"You'll know why when you come back! Hehe, alright! You guys go get ready, the weather's a bit cooler now, let's start climbing." Li Jia's words reignited everyone's excitement, and they all ran back to their tents to prepare.
Li Jia then carefully prepared the rabbit, wrapped it in an extra plastic sheet, got up, walked to the car, and threw it into the trunk. "It should have absorbed some flavor in about two hours. I'll make soup with you tonight!"
While everyone was preparing, Li Jia lifted the makeshift barbecue grill by its legs and poured all the stones and charcoal inside into the dug cave. He then adjusted the position with tree branches before placing the mud-covered doves and tits inside. After placing the hot stones and some more charcoal on top, he covered the tits and doves with a layer of soil and cleaned the area around the cave. With that, the preliminary preparations were complete. Li Jia then dismantled the barbecue grill and found a place by the river to store it, so that it could be used again if he had the chance.
After thoroughly clearing away everything on the ground that could cause a fire, Li Jia glanced at the area to make sure there were no problems before approaching the prepared group.
"Are you ready?" Li Jia asked with a smile. "Ready!" The voices were surprisingly in unison.
"I'm not ready yet! Hehehe!" After saying that, Li Jia seemed to remember something and scurried to the car, took out the keys, opened the trunk, and took out a cardboard box from the very back. Inside the box were two walkie-talkies, the most common kind on the market. After checking the power and adjusting the frequency, Li Jia handed one of them to Li Yan. "Here, you know how to use this! Contact me anytime if anything happens!"
"Yes, Big Brother!" Li Jia had prepared a complete set of things. Although they were all inconspicuous little things, they often played a very important role at crucial moments. Looking at Li Jia's smiling face, Meng Yao gained a deeper understanding of this thoughtful man.
With a shout, everyone strode forward and rushed up the mountain path of Jiguanshan. The 300-meter elevation gain was not very high, but the mountain path was very winding, and in some places there was no clear path at all, so it would take some effort to climb up smoothly. The reason why Li Feng also prepared the walkie-talkie was because of Meng Yao.
Meng Yao clearly couldn't keep up with Li Yan and the others, so there would inevitably be two groups of people. The two walkie-talkies basically solved the problem. If anything happened, Li Jia would know immediately and react in the shortest possible time.
"Let's go! I know you can't beat them, so I'll climb with you slowly." Li Jia said with a smile, walked towards the hillside, and took out a walkie-talkie, pressing the call button. "Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan, you guys be careful, be careful."
"Received! Received!" Li Yan's voice came through the walkie-talkie, mixed with the happy laughter of Zhou Xiaoyu and the others.
"See? This thing is cheap, but it works pretty well. Hehe, it's out!" Li Jia waved the walkie-talkie in her hand, turned around and smiled at Meng Yao.
"Yeah, it works pretty well, hehe. Let's go. Although we can't compare to them, we can't let them fall too far behind." After saying that, Meng Yao quickened her pace and climbed the first small hill of Jiguanshan Mountain side by side with Li Jia. Looking at the winding path above her, Meng Yao gritted her teeth, "I have to climb up today no matter what!"
"Here, you'll need this in a bit." Li Jia cut a branch from the side, trimmed it with a knife, and then wrapped the tip of the branch with the peeled bark so that it wouldn't slip when you held it or chafe your palms.
"Hmm, this is good! Well then, here's a reward for you!" Meng Yao said, tilting her head and looking at Li Jia with a smile on her face.
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