"I'll spend my fucking time however I want! Like you can talk, you're spending yours fucking cleaning! I'm doing other shit too!"

Like working on the cave in, and being actually useful.

"Fixing this place up is stupid and it's a waste of time! And I don't want them for meat unless we have to eat them! It's for their protection!"

He's not going to seal them in a room and let them starve to death. He has his priorities, which may not resonate with Chocolat, but her obsession with cleaning seems just as ridiculous to Jiro.