My Pokémon Story of Seasons

Chapter 328 Ranch Upgrade

Since unraveling the mystery of that nightmare, Tong Hua has been incredibly energetic, her enthusiasm and drive a hundredfold or a thousandfold.

In order not to disappoint "Little Tonghua", he re-examined all the affairs of the ranch and prepared to give the ranch a major upgrade!

Time flies, and two weeks have passed quietly in a flurry of busy and fulfilling time.

Over the past two weeks, Tong Hua has put in a lot of hard work in every aspect, from infrastructure construction to industrial upgrading, and even the daily lives of the ranch members, including their food, clothing, housing, transportation, and production skills training. She personally handled every single matter.

Often, they spend 20 out of 24 hours a day working, and the remaining 4 hours are spent drinking magic potions and meditating instead of resting.

The life of working from dawn till dusk, which he had never experienced before, did not seem to be too painful for him.

On the contrary, this feeling of extreme fulfillment made Tong Hua truly realize that she had been wasting her life before.

These days, the ranch's main task is simply to make money.

Currently, the ranch's economy mainly comes from three sources: the Happy Dessert Shop, the Wonderful Potions Shop, and the delivery of various surplus products from the ranch.

The upgrading of the ranch industry revolves around these three aspects.

"Eek!" "Chirp chirp!"

First, let's talk about the Happiness Dessert Shop. Previously, Tong Hua focused all her attention on alchemy and became a hands-off manager, so the few Frost Fairies became the main force actually responsible for producing the desserts.

They are hardworking, creative, and have a natural love and talent for desserts.

The cakes, cookies, and puddings produced are not only delicious, but also exquisitely and adorably designed like works of art, making them a well-known brand in Chicory Village and even the surrounding towns.

However, in Tong Hua's opinion, these desserts still do not reach the quality of those he makes himself.

To further increase profits, we need to optimize quality, expand production scale, and sign more orders to supply external customers.

Expanding production is easy enough; we just need to expand the dessert shop's kitchen and hire a few more fairy milk birds and messenger birds to help.

As for improving quality, the only two methods Tong Hua can think of right now are to increase the quality of the ingredients and to teach the Cream Fairies by example to improve their cooking skills.

Such as "sweet to the point of being terrifying," high-quality seasonings from Orino and Saltstone, and the upgraded quality of Aywa fresh milk from the big milk tanks —

Finished products made from high-quality materials will naturally be of higher quality than those made from low-quality materials.

So, for the past two weeks, Tong Hua and Ping have been spending some time each day in the dessert shop's kitchen guiding the Creamy Fairies.

During this period, the total number of members in the two teams—Alcremie, who is in charge of production, and Messenger Bird, who is in charge of delivery—has doubled.

"Eek!" "Chirp chirp!"

With the combined efforts of seven Alcremie fairies, five messenger birds, and Tong Hua, the profits of Happiness Dessert Shop underwent a dramatic transformation in just two weeks.

After Tong Hua's expansion and redesign, the kitchen has become spacious and bright, with clear functional areas, enough for all the Frost Milk Fairies to showcase their culinary skills together.

Tong Hua's newly purchased professional baking equipment has also been put into production. This investment is quite worthwhile, greatly improving efficiency and stability.

The Cream Fairies are divided into two groups. One group is led by the two most experienced members and continues to be responsible for the store's daily sales and the production of classic styles.

The other group followed Tong Hua, focusing on developing new products and improving manufacturing processes.

With two teams working in shifts and with the help of Pokémon like Delibird and Cinnabar, the dessert shop's revenue continued to rise.

Next up is the Magical Potion Shop.

Although there are few people, with almost only Tibrim in charge, the situation here is a bit more complicated than that of the dessert shop.

The reason is simple: the potion shop relies more on customized orders to produce the potions that customers need.

While this brought profits and added new product categories to the potion shop, because the potions were so effective, only a small portion of the customized products had repeat customers.

For example, hair growth tonics —

The only truly best-selling items in the store are recovery medicine, panacea, and plant growth promoters.

Tong Hua doesn't have any solutions for this at the moment.

The unique nature of potions means they cannot have a large audience like desserts. Each potion has its own unique use, unlike desserts, which will be popular as long as they taste good.

But this doesn't mean the potential of the Potions Shop has stopped there.

Tong Hua and Tibrim turned their attention in another direction, delving into the wisdom of the ancient texts on Dream Island, and extracting magical items that could be sold as commodities.

In the future, the Wonderful Potion Shop will no longer be limited to passively accepting customized orders, or even to just potions.

"Calming Incense" was a successful attempt. This product was inspired by Sweet Cold Beauty and Orion. It was originally intended for Tiblim to refresh herself when studying ancient books. Later, it was discovered by customers who came to the store and became the store's new favorite.

Following the success of its core "soothing incense", Tibrim also developed a series of "ambient fragrances".

It contains "Deep Sleep Soothing Fragrance," which promotes sleep and is effective for both Pokémon and humans who are overly excited or stressed.

There is a "Focus Incense" that can be lit during training or study to slightly improve attention and mental clarity. Although the effect does not last long, it is gentle and has no side effects, and it can create a good learning atmosphere. It is quite popular among many students and office workers in Fengrao Town.

"Bree!"

In addition, Tibrim also found some basic principles of magic technology in ancient books, and together with Tong Hua, they tried to make some simple magical props.

Fortunately, Tong Hua had experience in making equipment, so he was quite adept at studying these props.

However, calling them props is a bit of an exaggeration; they're more like small ornaments, imbued with one-time-use magic.

These are amulets meant to bring good luck, ward off misfortune, or bring peace. Although their effects are extremely weak and mostly one-time use, their remarkable efficacy still attracts many customers, making them affordable options in potion shops.

Popular souvenirs and gifts.

Tibrim even tried to solidify some subtle superpowers or spiritual suggestions onto specific small objects, such as hair clips that make it easier for the wearer to concentrate, or replicas of calming bells that can slightly soothe the emotions of Pokémon.

These gadgets sold steadily, opening up a new and sustainable revenue stream for the potion shop.

The business model of the potion shop was also adjusted accordingly. The first floor displays standard products and magical gadgets, and accepts regular orders.

For more in-depth and complex custom potions and special magical items, the customization and consultation have been moved to the specially decorated "VIP room" on the second floor, where Tibrim will personally receive guests, and the threshold and price are correspondingly higher.

This tiered business strategy not only preserved its core business but also expanded into the high-end market and enhanced the "Wonderful Potion Shop".

Their professional and mysterious image.

Over the course of two weeks, the potion shop's profits soared, its reputation quietly grew, and it even began to attract customers with special needs from more distant towns.

"Game!"

Finally, there are the agricultural products from the ranch itself.

Tong Hua didn't have any special upgrade ideas for this area. If he had to say, the best way to deal with it would be to eliminate all the redundancies.

All the output should be utilized.

Even if it's just a preliminary processing step, it's likely to be more valuable than shipping raw materials directly.

Just like tree fruits and honey, while there is a lot of profit from selling them directly, the profit is even greater if they are processed into desserts or wine.

For the output that already exceeded the maximum consumption of the current dessert shop and potion shop, Tong Hua specially expanded the corresponding small processing workshop in the ranch to start producing some brand-new Fairy Tale Ranch's own brand products.

The fruit is dried at low temperatures, sealed and packaged as dried snacks, and sent to the village market twice a week, where it almost always sells out quickly.

The Queen Bee family selects only the highest quality honey, employing extremely meticulous filtering and maturation processes to produce a limited-edition premium honey. Like some limited-edition items in the dessert shop, it is only available by pre-order, with limited quantities available on a first-come, first-served basis.

As for the deep processing of AiAi Fresh Milk, it was handed over to Tong Huahua, who invested heavily in building a new "dairy workshop" on the grassland.

In addition to regular pasteurized milk, we have begun small-scale trial production of flavored yogurt, fresh cheese, and curd.

The high-quality milk source from the large milk tanks ensured the basic quality, and Tong Hua drew on some formulas and processes from her previous life to adjust the products to better suit local tastes.

The processing of wool and rock salt is relatively simple. High-quality fluffy wool undergoes preliminary cleaning and combing to produce a uniform thickness.

A ball of yarn can be sold for several times the price of wool.

The pure rock salt produced in Saltstone Village and the olive oil produced in Orino are bottled and sold as cooking ingredients. Although the profit margin is not high, the business is stable and has almost zero cost.

The launch of these branded products has not only significantly increased the added value of the ranch's primary products, but also truly established the "Fairy Tale Ranch" brand.

The newly arrived messenger birds are busier now, as orders from Windswept Town and even further afield will be plentiful from now on.

In just two weeks, Fairy Tale Ranch underwent a complete transformation. Behind this transformation was Tong Hua's almost obsessive dedication to his work and the unwavering support and cooperation of all the Pokémon.

Focus on production, conduct research, advance technology, and develop transportation —

Each Pokémon shines in its most suitable role, and everything is developing in the direction set by the core leader.

The gears of the economy began to turn faster, accumulating solid strength for Tong Hua's even grander blueprint.

And all of this is for one promise: to create more stories of happiness for everyone.

In the summer of the 112th year of the Alliance calendar, on July 15th, Tong Hua's two-week development plan was fully implemented.

It's time to move on to the next step —