Follow Me to Learn

The arrival of Butterfly and the others made the original members of Black Moon Camp, who lived there, a bit nervous.

However, this was something they would just have to get used to slowly.

After briefly arranging the personnel, Zhou Xu waved to Butterfly.

"Mengdie, come here."

Zhuang Mengdie, Butterfly's new name, was taken from the meaning of Zhuang Zhou's dream of a butterfly. The reason for giving her this new name was simple.

On one hand, as a Four-star backbone under his command, she needed a decent name.

On the other hand, it was because of a name duplication.

Among the women of the Black Moon Tribe, there wasn't just one named Butterfly, but even one named Little Butterfly...

It could only be said that in this era, the names that primitive people could come up with were truly very limited.

So after they arrived here, Zhou Xu found an opportunity to directly give her a more fitting new name.

Zhuang Mengdie was overjoyed to receive her new name, as if all the fatigue from the journey had been swept away.

Hearing Zhou Xu's summons now, she immediately ran over.

"What is it, Chief?"

Without further ado, Zhou Xu directly pointed to the three people in front of him.

"These three are responsible for the handicraft work here at Black Moon Camp. Starting today, they will all be under your command. You will be responsible for leading them and teaching them what needs to be done, little by little."

"Then Chief, what should we prioritize making now?"

Zhou Xu didn't think much about this question and directly gestured...

"Basket traps, prioritize basket traps, but make them a bit bigger than the previous ones."

This time, the basket traps were undoubtedly for the wild rabbits.

In fact, he had also been studying snare traps recently. Although he hadn't made them before, this thing, put simply, was just tying knots, right?

After the prey entered, by pulling, the knot of the snare would tighten quickly, thus catching the prey.

Zhou Xu's foundation in knot tying was there, and snare traps themselves were not complicated. When he had spare energy, he could spend a little time researching them. He had indeed come up with some things recently.

During this period, facing Zhuang Mengdie, the female leader who had been parachuted in, the three members of Black Moon Camp behaved quite honestly, but no one knew what they were thinking.

Zhuang Mengdie couldn't be bothered to care what they thought. She had already been a minor leader in charge of a team at Salt Lake Camp, so having three more people under her now didn't put any pressure on her.

"Everyone look here, pay attention and follow me."

Without any nonsense, she directly followed her chief's instructions and began weaving larger basket traps.

Although their chief hadn't taught them, Zhuang Mengdie's Intelligence ceiling was ultimately four stars. Even though it was only two stars now, her intelligence, which surpassed that of ordinary people, was slowly showing.

Simply adjusting the size when weaving a basket was something Zhuang Mengdie could do with ease.

Weaving a large basket that could easily cover an entire wild rabbit would require more time and effort.

However, setting that aside, weaving itself was a highly repetitive task. Basically, once they learned the basic weaving techniques, they could start working on it without waiting for her to finish weaving one completely.

But after they officially started, they realized that this seemingly simple task was not so simple to do.

Looking at their clumsy fingers, which were almost tied in knots on the spot, and then looking at their new leader's, they were incredibly nimble!

This made them clearly realize that their parachuted-in leader was indeed extraordinary, and they quickly buried their heads, diligently working on the task at hand.

This was not a particularly difficult task. After overcoming the initial learning curve, the three of them quickly felt a sense of improvement, and their fingers were no longer as disobedient as they were at the beginning.

This also gave them a little more confidence, and they subconsciously looked up to check their new leader's progress.

Then, they saw Zhuang Mengdie calmly place a newly woven basket aside and pick up two new strips of bark rope to start the next one.

During this time, as if sensing the gazes falling on her, Zhuang Mengdie's hands did not stop moving. She slightly tilted her head and looked at the three of them curiously.

Immediately, three stunned faces appeared before her.

For a moment, Zhuang Mengdie didn't know what was happening. She glanced at the baskets in the hands of the three, which were only about a quarter done, and then asked curiously...

"What's wrong? Is there anything you don't understand?"

When asked, the three of them shook their heads in unison like a rattle drum, making Zhuang Mengdie even more puzzled.

"If there's nothing, hurry up and work. Don't stop your hands."

Through this back-and-forth, the three of them were completely convinced of their new leader, who had been suddenly appointed and parachuted in by their new chief.

Meanwhile, Zhou Xu was busy building a kiln with two other people in Black Moon Camp.

This kiln was, of course, not for boiling water or cooking, but for firing pottery.

However, the first thing to mention is that there was pottery in Black Moon Camp.

But their former chief did a very poor job of it because he didn't even have a proper kiln for firing pottery.

In Zhou Xu's opinion, this was probably the level of primitive people just starting to fiddle with pottery.

But thinking about it, it wasn't surprising. After all, not everyone liked to buy tea cups, or even study things like wood-fired or electric kilns, and end up falling into a pit as an expensive sucker like him...

But now, it seemed that having more hobbies and tinkering around wasn't a bad thing.

After all, what if you transmigrated one day?

Wouldn't you need to prepare in advance?

Unlike when he built a small stove at Salt Lake Camp before, this time, he had previous experience, so he planned to build a larger stove in one go.

This way, the number of pottery pieces they could fire in each batch would increase, which would also improve efficiency.

Anyway, the entire process involved Zhou Xu planning the blueprint and layout of the stove, while the other two beside him were responsible for assisting and doing the heavy lifting.

They worked quickly, and the stove was built before dark.

However, the task of plastering the mud inside and out would clearly have to wait until tomorrow.

"Alright, that's it for today. Let's start a fire and cook!"

Update delivered, thanks to book friend 'Shuying' for the reward!