He bought the required appliances, including a mini refrigerator, a rice cooker and a mini oven.

In a video this month, Shi tries fried fish in his cab. Using a pair of scissors to cut and gut the fish, he marinates it and then puts it in a pan with onions. Then he adds garlic, and red pepper flakes in oil.

The sizzling fish is mouth-watering.

"You live a poetic life out of everyday boredom," a Douyin user comments on the video.

For Shi, this is life which he doesn't have much of a choice and it is not poetic at all. In 2018, Shi went into business with friends but it failed and he owes a bank tens of thousands of yuan.

With his wife a stay-at-home mother, Shi is the sole breadwinner in the family.