Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 45 Became a Hotel Partner

Upon hearing the restaurant owner's words, Su Yu handed the crab claws to him and asked him to arrange for the kitchen to prepare a dish.

Not long after, the dish was served.

The kitchen staff, seeing that it was crab claws, made a mushroom and crab claw dumpling soup for their boss. As soon as it was served, the aroma of the dumpling soup filled the entire office.

The restaurant owner's eyes lit up when he smelled the aroma.

Just by smelling it, the crab claws are of a much higher quality than the fish that Su Yu sent earlier. They seem to be very suitable for making high-end dishes.

When the noodle soup was served, the restaurant owner took a sip. The first taste was a very sweet and fresh flavor.

"this……"

This tastes absolutely amazing! The restaurant owner is a seasoned foodie, after all. But this is probably in his top twenty of all the food he's ever eaten.

These crab claws are something else... I've never heard of anyone in Donghuang using the claws of this Pokémon to cook.

The main habitat of the hairy cliff crab is in Europe. It's rare to find in Donghuang, and therefore, it hasn't been discovered and used as a dish by the people of Donghuang.

After pondering for a while, the restaurant owner said:

"Mr. Su, have you ever considered becoming a partner in our restaurant?"

"Huh?" Su Yu was stunned upon hearing this. I came here to sell crab claws, why are you asking me if I want to become your partner?

Seeing this, the restaurant owner explained:

"That's right. Because the restaurant has been doing very well lately, I'm planning to increase my investment in it and try to open a branch early next year."

"But ultimately, the reason the restaurant is so popular is because of your fish, Mr. Su. Therefore, I had always intended to invite you to become a partner in the restaurant."

"Now, with the addition of these crab claws, which are so delicious and only you can provide us with a stable supply, I can only say... you are absolutely the best candidate to be our restaurant's partner."

Upon hearing this, Su Yu immediately understood.

However, partnerships aren't formed casually, so Su Yu asked the restaurant owner many questions, and the two chatted for a long time.

Ultimately, the two reached an agreement. Su Yu thus became one of the restaurant's partners.

"By the way, I've been thinking about expanding my fish farming recently, but I don't know much about it. Do you have any suggestions?" Su Yu asked as he was leaving.

When I was doing the accounting yesterday, I realized that fish farming should be put on the agenda as soon as possible, which is why Su Yu asked this question.

Upon hearing Su Yu's question, the restaurant owner asked in confusion:

"I don't know much about it... Is this your first time keeping fish?"

His eyes seemed to be filled with shock. Could someone who had never raised fish before produce such delicious fish?

"Yes, um...you may have misunderstood. Those fish from before were actually wild from my family's lake. The lake on my family's ranch has a particularly good environment, which is why it produces such good fish."

"It's just that recently I've been thinking about increasing the fish production in the lake, so I'm considering trying artificial breeding."

Seeing that the restaurant owner seemed to have misunderstood, Su Yu explained it this way.

Upon hearing this, the restaurant owner nodded. "Is it because the lake's environment is good that the fish produced are of such good quality?"

This explanation is reasonable, and there are indeed such places. For example, the fish produced in many secret realms rich in water energy are very delicious.

If that's the case, then Su Yu's lake is quite suitable for large-scale aquaculture.

So the restaurant owner thought for a moment and said:

"I see... Since this is your first time raising fish, I suggest you hire an experienced employee to help you, or have someone teach you. After all, it's easy to mess things up if you try to raise fish without experience."

"How about this, I'll use my connections to ask around and see if there's anyone suitable. Perhaps someone will be willing to help you."

"Okay, then I'd like to thank you in advance," Su Yu said, standing up.

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After finishing their business, Su Yu left the restaurant.

Before leaving, Su Yu casually took the recipe for "Mushroom and Crab Claw Dumpling Soup" from the kitchen.

After all, Su Yu himself is not a professional chef. He has been raising hairy crabs for so long, but he only knows how to cook crab meat porridge. His ability to develop new dishes is still limited.

Professional matters should be left to professionals.

"By the way, perhaps I could have Frost Fairy come here to further her culinary skills?" Su Yu thought to himself.

Alcremie is quite interested in kitchen things; just like last time we went to the department store, she practically lived in the kitchenware section. She'd probably be very happy if she could come here and learn a thing or two.

As for how to get Alcremie into the kitchen to learn... that's not a problem. I, Su Yu, am already your boss's partner, so what's wrong with letting a Pokémon go into your kitchen to learn some cooking skills?

What, do you have a problem with the restaurant's partners?

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And after Su Yu returned to the ranch...

In the blink of an eye, several days have passed.

In the past few days, the temperature has dropped a few degrees, on top of the previous drop.

The lake gradually froze over, making it impossible to catch fish.

After informing the restaurant, Su Yu stopped fishing, which also gave the tropical dragon more time to train these few days.

And it was at noon on that day.

During lunch, Tropical Dragon suddenly told Su Yu that it could finally use two blades at the same time.

"Really? That's a huge improvement!" Su Yu said happily upon hearing this.

This is progress from scratch. Being able to use two blades at the same time means that the practice progress of the third and fourth blades will be much faster than before.

After Tropical Dragon learned to use two leaf blades simultaneously, the budding deer left behind by Uncle Yang was no longer a match for Tropical Dragon. After all, the combat power boost brought about by this advancement was enormous.

It's almost a doubling of the improvement.

Under the relentless onslaught of the two bladed blades, the Sprout Deer was no match for them and was forced to retreat.

"By the way, Caterpie, what about you? I've noticed you've been hiding in the back hills these past few days practicing new moves. Any progress?"

Since the arrival of Budding Deer, Caterpie, disliking revealing its strength to outsiders, has chosen to practice its moves in the forest behind the mountain and rarely appears in front of others.

Therefore, even Su Yu didn't know how the Caterpillar's training progress was.

"Hiss, hiss!"

Upon hearing Su Yu's words, the green caterpillar also recounted its progress.

It has already successfully learned Iron Tail and Vine Whip, but its progress with the Magic Leaf that Su Yu mentioned earlier is not so smooth, and it seems to be stuck.

"Hooray~!"

Upon hearing this, Tropius nudged its head closer to Caterpie. "You don't know Magic Leaf? I do, and I can teach you."

We're all from the same ranch, so don't be so polite. I'll teach you after we finish eating.

"Hiss~!"

Caterpie quickly thanked them. It seemed that the Pokémon on the ranch had a fairly harmonious relationship.

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(End of this chapter)