Chapter 43 Hedong people taste barbecue
On this day, the proprietor's youngest son came running and told the proprietor: "Mother, today there are four strange people, they are wearing sheepskins on their upper and lower bodies, they are very beautiful, they are very bold, they all come on horseback, they have gathered a lot of dry wood, and they have burned a bright thing on the grass, but it is terrifying, many wild animals are so frightened that they are fleeing for their lives, mother, what do you say?" ”
The proprietor thought for a moment and said, "There is such a strange thing, how far are they from here, there is a moon tonight, I will go and see for myself, if they don't hurt us, don't mess with them, if they want to hurt us, kill them." ”
Xiao Dong replied: "They are more than a mile away from us, they don't seem to mean to hurt us, and one of them is still smiling and waving to us, and some of them understand what they say, most of them don't understand, and they come to us, and we are so frightened that we run away." ”
The proprietor said: "Go and call your brother Da Dongzi and Er Dongzi, and the four of us will go and see it quietly, don't alarm the others." Xiaodong agreed, and ran to find his two brothers.
The sky gradually darkened, and the little leaves saw the moon coming, and the stars in the sky were shining. He was in a good mood and said excitedly: "What a good moonlight, what a beautiful star, let's sleep around the fire tonight, and clean up the big cave tomorrow, if it rains, we will sleep in the cave, we will eat dried beef, and there are many fruits, everyone must be full, and tomorrow we will get some fresh rabbit meat to eat." Be patient with the people here, approach them slowly, let them know us, understand us. So, everyone talked and laughed, and took the dried beef and ate it. While eating, Xiaoye added firewood to the two fires, and the two fires became more and more burning.
At this time, the proprietor and his three sons, under the moonlight, walked slowly to the vicinity of the fire, hid behind the tree and peeked, and saw two terrible fires shining brightly, and the four people were not afraid of the fire between the two fires, and sat on the grass and talked and laughed and ate something, and the two horses were tied to the trees near the fire, and even the horses were not afraid of the fire, and many small animals were afraid of the fire, and hid far away, looking at these strange guests.
The proprietor and her three sons watched the kung fu of smoking a cigarette, she asked her sons to go back together, on the way she said: "I don't know what these two shiny things are, these four people look very kind, not like they hurt us, tomorrow Xiaodong will continue to observe, if they don't hurt us, don't mess with them, if you find other problems, tell me in time, and then fight again, now go back to sleep." The three sons agreed, and went back to the cave where they lived.
That night, after Xiao Ye and the four of them were full, they added enough firewood for the two fires, and carefully observed the surrounding situation, and found that there were still wild beasts watching them from a long distance, and from time to time they heard one or two tiger and wolf howls, Xiao Ye said: "It's safe tonight, let's sleep boldly, if there is a situation, the two horses will wake us up." The other three nodded knowingly, the two pairs of people hugged and slew, Xiao Ye slept for a while, he saw that Sister He slept very soundly, and the three or two people also slept very sweetly, and the two horses rested very quietly, so he gently let go of Sister Huhe's hand, got up and added firewood to the fire, he lit a cigarette and took a puff, and slowly spit out the cigarette, walked around the fire, thinking about what to do tomorrow......
The day dawned, the smiling face of the sun was dewed in the east, and it was another sunny day, and everyone woke up early. Xiao Ye took the dried beef and fruit from the bag, and said: "Everyone come and eat, after eating, the two beauties collect firewood, take care of the fire, lead the horses to eat grass, and Cao San and I go to dig traps and catch wild animals." ”
Cao San and the two beauties both thought that Xiaoye's arrangement was very good, and said in unison: "Okay, just do it!" Everyone laughed heartily.
Xiao Ye took a piece of dried beef and ate it, he walked along the river, observed while walking, walked about half a mile, and found that the river bank here is very close to the river, which is very suitable for wild animals such as bison to stand on the bank and drink water, he bent down to take a closer look, and sure enough, he saw a lot of bison and wild horse footprints, with a smile on his face, he thought, this must be the place where the bison drafted.
Xiao Ye immediately returned to his residence, took a stone axe and a wooden stick, called Cao San, and quickly arrived at his destination, he said to Cao San: "I see that this is the place where the bison draught, and at a place three steps away from the shore, we can dig a trap and kill wild animals today." ”
Cao San took a serious look at the terrain and said, "You're right, let's start digging now." So the two began to dig a trap.
At this time, Xiaodong was observing from a nearby tree, and he felt very strange when he saw Xiaoye and the two digging in the soil, not knowing what to do, but he didn't say anything, and still hid behind the tree to watch. The two of them never rested, because it was yellow soil, they dug for a long time before digging the trap, Xiaoye quickly found branches, covered the trap, and put a layer of grass on it, camouflaged like grass, and then the two left quietly. Xiaodong was confused, and he didn't know what they were doing, so he went back to report to his mother......
Xiao Ye and the two returned to the fire, and saw that the two beauties had fed the two horses and picked up two large piles of dry firewood, Xiao Ye said happily: "The two beauties are so capable, sit down and rest and eat." "All four of them were tired, so they sat on the grass and rested and ate dried beef.
Cao San smiled and said: "The two beauties have worked hard, Xiao Ye and I have also worked hard, we have dug a trap for half a day, if we are lucky today, we can eat fresh meat at night." ”
Then Sister He said happily: "Wow, I'll eat less at noon and wait for fresh meat in the evening!" "A few people were talking and laughing, so happy.
After lunch, Xiao Ye arranged for the two beauties to rest for a while, and then moved some dry firewood to be prepared in the cave. He and Cao San looked for a second trap spot, and they dug a trap in a grassy place, and because it was better than the soil in the morning, they quickly dug a trap. The two of them were about to return to the fire, when they suddenly heard the cry of a bison, and Xiao Ye shouted happily: "Cao San, our trap has worked, quickly take a stone axe and stick and kill the cow!" ”
The two ran to the trap, and saw a big bison in the trap and could not get out, and roared desperately, and the roar alarmed the people in the east of the river, they had never heard such a scream of the bison, and they ran to a place more than ten steps away from the trap to watch, and saw that the two people were so bold that they dared to kill the bison that everyone was afraid of with a wooden stick and a stone axe, and the head of the bison was cut off by the stone axe, and he died quickly. Because the bison was too big and heavy for the two to trap, he beckoned to someone nearby to help: "Come and help, I'll give you the beef!" The people of Hedong didn't understand Xiao Ye's words, and quickly ran away in fright.
The two men had to cut the bison into several large pieces with stone axes, put them back to the fire, and threw the cow's head, intestines, liver, belly, and lungs away from the trap, and it was already dark. Sister River and Sister River were very happy, and they were sweating profusely when they saw the small leaves and grass three tired. Sister He said happily: "You two are working too hard, rest for a while, I will roast beef with Sister He." So Sister He used a bone knife to cut off the meat on the leg of the cow, and roasted the beef with Sister He......
Besides, Xiaodong has been observing the actions of the four Xiaoye people, he climbed the big tree by the river, and he can see the actions of the four Xiaoye people clearly. After he saw Xiaoye leave the cow's head and leave, he went down the tree to pick up the cow's head and ran home to see his mother.
This night is a big moon, a ray of moonlight into the cave, can clearly see people, at this time the proprietor is discussing with the big Dongzi two Dongzi to discuss the situation, see Xiao Dong back with a bull's head, tired and sweaty. The proprietor asked, "Xiaodong, how are the four of you doing today?" How did you bring a bull's head back? ”
Xiaodong replied: "Mother, my brother listened to me slowly, this morning I climbed on a big tree by the river, and saw the actions of the four people very clearly, these four people are really amazing, seeing that after they ate in the morning, two women gathered dry firewood, and two men dug a big and long soil pit with stone axes and wooden sticks near the bison and wild horse draft, and covered the pit with branches and weeds, and in the afternoon I saw two bison go to the river to eat water, and a big bison walking in front fell into the pit at once, and it fought desperately and wanted to get up, But he couldn't get up, and the other bison fled in fright, and the bison in the pit could only roar desperately. Then the two men took stone axes and sticks, and struck the head of the bison with the stone axe, and in a moment the head of the ox was broken, and the ox died, and he lost both the head and the tripe, and the others moved back to where they lived, and I took the head of the ox and came back, and the intestines, liver, belly, and lungs were picked up by the others. ”
The proprietors listened attentively, and they were all amazed that they could kill a bison that no one dared to kill. The proprietor said, "These men are really remarkable, and they have used a very good method to hunt the great bison. We can also kill the big bison if we learn their way, and one bison can eat all of us for two days. ”
Da Dongzi and Er Dongzi said in unison: "We will dig a pit and hunt the big bison like they did tomorrow!" We will also have beef to eat. ”
When the proprietor saw that his sons were very motivated, he said, "Tonight is the big moon, Da Dongzi and Erdongzi, you two brothers go and see how the pit is dug by others, how long, how wide, and how deep, look carefully, and tomorrow you will bring a few more people to dig the pit and dig a few more, and you will be able to hunt bison." Xiaodong, you go and continue to observe the actions of the four of them. The three sons went their separate ways, as their mother had arranged.
That night, Xiaoye and the four of them ate fresh roast beef, which was really fragrant and fresh, and they ate one piece after another, and they were so full. Xiao Ye lit a cigarette and took a puff, gently spitting out the cigarette in his mouth and said: "Tonight, we have a good rest, and what we have to do tomorrow is to barbecue meat, and give the fresh and fragrant barbecue meat to the onlookers to eat, so that they can get close to us, understand us, and make it easier for us to understand them." ”
The other three completely agreed with Xiao Ye's approach, and Cao San said with a smile: "Xiao Ye is right, we all listen to Xiao Ye!" ”
The four of them filled up the fire, and talked and laughed until late at night, and they looked around, and there were still some wild creatures watching them from a distance, and there were still tigers and wolves howling. With the protection of the fire, the beast did not dare to approach, Xiaoye and Caosan, each of whom hugged their beloved beauty and slept sweetly......
The day dawned, the red sun rose from the east, the four of them were busy, they added enough firewood to the fire, cut the beef into pieces, barbecued, in addition to each person roasted two pieces each time, they also put beef around the fire, so as to speed up the speed of barbecue meat, a lot of beef was roasted in a while, the aroma of barbecue was everywhere, attracting many people to watch from the place of ten steps away from the fire. Xiao Ye took a few pieces of beef while eating and walked towards the people who were watching, people saw Xiao Ye coming, and kept retreating, Xiao Ye saw this, so he had to throw a few pieces of beef in his hand to them, people picked up the roast beef that was still very hot, looked and smelled and smelled, one of them took a bold bite and screamed, I don't know what to say, look at his eyes and smile, know that he said it is delicious. The others also ate it, and the three of Sister He were very happy in their hearts, and threw the roasted beef at the people.
Xiao Dong saw it well from the tree, and soon came down from the tree, picked up three pieces of roasted meat, and immediately ran home, where the proprietor was using a bone knife to remove the meat from the cow's head. Xiaodong couldn't wait to say: "Mother, come and taste this beef, I heard that it is very delicious, it was given by those four people, and it smells so fragrant." ”
The proprietor put down the bone knife in his hand, took a piece of beef, the aroma was already coming to his face, he took a bite, she exclaimed in surprise: "This beef is so fragrant and fresh, I have never eaten such delicious beef for decades, how do they do it." ”
Xiao Dong ate bite after bite, kept saying that it was delicious, he swallowed the beef in his mouth, and replied, "The four of them are roasted with something shiny." ”
The proprietor said, "Xiaodong, go and call your brothers and sisters to come back and taste this beef, go and come back quickly." Xiaodong answered and ran away. The proprietor cut the remaining piece and a half of beef into slices with a bone knife and waited for the children to come back and taste the delicacy......
On the morning of the same day, most of the people in Hedong Fell tasted the roast beef, and they all said that it was too delicious, and they all knew that it was made from something shiny, and everyone including the proprietor was puzzled by what this shiny thing was.
In the afternoon, the proprietor decided: "These four people are not here to harm us, their arrival is beneficial to us, Xiaodong should take the initiative to approach them tomorrow, gradually find out their language, find out what the shiny things are, and find out what they are doing here." Our people still do their own work according to the division of labor. "Everyone went according to the proprietor's arrangement.
Xiao Ye Si continued to roast beef and deliver beef in the afternoon, and the people in the eastern part of the river were no longer afraid, and began to have a good impression of Xiao Ye Siren, smiling at them, and stretching out their thumbs to them, meaning to praise them.
At this time, Xiaodong bravely approached the fire, Xiaoye stepped forward and said to Xiaodong with a smile: "Don't be afraid, come and eat barbecue." And took Xiaodong's hand and sat down by the fire. Sister He enthusiastically handed Xiaodong a piece of freshly roasted beef and said, "Freshly roasted beef, eat it quickly." ”
Xiaodong happily took the fragrant roast beef, and ate it in a big gulp, and there were four 10-year-old children next to him, including a girl, who was also slowly approaching the fire, and was also warmly welcomed by the four people of Xiaoye......