Sister Xiaoyehe, the four of them, had an early meal this day, and went to the woods to look for oily bark, there are still a lot of oily bark in the south, and it is easy to strip the four big trees in half a day. Everyone was very happy that the darker caverns were brightened, and the night was also lit.

Xiao Ye said to Sister He, Cao San: "After the three of you have eaten lunch, continue to look for oily bark, the more the better, I will send one to the proprietor first, so that their cave will have light." ”

Cao San said, "You go, we will do as you say in the afternoon, and get more bark that can be lit and shine." ”

Xiao Ye took a piece of roast meat and ate it, and then carried a pile of bark and walked towards the east of the river. He came to the entrance of the owner's cave, the proprietor's family was eating bamboo tube meat, seeing Xiao Ye coming, the proprietor was very happy and said: "Xiao Ye come and eat bamboo tube meat, today our trap has caught a bison and two fat sheep, and made a lot of bamboo tube meat." ”

She handed Xiao Ye a tube of bamboo tube meat, the fourth sister and the fifth sister of the east were vying to open the bamboo tube for Xiao Yehua, Xiao Ye was very happy to take the bamboo tube meat, and ate well. He smiled and said, "I've brought you light to see how I use it, and you'll use it later." ”

The proprietor's whole family looked at Xiao Ye curiously, and saw that he took an oily bark, lit it in the fire, and then walked to the cave, where the proprietor lived, he put the bark on the stone table, and found two small stones to wrap around the bark, and the light of the bark was very bright around it, and everyone was very surprised to see it, and they were full of praise.

Xiaoye said: "There is a lot of this kind of bark in the woods, you can prepare more, you can light it at night, and you can also make torches." ”

The proprietor's family was very happy to hear this, and the proprietor said excitedly: "With this kind of glowing bark, we are not afraid of the darkness of the cave, nor are we afraid of the night, thank you Xiaoye for bringing us light." ”

The fourth sister and the fifth sister were even more excited, and the fourth sister said excitedly: "I really can't imagine that this kind of bark can shine, there are many in the woods, so everyone is asked to find this kind of bark, and this bark is lit at night, everyone is not afraid of the night." ”

Xiao Ye saw that the whole family of the winter lord liked this bark very much, so he said: "This kind of oily bark can also be put in the torch, so that the torch is brighter, you should also make more torches, the more the better, tomorrow morning, I can teach you to use the torch to hunt, there will be a greater harvest, you will have endless meat." The proprietor was very happy and said, "We will do everything according to your arrangement, and I will make torches with you......"

On this morning, the four of Xiaoye had breakfast, and the two sisters and sisters guarded the fire and let the horses graze. Xiao Ye and Cao San smoked cigarettes and came to the east of the river, people were eating barbecue around the fire, everyone saw Xiao Ye and the two coming, very respectful, the three brothers of Dadongzi sent roast beef. Xiaoye and Caosan politely declined on the grounds that they were full.

The two smoked cigarettes, and when everyone had eaten breakfast, Xiao Ye said to Da Dongzi: "Today we can use torches to cooperate with traps to hunt, I saw a lot of bison grazing on the way here, and three groups of sheep are also grazing on the grass, but they are very timid, afraid of falling into the trap, today we are going to arrange 20 people, use torches and stone axes, force them to fall into the trap in panic, you will have a good harvest." ”

After hearing this, Da Dongzi was very happy and said, "Okay, I'll call 20 people right away, and everything will be up to your arrangement." The 20 men arrived soon, Xiao Ye asked these 20 people to light torches, hold stone axes, some with wooden sticks, and follow him and Cao San, and the three brothers of Dadongzi also came together.

Xiao Ye took everyone to the place where the cattle and sheep were grazing, he estimated that these cattle and sheep were still more than 20 steps away from a row of traps dug, he arranged a formation of outflanking, and everyone shouted in unison: "Kill!" "Holding torches, stone axes rushed towards cattle and sheep, and the cattle and sheep who were grazing suddenly heard the sound of shouting and killing, and looked up and saw people rushing with terrible fire, and they were frightened and desperately fled in the direction where there was no one and no fire, and many cattle and sheep fell into the trap. When people came to the trap, they saw that there were five cows, eleven sheep fell into the trap, some had two cows in the trap, and some had three sheep in the trap. Now it's lively, all the people are here, the proprietor can't close his mouth happily, the fourth sister and the fifth sister are even more happy, running like children, shouting: "Everyone come and see!" There are a lot of cows and sheep in the trap! Excitedly, the people lifted the leaflets up again and threw them into the air......

Xiao Ye took a big puff of cigarette, and slowly spit out the cigarette, smiled and said to the owner: "Owner, the bison caught today can be killed, the meat that can not be eaten can also be cut into small pieces and roasted and stored, sometimes it rains and then eats, eleven sheep can be raised in captivity, there are many trees here, cut it to make a wooden pen, put the sheep in it, send someone to cut the grass with a bone knife to feed it, or it won't be long before the ewe will give birth to lambs, and there will be more and more sheep in the pen, and there will be no prey one day in the future, you can kill the big fat sheep to barbecue and eat, and everyone will not starve." ”

The proprietor was very happy when he heard this, took a puff of cigarette and said: "Xiaoye's method is really good, Da Dongzi, immediately arrange for someone to cut down the tree and make a wooden fence; Erdongzi, quickly arrange people to kill cattle and make dry beef; Fourth Sister Dong, Fifth Sister Dong, you find a few women to be responsible for mowing the grass and feeding the sheep, Xiaodong takes the children to pick up dry firewood, and fills a few empty caves, and the days of our Hedong Fall will definitely get better and better. When the children listened to their mother's arrangement, they all happily went about their work.

The proprietor asked Xiao Ye what else he could do? Xiao Ye took a puff of smoke, thought for a moment and replied: "People will smoke, the fire can be kept, the torch will cooperate with the trap to catch wild things, and then do a good job of captive sheep, in the future, catch calves, ponies, and pigs can be fed, you will not lack food, in a few days, the four of us will go to the southeast again, help more people light the fire, and live a good life with fire like you, before leaving, just tomorrow, we will teach you to fish for "water meat", that is, things that swim around in the water by the river, It's delicious, you can arrange to keep the beef intestines and sheep intestines, don't lose them, and use it to catch the "water meat", and you have one more kind of food. ”

After hearing this, the proprietor became excited again, and said: "You are really good people, you have helped us to do so many good things, and in a short time, we have been able to live a good life, thank you so much, tomorrow I will also learn to fish for "water meat" ......"

This day is sunny again, Xiaoye four people have eaten early, all came to the east of the river, is to teach everyone to fish "water meat", the owner of the whole family has eaten bamboo tube meat early waiting for the arrival of Xiao Ye four, after seeing Xiao Ye four people come, the owner said happily: "Xiao Ye, we have prepared a lot of beef intestines, sheep intestines, just waiting for you to teach us to fish "water meat". ”

Xiao Ye said: "There are six of you in the family, four of us, and ten more people, a total of twenty people, you can teach other people when you learn, it is very easy to learn, you will learn it, I see that there are a lot of small bamboos in the bamboo forest, let's cut twenty roots." ”

He took the three brothers of the He family, cut the bamboo after a while, removed the bamboo branches, they took the small bamboo and intestines, led everyone to the river, Xiao Ye chose a place with more "water and meat", and arranged the proprietor's family first, Xiao Ye began to teach them to cut a section of intestines with a bone knife, tied to the tip of the bamboo and put it in the water, the grass three, the three of the river sisters taught the other ten people, and also tied a section of intestines on the tip of the bamboo, put the tip of the bamboo into the water, Xiao Ye stood beside the proprietor, saw a big "water meat" swim over, swallowed the intestines, Xiao Ye shouted: " The proprietor quickly lifts the small bamboo pole! The proprietor immediately lifted the small bamboo pole, and a large "water meat" was caught, and the proprietor was very happy and shouted: "I have caught the "water meat"! I've fished up the flesh! ”

Xiaoye took off the "water meat" for the proprietor and put it on the grass, and tied a section of intestines on the bamboo tip, the proprietor quickly put the bamboo tip into the water, just put it into the water and was swallowed by the hungry "water meat" with a mouth, the proprietor lifted the bamboo pole, and the bigger water meat was fished, and the proprietor shouted happily again: "Catch it again, catch it again!" ”

The three brothers and the fourth sister of the east, the fifth sister of the east have successively fished the "water meat", they are very happy, and the other ten people have also caught a lot of "water meat", all shouted excitedly, at this time more than 100 people came to the shore to see the excitement, shouting again, laughing again, the loudest laughter is the fourth sister and the fifth sister of the east, for a while there have been two large piles of "water meat" on the shore, the more we fish, the more fun we have, the more we fish, the happier .......

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted: "There are people in the river!" There are people in the river! "Everyone looked into the distance of the river, and saw a lot of vague figures on the opposite bank, and sure enough, some people dared to swim in the water, and were swimming towards the river bank here, and more than 100 people on the bank had never seen anyone dare to swim in the water, and they were all worried that the people in the water would sink to the bottom of the river and drown.

The proprietor put down the bamboo pole in his hand and shouted anxiously: "Who is this, I'm not afraid of being drowned in the water!" So bold to play in the water! The swimmer got closer and closer, and he saw that it was a young man, and after a while he swam to the shore, and happened to go ashore at the place where the proprietor fished for "water meat", and the young man who came ashore wiped the water droplets on his face with his hands, and glanced at the proprietor in surprise, and immediately knelt in front of the proprietor and shouted: "Mother, Sandongzi is back!" "Wow! Crying. The proprietor looked fixedly, and sure enough, it was his son Sandongzi who came back, and she shouted excitedly: "Son! You're back! ”

The three brothers of Dadongzi and the fourth sister of Dongdong and the fifth sister of Dongwu were very surprised, and ran to their mother to hug each other, which touched more than 100 people present. At this time, the proprietor had no intention of fishing for "water meat", she said loudly: "Everyone continue to fish for "water meat", and my family and guests have gone back in advance. ”

The proprietor led everyone back to the cave, everyone sat down around the small fire at the entrance of the cave, Sandongzi was a little afraid when he saw the fire, the proprietor handed him a piece of roast beef, smiled and said: "Sandongzi, you don't have to be afraid, this is the fire, this beef is barbecued by this fire, you must be very hungry, eat it, you taste how it tastes." ”

Sandongzi took a bite of roast beef and said happily: "This beef is so delicious, it turns out that it was grilled by this fire!" He gulped down.

The proprietor said: "You eat slowly, there is more, this fire was sent by Xiao Ye's four guests." She introduced the four of Xiaoye to Sandongzi. Xiao Ye picked up the cooked bamboo tube meat from the fire, cooled it slightly, opened the bamboo tube with a bone knife, handed it to Sandongzi, and said, "You can taste the taste of this bamboo tube meat again." ”

Sandongzi took the bamboo tube meat, and after eating it, he was very happy and said, "This bamboo tube meat is more delicious." "The brothers and sisters kept handing meat, water, and fruit to Sandongzi, and Sandongzi was very full.

When the proprietor saw that Sandongzi had eaten enough, he asked, "Sandongzi, how did you survive when you were swept away by the river a few years ago?" Where have you been all these years? How dare you swim back today? ”

Sandongzi replied: "It was very hot that year, I went to the river with my two brothers, it was very cool and comfortable to soak in the water, and I was accidentally washed away by the river, at that time I thought that I was going to drown, but I was unwilling to drown, I usually like to soak in the river to play, and I have some experience in floating water, so I am very calm, constantly treading the water with my feet, patting the water with my hands, shaving the water, although I ate a few mouthfuls of river water, but did not sink to the bottom of the river, and then was washed away by the water to the opposite bank, the river is not deep, only to the chest, but it is difficult to go ashore, because there is a person high stone rock, Two women passed by, and they handed me the sticks in their hands, and I grabbed them, and they rescued me ashore and took them back to their house. ”

Sandongzi took a sip of water, and continued: "It turns out that this is the Nanhe tribe, a tribe with more women and fewer men, all men go to women's homes, and all women are in charge, their mothers are the leaders of this tribe, everyone calls her Niangniang, she is in her 40s, gave birth to six daughters, the first four daughters have families, what saved me is her fifth daughter named Wugu, 16 years old, and the sixth daughter is named Liugu 15 years old, all of them are of medium stature, with big eyes in the garden, black hair and shawl, and they are very good-looking. Niangniang led more than 160 people, wearing sheepskin on the upper body and rabbit skin on the bottom, holding wooden sticks, mud bombs, hunting sheep, rabbits, pheasants, wild ducks, digging bird eggs, picking fruits for a living, all living in the cave by the river. The two sisters took me home, and my mother was very happy and asked me where I was, what my name was, and why I was in the river. We spoke the same language and understood her questions perfectly, and I answered her truthfully. After hearing this, she decided to leave me behind, give me rabbit meat, and give me rabbit skin, sheepskin, and follow the two sisters to hunt every day, I like to use their mud bombs rubbed with mud, very easy to use, hunt rabbits, pheasants and ducks, a dozen and a quasi, never fall short, every day can hit a lot of rabbits and pheasants. My mother praised me very much, and the two sisters liked me more and took good care of me, no matter what they ate, they would give me food first. In the evening, the two sisters fought for me to accompany me, and I was very embarrassed because both sisters were my lifesavers. ”

Sandongzi took another sip of water, and then said: "One day, Niangniang called the three of us to go, she smiled and said, Sandongzi, your home is on the other side of the river, you can't go back, just live with the fifth aunt and the sixth aunt, you know, they both saved you." I nodded in agreement. She said to the fifth and sixth aunts, you two sisters should be good to Sandongzi, and the two sisters smiled and said, we know. From then on, the three of us lived in a cave in harmony, and went hunting and picking fruits every day, and lived a good life. We already have two daughters, one is three years old, the other is more than one year old, but I always want to go home to see, because the river is separated, the fifth and sixth aunts look at me strictly, I can only look at my hometown across the river, I go down to the river to practice swimming on a hot day, thinking that I have the opportunity to swim back. These few nights, I saw the terrible light of this place shining red in the sky, and the smoke rising into the sky, and I was terrified, and I did not know what was going on at home. I begged my mother to come home and see what was going on, and she agreed to let me go home and see, but fearing that I would be swept away by the river, I told them that I had learned to swim and reassured them. The fifth and sixth aunts held the child today, sent me to the river with tears, and repeatedly told me to go back, I promised them that they would go back after going home to see, and they were relieved to let me go. I was in the river and swam back with little effort. ”