"Okay, honey, wait for me!" After saying that, she went into the bathroom to take a shower, and came out not long after.
Seeing how quickly he did it, she didn't say anything. She tied her hair up, and the two of them went to the kitchen together. They took out a basin and put meat and vegetables in it, including tiger meat, venison, and roe deer meat.
There's also bird meat, which can be used to make soup. All of this was caught on the island. We also prepared mutton, but it was bought from outside. We didn't find any sheep on the island at all.
Next came various vegetables: cabbage, carrots, potatoes, and corn, followed by wild mushrooms. They were all fresh and could be cooked after a quick rinse.
Xiao Yubai was in charge of cutting the meat, while she was in charge of washing the vegetables. By the time Xia Hua and the other person arrived, everything was almost ready. They simply set up a pot, poured in the cooked chicken soup, added the hot pot base, and were ready to eat.
"Although there's nothing to celebrate, let's still have a toast. Come on, bottoms up!" An Shuyi said, raising her glass.
The other three also picked up their cups, clinked them together, and downed them in one gulp. This time, the cups were small and the contents were not much; if it were the previous cups, they could have held twice as much as these.
After drinking the wine, the group started eating. Various kinds of meat were put in, cooked, taken out, placed in a dipping sauce, and then put into their mouths. It was both numbing and spicy, simply perfect. Before long, the group was sweating.
"It's delicious! The meat was marinated perfectly today, so tender!" Cheng Yumo said.
It seems that Yu Bai's cooking talent is getting better and better. Not only can he slice the meat thinly, but he also marinates it so well. However, it seems that he still needs to learn more. Although they may eat together in the future, he must also cook well.
Xia Hua nodded in agreement, "It does taste pretty good, but it seems like there's no fresh seafood in the warehouse, only dried seafood. Shouldn't we get some?"
It was only when we were eating that we realized there was no seafood in the warehouse, only dried seafood and some sea urchins, though they were different kinds.
After hearing her say that, the others thought about it and realized that they really didn't have any. An Shuyi said, "There aren't any in the warehouse, but the weather is getting cold, and the water will be very cold, so let's forget about it!"
Although I really want to add more things to the warehouse, it's so cold, so let's not bother. We have enough food to eat.
Xiao Yubai disagreed, saying, "Wife, although the weather is cold, it shouldn't be like this in the sea. When it's hot, the water is normal when we go down, and it should be the same now."
"Tomorrow, Yu Mo and I will go down and try. If there are no problems, we'll catch some more. It's been several months, so there must be plenty of seafood in the sea."
Although there are other things for sale outside this world, these are much bigger. I was so focused on drying them that I didn't even think to put in some fresh ones. Luckily, there's still time.
"Okay, then you and Yu Mo can go take a look tomorrow. If it's too cold, that's fine, we don't lack food." There's so much food in the warehouse, even though it's dried, it's still delicious.
"I know, don't worry, we won't take our health for granted." After saying that, he put meat and vegetables on her plate.
The food here is really delicious. Even if you're not a great cook, you'll still find it tasty when you cook with these ingredients.
After finishing their meal, the group cleaned up their belongings together, washed and put away the dishes, before returning to their own rooms.
"Honey, I'm going to take a shower first!" An Shuyi's face was slightly flushed, and her voice was soft and sweet. She hadn't drunk alcohol for several months, but she drank a bit more tonight.
"Let's shower together!" he said, picking her up and carrying her into the bathroom.
When she woke up the next day, she looked at the empty room, not a soul in sight. She checked the time and it was already ten o'clock. She really could sleep.
After getting up, I went to the bathroom to wash up, changed my clothes, and went to the deck. If Hua Hua was awake at this time, she should be there. If she wasn't awake, I could go and wait for Yu Bai and the other person.
As I walked onto the deck, I saw Hua Hua already there. "Hua Hua, when did you get up?"
Hearing the voice, Xia Hua replied, "They got up at eight o'clock. That's the time they go out to sea. Why didn't they sleep a little longer?"
Shushu drank the most yesterday, probably because she was thinking about going to sea today, otherwise she wouldn't have gotten up so quickly.
"I'll get up and see if they've gone out to sea. They haven't come up yet, so they must not be cold. Have you had breakfast?"
"I've eaten, you can eat. Don't eat too much, or you won't be able to eat lunch." Getting up at this time is particularly inappropriate. Breakfast is a bit late, and lunch is a bit early. If it were an hour earlier or an hour later, it would be fine.
"I'll just have a cup of soy milk; I don't have much of an appetite." I drank too much last night, and now I don't want to eat anything.
"Okay, we can save some room for lunch!" As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Mo and his companion appeared on the sea, then flew onto the deck and pulled up a lot of bags.
These bags are for packing fish and shrimp. They're sturdy, but not big enough. Of course, they'd be fine for packing normal-sized seafood, but the seafood here is too big, so they're difficult to pack.
Looking at the seafood in the bag—crabs, shrimp, abalone, and sea urchins—it seems like a big haul. I'll pour them all into a basin, clean them, kill them, and then put them in the warehouse.
Live animals cannot be stored in the warehouse; they can only be killed. However, this refers to animals that die naturally, unlike seafood that dies abnormally.
"Is it cold down here?" An Shuyi asked as her husband came up.
Xiao Yubai shook his head, "It's not cold. We're still wearing clothes, so we can't feel it at all. It's only been a few months since we went down there, and there's so much more seafood in the sea now."
The seafood was just as plentiful as when they first went to sea, swimming freely in the water. The two of them were fast and caught it every time.
"As long as it's not cold, it's fine. Let's go down after we finish eating, or go down for a bit and then come back to eat."
“We’ll go down again and eat later. If you’re hungry, eat first and don’t wait for us. If you’re sleepy, go back to sleep. We’ll clean the seafood when we come back up.”
His wife didn't sleep a wink last night, and he doesn't know when she got up this morning, but she definitely didn't get enough sleep; you can tell from how listless she looks.
He didn't want to either; it was a physiological situation. If he didn't have a wife, it would be fine, but he did have one.
"I'm not hungry, I just had some soy milk. Be careful!" As for the matter of sleeping, she pretended not to hear it.
"Huahua, let's move these seafood to the kitchen, clean them, chop them into small pieces, and put them in storage boxes. We can take them out and cook them when we want to eat them."
These seafood items were too large and were alive, so they couldn't be put directly into the warehouse. They had to be cleaned, chopped into smaller pieces, and then placed in the warehouse.
Xia Hua nodded and helped her move the seafood to the kitchen. The two of them washed it together, chopped it into small pieces, and put it in a storage box. Meanwhile, Xiao Yubai and the other person had already gone back to sea.
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