Under the leadership of the mountain masters, the harvest of the hunting is not small. The fruits picked increased, and the achievements in raising livestock were also great, and the boys and girls led by Xiaocao and Xiaohua were very busy every day, and they used stone knives and bone knives to cut grass and feed calves, horses, pigs, and lambs. They were bred from generation to generation and gradually domesticated into domestic animals. These domestic animals grew from a calf to a total of 24 cows, pigs, horses, and sheep. Sometimes the hunt fails, so choose a pig or sheep that has grown up and kill it, and everyone gathers around the fire, eating fragrant barbecue, eating sweet and sour fruits, so unhappy. At this time, Xiaohua and Xiaotao felt that they were very accomplished, so their performance was more prominent, and they led the boys and girls who raised domestic animals, singing happily and dancing happily. The leaves and grass beat the beat with wooden sticks, and the more they sang, the more beautiful they sang, the more energetic they danced, and the children also jumped and played with the adults. The whole tribe is so lively, they all enjoy the joy of labor harvest, such a primitive communist life, so that everyone is very satisfied, very happy.

One afternoon in July, the weather was particularly hot, and people were so hot that they were sweating and unbearable, and the sky was covered with dark clouds, and soon it began to rain heavily that had not been seen for many years. The thunder was rolling, the wind was raging, and the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the people guarding the fire were very anxious, and their only recourse was to add dry firewood, which was to no avail, and soon the fire was extinguished by the heavy rain. This was followed by a flash flood, and all the fires and dry firewood were swept away. Half of the stone pens where the livestock were fed were flooded, and the animals were terrified, screaming and jumping. At this time, Xiaohua hurriedly shouted loudly: "The stone circle fence has been flooded, everyone hurry up and rescue the livestock!" ”

When the people heard the cry of the little flower, they all hurriedly came down from the nest shed, and the high mountain master shouted loudly: "Everyone tie the big domestic animals to the tree as soon as possible, and carry the small domestic animals back to the nest shed." According to the arrangement of the mountain master, the people quickly carried the lambs, pigs, and calves back to the nest shed, and tied the big cows, horses, pigs, and sheep to the big trees with rattan. At this time, Xiaohua cried sadly, and she only rescued two lambs. It was dark, and the thunderstorm not only did not stop, but also tossed all night before stopping.

When the day dawned, the flood waters receded. The only livestock tied to the tree were two cows, two pigs, and one sheep, and the rest were swept away by the flood. Xiaohua and Xiaocao gathered the young livestock rescued by each family, and there were only 6 lambs, 4 piglets, 2 ponies, and 2 calves. The loss of so many domestic animals made people very sad and sighed. Uncle Gao Shan arranged for everyone to work together, rebuild the stone fence, and put the rest of the livestock into the stone fence, or they were carefully raised by small grass and small flowers.

The fire was gone, everyone was in a hurry, and Uncle Gao Shan immediately sent someone to check whether there was still fire in the burning forest, but he was disappointed, and the forest fire was also extinguished by the heavy rain. Without the fire, people's mood was very low, especially the women were crying sadly, they cried: how can we live without fire! People are worried about their future lives, their future lives.

Uncle Gao Shan saw that everyone was depressed, and encouraged everyone and said: "The fire is lost, it doesn't matter, we will get it back in the future, don't worry, don't be sad, today we kill cattle to eat, everyone has to eat, we have to live, we can live."

The people began to become active, and everyone chose a big cow to kill, and each person got a piece, and they could only eat bloody raw beef. After eating cooked meat barbecued with fire for a long time, it is difficult for people to eat bloody raw meat, especially the mountain lady and Xiaocao can't eat raw meat at all, but their stomachs are very hungry.

Uncle Gao Shan arranged for the hills, trees, and leaves to look for and pick wild fruits, and the three brothers searched the forest, but they returned empty-handed after a tired day. Due to the heavy wind and rain, the ripe fruit of the fruit trees was blown off early and washed away by the flood. Unable to pick wild fruits, they couldn't even drink a sip of water, because the river was flooded, and people cried: "Oh my God! How do you spend this day! Will we still be able to live......"

One day, two days, three days passed, and everyone was very hungry, and they had diarrhea after barely eating some raw beef, which was extremely uncomfortable. In particular, the stakes of the mountain lady's disease can no longer stand. Xiaocao, who was already weak and sickly, also became sicker. Seeing this, Uncle Gao Shan was very anxious, and said distressedly: "Damn it, you're already hungry and thin, let's eat a little raw beef, if you don't eat a little more, you won't be able to stand it." You have to endure eating a little grass, how can you do it if you don't eat for a few days! Aunt Gao Shan said weakly: "I can't eat anymore, I feel sick to eat a little bit, and I vomit it all." Xiaocao said with tears in her eyes: "Dad, I can't stand my hunger, I can barely eat a little raw meat and I have diarrhea, I can't eat anymore, my stomach is so uncomfortable." Uncle Gao Shan's heart was like a knife at this time, and he saw that his wife and child were already hungry, but he couldn't think of a way.

In the nest of Xiao Zhuang's house, Xiao Zhuang and Xiao Tao cried slightly, because their mother couldn't eat bloody raw meat, and they had been hungry for a few days, even if they only ate a little raw meat, they were nauseous, had stomach pain, and had a headache, and they couldn't stand anymore. Xiao Zhuang's father is also sick, but he can still eat a little something, and he can walk, he saw his wife's illness, he was very anxious, he said with concern: "the child, you haven't eaten for a few days, you still have to eat a little, as long as you eat a little every day, you will slowly get better." ”

Xiaozhuang's mother sighed and whispered: "The child's father, I'm afraid I can't do it, I can't eat anything, I can't accompany you, you and the children have to live well......" Xiaozhuang's father saw that his wife was seriously ill and it was difficult to even speak, and he was very sad, he didn't say anything, just cried silently. Xiao Zhen and Xiao Tao cried sadly when they saw their mother's condition worsening, they didn't know what to do, and they looked at their mother who was about to die with tears in their eyes, but they could only resign themselves to fate, and there was nothing they could do.

All the people who fell were very anxious, and they all further realized the importance of fire, and human beings could not do without fire at all! Without fire, hunting is more difficult, and life is not guaranteed; If you don't have fire, you can't eat cooked food, and if you eat bloody raw meat, you will get sick; There is no fire, and the safety of life is threatened by wild beasts, and they can only sleep in the nest shed every night; Without fire, there is no way to heat in winter, and people have to endure the cold; There was no fire, there was no lighting at night, it was dark everywhere, and it was very inconvenient to move; It's hard for people to survive without fire! Where do you find fire? People are out of ideas.

Uncle Gaoshan's heart is like a mess, and there is really nothing to be done. The disease continued to spread, and many people fell ill, except for Gao Shan Niang and Xiaocao, as well as Xiao Zhuang's mother's illness, 12 people in the other 9 families were very sick. These family members can only worry, protect, cry, and worry about the illness of their loved ones, and there is no other way.

Uncle Gao Shan went to these 9 families separately, visited, greeted, comforted, and encouraged the patients: "Now is the time for our mountain tribe to pass the difficulty, as long as we pass this pass, everything will be fine, you must muster up courage, eat, you must live, I will immediately arrange someone to look for the fire, we will find the fire, or it will not be long before we will have a big fire, and you can eat fragrant and beautiful barbecue meat, you must get through the current difficulties!" ……”

The sick people are very grateful to Uncle Gao Shan for visiting, and one of them said with tears in her eyes: "Thank you Uncle Gao Shan for coming to see me, don't worry about me, I don't have any serious illness, I just can't eat this bloody raw meat, eat a little raw meat, I feel nauseous, and I have to vomit all the little raw meat I eat, which is a little better." I really want to eat delicious barbecue meat! I'll be fine in a few days, I'll get through it, and when I find the fire, I'll eat a lot of barbecue meat. As she spoke, a smile appeared on her face......

In the primitive society at that time, people could only resign themselves to fate when they were sick, who could know what medicine, and who could know how to heal diseases. The bloody raw meat cannot be eaten, the wild fruits are difficult to pick, the flood cannot be drunk, and the whole mountain tribe has reached a very difficult time, how can the poor people survive. Uncle Gao Shan was very anxious, pondering bitterly, he couldn't think of a way, he couldn't sleep, he thought that at present, the only thing he could do was to comfort, encourage everyone, and lead everyone through the difficulties, can this pass be passed? He pondered again......

In view of the current situation of the mountain tribe and people's worries, Uncle Gao Shan gathered everyone together after thinking about it and encouraged everyone to preach: "After our mountain tribe lost the fire, everyone ate raw meat again, and there was a disease, many people were sick, and now it is a very difficult time, we must not be discouraged, we must not fall down, in order to survive, for the sake of future generations, we must insist on eating raw meat, especially the men should take the lead in eating, and the women should also eat, especially to take care of the children." We need fire, we can't do without fire, we have to find a way to find fire, we must find fire, we must light a fire, and it won't be long before we can eat fragrant and beautiful fire-roasted meat." After listening to Uncle Gaoshan's words of encouragement, everyone kept nodding their heads in approval, and everyone had new hope.

Uncle Gao Shan sent five people, led by Xiaoshan to look for fire nearby, Xiaoshan five people returned every morning and evening, very hard, they passed through a lot of woods, crossed a lot of mountains, walked through the grasslands, looked for fire everywhere, and also experienced the risk of wolf pursuit, fortunately the five people climbed the tree quickly and were not eaten by the wolf.

Nine days passed, and there was no trace of fire at all. The five of them had to go home discouraged. People were anxious for the five people to return from the fire, but they were disappointed, Uncle Gao Shan couldn't sleep all night because he couldn't find the fire, he was worried about the aggravation of the current patients, he was worried about the spread of the disease, and he was worried about the survival of the mountain people......