Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

The second item turned out to be a set of clothes.

Not like the animal skin skirts from before, but a complete set, including long pants, an inner lining, a coat, a fur hat, and fur boots—a five-piece set from head to toe.

"This fur hat is made from the finest down of the Frost Wolf's head, and decorated with two sections of Snow Mane Boar tusks; the inner lining and long pants are woven from the white mane of the Magic Goat, using only the softest and finest parts; the coat is made of Snow Mane hide, and the layer of down on the outside is also carefully selected by us."

"These black animal hide boots are made by soaking the second layer of Snow Mane hide in snow water for more than ten days, and then baking it for several days, to get this small piece of soft leather. Chief, feel the material, put them on and try them, see if they're comfortable!"

As Mu Dong unfolded and introduced each item, Xia Hong looked at the five-piece set, speechless for a long time. After taking the clothes, he didn't put them on, but lowered his head in contemplation.

Some time ago, when Mu Dong asked him to help make iron needles, he had already guessed that it was for weaving something, but he never imagined that Mu Dong would put in so much effort to create such a set of clothes.

And the chair he was sitting on was also clearly made with a lot of effort.

If it was just the chair, Xia Hong could barely accept it.

But this set of clothes really made him feel uneasy.

Recently, the hunting had been very fruitful, and the camp had accumulated more and more cold beast hides, but there were too many places where they were needed.

Leather bags for gathering; animal hide scrolls for camp records; leather pouches for carrying water and quivers for arrows when hunting; leather blankets for sleeping, all kinds of leather products, etc...

Of course, the biggest use of animal hides was still for making clothes for everyone in the camp. Although animal skin skirts had become common, some children and women were not as resistant to the cold as men, so any extra animal hides were basically used for them.

This set of clothes and the chair that Mu Dong had painstakingly made...

It would be a lie to say that Xia Hong didn't like them.

He had thought he was used to sitting on the ground, but the moment he actually sat on the soft chair, Xia Hong realized how comfortable it felt to have his butt firmly supported.

Moreover, he had endured the days of drafty crotches for a long time.

Some time ago, when he saw the complete sets of clothes worn by Yang Li and the others, only heaven knew how envious he was.

Now, this complete set of clothes was right in front of him, and Xia Hong was naturally very happy, but the problem was that, for the current camp, these two items were a bit too extravagant.

It was fine to enjoy life when conditions improved, but taking such a big step all at once was not good. Now everyone else was still wearing animal skin skirts, and it would be too conspicuous for him, the chief, to wear such a set of clothes.

"You put a lot of thought into these two items, didn't you?"

Xia Hong thought for a while, but didn't blame him, he just asked.

Mu Dong obviously noticed the change in Xia Hong's mood, and his expression suddenly became a little uneasy. He first turned to look at Xia Chuan, and then replied:

"Chief, actually, we didn't use any precious materials. The main things were the selection, tanning, and workmanship. The four of us in the craftsman's workshop spent more than half a month on these three things..."

Speaking of this, Mu Dong paused, and quickly added: "Chief, please rest assured, the craftsman's workshop's main task is still to make materials for building new wooden houses. We made these two items in our spare time, and it won't affect the construction of the new wooden houses."

Hearing that it had taken more than half a month to make these two items, Xia Hong immediately frowned. Mu Dong's explanation made his expression improve slightly, but he still stood up from the chair and placed the clothes in his hand on the chair.

Xia Hong turned around, looked at Mu Dong, and his face darkened. Just as he was about to scold him, Xia Chuan, who had been standing beside him, spoke up and took the blame.

"Chief, I was the one who asked Mu Dong to make the chair and the clothes!"

After saying this, Xia Chuan looked around at everyone.

By this time, many people had gathered around, and almost without exception, everyone looked at the set of clothes and the exquisite chair with envy and desire. Clearly, the human desire for material things was universal.

Xia Chuan knew very well what Xia Hong was worried about.

To be precise, after Mu Dong made these two items, Xia Hong's reaction was already within his expectations.

He slowly walked to Xia Hong's side and actually helped him back onto the chair. Then, he turned to look around at everyone before facing Xia Hong and saying in a deep voice:

"Chief, since the time at the earthen slope, everyone in the Great Xia camp has been able to survive because of you alone.

If you hadn't risked your life to gather crystal fruits and shared the cold beast meat with me, Yuan Cheng, and the others, we wouldn't have been able to survive until now, let alone break through to the Lumbering Realm;"

"When the wooden puppet monster was causing trouble in the valley, it was also because of you that we were able to successfully kill it, and the more than one hundred people in the Rogue Camp were rescued because of you;"

"Since the camp merged more than a month ago, the total of more than nine hundred people in Great Xia have basically been able to share cold beast meat, and it is also because of you that we can tirelessly take us out hunting;"

"If it weren't for you, let alone share cold beast meat and start cultivating, whether we could survive would be a problem."

"Mining coal, mining iron, hunting, our strength is too poor now, we can't help much, we can only rely on you alone."

"This chair and this set of clothes were made by us willingly for you. In the current Great Xia camp, only you deserve them. I believe, I believe, that you using these two items, none of the more than nine hundred people in the camp will have any objections!"

Xia Chuan's words were sonorous and forceful. As he spoke, he also glanced around at everyone.

Whether they were people from the original Great Xia, the Rogue Camp, or even the people from the Da Chuan and Huang Zhao camps who had joined later, all lowered their heads and fell into thought when they heard what Xia Chuan said.

They hadn't realized just now that when Xia Hong first saw the two items, he was clearly very happy, so why did he frown later and show an expression of wanting to blame Mu Dong.

Hearing Xia Chuan's words, everyone finally understood.

"Chief, you have worked hard and made great contributions. Only you deserve these two items."

"That's right, Chief, this chair and clothes were made for you. If you don't use them, who else in our camp deserves them?"

"If it weren't for the chief, we would all have to sleep by the stove. Where would we get cold beast meat to cultivate? The chief deserves to enjoy these two items."

"That's right, Chief, put them on and show us. If they look good, Mu Dong can make them for us in the future when the camp has more supplies!"

"Chief, the Ying Xuan and Ying Yi brothers like to go naked. These clothes look troublesome, they definitely won't like them."

"Li Yun, you like to go naked, your whole family likes to go naked."

"Hahahahahaha..."

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Understanding Xia Hong's concerns, everyone around, whether they were from the hunting team, the logging team, or even the reserve team, and even those ordinary people, all spoke up to express their support and asked Xia Hong to put on the clothes and show them.

Everyone's tone was relaxed, and later Li Yun even joked with the Ying Xuan and Ying Yi brothers.

Looking at everyone's happy expressions, a trace of emotion flashed in Xia Hong's heart.

He believed that he deserved these two items, but the unanimous recognition of so many people in the camp was undoubtedly more precious than these two items.

After thinking about it, Xia Hong stopped being pretentious, stood up from the chair, turned his back to everyone, took off his animal skin skirt, and put on the complete set of clothes made by Mu Dong, one by one.

When Xia Hong put on all the clothes, casually tied up his loose hair with a rope, and turned around.

Everyone in the camp couldn't help but be stunned.