Fish Bladder Glue (continued)

Jian Mo was really curious about this glue. After studying it for two days, she said to Wu Jiong, "Why don't we use this glue to make a cabinet and see how it works?"

Their house is so big, they need quite a lot of cabinets.

The cabinets used to be made with mortise and tenon joints and reinforced with wooden nails, but they started to wobble after a while.

Their technology here is lacking; the cabinets they make are rarely perfectly fitted, and the gaps tend to widen over time, requiring a lot of glue to hold them together.

Jian Mo kept staring at the glue; she was genuinely interested in it.

Wu Jiong agreed, "I'll have someone split the wood tomorrow."

To make furniture, they first cut the wood into planks, then use a plane to smooth the planks, removing all the burrs, before assembling them.

Each of these steps requires a significant investment of labor.

Even if Wu Jiong is very capable, it would still take him ten or twenty days to do it all by himself.

In this situation, it would be more convenient to ask someone to come and help with the work.

Jian Mo originally thought that Wu Jiong would invite De Jiang and his team of skilled and patient young orcs.

Unexpectedly, when they returned, a group of giant cats and dogs nimbly squeezed outside their yard, huddled together, transformed back into human form, and then squeezed back into the yard.

Ban Ming met Jian Mo's questioning gaze and said with a hint of smugness, "The clan chief sent us here to teach us carpentry."

Jian Mo: "Will Wu Jiong pay you?"

Ban Ming scratched his head. "Give it to me?"

The Jiu Yin behind him confirmed. "Here, the clan chief told us."

Jian Mo: "That's good, come in quickly."

A group of young people filed in, deftly moving wood and preparing planks.

Their skills weren't great, but their attitude was very positive.

Soon, De Jiang and his group arrived as well.

Seeing them, Jian Mo breathed a sigh of relief.

Ban Ming and the others were so unreliable that he had come to believe it himself; he needed a reliable person in charge to feel at ease.

With everyone's joint efforts, the wood was quickly sliced into pieces, planed smooth, and then made into boards according to Jian Mo's requirements.

Jian Mo took out the blueprints she had drawn earlier to show everyone, discussed the specific appearance of the cabinet, and then lit a fire in a corner of the yard to melt the glue with water.

The glue melts quite slowly.

He started melting it in the evening, thinking it would be melted before dark, but it was already completely dark and the glue in the pot was only half melted.

They had no choice but to light torches and wait.

I waited until late at night until the glue in the pot finally melted.

The melted glue is a viscous, semi-transparent liquid. When scraped with a wooden stick, it hardly falls off when the stick is turned upside down, indicating its stickiness.

The glue smelled strange, not the kind of smell Jian Mo was familiar with.

The glue looks special and works in a special way; it hardens quickly when applied to wood and adheres very firmly.

Jian Mo also suggested using wooden clamps to hold the two glued pieces of wood together and leave them overnight to allow the glue to dry completely.

Unexpectedly, before the woodworking clamps were even properly adjusted, the glue had already solidified, turned white and hardened, and the glue that had seeped out of the gaps was impossible to remove.

Jian Mo stared at the glue in shock.

As far as he knows, some chemical adhesives used on Earth don't solidify that quickly either.

This glue is really something; if we had such a good glue, we could make so many things.

The others had no idea what it meant that the glue solidified so quickly and stuck so firmly, and they were quite happy.

"It works great! No wonder it's a secret recipe from the Forest Rock Tribe."

"If we had known their glue was so good, we would have replaced some sooner. My wooden stool doesn't have glue on it, and it keeps wobbling; you might accidentally pinch your butt."

"Haha, last time A Hu sat on my wooden stool in her beast form, a big clump of fur got caught on her butt, she's probably still bald."

"Your ass is bald!!!"

"Hey hey hey, you're not bald? Then show me your beast form now!"

Everyone laughed and joked, creating a very cheerful atmosphere—except for A Hu, who was unlucky enough to be stopped.

A Hu is now enraged and has started chasing and hitting everyone.

Jian Mo carefully examined the two pieces of wood that had been glued together.

With his strength, he couldn't possibly break those two planks.

He began to understand why people said the axes of the Forest Rock Tribe were glued together; they were indeed very sturdy.

Seeing that his face had turned red, Wu Jiong reached out and said, "Let me pry it open. Do you want to pry it open and glue it back together?"

Jian Mo: "No, I just wanted to test just how strong this adhesive really is?"

Wu Jiong: "I'll give it a try."

Wu Jiong tried to break it open in human form, but surprisingly, he couldn't.

Seeing this, De Jiang came over and tried to break it up as well, but he was defeated as well.

Ban Ming and the others squeezed over and tried to pry the wooden board open.

Unfortunately, Wu Jiong and De Jiang couldn't change it, so the others were even less likely to change it.

One of the orcs lost his grip on the plank, and when he tried to break it, it slipped from his hand and hit his own chin, drawing blood instantly.

Jian Mo was startled and quickly helped the orc stop the bleeding.

The glue from the Forest Rock Tribe is very useful, but unfortunately there's not enough of it; it was used up after making just one wooden cabinet.

The next day, Jian Mo up to check on the wooden cabinet that was drying in the yard. The cabinet was completely dry and looked exquisite. She couldn't shake it at all.

It seems that this wooden cabinet was made in one piece, without the use of glue or mortise and tenon joints; it just grew out naturally like this.

Jian Mo was pleasantly surprised and inspected it thoroughly, feeling that this was the most exquisite wooden cabinet they had ever made.

Unfortunately, there was only one wooden cabinet. He turned to look at the materials scattered around him, feeling somewhat eager to try them out.

With so many materials, we should be able to make three or four more wooden cabinets.

He can use some more glue to finish making the wooden cabinets.

Wu Jiong knew what he was thinking the moment he saw him, "Shall we go to the Forest Rock Tribe again and get some more glue?"