When Bi Qiaoan got home that evening, she quickly took a bottle of Happy Fat Boy Water from the refrigerator, took a big gulp, and then Shen Yanming snatched it away, saying, "It's too cold, let it sit for a while before drinking!"
Bi Qiaoan gave Shen Yanming a resentful look, then said nothing more. After washing her hands, she took out a grass carp from her spatial storage and prepared to make boiled fish.
The fish used were fish that had been stored in the space before; they had been prepared before being stored there.
When storing supplies, apart from the pork and mutton bought from farms in Chun Province which were already slaughtered, only a very small portion of the seafood bought abroad and the fish and shrimp prepared domestically were processed by others.
After cleaning the grass carp by drawing well water from her spatial storage, Bi Qiaoan gave Shen Yanming a resentful look and said, "Honey, it seems you need to learn how to kill chickens and fish!"
Shen Yanming stiffened upon hearing this. "Darling, can I not learn it?"
Bi Qiaoan didn't stop working. While slicing the fish, she said, "Those little animals in the space are growing too fast. We can't let them keep multiplying. Besides, we haven't cleaned enough fish. After we finish eating these dozens, even if you don't kill them, you'll still have to gut and scale them."
Shen Yanming felt as if he had been struck by lightning. If Bi Qiaoan hadn't brought it up, he wouldn't have dared to recall that dark period of his college life.
At that time, he and a few roommates had a meal together and decided to eat hot pot in their dormitory.
Usually, it was the oldest guy in the dormitory who would go to buy the ingredients, but that day, Shen Yanming suddenly had a whim and took the initiative to buy the ingredients.
He went to the supermarket and picked out some vegetables and mushrooms that he usually eats. When he passed by the seafood section, he inexplicably took out six pieces of frozen ribbonfish from the freezer.
After Shen Yanming returned to the dormitory with bags and packages, his roommates helped him wash the vegetables. But when they took out the ribbonfish, they were all a little dumbfounded.
Because they had never cooked ribbonfish in a hot pot before, and the group of boys had only ever eaten cooked ribbonfish before, they were at a loss when faced with six pieces of frozen ribbonfish.
"Should we just boil this?"
"Let it thaw before cooking..."
"Yanming, do you know how to eat this?"
When Shen Yanming bought it, he was only thinking that he hadn't eaten ribbonfish in a long time, and he didn't consider how to cook it at all. Shen Yanming naturally thought: "Just cook it and it'll be fine."
After saying that, Shen Yanming went to the bathroom to clean the fish, and when he came back, he poured it directly into the pot.
Before I could even pour the fish into the pot, my roommate stopped me, saying that cooking it at the end would allow the fish to defrost first.
Shen Yanming nodded and started eating with his roommates. Half an hour later, the guys from the next dorm came over to freeload after smelling the food.
When Shen Yanming saw that there weren't many vegetables left, he took out the ribbonfish to cook, but unexpectedly, he was stopped again.
"Shen Yanming, is this how you plan to cook it?"
Shen Yanming asked blankly, "Otherwise what?"
The guy who was freeloading was shocked, and then told Shen Yanming, "We also have to remove the internal organs!"
After saying that, he even taught Shen Yanming how to remove the internal organs.
Um... after those bloody entrails were pulled out...
Shen Yanming said he never wanted to touch that thing again, while his roommates said they were thankful Old Shen hadn't cooked the fish...
Shen Yanming recalled his past experiences and felt extremely resistant to killing chickens and fish.
But there was no other way; he had to master this skill. On the one hand, in order to save time, he had stored the aquatic products he bought directly into his spatial storage space, and only asked someone to help process a small amount. After finishing these, Shen Yanming had no choice but to take over.
On the other hand, with so many livestock and poultry filling the space, we have to control their breeding rate. Even if we don't have to deal with all the internal organs, we still have to slit their throats and bleed them to death!
Shen Yanming thought, maybe if I just endure it, it won't be so disgusting? Maybe if I practice, I'll become bolder?
After reminiscing, Shen Yanming nodded. He couldn't let his wife become a butcher!
Seeing Shen Yanming's reluctant yet resigned expression, Bi Qiaoan smiled and offered him a suggestion, "Zhang Heping would be very suitable for the role of the butcher!"
Shen Yanming shook his head, "You should learn it yourself. We can't let him know too much."
Bi Qiaoan didn't take it seriously, and mentioning Zhang Heping was just a joke.
An hour later, Bi Qiaoan finished preparing the meal, which included boiled fish, garlic broccoli, cashew shrimp, stir-fried potatoes, eggplant, green peppers, and green peppers, deep-fried mushrooms, and deep-fried pork tenderloin, in addition to rice.
Bi Qiaoan thought that since it was a rare opportunity to fry eggs, potatoes, mushrooms and pork tenderloin, she would fry more tonight's portion and store the rest in her space.
Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan enjoyed the delicious food at the restaurant, feeling extremely satisfied.
Before they had even finished their meal, the two heard a knock on the door, and the voice clearly did not belong to Zhang Heping.
The two exchanged a glance and understood each other's meaning. Shen Yanming got up and opened the door, while Bi Qiaoan put all the vegetables on the table into her spatial storage, leaving only two bowls of rice and a plate of broccoli.
Shen Yanming opened the door and saw a strange woman in her thirties.
Before Shen Yanming could speak, the woman said, "Sir, I am a resident of apartment 701 on the 7th floor. I would like to ask if you have used any dirty water in your home?"
Shen Yanming didn't reply, but looked at the lady outside the door, gesturing for her to continue.
The woman hesitated for a moment before speaking, "My naughty child is disobedient. I just told him yesterday that the water was cut off and he couldn't use the toilet at home, but he still pooped at home when no one was looking."
The house smells terrible now, but there's no water in the toilet tank.
I didn't want to use clean water to flush the toilet, and there wasn't much wastewater in the house today, so I thought I'd go door-to-door asking if we could collect some wastewater to flush the toilet first.
Shen Yanming frowned upon hearing this. "Madam, even wastewater is precious these days. I'm sorry, I can't give you the wastewater from my home."
The woman was disappointed after hearing this, and forced a smile. "I know. I knocked on every door, and no one lent me water. I understand. If it were me, I probably wouldn't have lent it to anyone either."
The woman waved her hand, "Sorry to bother you, you can go back now. I'll go upstairs and ask again. If it really doesn't work, we'll just have to let the wastewater accumulate for two or three days before flushing the toilet."
Shen Yanming nodded, and only after the woman entered the elevator did he close the door and go inside.
Seeing Shen Yanming return, Bi Qiaoan took out food from her spatial storage. "Eating is like fighting a war; you have to do it discreetly..."
Shen Yanming picked up a piece of shrimp and held it to Bi Qiaoan's lips, "Isn't it because you're afraid of being taken advantage of?"
After swallowing the shrimp, Bi Qiaoan said, "When that lady asked for water, I was thinking of giving her the bucket in the kitchen. But then I thought, what if she comes to ask for wastewater again in the future?"
I don't want to think so badly of people, but she borrowed from the 7th floor to the 16th floor. Either no one else was lending money, or she borrowed it without saying anything.
However, in either case, going with the flow is the safest option.
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