Gong Qianyu shook his head, "No, we are strong enough to split it."

"Okay." Shui Ling nodded. After all, the fish skin will shrink when it dries, and cutting it will also affect the size.

Gong Qianyu and the others started to cut the fish meat, but Shui Ling was bored and had to take out a hammer to knock the fish teeth.

The three of them worked until noon the next day before finishing cutting up the fish.

Shui Ling chuckled: "That..."

Gong Qianyu raised his eyebrows and asked, "Any more?"

"Well, there are still a lot of things that need to be cleaned up and counted." Shui Ling was a little embarrassed. Isn't it bad not to let people rest?

Ci Yi smiled faintly: "Go and eat first, then meditate for a while after eating."

Shui Ling nodded, "Okay, I'll go cook."

Because there was no oil in this era, Shuiling could only fry the fish in fish oil, and it was delicious sprinkled with salt and spices.

After eating and drinking, the three of them went to meditate in the forest. Half an hour later they returned to the patio of the courtyard.

Shui Ling looked at the fish pieces and said, "How about we cut it thinly and dry it in the sun, otherwise we won't be able to finish the meal."

Gong Qianyu shook his head, "Don't you still have some marinade? Marinate it and dry it in the sun, so you can take it out and eat it at any time."

"That's fine." Shui Ling nodded, but soon became depressed again, "There's no big pot."

Gong Qianyu smiled and said: "The collapsed area over there has been cleaned up. There is still a room next to it that can be used as a warehouse. Let's build an open-air stove on the open space."

Shui Ling nodded, "That's no problem, but we still don't have a pot, not even a vat."

Gong Qianyu whispered: "Don't worry, I'll dig out the rocks."

"Huh?" Shui Ling looked at him puzzled.

Gong Qianyu explained, "Find a suitable stone and hollow it out to use as a pot."

"Okay." Shui Ling nodded and could only do this.

Ci Yi took out three large pots from his space and asked, "Is it enough?"

Shui Ling looked at him in surprise, "How come you put three big pots?"

Ci Yi coughed dryly and said, "Not three mouths."

"Huh?" Shui Ling looked at him in shock, could it be a family of four?

Ciyi took out five more pots. These large pots were all made of black iron, and they took up a lot of space when stacked together.

Shui Ling stared blankly at Ci Yi, why did he leave the pot? Judging from his previous ferocious temperament of killing people without batting an eyelid... he must be cooking people, right?

Seeing Shuiling's strange expression, Ciyi immediately said, "What are you thinking? These pots were delivered to someone, but after the delivery, the person insisted on deducting wages. When I got angry, I killed him."

Shui Ling, "..." Okay, but why does he want to deliver the goods?

Ciyi was a little embarrassed, but she didn't want Shuiling to misunderstand, so she explained: "I just woke up that day and was going to go down the mountain to relax. An old blacksmith couple at the foot of the mountain took me in and cooked for me."

His eyes softened, as if he felt warmth for the first time, so he remembered it so clearly.

"I know they are going to the city to deliver goods. Each pot costs one tael of silver. Eighty taels of silver is their annual expenses."

"I said I would send it to them, and they were very grateful. They didn't doubt that I would embezzle it for myself."

After a pause, he sighed, "Who knew that the person who received the goods was so picky, I would kill him."

Shui Ling frowned, not because he wanted to kill someone, but because he felt that the old couple would not receive the money.

Ciyi continued: "I gave them money, no more, no less, eight taels of silver."

Shui Ling nodded, that's fine. Giving too much may not make them live a good life.

Ci Yi looked at the iron pot and said, "It would take the couple a month to make such a pot. I put it in the ring and forgot about it."

Shui Ling saw Ci Yi's guilty conscience. He didn't forget it, but wanted to use this pot to remind him that he had also encountered warmth.

A person's heart cannot be all black, there is always a place that is soft.

Shui Ling flipped her hair and asked, "Should we build the stove first or pack things first?"

Gong Qianyu thought for a moment and said, "You clean up, and I'll build the stove."

"Okay." Shui Ling nodded.

Ciyi can't do those things, so it's better to stay and sort the items by yourself.

Shui Ling placed the fish meat and other items on the oilcloth, and the huge fish bones could only be pushed into the corner.

After the ground was cleared, Shuiling cleaned the ground with water and then spread another piece of oilcloth.

There are a lot of dry goods in the space, but they are mixed together in large baskets and need to be sorted.

For example, kelp, sea vegetables, sea bamboo shoots...these dry goods should be put together.

Dried shrimps, scallops, and dried fish should be put together.

The salt is okay, it's all packed in sacks. If Shuiling were asked to pick salt from these dry goods, Shuiling would go crazy.

After the seafood is sorted, Shui Ling takes them back into the space so that they can be sorted and put away for easy access in the future.

In the evening, Gong Qianyu said: "The stove is ready, can we just cook it?"

Shui Ling nodded, "Okay." Anyway, it's braised pork, not cooking, so it doesn't matter whether the pot is turned on or not.

Ciyi said: "You can just cook them directly. These pots have been treated by the old couple and they will not rust or stick to the pot."

Shui Ling raised his eyebrows. It turned out that ancient pots were sold after they were boiled. It happened that he didn't know how to boil the pot. He only knew that there was such a procedure.

Gong Qianyu cleaned the pot, and the three of them began to work with one pot each.

The marinated fish is spread out to dry, then cooled and cut into finger-long strips. Shuiling puts the fish strips on the roof to dry.

It took a day and a half to finish the work. Shui Ling clapped his hands and said, "Oh, I forgot to collect my things. You guys should be busy first while I go out for a while."

Gong Qianyu smiled slightly and went to check the fish bones. Some fish bones were polished and could be used as weapons.

Ciyi asked: "What is this long thing in the bone?"

Gong Qianyu replied: "Dragon tendon."

"How is that possible?" Ciyi looked sideways.

Gong Qianyu smiled and said: "Isn't the fish bone marrow marinated? Let's try it later."

"Yeah." Ciyi nodded. He just wanted to try it, otherwise he wouldn't ask.

Gong Qianyu pried open the fish bones one by one. There was something like jelly in each section. He dug it out with a spoon and put it in a basin.

Ciyi asked: "Can this thing be eaten?"

Gong Qianyu nodded, "Of course." After saying that, he stopped answering Ci Yi's question.

At this moment, Shui Ling ran to the tribe and put all the iron pipes into the space and threw them directly into the corridor. Anyway, the iron pipes were not afraid of drying out.

After throwing a few pieces away, Shui Ling discovered a problem.

Holding one end of the iron pipe by yourself, you can reach out of the door and then take it back.

Then put the dried fish in a bag and throw it into the corridor, and then drag it back with a tied rope. Wouldn't you be able to make dried fish quickly?

She immediately returned to the courtyard, packed the fish meat into a sack, tied a rope around the mouth of the sack, entered the space and threw it out of the office door.

The sack quickly became smaller in the corridor, and Shui Ling tried to pull it back again.
Chapter completed!