Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 13 Selling Mountain Goods and the Growlithe Training Plan

That evening.

Su Yu's discussion with the two Pokémon, Growlithe and Tropius, lasted for quite a while.

Su Yu has always treated Growlithe like a newborn Pokémon; at present, it needs to grow. Therefore, the training tasks assigned to it have never been heavy.

However, it seems that it's time to start training in fire-attribute moves.

"Growlithe, you have to believe that there's nothing you can't learn when it comes to Fire-type moves."

"Even if you only know the Spark move, as long as you practice it dozens or hundreds of times, I believe you will have a completely new understanding of fire-type moves. Therefore, your next training plan is to keep practicing the Spark move."

"Starting tomorrow, you'll go to the lakeside to practice. I'll check on your training progress every day. If you want to beat Woolstaff, you can't slack off."

"Woof!"

Growlithe promises he will never slack off.

"As for Tropical Dragon, from what I've observed, you've already learned moves like Leaf Blade and Body Slam, so your combat strength is quite formidable at the moment."

"What you lack most right now is your own recovery ability. From now on, focus on 'photosynthesis' and practice diligently."

Su Yu recalled the way Tropical Dragon looked when they first met, covered in injuries. The fact that Tropical Dragon could fight the man in sunglasses for a while meant that Tropical Dragon must have some strength.

However, the man in sunglasses had more than one Pokémon with him. If all of them attacked at once, Tropius would quickly be overwhelmed.

Upon hearing this, Tropius nodded. Humans are indeed different from Pokémon; their thinking is much clearer.

And then the next day...

Early in the morning, the woof sheep got up and bleated loudly, making a fuss about patrolling the pasture.

Left with no other choice, Su Yu had to open the sheep pen for them.

After being released from the sheepfold, the Woolblades curiously looked at the tropical dragon beside the house. Yesterday, they were so busy battling Growlithe that they didn't seem to have seen this one yet.

In response, Su Yu explained:

"This is a tropical dragon, a companion I brought back from the forest. You two must get along well."

The tropical dragon, on the other hand, plucked the fruit from its neck and shared it with the woolly sheep.

"Meow, meow~"

After the woolly sheep ate the fruit, they immediately remembered this big, delicious, and sweet fruit.

Then they started trotting around the pasture. After defeating the Growlithe, they had to keep up the good work and become disciplined little lambs.

Su Yu had to wait for Grandpa Liu to collect the items, but fortunately, Grandpa Liu arrived not long after.

Grandpa Liu was driving a small truck, already loaded with goods he'd bought from other farms. He got out, closed the door, and greeted Su Yu:

"Hey, good morning, new farmer!"

"Good morning," Su Yu replied.

"You called me here so early, is there something you want to sell? Oh... I seem to remember you, your name is Su Yu, right? I came here when your grandfather was still alive."

"Yes, I didn't expect you to still remember me."

"These are the things I'm going to sell; they're all good stuff."

As he spoke, Su Yu took out the items he was going to sell, including tropical dragon fruit, hairy cliff crab claws, and some mushrooms and herbs that Su Yu had picked from the forest.

As for the Water Stone that the Drummer gave him, Su Yu didn't sell it. Firstly, it was a hard currency, so he could sell it anytime he wanted, and its value was almost impossible to depreciate.

Secondly, it is also to keep some Pokémon in case they need a Water Stone to evolve when we catch them in the future.

However, just these items that are prepared for sale should be enough to recoup a significant amount of money from the ranch, at least ensuring its daily operations.

Upon seeing this, Grandpa Liu began to carefully assess the value of these items.

"Hmm... the tropical dragon fruit is of quite good quality, very fragrant, and sweet enough. I can offer 300 Alliance Coins for one."

"The quality of the crab claws is just average, but there are no ranches nearby that produce these hairy cliff crab claws, so the price is not bad. Moreover, the nutritional value of these crab claws is generally very high, and the purchase price for one crab claw can be four hundred Alliance Coins."

"As for herbs and mushrooms... this is an aromatic mushroom, right? There are even two of them... This stuff is quite valuable; many enthusiasts will pay a high price for it."

"As for the price, considering that you just took over the ranch, I'll give you a higher price, seven thousand Alliance Coins per flower."

"As for herbs..."

After carefully calculating the prices, these items were finally sold to Grandpa Liu for a total price of 50,000 Alliance Coins.

Although it wasn't much, it was just what Su Yu had gained from his trip into the mountains, and it made him very satisfied.

"Great, it seems the hairy cliff crabs have found a new home."

Su Yu hadn't forgotten that he still needed to build a new home for the hairy cliff crabs, preferably in a rocky environment, which would be most suitable for them to live in.

"By the way, Grandpa Liu, I have some wool that I want to sell. Could you help me take a look?"

Su Yu almost forgot about the wool from the woofers; he had just sheared it last night.

Upon hearing this, Grandpa Liu took the large bag of wool from Su Yu. After examining it carefully, he said:

"This wool is very soft and elastic, and the quality is quite good. Textiles have always been in high demand in cities. If the quality of your wool were any better, you could already be signing special wool supply agreements with high-end brands."

"However, the wool is still a bit lacking. I can buy it for 4,000 Alliance Coins per sheep, which is 12,000 Alliance Coins in total. You can keep it."

Is there another road like this?

Doesn't that mean that if Su Yu can sign an agreement with a high-end brand, it's like he's got a long-term meal ticket?

"It seems we need to focus more on breeding the Woolstätters; they're our long-term meal ticket, and a very generous one at that..."

Su Yu thought to himself.

When Grandpa Liu left, Su Yu had more than 60,000 Alliance Coins in his hand.

With the money, Su Yu immediately rode his tropical dragon to Uncle Yang's house and asked Yang Hao to use his mobile phone to contact the construction team for him.

Hearing something fall in his backyard, Uncle Yang ran out looking puzzled. Seeing it was Su Yu, he was relieved.

"Oh...it's Su Yu. I thought it was someone else."

"Huh, what's that tropical dragon?"

"This is a companion I met when I went into the mountains to collect herbs. It was injured at the time, so I brought it back."

After putting the Tropius into its Poké Ball, Su Yu felt embarrassed to be occupying someone else's backyard. He then headed towards Yang Hao's room.

"Uncle, I'm here to see Yang Hao, so I won't bother you any longer."

"Okay, go ahead."

Watching Su Yu's departing figure, Uncle Yang seemed to be deep in thought.

—You actually tamed a tropical dragon?

It seems the ranch next door is getting more and more lively. I didn't expect that Su Yu would take over for only a few days and it would develop into this state.

If Su Yu's grandfather were still alive, he would probably be very gratified right now.

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Please, everyone, keep reading! I absolutely have to come back and check it out on Tuesday!

(End of this chapter)