I thought the person would come soon, but after almost an hour he still hasn't come.
Qin An Ning was full of doubts, wondering if something had gone wrong on their side.
The three of them were already freezing and couldn't wait any longer.
"Meng Yu, I'll let you go up there. Go find some long, thick branches and throw them down."
Meng Yu firmly disagreed, "I'm clumsy, it's useless for me to go up, I'd better let you go up."
The two of them had similar ideas, and neither of them agreed to go out first.
Xu Jiacheng interrupted the two people's argument and said, "How about I ask you two to get out? As long as the three of us don't say anything, no one will know about this."
He raised his hand again and swore, "I swear I won't tell anyone a word about what happened today, or I'll be struck by lightning and die a miserable death."
"Xu Zhiqing, you don't have to be like this." Meng Yu felt a little embarrassed. Their defensiveness made her swear.
Qin An Ning also felt a little embarrassed, but this was the current trend, and couples were not allowed to be too intimate in public.
If Xu Jiacheng hugged any of them, there would be no way to explain it. Instead of hoping that others would keep their mouths shut, it would be better to prevent this from happening in the first place.
"Meng Yu, be obedient. You go up first. This trap isn't that deep. Use a few thick branches to set up two fulcrums. If you pull on them from above, I can get up.
Then we can pull Xu Zhiqing up there, and we'll all be out of danger."
Meng Yu couldn't think of a better way, so he could only do as Qin An Ning said.
Qin An Ning squatted down, held Meng Yu's calf and stood up. Most of Meng Yu's body was already on the ground.
Meng Yu used her hands to crawl out, and Qin An Ning pushed her feet to give her leverage, so Meng Yu climbed out easily.
She didn't waste any time and went up to look for thick branches around.
Since there was nothing suitable, she just picked up any branches she could get. It didn't take long for her to find more than a dozen branches of different thicknesses and bring them back.
Carefully kneeling at the edge of the trap, he threw down the sticks one by one, "An Ning, is that enough? If not, I'll go find some more."
"Almost. Let me try it first."
Qin An Ning picked up thick branches, made them a little longer than the diameter of the trap, and then inserted them forcefully into both sides of the cave wall, placing four branches at different heights.
Because the walls of the cave were frozen, the depth of the insertion was not enough, it was just enough to get the branches stuck. Qin An Ning shook it hard and was still able to support some force.
There is no support in the middle, so of course it cannot bear the entire weight of a person, but Qin An Ning is not going to climb up by stepping on a few branches.
Qin An Ning weighed less than 100 pounds, and Meng Yu was unable to pull her up with just his strength.
With these leverage points, she stepped on the branches against the wall of the pit, and with Meng Yu pulling her up, she could still give it a try.
After making preparations, Qin An Ning pushed to the back wall of the pit, then took two steps forward, stepped on the lowest branch with one foot, and then quickly stepped on the second branch.
Meng Yu above kept stretching out one hand nervously, while the other hand was firmly gripping the ground, with the center of gravity leaning backward, ready to grab Qin An Ning at any time.
After Qin An Ning used the force twice, his upper body was already on the ground. Meng Yu quickly grabbed Qin An Ning's sleeve and pulled it back hard.
Qin An Ning pushed forward while looking for a foothold. When she stepped on the branch she had prepared in advance, she came up in an instant.
It sounds slow, but it actually only takes a few seconds.
After coming up, Qin An Ning sat on the snow and took a few breaths, then returned to the edge of the trap to see what was going on inside.
The branches she had prepared had been stepped on, and Xu Jiacheng had to get some new branches if he wanted to come up.
"Xu Zhiqing, wait a moment. I'll go find some branches now."
Xu Jiacheng nodded, still speaking in a leisurely tone, "Okay, don't worry, just be careful."
After Qin An Ning got the branch back, Xu Jiacheng prepared a leverage point. He did not come out immediately, but grabbed the rabbit, twisted its neck, and threw it out of the trap.
"The three of us are in such a predicament because of this rabbit. We can't let it go."
Qin Anning glanced at the lifeless rabbit lying on the snow. Without saying anything, she stretched out her hand and said, "I'll pull you."
"Okay." Xu Jiacheng's eyes were gentle with a faint smile.
Xu Jiacheng was estimated to be about 1.8 meters tall. There were not many fat people at that time, but a grown man, no matter how thin he was, would weigh more than 100 kilograms.
It's not that Qin An Ning couldn't pull the person up purely by using arm strength, but she didn't want to reveal her trump card to outsiders, so she only used a quarter of her strength.
Xu Jiacheng stepped on the leverage point, and with Qin Anning pulling him up from above, he quickly came up.
Although his clothes were wrinkled and dirty, he stood there with a dignified demeanor, and did not make people feel embarrassed at all.
He even joked, "The three of us have experienced falling into a trap this time, so we can be considered a friendship that has endured hardships together!"
Qin An Ning's eyes flashed but she didn't respond. She didn't use much force to pull the man just now, but Xu Jiacheng still came up easily, which proved that what she saw before was correct. Xu Jiacheng was indeed skilled and not weak.
Of course, it doesn’t mean that having skills means there is a problem. During this special period, many people went to the countryside to avoid disaster.
Xu Jiacheng and Qi Shuyue should not be ordinary people going to the countryside. As for their purpose, she doesn't care as long as it's not her.
"Let's go find those three. We haven't been able to catch up with them for so long. I hope nothing happens to them again."
"Those three were having so much fun robbing the rabbit holes that they forgot about us, right?" Qin An Ning followed Meng Yu's words and started walking back.
When I was chasing the rabbit, I didn't care how far it ran. When I walked back, I found that it had run quite far.
When they walked back, they found that the three were still there, but Qi Shuyue was sitting on a simple sled made of several branches tied together.
"What happened?" Xu Jiacheng quickened his pace and walked over.
Qi Shuyue shook her feet and said, "We came to look for you. I accidentally sprained my ankle, so Comrade Lin and Comrade Wang made a sled and pulled me back.
We're afraid of getting separated from you, so we have no choice but to wait here.
Brother, what took you so long to chase a rabbit? "
"It's just that we chased a little far, which delayed us." Xu Jiacheng said and glanced at Qi Shuyue's feet. "Can you still walk now?"
"Yes, it doesn't hurt much now." Qi Shuyue blinked, stood up with the help of Xu Jiacheng, and walked two circles on the snow.
Meng Yu picked up his backpack and put it on his back. "It's getting late. Let's hurry down the mountain."
"Okay!" Qi Shuyue was the first to jump out and agree.
"Today, when we were catching rabbits, Comrade Wang and Comrade Lin worked the hardest. We caught four rabbits in total. I suggested that they each get one.
Let's go back and stew the rest together. We'll have to borrow Sister An Ning's kitchen, though, is that okay?"
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