Chapter 418: Call from a Fellow Countryman
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
There were many wild animals in the United States; when it was hunting season, people could get a variety of ga at for food.
The Playboy was not the only one who brought at. Blacktooth Robbie also brought a similar gift: a large piece of tenderloin, which would make an excellent steak. Steak, however, also required more effort to prepare. Big Quinn directly rubbed the at with a layer of butter.
There were also so people who brought wild pork at. Li Du had eaten this chewy type of at before.
Whether it’s wild pork or wild beef, they had eaten or seen it before. There was even one who brought wild goose at, which was really rare and strange.
Big Quinn cured the peacock at by marinating it using a mixture of red wine, gin, Japanese miso, and olive oil.
When it was noon, it was ti to eat.
Arican parties did not have many rules in regards to als; most of the ti parties just had buffet-style als. Hans’s party was like a do-it-yourself buffet. Everyone took the prepared or marinated at and the like, and barbecued it themselves.
Li Du had originally wanted to show off his culinary skills by preparing so dishes. However, there were too many people to entertain. Now that he was very popular, everyone wanted to talk with him. Therefore, he had no free ti.
With the large assortnt of food at this treasure hunter party, there were mostly burgers. This was the easiest al to prepare and could enable the guests to fill up their stomachs in the fastest possible ti. Big Quinn had prepared a lot of burger ingredients and placed them on the table for the treasure hunters to mix and match.
Li Du put two of them into the oven designed by Big Quinn, which had different layers for cooking. In this way, when the fire was lit, the flas would not rise directly to the top.
“Three-zone oven?” Lu Guan seed intrigued by the oven; he squatted near it to take a closer look.
Li Du asked, “What about it?”
“Well, this is a high-grade oven—one that is very troubleso to make. Look, the top layer is a low-temperature zone, the highest temperature zone is around the center and the bottom layer is the middle-temperature zone. They all have different roles.”
This type of oven was very suitable for grilling burgers. The at could be placed in the high-temperature for quick grilling, then moved to the mid-temperature zone where the at inside would be thoroughly cooked. When it was fully-cooked, the at was placed in the low-temperature zone to stay warm.
But as this was a complicated process, Hans got impatient after grilling his burger in the first zone and ate it after it was ready, skipping the step to place it in the mid-temperate zone.
After chewing on the burger two tis, he asked, “Is this the wild beef? It’s too lean, the at doesn’t sll good at all.”
Big Quinn walked over and took a look. “Nope, it’s pork. Just that it’s too lean. Co, put so butter on it. Rember not to use the tongs to press the burger during barbecuing or the oil inside will be squeezed out.”
Li Du also made himself a burger. He took two slices of bread and a piece of wild beef as he had never eaten that before.
“Don’t use too much seasoning with the wild beef,” recomnded the Playboy. “Friend, just try sprinkling so coarse salt and black pepper powder. This way, you can taste its original flavor.”
Li Du added so vegetables since he didn’t add much seasoning.
He added lettuce, tomatoes and onions to make a big, fat burger and worked hard to barbecue the beef. When it was ready to be eaten, Hans grabbed the burger from him.
“Co back here, you thief!” cried Li Du angrily.
Hans cackled and had a naughty smirk on his face. “Thank you for your present, Li!”
Looking at the group of people cracking crude jokes and playing around without a care, York suddenly envied them and murmured, “Seems like living life like this isn’t too bad after all.”
“Live like these barbaric and foolish bumpkins?” Frank laughed condescendingly. “No, just kill . Our aim is to stay at Beverly Hills where our next door neighbors are Hollywood stars and politicians. As for these fools? They can go to hell!”
Not too far away in the distance, Lu Guan, who was playing with his big golden retriever, shrugged. He went to look for Li Du and comnted, “Wanna know so information? Those Two have new criticisms of you…”
Li Du’s story of how Shang Yang had gained prestige and trust seed to work. From the beginning until the end of the party, more than 10 people ca to him and told him so so-called “insider news.”
Not only treasure hunters there disclosed information to him, but Li even received a call from another city. When the party wrapped up, Li Du got a call from Kevin Zhang, whose Chinese na was Zhang Kai. He was working in Page Town.
If one did a search on the Internet for Page Town in Chinese, one would get results for the city of Pécs. Pécs was a famous city situated between the Danube and Drava rivers. It was one of Hungary’s most attractive cities.
The Hungarian city Pécs had a pleasant climate and a long history. The city was host to magnificent museums and had the richest Turkish architecture in Hungary.
There was also a place called “Page” in the United States, which was where Zhang Kai was working. Both Page in Arica and Pécs in Europe shared the sa Chinese na, but there was a huge gap between them in size and population.
In the United States there were many such places. This was due to the first immigrants to Aricans were from Europe. In order to cherish the mories of their holand or simply for easy rembrance, there were many places nad after European cities.
Li Du had only heard of the European city of Pécs. He was sowhat nonplussed and asked, “Hello? You’re calling from Hungary?”
The voice over the phone sounded startled and replied, “No, I’m in Arica, in the state of Arizona.”
Li Du looked at Hans and consulted him in a low voice. “Is there a place called ‘Page’ in Arizona?”
Hans nodded his head. “Of course, it’s located in the northeastern part of Arizona. It used to belong to the Hopis.”
Li Du nodded to himself and continued to answer the phone, “Hello, Mr. Zhang, may I know the purpose of this call?”
Zhang Kai proceeded to use Mandarin to converse with Li, “Hi brother, I’m currently working at Glen Canyon Storage. The company’s planning to hold an auction soon, a storage unit auction.”
Li Du listened quietly. So soone’s giving auction information? he thought.
Zhang Kai said, “Not sure if you know this: Page is a very popular tourist spot with three to four million tourists coming here annually. Over here, there is a lot of storage units filled with items.
“There will be a total of 45 storage units put on auction with various sizes—the large, dium, and small units. So of them contain good things inside. Will you be coming for the auction?”
Li Du did not reply imdiately. Instead, he asked, “How do you know ? Were you introduced to by Mr. Ma Zhi-an? Are you also a mber of the Chinese Mutual Aid Association?”
“Yes, Brother Ma has inford all the mbers in this line of business,” replied Zhang Kai in a straightforward manner, “saying that we have another mber working as a treasure hunter. And if there’s a good storage unit, we will inform you about it.”
Li Du was quite moved by Ma Zhi-an’s goodwill, for this act would greatly help his line of work.
After exchanging contacts with Zhang Kai, Li Du ended the call and talked to Hans. “There’s an upcoming auction in Page, we need to set off right away.”
Hans nodded and said, “Yes, there’s one with 45 storage units put up for auction.”
“You need to be mindful of such news,” preached Li Du. “There are 45 storage units, there could be sothing worthwhile in them.”
Hans felt wronged. “I noticed it, but I didn’t know you were interested. Page is situated in the northeastern part of Arizona. It’s rather far away.”
Li Du replied firmly, “As long as there’s money to be earned, we’ll go. Even if it’s really far.”
Hans imdiately disclosed another auction. “There’s also an auction in a storage company in Las Vegas with 20 storage units—might have better things in there.”
Li Du replied, “Not going.”
Hans was speechless.
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