Chapter 87: Raising fish in the desert, are you stupid or am I stupid?
Night, food city.

Looking at the bustling food and beverage commercial district that had reopened, Martha once again lamented that China's speed of disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction was no longer at the level that Blue Star should have.

But what surprised her even more was the delicious dishes served to her by the "Xijiang Seafood" restaurant!

"Sea crabs, prawns, deep-sea fish... this, this...!"

Lin Yan said with a smile: "Why, you are used to eating the exquisite dishes served every day in five-star hotels, so you are not used to these seafood delicacies?"

"No! Before coming to China, I often ate these seafood! It's just, it's just..."

Martha struggled for a long time and stammered, "Yan, I remember that Xijiang is the same as our Alian Emirate, mostly desert, right? And our Alian Emirate is at least by the sea, Xijiang is an inland province, not by the sea at all? How could there be any seafood there? This is seafood sent from other coastal areas, right? Why is it called a specialty of Xijiang?"

No matter how miraculous your China is, it can't be this outrageous!

In the live broadcast room, there was a continuous stream of “?”

"Can there be seafood in an inland desert area like Xijiang? Honestly, host, you are too ridiculous! We are indeed impressed by your performance in the face of the rain disaster, but you can't just brag about it, right?"

"High-speed rail, disaster relief, Chinese national spirit... I can tolerate all of this! But how can you farm seafood in an inland desert? If you don't explain it to us today, I'm going to turn into a black sheep on the spot!"

"To be honest, these seafoods do look pretty good and the ingredients look fresh, but don't tell me they're from Xinjiang. That's an insult to my intelligence."

At this moment, Prince Abel, who was busy preparing to visit China, almost vomited blood.

There was nothing to say. Like the netizens in the live broadcast room, he directly regarded Lin Yan's words as bragging without limit. Xijiang is an absolute inland desert area. How can it go out to sea to catch seafood! Or, you Chinese can already farm seafood in the extremely water-scarce desert? What nonsense!

Facing the doubts of the whole staff, Lin Yan was not in a hurry to explain this time. He just smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay. Just treat me as talking nonsense. It's not that important whether the seafood is from Xijiang or not. The important thing is to eat and drink well and get enough rest for the departure tomorrow, right?"

Martha blinked and said curiously, "Yan, this is not like your style. Generally speaking, when we question China's 'miracle', shouldn't you immediately show us China's strength to convince us? Why are you so cowardly this time?"

Having said that, Martha still started eating quickly.

"Hmm... the taste is not very good. The lobster meat is obviously farmed and does not have that natural tender texture. But the chef's skills are good. He blended the spicy flavor and used the stimulating taste to make up for some of the shortcomings of the ingredients. Hmm... this does not look like seafood that grows freely in the sea. It is a bit strange."

Martha stuck out her tongue.

With her status, the seafood she enjoys has always been the best quality food, almost all of which is caught naturally in the deep sea, and there are very few artificially farmed offshore seafood.

She had never eaten seafood with such "bad" quality as the one she ate this time.

After all, the price of one of her crabs is probably enough to feed ten tables in front of her.

Lin Yan spread his hands: "How can I explain this? This is Chang'an City, where can I get evidence to show you the origin of these seafood? I said it was from Western Xinjiang, but you insisted it was from other coastal areas. There's nothing I can do about it. Wait until we go to Western Xinjiang tomorrow, and you'll see for yourself."

Martha: “Hmm…”

She became more careful.

I secretly took out my phone and checked Google, wanting to search for news related to "Xijiang Seafood".

She still believed in Lin Yan very much. Since Yan said that these seafoods were from Western Xinjiang, they must be from Western Xinjiang.

But Martha was really curious, how could there be seafood in Xijiang? Since Yan wanted to keep it a secret, I would go online to find the answer myself!
But when she searched on Google, the news that came out was always unrelated to the "seafood" that Martha was most concerned about.

Instead, it made her face look darker.

"What the hell is this!"

She suddenly became angry and slammed her phone on the table.

Lin Yan: “?” He was about to ask what happened, but Martha suddenly realized it, took the phone back, pouted and said:

"Yan! We are going to Xijiang tomorrow! Um... I have a request. We are not going to stay in any high-end hotels this time when we go to Xijiang. Are there any B&Bs there? How about we stay in a B&B?"

Lin Yan: “???”

It doesn’t matter whether to stay in a B&B or not, but Lin Yan is quite curious. Martha was eating happily just now, why did she suddenly become anxious?

"What happened?"

"Well... I won't tell you! Unless you tell me whether these seafoods are from Xinjiang or not."

"Tsk, forget it."

"Ahhh! Yan, just tell me! I really want to know how there is seafood in Xijiang!"

Prince Abel couldn't help but twitch his face when he saw his sister acting like a spoiled child on the screen.

After forcing himself to calm down, he couldn't suppress his curiosity and searched for news about "Xijiang Seafood" on Google.

"China has shown miracles so many times before, and this time might be true. If they really have the technology to farm seafood in the desert, it would be amazing..."

Whether it is seafood or not is not important to him.

But he was very interested in this technology of conquering the harsh environment of the desert and changing fate! Very, very interested!
However, when he searched for "Xijiang seafood" on Google, his face turned dark as he read the news.

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The next day.

The high-speed railway station was packed with people, much more than when Lin Yan and his companions arrived. It was obvious that there were more than just Lin Yan and his companions trapped in Chang'an City due to the heavy rain, and now they were all anxious to return home.

This high-speed rail trip was another novel experience for Martha.

"Eh hey hey hey? Yan, why are our seats different this time than last time? This is clearly a 'bed', not a seat, right?"

Looking at the half-box "sleeper" ticket in front of her, Martha was so shocked that her mouth almost dropped to the ground.

Lin Yan explained, "It takes more than ten hours to drive directly from Chang'an to Xijiang. For such a long time, it would be too much to sit in a seat ticket, even a business class ticket, so I bought a sleeper ticket. When I get tired, I can lie down and take a nap, which is better than a seat ticket. Hmm... judging from your expression, you have never seen a sleeper on a train before?"

"Not really."

Martha answered honestly, "In the past, I traveled either by plane or private... well, private car. I rarely took the train, let alone the high-speed train. This is the first time I've seen a bed on a train. It's amazing!"

Lin Yan rolled his eyes - come on, a berth that can just be used for lying down is worthy of being called a "bed"?
At this moment, countless new viewers in the live broadcast room who have not seen China's high-speed rail have once again started discussing:
"Is this China's high-speed rail? It really looks good."

"Can the Huaxia high-speed rail really reach 350km? This is a speed that no other high-speed rail in the entire Blue Planet can reach!"

"Is he exaggerating? I still can't believe it. How can China have the longest, fastest, and highest quality high-speed rail in the entire Blue Planet?"

"Hey, newbies here might not understand this. Come, let me, an old fan, explain it to you in detail."

Since the trip to Chang'an City was so shocking, there was a general sense of blind worship of Huaxia in the live broadcast room. Even the first reaction of the new audience to Huaxia High-speed Rail was surprise and amazement, instead of subconscious doubt as before.

However, once the train officially started, the situation became slightly different.

"That's weird... Why is this train only going 230 kilometers per hour?"

(End of this chapter)