"Hehe, yeah! Except for Xiaoyu who didn't participate, they all guessed wrong! Haha, I won!" Li Xiaotong happily swayed her body, flashing the V sign with her fingers in front of everyone.

It turned out that after Li Xiaotong returned to the camp, he gathered everyone together and said that they wanted to guess the number of Li Jia's spoils. Of course, it was just a matter of guessing whether the number was odd or even. The loser would have to pull the other person up with a tree branch when climbing the mountain later. The bet for the winner was just as simple.

After listening to Li Xiaotong's introduction, Li Jia and Meng Yao laughed happily. "Alright, are you all hungry? Get ready, we'll start eating soon." As soon as Li Jia said this, everyone happily put all the delicious food they brought on the plastic sheet that had been laid out beforehand. Li Jia was about to act as the barbecue chef, grilling all the beef and potatoes that Meng Yao had brought until they were fragrant. Combined with the wild game that Li Jia and Li Xiaotong had hunted, today's lunch was destined to be a feast!

After taking charcoal from the car and starting a fire, they placed it on the laid pebbles. The top wire mesh was then re-secured. The next step was to barbecue and start eating.

Li Xiaoqing took out the already chopped beef and potatoes from a plastic box and stood to the side, holding a spice box she had specially brought from home, containing chili peppers, cumin, hot sauce, and so on.

Under Li Jia's grilling, slices of beef were devoured by everyone. By the time Li Jia sat down to eat, almost everyone except Li Xiaoqing, who had been helping out, was already full. The plastic sheet was a mess, with bread bags and beverage bottles scattered everywhere.

"Pack everything up. There are plenty of garbage bags in the car; we'll bury it here later. We don't need to take it back," Li Jia said, putting the last piece of beef in front of her into her mouth. She then got up and began cleaning up the trash on the plastic sheet.

Zhou Xiaoyu took a large black plastic bag from the car, put all the trash inside, and tied the bag shut. She set it aside for the time being because Li Jia said they could bury it later. The next part was Li Jia, Li Yan, and Li Xiaotong's performance time.

A whole bunch of spoils needed to be processed. Gutting and cleaning them. These tasks naturally fell to the three of them. Carrying the spoils to the riverbank, Li Jia quickly assigned tasks: Li Yan was in charge of cleaning the rabbit, while Li Xiaotong and Li Jia were responsible for the remaining tits and doves.

"Little Yan, remember how to handle the rabbit? Just remember to hit it with a stone before you gut it. If I hadn't killed it by hitting it in the mouth and it escaped, we'd be in big trouble. Lin Lei," Li Jia said, handing the rabbit to Li Yan. Li Yan took the rabbit with one hand and, holding a small survival dagger in the other, went downstream with Li Jia.

Li Jia, holding the imitation M9 survival knife she bought at the camping supply store, and carrying the dove that Li Xiaotong had hunted back, said, "I'll take care of cleaning the internal organs, and you'll take care of washing it. Is that okay?" "No problem! Just watch, big brother!" Li Xiaotong said, rolling up his short-sleeved sleeves once more. He was ready to get to work.

Li Jia nodded to Li Xiaotong. Then, using the entrenching tool she had brought, she dug a deep pit by the river. This was to bury the entrails of the titmouse and dove. Li Yan dug a similar pit. "Bury the entrails here. Once everything is ready, let's get started!" Li Jia returned to Li Xiaotong's side and picked up the dove's carcass, cutting it open from its underside.

Instead of removing the dove's feathers first, Li Jia cut open its belly and cleaned out all the internal organs except for the heart. Then she plucked the large feathers from the wings and tail, leaving the other soft feathers, because Li Jia was going to use this dove to make a special delicacy.

After cleaning the internal organs, Li Jia handed the dove to Li Xiaotong, who was standing to the side. "Just wash it inside. See where the feathers are stiff and pluck them out. Then wash it clean and put it on the stone next to it to dry. We'll use it together with these tits later."

Li Xiaotong took the dove from Li Jia without hesitation and immediately put it in the water to rinse it. After cleaning it thoroughly, he placed the dove on a large rock that had been cleared earlier. He then repeated the same process until half an hour later, the huge rock was covered with wild game.

Li Yan's work was nearing its end. Zhou Xiaoyu had somehow run out of the tent and was now helping Li Yan with the final cleaning. "Alright! Mission accomplished!" Although the rabbit skin wasn't perfectly cleaned, it was still a significant improvement for Li Yan. He had used a dagger to skin the rabbit, clean out its internal organs, and then washed it clean. Looking at the smooth rabbit, a sense of accomplishment slowly rose within Li Yan. "Big brother! I'm done!" he said, lifting the rabbit up.

"Great! Bring these over. These will be our main food for dinner, so we need to process them properly!" After saying that, Li Jia started carrying the cleaned game towards the camp. The fire on the barbecue grill was still burning, but next to the grill, Li Jia had already cleaned it up and dug a circular hole that sloped downwards and then went straight. This hole was the "kitchen" for making dinner.

"Xiaoyan, you and Xiaotong go get some mud. Today, Brother Li is going to make Li-style beggar's chicken! This dove will temporarily serve as the chicken. As for the rabbit, I have another use for it." After Li Jia finished speaking, he pulled over the plastic sheet and put the dove and a bunch of tits on it.

After rummaging through the bellies of the dove and the titmouse with the seasonings, I finally took a plastic bag containing small red chili peppers from the car! I stuffed the chili peppers into the bellies of the titmouse and the dove, and then waited for the mud to seep in.

The mud by the stream was very sticky, just right for Li Yan to use. He carried it around with his entrenching tool several times before he had enough for Li Feng. Watching Li Feng turn the mountain sparrows into mud balls of various sizes, Li Yan's eyes shone with curiosity again. "Big brother, why is this?"

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