Chapter 988: Honglian Town’s Vegetable Market
Heath has been to many vegetable markets, such as the largest and most luxurious Jinhuang City Vegetable Market, the smallest Zhenxin Town Vegetable Market, and the Hualan City Vegetable Market. Heath has seen those vegetable markets, but he has to say that the Honglian Town Vegetable Market is more interesting. Heath admits that he has never seen such a unique vegetable market.
As soon as you enter the vegetable market in Honglian Town, you will be hit by the unique smell of seafood. It has to be said that this smell makes people a little uncomfortable, unless you smell this smell often, then naturally you won’t think there is anything wrong with it. After all, it is true that if you live in an abalone shop for a long time, you won’t smell its stench. But apart from these uncomfortable smells, it has to be said that the vegetable market in Honglian Town has a vibrant beauty.
The reason is that here you can see seafood everywhere that are still trying to survive. You won’t see so much seafood in other vegetable markets. The men and women come with net bags and throw the seafood into a special pool. There is a lot of noise. Heath even saw something similar to crayfish. Heath didn’t know if it was the crayfish he ate in his previous life. Heath also discovered another problem.
"Master, is the pumpkin we eat so expensive?" Xiaoyao also noticed this problem. She pointed to a vegetable stall nearby, where there were pumpkins and some other vegetables. However, the pumpkin here was priced as high as twenty-eight yuan per kilogram, which was more expensive than some meat and seafood. The prices of other vegetables were also higher than the average, which was a bit jaw-dropping.
"It may be a problem of the geographical location here." Heath guessed some possibilities. After all, Honglian Town is surrounded by the sea, and there is no environment for growing vegetables on the island, so the people in this place probably have to import vegetables and fruits from Zhenxin Town. The price of vegetables may not be very expensive, but if the freight is added, the price will naturally increase a little. Of course, this is just Heath's guess. He doesn't have a deep understanding of Honglian Town, so naturally he doesn't know whether his guess is accurate or not.
"Boss, why is your bok choy so expensive?" Heath came over and asked. It's a good habit to ask when you don't understand. Xiaoyao and Farfetch'd also came over quickly. They were also very curious about this question. After all, even Farfetch'd, a Pokémon chef who was familiar with cooking, had never seen such expensive vegetables.
"Young man, you are from another place, right? Vegetables cannot be grown in Honglian Town. These vegetables are all shipped here, so the price is naturally a little higher ." The boss was a burly man who looked a little dark, probably because he had been exposed to the sun for a lot of time. After hearing this, Heath hurriedly thanked the other party. It was similar to what he thought. The high price of vegetables here was due to the shipping cost.
The technology tree in the Pokémon world has always been very interesting. There are some black technologies and some backward technologies. Among them, cargo ships are relatively backward. Moreover, the cost of sailing in this world is not very cheap, because you need to pay an environmental maintenance fee. So if it is shipping, the price will naturally be much higher than in the previous life. The environmental maintenance fee collected by the alliance is also specifically used to maintain the marine environment. It has to be said that some practical things have been done.
However, because of these high freight costs , the price of food shipped by ship naturally became higher. Heath suddenly felt that even if the Honglian Town was not destroyed under the volcano in the future, it would not last too long. After all, the price of eating a vegetable was too high.
"...You must not be a local. We locals get subsidies from the union when we buy vegetables, and the subsidized prices are almost the same as those in other places' vegetable markets..." The uncle was still talking incessantly, and Heath was a little amused. This uncle was really an overly enthusiastic person, but Heath didn't hate this enthusiasm. After all, it solved some of Heath's confusion.
Heath did not buy vegetables. He turned around and went to the seafood area to buy a lot of fresh seafood. The price of seafood here was very cheap, so Heath naturally bought more. As for vegetables, Heath still had some reserves in his storage room, enough for use in Honglian Town, so Heath did not purchase those expensive vegetables. As for vegetables, Heath planned to wait until he arrived in other cities to buy them.
"Hey, Master, there are lobster minions here." Xiaoyao pointed to a vegetable vendor's stall. Heath took a look and saw many lobster minions in a small pond with a price tag hanging on it. One lobster minion cost one hundred and eighty-eight Alliance coins. The price was not very expensive, after all, the lobster minions were quite heavy. However, looking at those water-attribute Pokémon, Heath couldn't help scratching his head.
"Do you want to eat it?" Heath's expression was a little strange. The lobster soldiers in this world are of course edible. They taste similar to ordinary lobsters, but the meat is said to be firmer, probably because they are often active. The Alliance also encourages the consumption of lobster soldiers because the breeding ability of these lobster soldiers is too terrifying. If they are not restricted, they will soon become super numerous, thus affecting other Pokémon and creatures. Even the Ironclaw is on the list of edible Pokémon.
"Yeah! My dad once made lemon lobster for me, it was super delicious!" Xiaoyao nodded , and Heath simply bought a lobster soldier and took it back. Along the way, he was also mentally preparing himself. After all, this time he was really eating a Pokémon, and his childhood filter was torn to pieces. However, Heath quickly adjusted his state. After all, he had been in this world for so long, and he was mentally prepared for these things.
Farfetch'd was also very calm. Heath was more concerned about Farfetch'd's opinion. After seeing that Farfetch'd had no objection, Heath finally breathed a sigh of relief. He brought the lobster soldier to the food truck and planned to make a unique breakfast. He planned to use lobster meat to make this breakfast, part of which would be used to feed Xiaoyao lemon lobster meat, and the rest would be made into lobster noodles for other Pokémon.
"Huh..." Heath took a deep breath, then licked his lips. Then he silently picked up the kitchen knife, looked at the lobster soldier in front of him, adjusted his state, and now he could start cooking the lemon lobster meat.
