Chapter 98: Sakurako's Treasure

"Flight EK724 from Dubai to Tokyo has arrived in ......"

Hearing the news of the arrival of the flight on the radio, Miko quickly stood up from the coffee house in the airport, and then walked in the direction of the pick-up. When she came to the exit of the station, she saw that most of the tall men standing next to her were some tall men with Arab faces, and she was worried that Sakurako might not be able to find her royal son, so she hurriedly squeezed to the front row with an apologetic face, and then waited patiently.

As the flow of people began to appear at the exit of the station, Miko hurriedly looked at the crowd walking out, and soon, he found Sakurako with outstanding temperament among a bunch of men and women wearing Arabic robes and turbans!

"Sakura-chan, this way!"

"Ah...... Miko-chan, long time no see!"

Sakurako saw Miko waving to her enthusiastically, so she hurriedly ran in her direction, and after the two walked out of the station one after the other, Miko immediately said with some excitement:

"Really, why did you go for so long all at once, I'm a little worried about you!"

"Really...... I've had a pretty long time, and if I hadn't had to come back and deal with something, I'd probably be staying there now!"

Sakurako happily talked to Miko about things in Ethiopia, and the two took the elevator to the baggage claim area, when Miko saw Sakurako actually brought back a cart full of luggage in a large bag, she couldn't help but ask Sakurako with some surprise:

"Eh, how did you bring back so many things, is it a gift for us?"

"Gifts, I'm really sorry, because I came back in too much hurry this time, so I didn't come and bring gifts to everyone, but ...... I've found a lot of good coffee, and I've decided to do something important when I come back this time......

……

"Mortgage Sakura-no-Sato to the bank?

In the izakaya, when Miko heard Sakurako's plan, she couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"Well, I've been thinking about it very seriously for a long time, that's why I made this decision!"

"Huh...... But in this case, Sakura-chan won't owe a lot of money to the bank, and besides, what are you going to do with so much money!"

"Why? Coffee, of course, or rather, a large expanse of pristine deep forest where the treasure trove of coffee is hidden. ”

"Wait a minute, didn't you just say coffee, why did you get to the forest again?"

……

Hearing Sakurako's explanation, Miko couldn't help but feel more and more confused.

Seeing Miko's reaction, Sakurako didn't know how to explain it for a while, he hesitated for a moment, and then suddenly asked Miko rhetorically:

"That...... You've probably heard that Mexico is the home of corn!"

"Uh...... Hey!"

"So do you know how many varieties of corn there are in the world?"

"This ...... Corn is corn, is there any difference?"

……

Miko thought about it for a while, and felt that it was still difficult to understand what Sakurako was trying to explain.

"You see, that's the problem, when most people think of corn, they think of the golden, grain-by-grain corn. But we actually see that purple corn once in a while, don't we?"

"Huh...... I'm a little impressed when you say that, but ...... What does this have to do with coffee?"

Hearing Miko ask this question, Sakurako suddenly smiled mysteriously, and then continued to patiently explain to her:

"The reason why people think corn is golden is because most corn is like that. But why do people have such an impression of corn? It is because the people who first discovered that corn could be used as food took only the varieties of corn that they thought were the best. Let me guess from their point of view for a moment, for humans in ancient times, the kind of corn that is easy to grow, has a high yield, and tastes good is certainly the most suitable variety. So when humans first learned about corn as a plant, the first humans who started to grow them first made a choice for everyone, but what about the corn varieties that were abandoned in the first place, are they really not delicious?"

"So...... What do you mean......"

Miko felt as if she understood Sakurako's thoughts, and she asked Sakurako with some uncertainty.

In the Age of Discovery, the European merchants only picked what they thought was the best coffee and brought it to the Americas, but in addition to the coffee that was brought to the world, there were actually many unknown coffees scattered in the forest that gave birth to this fruit. So ......"

"Do you mean that you've found a better coffee than the previous Sunburn Geisha?"

Hearing Sakurako say this, Miko couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"Not just one, but I've found at least 20 promising new varieties of coffee, all hidden in an untouched forest on the border of Ethiopia and South Sudan, where there are many very old coffee trees. By the way, I asked the local officials, and they said that the road had only been opened in the last year, and that the indigenous people spoke a different language than most Ethiopians. They call all outsiders CHINA......"

β€œChina?”

"It is said that there were a few construction workers who had come to build the tower before, and that was the first time that the locals came into contact with people other than them......

"Unbelievable, the world ...... There is such a closed place!"

"Yes, I thought it was incredible, and it wasn't until I went deep into the primeval forest with the help of the locals that I finally realized that there really was such a place in the world. I think maybe this is a sign from the god of coffee that I have the opportunity to bring those good coffee from where to bring it out and introduce it to people all over the world who love coffee!"

Hearing Sakurako finish talking about her experience in Ethiopia, Miko didn't know what to say for a while. She instinctively felt that Sakurako's move to mortgage Sakura-no-Sato to the bank was too risky. But seeing Sakurako's confident appearance, Miko didn't know how to persuade her.

"That's right, Sakura-chan, it's such a big thing, otherwise you should ask Xiu Yijun's opinion before making a decision!"

"Alas...... I'm just afraid that I won't be able to stick to my ideas in front of him, so I want to ask for your opinion in the first place!"