Chapter 1169: 1169. Antarctic Taoyuan (3/5)

Chapter 1169 1169. Antarctic Paradise (35)

The food prepared by Elson was quite rich, exceeding Li Du's expectations.

The entire Antarctic ice sheet, not to mention no grass, grows very little vegetation, and there are few animals and birds. Humans have a relatively simple diet here, mainly relying on scientific research ships to carry supplies with them.

Eggs, dehydrated vegetables, quick-frozen food, including quick-frozen vegetables, meat, aquatic products, dumplings, pizza, etc., canned food, various non-staple foods that are pickled and smoked for easy preservation.

These are served on the table, along with fresh meat, seafood and vegetables.

A large bowl of green and oily fresh vegetable and fruit salad, a large plate of fresh krill sauce, veal steaks fried to oily, fried fish fillets, sashimi, set a table.

Li Du looked at the lettuce, which was green and absolutely fresh: "Is this the plane I just bought from Hobart? Why didn't I see vegetables in the cabin?"

Steve smiled and said, "No, we planted it ourselves. Have you seen the insulation shed next to it? Vegetables are planted in it. The photosynthesis is strong here, and the vegetables and some fruits grow very well."

Rich people live comfortably wherever they live, and there are fresh vegetables and fruits to eat in Antarctica, which are even better than those eaten in cities. This requires financial support.

Hearing what he said, Steve shook his head: "Here we can only eat together. Many dishes can't be fried or boiled, and can only be stewed in a pressure cooker. For example, this veal steak is at most seven ripe."

Antarctica has a low boiling point, only 85 degrees, and special kitchen utensils are required to cook water and rice here.

Li Du tastes good when eating krill paste. The freshly baked bread is paired with krill paste, which has an unspeakable sweetness and delicious seafood taste.

Brother Wolf has similar tastes to him, and he also took a table knife and kept spreading krill paste on the bread.

Both of them have big appetites, and they worked together to finish a plate of krill sauce.

Li Du didn't treat himself as an outsider, and said to Steve, "One more game."

Steve smiled helplessly: "Sorry, buddy, we've been eaten up by you, but after we get up after sleeping, we can go fishing for krill, and there are a lot of krill here."

Strictly speaking, Antarctic krill is not a shrimp. It is a shrimp-like invertebrate belonging to the krill order under the soft carapace class. Normal shrimp belongs to the decapod order under the soft carapace class.

They live in clusters and use tiny phytoplankton as food, from which they convert the energy from primary production to maintain their life cycle in the pelagic zone, with a lifespan of 6 years.

Because it is far away from humans, there are few large groups of large predators in the Antarctic Ocean, and there are a lot of krill. They are the key species of the Antarctic ecosystem, with a total of about 500 million tons.

In terms of biomass, which is the combined quantity and weight, krill is the most successful species alive on earth, and it is also the most endangered species in nature.

When it was time to sleep, Steve arranged a room for the three of Li and Du. Their incubator was very large, with six rooms inside, which could accommodate three more people.

Li Du and Sophie lived in the VIP room, because it was extremely day outside and the sun was shining all day long, so the windows of the room were treated.

There is a switch at the door, press the switch, the electric curtains will close, and the ventilator will work silently, slowly and persistently blowing in fresh air.

Continue to press the switch, and light appeared in the room, but it was not lights, but some stars lit up on the roof, and a brilliant starry sky appeared.

After the starry sky lit up, from time to time there were still green or orange rays of light floating like veils.

"Is this the aurora?" Sophie asked in surprise, "So beautiful?"

What can Li Du say? I can only lament once again how nice it is to have money.

After getting in touch with rich people, he felt amused by his previous vision. After getting two mines before, he felt that relying on the mines would allow him to live comfortably all his life.

In fact, people will never be satisfied with what they have. He has to continue to work hard, continue to earn more money, and enjoy more.

Before coming here this time, Li Du felt that Antarctica was a restricted area for life, but only after he came here did he realize that life can be wonderful here.

The sound insulation effect is very good, and they have a good night's dream in the insulation room.

After waking up, they were going to wash up. Elson saw them going out and took them to a large insulation room next to them to wash up here.

After opening the door, a garden appeared in front of them.

Roses, jasmines, dahlias, and many other flowers bloom in the flower garden. A small field of lavender flowers surrounds the flower garden, and there are dwarf willows, small ginkgos, dwarf cedars and other trees after a few steps...

Steve was working here. When he saw them coming in, he stood up from a vegetable garden, wiped his sweat and said with a smile: "Good morning, you two, how is your sleep?"

Li Du stared at everything in there dumbfounded, and after a long time exclaimed: "Very good, we are fine."

This heat preservation room has a larger area, more than 500 square meters. Half of it is a garden, and the other half is a vegetable field. There are cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, eggplant, celery, cabbage, etc., which are growing luxuriantly.

What surprised him the most was that there was a small stream inside the house, with clear water flowing, providing water for the flowers and fruits in the garden.

The washing place is at the source of the creek, where there are two stone platforms piled up with stones, and there are disposable toiletries.

Li Du asked, "How did you do it? Where does the river come from?"

Steve said: "It's just below. There is a river under the ice cap. When the ice and snow melt in the warm season, the river will resume its flow. I installed a water circulation system, and the river will flow up."

Li Du exclaimed, "You really enjoy it."

Steve laughed, and he waved his hand and said, "No, I didn't do this for enjoyment, but for the unified treatment of sewage. The water circulation system and the sewage treatment system are combined, because the ability to degrade pollution here in Antarctica is too poor, we have to use technological means to protect it."

The two of them washed and Steve went on, loosening the soil and fertilizing the vegetables.

Li Du wiped his face and came over to look, and asked, "You also transported the soil from outside?"

"What else can we do?" Steve asked.

Li Du couldn't help admiring: "You have lived a life that is too fine, really aristocratic, completely different from us rough men."

Steve laughed loudly, and introduced: "You think I made this camp? No, I'm just the current owner. It took my parents 20 years to achieve the scale it is today."

Li Du said: "It must cost a lot of money."

Steve said, "What's money compared to what we're doing?"

Then, he said sincerely: "Li, don't let money control you, you have to control money, and never make money your goal, otherwise life will be meaningless."

Li Du: "What you said makes sense, but do you think so because you have too much money?"