldn't just eat dried meat, they had to drink hot soup, and later on, they had to make a fire. They had to compromise and exchange animal skins for firewood that was usually available everywhere.

Xiangli also understood what Xiangka said. She was just bored and had nothing to do. She even lost interest in her daily prayers.

"I don't know if the news has been passed back yet?"

Xiang Ka put down the bone knife in his hand and held Xiang Li's delicate hand. "Xiang Zhang is still waiting outside the two sunsets. If they make any unusual moves, I will get you out even if I risk my life."

Xiang Li rolled her eyes at him. Why did their daily chats always end like this?

This made her even less motivated. Everyone knew that Black Rock City kept them here to distract the White Elephant Tribe and prevent them from participating in the battle for Black Rock City.

The Black Stone City would have one less opponent if it could, but keeping them would also have two sides. If the White Elephant Clan's opponents knew about this, they would probably do whatever it took to destroy the Black Stone City and take down her, the envoy of God, killing two birds with one stone.

Xiang Li looked at the city wall in the distance that was taller than the buildings, and felt the sense of security that the thick wall brought her. Starting tomorrow, she would include Black Stone City in her prayers.

Xiang Ka: "Don't worry too much. There are no eternal enemies. As long as there are interests, we can still negotiate with Black Rock City."

Xiang Li looked nonchalantly at the people working hard downstairs. Before the sun set, all the pulp had been made.

Qiao Xin drew clean water from the well and refilled the pool.

Next, some plant juice is added to increase the adhesion.

Qiao Xin had already made preparations. After asking the original residents of Black Rock City, she learned that there was a plant called sticky wood nearby, which was similar to aloe vera and had very slippery and sticky juice.

Qiao Xin rubbed the sticky wood that she had picked up from the city in the morning into a sticky state.

All that remains is paper copying.

Compared to pounding the pulp, this step is an easy job.

Qiao Xin put the beaten paper pulp into water, beat it vigorously with a wooden stick, stirred it evenly, and then added sticky wood juice to act as a binder.

Then keep stirring to turn the pulp into a colloid and dissolve it in water.

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