One night, as usual, everyone happily gathered around the fire to eat fragrant barbecue, eat sweet and sour fruits, some joked and played, some young men and women talked about marriage, chased each other, hugged and kissed, and some were happy.

At this time, Uncle Gao Shan was also happily eating the beef that his children had just roasted and delivered, and he was very satisfied. He thought that in the past, his ancestors had a very difficult hunt, ate bloody raw meat, often suffered from cold and starvation, and were often injured by fierce beasts. Now there is no shortage of food to eat, living a day with fire, eating delicious barbecue every day, and heating around a fire on a cold day, which is a good day that our ancestors have not enjoyed. When he thought of this, he felt very happy from the bottom of his heart. He looked up at the moon and the stars in the sky, it was so bright, and then he looked at the people who were happy. As the leader, he felt more comforted than ever. Suddenly, he noticed that there were several wolves sitting far away from the fire, their eyes glowing with a fierce green light, but they did not dare to rush towards them. Because these beasts had suffered from the burning of the forest, and saw that many of their kind had been burned to death by the fire, they were particularly afraid of the fire, and when they saw the fire, they could only smell the smell of barbecue from a distance, but they did not dare to approach the fire. Uncle Gao Shan thought that this time the forest was burned and many wild beasts were burned, and it seemed that the wild beasts were very afraid of fire. We should not be satisfied with the status quo, we should use torches to hunt wild beasts in view of the weakness of wild beasts that are afraid of fire, the effect will definitely be very good, the harvest will definitely be greater than before, and people's lives will be better.

That night, Uncle Takayama couldn't sleep late at night, he kept thinking about how to use torches and sticks to hunt, and after thinking about it repeatedly, he made up his mind that he would start hunting with torches tomorrow without further ado. He was a little excited, and a smile appeared on his face, and suddenly he saw a lot of wild beasts surrounded and killed by torches......

The next morning, when the people were eating barbecue around the fire, Uncle Gao Shan said to everyone: "I have decided that from this day onwards, when we hunt, everyone will use torches in addition to holding sticks, because wild beasts are most afraid of fire, so everyone is safe in hunting, and many wild beasts can be hunted." After hearing this, the people were in favor of the use of torches to hunt as a good method.

Under the arrangement of Uncle Gao Shan, everyone made a lot of torches, and sure enough, when they used torches to hunt that day, the bison saw people holding torches, and they were very frightened, and they ran for their lives. At this time, Uncle Gao Shan shouted loudly: "Everyone quickly surround the bison and fight the legs and feet of the ox and the head of the ox!" "The people beat the heads, legs and feet of the bison with sticks, according to the method of the great man, and the cattle were quickly hunted after they were knocked to the ground. This hunt was fast, no one was injured, and it didn't take much effort, but the harvest was very large, a total of three big bison were hunted, and three young bison were captured alive, and everyone was very happy. Each person gets a large piece of beef, which can be eaten for a few days.

An old lady held a large piece of beef in both hands, burst into tears, and said excitedly: "I have lived for decades, and I have never divided so much beef. Then a white-haired old man said: "Big sister, I am a few years older than you, I used to eat raw meat, and I often starved, sometimes I didn't even eat raw meat, my wife was starved to death, or Gao Shan was the leader of the good, there is no shortage of food, and I also eat barbecue meat, I have a fire to roast in cold weather, and I am no longer afraid of cold." The two old men talked from the bottom of their hearts, and everyone felt very satisfied.

This time, three calves were added to the pen, and the coke spoiled the grass and flowers, and they cut back the grass every day and raised it carefully. (This was the first time that humans used torches to hunt and achieved victory, which opened the way for the future use of fire to serve people, and played a positive role.) ）

In the evening, everyone happily ate fragrant barbecue beef around the fire. At this time, Uncle Gao Shan sat on the grass next to the fire and said happily: "Today we have achieved safety, and it is not difficult, and the harvest is not small, but this is only the beginning of hunting with torches, before there were no torches, we could only hunt individual large bison, in the future we use torches, we can hunt multiple bison, and even hunt herds of bison." Torches are our best weapons, and we have to make a lot of torches. I also found that every time we roasted meat, there was a dripping of the beast's oil, and when the oil of the beast's meat dripped on the wood, there was a bright fire, and we could dip the oil of the beast's meat in the torches, and such torches burned easily, burned brighter, and burned longer. Everyone has to learn how to make torches like this, and they have to make many, many torches that can be used at any time in the future. ”

After hearing this, the people unanimously agreed, and they all made torches according to the requirements of Uncle Gao Shan, and made hundreds of torches to store for later use. In the next few days, he hunted several times with sticks and torches, and each time there was a great catch, and the people happily said, "It is good to hunt with torches, and every day the harvest of prey is not enough." "This is a testament to the success of the hunt with sticks and torches.

One day, a man who was picking wild fruits hurriedly ran back and reported to Uncle Gao Shan: "Uncle Gao Shan, when we were picking fruits, we found a herd of wild cattle grazing on the lawn outside the woods. ”

After hearing this, Uncle Gao Shan thought for a moment, and also thought that it was a good place for hunting, so he immediately gathered everyone together to arrange the work: "Today we have the opportunity to hunt a herd of bison, and all the men are moving, and everyone uses sticks and torches to hunt bison from the south, east, west, and west. ”

Everyone was in high spirits, lit torches, and went straight to the lawn under the leadership of Uncle Gao Shan. Sure enough, I saw a herd of bison grazing on the lawn, and Uncle Gao Shan gave an order, and everyone shouted in unison: "Kill!" "Straight to the bison outflanked the past, at this time the bison suddenly heard a deafening shouting to kill, saw a group of people, a series of torches pounced, frightened towards the north without people, no torches rushed for their lives, the mountain lord led everyone to chase and kill, the wild bison rushed in front, rushed to the edge of the hanging rock and could not contain their feet, all fell off the hanging rock, and the six calves that ran slowly were captured alive.

Uncle Gao Shan sent 6 people to tie the calf with Tengtiao, take it back and put it in the pen to raise it. He led the rest of the people to take the path to the bottom of the hanging rock, and found the 12 big bison that fell from the hanging rock, except for 3 that had fallen to death, the other 9 were dying, lying on the ground and unable to move, everyone was busy for a whole day before the 12 big bison were killed, and after being divided, they were happily transported home.

This hunt was the biggest harvest ever made by the mountain tribes, and it was also the biggest harvest achieved by hunting with torches. The whole mountain tribe is very lively, everyone around the fire, eating fragrant barbecue beef, singing and dancing, children jumping and playing, celebrating the harvest.

On this evening, Uncle Gao Shan was very happy, and after everyone sang and danced for a while, he called everyone to be quiet, and he said loudly: "This hunt, we have gained a lot, mainly with the torch, if there is no torch, we do not have the courage to hunt a herd of bison, it is impossible to force the bison down the hanging rock." In the future, we will continue to use the power of torches and hunt more wild beasts, and our days will get better and better. This time there is too much beef, and if you can't finish it, it will spoil. We all work together to cut the beef into small pieces with a bone knife, dry it, roast it and store it for later when there is a shortage of meat, so that we don't go hungry. ”

According to the arrangement of Uncle Gao Shan, through a few days of hard work, the uneaten beef was cut into small pieces or long strips, dried and roasted and stored for later use.

Another day, in the place where the previous hunt was still held, there were six big bison and two calves grazing on the lawn, and Uncle Gao led everyone, holding torches and sticks, and shouted loudly, as before: "Kill! Outflanking from the southeast and west, the bison saw the torches, fearing that they would burn themselves, and ran desperately in the direction of the torchless, and one after another fell off the hanging rocks, and this time won another great victory, and hunted eight bison.

The two large-scale hunts using torches and sticks were very successful, which strengthened everyone's confidence and mastered the method of hunting with torches. Shortly thereafter, several more rounds were hunted, and there were great gains. The number of calves, ponies, and lambs in the pen is increasing, and there is a lot of dried meat in reserve. Everyone's life is getting better and better.

In addition to picking fruits, hunting, and raising livestock, people usually make torches, and improve them as they go, so the torches get better and better. In the process of making torches, it was also discovered that there was a kind of tree with its bark and an oil shark, which was easy to ignite and very bright when lit. Uncle Gao Shan asked everyone to stock up on this kind of bark. After the plow people at night, this kind of bark plow lighting, no longer afraid of the dark at night.

In order to prevent the harm of wild beasts to people and domestic animals, after careful consideration, Uncle Gao Shan arranged for two fires to be added, arranged small grass and small flowers, and added a fire outside the pen where domestic animals were raised, requiring that they not be extinguished for a long time to prevent wild beasts from stealing and eating domestic animals. Not far from the fire, another fire was added, so that everyone could sleep peacefully between the two fires at night. It was so cold that it could be warmed, and it was very safe, and it was much more comfortable than sleeping in the nest, and everyone said happily: "The beasts are most afraid of fire, and they dare not invade us again......

The people of the mountain tribe, under the leadership of the mountain master, work diligently and willingly. The harvest of wild fruits is not small every day, and each person can get three to five fruits. They used pointed sticks, stone axes, stone knives, and torches to hunt, and the big wild animals they hunted were made into dried meat and stored for later use, so that they would not starve when they ran out of food. The lambs, the little bison, and the little wild horses that were caught alive were raised, and the stone pens were plured, and the dried meat in reserve was increased. In the past two years, people have been carefree, happy and living a comfortable life like never before. They had children and proliferated, and the total population increased to 68. They went from being afraid of fire and avoiding it to gradually understanding and using fire, using fire to hunt, barbecue food, lighting, heating, and protect against wild beasts. In short, the use of fire in the service of others is a great step forward for humanity.