Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 43 Bookkeeping and New House Planning

"Then you guys watch, I'll go and write down the accounts first."

Seeing the Pokémon getting along well with each other, Su Yu said this.

The Pokémon on his ranch all seem to be quite intelligent, so he doesn't need to worry about them too much.

Upon arriving at the desk, Su Yu took out his account book.

When he first started running the ranch, Su Yu began keeping detailed accounts because he needed to be careful with his money, a habit he has maintained ever since.

"I spent a lot of money in the store yesterday. After deducting the cost of maintaining the ranch, I currently have 120,000 Alliance Coins on hand."

"I asked Mela before how many Alliance coins it would cost to build a standard large house. I remember her answer was... 400,000?"

That means we're still short nearly 300,000.

If you want to build a better house, you need more.

Su Yu glanced at the living room again. Now, there were more and more Pokémon in the ranch, so the house expansion needed to be done as soon as possible.

But the house can't be built too small, and the final cost will definitely exceed 400,000. Putting everything else aside, at least the tropical dragons have to be able to live inside; they can't just stay outside all the time.

"Looks like I need to find some new sources of income."

With that in mind, Su Yu wrote down the three words "fish farming", "crab claws", and "medicinal herbs" on the paper.

Raising fish is easy to understand. Previously, Su Yu had always let the fish in the lake on his ranch roam freely. He would catch them when he needed them, and leave them alone when he didn't.

It was only thanks to the lake's size that Su Yu was able to fish continuously without it drying up. When he first took over the ranch, Uncle Yang remarked that the ranch was so large that even he admired it.

That's really big... The land for the ranch had to be purchased from the Alliance, and with such a large ranch, it's clear how powerful Su Yu's grandfather was back then.

Such a large lake already yields so many fish just from releasing them into the water. If Su Yu were to find a way to conduct scientific artificial breeding in it, wouldn't the yield be even more astonishing?

However, this requires a significant initial investment, which is why Su Yu had previously only dared to think about it but not to actually do it.

"Now that I have the funds, I can start working on it," Su Yu thought to himself.

As for the second word he wrote, "crab claws," it refers to the claws of the hairy cliff crabs. As Su Yu gained experience in raising hairy cliff crabs, the production of crab claws has gradually increased.

Every day, the group of hairy cliff crabs can produce about twenty crab claws, which is much higher than when the hairy cliff crabs were still in the wild.

At 400 Alliance Coins per crab claw, 20 crab claws would cost 8,000 Alliance Coins. In a month, that would amount to 180,000 Alliance Coins.

Even after deducting the cost of raising the hairy cliff crabs, that still amounts to 120,000 Alliance Coins.

It's surprising how much it turns out; even Su Yu was astonished when he calculated it carefully.

"Wow... do these hairy crabs actually make a lot of money?"

"It seems that bringing them back to the ranch was really the right decision!" Su Yu said excitedly.

I never imagined that a previously unintentional idea could bring in such a huge income.

As for the third word, "medicinal herbs," it naturally refers to the medicinal seedlings in the medicinal field.

With the help of the grassy area, those medicinal herbs could potentially become a stable source of income. However, this income will have to wait a while longer.

"It seems that saving enough money to build a house in one month might not be enough; it will probably take at least two months."

Su Yu thought to himself.

Then let's work hard... work hard to earn money and strive to live in a big house as soon as possible.

With the help of the Pokémon, the ranch's daily income has reached a level that was unimaginable when it was first established. This is quite remarkable, completely reaching the income level of a medium-sized ranch.

After settling the accounts, Su Yu glanced at the time and realized it was still early.

He returned to the living room and saw that the Pokémon were still there watching TV, except for Caterpie and Farfetch'd.

So Su Yu asked:

"Where did the Caterpillar and the Farfetch'd go?"

Upon hearing this, Alcremie stared intently at the food program on TV, while pointing her little hand outwards.

Did they go outside again?

These two have been hanging out together a lot lately, could they be stargazing together?

……

Meanwhile, outside.

Facing the biting cold wind, Farfetch'd's eyes remained fearless. It firmly believed that only harsh environments could hone and preserve its sword-like will, preventing it from being corrupted by the comforts of the world.

In front of the farfalle duck was a stalk of green onion stuck in a pot. Every day after training, the farfalle duck would keep the green onion in the pot like this, absorbing nutrients and energy from the soil.

At this moment, the scallion is absorbing the faint moonlight and the energy from the soil, seemingly accumulating energy for its future growth.

Caterpillar was also outside, sitting beside Farfetch'd, just like Farfetch'd, watching the green onion.

At this moment, Su Yu opened the door and came out. Seeing the two Pokémon gathered there, he asked in confusion:

"What are you two doing here? Are you looking at that giant scallion?"

"Hiss."

Upon seeing Su Yu emerge, the green caterpillar greeted him.

They didn't do anything special; it's just that Farfetch'd suddenly got interested in watching the green caterpillar absorb moonlight energy that night.

Hearing the caterpillar's explanation, Su Yu was speechless.

What kind of scallion fanatic is this scallion duck...

You're so engrossed in watching the process of a scallion absorbing energy from the soil; you must really love that scallion...

It seems that every farfalle duck has a deep affection for the farfalle that accompanies it. And this is especially true for the farfalle duck in front of Su Yu.

"By the way, Green Onion Duck, it seems like the temperature is going to keep dropping these next few days, and the weather is getting colder and colder. Would you like to move inside tonight?"

Seeing that the sky seemed to be getting dark, and the dark clouds were almost completely obscuring the moon, Su Yu said this.

If the temperature drops any further, the lake will probably freeze over in a few days, right?

If you sleep outside in this weather, you're very likely to get sick.

However, the big green duck still insisted on sleeping outside, which Su Yu had long been used to.

"Alright then, I'll get you another quilt later. Take care of yourself and don't catch a cold," Su Yu said helplessly.

Just then, the cold wind picked up again and began to blow fiercely. Seeing this, Su Yu wrapped his clothes tighter around himself and took the green caterpillar into the room.

"Phew, it's freezing... It's definitely warmer inside."

"Growlithe! Turn the indoor temperature up a bit, it seems a little low!"

Rubbing his hands together, Su Yu said this.

"Awoo~!"

Upon hearing this, Growlithe raised the temperature of its body surface and conducted the heat into the air.

With Growlithe around, this house doesn't even need heating; it's like a portable mini heater.

Moreover, it is a multi-functional "heater" with intelligent temperature adjustment.

……

(End of this chapter)