The people of the Shiyan tribe were busy for a long time, and everything was ready. When the guests came, the two tribes had a total of 110 people, except for a few sick people, which made it even more lively. Uncle Shi said happily: "Welcome guests, please sit around the fire." Please ask Sister Caoping and Brother Grassland to use a fire for each of your tribes. ”

Sister Caoping smiled and asked, "Uncle Shi, you have worked hard, is there anything else we need to do?" ”

Immediately afterwards, Brother Grassland said: "We have so many people here at once, it must have exhausted Uncle Shi." ”

Uncle Shi said with a smile: "We are not tired at all, we are all ready, and we will immediately barbecue the "water meat" to eat." ”

The people of the three tribes surrounded the three big fires, and Uncle Shi said with a smile on his face: "Welcome guests, today is the most lively day of our tribe, please come and eat the barbecue "water meat" that you have never eaten, please don't be polite, there are a lot of "water meat", you can try to eat as much as possible." The crowd cheered, "Good!" Happy barbecue "water meat" to eat.

The people of the Caoping tribe and the grassland tribe have never eaten "water meat", and when they eat it, they are full of praise and say: "The meat grown in this water is so delicious, fragrant, fresh and tender, it is the first time to eat such delicious meat in this life, thank you for the hospitality of the Shiyan tribe." ”

Uncle Shi said: "The fire was sent to us by Uncle Gao Shan from a far, far away, and the "water meat" was also invented and caught by Uncle Gao Shan, so we should all be grateful to Uncle Gao Shan."

Brother Prairie and Sister Caoping both said: "Yes, we should all be grateful to Uncle Gaoshan." They all put the burned "water meat" and competed for Uncle Gao Shan and others to eat. Uncle Gao Shan said: "You are too polite, we are also cooking "water meat", you eat it yourself, it is very convenient to eat "water meat" in the future, you can go to the lake to fish for "water meat" at any time, fishing "water meat" is very easy to learn, and it is very fun...... "Many guests said: "We also learn to fish "water meat" after we go back. ”

People ate one after another, very lively, especially the children of the three tribes, around the fire happily eating, shouting, running, jumping, adding to the lively atmosphere. Some of them ate barbecue "water meat" and roast beef, laughing constantly, and were very happy.

At this time, someone shouted: "Look, everyone, who is running on a horse over there?" "And when they looked, there was a man on a white horse running towards him. It was the first time that people had seen people dare to run away on horseback, and they thought it was very strange.

Uncle Gao Shan told everyone not to move, and he and Uncle Shi, Brother Grassland and Xiao Ye walked forward quickly. The man on horseback dismounted and led the horse, and he looked to be less than twenty years old, of medium stature, with a pair of clever eyes on his delicate face, and shoulder-length black hair, and he was very energetic in leading the horse.

Uncle Shi asked, "Young man, are you from that tribe?" What's your name and what are you doing here? ”

The visitor replied: "I am a member of the Caoyuan tribe, it is far from here, and it takes more than a day to walk, my name is Caosan, and I am the first person who can ride a horse. We have three tribes there, on the left side of our grass tribe is the grass tribe, and further down is the flower tribe, each tribe has more than 100 people. Two nights ago, we saw that half of the sky on your side was red, and everyone was very strange, especially this morning, when we saw the smoke rolling on your side. My dad told me to ride a horse to see why, so I rode here. ”

After listening to the words of the horseman, Uncle Shi said: "I see, let me tell you the reason, because our three tribes burned three big fires, and the flames and smoke rose to the sky, so that there was a red light at night, and in the morning I saw thick smoke rolling. ”

The rider asked, "What is a fire?" Uncle Shi pointed to the fire and said, "You see it's a big fire." ”

Because of the distance, the horseman still didn't know what the fire was, Xiao Ye stepped forward and took the horseman's hand and said with a smile: "Come with me, you will see the fire." The rider let the horse go and told it to graze, and the horse was obedient and obediently ate grass nearby.

The horseman followed Xiao Ye to the big fire, and Xiao Ye saw that the horse rider was a little afraid of fire, so he said: "Don't be afraid, this is the big fire, it can't hurt you, sit down." ”

Xiao Ye pulled the horse rider to sit beside him, and Xiao Ye said to him: "You don't have to be afraid, this big fire is good, the meat barbecued by the fire is very fragrant, this is the "water meat" I barbecued, eat it quickly." ”

Xiao Ye took the burned "water meat" to the horse rider, the horse rider was really hungry, took the "water meat" and ate it, only after eating the first bite, he exclaimed excitedly: "This is so delicious, I have never eaten such delicious meat since I have never eaten it." ”

Xiao Ye said: "There are thorns in this meat, you have to eat it slowly, there are many more, as you can eat as much as you want." The hospitable people gave the horseback rider a lot of roasted "water meat", and a lot of roasted beef, and Xiao Zhuang sent two big and red fruits, and the horseman was very happy, and he had a beautiful feast.

At this time, Uncle Shi arranged for everyone to be given a cigarette, and everyone smoked happily. The horseman said with emotion: "The meat of this fire barbecue is so delicious!" This fire is from there, if only we had a fire there! ”

Xiao Ye smiled and said: "Look at the cigarette in my hand, I can send the fire to you, light a big fire and let you eat barbecue meat, I heard you say that when you come to you, it will take more than a day to walk?" The horseman pondered for a moment and said, "It takes more than a day to walk on foot, and if you ride a horse for a while, you will arrive." ”

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Ye asked again: "Where did you get this horse, can anyone ride it?" How many people do you have there riding horses? ”

The horse rider said: "I am the only one who can ride a horse there, this white horse has been with me for 8 years, 8 years ago my father caught a little white horse when he was hunting, when it was still very young, I was only 13 years old, my father gave it to me to play, I was very happy, I took it as a treasure, every day I led it to eat grass, let it eat enough, every few days I took it to the river, helped it bathe, and climbed on its back to play in the water, the days went long, we became good friends, I went there it followed there." I'm 16 years old and it's grown up. One day, I took it to eat grass, I found a nest in the tree, I climbed up the tree to dig the eggs, accidentally fell from the tree, broke my leg, lay on the ground and couldn't walk, this horse is very smart, it lies on my side, meaning let me climb on his back, I am very difficult to climb on its back, it slowly stands up, according to the same way camel me back home, my parents took me off the horse, I told my parents about the horse to save me, they all think that the horse is very smart, and have feelings, and prefer to understand human nature of the horse. After my injury healed, my relationship with the white horse was better, whenever I took it to graze, it had to lie on the ground, let me ride on its back and hump me along, and then I gradually learned to ride a horse, began to walk slowly, and then walked briskly, and now I can run. If it is very fast to send the fire on horseback, but it must be ridden by the two of us, and if you ride it alone, it will not want to go. ”

Xiao Ye said happily after hearing this: "Your white horse is so good, if you can ride it to send the fire, it will be much faster, you can rest here, and wait for me to tell my father before setting the time to send the fire." ”

This time, the gathering of the three tribes was very successful, everyone ate happily, ate barbecue "water meat", and then ate barbecue beef, and then ate sweet and sour fruits, everyone was satisfied, and the adults also smoked cigarettes. The big gathering allowed the three tribes to enhance their friendship with each other, exchange experiences in hunting, fruit gathering, burning fires, and keeping fire, and pushed the understanding of smoking and retaining fire to a higher level. In the afternoon, Sister Caoping and Brother Caoyuan thanked their masters and wanted to lead people back, and Uncle Shi's family and Uncle Gao Shan saw everyone off......

Xiao Ye told Uncle Gao Shan about the meaning of the horseman's request to send fire, and Uncle Gao Shan said: "You should help them, so let's take him to see the traps dug here today, and see how to fish for "water meat", so that they can learn in the future, and tomorrow you will help them send the fire, light the fire, and be sure to teach them to smoke cigarettes and save the fire." I also want to tell you a big thing, I will send Xiao Zhuang and Xiao Mu back tomorrow, and bring all of our fallen people to live on Nameless Island, Nameless Island is really a good place to live, it is very safe, there are endless wild things, there are endless "water and meat", there are endless fruits, water is convenient, and there is nothing missing. When everyone comes, life will be better. ”

Xiao Ye said happily: "This is great, let everyone live a good life, and everyone who is sure will be satisfied." After that, Xiao Ye was busy looking for the horse rider.

Xiao Ye led the horseback riders to visit the traps dug by the Shiyan tribe and visit the place to fish for "water meat". Xiao Ye explained the role of traps to horseback riders and how to fish for "water meat".

The rider was very interested and listened attentively. And said: "These methods are so good, if we learn them, our tribes will not have to worry about eating." ”

Xiao Ye said: "I will definitely help you learn, come, learn to smoke first, and I will help you send the fire back tomorrow." ”

The rider said happily, "Okay, I'll learn to smoke first, and I'll teach you how to smoke when I go back tomorrow." Xiao Ye took a cigarette and lit it, gave it to the horse rider, and taught him to smoke slowly and not choke. Horseback riders are very intelligent and can learn as soon as they learn. Xiao Ye told him about the history of the mountain tribe, how to find fire, how to make fire, how to use fire, how to lose fire, after losing fire, and eating bloody raw meat, he showed a disease, many people died, his mother and brother also died in this disaster, and how to find fire, invented smoking to make fire, and traveled thousands of miles, and walked for more than 10 days to send the fire here.

After listening carefully to Xiao Ye's story, the horse rider was deeply moved, and he said with emotion: "This fire is really hard-won, and your help to the tribes is really not small!" If we have a fire, I must ask everyone to learn to smoke, keep the fire, and not let the fire go out. ”

That night, Xiao Ye and the horseman talked a lot, and the two of them had become friends, and they slept around the fire late at night......