Chapter 89 The Extraordinary Value of Baijiu
Xiao Zhenping actually said he could eat a whole lobster king in one meal? Open your handsome eyes and take a look! This lobster king is bigger than a king crab, and it looks like it weighs at least 7 pounds. Compared to king crab, where only the legs are edible and there isn't much meat in the rest of the body, this is a different story.
Apart from its deep red shell, this lobster king looks like it's all meat, especially its large head, which resembles that of a red prawn; it seems like it must be full of roe...
Matsuda silently looked away from the glare of disapproval, but stubbornly insisted, "It's just a lobster, right? Just eat it."
"They're just too big. I reckon eating them will make me a bit full." Feng Xingshou said this, but his actions were quite direct. After leaving behind three king lobsters, he quickly gathered up the rest of the king lobsters.
The materials and the other silver treasure chest remained untouched. They would use the materials to acquire the two universal blueprints after dinner, and if the silver treasure chest yielded any useful blueprints, they would definitely use those as well.
So, the three of them—Fū-chan, who had a huge appetite—as evidenced by her chubby physique, and the stubborn Matsuda and Hagiwara, washed their hands and faces, which had gotten dirty in the dungeon, and opened the exquisite glass lunchbox, still steaming hot. It was like a lobster king from another world, and they started eating.
And this king lobster lives up to its appearance. Apart from a thin shell, the meat inside is full of sweet and fresh meat. The meat is very tender even after steaming. After opening the shell, it is full of pinkish shrimp brain and shrimp roe that looks like salmon roe.
The flavor is so delicious and tender that it's hard to describe. Even the shrimp legs have meat about the thickness of chopsticks hidden inside, which can be easily pulled out with a simple break. They have a slightly chewier texture than other parts of the shrimp, but the flavor is even sweeter...
So delicious! After a few bites, Feng Xingshou couldn't resist taking out three bottles of cola from his backpack, one for himself and one for each of them: "It's so good, you guys probably want to drink alcohol, but we have to drive this afternoon, so let's make do with cola for now! We can save the alcohol for tonight."
"No! I prefer cola to alcohol." Tsk! She ate almost half of it in just a few bites. Her eating habits are just as cute as they were back then. I'm a little envious of her good appetite! Matsuda thought to himself as he watched his junior schoolmate eat with gusto.
Hearing that Kazesei was planning to eat steamed lobster again that night, Hagiwara couldn't help but comment, "Kaze-chan! You don't need to eat such a feast for lunch and dinner in a row, do you?"
"Oh! Okay then." Feng Xingshou had thought they would want to eat more seafood that night because they seemed to be enjoying their meal, but she was surprised that they refused. She had been looking for an excuse to have another meal with such delicious seafood that night.
Looks like I'll have to find an excuse to have a big meal again in a few days. It's a shame I can't share this delicious food with my brother! What a pity!
Matsuda, seeing the disappointment practically written all over her face, was speechless: "If you like it, then keep eating it tonight. We don't have to eat the same thing every day, every meal. Everyone has their own preferences!"
The education Japanese receive from childhood instills in them an instinctive rejection of luxury and dieting, believing that living a self-disciplined life is the only way to be worthy of the country and the people.
Even if they know it's brainwashing indoctrination of the general public from above, they've been told this since childhood, making them subconsciously follow it in their daily lives.
The subconscious choice to live a life of moderation in all aspects led Hagi to say that unconsciously when she heard about the dinner arrangements.
"It's just my personal habit that I'm not used to enjoying such good food continuously, so you don't need to worry about me, Fuu-chan!" Hagiwara saw the regretful expression on Fuu Hoshimori's face and realized that he shouldn't impose his own subconscious desire for a more frugal lifestyle on Fuu-chan. He quickly explained that he was only referring to himself.
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"Why are you two reacting so strongly? I'm not so extravagant as to eat delicious food every day, no matter how expensive it is!" Feng Xingshou was a little surprised to see the two of them reacting so strongly that they even stopped eating.
However, considering that their observational skills were just as exaggerated as his brother's, and that it would be difficult to hide any thoughts from them, he realized that they might have misunderstood him, so he simply explained, "I'm just a little disappointed that I can't share such delicious food with my brother."
Don't you think it's a shame that we have so much food left, but can't share this super delicious food with our important family and friends? Sigh! If only we could give some to my brother! Oh, and we could also share it with your colleague; at least he's still my brother's colleague!
"Hmm! It's not impossible. Didn't you just give me a lamp and a timer in the dungeon? If we can contact Kofuya in the next dungeon, we can leave the Lobster King for him."
"Have him pass some on to your brother so he can try it." Hagiwara heard the regret on her face because of this. His dislike of disappointing women he liked made him think of a solution in the blink of an eye.
Matsuda, who was standing nearby, had an idea when he heard this, and then added, "By the way, you can set aside a small portion of the food and fruit from your rewards and prepare it if you can really contact Furuya."
You could also ask him to send them to the food safety department for testing to check the safety of these ingredients. Although we've eaten some of the game reward ingredients these days, we should have reacted long ago if there were any problems.
This kind of inspection is probably a bit redundant, but high-level food safety testing can detect more detailed components of food, and may be able to detect components in these ingredients that are different from those on our planet.
After all, this lobster king doesn't look like something from our planet. And if there are components that don't exist on our planet, scientists might be able to deduce the growth environment of these foods based on those components..."
"Even if the chances are small, it's still possible to obtain some information about the biological environment of the game's organizers' world!" Hagiwara's eyes lit up when he realized this was a good idea. He praised in his heart, "As expected of Kojinpei, his reaction is so quick."
Hearing what they said, Feng Xingshou couldn't help but look down at the lobster king he had only gnawed on, leaving only a small part of the tail. He felt like he was eating a completely different kind of food than them. Why was he only thinking about whether it tasted good or not, and not about these other things?
Not wanting to appear stupid or unintelligent in front of Hagiwara, she pretended to have similar thoughts, nodded somewhat eagerly, and said, "That's what I was thinking too. By the way, if we could get in touch with your friend..."
Remember to wait until he's checked and confirmed the ingredients are safe before giving them to my brother. Cooked seafood keeps well anyway; even if it's frozen, thawed, and steamed again, such good quality ingredients will still taste delicious, even if the texture deteriorates a little from freezing.
Anyway, even if their friends were Japanese police investigating where the brother worked, he definitely wouldn't dare to betray his brother before the three of them successfully rescued his friends. Even if she wasn't as smart as them, she could guess that. o(￣ヘ￣o＃)
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"Okay! That's how we'll do it then." Hagiwara smiled as he looked at Fuu-chan's adorable, defiant expression.
Tsk! This sickeningly sweet smile is unbearable to look at. Matsuda couldn't help but glance at his 'love-obsessed' childhood friend with his half-moon eyes.
"This shrimp meat is delicious, no wonder it's called the King of Lobsters." At the same time, after putting his worries aside, Feng Xingshou took another bite of the thick lobster meat and couldn't help but praise it while thinking, "Hagiwara just said that the ranking of the rewards represents the value of the rewards."
The fact that the Lobster King is listed before the Durian King suggests either that it tastes better or that it's more valuable than the Durian King in the game's world, thus justifying the rewards preceding it...
Wait a minute! Something's not right. She realized something was off and hurriedly swallowed the shrimp meat in her mouth. She addressed Hagiwara and Matsuda, who were very polite in their eating posture and could even break large pieces of shrimp meat into smaller pieces with chopsticks without knives and forks, saying, "Hagiwara, Matsuda."
Didn't you two just say that when the game announces rewards, the more valuable the reward, the higher the ranking? The Baijiu (a type of Chinese liquor) ranked before the Lobster King reward is a fairly well-known Chinese liquor, said to have a very ancient and historical brewing method.
However, this kind of baijiu is not expensive in my country. The 40-year-old aged baijiu is much cheaper than other major brands of baijiu, and it has never sold for millions of dollars a bottle as you mentioned before.
I feel that if this lobster king were sold on Earth, even if it didn't fetch the price of that wine you mentioned earlier, which was over $2 million, it could probably still sell for tens or hundreds of thousands.
Why, according to the game organizers' rules, is our relatively inexpensive Earth-based baijiu (Chinese liquor) valued more than the seemingly more expensive Lobster King?
"Indeed! I remember that there is a type of durian that is very rare in Japan. Every time it ripens, it is auctioned off. Its quality and size are not even as good as the durian king that was just awarded! Every time it sells for tens of thousands of dollars, or even more."
Why is it that in China, even ordinary Chinese liquor is more valuable than lobster king or durian king, while in Japan, rare durians and even Ise lobsters are more expensive than Chinese liquor? When Matsuda heard Kazesei-no-Mori mention this, his chopsticks paused.
"After all, one is a specialty of Earth, and the other is suspected to be a specialty of the game's organizers. Perhaps the two have different values. The King Lobster and the King Durian are considered ordinary but slightly expensive ingredients in their respective places."
"A 40-year-old aged baijiu is a very precious and valuable liquor in China." After hearing what they said, Hagiwara thought for a moment and speculated, then continued, "There is another possibility: the King Lobster and King Durian are actually just as valuable as we know them."
After all, they're described as 'kings'! But in the game organizers' understanding of the rules, no matter how valuable they are, a 40-year-old vintage of baijiu is more valuable than them.
"..." Hearing their words, whether it was a sense of national pride in the products of their own country or an intuition, Feng Xingshou subconsciously said, "I think your latter guess is probably closer to the real answer."
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