Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 285 Two hundred. Picking canned food

   Grocery store.

  The small shop space is crowded with a large number of residents who come to buy.

   The rainy season is approaching, and most of Belfast's grocery stores are like this.

  Lu Li stood by the door and waited for a while before a free clerk greeted him: "Sir, what do you need?"

   "Two cases of cans."

  The clerk was wet, not knowing if it was sweat or rain: "At present, there are only canned pork, peas, canned apples, canned fish, and canned beef, and there are still a few boxes. There are not so many others."

   He pointed to the shelf on the wall, and there were several kinds of tin cans wrapped in paper, including the three cans the clerk said.

  Lu Li took the three kinds of canned food mentioned by the clerk from the shelf. The canned pork is similar in size to apples, and the canned fish is a flat can. After shaking, there will be juice sloshing in them, and the canned beef is taller and heavier than them, and there is no sound when shaken.

The paper labels on the    have rudimentary patterns and the names of the cans, but nothing else.

   No expiration date and no ingredient list.

  Ingredient list appeared because people were no longer suffering from hunger and began to pursue the product of nutrition and health, which is not applicable in this world. Except for the nobles, most of the commoners are on the line of barely enough food and clothing, and the nobles are of course not interested in cans stuffed with additives.

   As you can imagine, eating these cans for a long time will definitely not be good for the body.

  Lu Li handed the four kinds of cans to the clerk and asked him to pick up the canner to open them—there is no humaneness to say that in the just budding stage of capital industry.

   "Sir, are these all open?" the clerk couldn't help but wonder.

   "I want to taste it."

  The clerk hesitated for a while, confirming that Lu Li's appearance and temperament are not like ordinary people, put the can on the wooden box at the door and said, "Okay, please wait..."

   He turned from the edge of the shop and got back into the noisy shop, his thin body squeezed in and out of the crowd with difficulty, and from time to time he had to face the pulling and inquiries of the customers.

   When he returned to Lu Li's side, it was already two minutes later, and the wet marks on his body became more than before.

  The clerk used the can opener to open the four kinds of cans, making some room.

  Lu Li took a metal spoon from the shelf, wiped the dust and stains that might be on the spoon with his fingers, and came to the wooden box.

   A very strong fishy smell emanated from the wooden box, which was stronger than the smell of the fresh fish brought back by the crew from Sailor Street, completely covering the smell of the other three cans.

  A herring and some minced fish were lying in the turbid soup, like a swollen corpse.

  Lu Li picked up the fish meat and soup on the edge and sent it to the mouth.

  The cold, fishy, ​​and salty taste melted on the tip of the tongue at the same time, which strongly stimulated and dispelled its original unpleasant taste—not a good thing, which means that there is a taste that is resisted by the taste buds on top of the unpleasant taste.

   This is not eaten straight away, it is best served with hard brown bread.

   Lu Li's frown was noticed by the clerk who peeked at him, and he said cautiously, "I don't recommend you buy canned fish..."

   pursed his lips and waited for more than ten seconds for the taste to fade away. Lu Li tilted his head and asked him, "Why?"

   "Canned fish is made of dead fish that are going to rot and no one wants to eat them except starving scavengers and people who have no money to eat...especially in Belfast."

   Buying canned fish in the port city of Belfast is as unreasonable as selling art at high prices in the art capital of Shimfast.

"what about others?"

   "The others are local Belfast factories, craving cannery cans, although the taste is not very good for you... but at least not sick."

   This sentence is very euphemistic and very clear.

   In other words, eating canned fish can lead to illness.

   "Help me throw it away." Lu Li said, seeing the hesitation on the clerk's face, he added: "Or you can use it for other purposes, I will pay for the canned money."

  The clerk relaxed a little, thanked Lu Li and put it under the eaves outside the door.

   Seeing Lu Li looking over, the thin young clerk smiled and said, "There are scavengers and stray cats and dogs wandering around every day."

  Lu Li nodded slightly, looked away, and landed on the can of pork and peas.

   Chunks of pork and fingernail-sized peas surfaced in small portions on the surface of the soup. The last time Lu Li touched it was at Wanghai Cliff. The pork was almost melted into the soup after being left for a long time, and the taste was indescribable.

   But that's also much better than canned fish.

  The cold wind brought rain and fog into the store continuously, even so, the fishy smell around the wooden box in front of the door still lingered.

He picked up a piece of pork and put it in his mouth. The salty taste and slight stinky smell spread on the taste buds. As he bit his teeth, a meaty aroma burst out, filling his lips and teeth. It was far from the first time Lu Li met it at Wanghai Cliff. as bad.

   may also be the contrast caused by the canned fish previously eaten.

   After eating silently, Lu Li picked up the fruit in the can of apple and put it in his mouth.

   The unqualified sucrose and the uncontrollable additive flavor spread out in the mouth, and the taste of the pulp itself is almost impossible to taste.

   But at least you can swallow, and you can add sugar.

  The last is canned beef. The can is filled with brown-red mashed beef, and you can taste it with a small spoonful. The flavor of the meat completely conceals the taste of saltiness and additives.

   Compared with the first three canned foods, canned beef is more like a food.

   corresponds to its expensive price.

  Lu Li took it off the shelf and the price tag on it said 57 shillings, or about 60 pounds of brown bread.

   But it weighs a pound, a third more than canned pork and fruit.

   "How long do they last?"

   After tasting the taste, Lu Li finally asked.

   "The taste will not change if you eat it within a year, please rest assured sir."

   "If longer, what is the maximum edible period for it?"

  The clerk thought about it for a while, and then hesitantly said: "Different environments can be stored for different times... Canned fruit and canned pork may not be edible for three years, canned fish for five years, and canned beef for eight years. It shouldn't be a big problem."

   is enough. At that time, Lu Li was unlikely to still be in this world - he might find a way to return to the original world, and he might die here.

   "One box each of canned fruit and canned pork, can you help me deliver it to my house?"

   Canned beef is almost the top canned food, and it is foreseeable that its price will rise as the environment deteriorates - but Lu Li has not that much money.

   "Of course." The clerk said with a smile.

   There are 20 cans in a box, and the unit price is 13 and 12 shillings respectively. Lu Li paid 500 shillings for this.

   As for the canned fish...it's only 7 shillings, but it's out of the question.

  Lu Li didn't want to die from diarrhea.

   Or being attacked by a monster while dying of diarrhea.

   (end of this chapter)