Chapter Twenty-Five: The Burning of the Nameless Island
After eating breakfast, Uncle Gao Shan and his party of eight people all smoked cigarettes and came to the single-plank bridge. Xiao Ye tied one end of Teng Tiao to the tree next to the single-plank bridge, and he held the other end in his hand, Xiao Ye said to everyone: "After I cross the bridge, tie Teng Tiao, and you will slowly cross the bridge." After finishing speaking, Xiaoye slowly got on the bridge, and after walking on the nameless island, he chose a tree closest to the single-plank bridge, and tied Teng Tiao tightly to the tree, and Teng Tiao formed a handrail across the single-plank bridge.
Xiao Ye shouted loudly on the nameless island: "You grab Teng Tiao with your hands, cross the bridge slowly, don't be afraid, you will come over in a while." ”
Uncle Shi was full of praise and said: "Xiao Ye is really smart, if you want such a good way, you won't be afraid at all if you catch Teng Tiao and cross the bridge, I'll go over first." Uncle Shi held Teng Tiao with his hand and quickly crossed the single-plank bridge. Immediately afterwards, Uncle Gao Shan and others, one after another, crossed the single-plank bridge smoothly and came to the nameless island, everyone unanimously praised Yang Xiaoye's good method, and had a sense of novelty about the nameless island.
Uncle Shi said: "Last time Xiao Ye and I, Shi Da walked along the edge of the island, and only saw the situation around the nameless island, I don't know the situation on the island, today you can go to the center of the nameless island to see, Uncle Gaoshan, do you think this arrangement is okay?" ”
Uncle Gao Shan thought for a moment and said, "Okay, let's go to the center of Nameless Island today and learn about the situation on the island." Led by Uncle Shi, they walked deep into the nameless island, and as they walked, they used stone axes and stone knives to cut down weeds and open the way with thorns. You saw a lot of animals, including bison, wild horses, wild boars, wild sheep, monkeys, and many other small animals. Some animals, looking at these strange people with curious eyes, stand still and do not fear people, and do not attack people. Some small animals, when they see uninvited guests, run away desperately.
Everyone smoked their cigarettes and continued to walk forward, Xiao Ye said: "Look, there are two wolves on that dirt slope, their eyes are staring at us, and there are snakes in the trees under the dirt slope. ”
Uncle Gao Shan looked at it and said, "Let's not mess with it, be careful, go further and see what else there is." Everyone went forward again, and found that there were many fruit trees, and each fruit tree was full of fruit, and Xiaoye climbed up a fruit tree, shook it a few times, and the ripe fruits fell off the tree, Xiaoye took a rake and tasted it and said, "It is a sweet and sour fruit, and it is very delicious." ”
Xiao Ye picked a lot of them after a while, just to quench everyone's thirst, everyone ate it, Uncle Gao Shan said with emotion: "This fruit is really delicious, there are so many fruit trees here, what a pity that no one picks them to eat!" How good it would be for us to eat one of these fruits in times of trouble."
Uncle Shi said: "This island is surrounded by water, fruit trees grow fast, and there are a lot of fruits. Then Sister Cao Ping said: "It's best for the mountain tribe to move here to live, there are many small animals here, it's very good to hunt, and there are endless barbecues, and we are neighbors, so we can take care of each other." ”
Brother Prairie also persuaded: "Uncle Gao Shan has made up his mind, so he will move to this island to live, and it will be more convenient for us to travel in the future." ”
Xiao Ye said excitedly: "Dad, decide to move to this island." At this time, Uncle Gao Shan took a deep breath of his cigarette, nodded with a smile and said, "Let's take a look." ”
Walking further, I found a large bamboo forest with so many birds! Flying around, there are a few birds that have a particularly nice sound, as if they are singing to welcome guests. Uncle Gao Shan was very happy, he thought, this nameless island is so good, there is no shortage of water, there is no shortage of food, the environment is beautiful, it is really a good place to live in people, if we all move to this island to live, it would be very good.
Everyone continued to walk forward, and after a while they reached the edge of the nameless island, and there were a lot of "water meat" swimming around the lake! The nameless lake that cannot be seen has endless "water meat". At this time, Xiao Zhuang shouted again: "Hurry up and watch a lot of "monsters"! Everywhere on the shore. ”
Sister Caoping said, "Ah! What a scary monster. Uncle Gao Shan said: "This monster is burned with fire, but it is delicious, fragrant, fresh, and beautiful." It's even more delicious than "water meat". ”
Uncle Gao Shan then said: "This nameless island is not big, but it can survive more than 100 people, there are endless wild things, endless bird eggs, endless fruits, and even more endless "water and meat", which is convenient for firewood and water. Let's go back the way we came, and take a closer look. ”
Everyone walked back the same way, chatting as they went, and they all thought that Nameless Island was a good place to live. Soon back to the single-plank bridge, Uncle Gao Shan carefully inspected along the lake, found that there are a lot of caves on the edge of the island, and then went to the side of the rock and found a big cave, and there are many small caves, all of which can be inhabited, he returned to the single-plank bridge, repeatedly checked the terrain and said happily: "I see that there is only a big lawn here, but there are many weeds, we cut the weeds, and here is a flat wall, and Uncle Shi's residence across the lake, there is a single-plank bridge to come and go, you can choose to live in a cave, this is really a good place." Today we walked for a long time, I see that everyone is hungry, we burn a fire on the flat ground, temporarily catch "water meat" to eat, catch monsters to eat, do you think it's okay? "Everyone said that Uncle Gao Shan's method was good.
"Let's act immediately, Xiao Ye, Xiao Zhuang, Xiao Mu, the three of you hurry up and get hay and dry firewood, cut all the weeds on this lawn, and burn the fire, and then Xiao Ye and Xiao Zhuang go to catch "water meat" and catch "monsters" Today we will burn "water meat" and "monsters" here to eat. "Uncle Gao Shan arranged.
Immediately afterwards, Uncle Shi said: "Let's also do it faster together, Shi Da come and cut the weeds together." "Brother Prairie and Sister Caoping have taken action, everyone quickly cut all the weeds, the flat wall showed a lot, a large number of weeds became fuel, Xiaoye and a few people made the hay and dry firewood, Uncle Gao Shan quickly used cigarette butts to ignite the hay and dry firewood, and the fire was ignited, and the more it burned, the bigger and bigger.
At this time, Shi Er saw a big fire burning on the Nameless Island on the other side, and thought, everyone must not have eaten lunch yet, why not send some raw beef over and barbecue on the Nameless Island to eat, so he led the two people of the Shiyan tribe on behalf of him, sent beef, and also brought a lot of intestines for fishing "water meat". Shi Er's actions were praised by everyone, and his heart blossomed.
Everyone around the fire began to barbecue meat to eat, Xiao Ye and Xiao Zhuang Xiaomu happily came to the island with intestines to fish "water meat", soon a few people caught more than 40 "water meat", and caught more than 10 "monsters", everyone ate roast beef, and eat roast "water meat", and also tasted the delicious "monster" meat. Xiao Ye chose an extra-large "monster" and handed it to Sister Cao Ping after burning it, and Sister Cao Ping stretched out her tongue in fright.
Uncle Gao Shan smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, it's really delicious, you taste a big paw, spit out the hard shell, and only eat meat." Sister Caoping had the courage to taste a big paw and shouted happily: "Wow! The meat of this "monster" is so delicious, it's so delicious! Bring it and I'll eat it again. Her scream made everyone laugh.
At this time, the wild creatures panicked, screamed and jumped when they saw the fire, and they were terrified, and they fled for their lives! Everyone laughed again. Uncle Shi and Brother Prairie also tasted the "monster", and they kept shouting: "This "monster" is delicious, so delicious!" ”。
At this time, Xiao Ye said loudly: "Look, the animals have run out, and the birds have flown away. Uncle Shi said: "This is the power of fire, if we have fire, we will frighten all the beasts, and we will be much safer." Immediately afterwards, Uncle Shi said: "I see that there is endless "water and meat" here, today I invite more than 60 people from the grassland tribe and more than 50 people from the Caoping tribe, tomorrow to come to our tribe for lunch, delicious for everyone to taste, specifically eat "water meat", prepare more "water meat", let everyone have a full meal!" ”
Brother Prairie said happily: "Okay, let's rush back today, and tomorrow I'll bring all the people who have fallen to eat delicious." Sister Caoping also said happily: "I'm full, I'll go back with Brother Caoyuan, and I'll see you again tomorrow." The two leaders said goodbye to everyone and went back.
Uncle Gao Shan and others continued to eat barbecue around the fire, everyone talked and laughed, and only after eating was full did they extinguish the fire and return to the Shiyan tribe......
Brother Prairie didn't know what to do for the big gathering the next day, so he asked Uncle Gao Shan, who said: "It should be a big gathering, I think there are more than 150 people gathered in the three tribes, and it is enough to burn three large fires, dry firewood must be prepared, and there must be 6 people who are responsible for burning the fire; Tomorrow morning, 20 people will be arranged to fish for "water meat", and they will prepare their intestines, and they will have to catch 800 "water meats", and they will also prepare beef. You can prepare 150 fruits, and it is better to eat one fruit for each person after eating the meat. There is also a question as the focus of this gathering, everyone is given a cigarette, and everyone must learn to smoke and insist on smoking every day, so that they can keep the fire and have a good life for a long time."
Brother Grassland said happily: "Uncle Gao Shan is very thoughtful, we will arrange according to what Uncle Gao Shan said, make full preparations, let the guests eat well, and let them all learn to smoke." So, Brother Prairie immediately arranged for people to make preparations in all aspects......
The next morning, after everyone had eaten barbecue around the fire, Uncle Shi made a detailed division of labor to greet the guests, and everyone went according to the division of labor. Uncle Gao Shan called Xiao Ye, Xiao Zhuang and Xiao Mu, together participated in the practice of fishing "water meat", Shiyan tribe has 20 people fishing "water meat", plus 4 people of Gao Shan Uncle, really lively, everyone is talking and laughing by the river, and doing games are very happy, you fish one, I have about one, and after a while, I caught more than 900 "water meat", everyone put the "water meat" back to the lawn.
Three large fires were burning on the lawn soon, and Brother Prairie was afraid that there would be not enough dry firewood, so he arranged to cut down a lot of trees and put them in the fire to roast, and the smoke began to billow, and the fire became bigger and bigger after a while. Uncle Gao Shan praised Yang and said: "Uncle Shi's method is very good, the wet tree can be burned after a while, and it is not easy to find so much only dry firewood, we can learn this good method in the future." ”