TAB Chapter 086.1

Shan Qixin’s daily filming at home officially started after Shan Qihuan, the only one in the family who had to clock in at the company, went to work.

During the filming, they were responsible for cooking for themselves, Shan Qixin couldn’t cook, and Shan Qihuan was busy every day, Shen Yuhan couldn’t bear to have him go into the kitchen every day when he came back, so three meals a day fell on him, of course, he was also happy to make some delicious supplements for his family.

Filming is filming, but the main character is not Shen Yuhan, he just follows his own lifestyle, instead, he has to thank the program team, his husband will come back early to have dinner with him these two days, so he can have a good rest for two nights.

After breakfast, Shen Yuhan is going to the supermarket.

Shan Qixin was urged by his manager to devote himself to filming and creating more material, so he volunteered¹自告奮勇 (zì gào fèn yǒng): to offer to do something voluntarily and enthusiastically; to volunteer for; to offer to undertake (a difficult/dangerous task); to take the initiative to undertake a difficult task. to go shopping with Shen Yuhan.

“Sister-in-law, I’ll go with you.”

“Okay, let’s go then.” Shen Yuhan carried a reusable bag, which he usually uses when buying groceries.

Shan Qixin excitedly rushed to get the car keys from the cabinet, he had long coveted his brother’s sports car.

But Shen Yuhan asked him: “Brother-in-law, what are you doing with the car key?”

Shan Qixin is holding the key to the car he wants to drive the most: “Aren’t we going to buy groceries? I’ll drive.”

“We’ll go on foot.” Shen Yuhan’s words shattered his imagination, “There’s a large supermarket and a vegetable market nearby, we don’t need to drive.”

Shan Qixin put the key back into the cabinet with great disappointment: “Oh, okay.”

The two of them went out, followed by the filming crew from the program team.

They first went to the supermarket, Shan Qixin had only bought water in the supermarket before, and since this was his first reality show, it was very casual.

After entering the supermarket, he asked Shen Yuhan what he needed to buy.

Shen Yuhan went straight to the vegetables section of the supermarket, the people buying vegetables at this time were all elderly people and housewives, and Shen Yuhan carefully selected the ingredients he needed.

Shan Qixin had no idea what to do: “Sister-in-law, do you usually go out and buy it yourself?”

Shen Yuhan nodded: “Yes, it’s just the two of us for lunch, so why don’t we make something casual?”

Shan Qixin felt that his sister-in-law was quite good to his third brother, and was a bit envious: “Why do you just cook something casual while I’m here, you will cook something delicious when my brother comes back in the evening.”

“He is my husband, so of course I will prepare delicious food for him, he works so hard.” Shen Yuhan answered as a matter of course.

Shan Qixin was very shameless in order to eat a bite: “I also work very hard, and also need to replenish myself.”

Shen Yuhan looked at his plump and round face, and casually pointed to the lively²活蹦亂跳 (huó bèng luàn tiào): to leap and frisk about (idiom); lively; healthy and active; alive and kicking; be healthy-looking and vivacious; skip and jump about with joy; gambol; jumping up and down, lively, joyful, and full of life. fresh shrimp, and said: “How about I cook you some shrimp for lunch?”

“Okay.” He felt like he was being dismissed casually, “How about frying some more crabs?” He has been craving seafood lately.

Shen Yuhan said: “Sure, steamed crabs, simple.”

“Can’t it be stir-fried?” Shan Qixin gestured twice, “Spicy crab.”

“You don’t have to keep in shape?” Shen Yuhan looked at him.

“No, no, we can buy some more crayfish.” Shan Qixin began to order.

Shen Yuhan thought the crayfish were good, but they could be eaten at night, not at lunch.

“Crayfish can’t be bought here, let’s go to the vegetable market.”

The accompanying program crew and others almost died laughing, online, Shan Qixin is labeled as the noble son of a wealthy and powerful family, but who knew that in private, he would interact with his family like this, there seems to be quite a bit of affection between him and his young sister-in-law?

The two of them bought some fresh vegetables and crayfish at the vegetable market, which made Shan Qixin drool with anticipation.

“Have you ever cooked crayfish?” Shan Qixin began to order again, “How about spicy crayfish?”

“No.” Shen Yuhan handed a large bag of crayfish to Shan Qixin, “Hold it, your brother doesn’t like to eat spicy.”

Shan Qixin sighed, why did he regret shooting at his third brother’s house?

His sister-in-law also pampered his third brother too much, in the future, he should also look for someone who pampered him like this.

When they returned home, both of them had their hands full, when passing by the park, Shen Yuhan deliberately took out the cat food he brought with him when he went out and poured it in one place.

Shan Qixin felt that his sister-in-law still had quite a few little secrets: “Does my brother know that you still come out to feed stray cats?”

Shen Yuhan shook his head: “I don’t know.” He just almost became a stray himself, when he saw the stray cats, he couldn’t help but empathize with them, so he bought some cat food, and fed them a couple of times when he passed by.

As soon as the cat food came in, three kittens, two or three months old, poked their heads out, Shen Yuhan squatted down and reached out to touch one of the lively calico kittens, guiding them to eat the cat food, Shan Qixin also squatted down and played with the cat.

“Why don’t you take them home?” It’s not like the family can’t afford them.

“Your brother is allergic to cat hair and cannot keep cats, I think they live quite comfortably here, if they really run into trouble, we will come over and take them to the company.”

“Oh, I remember that my brother built a cat rubbing area in the company.” It was even on the trending search at that time, a group of social workers shouted about other people’s companies.

Shen Yuhan said: “Um, I do go there occasionally, they are very happy here, so there is no need to take them there now.”

Shan Qixin still has a love for stray cats and dogs: “They have to be sterilized when they grow up, otherwise, their children will become stray again.”

“Is that so?” Shen Yuhan didn’t expect this, because in their Qi Kingdom, they can’t wait for the leopard cat to give birth to more cubs, and even take them home to catch mice, “Then why don’t we get someone to come over in the afternoon and bring them back to the company, but not just the kittens, but the mother cat as well.”

“Yes, they will also have a place to stay in the future.” Shan Qixin agreed with him, “I’ll find someone to take them away this afternoon.”

It was almost time for lunch, Shen Yuhan and Shan Qixin returned home.

There were no crayfish for lunch, only shrimp and crab.

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Shen Yuhan’s rhythm of life is still relatively regular, he had lunch and went to take a nap.

At two o’clock in the afternoon, he was practicing calligraphy and painting in his study.

When he went downstairs to drink water, the director said there was nothing to shoot and asked him if he could shoot his daily life.

Shen Yuhan didn’t immediately agree: “You’re not going to film my brother-in-law?”

“He just sent the stray cat to Chief Shan’s company, and he’s on his way back now.” The director didn’t leave because he found Shen Yuhan to be an interesting person, at such a young age, his cooking skills are quite sophisticated, and he can make a gourmet documentary.

“Mr. Shen, if you don’t mind, can I film your daily life?”

“But my daily life is nothing, I just write, paint, and water the flowers.”

This is modesty, doesn’t he know how much one of his paintings can fetch now?

The director was determined not to give up this rare opportunity: “Your calligraphy and paintings are beyond our reach³望塵莫及 (wàng chén mò jí): lit. to see only the other rider’s dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom); to see the dust ahead and be unable to catch up; so far behind that one can only see the dust of the rider ahead―too far behind to catch up with; (usually humble) to be far inferior; too inferior to bear comparison; refers to looking at the clouds of dust raised by people and horses walking in the distance, but being unable to catch up with them. It is a metaphor for falling far behind others, far behind, and unable to catch up., and in our eyes, you are a master.”

After being boasted, Shen Yuhan no longer refused, but reminded them of a few words: “Yes, then you can only film my study, my husband’s study is not accessible.”

The director thought to himself that Shen Yuhan was really easy to talk to: “I understand.”

Shen Yuhan took them to his study room, as soon as he entered, he said: “The study room is a bit small, and it might be a bit messy.”

The director’s team and others stared in disbelief: “…”

Is this called small? Is this called small? So angry!

The director wasn’t a frog at the bottom of a well⁴井底之蛙 (jǐng dǐ zhī wā): lit. a frog at the bottom of a well (who can only see a small part of the sky through the opening) (idiom); fig. a person of limited outlook and experience; a “frog in a well”, a person of very limited outlook and experience; frog in a well―person with a narrow view; a metaphor for those who are short-sighted; From Zhuangzi: 井鼃不可以語於海者，拘於虛也。, A frog in a well cannot be talked with about an ocean – it is confined to its own narrow place. Note: 鼃 is an ancient character for frog. In modern times, it has often been replaced with 蛙 (wā). after all, and immediately recovered his surprise: “Are you practicing calligraphy or painting?”

“Practicing calligraphy, this is my daily homework, after practicing calligraphy, I will practice the qin for a while, if you find it boring, you can go downstairs to rest.”

“No, no, you’re busy with your own things, we’ll just film it, and make sure we don’t mess with your belongings.”

It is estimated that any item in this study may be worth more than ten years of their salary.

When Shen Yuhan was in Qi Kingdom, he was surrounded by many people, after the director’s team and others came in, he was not nervous at all and did whatever he needed to do, without delaying his daily life at all.

At around four o’clock in the afternoon, he stopped playing the qin and went to the kitchen, everyone followed him downstairs.

By this time, Shan Qixin had also returned from Shan Qihuan’s company and had successfully settled the kittens.

He thought he could take a break, but in the end, his sister-in-law asked him to go to the kitchen to help with the shrimp vein.

Shan Qixin: “…”

Shen Yuhan saw his doubts: “Don’t you want to eat crayfish? It tastes delicious when you do it yourself, otherwise, it won’t taste good.”

“Okay, I believe you.” Shan Qixin started to work under Shen Yuhan’s persuasion.

When it was almost six o’clock, Shen Yuhan took off his apron, and came out of the kitchen, he went to the door and looked around.

A minute later, Shan Qihuan’s car appeared in his sight.

Shan Qihuan got out of the car, in addition to his computer bag, he also held a bouquet of red baby’s-breath⁵紅色的滿天星 (hóng sè de mǎn tiān xīng): Gypsophila is a genus of flowering plants in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae. They are native to Eurasia, Africa, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. The genus name is from the Greek gypsos (“gypsum”) and philios (“loving”), a reference to the gypsum-rich substrates on which some species grow. Plants of the genus are known commonly as baby’s-breath, or bebe’s breath, a name which also refers specifically to the well known ornamental species Gypsophila paniculata. .

When Shen Yuhan saw him, he immediately greeted him and was about to take his briefcase, but Shan Qihuan gave him the bouquet instead.

Shan Qihuan said with a tense face: “I saw this when I was passing by, and remembered that we don’t seem to have this kind of flower at home.” He usually buys flowers, but he is also afraid that his wife will not like them, so he asks a little cautiously, “Do you like them?”

Shen Yuhan lowered his head and smelled it, then tilted his head to look at him: “I like it, thank you, Honey.”

“Bought it randomly.” The lines on Shan Qihuan’s face softened, and he led him by the hand into the house.

The next part will be up soon.

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  自告奮勇 (zì gào fèn yǒng): to offer to do something voluntarily and enthusiastically; to volunteer for; to offer to undertake (a difficult/dangerous task); to take the initiative to undertake a difficult task.
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  活蹦亂跳 (huó bèng luàn tiào): to leap and frisk about (idiom); lively; healthy and active; alive and kicking; be healthy-looking and vivacious; skip and jump about with joy; gambol; jumping up and down, lively, joyful, and full of life.
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  望塵莫及 (wàng chén mò jí): lit. to see only the other rider’s dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom); to see the dust ahead and be unable to catch up; so far behind that one can only see the dust of the rider ahead―too far behind to catch up with; (usually humble) to be far inferior; too inferior to bear comparison; refers to looking at the clouds of dust raised by people and horses walking in the distance, but being unable to catch up with them. It is a metaphor for falling far behind others, far behind, and unable to catch up.
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  井底之蛙 (jǐng dǐ zhī wā): lit. a frog at the bottom of a well (who can only see a small part of the sky through the opening) (idiom); fig. a person of limited outlook and experience; a “frog in a well”, a person of very limited outlook and experience; frog in a well―person with a narrow view; a metaphor for those who are short-sighted; From Zhuangzi: 井鼃不可以語於海者，拘於虛也。, A frog in a well cannot be talked with about an ocean – it is confined to its own narrow place. Note: 鼃 is an ancient character for frog. In modern times, it has often been replaced with 蛙 (wā).
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  紅色的滿天星 (hóng sè de mǎn tiān xīng): Gypsophila is a genus of flowering plants in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae. They are native to Eurasia, Africa, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. The genus name is from the Greek gypsos (“gypsum”) and philios (“loving”), a reference to the gypsum-rich substrates on which some species grow. Plants of the genus are known commonly as baby’s-breath, or bebe’s breath, a name which also refers specifically to the well known ornamental species Gypsophila paniculata.