My Pokémon Story of Seasons

Spring of the 112th year of the Alliance Calendar, May 20th, sunny.

Income: MooMoo Milk +3000, Fish +2500

Total deposits: 656500 Alliance Coins.

After seeing Chuang Yi off, Tong Hua casually wrote down the account details.

A few days ago, I spent 20,000 Alliance Coins to buy 20 laying hens, which laid 200 white-shelled eggs. Although I sold some of them to recoup some of the losses, my total savings are still less than at my previous peak.

Fortunately, the ranch doesn't have many expenses now; it mainly just spends money on rice, flour, cooking oil, and fresh ingredients.

You don't really need to worry about food for Pokémon. Miltank and Grass-type Pokémon can meet their basic needs by eating hay and sunbathing.

For example, worms and salt worms can also supplement their nutrition by eating the iron-rich red soil near the pasture. The raccoon family and the queen bee family, on the other hand, are completely self-sufficient.

Occasionally, we can gather everyone together for dinner, and with the ranch's operations, we can easily provide for them.

Therefore, even though the amount of deposits on the account decreased by 10000 Alliance Coins, Tong Hua still didn't think much of it.

Anyway, there are still more than two months left. If we work hard, there is still a good chance that we can save up 2000 million Alliance Coins.

No need to rush, as long as you are down-to-earth, your wishes will eventually come true.

"The third batch of crops is growing quite well. It seems that the method of 'tug-of-war' tilling is indeed effective. I don't feel that the soil fertility has decreased at all."

Tong Hua closed her notebook, stretched, and looked out the window.

The potatoes and strawberries in the field are growing well, and the lush green crops sway gently in the wind.

The four Pokémon—Turtle, Slimie, Minifox, and Worm—were busy in the field, and occasionally a few Bees could be seen flying by, collecting sweet treats from the fruit trees in the distance.

With the help of the Pokémon, Tong Hua had more time to focus on other aspects of building the ranch.

For example, building a dessert shop.

Tong Hua went outside and looked at the open-air restaurant where she had dinner with the Pokémon.

To build a dessert shop, the first thing you need is a bigger and better kitchen, or at least a place to heat up the batter and bake it.

Secondly, the design of the store is not very important. After all, if the store is famous enough to attract customers from afar, then having a shelf to display the goods is sufficient.

"On the other hand, if we want to do business, we should at least make sure the road from the ranch to the village is paved."

Tong Hua recalled how Huang Yao had fallen so badly yesterday, and also thought of Su Ren and Foam Chipmunk who had stepped into a mud pit and were feeling uncomfortable from being jostled around in a truck.

Road repairs seem to be an unavoidable task before opening a shop.

However, everything has its order, and this road repair is no simple project. For now, let's build a dedicated baking room for the dessert shop!

So, in order to get a better and bigger oven than the fireplace, Tong Hua decided to go out and buy one in Chicory Village.

He already had a rough idea of ​​the construction plan for the dessert shop in his mind.

Basically, it's pretty much as we planned yesterday: make the most of the existing kitchen for product production, and then build a small covered platform outside the main entrance of the cabin, put shelves on it, and that's it.

In this way, once the new house is built, the old wooden house can be completely transformed into a shop and reused.

"Hey Tuotuo, could you give me a ride? Let's go!"

Tong Hua rode on the worm, with only the foam squirrel following beside him.

Since I was just going out to buy something, all the other Pokémon were left at home, not even the two Celebi.

"Game." The forest tortoise stood at the entrance of the ranch and waved. With Tong Hua not at home, he was the one to take charge.

Watching Worm's retreating figure, and then glancing back at the restless Pokémon in the ranch, Torkoal had a feeling it was in for a rough time...

……

In Chicory Village, there's certainly no one who can contract large-scale construction projects. However, there is one shop that can build small kitchens and sell large ovens.

After inquiring around the village for a while, Tong Hua arrived at a blacksmith's workshop called "Charcoal House".

This is a two-story building constructed from dark brown logs and a black iron frame. The roof is covered with thick slate tiles, and wisps of smoke constantly rise from the chimney, mingling with the aroma of charcoal fire in the air.

The walls of the workshop are covered with various metal signs, some of which are rusty and have words such as "Custom Forging", "Smelting and Repair" and "Stove Specialty".

Piles of unprocessed ore and charcoal were stacked on both sides of the entrance, and a few small charcoal makers were slowly rolling around, gathering the scattered coal pieces together.

A cast-iron sign hangs above the door, carved in the shape of a burning flame, with the three large characters "Charcoal House" written below in bold script, gleaming in the sunlight.

The workshop's windows were small, but the glass was very clean, and through the windows you could see the flickering fire and busy figures inside.

"What a vibrant place..." Tong Hua exclaimed, reaching out to push open the wooden door that was slightly blackened by smoke.

As soon as the wooden door was pushed open, a wave of heat mixed with the smell of metal and charcoal hit you.

The clanging of hammering metal filled the air as several lava worms provided a stable heat source beside the forge.

Welcome!

A dark-skinned middle-aged man wearing a leather apron came out from the inner room, holding a pair of red-hot iron tongs. "Young man, what would you like?"

"Screech..." The foam squirrel seemed to hate the environment, with cigarette ash everywhere. The little guy covered its mouth and nose with its tail and jumped off Tong Hua's shoulder with a look of disgust.

Tong Hua looked around and his gaze was quickly drawn to a quaint metal oven in the corner.

The oven was entirely copper-brown, with flame patterns carved on the sides, and a transparent, heat-resistant glass panel was inlaid on the door, allowing observation of the interior.

The most important thing is that it's big; big is good.

"Boss, how much is this oven?" he asked, pointing to the oven.

The shopkeeper wiped his sweat and grinned, "That one? It's quite expensive."

However, it's definitely great value for money; you can take it away for only 5 Alliance Coins.

"5 million..."

This price was beyond Tong Hua's expectations; it wasn't that it was too expensive, but rather that it was too cheap.

After all, even a Woolst sheep costs 5, and a set of custom-made acorn furniture costs a million.

In comparison, such an exquisite oven only costs 5, which is really cheap.

This made Tong Hua wonder if there was something wrong with the oven, or if it was an effect of her increased luck.

"Boss, what you've done..."

As soon as Tong Hua finished speaking, the burly boss suddenly became hesitant.

"Okay, 3, that's the lowest I can go!"

Tong Hua: "?"

"You've misunderstood, I just wanted to..."

"2, that's the lowest I can go."

Tong Hua scratched his head and looked at the burly, bear-like boss in front of him.

Why does your voice sound so soft and gentle?

"I bought it."

"Okay, then... wait, what did you say?"

"I bought it." Tong Hua repeated.

The boss's eyes widened, and the iron tongs in his hand clattered to the ground. Several lava worms were startled and spat out a string of sparks, instantly filling the workshop with smoke.

"Ahem... You're not going to bargain?" the shopkeeper asked, fanning himself to confirm. "But the village chief instructed me to..."

Halfway through his sentence, the boss suddenly covered his mouth, as if he had let something slip.

"Is there anything else you want to buy? Anything is fine."

Tong Hua keenly sensed the unusual tone in the boss's words, and he narrowed his eyes slightly: "Anything? Then can I have a stove repaired too?"

"Of course," the boss nodded, smiling as he asked, "Is it to be built on the ranch?"

At this point, Tong Hua was completely convinced.

Even though it was my first time visiting this store and I hadn't revealed my identity, the owner somehow knew I owned a ranch.

It seems the village chief must have given prior notice; no wonder he's been actively trying to lower the price.

"Yes, yes, I'd like to add a stove to the existing kitchen, but I don't know how much it will cost."

"No problem, no problem."

The boss rubbed his calloused hands together and started counting on his fingers.

"If we include the cost of materials, transportation, and labor, I'll charge you 3 Alliance Coins."

"And we'll also ship the oven over for you. That'll be 5 in total, how about it?"