Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 51 The Moored Lambs Begin to Produce Milk

They won the championship with ease.

Even Su Yu didn't expect the process to be so easy; he practically treated the entire competition like a baby cup.

As for the rewards for winning the championship, Su Yu glanced at them a few times. These move manuals... didn't seem to have many that were compatible with his own Pokémon.

Su Yu replaced the manuals for the "Air Slash" move with one for Farfetch'd and Tropius, and replaced the rest with Energy Cubes.

There are so many of these energy cubes that they're probably enough to feed all the Pokémon on the ranch, including the Crabs, for five or six months. Their value is at least tens of thousands of League Coins.

Moreover, these energy cubes are not a one-time reward. If needed, you can take your winning certificate to the designated store to redeem them at any time, so you don't have to worry about the energy cubes expiring.

After participating in the competition, Su Yu returned to the ranch with Uncle Yang and the others.

As soon as they returned to the ranch, the lambs immediately surrounded Su Yu, bleating incessantly.

Hearing the bleating of his mount, the lamb, Su Yu asked in confusion:

"What's wrong? Do you feel uncomfortable somewhere in your body?"

The bleating of the lambs was chaotic, and it took Su Yu a while to make out their general meaning.

It's time to milk them.

The lambs have been at the ranch for over ten days now, and according to Uncle Yang, it's time to milk them.

However, the awkward thing is that... Su Yu really doesn't know how to express milk.

I rode the tropical dragon to Uncle Yang's house and explained my purpose. Uncle Yang smiled and said:

"A beginner like you shouldn't try to milk the lamb yourself. Go to town and buy a milking machine. You don't want to hurt someone's lamb."

As he spoke, Uncle Yang recommended a shop to Su Yu.

Upon hearing this, Su Yu tried to imagine it. It seemed that a novice like himself trying to milk a goat would indeed have difficulty getting any milk out and might even hurt the goat's steed.

In that case, it seems like it would be better to buy a machine in town.

"Thank you very much, Uncle."

With that, Su Yu mounted the tropical dragon again and headed towards the town.

When Su Yu finally found the shop Uncle Yang had mentioned and saw the people running it, he was taken aback:

"Is it you?"

This man was the same old man who looked after the keypad phone counter when Su Yu bought his keypad phone.

When Su Yu went to buy a smartphone later, he didn't encounter the old man again, which Su Yu found quite strange at the time.

Seeing Su Yu's shock, the old man chuckled and said:

"Of course it's me. The mobile phone store you went to, and this electronics store, are both owned by me."

"Are you here to buy something today? I have a lot of things here. If you're missing anything, you can come to me. Nobody in town has a better selection than me."

Upon hearing this, Su Yu nodded and said:

"I need to buy a machine that can milk sheep."

"You raise sheep?"

After hearing Su Yu's request, the old man searched through the shop while asking questions.

"Hmm, would you like to buy some? Fresh goat milk, absolutely nutritious," Su Yu casually promoted.

"Haha... Sure, I'm not short of money. Just send it to me then."

"I've lived to this age, and apart from a body full of incurable injuries that are quite uncomfortable, I lack nothing else, so I'm not too bothered by anything else," the old man replied with a smile.

He picked out a rather strange-looking machine from a pile of machinery, dragged it out, and handed it to Su Yu, saying in the process:

"The total is eight thousand Alliance Coins. This machine is yours."

Upon hearing this, Su Yu immediately paid the money and carried the machine onto the tropical dragon's back.

Still feeling somewhat uneasy, Su Yu had Tropius use the Grass Knot move to grow a blade of grass, then strapped the machine to Tropius's back before feeling relieved.

"Alright, I'll be going now. Goodbye, boss!"

Su Yu said this.

……

They took the machine back to the ranch.

As soon as I jumped off the tropical dragon's back, the little lambs on my mount surrounded me. They looked like they were really uncomfortable from being so full.

Seeing this, Su Yu immediately plugged in the machine and started it, connecting the interface on the machine used for milking sheep to the lambs he was riding.

The goat milk was immediately squeezed out by the machine.

Su Yu bottled the goat milk squeezed out of the machine, filling six bottles in one go. At 400 Alliance Coins per bottle, that's 2,400 coins.

After milking the sheep, the lambs felt much more comfortable. So Su Yu let them go play by themselves, and they immediately ran to rejoin the woolly sheep.

Just then, Grandpa Liu, who was buying agricultural products, happened to pass by Su Yu's ranch. Seeing Su Yu milking goats, he asked:

"You've already started milking the goats? Your ranch is progressing really fast. There's a young man to the east who started a ranch around the same time as you, inheriting his grandfather's ranch. But right now, that rancher is still living with his only Mare sheep!"

Upon hearing this, Su Yu thought of the rancher who sent out Mare the sheep to fight in the rancher competition. Could it be that guy?

That person is indeed in a rather unfortunate situation.

Then, Grandpa Liu asked:

"By the way, do you sell your goat milk? I have a testing machine here that can test the quality of goat milk."

Upon hearing this, Su Yu handed one of the bottles of goat milk to Grandpa Liu. Grandpa Liu took out a peculiar machine and tested the goat milk.

This test completely shocked Grandpa Liu. He exclaimed in surprise:

"Wow, the quality of your goat milk is quite high! What do you usually feed them to make it this good?"

"The quality of this goat milk is almost as good as the fresh milk sold in stores!"

Moreover, this was the first time the riding lambs had been milked. The fact that these tiny riding lambs were already so large makes it hard to imagine how high the quality of their milk will be when they grow up.

As for what these little sheep usually eat... Su Yu couldn't very well just say, "I usually feed them grass cakes, could I?"

Therefore, Su Yu was vague and simply brushed off the question about what his little sheep ate on a daily basis.

Then he asked

"How much does this bottle of goat milk cost?"

"Five hundred Alliance Coins. Your goat milk is of very good quality. Someone will be willing to pay a high price for it," Grandpa Liu replied immediately.

This price is 100 Alliance Coins more expensive than crab claws. However, the nutritional value of goat milk is indeed higher than that of crab claws; the greater value of crab claws lies in their delicious taste.

Upon hearing this, Su Yu sold two of the bottles, but decided not to sell the rest.

After Grandpa Liu left, Su Yu immediately sent the test results she had just taken a picture of from Grandpa Liu to the group chat in the pastoral area, along with a message.

"Fresh goat milk comparable to Moo Moo's milk, starting at 500 Alliance Coins, limited quantity, come quickly."

Since Grandpa Liu isn't in the group anyway, when everyone buys things from each other, they deliberately bypass these middlemen to avoid the profits they take.

And this is also called... direct sales from the manufacturer.

No sooner had Su Yu sent out the message than a rancher came knocking on his door, saying that he had a newborn rock dog and needed to buy goat milk.

He hoped that Su Yu could provide a stable supply of goat milk until the rock dog grew up.

"no problem."

Su Yu replied instantly.

Now, all three of the mount lambs have started producing milk steadily, and as for the rock dog, there's obviously not much of a problem.

(End of this chapter)