Chapter 14 Popularization of tobacco and fire protection
It has been 10 days since the alpine tribe took the fire back, people according to the arrangement of the mountain uncle, happily each did their own hard work, the harvest is indeed not small, especially the harvest of the hunting is more gratifying, every day the use of torches and sticks to hunt, get a lot of prey, at night everyone around the fire to eat fragrant barbecue and sweet and sour fruits, after the full, the young men and women sing and dance, men chase women, women chase men, so happy! Zhenyu is living a happy life.
That night, there was a rain, and the small fire outside the fence was extinguished by the rain, and the fire left sparks, but fortunately the rain was not heavy, and if it rained heavily and flooded and washed away the fire, it would lose the fire again.
On the second morning, Uncle Gao Shan gathered everyone together and said loudly: "It rained late last night, and the two small fires went out, and the big fire still kept the fire, everyone lit the fire as soon as possible, and quickly picked up dry firewood, dried grass and leaves, this is the top priority today, we can no longer lose the fire, let's act quickly." ”
Everyone was very anxious, they were afraid that they would lose the bloody raw meat again, and then they would get sick, so the men and women quickly went into action, looking around for hay, dried leaves, and dry firewood, but no one expected that it had rained and it was wet everywhere, and there was no trace of dry firewood, hay, and dry leaves. The sparks in the fire are about to go out, and the fire is still not lit, and everyone is very anxious.
Seeing this, Xiao Ye was also very anxious, he suddenly thought of dried leaves, and hurriedly returned to the nest shed to get a few dried leaves, and together with Xiao Zhuang, he found a little spark in the big fire, and quickly picked up the dried leaves and sucked them up.
The fire-burning people did not light the fire for a long time because they did not find any hay and dry firewood, and as a result, the only little spark in the fire was also extinguished, and everyone became worried again.
After the rain, the sun is red, and the grass, leaves, and firewood are gradually dried. In the afternoon, Xiao Ye and Xiao Zhuang rekindled the fire with the sparks of dried leaves. Everyone was happy again, and then they roasted around the fire and ate it. At this time, Uncle Gao Shan said very seriously: "Today you have seen that our fire was extinguished by the rain, if it weren't for Xiao Ye and Xiao Zhuang to drain the leaves and retain the fire, we would lose the fire again, and we would live a bitter life without fire." In the future, everyone must learn to dry the leaves, and if you want to live a good life with fire for a long time, you must keep the fire, so that you can have fragrant barbecue to eat, and you will have a good life for a long time." Everyone nodded yes, and thanked Xiaoye and Xiaozhuang from the bottom of their hearts for sucking up the leaves and keeping the fire.
Immediately after Xiao Ye added: "Everyone knows very well that we retrieved the fire by sucking the dry leaves, lit the big fire, so that everyone lived a good life with fire, today because of the heavy rain to extinguish the big fire, we also retained the fire by sucking the dry leaves, this dried leaf sucking into the mouth is smoke, and immediately spit out of the mouth is also smoke, in order to remember, you can call this dried leaf smoke." Putting it in the mouth and sucking it is called smoking. Everyone has to learn to roll cigarettes, everyone has to learn to smoke, as long as everyone smokes, we can keep the fire, no matter how heavy the rain is, no matter how big the flood is, we are not afraid. There is also the problem of dry firewood, I think there is a lot of dry firewood and hay stored in the cave where we used to live. Usually we pick up more hay and dry firewood and store them in the cave, and when it rains heavily, there will be hay and dry firewood, and it will be easy to burn the fire, and we can still live a good life with fire. ”
Uncle Gao Shan immediately said affirmatively: "Xiao Ye is right, it is this kind of smoke that helps us get back the fire, in order to keep the fire, for our survival, everyone must learn to roll cigarettes and learn to smoke, if the fire is extinguished again by the rain that day, we have the fire, we can relight the fire." Today I announce that in three days' time, when we eat barbecue around the fire in the evening, I will check to see who has not yet learned to smoke. ”
Oh, yes! Everyone knows very well that the days of losing fire are so difficult, how unpalatable the bloody raw meat is, and how much disease has been caused and so many people have died; Without the fire tiger wolf violation, everyone has no sense of security. How difficult and tortuous it is to find the fire and retrieve it, and how painful it is to pay the dead price. Therefore, everyone secretly resolved to learn to roll cigarettes, learn to smoke, and keep the fire. Xiao Ye and Xiao Zhuang became masters, teaching them how to roll cigarettes, how to smoke, and how to smoke so that they would not choke. Everyone studied very seriously and quickly learned to roll cigarettes and smoke.
One day, when Xiaohua and Xiaotao were mowing the hay, they found that there was a plant with wide, long, and tender leaves, and they thought that it would be great if this kind of leaf could roll cigarettes, and then cut some of it back to show Xiaoye, Xiaoye looked at it, there were dry and green, he rolled the dry leaves into cigarettes, took two puffs, and felt that this leaf had a fragrance, and it was very refreshing.
Xiao Ye was very happy and asked: "This kind of leaf is so good, with this kind of leaf smoke, there is a fragrance after smoking, where did you cut it, how much?" Xiao Tao said, "There are many green leaves, but there are very few dry leaves." Xiao Ye said: "It's okay to be green, don't we have a fire, you can use it when you dry it."
Xiaohua and Xiaotao led Xiaoye to find that place, sure enough, there were a lot of this kind of tobacco leaves, they cut two bundles and carried them back to the lawn, put them next to the fire to roast, and rolled them into cigarettes after drying, Xiaoye took two puffs of cigarettes rolled by dried leaves, and there was still a fragrance. He rolled a lot of cigarettes and gave them to Uncle Gaoshan, Xiao Ye said: "Dad, this kind of cigarette is fragrant and very refreshing, you will always smoke this kind of cigarette in the future."
Uncle Gao Shan tried to smoke one and then asked with a smile: "This kind of smoke is really good to smoke, how can it be fragrant, where did you find this kind of leaf?"
Xiaoye said: "This is the tobacco leaf that Xiaotao and Xiaohua found when they were mowing the hay, and there are many more." Uncle Takayama said happily, "Okay, we will smoke this kind of cigarette from now on."
Three days later, on the night, everyone gathered around the fire, eating delicious barbecue and smoking cigarettes. Uncle Takayama gathered around the fire and checked it, and except for children, all men and women smoked. Uncle Gao Shan said happily: "It's good now, everyone is smoking, the fire will definitely be retained, our mountain tribe will no longer lose the fire, everyone can eat fresh and fragrant barbecue meat every day." Not only can we survive, but we have to live better and thrive. Today I announce: My daughter Xiaohua will marry Xiaozhuang tomorrow, and Xiaoye will marry Xiaotao as his wife."
Everyone cheered, and they all said that the two couples were well matched. At this time, Xiaohua and Xiaotao were happy and ashamed, and the faces of the two girls were immediately dyed red. Xiao Ye and Xiao Zhuang were even more happy, ran to the two girls and hugged their beloved girls, kissed and kissed, refused to let go for a long time, the two girls also hugged their sweethearts tightly, their heartbeats accelerated, their breathing was short, their whole body was hot, and they were intoxicated. The people cheered and clapped incessantly, ah! This is the rough love of primitive people......
The next night, everyone gathered around the fire, barbecued beef, and everyone smoked. Uncle Gao Shan spoke: "Today is the day when Xiao Zhuang and Xiao Hua, Xiao Ye and Xiao Tao get married, and our tribe gave each of them a sheepskin as a gift. I hope that the two couples will work hard and live happily. In the future, all young men and women who marry will do the same, and everyone will eat barbecue and sing and dance to their heart's content tonight."
Now it was very lively, and the people sent the prepared sheepskins to the bride and groom, and the garlands made of teng strips and flowers were put around the bride's neck, and they all vied to bring the barbecue and fruit to the bride and groom. Everyone eats fragrant barbecue and sweet and sour fruits, and then the groom takes the bride's hand and dances happily, people surround the groom, the bride sings and dances happily, and the innocent and lively children, learning adults, surround the groom and bride, singing, dancing and refusing to leave. This night was lively until late at night, this is the wedding of primitive people!
After the wedding, the two couples happily returned to their respective nests. Xiao Ye hugged Xiao Tao tightly, Xiao Tao also hugged Xiao Ye tightly, and said affectionately: "You promised me to take the fire and come back and light the big fire, as long as everyone has barbecue meat to eat every day, you will no longer leave me, you will honor your words." ”
Xiao Ye kept kissing Xiao Tao and said with a smile: "My bride is so beautiful!" I will never leave you again, to be honest, I am reluctant to leave you, I accompany you every day, I sleep with you every night, I want you to have 8 children for me, are you willing?"
Xiao Tao happily replied: "I am willing, as long as you accompany me every day and night, I am willing to give birth to ten dolls for you!" Xiao Ye shouted: "Hello! I can't wait to hug Xiao Tao and make love......
Xiao Zhuang and Xiao Hua returned to the nest shed, and Xiao Zhuang took two big and red fruits and said happily, "My bride, you are tired of singing and dancing, I have prepared two big and red sweet fruits, and we will each eat one." He handed one to Little Flower. Xiaohua took the fruit and said, "My Xinyun is really thoughtful, you can eat it too." Xiaohua took a bite and kept praising the deliciousness of the fruit, and the couple happily ate the fruit, and after a while of intimacy, they whispered to each other......
A new day has arrived, in order for everyone to have enough tobacco leaves, according to the arrangement of Uncle Gaoshan, led by Xiao Ye and Xiao Zhuang, a total of ten people, looking around to collect tobacco leaves, through a day's efforts, collected ten tobacco leaves. That night, after everyone ate barbecue meat around the big fire, Xiaoye distributed the tobacco leaves to everyone.
At this time, Uncle Gao Shan spoke loudly and set up the task: "Today is the tobacco leaves I sent ten people to collect, which has been distributed to everyone, including dry tobacco leaves, there are also green tobacco leaves, now everyone starts to roll cigarettes with dry tobacco leaves, put the green tobacco leaves next to the fire to dry, the same can be rolled into cigarettes, and then go to collect tobacco leaves for their own use, each man must store a small cigarette, starting tomorrow, except for women and children, everyone must smoke two cigarettes a day, especially on rainy days, everyone must smoke, so that the fire can be kept, It can ensure that our mountain tribes will never stop being on fire and can live a good life with fire for a long time. ”
After listening to Uncle Gao Shan's speech, everyone applauded, and they all said that they should smoke two cigarettes a day to keep the fire, and they no longer want to eat raw meat.
A few days later, Uncle Gao Shan conducted a large-scale inspection of all the lands and found that the men were able to smoke consciously, and some of them smoked not only two cigarettes a day, but more than four cigarettes a day. Uncle Gao Shan was very happy, and said to himself: "The big fire of our mountain tribe will never be a fire again!" will live a good life with fire for a long time. ”