My Pokémon Story of Seasons

The next day, at five o'clock in the morning.

Just as dawn was breaking, Tong Hua was awakened again by a knock on the door.

"They're here..."

Tong Hua groggily shifted the grass turtle and foam squirrel that were snoring on her face, mumbled a reply, got out of bed, and then opened the door.

Outside the wooden cabin, Tong Hua vaguely saw two burly, dark figures...

Good morning!!!

"!"

Tong Hua immediately sobered up and couldn't help but put on the pain mask and cover her ears.

"Hello..."

The burly, dark-skinned man outside the door seemed unaware of how loud his voice was, and spoke to Tong Hua with a bold and unrestrained air.

"I'm Guanglang, a ranger from Fengrao Town! From now on, our Fengrao Town base will be responsible for shipping goods to Fairy Tale Ranch!"

Do you have any items that need to be shipped today?

The burly man with a thick beard, who called himself Guanglang, had a tuft of purple hair on his head, revealing two rows of teeth. He pointed with one thumb at the patrolman badge on the chest of his uniform, which was a little too big for his size.

Even the monstrous strength beside Guanglang looked at Tong Hua with a kind expression, his four thick arms crossed in front of his chest, giving the impression of two mountains pressing down on him...

"Um... please wait a moment."

Tong Hua shrank into the room, quickly washed her face, and then woke up the drooling baby.

"Miru?"

"Time to get up and milk the cows, someone's already come to collect them." Tong Hua stuffed a stress-relieving toy into the big milk tank's hand, pushed her out the door, and thought to herself that she still needed to buy an alarm clock today.

"Um... Mr. Guanglang, right? Could you please wait a moment? My baby hasn't been milked yet today..."

"Haha, no problem! If you don't mind, let us lend you a hand!"

"Uh... thank you very much then." Tong Hua nodded like a chick pecking at rice, and pulled Miltank towards the Pokémon House. With Sago and Machamp following behind, Tong Hua felt a lot of pressure.

"So that's what rangers look like... I had no idea since the game has pixel art..."

Pokémon Rangers, also known as Pokémon Guardians, are a completely different profession from Trainers.

Instead of using Poké Balls, they use a spinning top called a hunting sleigh to capture Pokémon and use the power of wild Pokémon to complete various tasks and commissions.

Tong Hua's most profound impression of this profession is that she once broke the bottom screen of two of her game consoles while playing games...

In the anime, catching a Pokémon only requires one spin, but in the game, it takes dozens or even hundreds of spins. This led him to believe at the time that Pokémon Rangers was a money-grabbing trap designed by Game Freak and Nintendo…

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A few minutes later, Tong Hua began milking Miltank in the Pokémon House.

"Disinfect all four areas first...then express milk in each area one by one...If everything is normal, connect the milk pump."

By the standards of a first attempt, Tong Hua actually did quite well. However, her slightly clumsy technique still annoyed the grumpy baby.

"Miloo!" The big milk tank pressed the pump of the milking machine and started milking by itself.

"Haha, what a unique milk tank! It looks great, the Moo Moo milk it produces will definitely taste delicious!"

Guanglang, like a hot-blooded fool, laughed loudly on the side, leaving Tong Hua with no choice but to awkwardly laugh along.

"By the way, Mr. Guanglang, will you be in charge of receiving the goods from now on?"

Upon hearing this, Guanglang stopped laughing and replied with a slightly serious tone, "Of course not. Don't let my appearance fool you, I'm actually the captain of the Fengrao Town base."

Guanglang proudly pointed to the badge on his chest with his thumb again, "I was specially sent here because this is the first time. From now on, it will probably be the juniors who will be in charge."

"The captain of the patrol base... it must be very tough for him, having to accept even this kind of assignment."

"Hey, what are you saying! Our job as rangers is to solve problems for any person or Pokémon. As long as there's a request, we'll complete it no matter what it is."

Besides helping the ranch ship its products, our Fengrao Town base also handles milk and newspaper delivery for all residents of Fengrao Town and Chicory Village. In addition, we patrol the forest daily, and occasionally we have to step in to handle any security issues!

Good grief! Tong Hua thought to himself.

From maintaining public order and protecting the ecological balance to delivering newspapers and milk, and finding lost cats and dogs, being a Pokémon Ranger is truly not a job for just anyone.

I don't know what these people are working for. Are the rangers paid a lot?

That said, there seems to be a Chief Ranger in the game, and it seems that only the Chief Ranger can receive missions involving legendary Pokémon or direct confrontation with evil organizations.

Even grassroots patrolmen like Guanglang, who have reached the level of base captain, still have to do what residents ask for.

"Mr. Guanglang, how long have you been working at the Fengrao Town base?"

"Oh, me? Hmm... It's been about ten years since I graduated from ranger school."

"Ten years? Did you join the Fengrao Town base right after graduation?" Tong Hua frowned unconsciously. Ten years and still at the grassroots level. It seems that promotion within the patrol team is not easy.

Moreover, these are graduates from a professional school specializing in patrolling. If they were recruited through social channels to join the patrolling base, their promotion would probably be even slower.

"Hahaha!" Hearing Tong Hua's detailed questioning, Guanglang was not annoyed at all. Instead, he laughed loudly and said with spittle flying everywhere.

"Of course! I've worked at the Wind-Swept Town base for ten years. Five years ago, the previous captain was promoted to chief patrol officer and transferred to headquarters, so he passed the base on to me."

To be promoted as a patrolman, you need to complete tasks and assignments to accumulate contribution points. The former captain worked very hard to accumulate enough contribution points, and I am still far behind him!

After all, becoming a chief ranger is much harder than becoming a team leader; you not only have to work diligently, but you also have to achieve results. But, I'm already very satisfied with being a team leader! Hahaha!

"I see..." Tong Hua nodded after hearing Guanglang's explanation.

Just then, the large milk jar finished milking.

After leaving the large milk jug on the pasture to graze, Tong Hua and Guang Lang returned to the front of the cabin. Tong Hua kept about 5 liters of milk for her own family and gave the rest to Guang Lang.

After weighing, it totaled 32 kilograms of Moo Moo milk, which was packed into several metal cans and loaded onto the truck they had brought.

"Hmm, 32 kilograms of MooMoo milk, the purchase price is 150 Alliance Coins per kilogram, that's a total of 4800 Alliance Coins, please accept it."

Tong Hua couldn't hide her excitement as she took the stack of banknotes handed to her by Guanglang!

This is the ranch's first pot of gold!

"not bad!"

Although it's not even half of what I spent yesterday, this is real income earned through my own labor! It's definitely something to remember this day!

The only thing that puzzled Tong Hua was that she remembered Moo Moo Milk costing 600 Alliance Coins per bottle in the game. A bottle that small probably didn't even weigh 500 grams, let alone 1 kilogram.

Compared to the selling price, isn't the purchase price offered to the ranch too low?

However, Tong Hua immediately thought of several possibilities, such as the sales price possibly including other costs such as labor costs and transportation costs.

It seems that once Fairy Tale Ranch develops, it should create its own brand. That way, it might be able to learn from the plump auntie who sells rice at the market and offer door-to-door delivery service, bypassing all the middlemen and distributors.

Thinking of this, Tong Hua quickly put away the Alliance Coins, turned around and handed two cups of Moo Moo Milk to Guanglang and Guaili.

"Captain Guanglang, Super Strength, you've worked hard!"

Guanglang and Guaili did not refuse, and smiled as they accepted Moo Moo Milk and drank it all in one gulp!

"Absolutely delicious! It's so good!"

"Kaili Kaili!"

The two moved in perfect unison, and after finishing their drinks, they both wiped the milk residue off their lips with the backs of their hands.

"Well then, the task is complete! I'll take my leave now."

After saying that, Guanglang left without looking back. He and Guaili got into a truck and drove away on the bad country road.

"It's not easy... Being a low-level ranger in this world seems even more tiring than doing volunteer work."

Tong Hua closed the door; it wasn't even six o'clock yet. Looking at the grass turtle and foam squirrel still fast asleep on the bed, Tong Hua suppressed the urge to go back to sleep.

Now that we're awake, let's prepare breakfast!