Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 31 Wow, this place actually includes food and lodging!

One grass cake isn't enough?

Seeing Farfetch'd's firm refusal, Su Yu thought about it and realized it made sense; hiring a Pokémon to teach Tropius moves was indeed a bit cheap.

So Su Yu said:

"How are the other two?"

"Gah!" Two, two won't do either...

"Three?"

The giant green onion duck shook its head again, but judging from its expression, it seemed to be somewhat interested.

"Three isn't enough?"

Su Yu muttered to himself, now he didn't know how to get this giant green onion duck to move.

Upon seeing the slender and thin Farfetch'd, Su Yu had a sudden thought. Could this Farfetch'd be unable to find food in the winter?

It is said that leek ducks live in places where stem plants grow, and in times of crisis, they will also eat stem plants.

The farfalle duck in front of us was emaciated; clearly, its stalk-like plants were long gone. And once the stalk-like plants disappeared, the farfalle duck would no longer choose to live in that place, but would instead migrate.

Therefore, what this giant green onion duck needs most right now is food and lodging.

As for food and lodging...

Su Yu glanced at the ranch behind him; the last thing he lacked here was food and lodging.

So he said:

"How about this: while you're teaching Tropius new moves, I'll provide food and lodging. Is that enough of a offer?"

"Gah...?!"

Does it even include food and accommodation?

At this moment, after thinking about the hunger and thirst he endured while wandering, Farfetch'd completely forgot about the idea that seeking refuge with a trainer was a sign of weakness, or that Farfetch'd should have backbone.

Farfetch'd immediately agreed, saying it would be happy to teach Tropical Dragon the Leaf Blade move and all the swordsmanship it had learned in its life.

Seeing this, Su Yu smiled and said:

"Then come with me. Judging from your appearance, you haven't eaten for several days."

"And while you're at it, take a hot shower here too."

With that, Su Yu led the green onion duck toward the ranch cabin.

……

We brought the green onion duck back to the ranch cabin.

At this moment, the green caterpillar was still racking its brains to weave the fishing net.

The craft of making fishing nets seems a bit too complicated for it; it looks like this net won't be finished today.

Alcremie was playing with the Wooloo, while Growlithe was herding the ordinary sheep in the pasture not far away, which was its daily job.

Upon seeing that Su Yu had brought back a new Pokémon, they all gathered around him.

Su Yu explained the origin of the leek duck to them, and then went back into the house to get the leek duck a grass cake.

The aroma of cream made the scallion duck's mouth water. It glanced at Su Yu, and seeing that Su Yu didn't say anything, it started eating.

Just then, the owner of Little Wild Boar Ranch came to the door, wanting to buy the claws of hairy cliff crabs.

Because he needed to train the tropical dragons, Su Yu couldn't deliver the crab claws directly to their homes. Upon seeing the rancher, Su Yu brought up the matter. He was troubled about how to get the crab claws to the ranchers.

"I see... Then you can choose to hand it over to the courier company."

"I happen to know a really good courier company. They have messenger birds that handle deliveries, so they're probably the fastest in this pastoral area. Wait a minute, I'll give you their contact information."

As he spoke, the rancher took out a phone number from his phone, which Su Yu copied down and then contacted.

Before long, a Delibird flew towards them from the distance of the grassland. It was a Flying/Ice-type Pokémon, and its tail was like a bag that could hold a lot of things.

Therefore, many courier companies also use messenger birds as mail carriers.

Su Yu was quite surprised to see the messenger bird arrive so quickly. Is logistics in this world really that efficient?

Wouldn't developing online shopping have a very promising future in this world?

Su Yu thought that he might be able to do live-streaming e-commerce in the future. Smartphones in this world have only been developed for a short time, and there are many opportunities to make money.

But those are things for another time.

Su Yu handed the large bag of crab claws to the messenger bird, instructing it to deliver the claws to the names of the ranches and how many to each ranch.

"Can you remember all these places you have to send to?" Su Yu asked.

Upon hearing this, the messenger bird reached out and scratched its head, looking a little embarrassed.

"Beli..."

It seems I won't be able to remember it.

After thinking for a moment, Su Yu said:

"Okay then, I'll tell you the location of the first ranch you need to deliver to, and you can deliver there first."

"Then I'll call that ranch in advance, tell them what the next ranch is, and how many crab claws that ranch needs, and have them tell you. Is that alright?"

Upon hearing this, the messenger bird nodded; it wasn't a big problem for it.

"Oh, right, remember to collect your payment from the ranchers. One crab claw is four hundred Alliance Coins, so don't take the wrong one!"

"After you collect the money, you still need to remember to come back and give it to me."

After saying that, Su Yu told the messenger bird the name of the first ranch it was to deliver to. After writing it down, the messenger bird slowly took off carrying a large bag of crab claws and flew away into the distance.

"It should be fine, right..."

Su Yu was still a little worried about the messenger bird delivering goods. Seeing this, the rancher from the small wild boar farm standing nearby smiled and said:

"Haha, don't let its appearance fool you, this messenger bird has been working in our pasture all by itself for two years now!"

"Trust it. I believe no one knows better than it how to deliver goods in the pastoral areas."

"You mean it came to the pasture alone? Where is its trainer?" Su Yu asked in surprise.

"It doesn't have a trainer. Unlike other Pokémon that deliver goods, it works for the delivery company voluntarily."

"I don't know the exact reason, but it's probably because it enjoys the happy smiles on the ranchers' faces when the package is delivered to its destination!"

The old rancher said this.

After saying that, he left the ranch with his hands behind his back.

Meanwhile, the leek duck had finished a large piece of grass cake. Seeing this, Su Yu asked:

"How's it going? Are you full? Do you want to start the Leaf Blade tutorial first, or go take a shower?"

After several days of wandering, the farfalle duck was quite dirty, with fallen leaves clinging to its body. Therefore, Su Yu wanted to give it a bath first.

Upon hearing this, Farfetch'd declined Su Yu's offer. Since it had already eaten the grass cake Su Yu had given it, it should first do something for Su Yu.

Therefore, it wanted to start teaching blade techniques immediately.

"Gah!" I went first.

With that, Farfetch'd picked up the green onion from the table, got up, and walked toward the tropical dragon.

"He seems quite responsible?"

Watching the giant green onion duck leave, Su Yu muttered to himself.

That's good, though. This way, we don't have to worry about it hiding things when teaching tropical dragons, or delaying the teaching progress because it wants to provide food and lodging.

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(End of this chapter)