"Crossing the river tree" crossed the nameless river smoothly, arrived at the opposite bank, there are more than 100 people in the Nanhe tribe on the bank to watch the excitement, the head of the mother with the fifth aunt holding the child, the sixth aunt holding the child, to the shore to welcome the three Dongzi back. As soon as Sandongzi came ashore, the five aunts and six aunts excitedly ran forward to hug Sandongzi with their children, and Sandongzi also hugged the two sisters and the child, and said excitedly: "I'm back!" I am back! And introduced to the four of Xiaoye: "That is the head of the Nanhe tribe, Niangniang, is my mother, and the two sisters are the fifth and sixth aunts, who are my wives, and he introduced to Niangniang and the two sisters: "This is Xiaoye, that is Caosan, they are the river sisters and sisters, the four of them have great skills, and they have sent us a very precious fire and a very delicious barbecue meat." ”

Although Niangniang didn't understand what Sandongzi said about the fire, she still said happily: "Welcome guests, let's go, let's go home." ”

The three small leaves and grass dragged the "crossing tree" ashore for people to watch freely. The four of them followed Niangniang to the cave where Niangniang lived, and Xiaoye sent 10 large pieces of barbecue beef and mutton. Sandongzi also gave 10 pieces of roast beef, and said: "This is the roast beef that my mother gave to my mother, and Xiaoye also gave roast beef and roast mutton, which are delicious, Niangniang, you can always taste it." ”

Niangniang said very happily: "Thank you four guests, thank you Sandongzi's mother, I accepted your gifts, everyone eat barbecue." ”

Sandongzi used a bone knife to cut the roast beef into slices, and first gave it to the mother and guests, and then to the fifth and sixth aunts. After tasting a slice of roast beef, Niangniang said in surprise: "This roast beef is delicious, so delicious, it is the first time I have eaten such delicious beef in decades." ”

The fifth and sixth aunts were also very happy and said, "This roast beef is so delicious, I don't know how to make it?" ”

Xiao Ye took the opportunity to reply: "This roast beef is grilled with fire, you can light the fire with the cigarette butt fire in my hand, and the fire of the fire can barbecue beef and all kinds of meat, we are here to help you light the fire, so that you can have barbecue meat to eat for a long time, and we can all find a place to burn the fire on the grass immediately." ”

Sandongzi then said: "Niangniang, some time ago, we saw the light on the other side of the river, the smoke was billowing into the sky, I was worried about the family, I swam across the river and came home to see, it turned out that Xiao Ye helped my mother's tribe burn three fires, all the people who fell can barbecue and eat, and also hunted bison with fire, and burned the tigers with fire, they now have endless meat, and they also raised a lot of sheep in captivity, and all the people who fell can be happy." ”

Niangniang was very happy when she heard this, and hurriedly said: "Thank you Xiaoye for helping us, let's go, and immediately choose a place to light the fire." ”

Everyone followed Niangniang to the grass, Xiao Ye looked at the terrain and said: "Just burn two fires on this wide grass for more than 100 people, the two fires are 10 steps away, immediately arrange for people to pick hay, dry leaves, and dry firewood in these two places." Niangniang immediately arranged for 20 people to pick hay and dry firewood, and after a while, there were several large piles on the grass.

Xiaoye and grass three, soon with a cigarette butt fire lit hay, dry firewood, two fires were lit! At this time, the mother was very happy, and shouted loudly: "We also have a fire, everyone quickly bring the meat to the barbecue and eat!" When all the people heard the cry of the mother, they all came, but everyone was afraid of the fire, and they watched at a distance from the fire, and did not dare to approach the fire, and no one dared to bring meat to barbecue.

Seeing this, Xiao Ye hurriedly said to Niangniang: "Niangniang, everyone is afraid of fire, I think only you and Sandongzi, the fifth aunt and the sixth aunt take the lead in barbeconizing meat, and then divide some barbecue meat for everyone to taste, so that everyone will come to barbecue." ”

After hearing this, Niangniang felt that what Xiao Ye said made sense, and hurriedly arranged: "Sandongzi quickly bring the roast beef, cut it into slices for everyone to taste, tell everyone not to be afraid of the fire, quickly bring the meat to the barbecue and then eat, the fifth aunt and the sixth aunt quickly take the rabbit meat and cut it into small pieces, Xiao Ye will teach you to barbecue." ”

Sandongzi took the roast beef slices and distributed them to the onlookers, and said with a smile: "You taste the meat barbecued on the fire, it's really delicious, this beef is barbecued on the fire, don't be afraid of the fire, you see, Niangniang, the five aunts and six aunts are barbecuing meat." ”

People tasted a bite of roast beef, and they all felt that the roast beef tasted very fragrant and beautiful, and saw that Niangniang and a few people were not afraid of fire and were barbecuing rabbit meat. They all ran back to the cave, brought rabbit meat, pheasant meat, wild duck meat, learned from the small leaf grass and other people, barbecued meat, and after a while, the two big fires were full of people who barbecued meat. On that day, people roasted and ate a piece, and they liked to eat this barbecue meat very much, and the only little meat was roasted and eaten, and they refused to leave.

Niangniang is a very happy day today, she thought: This barbecue meat is really fragrant and beautiful, if you can eat barbecue meat every day, how good it would be, I must leave Xiaoye Siren, he will have a way to let us have barbecue meat to eat every day. When she thought of this, she said: "Xiao Ye, the four of you haven't found a place to live, there is a big cave near the cave where I live, very high, very wide, and very deep, and there are a few forks in it, my daughters have lived in the past, but now no one lives, it is very suitable for the four of you to live, let's go and see it together?" ”

Xiao Ye is looking for a place to live, it is best that the four of them are not separated, and when he heard Niangniang say that there is a cave to live in, he was very happy, so he immediately agreed: "Niangniang is too thoughtful, I agree with Niangniang's arrangement, we will go and see it now." ”

Niangniang and Sandongzi led the four people of Xiaoye, came to the big cave, this cave is only five steps away from the cave where Niangniang lives, the entrance of the cave is two people high, two people are wide, the hole is 20 steps deep, there are indeed four forks in it, the entrance of the cave is five steps away from the place is extra-wide, it seems to be a hall, there is a very irregular big stone table in the middle, there are just four stone benches around the stone table, the whole cave is relatively tidy, a few steps away from the entrance of the cave is the nameless river, it is really a good place for the inhabitants. Xiao Ye smiled and said to Niangniang: "Thank you Niangniang for giving us a good cave, it is really a good place to live in people, the four of us live here, Sister He, Sister He, you quickly bring the baggage, you will live here from tonight." ”

Sister He and Sister He quickly took the burden, and in the two forked holes, two beds were made with sheepskin, which was equivalent to two rooms. As soon as the bed was made, Sister He thought that there was no light at night, and she was busy going to the woods with Sister He, looking for oily bark that could shine.

Xiaoye and Caosan accompanied Niangniang Sandongzi and sat down around the stone table. Niangniang saw that Xiao Ye and the four of them were very satisfied with the cave where they lived, and she was also happy, she changed the topic and said: "Xiao Ye, have you seen it, all of us can eat fragrant and beautiful barbecue meat today, thank you all very much, everyone hopes to eat barbecue meat every day, I have also heard you say, to make us have barbecue meat to eat for a long time, I don't know what you can do?" ”

Xiao Ye took a puff of cigarette, quickly spit out the cigarette, and said: "I was about to talk to Niangniang about this, you look at the cigarette butt fire in my hand, it is the tinder, your fire is lit by this cigarette butt fire, as long as you learn to roll cigarettes, smoking will retain the fire, it will make everyone have barbecue meat to eat for a long time, I have seen you here, there are a lot of tobacco leaves on the grass, tomorrow we can teach everyone to roll cigarettes, smoking, smoking not only retains the fire, smoking can also refresh the mind, after everyone learns to smoke, they will soon become addicted, You can't do without cigarettes. ”

Niangniang listened very carefully, and kept nodding in agreement with Xiao Ye's method. She said happily: "This is a good way, I will also learn cigarettes with you tomorrow, learn to smoke, as long as I can keep the fire and not my daughter-in-law, I am willing to do anything......"

At this time, Sister He and Sister He each came back with a stick of oily bark and a pile of hay. Xiao Ye said happily: "The two beauties have worked hard, let's set the bark on fire." ”

Little Leaf quickly lit the hay with a cigarette butt fire, and then the bark, and the cave was illuminated, and Little Leaf found a crack in the rock wall of the hall, and he slipped the bark diagonally into the rock crevice, illuminating the hall. Niangniang said excitedly: "You have so many ways! The cave is not afraid of the dark, and it is not afraid of the dark at night! ”

Xiao Ye said: "Give Niangniang a pile of bark and help Niangniang light it up." ”

Niangniang was very happy to lead the way in front, Xiaoye lit a bark, Cao San carried a bark, followed Niangniang to the cave where Niangniang lived, Xiaoye also found a rock crevice on the rock wall, Xiaoye put the bright bark tightly in the rock crevice, and the cave was illuminated. Niangniang said excitedly: "I really thank you for ......"

The fifth and sixth aunts took their children to see Niangniang, and they were very happy to see that Niangniang's cave was very bright, and they found that it was the bright light of the bark, and the fifth aunt hurriedly said: "Give us some bark and illuminate our cave." ”

Seeing the happy appearance of the fifth and sixth aunts, Xiao Ye said with a smile: "Give you half a tree, first light up your cave, there is a lot of this kind of bark in the woods, tomorrow everyone will get more and save it, and I will no longer be afraid of black in the future." ”

Sister He gave half a bark to Sandongzi, and Sandongzi happily carried half a bark, took the five aunts and six aunts and two sisters, returned to their caves, lit the bark, and illuminated the caves, and they shouted happily: "Our caves are so bright......

The cave where the whole family of Sandongzi lives is also very wide, the entrance of the cave has more than two people wide, how high two people, there are more than 30 steps deep, there are several fork holes inside, two fork holes are used as rooms, eight steps away from the entrance of the hole is a hall, there is a rectangular stone table in the middle of the hall, four stone benches are installed around, the bark illuminates the hall very brightly, the whole family sits down around the stone table, and the mood is particularly good. The whole family has only been separated for a few days, it seems that a few years have passed, and after the reunion, it is very cordial, and the five aunts and six aunts are vying to ask: Are you afraid of swimming in the river? How are the mothers, brothers and sisters at home? How is their life? How do you know the four of them? How did you come up with the idea of crossing the river with wood? Wait, Sandongzi patiently answered their questions one by one, and also told about the changes in their hometown, and how Xiao Ye and the four people sincerely helped their families, he was very excited when he talked about this, he said with emotion: "Xiao Ye and the four people are really good people, so that my hometown has changed a lot, this time I crossed the river to help us, we have to protect them well, thank them......" The fifth and sixth aunts listened very carefully, and were moved by the deeds of Xiao Ye and the four people, and the three of them said a lot of words, and they didn't sleep until late at night.

That night, Xiao Ye and the four of them lived in the cave, lit the bark in the hall, and the four of them sat down around the stone table to discuss what to do the next day, Xiao Ye said: "This time we came to the Nanhe tribe on the first day, we did two things, one is to light the fire, so that everyone can taste the delicious barbecue, we have seen how happy people are; The second is to make the whole family of the head man use the shining bark, how happy they are. What are we supposed to do tomorrow? ”

Cao San said: "I think tomorrow we can collect tobacco leaves first, teach everyone to roll cigarettes, smoke, and keep the fire is a big deal; Then it is to teach everyone to dig traps, hunt wild animals, and solve the problem of food. ”

Then Sister He said: "I think that in addition to the two things to be done in the three lectures of the grass, it is also necessary to arrange to find a shiny bark so that people can use it." Hemei hurriedly said: "There is another important thing to do, which is to arrange the selection of hay, dry leaves, and dry firewood, the more the better, and store more in the cave." ”

After listening carefully to everyone's words, Xiao Ye said: "The three of you have talked about four things, I think they should all be done, tomorrow I will tell Niangniang, there are many of them, she will arrange to do it well, and the four of us can guide and help them do it well." There is also a relatively wide entrance to the cave where we live, you can burn a small fire two steps away from the entrance of the cave, which is very convenient, and the entrance of the cave where Niangniang lives can also burn a small fire two steps away, which is also convenient for her life, in short, we first do a good job of this tribe before going to other tribes. The three of them said in unison: "Okay, just do it!" Everyone laughed happily......