A voodoo landed gently on his shoulder. The voodoo looked like a weaver bird with a grass stem in its mouth, and its eyes were very bright.
"Man, you've been watching me all spring."
You Chao Only then did he realize that there was a Gu lying on the oriole beside the nest.
"You... are the Gu who teaches birds to build nests?"
The Gu shook his head. "I don't teach them. My name is Master of Things. What I do is just to let those who are willing to see, see, and those who are willing to learn, learn. Birds can build nests, bees can build houses, ants can dig holes, and spiders can weave webs. No one is born with this ability. After watching it a thousand times and trying it thousands of times, I can develop this skill."
You Chao asked eagerly, "Are you willing to let others learn from you?"
Master of Things Gu said, "I have never been partial. Birds, beasts, plants, fish and insects, whoever is willing to bend down and worship all things as his teacher, I will live in whose eyes and hands I will live. Look at the bird, the bird is your husband; you look at the vine, the vine is your husband; you look at the spider web, that web is also your husband. Man, heaven and earth have already put the answers there, it just depends on whether you are willing to reach out and pick it up."
You Chao was lying on the branch, bowing straightly towards the pair of busy oriole.
As soon as he stood up, his eyes became clear, and his ten fingers seemed to suddenly have an idea.
He broke the branches again. The thick branches became bones, the thin branches became tendons, and the soft vines became ropes. One branch pressed against another, and one buckle locked another buckle.
When his hand is broken and the blood soaks into the wood grain, he doesn't stop; when it is broken up and broken down, he starts over again, but he doesn't get upset.
Ninety-nine and eighty-one days.
You Chao Weaved something between the branches of that giant tree.
That thing has thick branches as beams and thin branches as the skeleton, layers of soft vines wrapped around it, and a thick floor of thatch. It hangs in mid-air, like a huge, open-mouthed bowl. When the wind comes, it sways gently; when it rains, the thatch blocks most of it; at night, a group of beasts raise their heads and roar under the tree, going around and around, but they can't climb up.
You Chao climbed in, curled up, and slept until dawn for the first time.
When he woke up, he heard a voice above his head yawning.
He looked up and saw a Gu that he had never seen before lying in the center of the nest. The Gu was shaped like a small house, with beams, columns, doors, and a roof. Every "wood" was a real branch, glowing with a warm green light.
"You're awake." The Gu stretched, "I've been sleeping in the heart of this tree for ten thousand years."
You Chao was surprised and surprised. "Who are you? Why do you sleep in the heart of a tree?"
The Gu said, "My name is Timber Construction. When bees built houses, they lent me a ray of strength; when ants dug holes, they lent me a ray of strength; when beavers blocked rivers and birds made nests, they lent me a ray of strength. But my biggest That skill is to build a home suspended in the air for a creature that is willing to do it by itself. I have been waiting for ten thousand years to see who can break out the nest woven by the first person in the tree. This morning, I was awakened by the sound of your palms grinding branches."
You Chao stared blankly at his hands, which were covered in blood and thick calluses.
Timber Construction Gu said again, "People, you have to understand that Wandering Gu can pester you, Reliance Gu is only willing to say one word, Climbing Gu They can point you to a path, Master of Things Gu can open your eyes, but none of them can do it for you. This nest was built by you with your own hands. No shelter in this world has ever fallen out of thin air."
You Chao held up Timber Construction Gu and nodded heavily.
He climbed down from the tree and led the tribesmen under the tree one by one.
The old man was afraid of heights, and the children were crying, so no one dared to climb up. You Chao made a nest in every big tree, one after another. He first carried the children up, and then the old man on his back.
That night, the wolves arrived again.
People under the tree climbed up the tree, people on the tree stretched out their hands, you pulled me, I pulled you, the whole family, no one was missing.
That night, the tribesmen crowded into nests suspended in mid-air, listening to the roar of the wind and beasts under their feet, and they all slept extremely peacefully.
You Chao sat at the top of the nest, looking at the moon. Timber Construction Gu in the palm of his hand flickered on and off, glowing warmly.
He finally understood the words of Reliance Gu: The support you are looking for is not given to you by heaven and earth out of thin air. It requires you to build it yourself, break off a branch and build it with your own hands.
Timber Construction's method of building a nest was passed down to the You Chao family, and it was passed down from one generation to the next.
This tribe learned it, and that tribe also learned it. People weaved the nest on the big tree, and connected the nest together; later it was moved from the treetop to the cliff, and set up from the cliff to the wooden pile. People called it "Ganlan".
People finally dare to close their eyes at night, and finally dare to protect the elderly and children among themselves.
Tribes from all directions came to see the man who had built his nest into the tree.
They brought grain, animal skins and Core Flame, sat around under the tree, and asked him, "You gave us a place to sleep, what should we give you in return?"
You Chao shook his head. "I haven't given you anything. The branches grow on the trees, the vines grow in the mountains, and the methods are taught by the oriole. I am just the first person who is willing to raise his head and take action."
But everyone refused to disperse, Jiujiu sat around under the tree.
Suddenly, the wind picked up again.
The withered leaf, Wandering Gu, swirled in the wind, and floated over again. But this time, it floated to the east, and the east tree was a nest; when it floated to the west, the west tree was also a nest; it wanted to fall on people, and everyone was in the nest, so it had no place to stay.
"I have been with the human race for the longest time." Wandering Gu sighed in the wind, with panic in his voice for the first time, "When people sleep on the ground, I am useful; when everyone has their own nest, I have nowhere to go. You Chao, do you know that the place you built is just a place to sleep?"
You Chao asked, "What is that?"
Wandering Gu said, "Beasts have dens, birds You Chao, and fish have abysses. In the past, people had nothing, so they had to run away from life to life. Now, people have a place. No matter how strong the wind and rain are, no matter how ferocious the beasts are, they can still go back. That place is called home."
"What is home?" You Chao asked again.
Wandering Gu stopped for the first time in the wind. It gently perched on the top of the highest nest, and its voice was very soft:
"Home is the only place in this world that remains for you even when it gets dark. No matter how far you go, you can still recognize it and come back. When a person has a home, his heart will never wander again."
As soon as he finished speaking, the dead leaf spread into a breeze and circled around the tree-filled nest three times, never to be seen again.
The nest full of trees was dotted with lights, like stars falling on the earth.
Everyone looked at the nest hanging in the air and at the silent young man on the tree. One by one, they knelt down.
They no longer just called him by his name, but added the word "family" after his name, calling him "You Chao Shi", worshiping him as the head of the clan, and living according to his methods from generation to generation.
In "The True Man's Biography", eight words were written down on the booklet, "Timber Construction is a nest to avoid harm from the group."