The food prepared by Elson was quite sumptuous, beyond Li Du's expectations.
Antarctica was covered with ice. There was very little vegetation, and few animals and birds lived there. Humans had a simple diet here, mainly relying on scientific research ships to carry supplies.
Eggs, dehydrated vegetables, frozen food, including frozen vegetables, meat, aquatic products, dumplings, pizza, canned food, and all kinds of processed, pickled, and smoked non-staple foods that were easy to preserve.
These things were on the table, as well as fresh meat, seafood, and vegetables.
A large bowl of green vegetable and fruit salad, a large plate of fresh krill sauce, a small fried steak, fried fish fillets, and sashimi decorated the table.
Li Du looked at the lettuce, which was green and absolutely fresh. "Did the plane just buy this from Hobart? Why didn't I see any vegetables in the cabin? "
Steve laughed. "No, we grew it ourselves. Do you see the insulation shed next to it? There are vegetables in it. The photosynthesis is strong here, and the vegetables and some fruits grow well. "
Rich people lived comfortably anywhere. In Antarctica, there were fresh vegetables and fruits to eat, even better than in the city, but this required financial support.
Steve shook his head. "You can only make do here. Many dishes can't be stir-fried or boiled. You can only stew in a pressure cooker. For example, this steak is at most medium rare. "
The boiling point at Antarctica was low, only 85 degrees, and special kitchen utensils were needed to boil water and cook rice here.
Li Du ate the krill sauce, which tasted good. The freshly baked bread with the krill sauce had an indescribable sweetness and delicious seafood taste.
Brother Wolf's taste was similar to his, and he also took a knife and smeared the krill sauce on the bread.
Both of them had big appetites, and together they finished a plate of krill sauce.
Li Du did not treat himself as an outsider and said to Steve, "Another plate."
Steve smiled helplessly. "Sorry, man, you've finished our portion, but after a nap, we can go fishing for krill. There are a lot of krill here."
Strictly speaking, Antarctic krill was not a shrimp. It was a shrimp-like invertebrate that belonged to the order Krill under the class Malacostraca. Normal shrimp belonged to the order Decapoda under the class Malacostraca.
They lived in groups and ate tiny phytoplankton as food, converting energy from primary production to maintain their life cycle in the pelagic zone. They had a lifespan of six years.
Because it was far from humans and there were not many large groups of large predators in the Antarctic Ocean, there were a lot of krill. They were a key species in the Antarctic ecosystem, and there were about 500 million tons of krill.
In terms of biomass energy, which was the combined quantity and weight, krill were the most successful species on Earth, and also the least dangerous species in nature.
When it was bedtime, Steve arranged rooms for the three of them. Their incubator was very big. There were six rooms in it, which could accommodate three more people.
Li Du and Sophie stayed in the VIP room. As it was daytime outside and the sun was dazzling the whole day, the windows of the room were decorated.
There was a switch at the door. Pressing the switch, the electric curtains would close, and the ventilator would work silently, slowly and permanently bringing in fresh air.
Continuing to press the switch, there was a light in the room, but it was not a light, but some stars above the roof. A brilliant starry sky appeared.
After the starry sky lit up, from time to time there were green or orange lights drifting like gauze.
"Is this the aurora borealis?" Sophie asked in surprise. "So beautiful?"
What could Li Du say? He could only sigh again that it was good to be rich.
After coming into contact with rich people, he was amused by his previous vision. When he had acquired two mines, he felt that he could rely on the mines for a lifetime without worrying about food and clothing.
In fact, people could never be satisfied with everything they had. He had to continue to work hard, continue to earn more money, and enjoy more.
Before coming here, Li Du thought that Antarctica was a forbidden zone for life. After coming here, he realized that life could be wonderful here.
The insulation was very good, and they had a good night's sleep in the insulated room.
When they woke up, they were ready to wash up. Elson saw them go out and took them to a large insulated room next door for them to wash up.
After opening the door, a garden appeared in front of them.
Roses, jasmine, dahlias, and many other flowers were blooming in the flowerbed. A small field of lavender surrounded the flowerbed, and there were short willows, small ginkgo trees, dwarf cedars, and other trees a few steps away.
Steve was working here, and when he saw them come in, he stood up from a vegetable garden, wiped his sweat, and smiled. "Good morning, you two. How was your sleep?"
Li Du looked at everything inside, stunned. After a long time, he exclaimed, "Very good, we are very good."
This insulated room was larger, more than 500 square meters. Half of it was a garden, and the other half was a vegetable field. There were cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, eggplants, celery, cabbage, and so on.
What surprised him most was that there was a stream in the room, which gurgled and provided water for the flowers and fruits in the garden.
The place to wash up was at the source of the stream, where there were two stone tables stacked with stones and disposable toiletries.
Li Du asked, "How did you do this? Where does the river come from? "
Steve said, "It's down there. There's a river under the ice sheet. Every warm season, when the ice melts, the river will flow again. I installed a water recycling system, and the river flows up."
Li Du exclaimed, "You really know how to enjoy yourself."
Steve laughed and waved his hand. "No, I didn't do it for enjoyment, but for unified sewage treatment. The water recycling system and the sewage treatment system are combined. Because the ability to degrade pollution in Antarctica is so poor, we have to use technology to protect it. "
The two of them washed up, and Steve continued to work, loosening the soil for the vegetables and applying fertilizer to them.
Li Du wiped his face and asked, "Did you transport the soil from outside?"
"What else could I do?" Steve said.
Li Du had to admire him. "You live such a meticulous life. It's really aristocratic, completely different from us uncouth men."
Steve laughed and said, "Do you think I made this camp? No, I'm just the current owner. It took my father twenty years to make it what it is today. "
Li Du said, "That must have 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. Don't ever make money your goal. Otherwise, life will be boring."
Li Du said, "You're right, but do you think that way because you have too much money?"
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