Under the leadership of Xiao Zhuang, several people discussed how to use dried leaves to get fire while hurrying, and the road was very smooth, they found that there were dry leaves or dried leaves of other plants as long as they were wide, and they rolled up the dried leaves while hurrying, and after eating something when they were hungry, they continued to hurry, and they also found a big tree at night and went to sleep on the tree.

Early the next morning, Xiao Ye and the three of them quickened their pace, and they didn't stop when they were hungry, they hurried while eating, and rushed to the grassland tribe before dark. The people of the Meadow tribe were eating barbecue meat around the fire, and Uncle Meadow still received the three guests very warmly.

Xiao Zhuang introduced Xiao Ye to Uncle Caodi, and Xiao Zhuang said: "This is the son of our leader Gao Shan, named Xiao Ye." Xiao Ye gave the two sheepskins and said very politely: "These are the two best sheepskins that my father chose to give to my uncle, thank you for your warm reception and strong support." ”

Uncle Grass happily took the sheepskin, and said with a smile: "This sheepskin is very good, you are too polite, thank you father." Sit down, you must be very hungry, eat a piece of barbecue meat, and talk about it when you're full." The hospitable people of the grassland tribe sent barbecue meat one after another, and the three of them were not polite, eating one piece after another, and had a beautiful and full meal.

After the evening, Xiao Zhuang introduced the failure of the previous fire to the grass uncle, and explained that he still came to get the fire this time.

Uncle Grassland said: "After you took the fire and walked away the last time, we also thought that it would take two days to walk and stay overnight on the road to get the fire with a torch, and the possibility of success was very small. This time you have a good way to get the tinder."

Xiao Ye replied: "All of us have tried to find a way, and after thinking about it for a few days, we only thought of one way, which is to use dried leaves to make fire, I don't know if it will work, and we can only try it this time."

As he spoke, he took out the strips of dried leaves and handed them to the uncle of the grass, who took the strips of dried leaves and looked at them very carefully, and asked suspiciously: "The last time you used a big and long torch to take the fire, is this little strip of dried leaves okay?" I think it's still hard to take the tinder. ”

Xiao Ye replied: "I don't know if this dried leaf will work, I can only try it immediately, if it doesn't work, I need to find another way." ”

People gathered around, curious to see how Xiaoye used small strips of dry leaves to make fire. At this time, Xiaoye took a burning twig from the fire, lit one end of the dry leaf strip and blew it out, not to burn it to an open flame, just to burn the spark, and let it burn slowly. After a while, Xiao Ye saw that the dried leaf strip was about to go out, and he immediately blew on the end of the Mars, and the dried leaf strip burned for a while, and when he blew the second breath, the spark went out.

Xiaoye came a second time, but the second time was the same as the first, and the spark was extinguished. Xiao Ye thought for a while, and then lit the dried leaf strip for the third time, but also failed. Some people are saying: Big torches can't take away the fire, can your little leaf take away the fire? ”

Xiao Ye rested for a while, he was not discouraged, thought for a while, and re-lit the dry leaf, or blow it out to prevent the open flame, for a while Xiao Ye took the other end of the leaf in his mouth, blew outward, and blew the spark red, this time the burning time was longer, just about to extinguish, Xiao Ye blew with the dry leaf again, and the spark of the dry leaf was blown red again, but after blowing several times in a row, the dry leaf was still extinguished.

The people of the meadow tribe were very enthusiastic, but they couldn't think of a good way, and they were still watching, and gossiping, saying that small strips of dry leaves could not take away the fire.

Xiao Ye was not affected by other people's discussions, after thinking for a while, he lit the dried leaf strip again, he tried to put the other end of the dried leaf strip in his mouth and inhale, due to inhaling too much, he choked on a puff of cigarette in his stomach, and immediately coughed, coughing very badly, his face was red, and choked tears. Seeing this, everyone persuaded Xiao Ye not to try again, saying that this method would not work, so they could only find another way.

Uncle Grassland also kindly persuaded: "Xiaoye, don't try it, think of other ways, don't make people sick." ”

At this time, Xiaoye, not because of people's kind persuasion and discouragement, after choking, wiped away tears, and took the dried leaves, found that there were still sparks, so he gently took a small sip, and immediately spit out the cigarettes that were sucked into his mouth, he saw that the sparks of the dried leaves were red, and after a while he saw that the dried leaves did not go out, and gently took a small puff and then spit out the cigarettes, he repeatedly smoked like this and spit out the cigarettes, and after a while, the dried leaves were burned and did not go out, still burning red, and the grass uncle showed a smile on his face, Xiao Ye was happy, immediately took the second dried leaf, and took a breath at the spark of the dry leaf that was about to be burned, the dry leaf was ignited, he kept sucking, kept spitting smoke, and after a while, the second branch was burned and quickly ignited the third dry leaf, Xiao Ye jumped up happily and shouted excitedly: "Success, success, finally success."

Xiao Zhuang and Xiao Mu also cheered: "We finally succeeded." With a burst of cheers from everyone, Uncle Grass happily patted Xiao Ye's shoulder and said, "Good young man, you are so smart, the little dried leaf is better than the big and long torch, this time you really succeeded."

Uncle Meadow shouted: "Children, sing and dance, everyone celebrates success". The grassland tribe was so lively, singing and dancing until late at night, and everyone slept around the fire.

That night, Xiao Ye was so excited, he thought: This time the fire is finally successful, our tribe will have a fire again, and all the people who fall will have fragrant barbecue meat to eat, and they can sing and dance around the fire in the afternoon, how good a day with fire! He didn't know how happy he was, he couldn't wait to take the fire and fly home, light the fire, and end the hard days without fire, so he didn't rest well after the excitement.

The next morning, everyone had breakfast around the fire, and Uncle Grass gave them all kinds of barbecue to eat on the road. The three of them went home on the road and repeatedly thanked Uncle Grassland for his strong support and warm reception. Then the dried leaves were lit by Xiaoye, and they sucked while walking, and the grass uncle and others saw off the three of them, and they sent them far away before leaving.

On the way back, the three of them were very happy, and they walked with great ease, even Xiaomu, who rarely sings, sang happily. Especially Xiao Ye was very excited, the long-awaited fire will soon be taken home, how can it not be exciting.

Xiaozhuang is even more happy, this time take the fire back, not only can everyone live a good life with fire, Xiaohua will soon marry herself, and the time has come to be the groom. Although the three young people have their own ideas, they have the same goal.

In order to ensure that they could take the fire home smoothly, the three of them did not run fast, but took turns to take small sips of dried leaves, and after sucking one after another, the dried leaves continued to burn. When they are hungry, they eat barbecue, and at night they sleep on a big tree, and three people take turns, two sleep, and one of them sucks up the dry leaves, so that the dry leaves do not go out.

At dawn, the three of them continued to hurry after eating the barbecue and sucking the dried leaves, and rushed back to the mountain tribe smoothly in the afternoon. Xiaohua calculated the time and determined that the three brothers would definitely come back this afternoon, she looked at the direction of Xiao Ye's return all day long, and saw Xiao Ye and the three of them from a long distance, so she shouted excitedly: "They are back, Xiao Ye and Xiao Zhuang are back." Xiaohua Xiaotao ran forward to meet them, and then all the people who fell down came to greet the three of them.

Uncle Gao Shan saw that Xiao Ye and they really used a small dried leaf strip to get the fire back, and said happily: "Xiao Ye, you are really good, I can't imagine that this little dried leaf strip can really take the fire back, we have fire again, and our tribe is saved." Xiao Ye replied excitedly: "Yes, we finally got the fire back!" ”

At this time, although Xiao Ye was excited but very calm, worried that the fire that he had finally retrieved was extinguished, he came to the pyre that Xiaohua and Xiao Tao had prepared earlier, grabbed a handful of hay, and ignited the hay with the sparks of dry leaves, dry leaves and dry firewood, the fire was lit, Xiao Ye and Xiao Zhuang kept adding dry firewood, the fire burned bigger and bigger, and everyone danced and cheered: "We have fire again!" We're on fire!! We're eating barbecue again!! ”

The whole tribe was in a sensation, and several ladies shed tears of joy. Everyone gathered around the fire, took out the reserved beef, skewered it with branches, and grilled it on the fire, and the fragrance wafted out for a while, which was very fragrant! , saliva is about to flow, everyone can't wait, send the freshly burned meat to the mouth, the taste that has not been tasted for a long time, it is really fragrant! People who haven't eaten enough for more than a year finally have a beautiful meal.

On this night, the beautiful and lively little flowers were even more excited, singing loudly, dancing cheerfully, to celebrate the success of the fire, boys and girls, big brothers, sisters-in-law and aunts were infected by her, and couldn't help singing and dancing, innocent and lively children, still holding barbecue in their hands, while eating, while singing and dancing, chasing and fighting. The whole tribe was beaming, the scene of joy was indescribable, and before they knew it, they had a happy evening.

On the new day, everyone is particularly energetic, and they all sit down around the fire early, and Uncle Gao Shan has made arrangements: "From today on, we will use torches and sticks to hunt and start to act, we must hunt more wild animals, picking wild fruits can not stop, we should pick more fruits, and the livestock are put back in the fence, and two small fires are burned at the fence, and two large fires are burned on the lawn, and the four fires cannot be extinguished for a long time, and the four people on the hill are responsible for collecting firewood and maintaining the fire. The beasts are afraid of fire, and they no longer dare to attack us lightly. Xiaohua and Xiaotao are responsible for raising domestic animals, organizing boys and girls, and raising livestock well."

According to the arrangement of Uncle Gao Shan, everyone happily split up, the hunting team not only used wooden sticks, stone knives, stone axes but also used torches, and also dug six traps in places where wild beasts often did not go, and three large traps were installed at the bottom of the bone knife, mainly to hunt the big beasts, and three small traps were used to catch small animals alive. In this way, the effect is very good, and the harvest is also very large, killing a lot of big bison, big wild horses, and also catching a lot of lambs, calves, ponies, and pigs alive. Little Flower, Little Peach, and the boys and girls were busy, and the stone pen was added, and the number of domestic animals in the pen also increased a lot. The people who pick wild fruits are also very diligent, and each person gets a few fruits every day. Since returning from the fire, the people of the mountain tribe have gradually lived a comfortable, stable, safe and happy life.