"How about going to buy you the best seafood tomorrow? Big lobster and tuna are fine. If there is any seal meat and dried whale, I will buy it for you too?" Luke asked tentatively.
A certain dog raised its head abruptly, barked, bowed its body, and ran around the room, obviously very satisfied with the reward.
Luke smiled and watched it run back and forth several times before grabbing its dog's head and snapping it in front of him: "But remember, protect Selena, otherwise you will understand."
Selena is safe, that's easy to say.
If something happened to Selena, he would definitely beat the dog's head out of shit.
A certain dog's head trembled, but he didn't care too much in his heart.
It is an iron fact that the big devil loves Selena the most, and she is also very desperate.
The next day, Luke and Selena woke up early and went out before dawn, even bringing breakfast in the car.
The two and one dog went to the Saigon Seafood Market in the Chinese District of the San Gabriel Valley.
This is the mouth-to-mouth shopping place for seafood ingredients in the Los Angeles area, and there are many time-honored brands operating here.
This is to buy gifts for gold nuggets. By the way, Luke will also pack a lot of seafood and go back to try new dishes, killing two birds with one stone.
It was a rare occasion for him and Selena to buy these things, and most of the shopping went to the supermarket.
But the supermarkets they usually go to do not have as much seafood as this professional seafood market, and it is even harder to find high-quality seafood.
Once inside, most of the stalls are bustling.
It was still the darkest hour before dawn, but the stalls in the market were brightly lit.
There are people everywhere, they are walking back and forth, some are bargaining with the boss, some are greeting or taunting with colleagues, some are dragging their harvest and going out.
There are puddles of water stains everywhere on the ground, and there is a strong smell of the sea, which seems a bit messy.
However, here is full of vitality, full of breath of life.
These are people who work hard and live hard.
Selena was shocked when she saw this scene: "My God! I never knew that there are so many people in Los Angeles who wake up early. Are they just to buy fresh seafood?"
Luke smiled, grabbed her and walked towards those stalls: "Of course. People who really work hard will definitely know what Los Angeles looks like at four o'clock in the morning."
Selena looked at her watch subconsciously: "Isn't it half past five?"
Luke shrugged: "But we got up at four o'clock and drove for almost an hour to come here."
Selena patted her forehead: "My fault. Thank you for your hard work, dear."
The two were chatting there, but the alien dog was in a hurry, and while pulling Selena's trousers, he didn't forget to whine crazily.
Neither of them need to look at the dog's head's expression to understand, which means: Hey, didn't you agree to buy me a gift? Hurry up, or you will be robbed.
In fact, business here is really booming.
The people who come here are either gluttons or people in the catering industry.
The gluttons are here to satisfy their appetites, and the food and beverage industry personnel are here to earn hard work and professional money.
As long as many things here are placed in the chilled counters of small Chinese supermarkets, the price will increase by half or several times, depending on the scarcity of the goods.
However, Luke and the two don't have to fight.
Luke is not in pursuit of any expensive ingredients, but instead focuses on what he likes first, and the taste second.
Price is not a factor he needs to consider.
Therefore, whenever he encounters ingredients looted by many people, he will resolutely give up, and his keen sense of smell can also ensure that all the ingredients he buys are fresh and authentic.
Jin Nugget's saliva never stopped.
It really likes to eat seafood, but Luke doesn't cook much, and he doesn't buy much.
Compared with pigs, cattle and sheep, buying seafood is really troublesome.
Luke looked down on poor quality seafood, so he resolutely refused to buy it.
Now the Great Demon King took the initiative to come to this geomantic treasure, and even said that he bought it specially for him, so he really wanted to go crazy with joy.
Similarly, gold nuggets have no sense of the preciousness of the ingredients, and are purely chosen according to their own preferences.
Selena and it have cultivated a tacit understanding, almost as long as you listen to it beeping, and then look at where its gaze falls, you will know what it is looking at.
Jin Nugget's sense of smell is also exaggerated, and Mei Dao's big nose is not for nothing.
Fresh prawns, lobsters, grouper, and tuna are all purchased in bulk, and other crabs and sea urchins are only purchased in moderation.
These are what the gold nuggets like, and Luke and Selena will only taste them.
But there is only one thing that both Selena and Jin Nugget have taken a fancy to.
That is king crab.
Generally speaking, the king crabs in the Bering Strait are only caught in September and October every year, while the king crabs in Chile in South America are listed in large quantities in July every year.
Although it is only June 10th, there are still a small amount of Chilean king crabs coming out of some channels.
However, this price is also much more exaggerated than a month later.
Listening to the Chinese shopkeeper introducing the delicacy of the "only" Chilean King Crab, the two foodies beside Luke opened their mouths wide at the same time, and Meidao's saliva flowed out wildly and mixed into the water beach at the door.
Selena was a little better, and finally remembered to swallow her saliva, but she also cast her longing eyes.
Luke waved his hand: "All of them."
After finishing speaking, he moved closer to the Chinese boss in his forties and lowered his voice: "I won't bargain with you, but I will buy ten more of these things."
The Chinese boss showed a puzzled smile: "It's just these two."
Luke raised his eyebrows: "At this price, pay immediately in cash." He took out two rolls of hundred-yuan bills and threw them to the proprietress at the counter two meters away.
The smile of the Chinese boss froze.
The proprietress, who is also Chinese, danced her fingers, passed the banknotes faster than the banknote detector, and nodded to the boss.
She clenched the two rolls of beautiful knives tightly in her hands, obviously not wanting to let go.
The smile of the Chinese boss suddenly became brighter: "Then you wait, I will help you go to other places to ask."
Luke also nodded with a smile, watched the boss greet the proprietress in the shop, and walked to the back of the shop.
Selena was surprised: "Didn't he say that this thing is very scarce? Where can he find it?"
Luke put his mouth next to her ear: "You believe him! This bad old man is very bad. He has stock in the back of the store, but they are all on display. How can it be said to be the "only" king crab? How to drive up the market price."
Selena: ⊙0⊙!
The price given by the boss is too high even for scarce goods, otherwise she would not be able to see this king crab.
Fortunately, on the way here, Luke had already mentioned to her that he made a fortune by going to Antarctica this time, otherwise she would have muttered all day, saying that he was a waste.
Well, even though the two of them are very rich, Selena has never had the habit of wasting money since she was a child.
Not long after, the owner of the "bad old man" came back, saying something like "I finally got the goods together".
Luke didn't bother to say much, so he interrupted directly: "Okay, I'll give you all the money, and you still want to raise the price."