After noon, Uncle Gao led the leaders to collect tobacco leaves. Xiaoye and Cao came to the river with a stone axe in their hands, and the two beauties of Sister River and Sister Hemei also followed to the river. Xiao Ye smiled and said, "The two beauties here can't help, you can help us lead the two horses to graze." "We have already fed our horses, and we sisters want to see how you cross the river." ”

Xiao Ye didn't say anything anymore. He observed repeatedly and found that the river was wide and could not find a narrow place. After thinking for a while, he said, "Let's cut down a big, tall tree and see if we can reach the other side and form a single-plank bridge." ”

Cao San said: "There is only this way, try it and then talk about it." So, Xiaoye found a very tall tree by the river, cut it vigorously with a stone axe, and when he was tired, Cao San continued to cut it, and after a while, the tree fell, but the tip of the tree only reached more than half of the river, and there was still a gap between it and the opposite bank. Although the river was gentle, and it took only two cigarettes to smoke it, the tree that floated on the surface of the water was washed away by the water.

Xiao Ye asked the three of them if there was any way? Everyone was discouraged, shook their heads and said, "There is no other way." ”

The people on the other side of the river looked at them, wondering what they were going to do. They also looked helplessly at the poor people on the other side of the river. The four of them sat on the shore for a while, and returned to the fire sullenly, Xiao Ye smoked a cigarette, still thinking about how to cross the river.

At this time, Uncle Gao Shan had already learned everyone's smoke. He was telling everyone, "The purpose of learning to smoke and smoke is to keep the fire, and everyone in your tribe should learn it in the future." Also, to dig a trap, you have to choose a good location, and you must go through the way to draft water in the wild; In the wild from the forest to the grassland must be the way to graze; In places where wild animals are frequented; Dig traps in these three locations and the rewards will be great. To prevent wolves from stealing and raising sheep, you can dig traps on the way from wolves to the enclosure, and you can hunt wolves. At the same time, a small fire is burned outside the pen, and the wolf is afraid of the fire and does not dare to come, which can protect the livestock. Everyone smoked cigarettes, listened carefully to Uncle Gao Shan's instructive speech, and nodded in understanding.

In the evening, people around the fire to eat barbecue, Uncle Gao Shan sat next to the river lady, Uncle Gao Shan and the river lady discussed: "Tomorrow the leaders of the church to fish for "water meat", the day after tomorrow let them take the fire back, when they go back, they can give each person a piece of barbecue, let the people of the tribe taste the taste of barbecue first. One more thing, for the past two days, the people on the other side of the river have seen that we have a fire and barbecue to eat, but they have no fire, let alone barbecue to eat. I think we should find a way to send the fire across the river so that they can live a good life with fire. ”

Aunt He said: "You think very thoughtfully, the same people, should use fire, but there is a river separated by water, it is very difficult to send fire across the river, you have to worry a lot." ”

At this time, Xiao Ye came to Uncle Gao Shan and said: "Dad, this afternoon Cao San and I cut down the tallest tree by the river, and we wanted to try to build a single-plank bridge, but after cutting down the tree, we only built more than half of the river, and there was still a section to reach the other bank, so we failed." ”

Uncle Gao Shan comforted: "Don't worry, think of a way slowly, there will always be a way, you have to eat enough at night, you have to sleep well, and you will find a way tomorrow." "After eating the barbecue, everyone sang and danced until late at night, and then rested.

Sister Xiaoye Tonghe lit the bark and returned to the cave, and put the bark on the stone table with small stones, and the whole cave was very bright. Xiao Ye said to Sister He: "I'm tired today, go to sleep." Xiao Ye sat on the stone bench next to the table, smoking a cigarette, pondering, he thought: It is not possible to cross the river by a single-plank bridge, how can I cross the river to the other side? He thought that the last time he caught "water flesh", he was swept away by the flood, but fortunately he caught a broken tree in the river, so he was not drowned by the water, which shows that the tree can float on the water, and the big tree cut down this afternoon was also on the water when it was washed away by the slow flowing water, and it seems that if you want to cross the river, you still can't do without the tree.

At this time, Sister He urged: "Xiao Ye, go to sleep, it's past midnight." She said as she pulled Xiao Ye's hand, Xiao Ye took off his sheepskin coat and fell asleep, but he still couldn't sleep for a long time, still thinking about crossing the river, and finally thought of a way to ......

A new day began, everyone had eaten barbecue, by the mountain uncle led everyone to the river to fish for "water meat", more than 50 people lined up in the long river, Gao Shan arranged to send each person a piece of cattle, sheep intestines, break a branch, everyone learn to fish "water meat", after a while the river was lively, some said: "Caught a big one!" Some shouted, "I caught two fish!" "Shouting one after another, laughter after laughter.

On the other side of the river, there are more people watching the excitement, and people on this side of the river can use branches to catch "water meat". "There was a man who took a branch and put it in the water, and after a while lifted the branch up, but found nothing, and this man was very puzzled. The people here laughed when they saw this......

Xiaoye, Caosan and two beauties lead the horses to a grassy place to graze. The four of them came to the river again, Xiao Ye said: "I thought of a way last night I don't know if I can cross the river, I can only try, now you two sisters go to cut Teng strips, the more, the longer, the better, you have to come back soon, we will wait to use it." The two sisters took stone knives and went.

Xiao Ye said to Cao San: "We still cut down the tree, cut down the tallest tree, and after falling into the river, we tied the tip of the tree with Tengtiao, and then tied it to the tree by the river, so that the water would not wash the tree away, and we only thought of a way when we reached the middle of the river." ”

Kusan said, "Okay, cut down the tree." When the tree was cut for the most part, the two sisters came back and cut back two large teng sticks, and the small leaf combined the three teng sticks into one, and prepared them.

Xiaoye continued to cut down the tree, and when the tree was about to break, he asked the grass to push the tree one by one, and the tree fell in the river, and the head of the tree was still a little bit unbroken, which just played a fixed role. Xiao Ye took one end of Teng Tiao, and the other end was held by Cao San, Xiao Ye walked up to the tree that fell on the river surface, and slowly walked to the front, Sister He shouted worriedly: "Xiao Ye, be careful, don't fall into the river." ”

Xiao Ye replied, "Don't worry, I won't fall into the water." When Xiaoye approached the top of the tree, he firmly tied the tree with Teng Tiao, and slowly returned to the shore, he took the Teng Tiao in Caosan's hand, pulled it tightly and tied it to the tree on the shore, so he fixed the tree on the river surface, forming a "pontoon bridge" that did not reach the shore.

Xiao Ye cut a bamboo in the bamboo forest by the river, he took the bamboo pole in his hand and walked on the "pontoon bridge" again, using the bamboo pole to explore the depth of the water, he returned to the shore and said: "The water in the center of the river is very deep, if you fall into the river, you will drown." The next time we walk on the bridge tree in the water, we have to tie it to our waists, and if we fall into the water, the people on the shore will immediately pull the strips and save the people. The three of them kept nodding their heads, and they all admired Xiao Ye's cleverness from the bottom of their hearts.

At this time, the fishing for "water meat" on the river bank has ended, and the "water meat" is all back. Uncle Gao Shan walked up the river bank with the river lady. Xiao Ye saw his father coming, and told his father his thoughts: "Dad, you see that there are many people on the other side of the river looking at us, you can barbecue more meat at noon today, walk over from this "pontoon", it is not far from the opposite bank, tie the meat to the bamboo and hand it to them, let them also taste the taste of barbecue meat, and send the fire to slowly think of a way." ”

Uncle Gao Shan said: "This method is very good, Xiao Ye will do it." Aunt He is also in favor of this method.

Uncle Gao Shan and a few people left the shore and returned to the fire, and heard the good news that two cows and three sheep had fallen into the trap, all of which had been killed, and there were endless beef, mutton, and "water meat" at noon. Everyone gathered around the two big fires, eating fragrant barbecue meat, and Aunt He said: "After we are full, we will barbecue some more meat of all kinds and send it to the people on the other side of the river, so that they can taste the taste of barbecue meat." People were very happy when they heard this, and they all rushed to barbecue meat for the people on the other side, dozens of people each barbecued a piece, and came to the river together under the leadership of Xiao Ye. The people on the other side of the river are looking at this side and don't know what the people on this side are going to do?

At this time, Xiao Ye tied his waist with Teng Tiao, and the other end of Teng Tiao was held by Cao San, Xiao Ye held two large pieces of barbecue meat in one hand and a bamboo pole in the other, and slowly walked up to the "Pontoon Bridge", and when he walked near the top of the tree, he began to ask the people on the shore loudly: "Listen, are your leaders here?" ”

A middle-aged man replied, "I am the leader." Xiao Ye asked again: "What tribe are you, how many people are in the tribe, and what is the name of the uncle?" ”

The chief replied: "We are a waterfront tribe, and there are more than 100 people in our tribe, all of whom live in caves by the river, and my name is Uncle Water. ”

Xiao Ye said again: "Uncle Shui, my name is Xiao Ye, we have dozens of tribes that use fire, today the leaders asked me to send you barbecue meat, so that you can also taste the deliciousness, now I will tie the barbecue meat with a bamboo pole and hand it to you, please accept it." ”

Xiao Ye tied the barbecue meat to the tip of the bamboo with thin teng strips and slowly handed it over, but it still couldn't be handed to the other side, and Uncle Shui couldn't get the barbecue with his hand. Xiao Ye took back the bamboo pole again, and Xiao Ye said loudly to Uncle Shui, "I'll throw it and see if I can throw it over." ”

Xiao Ye took a piece of barbecue and threw it hard, and the barbecue fell to the shore, followed by a second piece of barbecue, which also fell to the shore, and people on both sides of the strait cheered. Xiao Ye said loudly again: "You wait for me to get it again, there are still a lot." Xiao Ye slowly returned to the shore and took 8 pieces of barbecue, and then walked on the "Pontoon", throwing them one by one, and after repeating this several times, dozens of pieces of barbecue meat were thrown over.

The people on the other side of the river were so happy that some of them couldn't wait to eat it, and kept shouting, "This meat is delicious, so delicious!" ”

Xiao Ye said loudly to Uncle Shui: "I'm going back, and I'll come back to bring you barbecue at this time tomorrow." Uncle Shui said happily: "Xiaoye, thank you." ”

Xiao Ye returned to the shore, Uncle Gao Shan said: "It's good to send them barbecue, but it's only a temporary way, you can't send barbecue every day, the best way is to send the fire across the river, teach them to light the fire, and use torches to cooperate with traps to hunt." Tomorrow, after sending the leaders away, we will find a way to make sure that the fire is sent to the other side of the river. ”

Everyone returned to the fire, around the fire, ate barbecue, and after they were satisfied, the people began to sing and dance happily. Sister He saw that Xiao Ye didn't sing or dance, and was still pondering, so she said, "Xiao Ye, you didn't sleep well last night, go to bed early tonight, let's go, let's go back to the cave to sleep." She lit the bark and pulled Xiaoye back to the cave, Xiaoye was indeed too tired, too tired, and fell asleep with Sister He in her arms as soon as she got into bed.

The next day, people gathered around the fire early in the morning and ate fragrant barbecue. Uncle Gao Shan said loudly: "Everyone has worked hard these days, has learned the skills, today the leaders are going back, you have to smoke more, smoke cigarettes and hurry, after going back, the first thing is to light the fire, and then do other things, if someone fails to light the fire, you can go to the nearby tribe to get fire." There is a lot of rain in your place, and it is easy to put out the fire, so you should smoke and keep the fire. In the next few days, we are going to think of sending fire to the people on the other side of the river, so that they can also live a good life with fire. I will come to see you after a while. ”

All the leaders expressed their gratitude, and when they parted, they all smoked cigarettes, and Aunt He gave the leaders two large pieces of bison. The leaders said goodbye to their masters and the mountain masters, and went home with confidence and happily smoking cigarettes......