Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 141 Cold Storage Completed

When Su Yu woke up, it was already past eleven in the morning.

After washing his face, Su Yu felt, for some reason, that after staying up all night, he could never get enough sleep.

Meanwhile, many of the Pokémon that had gone out with him the night before were still asleep. Squirtle and Caterpie, on the other hand, had gotten up quite early, and Tropius was already awake.

It seemed that Meila's work was finished as well. Seeing Su Yu get up, Meila came over and said:

"Boss, the cold storage is finished, and all the necessary equipment has been installed. Do you need to inspect it?"

Hearing this, Su Yu nodded. He followed Meila into the cold storage room and took a look. The cold storage room was quite spacious, covering more than a thousand square meters. In addition to the refrigeration equipment, Meila also helped Su Yu install shelves, which would help him improve the utilization rate of the cold storage space.

"In this way, no matter how much produce the ranch generates, this cold storage can hold it all..."

Su Yu originally built this cold storage facility primarily to store the produce from the ranch, such as vegetables, grains, fruits, and fish from the lake.

These things, without refrigeration, can spoil quite easily. Especially with summer approaching, food will spoil even faster.

The completion of this cold storage facility was perfectly timed. After inspecting the cold storage, Su Yu summoned the Scyther and had it accompany him to the fields to harvest vegetables and grains.

The flying praying mantis harvests food at a rapid pace, and it has no complaints about using its skills for farm work; on the contrary, it works with great enthusiasm.

Before long, the harvested vegetables and grains were piled up like a small mountain.

Seeing this, Su Yu called over a porter to help him move the harvested vegetables into the cold storage. As for the grains, he would dry them as needed and handle them as he saw fit; Su Yu was already quite adept at that.

……

In just half a day, Su Yu had harvested all the mature crops in the field.

Looking at the small corner of the cold storage room that was now completely filled, Su Yu nodded. Indeed, his decision to hire wild Pokémon to help was the right one.

Otherwise, it's clear that he alone couldn't have accomplished so much so quickly. On the contrary, even if he worked himself to death, he still wouldn't have finished.

"The power of Pokémon is truly amazing!"

With his hands on his hips, Su Yu remarked with such emotion.

After finishing the last batch of vegetables, he went on to do other things. As for the farmland, only the last batch of hay needed to be harvested; that was a task for the Scythe and the Porter.

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By the time Su Yu had finished most of the work on the ranch, almost all the Pokémon on the ranch had woken up.

After waking up, Frost Fairy approached Su Yu and asked if he wanted to go to the barbecue restaurant from yesterday again tonight.

Upon hearing this, Su Yu's expression turned serious:

"Going again... I think I'll pass. Staying up late every night isn't good for my health."

"And right after I got up this morning, I went to the town to order a barbecue set from the appliance store owner. The barbecue equipment should be delivered to the ranch in a few days, and then we'll be able to barbecue ourselves."

Upon hearing this, Alcremie's attention was immediately drawn to the barbecue equipment. Did that mean she could have barbecues on the ranch every day?

Although Alcremie doesn't like eating things like grilled meat, yesterday, the barbecue restaurant owner showed off his specialty, grilled tree fruit, to Alcremie.

This method of grilling was inspired by some Electric-type Pokémon. It is said that some wild Electric-type Pokémon often use their own generated electricity to roast berries or seeds, making it a very delicious way to eat them.

When I first tasted it, I was immediately captivated by this way of eating. Especially since the fruit was roasted to remove the moisture, making it even sweeter.

"Speaking of which, I happen to have some free time right now. How about we make some desserts together?"

Su Yu patted Alcremie's head and said this. After all, he had promised Alcremie when they had barbecue yesterday that he would make dessert for it when he got back.

Upon hearing this, Alcremie nodded excitedly, because Su Yu had been very busy lately and hadn't made any desserts for it for a long time.

The last time I made desserts was when I first bought the cotton candy machine and made cotton candy for it.

"So, what should we do here?" Su Yu asked, a thoughtful expression on his face. As he looked at the newly built cold storage, an idea suddenly struck him.

"How about... we make ice cream?"

"Mama?" Upon hearing this, Alcremie looked puzzled. What was that?

"You've never eaten it before?"

Su Yu was shocked. This wasn't right. You were with the cake shop owner earlier... so you should have eaten ice cream by now.

But it's okay if I've never had it before; it's fine if I'm the one to try ice cream for the first time. So Su Yu explained:

"It's a chilled dessert with a slightly cool sensation and a rich milky aroma, mainly made from dairy products."

"To be honest, that stuff is way better than cotton candy, especially in the summer. It's a real treat—cool and delicious."

"Mama?!" Really?

Hearing Su Yu say this, Alcremie became interested. Su Yu then carried it to the kitchen, saying as they went:

"Speaking of which, you'll have to help provide the raw materials for making ice cream. After all, one of the raw materials for ice cream is whipped cream."

This sounds like Alcremie is eating herself, but there are still some differences.

Strictly speaking, butter is merely a product created by Somnaeon using energy; it doesn't count as the fairy consuming itself. If you really want to compare it... it's probably equivalent to a cow drinking milk?

Milk is a product of cows producing milk to nourish their offspring; it is meant to be drunk.

After arriving in the kitchen, Su Yu began making ice cream.

Add egg yolks and sugar to milk and stir constantly.

Then, according to his own taste preferences, he added some ingredients to enhance the flavor of the ice cream. The first thing Su Yu tried was adding chocolate and cocoa powder, and he felt that this might make the ice cream taste better.

Of course, if you want to make other flavors of ice cream, you can use other ingredients instead.

After mixing, the finished product needs to be heated over low heat while stirring. After cooling, add the cream made by Creamy Milk Fairy and stir again.

At this point, you can put it in the freezer.

(End of this chapter)