After sending off the leaders, Uncle Gao Shan and Aunt He, brought Xiao Ye and Cao San to discuss crossing the river together, Uncle Gao Shan asked: "Xiao Ye, is there a way to cross the river?" ”

Xiao Ye replied: "I thought about it, to cross the river is inseparable from trees and bamboo, yesterday I used bamboo to explore the depth of the water, the river water is relatively shallow, the water in the center of the river is more than one person deep, I want to use a section of two people more than a long tree, put it in the river, people stand on the tree, use bamboo poles to support the bottom of the river to go forward, you will reach the opposite bank, in order to save your life, you can use Teng Tiao to tie your waist, the people on the shore hold the other end of Teng Tiao, if the person falls into the water, the people on the shore will drag Teng Tiao to save people ashore. ”

After hearing this, Uncle Gao Shan took a deep breath of smoke, thought for a while and said: "This method can be tried, find it among the dry firewood picked up, if you can find a big one, a long dry tree is the best." ”

At this time, Mrs. He said: "There is a big tree by the river, which was blown off in a strong wind two years ago, and when I picked up dry firewood last time, I carried back the upper half of the blown off, and also cut the lower half into two sections and carried it back, because it was too big, it has not been burned, you can see if it is okay." ”

Uncle Gao Shan said, "Okay, let's take a look." Aunt He led everyone to the place where the firewood was piled up, and saw that there were two sections of trees, two of which were as long as two people, and they were very large, and they were indeed dry. Uncle Gao Shan said happily: "Great, carry the middle section to the river, and try it immediately." ”

Aunt River called two people and easily carried the tree to the river. People go to the river to watch the excitement and see how people cross the river with trees.

On the other side of the river, people led by Uncle Shui also went to the river to watch the excitement. At this time, Xiaoye tied his waist with Teng Tiao, and the other end of Teng Tiao was handed to Cao San, Xiao Ye held a bamboo pole in his hand, and the two pushed the trees into the water, Xiao Ye stood on the trees very carefully, and just used the bamboo pole to the bottom of the river to support, the trees rolled on the surface of the river, and Xiao Ye lost his balance and fell into the water. The people on the shore were very anxious and shouted for help, especially Sister He, who was so frightened that she cried and shouted: "Save people!" Hurry up and save people!! ”

At this time, Cao San immediately pulled the strip and quickly rescued Xiaoye from the water to the shore, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Sister He stepped forward and hugged Xiao Ye who was soaked all over her body and asked, "Are you drowning?" It's scary. ”

Xiao Ye smiled and said, "It's not a problem, it's only a few rivers and water, don't worry." Uncle Gao Shan asked Xiao Ye to go back and change his dry clothes. When Xiaoye turned around to look at this section of the tree, Nazhi had been swept away by the river.

Everyone went back to the fire and smoked, reminiscing about what had happened when they had just crossed the river. Xiao Ye was pulled back to the cave by Sister He and changed into Sister He's sheepskin coat.

Sister He said: "Xiao Ye, you scared me to death, it's so dangerous, don't cross the river in the future." Xiao Ye smiled and said, "Sister He, don't be afraid, you will definitely be able to cross the river, I know what to do." ”

Xiao Ye was not discouraged, he came to the place where the firewood was piled up, and carefully looked at the head of the largest tree, Uncle Gao Shan and Cao San and others came, Xiao Ye said: "This section of the tree is bigger, I want to use a stone axe to cut both sides of the tree flat, put it in the water so that it will not roll."

Uncle Gao Shan said: "What Xiao Ye said makes sense, cut off the garden shape on both sides, it will become a thick plank, and it will not roll on the water, I think if you dig a groove with a stone axe on it, people stand in the groove or sit in the groove, and the water does not wet clothes and feet, so it is better." ”

Xiao Ye was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "Dad's method is really good, this will definitely succeed, and the construction will start immediately." Uncle Gao Shan said: "Don't worry, after lunch, you have to send barbecue meat to the people opposite, you can tell Uncle Shui, tell him to prepare more hay and firewood, and use it for fire in the future." ”

Xiao Ye said: "Okay, let's go back to the fire, eat lunch immediately, barbecue more meat, and send it to Uncle Shui after lunch." ”

Xiao Ye was in a very good mood, he quickly ate enough, and asked everyone to send the roasted meat to the river. He and Caosan came to the river with four pieces of burned, still tied their waists with Tengtiao, slowly walked up the tree with the meat, and walked to the top of the tree, seeing Uncle Shui and others, they had already arrived at the river to wait, Xiaoye said: "Uncle Shui, we are going to send you a fire in the past few days, you have to prepare more hay, dry leaves, and dry firewood, and we will help you light the fire after we send the fire." Now I'm starting to throw the barbecue. ”

Uncle Shui said happily: "Thank you for your help, we will prepare hay and firewood this afternoon, waiting for you to light the fire." Xiao Ye threw a quasi, threw the barbecue to the shore, and people kept sending barbecue, Xiao Ye kept throwing, dozens of pieces of barbecue were thrown away in a while, he said goodbye to Uncle Shui, and hurriedly returned to the firewood.

Everyone also came to the firewood pile, and Xiao Ye said: "Dad, let's do what you said immediately, we call this section of the tree "River Crossing Tree", do you think it's okay?" ”

Uncle Gao Shan said: "It's good to call it this name, but you have to be careful, don't cut down the "river crossing tree", such a big dry tree is not easy to find." Xiao Ye said: "Okay, let's be careful, use a stone axe to cut slowly, use a stone knife to cut slowly, we must succeed."

Xiaoye and Caosan first peeled off the bark of this section of the tree, and then cut the bottom of the river crossing tree a little less, and cut more on the surface to form a long and thick plate, and then dug a groove on the surface of the tree, in order not to damage the "river crossing tree", can only be carefully cut. In addition to arranging for people to hunt wild animals, Uncle Gao Shan smoked a cigarette and guarded there to guide Xiaoye.

On the fourth day, Uncle Gao Shan took charcoal from the fire, drew a rectangular black line on the surface of the "river crossing tree", and asked Xiaoye to cut the groove according to the black line, and in the afternoon of the fifth day, the "river crossing tree" was successful. After Uncle Gao Shan picked it up, he said very contentedly: "It's a good job, you can try it in the river tomorrow morning."

On this morning, after everyone had eaten barbecue around the fire, Uncle Gao Shan led everyone to the river, and Aunt He sent two people to carry the "river crossing tree" to the river. Uncle Gao Shan said: "It is right to tie Teng strips on the waist of Xiaoye, and it is also necessary to use thick Teng strips to firmly tie the "river crossing tree", and the other end of the Teng strip is held by me to avoid the "river crossing tree" being washed away by the river.

After everything was ready, put the "crossing the river tree" down the river, Xiao Ye held a bamboo pole, smoked a cigarette in his mouth, and carefully walked into the trough of the "crossing river tree", the people on the bank were very nervous, especially Sister He, shouted loudly: "Xiao Ye, be careful!" Xiao Ye nodded and said, "Don't worry, I won't be fine." ”

At this time, the people on both sides of the bank are nervously concerned about Xiaoye, Xiaoye calmly put the bamboo pole gently into the bottom of the river, and brace it hard, the "crossing the river tree" left the bank and crossed forward, Xiaoye retracted the bamboo pole, and then pushed into the bottom of the river and then supported it hard, "crossing the river tree" crossed to the center of the river, and the small leaf continued to support, and after a while, the "crossing the river tree" leaned on the opposite bank very smoothly, and the small leaf went ashore safely.

The people on both sides of the river were boiling, and there was a cheer: "People can cross the river!" People can cross the river!! Uncle Shui hugged Xiao Ye and said excitedly: "Thank you Xiao Ye!" ”

Xiao Ye said: "Uncle Shui, don't thank you, I'll light the fire for you later, and now there are still people coming over." Xiao Ye untied the Teng Tiao and bamboo pole tied to his waist and put it into the trough of the "River Crossing Tree", Xiao Ye kept waving his hand, and Uncle Gao Shan dragged the Teng Tiao in his hand, and quickly dragged the river crossing tree back to the shore.

Cao San went up to the "river crossing tree" again, stood in the tree trough, and he also used a bamboo pole to support the bottom of the river like a small leaf, and quickly crossed the river. Immediately afterwards, Uncle Gao Shan also crossed the river smoothly. (This is the first boat that man created to carry people across the river!) Later, the people of the tribes along the river successively imitated the wooden boats, which were bigger, better, and carried more people. ）

The three of them were warmly welcomed by the waterfront tribe. Xiao Ye introduced his father and Kusan to Uncle Shui. Uncle Gao Shan said: "Uncle Shui, quickly lead us to the place where the firewood is piled up, and light the fire first." ”

Uncle Shui led the three of them to the flat wall where the firewood was piled up, where there were three large piles of hay and firewood, and Uncle Gao Shan chose a very wide wall and said: "There are more than 100 people in your tribe, you need to burn a very large fire, so let's burn the fire in this wide wall."

So, according to the arrangement of Uncle Gao Shan, Uncle Shui piled a large pile of hay and dry firewood on the wide wall, Xiaoye and Caosan quickly lit the fire with cigarette butt fire, people kept adding firewood, the fire burned bigger and bigger, and more than 100 people cheered: "We have a fire!" We're on fire!! The happy people took the leaves and the grass and threw them into the air to catch them, and then threw them into the air.

Uncle Gao Shan said, "Everyone can roast meat and eat it." "People brought mutton, rabbit meat, pheasant meat, duck meat. Xiaoye and Caosan taught people how to burn meat and eat it.

Uncle Gao Shan asked Uncle Shui, "How many tribes do you have here?" Where to live? What do you do for a living? Uncle Shui said: "We have a very big grassland here, there are many mountains and forests, there are too many tribes to count, some have contacts, most of them live in the caves on the riverbank, everyone hunts small wild animals, picks pheasants, wild duck eggs and picks fruits for a living, also raises some sheep and pigs, life is still passable, everyone has no fire, eat raw meat, the roast beef you sent a few days ago is too delicious, thank you." ”

Uncle Takayama said, "From now on, you will be able to eat barbecue meat every day." I think you can send for all the tribal leaders you can invite, and I will learn how to light a fire; how to use fire; how to preserve the tinder; How to hunt wild animals, how to catch "water meat"......" Uncle Shui said happily: "Okay, I will immediately send three people to invite the leaders, and I will definitely come this afternoon......"

Not long after lunch, 22 of the leaders of the nearby tribes arrived, and they were very interested in the unfamiliar fire. Uncle Shui introduced Uncle Gao Shan, Xiaoye and Caosan to everyone, and told everyone: "The three of them brought us a fire from the other side of the river, the fire is good, and I will let you taste the taste of barbecue meat." Uncle Shui went on to introduce the leaders of the tribes: "She is the leader of the well-known water and heat tribe, Aunt Shui, and their tribe has a stream of water that is hot from the ground, forming a small river, and many men and women bathe there every day, which is comfortable; This is the leader of the water and grass tribe, the water and grass uncle, their tribe has more than 100 pigs and sheep in captivity, which is the best captive in the surrounding tribes; That is the leader of the Splash Tribe, Sister Splash, maybe it's a good job, the people of their tribe have practiced a good skill, and hitting the rabbit with a stone is a hundred shots, and one hit is a quasi-......"

After Uncle Shui introduced the leaders one by one, people brought barbecue meat, and when the leaders ate it, they were full of praise and said: "It's so delicious, what is delicious, today I know that barbecue is really delicious." ”

At this time, Uncle Gao Shan said: "Uncle Shui invited everyone here today, the purpose is to teach everyone how to take the fire back and light their own fire; how to smoke cigarettes to save fire; how to use torches and traps to hunt wild animals; How to use beef intestines, sheep intestines, "water meat" and so on......"

A few days later, the leaders learned a lot through serious and hard study and practice, and they all learned the four skills like the tribes on the other side of the river, and everyone expressed their gratitude to the great help of Uncle Gaoshan. When he was leaving, Uncle Gao Shan gave hope to the chiefs, hoping that when they returned, they would not only use cigarette butts to light the fires of their own tribes, but also help those tribes that did not have fire to light the fires, so that they could also live a good life with fire. All the leaders said that they would do what Uncle Gao Shan said......