"Line up! I'll pour the soup into your lunchboxes. Go drink it in your tents, or the wind will get it dirty." After Li Jia finished speaking, she reached out and poured the soup into everyone's lunchbox. She watched as everyone took their lunchboxes back to their tents and sat down at the tent entrance to drink it with great enjoyment.
The scalding hot soup bowl did not cause Li Jia the expected harm. Li Jia's fair fingers remained fair, and the smile on her face became even brighter. Holding the soup bowl with some soup left, Li Jia took out a knife, stabbed a piece, and put it in her mouth. She then took a few steps to the tent.
Six people, three tents: Li Xiaoqing and Li Xiaotong in one tent, Zhou Xiaoyu and Meng Yao in another, and Li Jia and Li Yan in the same tent. Soon, all the food was gone. The group, still wanting more, looked at Li Jia and occasionally glanced at the still-burning charcoal fire.
"Hehe, let's put out the fire on the makeshift stove first. Stones are better; we'll need them tomorrow morning. It's still early, how about we sit by the charcoal fire for a while and chat?" Li Jia naturally understood everyone's thoughts. She put the cleaned aluminum basin back into the car, and cleaned everyone's lunchboxes, placing them in order, also in the car. "I should have just bought a few instant noodles," Li Jia muttered softly, looking at the small basins and lunchboxes in the car.
"Great!" Before Li Jia could continue his encouragement, everyone stood up and ran to the fire. They searched around the fire for the places where Li Jia had buried the mud balls, hoping that the legendary beggar's treat, or perhaps the delicious beggar's treat J, would appear soon.
"Hehe, alright! Judging from your expressions, let's start eating! We can chat while we eat." After saying that, Li Jia picked up a long branch next to her, moved the fire aside, cleaned up the remaining charcoal, and then started digging.
There was a thin layer of soil on top. After digging through the warm soil, Li Jia took out the mud balls one by one. In a short while, there were many dark mud balls on the ground. Li Jia also took out the last large one and put it aside. Then he covered it up and picked up the largest mud ball, "Li-style Beggar! Here we go!"
After saying that, Li Jia tore it open with both hands, and a rich aroma wafted out from the package. After peeling off the hardened soil, a clean and delicious food was revealed to everyone. "How does it taste?" Li Jia tore off a leg with her left hand, which was not used to dig the soil. Although there wasn't much of it, this part was definitely one of the most fragrant.
Meng Yao smiled and took the gourd from Li Jia's hand. She parted her pearly teeth slightly, tore off a small strip, and chewed it gently. Meng Yao's actions made everyone feel annoyed. "Why be so elegant when you're eating?"
When Zhou Xiaoyu reached out to tear the J from Li Jia's hand, she cried out "Ouch!" and pulled her hand back as soon as she touched the J. "It's so hot! Brother Li, are your hands okay?"
"It's alright, Brother Li is tough. Here, take the other leg. Xiao Qing, Xiao Tong, and Xiao Yan all get a share. Let's divide this big guy first, and then each of you can take a few of the rest and eat them yourselves! Hehe!" After Li Jia finished speaking, he distributed the small pigeon in his hand to everyone. He only ate the pigeon's heart and didn't get to eat any of the rest.
The remaining sixteen round mud balls were divided up by Zhou Xiaoyu and the others. Each of them took three, and the remaining four were placed in front of Li Jia and Meng Yao. "Well, I haven't eaten yet," Li Jia said, picking up a mud ball and breaking it open to eat. When Li Jia reached for the last one, Meng Yao snatched it away. "This one, keep it as a souvenir!" With that, she took the mud ball, got up, and went back into the tent.
"Brother Li! There are fish in the stream!" Li Jia, who was still watching Meng Yao's back, was attracted by Zhou Xiaoyu's voice. Li Yan, Li Xiaoqing, and Li Xiaotong also ran to the stream.
"Want to catch fish?" Li Jia asked her younger siblings with a smile.
"I want to! But fish swim so fast, how can we catch them?" Li Xiaoqing was the first to agree.
"Heh! Taking advantage of the chaos!" Li Jia finished speaking, gave a cryptic smile, and turned to walk away into the distance...
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