Chapter 392 Protecting the Mice, Not the Geese
Facts have proved that Elizabeth was not bragging, the pickled foie gras she made was indeed delicious!
When it comes to French cuisine, foie gras is undoubtedly the first thing that comes to mind. Actually, it wasn't the French who first discovered the deliciousness of foie gras, but the ancient Egyptians. They discovered that wild geese, before long journeys, would eat large amounts of food to replenish their energy, which was stored in their livers. The foie gras from wild geese caught at this time was incredibly delicious. Later, people began to force-feed geese to obtain foie gras, and this method later spread to France.
French foie gras is a delicacy loved by all French people, but the process of raising foie gras is very cruel: the goose's neck is fixed in a cage, and then food is stuffed into the goose's stomach with an iron pipe, and this is stuffed and stuffed until they are slaughtered. What we usually call French foie gras is actually the fatty liver of the goose.
While the French are known for being so kind that they wouldn't even kill a mouse, they never see anything wrong with eating goose liver, and demand for it remains high. Goose liver farming is a major poultry industry in southwestern France.
In 2015, avian influenza hit France, and France began to regulate the goose liver farming industry. After the European Union officially banned member states from producing goose foie gras in 2019, France began to gradually stop the goose liver industry.
But this doesn't mean they're no longer eating foie gras, but rather buying it. In fact, demand for French foie gras is currently higher, and the price is even higher. Hungary is the only country in the EU that still produces foie gras. Currently, the two countries with the highest foie gras production in the world are Hungary and China. Both countries sell almost all of their foie gras to France.
The two of them relaxed a lot while eating and drinking.
Elizabeth lay on the sofa holding a red wine glass and said lazily: "Xiao, I have reason to hate you, but why do you hate me?"
Xiao Peng sat on the floor, his back resting on the sofa. He put a piece of foie gras into his mouth and said, "Elizabeth, why else would I hate you? Of course it's because of Felix. I can't stand the way you treat Felix like a cash cow."
"Cash cow?" Elizabeth was stunned after hearing this, then burst into laughter. "Xiao, do you know how much effort it took me to raise these two children? Marlene is a little better. She's been studying acting and dancing since she was young, and with my connections, she easily entered the industry and achieved the success she has today. But what about Felix? Do you know how much it cost me to raise Felix? At least seven million! I'm not a top star, do you think that's a small amount? I tell you, if it weren't for Marlene's support over the past two years, our family would have gone bankrupt long ago! Do you think I let Felix go around shooting commercials and performing for money? Is classical music profitable these days? Felix might not make as much playing the piano for fifty years as those big stars make from filming a single movie! Look at all those so-called 'musicians' and 'artists' appearing on variety shows. Do you think they're doing it to make themselves 'down-to-earth'? They're all doing it for the money!"
"Then why did you do this?" Xiao Peng asked puzzledly.
"Popularity!" Elizabeth said with a wry smile, "Of course it's to maintain it! In today's society, fame can fade just as quickly. Shouldn't I maintain his popularity until his fame fades? I'm doing this for his future."
Xiao Peng shook his head and said, "This is your choice, not Felix's. How do you know this is what he wants?"
"What he wants?" Elizabeth scoffed and took a sip of red wine. "If it were up to him, he should be catching jellyfish with SpongeBob and Patrick right now! As a parent, of course we have to make the right choices for our children. Okay, I admit that my choice may not be the best, but it's definitely better than his own!"
Xiao Peng pondered Elizabeth's words. It was hard to refute them. He took a sip of his wine and said, "So? Are you just going to ignore Felix's own feelings and make him suffer like this? If I had a child, I would definitely not do this to him. A child's childhood only comes once, so I want him to live it happily and joyfully."
Elizabeth sneered after hearing this. "Anyone who says that doesn't have children. You don't have children yourself, but you must have friends who do. How many of them do the same thing as you do? Are they just cruel and don't care about their children?"
Xiao Peng was stunned for a moment. It was really hard to refute this statement.
Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s not talk about Liu Baorong and his wife who work hard for their children in China, let’s just talk about Emile. As long as Xiao Peng is at home and has time, he will tutor and check Emile’s studies. She goes to whatever cram school Cathy goes to, for fear of falling behind others.
Elizabeth said, "I may be a little strict with Felix, but you can never say that I don't love him. Everything I do now is to lay the foundation for his future life. He may hate me now, and perhaps he will hate me in the future, but one day he will definitely understand my difficulties. But today, all my efforts have been in vain."
"In vain?" Xiao Peng didn't understand what he meant.
Elizabeth said, "You gave him such a large fund. As long as this fund is there, he will have a future."
Xiao Peng waved his hand after hearing this and said, "Compared to what Felix and Marlene gave me, this is nothing. It's not like I paid for it. If you want to thank someone, you should thank Ivan."
Elizabeth glanced at Xiao Peng. "You're willing to give me such a precious ring for Felix. Without it, I wouldn't have the money... I noticed you have a small Buddha statue hanging around your neck. That must be even more precious, right?"
Xiao Peng nodded and said, "That is my most precious treasure, left to me by my mother."
"I'm sorry!" said Elizabeth. "I don't know anything like that."
Xiao Peng took a sip of wine and said, "My mother was also very strict with me. Now I suddenly begin to understand you."
Elizabeth suddenly sat up and moved her upper body closer to Xiao Peng, which scared Xiao Peng: "Elizabeth, what are you doing? I'm just saying that I'm beginning to understand you, not that I like you!"
"Xiao, you have to know that there are some things that can be done even if you don't like each other!" Elizabeth said as she reached out to unbutton Xiao Peng's clothes.
This frightened Xiao Peng. He was about to speak when Elizabeth said, "Go change your clothes."
"Huh?" Xiao Peng was stunned: "Why change clothes?"
Elizabeth said, "Even if we don't like each other, we can still go somewhere else and continue drinking, right?"
Xiao Peng let out a long sigh: "So that's it! I thought..."
Before he could finish his words, Elizabeth laughed: "Of course we can do what you want."
"puff!"
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