Chapter 69
This shark is much bigger than the one that Pei Hong and his team had caught before. The bow of their boat was pressed down a lot. Fortunately, the fish was dead when it was thrown up. If it was alive, the bow that had just been built might have to be rebuilt.
"You said that the thank-you gift for that guy has already been given, why did he send a shark again? I don't think a sea turtle will give gifts repeatedly to achieve the purpose of trouble us to pry open the canopy in the future. This smart makes me think he is the turtle prime minister of the seabed!" Qiao Sheng walked to the side of the shark and couldn't help but gesture. It was really big.
Li Mu analyzed that the two little turtles should have been treated with cod liver oil, so the big turtle brought them a shark. Qiao Sheng thought this was too fantastic.
The turtles sent were already dead, and it was impossible to throw them into the sea. The two of them decisively gave up the facilities for repairing the bow this time, and even let Li Mu move the large planting pots to the third deck. This situation is really unbearable, especially since the turtle seemed to be a frequent visitor. Maybe it would come again just after they finished repairing it.
Such a big shark is really worrying. Qiao Sheng still remembers the taste of shark meat. It is impossible to eat it. It makes people worry just thinking about it.
"If we only feed this shark to the cubs, how long will it take them to eat? We should just bear with it and eat these few pieces of shark fins. Forget about the rest. I don't want to try. If you want to try, get a small clay pot yourself. When it's ready, move a stool and sit next to the cubs' nest to eat it together." Qiao Sheng made the arrangements with a worried look on his face.
"I don't want to eat it either. Let's cook some shark meatballs for the cassock first. Its appetite is getting bigger and bigger. In this weather, it can keep fish meat. Let's make meatballs with the shark meat first. When the freshness is almost gone, let's dry it. You have to believe that the cassock can eat a lot and can always finish it. If it really can't finish it, I'll ask Pei Hong and you go ask Fang Yueyi. They have two little bears and I guess they usually don't want to feed them meat." Li Mu also refused to eat shark meat.
After discussing the sales, the two took the kitchen knife and prepared to dissect the shark. In order to ensure the integrity of the shark skin, Li Mu cut the knife and Qiao Sheng peeled the skin. The two cooperated very well and the fish skin was completely removed in a short while.
Then the toilet smell came out, and the smell reached its peak when the belly was cut open. Qiao Sheng quickly flashed into the cabin, went to the storage room to get cotton cloth, stacked several layers to cover the mouth and nose, and made a thick mask for Li Mu. Except for the breathing being a little unsmooth, there was really no problem with the rest.
The two were very careful when picking out the guts. The liver of this fish was much larger than the last time. The unwanted guts were collected in a large wooden basin and poured into the toilet. The rest was to separate the bones and meat. After all, chondroitin was also very important.
This work lasted until dark. After finally finishing the division, there was no need to make soup for dinner. Just stew the shark fin to taste it.
Li Mu contacted Pei Hong. He was quite embarrassed. After all, the shark meat was edible, but the taste was a little worse when it was cooked. In the end, he only ordered 20 kilograms and thanked them for improving the diet on behalf of his little black.
Fang Yueyi and Qiao Sheng were very familiar with each other. Whenever one of them mentioned it, the other would say thank you. Qiao Sheng took several large pieces and sent them over. In this situation, the more Jinlan ate, the better.
After Qiao Sheng finished making dinner, Li Mu was allowed to enter the kitchen, holding a newly made clay pot and a large piece of shark meat. Today, time was tight, so he didn't scrape the fish meat into a paste, but cooked it directly, added tomato juice, and poured the soup and water into the rice bowl of the cassock. The cassock, who hadn't eaten meat for several days, was very happy.
When Qiao Sheng came down to prepare food for other animals, she saw the little bear eating happily. It must be said that the advantage of raising a cassock cub is that it has an extra mobile food waste recycling device, and there is no need to worry about wasting unfinished food.
After feeding the animals, Qiao Sheng returned to the greenhouse and finally ate the braised shark fin. It was obviously cut from sharks. She couldn't accept shark meat at all, but she could eat shark fin. Li Mu said that she had a built-in filter.
After the meal, the two of them packed the remaining shark meat into a separate storage box. Li Mu also built a small stove on the bow of the first floor, and took down the clay pot for cooking shark meat. From now on, this place will be used to cook for the monk. Only shark liver and shark bones are allowed in the kitchen on the second floor. When
Qiao Sheng woke up, Li Mu was no longer at the end of the kang. She got up, brushed her teeth and washed her face, went into the kitchen to eat the breakfast that Captain Li had left for her, and then went downstairs to look for him.
He was found on the bow of the first floor. At that time, he was holding the monk who looked hungry and wanted to eat the clay pot, sitting in front of the stove and boiling shark meatballs.
Qiao Sheng wanted to laugh when he saw the greedy look in the cassock. Li Muna was wearing a mask and taking strict precautions, but it was so bad that its head was almost stuck in the jar. He
reached out and picked up the cassock, and the little thing started to eat cricket pupae in her arms, and anxiously pointed at the jar with its thick bear paws, and cried in its mouth, which was a little harsh. Qiao Sheng held it and took an apple, cut it into apple strips and fed it to it, and at least calmed the little bear spirit.
"Do you feel that the weather is getting colder and colder? The wind today makes your face hurt a little." Qiao Sheng kept stuffing apple strips into the mouth of the cassock. If he was a little slow, the little thing would move around in protest.
"Indeed, I had this feeling when I just woke up. It's only been a short time since we started winter. What will the players do if they don't have enough firewood? This morning I went to collect supplies from the fishing net, and I felt that the supplies were getting less." Li Mu was busy making meatballs. He had to cook a pot for the cassock cub quickly. It felt weird that a bear was addicted to eating shark meat.
After hearing what he said, Qiao Sheng thought for a moment, threw the cassock kid into his arms, stuffed the remaining apples into his hands, went to the storage room to make a colander, opened the floating board in the cabin and started to collect. When Li Mu brought the cassock kid back, the little thing had already eaten a lot.
Putting the bear down, Li Mu counted the supplies she had just collected. The colander was only half as durable as before, and the amount of supplies collected was one-third less than before. This discovery made the two of them worried.
Qiao Sheng threw the colander into his hands, took the fishing rod, lifted up a few floating boards, and started fishing. Compared with the previous time when he fished for the turtle, the hook-engaging speed has slowed down. Before, the hook-engaging speed was very fast, but now it takes about five minutes to get a bite. Only
after fishing a whole fish rod, Qiao Sheng said, "Catch more fish while you can still catch fish. I don't know how long this winter will last. What if it really lasts three months and you can't catch fish later?"
Li Mu also agreed. If there is an island, they will go there. If there is no island, they will divide the work and cooperate. One fishes and the other collects supplies. This job is not much. They only work for one morning every day, which is only three or four hours. In the afternoon, they organize supplies, kill fish, and reprocess the ingredients to extend their freshness.
Since the general policy has been formulated, they will start from today. Li Mu made a wooden shelf for fishing rods and colanders. They can take them whenever they need them. There is also a drawer at the bottom of the shelf. When Qiao Sheng opened it, it turned out to be a storage compartment. As expected, when he clicked on the map, this guy lit up a new map - storage rack.
The drawers contain commonly used materials for making tools, such as wood, plastic, iron products, and leaves. In the future, you don’t have to go to the storage room every time to get tools. Just remember to replenish commonly used materials on time.
In one morning, Li Mu lost four sieves and Qiao Sheng lost five fishing rods. They counted the fish they caught, including kelp and other things, a total of 50, including two shoe basins and two blue and white porcelain bottles, 35 fish of various kinds, five rolls of kelp, and six squids. There was also an octopus in the blue and white porcelain bottle.
Qiao Sheng even compared the squid and octopus and concluded that one had a longer head and the other had longer arms, both had high cholesterol, and both tasted delicious.
"This pile of shoe basins is too annoying. Who would use shoe basins to grow things when there are planters? It's a waste of fresh water. I've dropped two shoe basins in ten minutes. I'm upset just thinking about it. And this blue and white porcelain bottle, wouldn't it be better to just put the octopus on it? Give me bottles every time. Is it necessary to use blue and white porcelain as decoration on this ship? People who are struggling on the saturation line are not qualified to enjoy life." Qiao Sheng looked at the shoes and bottles that were incompatible with the food with disdain.
Li Mu told her not to worry, put the shoe basins and blue and white porcelain bottles in the storage box first, and put them in the trading system later to see if they can be exchanged for something. They are struggling on the saturation line now, and who can say for sure in the future.
For lunch, we simply fried a few dishes, cooked the soup with rattan pot meat, and stewed a pot of brown rice. I have to say, after not having rice for a few days, it tasted quite delicious.
During the break after lunch, Qiao Sheng discussed with Li Mu and decided to extend the fishing time and tell a few friends about the reduction in supplies. Li Mu was responsible for notifying Pei Hong and Lin Haiyang, and Qiao Sheng was responsible for notifying Fang Yueyi and Xia Beibei.
Li Mu simply notified them, and the other party replied that they knew and thanked them, and that was it. Qiao Sheng kept receiving messages after sending them.
Xia Beibei said that she had scavenged for a while in the morning, but because she didn't take inventory, she didn't notice if there was any reduction. Since Sister Qiao has confirmed it, she will start to work hard from today, so she wants to ask Sister Qiao to bring her a portion of the food she cooks recently, and she will not forget Sister Qiao if she gets something good.
Qiao Sheng asked her if she hadn't exchanged salt for food with Lin Haiyang recently. Xia Beibei sighed and said that Lin Haiyang's cooking was delicious, but he had few ingredients and seasonings. A good cook cannot cook without rice. She has cooking skills but no chance to show them. Sister Qiao's cooking is delicious and the ingredients are rich.
Normally, she would team up with Lin Haiyang, but not recently. She had to work hard to collect winter resources, and she would not be worthy of herself if she did not eat something good. Moreover, Lin Haiyang had just sent a message, saying that he was busy collecting supplies recently, and he had to prepare his own meals, so he might not be able to cook for her.
Fang Yueyi's reply was much simpler. She listed a long list of spices for Qiao Sheng and told her to plant more of them. These spices were not easy to exchange in the trading system now. When she made hot pot base, she would bring her some. As for the spices, she would not use them in vain, and she could exchange them for things.