Heath had visited quite a few vegetable markets, including Saffron City's, the largest and most luxurious, Pallet Town's, the smallest, and Cerulean City's. He had seen all those markets, but he had to admit that Cinnabar Island's was a little more interesting. Heath acknowledged that he really had never seen such a unique vegetable market.
As soon as he entered Cinnabar Island's vegetable market, the distinctive smell of seafood hit him. It was admittedly a little hard to get used to, unless someone smelled it often, in which case they naturally would not think much of it. After all, spend enough time in a fish shop, and you stopped noticing the stink. But aside from those unpleasant smells, Cinnabar Island's vegetable market had a beauty full of vitality.
That was because seafood still struggling to survive could be seen everywhere here. Other vegetable markets did not have this much seafood. Burly men and tough women carried net bags over and dumped seafood into dedicated pools with a clatter and a splash. Heath even saw something resembling crayfish, though he did not know whether they were the kind he had eaten in his previous life. He also noticed another issue.
"Master, is the pumpkin we eat really this expensive?" May had noticed the issue too. She pointed to a nearby vegetable stall, which had pumpkins and some other vegetables, but the pumpkins here cost a whopping twenty-eight per kilogram. That was more expensive than some meat and seafood, and all the other vegetables were priced above average too, leaving them rather dumbfounded.
"It might be because of the geography here." Heath had guessed at a possible reason. After all, Cinnabar Island was surrounded by the sea, and the little island did not have suitable conditions for growing vegetables, so the people