Chapter 458 Interstellar Era 2
"Give me one for my girlfriend, she loves green plants the most!"
"I want three, one each for my mom, my wife, and my daughter."
"I bought it for myself and put it in my bedroom. It will definitely help me have sweet dreams!"
"I heard that the people of Ancient Blue Star like to keep green plants in their rooms, such as turtle trees, fortune trees, and money plants. They are very good for bringing wealth!"
"It's a pity that they are all extinct. I don't know when the research institute will be able to research them!"
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Ivy was very popular and customers flocked to it. Almost everyone bought one, and some bought several. Luo Xinxin and Li Rong squeezed in a little and saw the ivy on the wall clearly.
In fact, it is just a simulated light and shadow projection. Even if you stand in front of it, you can't see it. You can only see it when you put your hand in. The high technology in the interstellar age is really awesome.
"You two, this is one of the favorite green plants of the ancient blue star people. It's called the Siberian Tiger. It costs ten thousand star coins each." The salesman said enthusiastically.
Although the clothes worn by the man and woman were a bit strange, he had sharp eyes and could tell that they were definitely not ordinary people, and their aura was extraordinary.
"It's called creeper. The Siberian tiger is an animal, not a plant."
Luo Xinxin couldn't help it, and called a creeper a Siberian tiger. She really couldn't stand it.
The salesman was stunned for a few seconds, then smiled and said, "Ma'am, are you mistaken? It's a Siberian tiger, officially recognized by the research institute. Ivy is the cute little animal."
A few customers heard their conversation and gathered around with interest. One young girl exclaimed, "That's right. My teacher just said in class a few days ago that creepers are very cute and can quickly crawl up a 90-degree vertical wall. It's a pity that they are extinct."
Luo Xinxin and Li Rong had frowns on their foreheads. The gap in common sense in the interstellar era was more serious than they had imagined.
"Excuse me, what kind of geckos are you guys talking about here?"
Li Rong was very curious. If the ivy took over the identity of the gecko, where would the gecko be assigned to?
The girl racked her brains for a long time and shook her head embarrassedly, "I don't know. The teacher didn't mention geckos. Can you tell me what a gecko is?"
"I never heard my teacher mention geckos when I was in school."
"Neither do I, sir. Are the geckos you're talking about also green plants?"
More and more people gathered around, and they all looked very young. They were very interested in the gecko that Li Rong mentioned.
Luo Xinxin sighed, took out paper and pen from her bag, drew a lifelike gecko, and colored it with paint pens. She had been drawing when she had nothing to do at home over the years, and her painting skills improved rapidly.
"This is a gecko, this is a creeper, and the Siberian tiger is a ferocious beast. It looks like this."
Luo Xinxin drew as she spoke, and then she drew a mighty Siberian tiger and added color to it.
Li Rong nudged her gently and whispered, "These people seem stupid. Do interstellar people have intermittent dementia?"
Luo Xinxin raised her head and saw that the customers who had been enthusiastic and lively before had all stopped watching her hands, as if they had pressed the pause button. Their eyes didn't move at all and they just stared at her hands blankly.
"Are you okay?"
She waved her hand a few times in front of the girl closest to her. The girl finally responded, pointing at the pen and paper in Luo Xinxin's hand with a trembling hand, and asked stutteringly, "Are you...are you using the legendary paper?"
The others also came to their senses and had the same reaction as the girl, staring at the paper with intense eyes as if they wanted to snatch it away.
Luo Xinxin flipped the paper in her hand and nodded. "It's paper, yes. Are you extinct too?"
"Papermaking is not extinct, but the raw materials are too scarce. No one would be so extravagant as to use wood to make paper. Madam, how could you doodle on such precious paper? It's too extravagant and too wasteful..."
"Ma'am, can I touch the paper? I promise to do it gently."
"Ma'am, I want to touch you too. I'm also very gentle!"
Everyone was shocked by the legendary paper. Only the top powerful families had such precious paper. Ordinary people might never have seen paper in their entire lives.
Because they were too surprised, they didn't notice the strangeness in Luo Xinxin's words and thought they were the legendary dignitaries.
Luo Xinxin generously placed the paper on the table. Everyone was very polite and lined up to take turns touching the paper. When they touched the paper, their expressions were more affectionate than when they touched their lovers. Some people even put the paper on their faces and kissed it, and they were so moved that they burst into tears.
Everyone was very grateful to Luo Xinxin and Li Rong for their generosity and came over one by one to express their gratitude.
"You're welcome. The most important thing is, this isn't a Siberian tiger. It's called a creeper. This is what a Siberian tiger is, and this is what a gecko is. Don't call it the wrong name."
Luo Xinxin started teaching again, but she couldn't stand the chaos of names, none of which were correct.
"But isn't this a kitten? It seems to be called a golden tabby."
"Yes, this is a golden tabby, a very cute kitten. Last year for my birthday, my boyfriend gave me a simulated golden tabby, exactly like this one."
Everyone is certain that the Siberian tiger is a kitten, and they have provided strong evidence.
They searched for pictures of golden tabby cats on the computer and found that they looked like Siberian tigers. Ivy also looked like geckos, and Siberian tigers looked like ivy. Luo Xinxin was confused by what she saw.
She also checked some common animals and plants in life. Fortunately, she got the chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cows and sheep right. However, the interstellar animals had mutated and became very large in size. Chickens were as big as ostriches, and the meat was very rough and not tasty.
The same goes for other livestock. Their meat is coarse, tough, and has a fishy smell. Even the best chefs can't handle it properly, and the resulting meat is not delicious.
Therefore, the main food of interstellar people is nutritional supplements, which come in various flavors, are simple, convenient and fast, and can maintain the body's daily energy.
A primary nutritional supplement costs 100 star coins, an intermediate one costs 1,000 star coins, an advanced one costs 10,000 star coins, and a special nutritional supplement costs 100 star coins. The raw materials are all natural organic food, and only rich people can afford it.
Delicacies like braised pork, steamed pork with rice flour, boiled fish, mapo tofu, three fresh vegetables, grilled fish, and spicy dry pot have completely disappeared in the interstellar era. They can only be seen in video materials. Even the powerful and wealthy cannot eat them because no one knows how to cook them.
Even if someone knows how to make it, they can't get all the raw materials and seasonings.
Luo Xinxin sighed. What kind of life do interstellar people live? It’s even more miserable than the overseas Chinese in South Korea.
They left the ivy booth, and the piece of paper with the drawings of the Siberian tiger and gecko was left on the table and taken away by a young man in his twenties.
The products exhibited in this exhibition are all related to green plants and flowers, but most of them are light and shadow. Luo Xinxin and her friend looked all the way and saw lilies, roses, peonies, green bamboos, ancient pines and cypresses, etc., all of which were projected with light and shadow. Thankfully, they did not confuse the names of these common plants.
"These plants are all extinct. It seems the radiation was very strong back then. So many plants and animals became extinct. Fortunately, humans have survived."
Luo Xinxin and Li Rong discussed in a low voice.
"Perhaps the seeds and breeding animals they brought out were contaminated by radiation and could not reproduce, so they became extinct." Li Rong guessed.
Luo Xinxin nodded, very likely.
There was a booth in front that was surrounded by a dense crowd of people, three layers inside and three layers outside. It seemed that the products in this booth were very valuable.
Li Rong led the way and pulled Luo Xinxin in. This booth had no light or shadow projection, only three pots of plants, or to be more precise, three large pots of plants.
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