Luffy was carrying his own box, looking straight at Cheng Lang.
"Hey! Cheng Lang, when can I eat?"
Apparently Luffy was concerned about the rotten meat.
Chapter 41 Rotten Meat = Spicy Strips
In the end, Cheng Lang still let Luffy start eating rotten meat.
"Let me make this clear first. If you don't like the taste, just spit it out. Got it?"
Luffy nodded, then happily took out the rotten meat from the box.
Looking at the rotten meat with distinct strips of flesh.
The nose twitches.
Didn't smell any strange odor.
He opened his mouth and threw the rotten meat into it.
Of course Luffy didn't spit it out, but smacked his lips, looking thoughtful.
"How about it?"
"It's delicious...but tasteless."
"?" Cheng Lang was puzzled.
But in the end, Luffy took out the rotten meat again and threw it directly into his mouth. Only then could he hear the crisp breaking sounds.
"this.."
"It tastes like eating crispy bones." Luffy said, his mouth still moving.
Cheng Lang scratched his head about this, and finally took out some rotten meat and started eating it.
Sure enough, the taste was like eating crispy bones, but this taste reminded Cheng Lang of the snacks in his previous life, human cat strips.
If the spicy taste of spicy strips was removed, it might taste like what it does now.
It really is... spicy strips.
After eating, Cheng Lang felt full for a short time, but the hunger BUFF did appear on his status bar.
Fortunately, it lasts for about half a minute.
At least it's non-toxic.
But Cheng Lang still took out the milk.
Come to think of it, he has never drunk the milk in MC.
I tasted it and it tasted like standard milk.
Moreover, the bucket of milk you drink doesn't take up any space in your stomach and doesn't even quench your thirst.
Seeing Luffy eating one bite at a time, the others were also filled with curiosity.
They all asked for one.
The taste is good, but that's all it is.
"If it could be made into a dish, it might be delicious." Alrita commented.
After all, she also likes the taste of rotten meat.
Then she took out no less than thirty or forty pieces of rotten meat from Cheng Lang's box and prepared to eat them as snacks.
The others nodded in agreement, saying that the taste was indeed good.
It's just tasteless.
Cheng Lang no longer imposed any restrictions on this.
Eat whatever you like.
But he went to the kitchen and found chili powder in the cupboard.
Simply sprinkle it on.
It has flavor, but unfortunately the flavor is not right. It is not as delicious as the human cat strips I imagined.
But it is indeed a good snack.
For several days, Usopp, Luffy and others spent their time fishing.
After all, the sense of accomplishment of MC fishing is very high.
As long as you cast the rod, you will hit the target 100%.
Cheng Lang is responsible for recycling garbage and exchanging it for EMC value.
It was on such a day that I arrived at the Barati, a restaurant on the sea.
Just like in the plot, they encountered a warship, and when Luffy fired a cannonball, he accidentally shot it directly into the room of the head chef Zeff.
For a moment, Cheng Lang even suspected that Luffy did it on purpose.
However, the plot still develops according to the original plot.
Luffy was left behind as a handyman to pay for his medical bills, but as for repairs?
Cheng Lang took the initiative to help renovate the house. Although the result was that the whole room became very square, it did not affect its use.
During this period, Nami, Alrita, and Kuya Mi on the ship were given the privilege of free meals, and the one who gave the privilege was naturally Sanji, the lecherous cook.
Night comes.
Cheng Lang came to the deck.
At this moment, Nami was looking into the distance on the deck.
"What's wrong? I see you've been looking at the sea since this afternoon?" Cheng Lang asked with a smile.
Nami turned her head and saw Cheng Lang looking calm and composed.
"Why did you become a pirate?"
"?"
Cheng Lang was a little confused by the question.
"Why do you ask?"
"You must be the son of a wealthy or noble family."
"???"
Cheng Lang was confused. He was a low-class person both in this world and in the world before he crossed over. Why did both Alrita and Nami ask this question?
Nami saw Cheng Lang's confused look as if he was "seen through".
"I've seen too many wealthy and noble men in my years at sea. Your poor concealment will never escape my sight."
"???"
Cheng Lang scratched his face: "How do you judge that I am a rich man or a noble young man?"
"Whether it's your behavior, your speech, or your habit of taking a shower every day, you're even cleaner than a woman."
"what?"
Seeing Cheng Lang so confused, Nami pointed at Luffy who was still doing odd jobs in Barati.
"Whether it's Luffy, Usopp, or Zoro, unless they smell too bad or encounter something dirty, they basically won't take a bath. And the most important thing is that you actually use chopsticks except when eating noodles. There are many small details afterwards.
For example, even if your hands are clean, you will wash them before eating, and you must wash them with water before eating fruit. You have to know that these small habits cannot be developed overnight. They require living in a wealthy or aristocratic family since childhood.
Nami counted Cheng Lang's various little habits to prove that he was a rich man or a noble.
Cheng Lang was scratching his head about this.
"These are just habits. Also, your language, knowledge, and literacy—you don't seem like an ordinary person."
Cheng Lang had no choice but to admit it.
Since he came to the world of One Piece, he found that the illiteracy rate was too high. For example, Luffy, if asked to recognize words, he could still recognize them, but only a small part, such as his own name or the names of food. He couldn't understand the content of an entire newspaper.
My math is even worse.
Addition and subtraction of numbers from one to ten are fine, but if you go higher, it becomes a problem.
It can be said that the only people on the ship who can read and do math are Cheng Lang, Nami, and Kuya Mi, just three of them.
Others can only say that there is nothing wrong with life.
Cheng Lang was not surprised by this. The knowledge popularization rate in the world of One Piece could not be high at all.
"You say I'm a rich man, I admit it, but I'm not a noble." Cheng Lang was forced to admit it. After all, to explain why he had these habits and an abnormal literacy rate, he had to start from another world.
"So I'm going to answer your previous question now. Why do I go to the sea? Because I'm short of money. Without money, I can't go back to my hometown, and I can't get rid of..." Nami sighed deeply at the end and didn't continue.
"You want money? I can give it to you. How much do you need?" Cheng Lang decided to take the initiative.
If it were before, Cheng Lang might have let the situation develop slowly, and then let Luffy solve it and successfully bring Nami on board.
But now, knowing that I need to change my destiny to gain experience, it's a different matter.
Nami turned her head and looked at Cheng Lang strangely: "You..."
Chapter 42: Launching a Money Offensive
"you..."
Nami was surprised, but then waved her hand: "No, and the amount I need is a large sum."
"A large number? How big? Hundreds of millions?"
"Hundreds of millions... you know a box that can hold tens of millions..."