The next morning, everyone ate barbecue around the fire, Xiao Ye and the horse rider said goodbye to Uncle Gao Shan and Uncle Shi, both of them smoked, the horse rider called the white horse, he sat in front of Xiao Ye and sat behind, and the white horse ran towards the grass tribe. Halfway through the race, the rider felt very sorry for his horse, and was afraid that the horse would be tired, so he stopped and let the horse rest and graze, and the two of them sat on the grass, changed a cigarette to light the fire, and continued to smoke.

Xiao Ye asked the horseman, "Where do your tribes live, and what do you mainly live on?"

The horseman replied, "Our tribes live by hunting small wild animals, such as sheep, rabbits, ducks, pheasants, duck eggs, wild eggs, etc. Usually do not dare to hunt bison, wild horses, because it runs fast, can not catch up, especially bison, the strength is infinite, if you don't get people well, you will be injured. We have a lot of caves there, and everyone lives in the caves by the river, and it's safe. ”

Xiao Ye asked again: "How many people are in your family?" ”

The horseman replied, "There are five people in my family, my father is the leader of the Caoyuan tribe, everyone calls him Uncle Caoba, my mother is called Cao Da Niang, my name is Cao San, my eldest brother is called Cao Da, and my sister is called Cao Ermei." Ever since I was able to ride a horse, people have called me a horse rider, so you might as well call me Kussan. ”

Xiao Ye smiled and said, "Okay, I'll call you Caosan from now on." ”

At this time, the white horse came to his master while grazing, and the rider said; "Let's go." The two of them mounted their horses again, and the horses ate the grass, and galloped in good spirits, and in a short time they reached the Caoyuan tribe.

Uncle Caoba, the leader of the Caoba tribe, is in his 40s, a tall man with a strong body, a rectangular face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and naturally curly black hair.

Uncle Caoba's wife, Aunt Cao, is also 40 years old, with a small face, waist-length black hair, and a very kind woman.

The eldest son, Cao Da, was 20 years old, tall, with a square face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, as long as his father and very good-looking natural curly hair.

The second daughter, the second sister of the grass, 18 years old, of medium stature, with a round face and small eyes like her mother, and shoulder-length black hair, is a beauty of the tribe, very good at housework, and is the right-hand man of the grass lady.

Cao San introduced Xiao Ye to his parents and older sisters, and said: "Xiao Ye was invited by me to help us, their tribes there are all using fire, two days ago we saw a red light in the sky, there is smoke rising from the plow, my father asked me to see what the reason is, it turned out that they were burning a fire there, the smoke rushed to the sky, and the meat burned by the fire was fragrant and fresh and delicious." "The whole family really doesn't seem to understand what Cao San says, and they don't know what fire is.

At this time, Xiao Ye took the gift prepared by Xiao Yu, two large pieces of barbecue beef, and cut it into slices with the stone knife he brought with him, and said, "Uncle Caoyuan, Aunt Cao, Cao Da, second sister, you taste the taste of this roasted meat."

Uncle Caoyuan took the roast beef, and said happily after eating: "It's so delicious, I've never eaten such delicious beef since I never eaten it, this is the fire, what is the fire?" ”

Xiao Ye took a puff of the cigarette that was still burning and said, "This is the fire, Uncle Caoba quickly arrange everyone, hurry up and pick up dry leaves, dry grass and firewood, and light the fire first." ”

The rider said, "I know what a fire is, and we have a lot of dry leaves and wood here, so let's pick a pile and light the fire." ”

Uncle Caoyuan said, "Go and collect dry firewood, and I will go and inform everyone, and set up a fire on the grass above the cave, and act immediately." He said as he busied himself with the announcement.

Cao San took a few people to pick hay and dry firewood nearby, and a large pile of hay and dry firewood was quickly piled up on the grass. Xiaoye quickly ignited the hay and dry firewood with a cigarette butt fire, and the fire was ignited.

Cao San shouted happily: "We also have a fire, we also have barbecue to eat, everyone come quickly!" ”

By this time, all the people who had been informed by Uncle Kusaohara had come to the fire, and those who had never seen fire before were as frightened when they saw fire as if they had seen wolves.

Cao San said: "Don't be afraid, everyone, sit down around the fire and eat barbecue later." "Grass lady brought rabbit meat, wild duck meat, small leaves with branches to put on the fire barbecue, quickly cooked, grass lady with a stone knife cut into small pieces, everyone tasted a little, everyone was very happy after eating, all said: "This barbecue meat is really delicious." ”

People ran back to their homes, quickly brought the meat, learned to cook it and ate it, and everyone had a good meal.

Xiao Ye said to Uncle Caoyuan: "If you want to live a good life with fire for a long time, there are two things that must be done: one is to send someone to collect dry firewood and protect the fire, you have many caves here, and dry firewood can be stored in the cave." Second, to learn to smoke cigarettes, we must learn that if it rains heavily one day and the fire is drenched, the smoke will retain the fire, and the cigarette butt fire can re-ignite the fire. We'll be looking for tobacco right away, and we'll be able to teach everybody soon. ”

Uncle Cao Yuan nodded in agreement with Xiao Ye's opinion, and immediately told everyone: "From today on, we have to protect the fire, and the six people of the grass generation will do this well, and usually pick up dry firewood and put it in the cave where no one lives, the more the better." Everyone must learn to smoke cigarettes so that they can keep the fire. Cao San took 8 people to collect tobacco leaves from Xiaoye Xue with me, and we acted immediately. "Everyone took action according to Uncle Kusao's division of labor.

Xiao Ye and everyone looked for tobacco leaves on the grassland, and Xiao Ye said happily: "This grassland is full of tobacco leaves, there are too many. Under Xiaoye's guidance, he quickly cut a few large bundles and arranged to be placed next to the fire to dry.

Xiao Ye asked Uncle Caoba and said, "Uncle Caoba, you have bison and wild horses here, grazing and moving in those places. Uncle Caoba said: "You see the bison grazing on the lawn on the right, usually more than 10 of them, they are so powerful that we dare not touch them." Xiao Ye said: "I have a way to hunt it, we have killed a lot of bison by digging traps, Uncle Caoba, you see, start digging traps from there, swing to the right, dig six traps, and the harvest must be great." Uncle Caoba didn't seem to understand, who dared to hunt bison, he was really a little confused.

Seeing this, Cao San said: "Dad won't be wrong when he listens to Xiaoye, let's dig a trap right away, we will have a great harvest." ”

Uncle Caoba agreed, and immediately gathered thirty people to be arranged by Xiaoye. Xiaoye chose a location and arranged for five people to dig one, Tianhei had dug six traps before, and Xiaoye arranged for everyone to cover the trap with branches and grass. He said: "Usually the bison will go to the lawn in the morning to graze, and tomorrow morning they will be killed, and we will go back immediately to prepare the torches for tomorrow." ”

Everyone returned to the fire, and Xiaoye taught everyone to make torches from dry branches, and everyone made a lot of torches. Xiao Ye said to Uncle Caoyuan: "Tomorrow morning, 30 men will be arranged, prepare stone axes and stone knives, and kill bison at that time." ”

Uncle Caoba said happily: "I'll prepare the people, and tomorrow will be all arranged by you." Xiao Ye said: "Okay, there will definitely be a harvest tomorrow, now I will teach everyone to smoke." He took the dried tobacco leaves by the fire in his hands, and taught everyone to roll cigarettes and smoke, and everyone learned very seriously and quickly learned.

Xiao Ye was surprised to find that the cigarettes rolled by the tobacco leaves here tasted more fragrant, he rolled a lot of cigarettes to Uncle Caoyuan, and said: "Uncle Caoba, your tobacco leaves here are very fragrant, as long as you insist on smoking, everyone will soon become addicted, and if you want to smoke every day, the fire will be saved." Uncle Caoba took the cigarette, smiled and nodded yes.

That night, everyone ate fragrant barbecue, Uncle Caoba took the lead in smoking, everyone smoked happily, people learned that smoking can keep the fire, as long as the fire is kept, there will be fragrant barbecue to eat for a long time. Therefore, everyone can consciously roll cigarettes and smoke. That night, everyone gathered around the fire and slept comfortably.

As soon as the day dawned, Xiaoye asked Cao Sanyi to go to the edge of the woods to check the whereabouts of the bison, the two waited for a while, and saw a group of cattle slowly coming out of the woods and walking towards the grassland. ”

Uncle Caoba immediately handed over the thirty people who had already been prepared to Xiao Ye for arrangement. Xiao Ye said: "Everyone light the torch, take the stick, and quietly follow me." ”

Everyone took wooden sticks and lit torches, followed Xiao Ye to the vicinity where the bison was grazing, Xiao Ye set up the formation of outflanking the bison, and everyone shouted in unison: "Kill"! Rushing towards the bison, the bison suddenly saw a lot of people, rushing with torches and sticks, and fled in the direction of no one in fright, Xiao Ye led everyone to chase after the sound of killing, and drove the bison to the place where the trap was dug, and the bison continued to fall into the trap one after another, and the operation worked very well, and all six traps fell into the bison.

Uncle Caoba and the people were very happy, and everyone cheered: "We can eat bison!" Uncle Caoba arranged for five people to kill a cow, and soon all six bison were killed, divided into small pieces, and distributed to everyone according to the head.

On this day, everyone barbecued beef around the fire to eat, and Uncle Caoba was very excited to watch Yang Xiaoye and said: "Xiaoye is so smart, you sent us a fire, and also taught us how to keep the fire, especially today when we hunt and kill wild animals." I think there are still many tribes that don't have fire, waiting for you to help them, you need a horse urgently, and I also have a red horse, which I caught two years ago and gave it to you to ride, but you have to care about it, love it, and make friends with it, and it will let you ride. ”

Xiao Ye said happily: "Thank you Uncle Caoba, I will care about it, love it, it won't be long before I make friends with it, and when the time comes, I will ride it to help those who still don't have a fire to light a big fire, so that they can also live a good life with fire." Today I'm going to teach you how to fish for "water meat". "Water meat" grows in the water, its meat is fragrant and fresh, especially delicious, you tell everyone to take the intestines of the bison, and follow me to the nameless river, I will teach everyone to fish for "water meat" to eat. ”