Chapter 485 This time I came with a gift

In a villa on Norderney Island, Xiao Peng and his group were enjoying hot pot. Also in the room were Chen Zetao, Zhang Cuijian, and Chen Zetao's assistant, Wang Lou.

"Brother Xiao," Chen Zetao said, "Aren't you afraid of getting a sore throat from eating hot pot in this hot weather?"

Xiao Peng laughed and said, "Brother Chen, you're really wronging me. This is a treat only for distinguished guests. The mutton you're eating now is two taels of green goat meat flown in specially! If you don't want to eat it, save it for me. I don't think the Frisian lamb from Germany tastes good no matter how much I eat it!"

Chen Zetao was a connoisseur, so he put down his chopsticks and started rinsing the food without saying a word.

Both mutton and goat meat are edible, but the taste is very different. Goats are lively and cannot be kept in captivity, so they grow meat slowly, so their price is higher than mutton.

From the perspective of someone who doesn't like mutton, mutton is actually tastier than goat meat. After all, mutton has more fat and less of a strong smell. However, mutton lovers prefer the strong smell of mutton. The mutton used in China's "Four Great Mutton Soups" is goat meat, not mutton.

The "green goat" Xiao Peng and his friends ate was the same goat used in the "Danxian Goat Soup," one of the four great goat soups. It's also a currently endangered species.

In the early years, due to the low breeding level of farmers, most farmers adopted primitive and extensive breeding methods. They had not undergone purification and rejuvenation for many years, and inbreeding was very serious. As a result, the quality of the blue goat breed has seriously deteriorated. Today's blue goats are small in size and grow slowly, and their economic efficiency is very low.

However, in recent years, the country has also paid attention to the protection of blue goats and started to build modern and scientific blue goat fattening plants, which has changed the survival status of the blue goat, a mutton breed.

As for the "two taels of meat" that Xiao Peng mentioned, it refers to a small piece of meat from the lamb's tenderloin. It is called this because there is only a small part of it on a sheep. Using "two taels" to describe its preciousness is actually not that small. A sheep can weigh one or two kilograms. It looks like fat oozing out of the lamb's muscles, and it is so tender and smooth when you eat it.

That's probably one of the tastiest parts of a sheep.

"It must be hard to get this meat, right?" Zhang Cuijian asked.

Xiao Peng said, "It's really troublesome. As you know, the EU has banned our lamb products. I only managed to get this through the Governor of Lower Saxony. The lamb still has to go through quarantine procedures, which is a complicated process. As you know, I've spent the past two months fighting the lawsuit, and I'm a 'depressed' person. How can I feel better without eating something delicious? I told Governor Weil that I wanted to go back to China to eat lamb, and he sent me some Frisian lamb, but it tasted bland. When he heard I wanted to eat green goat, he gave me a special privilege. But as you know, it loses its flavor if it's kept for too long, so I didn't buy too much. A total of one hundred pounds, but it's just two taels of meat. You can take some when you leave."

"How can we possibly take it after hearing what you said?" Chen Zetao said, "This sesame sauce tastes really good."

Xiao Peng gave a thumbs-up: "Good taste! This is the Erba Sauce from Tongri Shengliang Store!"

Chen Zetao nodded and said, "I haven't had this in years! I was thinking of buying some when I returned home a while ago, but I didn't expect to taste it here!"

Zhang Cuijian asked in confusion, "What's Tongrisheng Grain Store? What's Erbajiang? What are you talking about?"

Xiao Peng smiled and said, "I can tell you don't go to Beidu very often. Let me put it this way, if you don't eat sesame paste as a meal, you're not really a Beidu person. Tong Risheng Grain Store is the only state-owned grain store in Beidu. Erbajiang is the sesame paste sold there. Simply put, it's 20% sesame paste and 80% peanut butter. Of course, there's other things in it that we don't know about. It can be said that this place supports half of the sauce vendors online: they don't have to worry about sales anyway, there are always queues outside the door, and the production of handmade sauces is not high, so Tong Risheng Grain Store has never considered online sales. It's really difficult to buy sesame paste there if you don't live near the Lama Temple!"

Zhang Cuijian said, "I still prefer oil sauce for hot pot. I can't get used to this sesame paste."

Chen Zetao said, "Dietary habits vary. People in Beidu place great importance on sesame paste. You know, people in Beidu pronounce erhua a lot, and they're very discerning about food. They'll add an erhua to anything they deem inferior, like donkey rolls or bean juice. But sesame paste? There's no erhua at all. It's a sign of respect! If you go to Beidu and eat hot pot with an oil dip, be careful not to fit in! Besides, this Erba sauce is hard to come by! Try it now."

Zhang Cuijian raised her hands in surrender and said, "Okay, since you guys are talking so much, I'll try it. These things must be expensive to get from here."

Xiao Peng laughed and said, "Why talk about money? Counting shipping costs and such, the mutton should be 200 euros per pound, and the 28-spice sauce is about the same."

"Oh my god!" Zhang Cuijian exclaimed after hearing this: "I can see that Brother Xiao is a rich man."

Xiao Peng said, "Whether I dress well or not is known to others, but whether I eat well or not is known to me. I earn so much money but still have to eat coarse grains? Would you believe me if I told you? Wear a hat that fits your head. Don't show off when you don't have money, and don't pretend to be poor when you have money. It's all meaningless. But Brother Chen and Brother Zhang, you came here to persuade me to be a host again, right? I really don't have that idea now. I've been on this island for more than two months and done nothing. The best way to ruin a person is to let him have some free time. I'm so idle now that I don't want to do anything. I'm not short of money now. I almost lost my life saving someone and even went to court. No matter how I think about it, it's not worth it. So I'm seriously considering retirement. Look, isn't it pretty good now?"

Chen Zetao and Zhang Cuijian looked at each other and laughed.

Xiao Peng was stunned: "What are you laughing at?"

Chen Zetao said, "We knew you would say that when we came here. You're right. We really did urge you to continue promoting the ocean and making contributions this time, but we didn't come here empty-handed."

Xiao Peng waved his hand and said, "Brother Chen, no matter how much money you give me, it's useless. Do you think I'm still short of money now?"

Chen Zetao smiled and said, "Of course you are not short of money, so we have no intention of giving you any money!"

"Then what did you bring?" Xiao Peng asked puzzledly.

Chen Zetao laughed and said, "Don't you always say that the country doesn't care about you? This time, I'm going to give you something good!"

Xiao Peng's face was filled with black lines: "It's not money? Don't tell me it's an honorary title."

Chen Zetao laughed and scolded, "What are you thinking? Can the country be so stingy? Xiao Wang, move your things in and let Brother Xiao open his eyes!!"