my age of magic

Chapter 10. Leatherworking

The afternoon sun is like a mother's hand. Touching my cheek makes me think of my mother. The wind on the grassland is very strong, and it just rained a lot last night.

On this sunny afternoon, the southeast trade wind from the Endless Sea wanted to melt every snow and ice in the Xinghu Grassland.

I stood facing the wind, and the cool wind blew across my open fur coat chest, and I stood on the hillside and shouted loudly to the green world in the distance.

I say loudly to the world: Hello, here I come!

Each piece of parchment clearly and neatly records the adventurers' gains. There are not many valuable things on the wind wolf. Although the wolf bones are as hard as iron, it is good to make some bone tools, but this is not the Grimm Empire. This is the Xinghu Grassland. If you want to transport it back to the Green Empire, the cost of travel far exceeds the cost of the wolf bone itself.

So for adventurers, the most valuable thing about the wind wolf is the satin-like smooth and warm wolf fur. Every skinning master can cook the leather. Who here doesn't have Glauber's salt?
But perfect skinning, without hurting any texture on the wolf's skin, has a lot of knowledge.

Fenglang is considered the most basic monster, but the skin of any monster can carry magic power and draw magic patterns.Therefore, the leather armor made of wind wolf skin will be engraved with magic script by junior magic inscription masters and turned into magic equipment.

It is very difficult to engrave magic patterns on leather, and there are many failure factors, so magicians have very strict requirements for Warcraft leather. Almost every piece of leather will be graded, ranging from one to ten, and the price There is also a lot of difference.

Therefore, a skilled skinner will be very popular, and Uncle Fred is one of the best.

In addition, there are 4 sharp canine teeth on the wind wolf, which are the first materials for making carving knives. Even if the steel is refined, it is not as hard as it, and it is easy to carry. This is one of the few valuable things on the wind wolf.

This time the adventure group brought back a total of eleven wind wolves, and it is said that they took away a wolf den.

Every wolf pack has a she-wolf leader, and this pack of wolves is no exception. The four-meter-long adult female wolf was laid out on a wooden cart, and Uncle Fred skinned it himself.

I don't understand Kurtz's feelings. At this time, he is watching Uncle Fred's smooth and smooth knife skills with relish. The skinning knife in Uncle Fred's hand is like his own. The subcutaneous fat moved quickly, and the movements were as nimble as if she was peeling off her own mother-in-law's clothes. With a light pull, the gorgeous clothes were taken off.

Holding a roll of parchment, with a magic knife and pen in my mouth, I nudged Kuz's left rib lightly with my elbow, and then leaned on his ear and asked him, "Kuz, aren't you a warrior of the orc wolf tribe?" , don’t you feel a little bloody seeing this scene?”

Kurz widened his eyes, and said to me solemnly beside me: "We are wolf orcs. The wolf orcs are different from wolves. We have no blood relationship. The children in our tribe will also hunt and kill some wolves, and they eat ours. Livestock, and sometimes rob wild flocks with us.”

After the whole adventure group had lunch at noon, they followed the pathfinder ranger to chase the magic antelope herd. It is said that our skinning convoy will also follow to pull the magic antelope.

The two young soldiers who were in charge of guarding and protecting us in the morning were taken away, and the other two slightly injured soldiers were left behind. Sleep lightly on the sunny hillside surrounded by wind.

It was still the young female magician who stayed behind. She had a new task of assigning wolf skinning. She took it very seriously, and occasionally interrupted to point out some mistakes made by the skinning master. The relaxed atmosphere in the morning suddenly disappeared. The uncles in the team began to work with trepidation.

Kurz and I were spectators. At this time, Uncle Fred was on the bullock cart, obediently watching Uncle peel the skin.The female magician walked slowly to my side, paused for a moment, then suddenly stretched out her hand in her pocket, and handed me a handful of yellow-orange beans. She smiled, and she really had a little bit of youth when she smiled. The taste is very good, otherwise I would have listed her as an old witch.At this time she said to me: "Here."

"what is this?"

"bean."

"Cooked."

"Well, please eat!"

For a brief exchange, maybe she will take extra care of me because she sees that I am too young.The fried beans I got all of a sudden made me feel like she was a sister next door.

I stood up politely to say thank you, and she looked a little surprised at my thank you.

The imperial language does not include honorifics such as thank you. It may be that I did not expect that a child like me, who is just a homeless person, can also use honorifics in the imperial language. I am a little surprised!
A total of 11 wolf skins were quickly peeled off, and the two slightly injured soldiers of the adventure group were called out not far away. One of them set off with four ox carts to look for the adventure group hunting the magic antelope on the grassland. I, Kurtz, Uncle Fred and others were left to cook the leather.

The matter of obtaining the magic core still needs to wait for all the members of the adventure group to come back. The skinned, bright red and bloody wolf head is as big as a calf's head, and it is piled up on the grass. The blood on the head has dried up now. Turned black and purple.

In fact, the remaining work is still very heavy. The skilled cobblers are left to deal with the blood, mud and fat on the peeled wolf skins, and then soak the skins in boiling water mixed with alum to boil them, stretch them on wooden racks to dry, and then When coated with Glauber's salt, it becomes a fine leather.

These processes are the most testing for the skills of cobblers, because once the texture of the monster skin is damaged, the whole skin will be downgraded several grades. Even an inscriber apprentice will not use the worst monster skin to practice inscriptions. Poor wind wolf animal skins can only be used as leather armor. Using its tough and wear-resistant properties, it will not become magic equipment.

Sitting in the only ox cart with Kurz, I followed Uncle An to fetch water from a small lake not far away. Uncle An was very serious while driving the ox cart and did not speak.On the contrary, Kurtz and I were fighting on the bullock cart. If Uncle Fred was around, we would have kicked our asses, and Uncle Ann was careful to make the bullock cart more stable.

I still have a few fragrant beans in my hand, and Kurz, you and I eat one by one, which is very sweet.

Although I didn't succeed in practicing anti-magic last night, after consuming some of the magic power in my body, I found that the originally restless fire element magic power had calmed down, but it was only gathering in a long way, and the burning sensation that always existed on my body was actually a little smaller Boy, it makes me feel good physically.Sometimes, a little inexplicable little reason will make me very satisfied, just like me now.

When we got to the lake, Uncle An didn't let Kurz and I do anything. He carried two buckets of water and walked back and forth between the lake and the cart. Kurz and I were actually the kind of kids who took advantage of others, so naturally we jumped. After getting out of the car, two people carried a bucket of water and followed Uncle An. Uncle An was very pleased to see.

People always enhance their relationship when they live in harmony like this, just like this time after fetching water, Uncle An opened up the chatterbox on the way back and was willing to chat with us: "My little one is as old as you, I don't know how happy I would be if I were to behave like you."

"Uncle An, do you still have children at home?" I thought that Uncle An's house had been robbed by barbarians, and Uncle An's own brother was the only one left. That's why he joined the business group. It turns out that he still has relatives at home.

Uncle An laughed and said, "What are you talking about, I still have three wives and five children to raise."

"Ah!" I opened my mouth wide.

Uncle An said: "My two younger brothers died, and I will take care of the remaining sister-in-law and son. This is how it is in our place. Barbarians will always come to snatch men for a few years and go back to be miners. A group of helpless women and children. This is the case in every family. I hope they go somewhere, but if they stay, I will take care of them, and they will be my daughter-in-law in the future. Before coming out, the eldest of the five children in the family has not yet At the age of ten, Xiao Mo has not yet reached the full moon. Hehe, although the work of the business group is a bit hard, it takes two or three years to come out, but the pay is not bad. I think I can at least renovate the house when I go home this time. Well, it might be safer to move to a place closer to Sloit City."

"Then Uncle An, you come out to run a business, how do they live at home?" I asked curiously.

Uncle An smiled and said, "Country people live very well. Eat some rye, rice, and rice, which are all over the place. If you're lucky, you might be able to find some pheasants in the snow pit." What kind of life? Uncle Fa'an didn't say anything in the end, and I didn't ask too much for fear of annoying people, but it's true that this world is rich in products.

Although Kurz is a little stupid, he is diligent. Although I am small, I am very good at talking. I can see that the pile of work is done very carefully. The bloody wolf heads were all signed by me.

So our two kids are very popular in the team.Uncle Fred is also very face-saving. Obviously this time he persuaded the leaders of the two adventure groups to let us two boys join the hunting group, and we two children can do some things more or less. Uncle Fred was naturally very happy to let other people have less gossip.

This grassland has been deposited for an unknown number of years. Winter and summer alternate, and the years are dry and prosperous. The green grass has turned into rotting leaves over the years, making this grassland fertile.

I squatted next to Uncle Fred, listening to his experience.Uncle has been a leather maker for more than [-] years. He was an apprentice in a shoe store. At that time, he was still a kid who was about the same age as me. He was only paid a piece of white bread every day. The apprentices in the store still follow the ancient tradition, and the young apprentices will not get any payment, only one piece of white bread per day.

Each master will use his own method to teach his apprentices, because each leather master has a different understanding of the concept of leather.

In this era, there are no genres, but skilled leather makers always have their own unique methods. Uncle Fred's perception of leather is only texture.

The reason why the old Kuru has always praised Uncle Fred very much is also because of this. Many totem marks of the orcs were born based on the texture of the Warcraft leather. The old Kuru said that the Warcraft leather itself has a natural magic circle. These magic circles are contained in the texture, and because of this, the Warcraft leather will carry the magic power, and finally be made into magic equipment.

Uncle Fred told me that following the grain of the leather will cause the least damage to the leather during the leathermaking process, and will have a greater chance of producing better quality leather.

I squatted aside and watched Uncle Fred gently hold the knife with four fingers in his left hand, gently push it between the skin and fascia, and the skin was peeled off.

I smiled and said to Uncle Fred: "Uncle, you will have your own leather shop in the future, and I will be your apprentice in the future, and you will give me a piece of white bread every night."

"Then it's not easy for you kid to get white bread. You can't do it if you don't work hard. Haha!" Uncle Fred laughed loudly. I think everyone needs a little bit of existence in their inner world, whether they are nobles, commoners, or slaves. This is the source of their happiness, and sometimes the meaning of life.

Uncle Fred also has a wish, that is to use the money he earned from running a business to open a small prestigious leather shop, even if it is a little remote, it doesn't matter, as long as it is his own small shop.

This is probably the time when Uncle Fred is most proud. He is like an artist when he picks up the skinning knife, confident and passionate. This is Uncle Fred's pride.

So where is my pride?I have always felt that life is meaningful because of the extraordinary magical power contained in my blood, and I am often proud of it. The old Kuru told me to keep this secret in my heart until I have the ability to protect myself.

I let my small body lean against the grain bag full of black bread, and stretched in the most comfortable position. The men in the caravan will not have the right not to work just because you are only five years old. But I won't be unhappy because the thief is lazy at my age. I can record the wind wolf materials in those ledgers clearly, even if I have completed the task.

Kurtz still had to work hard to carry water to the lake with Uncle Ann. The labor he had put in today was not enough for dinner.

I originally wanted to go with Kurz, but the little orc didn't really like to cooperate with strangers. He only believed in me except for the old Kuru.

But the young female magician who has been in charge of supervision and vigilance stopped me and said to me: "Scribe, the convoy of the adventure group will be back soon, and there are a large number of magic antelopes that need you to register, so don't go far."

I was a little dumbfounded by the name of the female magician. It was the first time someone called me such a formal name. Just kidding, I don't know why she has a good impression of me, it seems that my popularity is not bad!
(End of this chapter)