Chapter 20 Chapter 18 Fire Tribe
Shennong, Chiyou, Kuafu, and Xingtian, led by a leader named Baifu, met Suiren, the leader of the Fire tribe.The Huo tribe is located in what is now Shangqiu, Henan, where they drilled wood to make fire.The Huo tribe of the Suiren has also developed greatly.Suiren took a fancy to Shennong and decided to marry Tingxu, a girl he had adopted, to Shennong.Shennong told Suiren about Fuxi and Nuwa. It turned out that Suiren had many misunderstandings and prejudices against them.In the Suiren, Shennong discovered the golden objects in the Five Elements, and found beans and some rare fruit trees around the Huozu. Shennong brought them to the Jiuli people to plant them.
Suiren lay half sideways on the kang, coughing a few times from time to time.Beside him stood two women, one old and one young.Bai Fu led Shennong and others into the house, but Suiren didn't hear them, but the beautiful girl saw them at a glance.When the girls and women saw Shennong, Chiyou, Kuafu and Xingtian being so tall, they were all quite surprised, and fear appeared in their eyes.Bai Fu looked at Shennong, pointed at Suiren, and said softly, "Our patriarch is right there!" Shennong waved his hand not to interrupt.He walked gently to Suiren and knelt down, looking at Suiren's face.See his wrinkled face, all white hair on the temples.He only heard the girl say: "Old man, someone saw you coming!" Suiren then turned around.He saw a few tall people he didn't know standing by the kang, and a young man was kneeling on the ground.Suiren coughed again and said, "You are..." Shennong held Suiren's hand and said, "Old man, you don't know me anymore. I'm the Kui Kui you saw in Jiangshui cave!" When Suiren heard this, his eyes widened, and he looked at Shennong a few more times, and asked, "Are you Kui Kui, the little Kui Kai of Taihao Chengji Fuxi's clan?" Shennong nodded and said, "That's right, that's right, my grandfather's name is Fuxi, my grandmother's name is Nüwa, and my mother's name is Nüdeng!" As soon as these words came out, Suiren sat up, and his gray and pale face unexpectedly showed a red light.He kept repeating in his mouth: "You are Xiao Kui Kui, good! Xiao Kui Kui is here!" He looked at Shen Nong's figure left and right, and said, "I haven't seen you for a few years, but you are so tall!" Shen Nong shed tears. Shennong said, "Old man, why are you sick?" Suiren nodded and said: "It's good if you come. I have been dreaming about Fuxi these days, and I also dreamed about Fuxi's mother Huaxu, and I also dreamed about you. Unexpectedly, you...you really came! " After finishing speaking, he got off the kang, the girl held Suiren's left arm, Shennong held his right arm, and helped him sit on the tiger skin stone chair. Sui Ren said: "Bai Fu, go and prepare some good meat, the valuable guests are here." Bai Fu responded and left.Shennong pointed to Chi You and the others and said, "Didn't you three always admire the Suiren who drilled wood to make fire? This is the old man. Come and meet the old Suiren!" Chi You, Kuafu, and Xing Tian walked a few steps forward and knelt He said: "I'm Chi You, I'm Kuafu, I'm Xing Tian, and I've met the patriarch of the Suiren!" Seeing that the three of them were tall, strong, and energetic, the Suiren raised his right thumb and said: He said: "You are all strong men of the Fuxi tribe, get up!" After speaking, he coughed again. Shennong said: "When I was in Taihao, I saw my grandfather Fuxi treat people with nine needles. It's a pity that he didn't come. Otherwise, grandfather can cure your illness." Bian said: "Even if your patriarch can cure my illness, I may not use him to cure it!" Shen Nong was very surprised when he heard this, and he asked in puzzlement, "But why?" Suiren's face was a little embarrassed, and he said after a long time: "When we were in the cave, your patriarch and I were the two most capable and controversial men in the Jiang clan! Of course, they were also the people that the old patriarch Jiang trusted the most. However, Fuxi and I have different views on each other, and he despises what I do! But among the members of the Jiang clan, there are more people who believe in me than Fuxi. So Fuxi and Nuwa finally escaped from Jiang’s cave and created another Taihao clan. At that time, in the eyes of the tribe, this was also a matter of great rebellion. It was also destined by the heavens. Qishan was on fire, and some tribesmen wanted to defect to him. I also told them about the place of Chengji, and divided some tribes. I sent it to him, and at the same time, I also sent him the kindling. At that time, I saw that Fuxi made Chengji more prosperous than Jiang's cave, and he was able to live on fish, build houses, and establish villages. That woman Wa is even more amazing, she can ride a tiger and shepherd sheep, I can't think of it! Congratulations! But I am still not convinced! Then Fuxi is... I was stronger than him, how could I admit defeat to him What? So I led the people to the place where I invented fire by drilling wood, and established this large tribe. After so long, I always want to see if the Taihao clan established by Fuxi is as prosperous as my Fire Phoenix clan. I also want to see how you, who I hugged in the past, are doing, haha, you are here, you are here. Tell me, who is more prosperous, my Fire Phoenix Clan or the Taihao Clan?" Shen Nong shook his head after hearing this, and said, "Old man, I heard from my grandma that my grandpa and grandma left the cave to found the Taihao Tribe, not because they were jealous of your ability, but because my grandma and Nuwa resisted the chaos of group sex in the cave. The result of my marriage!" Suiren shook his head and said, "I used to think that there is nothing wrong with that kind of marriage with promiscuous group intercourse. But after I went to Weishui, it was not bad to see that your grandparents can have separate marriages. We have already used it here. This method. Think about it, how good it is for a child to call you father! Hahaha..." After finishing speaking, he said to the beautiful girl, "Listen, come and meet your little brother Kui Kui." Seeing that Shennong was looking at her intently, the girl said softly, "Hello, brother!" After speaking, she looked at Sui Ren and said, "He is so tall, he is not a little brother!" Sui Ren laughed loudly. laugh.Because of the anxious laugh, he coughed again.Shen Nong hurriedly supported him with his hands, "It seems that the old man's illness should not be too excited!" At this time, Bai Fu had already brought up a pot of cooked meat.Chi You, Kuafu, and Xing Tian were already screaming from hunger, so they stretched out their hands to grab it and ate it without waiting for Suiren to give in, shouting, "It's delicious."Although Shennong gave these three people winks, they turned a blind eye.Suiren saw it, waved to Shennong and said, "Let them eat, this is a strong man. I like this kind of person the most!" After dinner, Suiren ordered Baifu to house Chiyou, Kuafu, and Xingtian, but Shennong stayed behind.The two sat on the tiger-skin stone chair, and Suiren first asked, "How are your grandparents?" Shennong said: "Grandpa walks every day, looking up to the sky, or sitting on a high platform, or swimming in the Yellow River and Luoshui, or going to the mountains in various places to seek the road. When he returned to Taihao, he always pointed or to see a doctor and tell fortunes, or to explain the principles of heaven and earth to the clansmen. My grandmother has already given birth to six children, and she also has to manage Taihao's affairs, so she has to work hard all day. My mother is my grandmother's eldest daughter!" Hearing this, Suiren was a little disapproving, he shook his head and said, "I am not. Since I founded the Fire Phoenix Tribe, I have led the tribe to hunt for food, plan roads to build houses, and I have ordered people to visit various places and take in scattered people. Humans. In fact, we humans are far from just the people in Jiangshui Cave. There are many different human villages and gangs on the high mountains, between the plateaus and hills, and on both sides of the river. It seems that we are in various places. I can see elk, bison, and wild boar. I brought them together and formed a large tribe. They gave birth to many territories and governed more villages and villages. It can be said that they are majestic and proud. Haha ..." After hearing this, Shennong admired him very much.He nodded and asked, "I don't know one thing. Why is your tribe called Fire Phoenix?" Sui Ren said: "At the beginning, the fire left by Jiang Shui was destroyed by the wind and rain. The people of the tribe were used to eating cooked meat, and they didn't want to drink blood anymore. So I embarked on a journey. At this place, I saw two big phoenix birds in the big tree. I kept pecking the wood on the ground, and the wood could produce sparks, so I got an idea, and I drilled the wood with a stone, and then the fire came again! I think the fire phoenix is a sacred bird, an auspicious bird, is A big bird that can enlighten people's spirituality. Therefore, I think it is a divine bird. After I went to Weishui to deliver the fire, I brought half of my tribe to this place and founded a tribe here, and this fire phoenix was born The name." Shennong suddenly realized: "That's how it is. Suiren's drilling wood to make fire has been widely praised in our Taihao tribe. Although my grandfather used the method of striking stones and rubbing to make fire, he still dared not say that it was him. Created by yourself, but thanks to you! Now, in our Taihao tribe, you have made fire by drilling wood, together with Nuwa mending the sky, Fuxi gossip, and nine acupuncture needles for healing diseases, all have created immortal immortality for mankind. Credit!" After hearing this, Suiren asked in amazement, "What are eight trigrams and nine needles?" Shennong smiled and said, "I can't tell, but I know that if you understand the gossip, you can know the way of heaven and earth, and if you understand the nine needles, you can cure diseases!" Suiren sighed: "It seems that Fuxi's work is still as good as mine!" He thought for a while, then suddenly stood up and said, "Guardian, bring me that golden utensil!" The guard at the door promised, then went into the house, took out a shining object and handed it to Suiren.Suiren took the object and led Shennong into a place with trees in the courtyard.Shennong saw that it had a sharp blade in the front and a stick in the back, but he didn't know what Suiren was going to do.Suiren asked Shennong to stand aside, and swung at the small tree with all his strength, and the small tree, which was as thick as a leg, was cut off by the blade. Shennong was taken aback and asked, "Old man, what is so hard and sharp that it can make a tree snap off?" Suiren breathed heavily, and asked back: "I don't know if your Taihao tribe has this treasure?" Shennong shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it before." Suiren said with a smile: "This thing is famous, I call it Jinfeng." After speaking, he handed the Jinfeng to Shennong.Shennong held it in his hand and felt that the object was extremely heavy and indestructible.Shen Nong was thoughtful, and said to himself: "Could it be that this Jinfeng is something that can restrain wood?" After hearing this, Suiren asked, "Little Kuikai, what are you talking about?" Shennong said: "My grandfather Fuxi often plays gossip and always thinks about the way of heaven and earth. He once said that in heaven and earth, there must be something that can overcome wood. This object and water, fire, earth, and wood form the five elements of heaven and earth. But Years and years have passed, Grandpa has searched thousands of mountains and rivers, but he has not been able to get this thing, but he did not expect it to be this gold." Suiren asked a little puzzled, "Why don't I understand what you said?" Shennong said: "Everything belongs to yin and yang, and yin and yang interact with each other to form the shape of all things. But all things, when summed up, are nothing but five things such as water, fire, earth, wood, and metal. Wood, wood makes fire, fire makes earth, and earth makes—gold? Uncle, where did this gold come from?" Sui Ren said: "Back then there was a volcanic disaster in Qishan. When I went to Qishan to search for mountains, I found this thing among the piles of rocks." Shennong said: "Fruit is born in the soil. The earth produces gold, and the gold produces water. The water comes out of the mountains, so it must be the work of metal. Those who restrain each other, gold restrains wood, wood restrains soil, earth restrains water, water restrains fire, Fire overcomes gold. This gold must be melted by fire!" After hearing Shennong Kuiwei's words, Suiren seemed to realize something, and he sighed and said, "Unexpectedly, this gold is in my hand, but I don't know what the gold is used for in the world! Fuxi didn't have this thing, But I know that this thing must exist in the heaven and earth, and I understand its origin. From this point of view, Fuxi is better than me!" After sighing, Suiren's eyes became moist, he looked at the sky, and suddenly shouted, " My God! I am not as good as Fuxi! I am not as good as Fuxi!" After finishing speaking, he burst into tears again. Seeing this situation, Shennong didn't know why, so he was stunned! Suiren stayed up almost all night, tossing and turning non-stop, and got up early to go out at dawn.When the sun rose very high, he came back, took Shennong with one hand and Tingxu with the other, and asked them to follow him through the alleys of the tribe.The Suiren pointed everywhere and told Shennong where is the livestock pen, where is the wall, where is the ditch, where is the warehouse and so on.Seeing that the Huofenghuang tribe was really well organized, Shennong praised: "The old man governs well, the fences he built are higher than Chengji, the livestock are more than Chengji, the trenches he dug are wider than Chengji, and all the tribes are bigger than Chengji. !" The Huofenghuang tribe that Shennong saw was later called the Suiming tribe or Suiming country in myths and legends, and it is now the ancient city of Shangqiu in the northeast of Henan Province.Now in the suburbs of Shangqiu.This place is about ten kilometers away from the place where Suiren learned how to make fire by drilling wood at that time. Because the ground here is flat and there are few forest trees, after Suiren led the Jiangshui cavemen to come here, they settled here And according to the way he saw Fuxi building houses, he built the Fire Phoenix tribe here. Seeing a platform not far away, Shennong asked, "Where is that high platform? Could it be that like my grandfather, you also built a divination platform?" Suiren asked, "Did Fuxi also build some kind of high platform?" Shen Nong said: "There is more than one place! My grandfather's divination platform has four or five places, most of which are built on the banks of the Yellow River. They must be as high as your platform!" Suiren was very surprised: "What's the use of Fuxi building a platform?" Shennong said: "It is used to observe the sky and the earth, to speak gossip and to observe the river water." "Oh?" Suiren said, "I don't understand." Shen Nong asked: "Then what is the purpose of building this high platform?" Sui Ren said: "This platform is called Mars Platform, in memory of my invention of drilling fire in this place, which brought light to mankind." Shen Nong said: "Should, should. I am also using a lot of fire techniques and doing slash-and-burn farming. If you didn't create a way to make fire, where would my fire be?" The Suiren asked, "Then how do you use fire?" Shennong talked eloquently about his development of wasteland in Taihao, Lantian, Mengjin, Chenzhou, Xinshi and Fushan, slash-and-burn farming and grain planting. Suiren seemed to be listening to someone tell a myth, sometimes he was dumbfounded, sometimes stupid, sometimes his eyes widened, sometimes he looked and listened, and danced for joy.After Shennong finished speaking, Suiren stopped listening. With a happy face, he looked at Tingxu again and said to Shennong: "I have another treasure, which is this delicate girl. Her name is Tingxu, yes The aura of a beautiful person is no less than that of your grandmother Nuwa. Do you believe it?" Shennong nodded in agreement, and he said it so bluntly that his face was like a red cloud.She looked at Shennong, who actually hid behind Suiren. Suiren said again: "It's a pity! I only have this girl left, and there is no follow-up." Seeing Suiren's worried expression, Shen Nong persuaded him, "Don't think otherwise. I, Kui Kai, have grown up, and I will treat you the same as I treat my grandparents." Sui Ren said: "I don't think about myself, but about my Fire Phoenix tribe. There are many young men in my tribe, but there are very few smart and capable people like you. In addition, there is this child Tingji! Suiren stared at Shennong, his eyes motionless.Suddenly, Suiren took Shennong's hands and said, "I want you to marry Tingxi, and make a pair. How about it?" This happened so suddenly that Shennong was stunned.Look at Tingxu again, his face is pink, and he has long been hiding behind Suiren.Seeing Shennong in distress, Suiren also felt embarrassed.But after the words were out of his mouth, he said again: "I'm a straight person, I speak when I have something to say, and I don't hold it in my stomach. I also know that this matter should be mentioned to your parents and your grandparents first, but to be honest, Compared with your grandparents, I may not be less persuasive than them. Now that I have spoken, I will not take it back. Besides, I have a disease, and I don’t know when it will return to heaven. You can hide the words I speak in your heart, When I see your parents and your grandparents, tell them my wish." Shennong came back to his senses and said: "Don't worry, I will try to cure you of your illness. This time I left my mother and grandpa and grandma for a long journey, but I was ordered by my grandpa. In addition to looking for you and your tribe, I also Another important mission is to find edible things like corn in thousands of mountains and rivers, so as to solve the crisis of less and less food for human beings. And when I was at home, I saw my grandfather treat with acupuncture and moxibustion. I have also heard that my grandmother used to refine stones to cure diseases. I think that needles can cure diseases, stones can also cure diseases, and this grass can also cure diseases. I will definitely cure your old man's illness!" Suiren praised: "Good boy! So ambitious!" After living in the Huofenghuang Tribe for a few days, Shennong gathered Chi You, Kuafu, and Xing Tian together and prepared to leave.Tingxu found Shennong and said, "Brother Kuikui, I want to go with you." Shennong said in amazement, "This trip is full of mountains and rivers, and it's been a lot of hardships. On the way, we either fight with wild animals or sleep in the open air. Girls often suffer from it." It’s inconvenient, you’d better take care of your patriarch at home!” He listened but refused: “Brother Kui Kui looks down on girls, they are all human beings, I can do what you can do.” Shen Nong said: "They are all human beings. Chi You can kill ten wolves by himself, but even ten of you can't kill one!" Kuafu was next to him, and continued, "Yes! Yes! Yes! You can't beat even one of fifteen!" Ting Xi glared at Kuafu and said, "Skuafu, what's the matter with you?" Kuafu raised his hand and said, "It's none of my business, it's all good for Brother Kui Kui!" When he said this, he deliberately learned the three words "Brother Kui Kui" into an accent that he would listen to .Everyone laughed when they heard it.Shennong pushed Tingxu to Suiren's side and said, "Old man, let her accompany you!" Sui Ren said: "Let her go with you. Not only that, but I also plan to let Baifu, Lizhen, and Qiuqiu go with you. Ligust and Qiuqiu take care of Tingxu, and the trees on and off Baifu are as light as apes." , can find the way and pick fruit for you.” Kuafu said, "Three girls and five boys are not enough! Can we add two more girls?" Everyone laughed after hearing this.Shen Nong said: "Kuafu, don't be unreasonable!" Kuafu stuck out his tongue and stopped talking.Seeing that Suiren's placement had been decided, Shennong stopped arguing and said to Suiren, "Take care, old man! Then we'll be on our way." Seven people followed Shennong.From time to time, they saw that there were many big and small currents always blocking the front. There was the Yellow River going east and unknown rivers going south, so they had no choice but to go west.For the smaller rivers, Kuafu, Chi You, Xing Tian, and Shen Nong can generally get by relying on their own tall legs and long legs.Tingxu, Qiuqiu, Baifu, Nuzhen, etc., had to be carried across the river on their backs.However, they had no choice but to take a detour for the river with rough water and rough waves.There are many interesting things in it, so I don't need to mention it.On the way, Chi You asked Kuafu again: "You look at the sun, and it's overhead again, why don't you chase after it?" Kuafu asked back: "Look at this tree, one piece after another, why don't you check it?" The stories of Kua Fu chasing the sun and Chi You chasing the tree have all been heard by Ting Zi, Nu Zhen, Qiu Qiu and Bai Fu.Ting Xi asked Shen Nong, "Brother Kui Kui, tell me, who is bigger in this world?" Shennong said: "The sun is originally longer than the sky, but Kuafu is chasing the sun on the ground. How can he catch it? And the trees on the ground are endless. Some die, and some grow again. How can they be counted?" ? The sky and the earth are boundless, so I’m afraid there is no distinction between big and small!” After Kuafu and Chi You heard this, they finally understood and beat Xing Tian together.Chi You also shouted: "So you killed us both." Xing Tian was so frightened that he hurriedly hid behind Shen Nong.Baifu and Qiuqiu nodded frequently, and Nuzhen said: "Brother Kuikai is the best!" Ting Zi listened to praise Shennong, and immediately showed a look of hope and beauty, as if he was praising her. A few people went to sleep at night, and whenever there was grass, Shennong got into it.Chiyou, Kuafu, Xingtian, Baifu, Nuzhen, and Qiuqiu found a place under the shade of a tree to rest in the shade, and Tingxu followed closely behind Shennong like a tail.But as they went west, the grass and trees became less and less, sometimes the loess turned to the sky, sometimes the sky was full of dust and sand, sometimes high mountains blocked the road, and sometimes they encountered clear river water.The food brought by the seven people has been exhausted.At this time, Kuafu, Baifu, and Chi You showed extraordinary abilities. Kuafu was able to catch up with wild sheep, wild boars, elk and so on.Chi You can catch big animals such as bison and black bears.As for Baifu, wild fruits from the mountains can be picked.On the contrary, Xing Tian really became a pyrotechnician.As time goes by, Nuzhen gradually falls in love with Kuafu, but Qiuqiu stays close to Chi You.Although Xing Tian was handsome in appearance, but Chi You and Kua Fu scolded him together, these women were unwilling to get close to him.Xing Tian was so angry that he scolded Kua Fu: "You and I are blood brothers, yet you turned to outsiders!" His aggrieved demeanor made everyone laugh.Among them, Baifu was the longest, and Shennong respected him as his elder brother. One day at the foot of a mountain, several people were hungry and thirsty, so Shennong ordered Baifu and Kuafu to pick fruits in the mountain.The rest sat down and waited.Seeing that Kuafu didn't come back, Nuzhen said anxiously: "Brother Kuikai, how far did you say they went, why didn't they come back? It would be great if the fruit trees were closer!" Shen Nong suddenly thought after hearing this: Yes!If edible fruit trees were transplanted to the tribe, and the fruit trees were collected in the tribe, and then planted in patches, wouldn't it be a big orchard.Thinking of this, Shennong was so excited that he didn't know why.Ting Xi asked: "Brother Kui Kui, we are already thirsty, but seeing your appearance, why are you so excited?" Shennong said: "I just heard what privet said, and I thought of a great thing. Privet said, it would be great if the fruit trees were closer. This sentence made me think, why don't we think of a way to transplant these fruit trees to the Fire tribe?" Go. If the fruit trees can be transplanted successfully, won't every tribe have its own orchards in the future?" Hearing this, he suddenly shouted.Chi You and Qiuqiu came over and listened, and they all said that this idea was good, and everyone didn't feel thirsty anymore. When Kuafu and Baifu returned, Shennong ordered Baifu to lead the crowd to the mountains to watch again. The fruit had not grown yet, and it tasted sour and astringent.Shennong wrote down the appearance of the fruit tree and named it "Pear".Shennong led the people around the mountain a few more times, and saw several kinds of fruit trees with different wild fruits, each with different tastes, bitter or sweet, with or without seeds, and Shennong wrote down all of them. , named it "Peach", "Ping", "Sakura" and so on. One day, Shennong saw another kind of weed growing on the ground, which was different in shape from the grass they had seen before.At this time, the grass was already half a leg deep, and some small skins had grown on the grass, and small grains were wrapped in the small skins.Shennong had never seen such a weed before, and found it very interesting.Shen Nong pulled the skin apart, and saw that the grains in the skin formed a small string, these grains were either flat or round, and they were much larger than the grains of corn and millet seen in the Taihao Hua tribe.Blades of grass are also very different.The leaves are scattered, longer than the long neck, flat and round with sharp corners.Shennong put the leaves in his mouth, and the taste was astringent and bitter.Ting Zi saw Shennong's face, grinning with missing teeth for a while, and tongue and lips for a while, it was really ugly.Shennong spit out the broken leaves, opened his mouth wide to exhale bitter air, and let out a long sound of "ahhh".But not long after, Shennong said to Tingxu and the others with a smile on his face: "This thing is ripe, maybe it can be eaten. I tasted the leaves of corn in the past, and it tasted like this." Ting Xi grinned and said: "Looking at your appearance, it makes people very uncomfortable. I will taste it for you in the future!" But Shennong said: "You can only suffer in vain if you taste it. And I have tasted many leaves and grass branches, and I can tell the difference in taste. There are five kinds of taste, sour, sweet, bitter, pungent, and astringent. You can distinguish them." Come out?" After he finished speaking, he saw tears in Tingxi's eyes, and smiled again, "I honor my grandfather's order to find edible rice in the world; I want to treat the illness of the patriarch of the Sui people, and I want to taste all the flowers and plants in the world. Planting leaves. Sometimes bitter and astringent, it’s a trivial matter! If both wishes are fulfilled, my life is enough! This thing is not easy to find, I will not go far in the future, and I will taste it again when the grass leaves are golden. That." After Shennong finished speaking, he put the big bean in his mouth and chewed for a while, "This bean is neither bitter nor astringent, it can be eaten and can satisfy hunger, it is a good thing!" Ting Zi also put the beans into her mouth, and she was also hungry at this time, so she chewed some.When Baifu, Chiyou, Kuafu, Xingtian, Nuzhen, Qiuqiu and others saw it, they all came over and looked for things that had grown into small horns on the grass and ate them.Fortunately, this piece of grass has become a piece, everyone is full and there is still a lot left.Shennong gave this bean grass a name called "Shun". In order to wait for the wild fruits and sungrass to mature, Shennong and others found a sheltered place with water and set up camp to build a thatched hut.Order Chiyou, Kuafu, and Baifu to be responsible for finding food, and Xingtian to guard and protect the fire.The three of Chi You sometimes caught a sheep, and sometimes beat a pig, but these seven or eight people lived for only a few days, and there were inevitable breaks.When they were worrying about food, a pack of wild wolves passed by, there were as many as fifteen or six. When Bai Fu saw them, Chi You rushed into the pack.Chi You beat wolves, just like ordinary people catch rabbits, like playthings, by the way, he grabbed two wolves and touched them together, and the two wolves were killed immediately.When another wolf came, Chi You grabbed the tail of the wolf and swung it into a circle. The wolves collided with each other. After a while, Chi You wiped out all the wolves without the help of Kuafu and Bai Fu.Looking at Chi You again, apart from the marks of wolf's teeth on his arm, even if he suffers a little injury, it is not a serious problem. Day after day, until the leaves are finally golden.Shennong and others came to the grassland again, and the bean grains were really full. Shennong led Tingxu, Qiuqiu, Kuafu and others to gently harvest the bean grains in the animal skins.He went to the mountains to get ripe fruit, but although the fruit was delicious but seedless, Shen Nong was somewhat disappointed.He thought to himself, and said to Bai Fu: "Go and break off the branches, we can retrieve them and plant them in the ground, maybe we can live." Bai Fu flew up to the tree and broke off a big branch.When everyone returned to the hut, Shen Nong asked Xing Tian to take out the pottery, put some water on the fire, and when the water boiled, he threw the bean grains he had taken into the water. After a long time, they were cooked, and a kind of fragrant smell wafted from them.Shennong saw that the bean grains were much bigger after being boiled.Kuafu couldn't wait any longer, he sniffed left and right, and shouted: "This rice is delicious, and the fragrance of this grain is better than millet." After speaking, he grabbed it with his hands without waiting for others, but was scalded by boiling water.Nuzhen rolled her eyes, looked at Kuafu and said, "You are the only one in a hurry." Shennong smiled and said: "Not only him, but I am also very anxious. Seeing that this grain is so big, maybe it will become a staple food in the world in the future!" gas.Before he stretched out his hand, Chi You grabbed a mouthful and put it in his mouth, but after tasting it for a long time, he said: "It's not very delicious!" Everyone ate a little bit, knowing that boiled bean grains are not delicious, so they were a little discouraged.Chi You said: "Since it's not very tasty, what to do with it, just burn it." After he finished speaking, he added the remaining stalk grass to the fire, and only heard the sound of "papa".Xing Tian said: "What is it?" Shennong saw those bean grains that were burning on the fire burst open after being burned, and some even burst into flames, so he picked up another one and put it in his mouth, shouting: "It's delicious! " Chi You pursed his lips and said, "It doesn't taste good when it's boiled, but does it taste better if it's burnt?" When he said this, no one ate it. Shennong laughed and said, "If you don't eat, I will." He looked at Tingxu again and said, "Why don't you eat it, idiot!" After hearing this, he picked it up and ate a few pills, but he couldn't stop eating.The two laughed and wanted to eat all the beans in the fire. Kuafu finally couldn't bear it and picked one, but he couldn't find it again.Kuafu got a little anxious, went over to cut a big one with a stone knife, put it in the fire, and said to everyone: "I cut it myself, and only Ligustrum and I can eat it, and the rest should not move. "The fire caught and exploded again.Chi You, Xing Tian, and Bai Fu finally snatched a few grains, and ran into the bean field regardless of their own safety, and began to mow. Shennong and others returned to the Huofenghuang tribe with the beans and branches, took out a small part and cooked it, and let the Suiren taste it.Gather a large part of it and scatter it in the ground next spring and bury it in the soil.The branches of the fruit tree are divided into small sections, and the core is buried in the ground.Suiren also praised the burning Shuli incense, and agreed with Shennong's method.Shennong then planted these fruit trees with millet, millet, bean, and beet seeds and gourd seeds brought by Taihao, and taught the fire people how to plant them.After the fire people learned it, he didn't stop, and continued to climb mountains and mountains with Chi You and others, looking for rice grass. This time out, the time is longer.At last they bypassed many rivers of different sizes and headed south.In the south of the Yellow River, there are more shades of grass and trees than in Hebei. Shennong tasted countless grasses, hundreds of them.Gradually, he was able to distinguish the sweet, sour, pungent, astringent, and bitter flavors of flowers and plants, but each kind of grass and trees also had different tastes after eating. Shennong sometimes felt sick and vomited, sometimes had stomach pain and diarrhea, and some felt refreshed and stopped vomiting and diarrhea after eating. when.Shen Nong knew that the former was poisonous, but the latter could detoxify it. Once, Shennong was poisoned again while eating grass. His face turned green, he vomited continuously, and was paralyzed on the ground. He was so frightened that he burst into tears.Shen Nong whispered: "Don't be afraid, I know the medicinal properties of this herb, you give me the broad-leaved grass, and I will be healed soon after eating!" Shen Nong's complexion turned better shortly after eating, The spirit is also as usual.Ting Zi finally let out a sigh of relief. Nu Zhen asked: "Brother Kui Kui, why is this?" Shennong said: "This is called fighting poison with poison. Use one poisonous herb to consume the poison of another poisonous herb, and you will be detoxified!" One day Shennong was poisoned more than ten times, but he finally saved himself from danger with his wisdom.
Suiren lay half sideways on the kang, coughing a few times from time to time.Beside him stood two women, one old and one young.Bai Fu led Shennong and others into the house, but Suiren didn't hear them, but the beautiful girl saw them at a glance.When the girls and women saw Shennong, Chiyou, Kuafu and Xingtian being so tall, they were all quite surprised, and fear appeared in their eyes.Bai Fu looked at Shennong, pointed at Suiren, and said softly, "Our patriarch is right there!" Shennong waved his hand not to interrupt.He walked gently to Suiren and knelt down, looking at Suiren's face.See his wrinkled face, all white hair on the temples.He only heard the girl say: "Old man, someone saw you coming!" Suiren then turned around.He saw a few tall people he didn't know standing by the kang, and a young man was kneeling on the ground.Suiren coughed again and said, "You are..." Shennong held Suiren's hand and said, "Old man, you don't know me anymore. I'm the Kui Kui you saw in Jiangshui cave!" When Suiren heard this, his eyes widened, and he looked at Shennong a few more times, and asked, "Are you Kui Kui, the little Kui Kai of Taihao Chengji Fuxi's clan?" Shennong nodded and said, "That's right, that's right, my grandfather's name is Fuxi, my grandmother's name is Nüwa, and my mother's name is Nüdeng!" As soon as these words came out, Suiren sat up, and his gray and pale face unexpectedly showed a red light.He kept repeating in his mouth: "You are Xiao Kui Kui, good! Xiao Kui Kui is here!" He looked at Shen Nong's figure left and right, and said, "I haven't seen you for a few years, but you are so tall!" Shen Nong shed tears. Shennong said, "Old man, why are you sick?" Suiren nodded and said: "It's good if you come. I have been dreaming about Fuxi these days, and I also dreamed about Fuxi's mother Huaxu, and I also dreamed about you. Unexpectedly, you...you really came! " After finishing speaking, he got off the kang, the girl held Suiren's left arm, Shennong held his right arm, and helped him sit on the tiger skin stone chair. Sui Ren said: "Bai Fu, go and prepare some good meat, the valuable guests are here." Bai Fu responded and left.Shennong pointed to Chi You and the others and said, "Didn't you three always admire the Suiren who drilled wood to make fire? This is the old man. Come and meet the old Suiren!" Chi You, Kuafu, and Xing Tian walked a few steps forward and knelt He said: "I'm Chi You, I'm Kuafu, I'm Xing Tian, and I've met the patriarch of the Suiren!" Seeing that the three of them were tall, strong, and energetic, the Suiren raised his right thumb and said: He said: "You are all strong men of the Fuxi tribe, get up!" After speaking, he coughed again. Shennong said: "When I was in Taihao, I saw my grandfather Fuxi treat people with nine needles. It's a pity that he didn't come. Otherwise, grandfather can cure your illness." Bian said: "Even if your patriarch can cure my illness, I may not use him to cure it!" Shen Nong was very surprised when he heard this, and he asked in puzzlement, "But why?" Suiren's face was a little embarrassed, and he said after a long time: "When we were in the cave, your patriarch and I were the two most capable and controversial men in the Jiang clan! Of course, they were also the people that the old patriarch Jiang trusted the most. However, Fuxi and I have different views on each other, and he despises what I do! But among the members of the Jiang clan, there are more people who believe in me than Fuxi. So Fuxi and Nuwa finally escaped from Jiang’s cave and created another Taihao clan. At that time, in the eyes of the tribe, this was also a matter of great rebellion. It was also destined by the heavens. Qishan was on fire, and some tribesmen wanted to defect to him. I also told them about the place of Chengji, and divided some tribes. I sent it to him, and at the same time, I also sent him the kindling. At that time, I saw that Fuxi made Chengji more prosperous than Jiang's cave, and he was able to live on fish, build houses, and establish villages. That woman Wa is even more amazing, she can ride a tiger and shepherd sheep, I can't think of it! Congratulations! But I am still not convinced! Then Fuxi is... I was stronger than him, how could I admit defeat to him What? So I led the people to the place where I invented fire by drilling wood, and established this large tribe. After so long, I always want to see if the Taihao clan established by Fuxi is as prosperous as my Fire Phoenix clan. I also want to see how you, who I hugged in the past, are doing, haha, you are here, you are here. Tell me, who is more prosperous, my Fire Phoenix Clan or the Taihao Clan?" Shen Nong shook his head after hearing this, and said, "Old man, I heard from my grandma that my grandpa and grandma left the cave to found the Taihao Tribe, not because they were jealous of your ability, but because my grandma and Nuwa resisted the chaos of group sex in the cave. The result of my marriage!" Suiren shook his head and said, "I used to think that there is nothing wrong with that kind of marriage with promiscuous group intercourse. But after I went to Weishui, it was not bad to see that your grandparents can have separate marriages. We have already used it here. This method. Think about it, how good it is for a child to call you father! Hahaha..." After finishing speaking, he said to the beautiful girl, "Listen, come and meet your little brother Kui Kui." Seeing that Shennong was looking at her intently, the girl said softly, "Hello, brother!" After speaking, she looked at Sui Ren and said, "He is so tall, he is not a little brother!" Sui Ren laughed loudly. laugh.Because of the anxious laugh, he coughed again.Shen Nong hurriedly supported him with his hands, "It seems that the old man's illness should not be too excited!" At this time, Bai Fu had already brought up a pot of cooked meat.Chi You, Kuafu, and Xing Tian were already screaming from hunger, so they stretched out their hands to grab it and ate it without waiting for Suiren to give in, shouting, "It's delicious."Although Shennong gave these three people winks, they turned a blind eye.Suiren saw it, waved to Shennong and said, "Let them eat, this is a strong man. I like this kind of person the most!" After dinner, Suiren ordered Baifu to house Chiyou, Kuafu, and Xingtian, but Shennong stayed behind.The two sat on the tiger-skin stone chair, and Suiren first asked, "How are your grandparents?" Shennong said: "Grandpa walks every day, looking up to the sky, or sitting on a high platform, or swimming in the Yellow River and Luoshui, or going to the mountains in various places to seek the road. When he returned to Taihao, he always pointed or to see a doctor and tell fortunes, or to explain the principles of heaven and earth to the clansmen. My grandmother has already given birth to six children, and she also has to manage Taihao's affairs, so she has to work hard all day. My mother is my grandmother's eldest daughter!" Hearing this, Suiren was a little disapproving, he shook his head and said, "I am not. Since I founded the Fire Phoenix Tribe, I have led the tribe to hunt for food, plan roads to build houses, and I have ordered people to visit various places and take in scattered people. Humans. In fact, we humans are far from just the people in Jiangshui Cave. There are many different human villages and gangs on the high mountains, between the plateaus and hills, and on both sides of the river. It seems that we are in various places. I can see elk, bison, and wild boar. I brought them together and formed a large tribe. They gave birth to many territories and governed more villages and villages. It can be said that they are majestic and proud. Haha ..." After hearing this, Shennong admired him very much.He nodded and asked, "I don't know one thing. Why is your tribe called Fire Phoenix?" Sui Ren said: "At the beginning, the fire left by Jiang Shui was destroyed by the wind and rain. The people of the tribe were used to eating cooked meat, and they didn't want to drink blood anymore. So I embarked on a journey. At this place, I saw two big phoenix birds in the big tree. I kept pecking the wood on the ground, and the wood could produce sparks, so I got an idea, and I drilled the wood with a stone, and then the fire came again! I think the fire phoenix is a sacred bird, an auspicious bird, is A big bird that can enlighten people's spirituality. Therefore, I think it is a divine bird. After I went to Weishui to deliver the fire, I brought half of my tribe to this place and founded a tribe here, and this fire phoenix was born The name." Shennong suddenly realized: "That's how it is. Suiren's drilling wood to make fire has been widely praised in our Taihao tribe. Although my grandfather used the method of striking stones and rubbing to make fire, he still dared not say that it was him. Created by yourself, but thanks to you! Now, in our Taihao tribe, you have made fire by drilling wood, together with Nuwa mending the sky, Fuxi gossip, and nine acupuncture needles for healing diseases, all have created immortal immortality for mankind. Credit!" After hearing this, Suiren asked in amazement, "What are eight trigrams and nine needles?" Shennong smiled and said, "I can't tell, but I know that if you understand the gossip, you can know the way of heaven and earth, and if you understand the nine needles, you can cure diseases!" Suiren sighed: "It seems that Fuxi's work is still as good as mine!" He thought for a while, then suddenly stood up and said, "Guardian, bring me that golden utensil!" The guard at the door promised, then went into the house, took out a shining object and handed it to Suiren.Suiren took the object and led Shennong into a place with trees in the courtyard.Shennong saw that it had a sharp blade in the front and a stick in the back, but he didn't know what Suiren was going to do.Suiren asked Shennong to stand aside, and swung at the small tree with all his strength, and the small tree, which was as thick as a leg, was cut off by the blade. Shennong was taken aback and asked, "Old man, what is so hard and sharp that it can make a tree snap off?" Suiren breathed heavily, and asked back: "I don't know if your Taihao tribe has this treasure?" Shennong shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it before." Suiren said with a smile: "This thing is famous, I call it Jinfeng." After speaking, he handed the Jinfeng to Shennong.Shennong held it in his hand and felt that the object was extremely heavy and indestructible.Shen Nong was thoughtful, and said to himself: "Could it be that this Jinfeng is something that can restrain wood?" After hearing this, Suiren asked, "Little Kuikai, what are you talking about?" Shennong said: "My grandfather Fuxi often plays gossip and always thinks about the way of heaven and earth. He once said that in heaven and earth, there must be something that can overcome wood. This object and water, fire, earth, and wood form the five elements of heaven and earth. But Years and years have passed, Grandpa has searched thousands of mountains and rivers, but he has not been able to get this thing, but he did not expect it to be this gold." Suiren asked a little puzzled, "Why don't I understand what you said?" Shennong said: "Everything belongs to yin and yang, and yin and yang interact with each other to form the shape of all things. But all things, when summed up, are nothing but five things such as water, fire, earth, wood, and metal. Wood, wood makes fire, fire makes earth, and earth makes—gold? Uncle, where did this gold come from?" Sui Ren said: "Back then there was a volcanic disaster in Qishan. When I went to Qishan to search for mountains, I found this thing among the piles of rocks." Shennong said: "Fruit is born in the soil. The earth produces gold, and the gold produces water. The water comes out of the mountains, so it must be the work of metal. Those who restrain each other, gold restrains wood, wood restrains soil, earth restrains water, water restrains fire, Fire overcomes gold. This gold must be melted by fire!" After hearing Shennong Kuiwei's words, Suiren seemed to realize something, and he sighed and said, "Unexpectedly, this gold is in my hand, but I don't know what the gold is used for in the world! Fuxi didn't have this thing, But I know that this thing must exist in the heaven and earth, and I understand its origin. From this point of view, Fuxi is better than me!" After sighing, Suiren's eyes became moist, he looked at the sky, and suddenly shouted, " My God! I am not as good as Fuxi! I am not as good as Fuxi!" After finishing speaking, he burst into tears again. Seeing this situation, Shennong didn't know why, so he was stunned! Suiren stayed up almost all night, tossing and turning non-stop, and got up early to go out at dawn.When the sun rose very high, he came back, took Shennong with one hand and Tingxu with the other, and asked them to follow him through the alleys of the tribe.The Suiren pointed everywhere and told Shennong where is the livestock pen, where is the wall, where is the ditch, where is the warehouse and so on.Seeing that the Huofenghuang tribe was really well organized, Shennong praised: "The old man governs well, the fences he built are higher than Chengji, the livestock are more than Chengji, the trenches he dug are wider than Chengji, and all the tribes are bigger than Chengji. !" The Huofenghuang tribe that Shennong saw was later called the Suiming tribe or Suiming country in myths and legends, and it is now the ancient city of Shangqiu in the northeast of Henan Province.Now in the suburbs of Shangqiu.This place is about ten kilometers away from the place where Suiren learned how to make fire by drilling wood at that time. Because the ground here is flat and there are few forest trees, after Suiren led the Jiangshui cavemen to come here, they settled here And according to the way he saw Fuxi building houses, he built the Fire Phoenix tribe here. Seeing a platform not far away, Shennong asked, "Where is that high platform? Could it be that like my grandfather, you also built a divination platform?" Suiren asked, "Did Fuxi also build some kind of high platform?" Shen Nong said: "There is more than one place! My grandfather's divination platform has four or five places, most of which are built on the banks of the Yellow River. They must be as high as your platform!" Suiren was very surprised: "What's the use of Fuxi building a platform?" Shennong said: "It is used to observe the sky and the earth, to speak gossip and to observe the river water." "Oh?" Suiren said, "I don't understand." Shen Nong asked: "Then what is the purpose of building this high platform?" Sui Ren said: "This platform is called Mars Platform, in memory of my invention of drilling fire in this place, which brought light to mankind." Shen Nong said: "Should, should. I am also using a lot of fire techniques and doing slash-and-burn farming. If you didn't create a way to make fire, where would my fire be?" The Suiren asked, "Then how do you use fire?" Shennong talked eloquently about his development of wasteland in Taihao, Lantian, Mengjin, Chenzhou, Xinshi and Fushan, slash-and-burn farming and grain planting. Suiren seemed to be listening to someone tell a myth, sometimes he was dumbfounded, sometimes stupid, sometimes his eyes widened, sometimes he looked and listened, and danced for joy.After Shennong finished speaking, Suiren stopped listening. With a happy face, he looked at Tingxu again and said to Shennong: "I have another treasure, which is this delicate girl. Her name is Tingxu, yes The aura of a beautiful person is no less than that of your grandmother Nuwa. Do you believe it?" Shennong nodded in agreement, and he said it so bluntly that his face was like a red cloud.She looked at Shennong, who actually hid behind Suiren. Suiren said again: "It's a pity! I only have this girl left, and there is no follow-up." Seeing Suiren's worried expression, Shen Nong persuaded him, "Don't think otherwise. I, Kui Kai, have grown up, and I will treat you the same as I treat my grandparents." Sui Ren said: "I don't think about myself, but about my Fire Phoenix tribe. There are many young men in my tribe, but there are very few smart and capable people like you. In addition, there is this child Tingji! Suiren stared at Shennong, his eyes motionless.Suddenly, Suiren took Shennong's hands and said, "I want you to marry Tingxi, and make a pair. How about it?" This happened so suddenly that Shennong was stunned.Look at Tingxu again, his face is pink, and he has long been hiding behind Suiren.Seeing Shennong in distress, Suiren also felt embarrassed.But after the words were out of his mouth, he said again: "I'm a straight person, I speak when I have something to say, and I don't hold it in my stomach. I also know that this matter should be mentioned to your parents and your grandparents first, but to be honest, Compared with your grandparents, I may not be less persuasive than them. Now that I have spoken, I will not take it back. Besides, I have a disease, and I don’t know when it will return to heaven. You can hide the words I speak in your heart, When I see your parents and your grandparents, tell them my wish." Shennong came back to his senses and said: "Don't worry, I will try to cure you of your illness. This time I left my mother and grandpa and grandma for a long journey, but I was ordered by my grandpa. In addition to looking for you and your tribe, I also Another important mission is to find edible things like corn in thousands of mountains and rivers, so as to solve the crisis of less and less food for human beings. And when I was at home, I saw my grandfather treat with acupuncture and moxibustion. I have also heard that my grandmother used to refine stones to cure diseases. I think that needles can cure diseases, stones can also cure diseases, and this grass can also cure diseases. I will definitely cure your old man's illness!" Suiren praised: "Good boy! So ambitious!" After living in the Huofenghuang Tribe for a few days, Shennong gathered Chi You, Kuafu, and Xing Tian together and prepared to leave.Tingxu found Shennong and said, "Brother Kuikui, I want to go with you." Shennong said in amazement, "This trip is full of mountains and rivers, and it's been a lot of hardships. On the way, we either fight with wild animals or sleep in the open air. Girls often suffer from it." It’s inconvenient, you’d better take care of your patriarch at home!” He listened but refused: “Brother Kui Kui looks down on girls, they are all human beings, I can do what you can do.” Shen Nong said: "They are all human beings. Chi You can kill ten wolves by himself, but even ten of you can't kill one!" Kuafu was next to him, and continued, "Yes! Yes! Yes! You can't beat even one of fifteen!" Ting Xi glared at Kuafu and said, "Skuafu, what's the matter with you?" Kuafu raised his hand and said, "It's none of my business, it's all good for Brother Kui Kui!" When he said this, he deliberately learned the three words "Brother Kui Kui" into an accent that he would listen to .Everyone laughed when they heard it.Shennong pushed Tingxu to Suiren's side and said, "Old man, let her accompany you!" Sui Ren said: "Let her go with you. Not only that, but I also plan to let Baifu, Lizhen, and Qiuqiu go with you. Ligust and Qiuqiu take care of Tingxu, and the trees on and off Baifu are as light as apes." , can find the way and pick fruit for you.” Kuafu said, "Three girls and five boys are not enough! Can we add two more girls?" Everyone laughed after hearing this.Shen Nong said: "Kuafu, don't be unreasonable!" Kuafu stuck out his tongue and stopped talking.Seeing that Suiren's placement had been decided, Shennong stopped arguing and said to Suiren, "Take care, old man! Then we'll be on our way." Seven people followed Shennong.From time to time, they saw that there were many big and small currents always blocking the front. There was the Yellow River going east and unknown rivers going south, so they had no choice but to go west.For the smaller rivers, Kuafu, Chi You, Xing Tian, and Shen Nong can generally get by relying on their own tall legs and long legs.Tingxu, Qiuqiu, Baifu, Nuzhen, etc., had to be carried across the river on their backs.However, they had no choice but to take a detour for the river with rough water and rough waves.There are many interesting things in it, so I don't need to mention it.On the way, Chi You asked Kuafu again: "You look at the sun, and it's overhead again, why don't you chase after it?" Kuafu asked back: "Look at this tree, one piece after another, why don't you check it?" The stories of Kua Fu chasing the sun and Chi You chasing the tree have all been heard by Ting Zi, Nu Zhen, Qiu Qiu and Bai Fu.Ting Xi asked Shen Nong, "Brother Kui Kui, tell me, who is bigger in this world?" Shennong said: "The sun is originally longer than the sky, but Kuafu is chasing the sun on the ground. How can he catch it? And the trees on the ground are endless. Some die, and some grow again. How can they be counted?" ? The sky and the earth are boundless, so I’m afraid there is no distinction between big and small!” After Kuafu and Chi You heard this, they finally understood and beat Xing Tian together.Chi You also shouted: "So you killed us both." Xing Tian was so frightened that he hurriedly hid behind Shen Nong.Baifu and Qiuqiu nodded frequently, and Nuzhen said: "Brother Kuikai is the best!" Ting Zi listened to praise Shennong, and immediately showed a look of hope and beauty, as if he was praising her. A few people went to sleep at night, and whenever there was grass, Shennong got into it.Chiyou, Kuafu, Xingtian, Baifu, Nuzhen, and Qiuqiu found a place under the shade of a tree to rest in the shade, and Tingxu followed closely behind Shennong like a tail.But as they went west, the grass and trees became less and less, sometimes the loess turned to the sky, sometimes the sky was full of dust and sand, sometimes high mountains blocked the road, and sometimes they encountered clear river water.The food brought by the seven people has been exhausted.At this time, Kuafu, Baifu, and Chi You showed extraordinary abilities. Kuafu was able to catch up with wild sheep, wild boars, elk and so on.Chi You can catch big animals such as bison and black bears.As for Baifu, wild fruits from the mountains can be picked.On the contrary, Xing Tian really became a pyrotechnician.As time goes by, Nuzhen gradually falls in love with Kuafu, but Qiuqiu stays close to Chi You.Although Xing Tian was handsome in appearance, but Chi You and Kua Fu scolded him together, these women were unwilling to get close to him.Xing Tian was so angry that he scolded Kua Fu: "You and I are blood brothers, yet you turned to outsiders!" His aggrieved demeanor made everyone laugh.Among them, Baifu was the longest, and Shennong respected him as his elder brother. One day at the foot of a mountain, several people were hungry and thirsty, so Shennong ordered Baifu and Kuafu to pick fruits in the mountain.The rest sat down and waited.Seeing that Kuafu didn't come back, Nuzhen said anxiously: "Brother Kuikai, how far did you say they went, why didn't they come back? It would be great if the fruit trees were closer!" Shen Nong suddenly thought after hearing this: Yes!If edible fruit trees were transplanted to the tribe, and the fruit trees were collected in the tribe, and then planted in patches, wouldn't it be a big orchard.Thinking of this, Shennong was so excited that he didn't know why.Ting Xi asked: "Brother Kui Kui, we are already thirsty, but seeing your appearance, why are you so excited?" Shennong said: "I just heard what privet said, and I thought of a great thing. Privet said, it would be great if the fruit trees were closer. This sentence made me think, why don't we think of a way to transplant these fruit trees to the Fire tribe?" Go. If the fruit trees can be transplanted successfully, won't every tribe have its own orchards in the future?" Hearing this, he suddenly shouted.Chi You and Qiuqiu came over and listened, and they all said that this idea was good, and everyone didn't feel thirsty anymore. When Kuafu and Baifu returned, Shennong ordered Baifu to lead the crowd to the mountains to watch again. The fruit had not grown yet, and it tasted sour and astringent.Shennong wrote down the appearance of the fruit tree and named it "Pear".Shennong led the people around the mountain a few more times, and saw several kinds of fruit trees with different wild fruits, each with different tastes, bitter or sweet, with or without seeds, and Shennong wrote down all of them. , named it "Peach", "Ping", "Sakura" and so on. One day, Shennong saw another kind of weed growing on the ground, which was different in shape from the grass they had seen before.At this time, the grass was already half a leg deep, and some small skins had grown on the grass, and small grains were wrapped in the small skins.Shennong had never seen such a weed before, and found it very interesting.Shen Nong pulled the skin apart, and saw that the grains in the skin formed a small string, these grains were either flat or round, and they were much larger than the grains of corn and millet seen in the Taihao Hua tribe.Blades of grass are also very different.The leaves are scattered, longer than the long neck, flat and round with sharp corners.Shennong put the leaves in his mouth, and the taste was astringent and bitter.Ting Zi saw Shennong's face, grinning with missing teeth for a while, and tongue and lips for a while, it was really ugly.Shennong spit out the broken leaves, opened his mouth wide to exhale bitter air, and let out a long sound of "ahhh".But not long after, Shennong said to Tingxu and the others with a smile on his face: "This thing is ripe, maybe it can be eaten. I tasted the leaves of corn in the past, and it tasted like this." Ting Xi grinned and said: "Looking at your appearance, it makes people very uncomfortable. I will taste it for you in the future!" But Shennong said: "You can only suffer in vain if you taste it. And I have tasted many leaves and grass branches, and I can tell the difference in taste. There are five kinds of taste, sour, sweet, bitter, pungent, and astringent. You can distinguish them." Come out?" After he finished speaking, he saw tears in Tingxi's eyes, and smiled again, "I honor my grandfather's order to find edible rice in the world; I want to treat the illness of the patriarch of the Sui people, and I want to taste all the flowers and plants in the world. Planting leaves. Sometimes bitter and astringent, it’s a trivial matter! If both wishes are fulfilled, my life is enough! This thing is not easy to find, I will not go far in the future, and I will taste it again when the grass leaves are golden. That." After Shennong finished speaking, he put the big bean in his mouth and chewed for a while, "This bean is neither bitter nor astringent, it can be eaten and can satisfy hunger, it is a good thing!" Ting Zi also put the beans into her mouth, and she was also hungry at this time, so she chewed some.When Baifu, Chiyou, Kuafu, Xingtian, Nuzhen, Qiuqiu and others saw it, they all came over and looked for things that had grown into small horns on the grass and ate them.Fortunately, this piece of grass has become a piece, everyone is full and there is still a lot left.Shennong gave this bean grass a name called "Shun". In order to wait for the wild fruits and sungrass to mature, Shennong and others found a sheltered place with water and set up camp to build a thatched hut.Order Chiyou, Kuafu, and Baifu to be responsible for finding food, and Xingtian to guard and protect the fire.The three of Chi You sometimes caught a sheep, and sometimes beat a pig, but these seven or eight people lived for only a few days, and there were inevitable breaks.When they were worrying about food, a pack of wild wolves passed by, there were as many as fifteen or six. When Bai Fu saw them, Chi You rushed into the pack.Chi You beat wolves, just like ordinary people catch rabbits, like playthings, by the way, he grabbed two wolves and touched them together, and the two wolves were killed immediately.When another wolf came, Chi You grabbed the tail of the wolf and swung it into a circle. The wolves collided with each other. After a while, Chi You wiped out all the wolves without the help of Kuafu and Bai Fu.Looking at Chi You again, apart from the marks of wolf's teeth on his arm, even if he suffers a little injury, it is not a serious problem. Day after day, until the leaves are finally golden.Shennong and others came to the grassland again, and the bean grains were really full. Shennong led Tingxu, Qiuqiu, Kuafu and others to gently harvest the bean grains in the animal skins.He went to the mountains to get ripe fruit, but although the fruit was delicious but seedless, Shen Nong was somewhat disappointed.He thought to himself, and said to Bai Fu: "Go and break off the branches, we can retrieve them and plant them in the ground, maybe we can live." Bai Fu flew up to the tree and broke off a big branch.When everyone returned to the hut, Shen Nong asked Xing Tian to take out the pottery, put some water on the fire, and when the water boiled, he threw the bean grains he had taken into the water. After a long time, they were cooked, and a kind of fragrant smell wafted from them.Shennong saw that the bean grains were much bigger after being boiled.Kuafu couldn't wait any longer, he sniffed left and right, and shouted: "This rice is delicious, and the fragrance of this grain is better than millet." After speaking, he grabbed it with his hands without waiting for others, but was scalded by boiling water.Nuzhen rolled her eyes, looked at Kuafu and said, "You are the only one in a hurry." Shennong smiled and said: "Not only him, but I am also very anxious. Seeing that this grain is so big, maybe it will become a staple food in the world in the future!" gas.Before he stretched out his hand, Chi You grabbed a mouthful and put it in his mouth, but after tasting it for a long time, he said: "It's not very delicious!" Everyone ate a little bit, knowing that boiled bean grains are not delicious, so they were a little discouraged.Chi You said: "Since it's not very tasty, what to do with it, just burn it." After he finished speaking, he added the remaining stalk grass to the fire, and only heard the sound of "papa".Xing Tian said: "What is it?" Shennong saw those bean grains that were burning on the fire burst open after being burned, and some even burst into flames, so he picked up another one and put it in his mouth, shouting: "It's delicious! " Chi You pursed his lips and said, "It doesn't taste good when it's boiled, but does it taste better if it's burnt?" When he said this, no one ate it. Shennong laughed and said, "If you don't eat, I will." He looked at Tingxu again and said, "Why don't you eat it, idiot!" After hearing this, he picked it up and ate a few pills, but he couldn't stop eating.The two laughed and wanted to eat all the beans in the fire. Kuafu finally couldn't bear it and picked one, but he couldn't find it again.Kuafu got a little anxious, went over to cut a big one with a stone knife, put it in the fire, and said to everyone: "I cut it myself, and only Ligustrum and I can eat it, and the rest should not move. "The fire caught and exploded again.Chi You, Xing Tian, and Bai Fu finally snatched a few grains, and ran into the bean field regardless of their own safety, and began to mow. Shennong and others returned to the Huofenghuang tribe with the beans and branches, took out a small part and cooked it, and let the Suiren taste it.Gather a large part of it and scatter it in the ground next spring and bury it in the soil.The branches of the fruit tree are divided into small sections, and the core is buried in the ground.Suiren also praised the burning Shuli incense, and agreed with Shennong's method.Shennong then planted these fruit trees with millet, millet, bean, and beet seeds and gourd seeds brought by Taihao, and taught the fire people how to plant them.After the fire people learned it, he didn't stop, and continued to climb mountains and mountains with Chi You and others, looking for rice grass. This time out, the time is longer.At last they bypassed many rivers of different sizes and headed south.In the south of the Yellow River, there are more shades of grass and trees than in Hebei. Shennong tasted countless grasses, hundreds of them.Gradually, he was able to distinguish the sweet, sour, pungent, astringent, and bitter flavors of flowers and plants, but each kind of grass and trees also had different tastes after eating. Shennong sometimes felt sick and vomited, sometimes had stomach pain and diarrhea, and some felt refreshed and stopped vomiting and diarrhea after eating. when.Shen Nong knew that the former was poisonous, but the latter could detoxify it. Once, Shennong was poisoned again while eating grass. His face turned green, he vomited continuously, and was paralyzed on the ground. He was so frightened that he burst into tears.Shen Nong whispered: "Don't be afraid, I know the medicinal properties of this herb, you give me the broad-leaved grass, and I will be healed soon after eating!" Shen Nong's complexion turned better shortly after eating, The spirit is also as usual.Ting Zi finally let out a sigh of relief. Nu Zhen asked: "Brother Kui Kui, why is this?" Shennong said: "This is called fighting poison with poison. Use one poisonous herb to consume the poison of another poisonous herb, and you will be detoxified!" One day Shennong was poisoned more than ten times, but he finally saved himself from danger with his wisdom.