Uncle Gao Shan has been busy for several days in order to learn the four skills of the tribal leaders, and he is indeed too tired and tired. Uncle Shui saw it in his eyes, and he said to Uncle Gao Shan with concern: "Uncle Gao Shan, you are really tired during this time, you should rest for a few days, you must not drag your body down, if you want, I will take you to the water and heat tribe to take a hot bath, it is really comfortable, and you will soon get rid of fatigue after taking a bath." ”

Uncle Gao Shan has never taken a hot bath, and when he heard Uncle Shui say that he could take a hot bath, he felt very novel and wanted to take a hot bath, so he happily agreed: "Okay, just follow Uncle Shui's arrangement." So, Uncle Shui led Uncle Gaoshan, Xiaoye and Caosan, while walking, while talking about the fun of taking a hot bath, and soon came to the Shuihe tribe.

Lady Shui received the guests very warmly, she smoked a cigarette, and led the guests to visit the big fire that had only been lit in recent days, visit the captive livestock, and visit the cave where they lived. Aunt Shui said happily: "We are now living a good life with fire, which was brought to us by Uncle Gaoshan, and we will never forget it." After eating barbecue today, I went to take a hot bath, men and women from several nearby tribes are bathing here, men and women are rubbing each other's backs, this is the habit formed by the ancestors, especially in the afternoon, there are more people taking a bath, but it is lively, the old people of the previous generation in order to satisfy everyone to take a bath, but also widened the hot water river a lot, forming a large hot water pool, dozens of people taking a bath at a time are not crowded. The guests were so curious that they wanted to take a hot shower and said they would follow the host's arrangement.

Lady Shui led the guests back to the fire, and she said loudly to the people who were barbecuing meat to eat: "This is the mountain master, they brought us fire from the other side of the river, and taught us the four skills, so that we can live a good life with fire, we should thank them well." "People want to repay their benefactors, and they rush to bring roasted mutton, rabbit meat, chicken, and some fruits.

Aunt Shui introduced to Uncle Gaoshan: "There are 53 people in our tribe, and there are forests, bamboo forests, fruit trees, grasslands, and hot water rivers within our boundaries. We mainly live by hunting. They also raised livestock, and the development of livestock was very fast, starting with only 9 lambs and 8 piglets, and now there are more than 60 sheep and 32 pigs. Life is very good, you are distinguished guests, this time here, you must stay a few more days. ”

After hearing this, Uncle Gao Shan nodded with a smile, and praised Yang Yang and said, "Aunt Shui, you are doing a really good job......."

After lunch, Lady Shui gave each guest a "silk cloth" for bathing. Silk claw is a kind of plant, when it grows up, it dries, and it becomes a natural cloth wider than the palm of the hand when cut with a stone knife, and it is very easy to use for washing the face and bathing, and the locals call it "silk melon cloth". The water lady led the guests to the hot water river, and there were already many men and women bathing. The four of Uncle Gao and the water lady took off their clothes and went into the water together, the water temperature is very suitable, the water depth is also suitable for the shoulder, everyone is so comfortable to soak in the hot water!

Aunt Shui came to Uncle Gao Shan and said, "I'll scrub your back, this hot water is given to us by heaven and earth, if you have sores on your body, just take a few baths." It is better to soak and wash a few times with sore hands and legs, so many people come here to take a bath. ”

While washing Uncle Gaoshan's back, she pointed out and said: "You see, fresh hot water flows out from here, dirty water flows from there, and the hot water that flows away becomes a small river, which everyone calls the hot water river." Uncle Gao Shan listened carefully to the narration of Aunt Shui, and at the same time enjoyed the fun of taking a hot bath.

At this time, there are more and more people taking a bath, and men and women are used to rubbing each other's backs while talking and laughing. Uncle Gao Shan was very uncomfortable scrubbing the back for the water lady, there was an indescribable taste in his heart, after a few people took a bath, they felt very comfortable, went ashore and got dressed, and everyone talked and laughed all the way back.

On the way back, Uncle Gao Shan asked, "Aunt Shui, have the other tribes lit a fire?" ”

Lady Shui replied, "I have heard that all the tribes have lit a big fire, and they all happily eat the roasted meat, but only the water and grass tribes have not lit the fire, because their territory is a grassland, and there is no wood, so there is no firewood." They have a lot of grazing wild animals on the grassland, and there are 180 heads of domestic cattle, sheep, and pigs in captivity, and there is endless meat. This time everyone lit a fire, because they had no firewood, so they sent people to the forest of the Splash tribe to collect dry firewood, but they were stopped by the people of the Splash tribe, and there was a fight, although no one was killed, but several people on both sides were injured. Sister Shuihua, the leader of the Shuihua tribe, said that not long ago, they went to the territory of the Shuicao tribe to hunt, but they were driven away by the people of the Shuicao tribe. Therefore, the people of the Shuihua tribe are not allowed to go to their own territory to collect firewood. Due to the lack of firewood, the aquatic grass tribe has not lit the fire so far. ”

Uncle Gao Shan said: "It turns out that this is the case, there will always be a way to solve it, tomorrow we will go to the water and grass tribe to have a look." ”

That night, everyone gathered around the fire, ate barbecue, smoked cigarettes, and people sang and danced. At this time, Uncle Gao Shan was thinking about the problem of the water and grass tribe not lighting the fire, he had not encountered such a problem over the years, he thought about it repeatedly, and really couldn't think of a good way to solve it, he called Xiao Ye to sit down, took a deep breath of smoke, and slowly spit out the cigarette, and asked: "Xiao Ye, you also know the water and grass tribe, they have no firewood so far, and they can't light the fire, do you have a way to solve it?" ”

Xiao Ye thought for a while, took a puff of cigarette and said: "I'm also thinking about this problem, I think there is a way to solve it, the water and grass tribe has endless mutton, there is a lack of dry firewood, and the water flower tribe has endless dry firewood, there is a lack of food, if the water and grass tribe uses the inexhaustible mutton to go to the water flower tribe to exchange dry firewood, so that the problems of the two tribes are solved." ”

After listening to Xiao Ye's speech, Uncle Gao Shan thought for a moment and felt that it was very reasonable, so he said happily: "This method is very good, using sheep to exchange dry firewood can solve the problem of the two tribes, tomorrow we will go to the water and grass tribe, and use this method to help them solve the dispute." ”

The next morning, after eating the barbecue, the water lady led the mountain uncle and others to the water grass tribe, the water grass uncle was very warm to receive the guests, he led the mountain master and others to visit their 10 stone pens, captive 6 calves, 7 horses, 12 pigs and 155 sheep. Also visited the 6 traps they dug.

Uncle Shuicao said: "These six traps have yielded a lot of harvest, and in just a few days we have hunted 2 cows, 3 pigs, and 6 sheep. Captive livestock have endless grass, so they develop rapidly. There are 42 people in our tribe, and we can't even eat the beef and mutton that we hunt. Passing through this meadow, there is a fruit grove over there, and there are several kinds of fruits, and the ripe fruits picked every day cannot be eaten, and many of them rot. We only lack large forests, it is difficult to find dry firewood, if we cut down the fruit trees for firewood, it is a pity, I sent a few people to the woods of the Splash tribe to pick up a few dry firewood, but the Splash tribe people are not allowed to take it, and they also injured our people, so we have not lit the fire so far. ”

Uncle Gao Shan said: "We have heard about your feelings, this time I came to help you find a way to solve this problem, we have discussed, the Splash Tribe has a big forest, there is a lot of dry firewood, but there is a lack of food, you have endless meat, but there is a lack of dry firewood, you can use sheep to exchange for dry firewood of the Splash Tribe, so that the problems of your two tribes are solved, isn't it good?"

Uncle Shuicao was very happy to hear this: "This method is so good, I am willing to exchange sheep for dry firewood from the Shuihua tribe, but I don't know if they are willing to change?"

Immediately afterwards, Uncle Gao Shan said: "As long as you are willing to change, we can invite Sister Splash to discuss, I think you can go and invite Sister Splash to discuss this afternoon......

Uncle Shuicao led everyone back to the cave after visiting, let the guests sit on the stone bench around the stone table, and people brought three large plates of fruits, including pears, oak seeds, and persimmons. Put it on the stone table and invite the guests to eat, these fruits are so sweet. Xiao Ye was holding a pear and eating it, but he looked carefully at the thing containing the pear, felt very strange, and asked, "Uncle Shuiwe, what is this thing with fruit?" ”

Uncle Shuicao said: "This thing that contains fruit is called "soil plate", which is made of the soil we have here, and it is very convenient to load the fruit after it is cooled and dried. There is a young man named Shuiwa in our tribe who made it, and he also made a kind of "earthen bowl" to hold a lot of dates, but it just can't be filled with water, and the water and soil bowl will be rotten, if you like it, you will give you a few. ”

Xiao Ye heard Uncle Shuicao say that he wanted to send him a few, so he said happily: "That's great, thank you Uncle Shuicao in advance." ”

In the afternoon, Uncle Shuihua sent two people to invite Sister Shuihua, Sister Shuihua heard that it was Uncle Gao Shan who invited her to go to the Shuicao tribe to discuss, and she was very happy to rush to the Shuicao tribe with people, and was warmly received by the Shuicao Uncle, Uncle Gao Shan was very concerned about the greeting of Sister Shuihua, and immediately turned to the topic and said: "Today, please invite Sister Shuihua to come, mainly to discuss your lack of food, the problem of the lack of firewood in the Shuicao Uncle, and think of a way, that is, the Shuicao tribe will exchange sheep for your dry firewood, so that the problems of your two tribes can be solved." Uncle Shuicao has agreed to exchange the sheep for your dry firewood, let's see if Sister Shuihua agrees to change?"

Sister Shuihua heard Uncle Gao Shan say that Uncle Shuicao was willing to exchange sheep for dry firewood, and felt that there would be no shortage of food in the future, so she said happily: "This method is very good, I agree to exchange dry firewood for sheep." ”

Uncle Gao Shan said: "You two agree to this method, and it is up to you to discuss how many sheep to exchange for how much dry firewood." ”

Uncle Shuicao thought for a moment, and then said happily: "Can I exchange 5 big sheep for 50 dry firewood for Sister Shuihua?" ”

Sister Shuihua immediately said: "Okay, just like that, Uncle Shuicao will send someone to lead the sheep with me now, and I will immediately send someone to bring you dry firewood after I go back, and you can light the fire tonight and eat delicious barbecue meat." ”

Seeing that the two tribes were willing to change, Uncle Gao Shan said decisively: "Since both of you are willing to change, let's act immediately." ”

Uncle Shuicao immediately sent 5 people, led 5 big sheep, and followed Sister Shuihua to the Shuihua tribe, Sister Shuihua accepted 5 sheep, and sent 25 people to send dry firewood to Uncle Shuiwe, and sent 50 dry firewood in two trips. Uncle Shuicao was very happy to accept the dry firewood, except for the immediate use, the rest was stored in the cave for later use.

Uncle Gao Shan chose a big wall, Uncle Shuicao asked people to pile up dry firewood, find hay, Xiaoye quickly lit the fire with cigarette butts, the people of the Shuicao tribe were very happy, Uncle Shuicao said excitedly: "We also have a fire, let's bring the meat to barbecue." ”

People quickly brought beef, mutton, rabbit meat, followed Xiaoye to learn barbecue, ate delicious barbecue, and were very happy, and at the same time gave the barbecued meat to the guests to eat. Uncle Gao Shan said to Uncle Shuiwe: "You are short of firewood, so in the future, you will use sheep to exchange firewood as you did this time." You can also save firewood, for example, when you barbecue meat, you can burn it bigger, and then you can burn it smaller. The fire can be bigger during the day, and smaller at night when everyone goes back to sleep; The fire can be burned larger on a cold day and smaller on a hot day; This saves a lot of dry firewood. Another important thing is that we must teach everyone to smoke, smoke and keep the fire, so that there will be barbecue meat to eat ......for a long time" (exchanging sheep for dry firewood, is the first example of human barter, for a long time, people have used barter to exchange what they have, and sheep have become the "currency" of transactions). ）