Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 132 Morning Light Ranch, Zhao Anna

Fist techniques, strength, and a hard tortoise shell.

These are the three things that Squirtle is currently focusing on constantly strengthening.

What Squirtle learned from Rashomon Dojo was not only the techniques of using moves, but also some basic boxing skills.

After returning to the ranch from the gym, Squirtle found a wooden stake, put a red bandana on its head, and began practicing its punches on the stake.

This made Su Yu shake his head. How did such a perfectly good Water-type Pokémon end up developing in the Fighting-type direction?

Fortunately, thanks to the nutritional benefits of the Power Fish Soup, Squirtle's strength wasn't much weaker than that of Fighting-type Pokémon. However, this made Su Yu very curious: just how far could Squirtle go on the Fighting-type path?

It's impossible... for it to become a Pokémon with immense brute force like Regigigas, right?

After practicing his punches for a while, Squirtle started training his psychic powers. As Rashomon said, to master psychic powers, one must practice constantly every day.

……

The next day.

After fertilizing the walking grass in the orchard, Su Yu returned to the cabin. Just as he was about to get busy with other things, a young woman who looked like a female rancher walked over.

She asked Su Yu:

"Excuse me... is this Su Yu Ranch?"

Upon hearing this, Su Yu put down the bucket in his hand and replied:

"Yes, I am Su Yu. May I ask what brings you here?"

"Ah, it's like this. The elderly and children in my family seem to have caught a cold, it seems they were infected. And I heard that your ranch produces a magical sheep's milk that can strengthen the body."

"So, I'd like to buy more goat milk from you to take back to the elderly and children, hoping it will help them recover faster," the female rancher replied.

"Okay, but you don't need to come to the ranch in person. Just make a phone call, and I'll deliver fresh goat milk to your house every morning."

"You just need to leave your address and identification information."

Hearing Su Yu's words, the female rancher nodded. She asked Su Yu for a piece of paper and wrote down the information about her ranch on it.

Su Yu took the paper and glanced at it. It read…

"Morning Light Ranch, Anna Zhao"

"I think I've heard this name before, it seems like Yang Hao mentioned it."

"The ranch owner's husband apparently died in a car accident earlier due to improper driving. Her child was also left disabled in the accident, and now she runs the ranch alone."

Thinking this, Su Yu looked at the rancher named Zhao Anna. Her face looked somewhat haggard, but this did not detract from her beauty at all; on the contrary, it gave her a different kind of charm.

However, Su Yu had no other thoughts. He was a virtuous man and never talked about the Way of Mengde.

Seeing Su Yu looking at her curiously, Zhao Anna also said:

"Then... could you give me a few bottles of goat milk first, so I can take them back for the elderly and children to drink?"

"Of course, please wait a moment."

As he spoke, Su Yu went back into the house and brought back several bottles of diluted goat milk, which he handed to the female rancher. Upon seeing this, the female rancher was about to take out some money.

"No need, consider this goat milk a gift for you, as a way of thanking our customers."

With a touch of selfishness in his voice, Su Yu said this. Running a ranch all by herself and supporting her entire family must be quite a difficult job for this female rancher.

Upon hearing this, the female rancher looked at Su Yu in surprise. She nodded, accepting Su Yu's kindness. Then, she looked at the orchard in the distance and said:

"Are you planning to plant a grove of fruit trees? You'd better be careful, because if different varieties of fruit trees are planted too close together, their pollen will cross-pollinate and produce some strange and unusual fruits."

"Uh... is that really possible?" Su Yu didn't know much about tree fruits. And the rancher of Linsen Ranch hadn't told him about it before.

The female rancher smiled and said:

"It seems you're still a beginner. Next time you come, I'll get you a handbook on fruit tree cultivation, which my husband compiled himself."

"My husband used to be an expert at planting fruit trees, and he was very famous throughout the pastoral area. With his manual, I'm sure you can grow equally excellent fruit trees too."

"Oh, okay, thank you in advance," Su Yu said gratefully.

……

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After seeing off the female rancher, Su Yu returned to the cabin to continue with the tasks he hadn't finished.

However, as Su Yu passed by, he saw that the Alcremie and the others were gathered around a hole in the pasture, doing something unknown.

"What's wrong?"

Upon closer inspection, Su Yu discovered that the creature living in the cave was actually a Pokémon called "Family Rat".

These common white mice look quite cute.

More importantly, this Pokémon is a family consisting of two large rats and two small rats. At this moment, the large rat is holding the small rat's hand, and the small rats are looking at the ranch with curiosity, which looks very heartwarming.

"Goodness, a family of rats? Did they just move to the ranch recently? I've never seen them before." Su Yu said, recognizing the Pokémon.

Meanwhile, the Alcremie and the others were surrounding a family of rats, asking them questions. Seeing Su Yu arrive, the Alcremie stepped aside, allowing Su Yu a more direct view of the rat family.

The largest rat in the family also looked at Su Yu. When Su Yu walked over, they quickly protected the smaller rat behind them.

In response, Su Yu said:

"Don't be afraid, you're just a family of rats. My name is Su Yu, and I'm the rancher of this ranch."

"If you've only recently moved to this ranch, then we should be considered neighbors from now on."

As he spoke, Su Yu extended his hand, wanting to shake hands with the rat.

The rat, upon hearing this, looked curiously at Su Yu's hand and finally reached out to shake it.

The Alcremie then pointed to the cave entrance they had just been observing and said to Su Yu:

"Mama, Mama~!" These Pokémon can even build their own houses! We just went inside to take a look, and it's huge and beautifully built!

"Is that so?"

Upon hearing this, Su Yu looked curiously towards the cave entrance.

He was somewhat aware of this characteristic of the rat-like creature. This Pokémon builds huge underground nests, with rooms divided according to function, and even a dining room and a sleeping area.

Unfortunately, Su Yu was too big to go inside and take a look.

"Then you should get along well with our new neighbors." With that, Su Yu turned around and prepared to continue with her work.

However, as he left, Su Yu noticed the longing look in the Screw Mole's eyes. Perhaps, the Screw Mole also wished for a nest that was both fully functional and of a suitable size?

Remembering the simple wooden huts he had built for these Pokémon, Su Yu coughed awkwardly a few times. It seemed he would have to find a new home for Dedric and the others.

(End of this chapter)