The proprietor regarded Xiao Ye as a guest of honor, and no longer asked him to barbecue, let Xiao Ye sit next to her, and the people of Hedong respected him as if they were the proprietor. People continue to give the grilled meat to the proprietor and him to eat, Xiao Ye thought: The people here are very kind, they are all very emotional people, I just did a little thing for them, just treat me so warmly, I should arrange for them, teach them their skills without reservation, so that their lives will be greatly improved......

At this time, the proprietor was also thinking: Judging from what happened in the past few days, this young man, smart and capable, kind and kind, warm to people, harmless to people, and very willing to help people, if there is his help, our life in the east of the river will be better, now we should let the three sons learn from him, first understand their language, but also let him understand our language and living conditions. Thinking of this, she immediately shouted loudly: "Da Dongzi, Er Dongzi, Xiao Dong, come on!" ”

The three brothers heard their mother's cry and soon came to the proprietor. The proprietor said: "Call your three brothers, there are important things to arrange, this guest next to me is a very good man, the big and small people of our tribe are very fond of him, he helped us dig traps, and even caught and killed the bison that we didn't dare to mess with before, he helped us to light a fire that we have never seen before, so that we can all eat fragrant barbecue that we have never eaten, we should thank him for his help, he has great skills, you three brothers should learn from him, learn his language, and let him understand our language, We have a fierce tiger and wolf here, and we must protect him, and from now on you will follow him, and if he wants you to do something, you must listen to him. ”

The three brothers replied at the same time, "We must do what our mother has arranged." The proprietor smiled and nodded to Xiao Ye, and went back to the cave to rest.

Although Xiao Ye didn't fully understand the proprietor's words, he understood what the head was arranging for the three brothers to do. At this time, the three brothers came to Xiao Ye's side and greeted him with a smile. Xiao Dong gestured to Xiao Ye and said: "It was our mother who spoke just now, she is the head of our Hedong tribe, and she is in charge of more than 200 people, she said thank you for your help to us, and said that you have great skills, and you want our three brothers to learn skills from you, and protect you." ”

Xiao Ye listened to Xiao Dong very carefully, and also analyzed Xiao Dong's gestures when he spoke, and repeatedly and laboriously talked to Xiao Dong, and finally, he finally understood what Xiao Dong meant. Xiao Ye gestured very slowly and said: "Now you have to do two things first, the first thing is to dig more traps, and the second thing is to pick up more dry firewood." In order for the three brothers to understand what he meant, he took Xiaodong's hand and said, "You three brothers come with me." ”

Xiao Ye took the three brothers to a place with a lot of grass, chose nine points, and said to the three brothers: "Dig nine more traps, you have a lot of people, you have to catch and kill more wild things to eat." The three brothers seemed to understand, and they all nodded.

Xiao Ye picked up two more dry firewood and said, "Follow me." The three brothers followed Xiao Ye to the river, searched around, and found a huge cave, he put the dry firewood in his hand in the cave, and said, "You should pick up more dry firewood and put it in the cave, and use it for the fire after the rain." ”

Xiao Dong quickly understood what Xiao Ye meant, because he had picked dry firewood for Xiao Ye two days ago, and he hurriedly replied, "We'll do this right away." ”

They returned to the meadow, Xiao Ye gestured and said: "Tomorrow morning, arrange for fifty men to come, all bring stone axes, a few people dig a trap, and then arrange dozens of people to pick up dry firewood, after the big cave is full, put other caves, the more dry firewood, the better, I will go back today, and I will come again tomorrow." ”

Da Dongzi hurriedly gestured and said, "My mother said that our three brothers want to protect you, and we can't leave you and go back with you." ”

Xiao Ye didn't seem to understand it. Xiao Dong slowly gestured again, repeating Dadong's words, Xiao Ye understood, he smiled and nodded, and made a gesture to go, saying, "Let's go." Xiao Ye took the three brothers back to their own fire, Sister He saw the guests, and warmly arranged for the guests to sit on the grass next to the fire, and sent the roasted beef and mutton, and invited the guests to eat lunch, Xiao Ye said to the three: "You're welcome, eat barbecue." "The guests don't know what politeness is, and they eat fragrant and beautiful barbecue.

After noon, Xiao Ye began to understand the situation here, due to a few days of contact and dialogue with Xiao Dong, Xiao Ye basically mastered the rules of gestures and simple language in the eastern part of the river, and the smart Xiao Dong could also understand the simple words spoken by Xiao Ye. Xiao Ye initially learned about some of the situation of the Hedong Tribe, and Xiao Dong also learned that Xiao Ye and the four of them came here to help everyone live a life of fire, to teach everyone to maintain the big fire, keep the fire, use torches to cooperate with the trap hunting, so that everyone has endless food, and also help kill the ferocious tigers and wolves. Xiaodong was very happy, Da Dongzi and Er Dongzi were difficult to understand, Xiao Dong repeated what Xiao Ye said to the two brothers, Da Dongzi and Er Dongzi jumped up happily after hearing it, and both stretched out their thumbs and praised Yang Xiaoye.

Sister He, Cao San and Sister He are also very happy to see this, because everyone's efforts have been recognized by the people here, why are you not happy? At this time, Sister He and Sister He brought three tubes of water to the guests, which were bamboo tubes made of freshly cut bamboo. The three brothers took the bamboo tube and looked at it again and again, before they drank the water in a big gulp. Xiaodong said happily: "This thing is really easy to use." Cao San said: "I cut back a lot of bamboo, so I will make a few more for Xiaodong to take back." He immediately cut the bamboo with a bone knife, and Xiao Ye was also busy, making ten bamboo tubes in a while.

Xiao Ye gestured to Xiao Dong and said slowly: "I really want to meet your mother and owner, I have something very important to tell her." ”

Xiaodong also gestured and said, "I will take you to see my mother tomorrow morning." ”

Xiao Ye said happily: "Okay, let's go see your mother tomorrow, play with us tonight, we are all familiar with your language, and now I will take you to see our cave." ”

The river girl stayed to add firewood to the fire and lead the horses to graze. Xiao Ye and the three brothers came to the cave, the width of the cave is five feet, the depth of thirty steps, there are three people high, the cave is fifteen steps into the cave, and it is full of dry firewood. Xiao Ye gestured and said to the three brothers: "If it rains, burn a small fire three steps away from the entrance of the cave, and the smoke can flow away from the top of the cave, and the rain will not be drenched, you can still roast and eat, and walk a few steps inside, you can also sleep." The three brothers nodded yes.

Coming from the cave, Xiao Ye took everyone to see the trap again, and Xiao Ye explained to the three brothers: Why dig the trap like this; Why camouflage traps; why torches should be used in the future to cooperate with trap hunting; Why smoke keeps the tinder. He saw that the three brothers did not fully understand, and he took the trouble to explain it repeatedly until the three brothers understood.

After the seven young people ate barbecue in the evening, Xiao Ye smoked a cigarette and cooked with Xiao Dongla. Da Dongzi, Er Dongzi and Cao San, Sister He, Sister He, Sister He's talking, it's really funny, everyone is talking and laughing and laughing. Xiao Ye talked to Xiao Dong about the development of the mountain tribe and his next step. Xiaodong also gave a detailed introduction to the situation of the Hedong tribe. Everyone gained a lot this night, they all deepened their understanding of each other, and they hooked up the language, it was already late at night, and everyone slept around the fire.

Another day began, everyone had eaten early, Xiaoye brought ten bamboo tubes and a small cigarette, followed the three brothers to the east of the river, Da Dongzi went to arrange people to dig traps, Er Dongzi led people to pick up dry firewood, Xiao Dong led Xiao Ye to the cave where the owner lived to see the owner.

The proprietor lived in a large cave by the river, which was thirty paces deep, three paces wide, and more than one person high, and there was a fork in it. The cave is very dark, there is an irregular stone slab in the middle, when it is a table, a few tree tubes around it are used as stools, Xiao Dong led Xiao Ye to see the owner, the owner just ate early, Xiao Ye gave ten bamboo tubes and a small cigarette to the owner, the owner invited Xiao Ye to sit down on the stool next to the table, Xiao Ye gestured and said: "This bamboo tube is used to drink water, this cigarette is used to smoke, it is incense, it can lift the spirit when smoking, and more importantly, it can retain the fire." ”

He took a puff of his cigarette and said, "This is the kind of cigarette I smoked, and it was this cigarette butt that lit the fire." ”

The proprietor took the gift sent by Xiao Ye and looked at it again and again, but he didn't know what it was, and he didn't fully understand Xiao Ye's words. Xiaodong immediately translated Xiao Ye's words for his mother, and the proprietor was very happy after hearing it, and expressed his gratitude to Xiao Ye for his kindness and help.

At this time, a woman in her 30s came in a panic and cried to report to the owner: "Owner, my 10-year-old son just went to the woods to dig birds' eggs and was bitten away by a tiger, what do you say?" ”

The proprietor said in surprise: "This tiger is really hateful, it has already eaten the four of us, this is the fifth, I can't do anything, adults should take care of children, usually don't go to the forest to play." ”

Seeing this, Xiao Ye didn't know what was going on. Xiao Dong hurriedly translated Xiao Ye. Xiao Ye took a puff of cigarette and said, "Proprietor, I have a way to kill the tiger." ”

The proprietor said worriedly: "Last year, after our second child was eaten by a tiger, I arranged for 20 strong men to fight the tiger, and they all went to the woods to fight the tiger with wooden sticks and stone axes. You're a guest, but don't take any chances, don't let the tiger hurt you. ”

Xiao Ye didn't fully understand the proprietor's words, so Xiao Dong immediately translated to Xiao Ye. Xiao Ye said with confidence: "Don't worry, the proprietor doesn't have to worry, we have killed the tiger before, and I will definitely be able to kill this tiger!" ”

After he finished speaking, he said goodbye to the proprietor, and immediately went to the cave, Xiaodong followed Xiao Ye, Xiao Ye asked: "Xiaodong, do you know where the tiger lives?" ”

Xiao Dong replied: "This tiger lives in the woods a few miles from us, and there is a small dirt slope in the woods, and there is a hole under the dirt slope, and the tiger has to return to the hole every night. This year, everyone wants to get rid of it, but there is no way, now they can only avoid it and avoid it. ”

Xiao Ye said, "Can you take me around to have a look?" Don't be afraid, if you see it from afar, we will quickly climb the tree, and the tiger will not be able to keep us. ”

Xiaodong said: "I'll take you there, I'll climb the tree fast, there is no danger." Xiao Ye took Xiao Dong back to his residence, told Sister He and the other three about the idea of killing the tiger, told the three of them not to worry, they would come back soon, and arranged for the three of them to make more torches and prepare for the recent use, at the same time, he prepared a roast beef that the two of them could eat for two days, and took the stone axe and sent it to Xiao Dong.

Xiaodong led the way in front, Xiaoye smoked a cigarette, and followed Xiaodong towards the tiger cave, they passed through the woodland and entered the woods, they looked while walking, and there was no sign of the tiger. Soon arrived at a place about twenty steps away from the Tiger Cave, in front of a big tree, Xiao Dong pointed to a hole under the small soil slope and said, "That is the Tiger Cave." ”

Xiao Ye said: "We can't go any further, we will sleep on this big tree tonight, we must find out the whereabouts of the tiger before we can find a way to kill it, we will climb the tree and talk about it." The two quickly climbed the tree and sat safely on the branch.

Xiao Ye asked, "Xiaodong, how are you so familiar with this tiger cave?" ”

Xiaodong replied: "Last year my mother arranged for 20 people to fight tigers, I also quietly followed, I climbed a tree in front of me, on the tree to see them fight tigers, it was morning, the sun rose shortly, the tiger came from the hole to find food, our 20 people were five steps away from the entrance of the cave, surrounded the tiger, some with wooden sticks, some with stone axes, that knows that the tiger is particularly fierce, it is not afraid of people at all, it roars, opens its mouth and bites, scratches with its claws, and uses its tail to shake, 20 people couldn't hit it at all, and it bit one person to death, and three people were bitten, and it dragged the person who bit it to death into the hole and ate it. I was terrified in the tree, and then I ran home with everyone running for my life. ”