Chapter 871: The Mysterious Realm
"Very good, the meat is tender, I guess it's a small mammal, right?" Hong Tao snapped his lips and gave a thumbs up to the chef in the distance.
"It's a guinea pig...... , grilled guinea pig meat, is our famous dish here, so big!" Chavez gestured with his hand a distance of more than half a foot and told him who the owner of the bones on Hongtao's plate was.
"Oh no...... I ate a mouse!Oh my God!" Carol ordered the same main dish as Hong Tao, and when she heard that it was a guinea pig, she immediately clutched her stomach and wanted to throw up.
"Don't vomit! If you do, you have to give me back the money for the meal! The guinea pig is not a mouse, it is similar to a rabbit, of course, it is related to a mouse......" Hong Tao grabbed Carol who was about to run to the bathroom, then strangled her neck, and pressed her hand down on her chest and abdomen, calming her cramping stomach.
Hong Tao certainly doesn't feel any discomfort about eating guinea pigs, and as a Chinese, he shouldn't be surprised to eat anything other than eating human flesh. Isn't the guinea pig just a Dutch pig, the real mouse Hong Tao has eaten it, and the Dutch pig is a fart. Not only was he not allowed to feel uncomfortable, but the other four women were not allowed to vomit, and there was no reason for him to vomit! Hong Tao had been the captain of the ship for more than a month, and he was really a bit overbearing, and he began to take pleasure in torturing people, and he tried all kinds of pranks to torture the four women on the ship, but he still couldn't change it when he got to land.
"These are potatoes and nuts, and tortillas, and we have a lot of potatoes here, more than 1,000 of them, and if you eat a green potato one day, don't be surprised, you see, these sauces are made with mashed potatoes. "Chavez is very good at talking. Not only did he tell everyone what they were eating, but he also told everyone about Peruvian eating habits.
While talking about Peruvian food. As he followed Chavez out of the hotel gate, his car parked right next to him. An old Mercedes-Benz car, painted with colorful colors, if it weren't for a top light, Hong Tao would definitely not dare to sit in it. However, it is not easy to have a tour guide like Chavez who is fluent in English, Hong Tao still chose to believe the hotel bellman, if something went wrong, he couldn't run away.
"Here, let's see, where the hell should we go! This is the National Museum......" After getting in the car. Chavez professionally took out an old atlas, turned the page of Lima, and then pointed to it and recommended it to Hong Tao.
"Don't go...... Museums, historical sites, parks, you see, I have four beautiful ladies, they are not interested in those things......" Hong Tao directly interrupted Chavez's introduction, he himself did not like these things, but the black pot should be held on the heads of others.
"I see, shopping malls and bazaars? this is a shopping mall...... But you shouldn't be interested in American goods. It's a bazaar, it's huge. Everything, how about here?" Chavez understood Hong Tao's intentions very well and recommended two more places.
"Well, it's the market! Should I exchange some pesos? The bellman said you can redeem huàn for me, at a high rate and without a fee. Hong Tao suddenly remembered that he didn't have Peruvian currency for anything.
"If you don't stay here long, you don't have to change. Direct use of US dollars can also get a discount from the seller. With me, they won't be miscalculated. If you don't have enough dollars to pay, I'll help pay in advance. When you leave, how about settling the bill with me together?" Chavez is quite business-minded, his idea seems to be very humane, but in fact, it is to ensure his customer source to the greatest extent, so that as long as Hong Tao stays in Lima for a day, he will use his car, cunning and big!
"OK! I won't forget to give good rewards to those who have helped me, deal!" Hong Tao likes this kind of red fruit trade, you make your money, I play mine, I make it clear, it's the best.
"My dear, today is a holiday, you can buy anything you like, there is no upper limit, buy Dong Shao will be!" Hong Tao and Chavez reached a consensus, very happy, and announced a decision to make the three women in the back seat and the orange Cai sitting on his lap happy, Hilde, who is the most sensitive to money, also hugged Hong Tao's head from behind and kissed it hard. Suffering so much on the boat, and being ravaged by the waves, isn't that what this is all about! Suddenly, the muttering voices of four girls came from the carriage, and they were planning to buy something good to make Hong Tao vomit blood, and they didn't even avoid Hong Tao.
"They're all yours...... Lover?" Chavez listened to the lively discussion of the four women as he drove, and soon heard the clue.
"Almost! How about it, are they still beautiful?" Hong Tao couldn't help but want to show off, this is also the nature of men, and any good things are not as proud as the beauties around him. This is the same as many males in the animal world who want to occupy a large number of females, it is the nature of zài in the genes, and when there is no such condition, it will be suppressed by reason, and with this condition, it will explode immediately.
"I have a good thing to introduce to you, you should definitely try it, it's good for your body. Chavez did not answer Hong Tao's question directly, but was very mysterious to recommend something to Hong Tao.
"What's good?" Hong Tao was intrigued by him.
"Don't worry, I'll take you to see it for yourself when you get to the market. Chavez said as he increased the throttle, this old Mercedes don't look old, the acceleration performance is quite good, along the way to see the car overtake, towards the east of the city galloping.
The city of Lima is divided into two parts, the old town and the new town, the north is full of old Spanish buildings, the road is also paved with gravel slabs, and the most striking and eye-catching are the churches with pointed roofs, as if you have come to a small city in Spain. To the south is a modern metropolis with towering skyscrapers and wide, straight asphalt roads. The path chosen by Chavez is very particular, one moment shuttling through the old town, and the other time entering the new town, so that Hong Tao and the others can see the characteristics of the city of Lima just by sitting in the car.
Located at the intersection of the old and new towns, the market is about a kilometre long and has two parallel streets filled with chicken feather shops and stalls. Many of the owners were peasants wearing red shirts, plaid skirts or a piece of checkered felt, and most of the goods sold here were related to agriculture and were brought in from outside the city. Hong Tao confirmed Chavez's words here with his own eyes, there are really many types of potatoes in Peru, and when he walked out a few dozen meters away, he saw several stalls selling potatoes. Yellow, green, and pink came in all sorts of varieties, and some varieties didn't even know that if Chavez didn't tell him, they were potatoes.
Here, Hong Tao also saw the kind of animal called grass mud horse, which is considered a kind of domestic animal in Peru, just like we raise sheep and cattle, and many pastures will raise it. However, this grass mud horse is a relatively small one, only up to the waist of an adult, and is known locally as a vicuña, which is also a species of alpaca. Although they are small, they are no worse than their tall relatives, blinking and staring curiously at everyone who passes by. But you'd better not tease them, they're all wilting, and if you tease them and don't plan to give them some tasty food, they'll spit at you, and they'll spray you all over the place.
Chavez led Hong Tao and a few people along the street north of the bazaar, and finally got into a small shop on the side of the road. It's a bit like a grocery store, with a lot of big glass jars on the counter, but instead of candy, the jars are filled with leaves, twigs, and other things, and it's a bit like a Chinese medicine pharmacy. In addition, there are cigarettes, alcohol and a lot of snacks on the shelves, and under the shelves are sacks one by one, I don't know what they contain.
"That's it, do you know what they are?" Chávez apparently knew the shopkeeper, and after exchanging a few words with her, he asked Hong Tao, pointing to the contents of a large glass jar.
"Robu, taro?" The glass jar contains the rhizomes of several plants, which are more shaped like robe and have a bit like taro.
"Who would pay 300 pesos for such a rob to eat?" Chavez pointed to the price tag on the glass jar.
"Ma ...... Cornelian...... "Hong Tao leaned in and looked at the price tag, which was still written in Spanish, and Hong Tao tried to spell it out.
"Yes, maca, it's a good thing, they grow on the plateaus of the Andes mountains above 3,000 meters, and the temperature difference between day and night is more than 30 degrees Celsius to survive. This is yellow maca, which is the rarest in quantity, and the purple maca, which tastes the best and is sweet, and black maca, which is even rarer and more expensive, and the shopkeeper generally does not put it out. Chavez became a botanist again, popularizing the botanical properties of the Andes to Hong Tao.
"What's the use of them? They can't be the same as coca leaves, right?" Hong Tao thought that since this thing was so expensive, it must have their use, maybe it was a soft drug. This is abundant in South American countries, and in many places, locals chew coca leaves like betel nuts, which is considered a snack food.
"She has coca leaves here, it's not worth much, it's all in the sack below, if you want to try it, I can ask her to send you some." Maca is much more precious than coca leaves because they are very useful to people, especially men. "Chavez's expression when he speaks is very rich, and a look and a mouth can modify his words. At this time, he squeezed his eyes at Hong Tao, and then sneered at the women who were picking out handmade leather wallets at the door. (To be continued......)