Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 65 Fire Chief Squirtle

I chatted with the manager for a while.

News also came from the kitchen.

They said that the scallions delivered by Su Yu were of very good quality, much better than those sold in the market in terms of both taste and nutritional value, and that they could definitely buy them in large quantities.

Furthermore, the kitchen will use these scallions to develop new dishes.

Upon hearing this news, the manager smiled. Now that Su Yu was a partner in their restaurant, the manager naturally didn't need to consult the boss again and directly finalized the purchase of scallions.

"Then I'll be going now. I'll bring the scallions over later." With that, Su Yu stood up and prepared to leave.

At this moment, the manager asked:

"By the way, Partner Su, after the boss helped you post the recruitment information last time, did anyone apply for the fish farming job?"

"No, I haven't heard anything from them at all," Su Yu said, puzzled. So the restaurant had posted a job ad for him?

"That's probably because of the Lunar New Year; everyone went home."

"Once everyone returns after the New Year, some people might apply for jobs with you. You'll have to keep an eye out for them then," the manager explained.

"Oh... okay, but there's no rush, the lake there hasn't thawed yet."

With that, Su Yu turned and left the manager's office.

As Su Yu was leaving the restaurant, he happened to brush past a Squirtle.

The Squirtle was carrying a bag, which seemed to be quite full.

In its other hand, it held a job posting.

"Jenny, Jenny~"

This Squirtle can't read; it found its way here after asking the humans it encountered along the way.

Matching the restaurant's name to the address on the flyer word by word, hmm... Deng, Man, Lou, these three characters look exactly the same, this should be it.

I've finally found this place. Now, I should be able to apply for the job on that farm, right?

With that in mind, Squirtle went inside. After showing the flyer to the restaurant staff, they led Squirtle to the manager's office.

At that moment, the manager was lying in his office chair, with his legs propped up on the desk, leisurely manicuring his nails.

Upon hearing a sudden knock on the door, the manager quickly put his legs down, coughed, and said:

"Enter."

He thought it was someone from the store looking for him. But when he saw that it was a Squirtle that opened the door, the manager was taken aback.

"Squirtle?"

"Wait... isn't this the captain of the town's fire department?"

The manager asked in surprise.

However, he seemed to have heard that the fire chief had suddenly resigned and left the fire department a while ago.

After opening the door, Squirtle, with its short legs, casually sat down in the chair in front of the manager. It took out the flyer and handed it to the manager.

"This is... a job posting? Is this the position you're applying for?"

Upon seeing that it was a flyer that had been handed out earlier, the manager paused for a moment and asked.

"Squirrel, Squirrel~!" Squirrel nodded upon hearing this.

What?

A town fire chief quit his job and applied for a fish farming job.

Even the manager found it unbelievable. But he still asked:

"And... what about the reward?"

"Squirtle, Squirtle!" Squirtle shook its head. It didn't need any reward or anything like that.

Having been a fire chief for so long, Squirtle had already accumulated some savings. Applying for the fish-keeping job was purely out of its peculiar interest.

Raising fish and watering plants are the things this Squirtle loves to do most on a daily basis.

"Ah... alright then, I'll give you the ranch's address, you can just go there directly."

"When you get there, the rancher should be able to receive you."

Hearing this, Squirtle was quite satisfied. After picking up the bag of luggage on the table, Squirtle grinned and gave the manager a thumbs up.

"Jenny, Jenny~!" See you again someday!

After saying goodbye, Squirtle closed the door to the manager's office and turned to leave.

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Meanwhile, on the other side...

After leaving the restaurant, Su Yu went to the farmers' market.

Recently, it seems the town has raised its standards for street vending and tightened its control. Those unscrupulous vendors from before are no longer allowed to set up stalls in the town.

This pleased Su Yu.

After browsing the farmers' market, Su Yu bought a few suitable ducks. He planned to make duck hot pot for dinner tonight.

When discussing the origins of Farfetch'd's design, one cannot ignore Japanese duck cuisine. Among the most famous dishes are Nanban (duck-themed dishes) and duck hot pot.

Both of these dishes are made primarily with duck and green onions. Perhaps that's why we have the Farfetch'd design, a Pokémon-like duck that comes with its own ingredients to cook.

However, in Donghuang today, it is obviously impossible to put the green onion duck directly into the pot, and Su Yu is not so crazy as to do that.

However, it's still possible to use the scallions grown by the scallion duck to make a main duck dish.

"Speaking of which, I think I could buy a few ducklings to raise at home?"

Thinking of this, Su Yu went to another place to buy baby ducks and bought more than a dozen ducklings.

The ducklings were all in iron cages, each one fluffy and quite cute. At that moment, Su Yu lifted the cages, and the ducklings lost their balance, some even falling flat on their backsides.

"It seems like the Alcremie and the others would really like these little animals."

Thinking this, Su Yu picked up the cage and walked out of the farmers' market. At that moment, a muscular man approached Su Yu and asked:

"Hello, young man. Want to work out?"

As he spoke, the muscular man turned to the side, letting Su Yu see a group of muscular men standing at the entrance of the gym behind him.

Seeing this, Su Yu shook his head, waved his hand, and quickly left.

Why bother with fitness? Can't you see I'm a rancher? Just doing farm work every day is enough to test my body.

Besides, the food on my ranch is excellent—high-grade goat milk, crab claws, and milk pudding. Even the vegetables grown in the fields are top-quality produce that you can't buy anywhere else.

Believe me, just from this food, I could grow stronger than you guys as I eat it.

My goal is to get a complete newbie, okay!

But jokes aside, Su Yu pondered that if he ate these things every day, it might actually turn him into a true newbie?

I've been drinking goat milk every day lately, and my body has become noticeably stronger; I even feel like I'm getting a bit of an overdose of nutrition.

It seems impossible for him to withstand a Pokémon's attack head-on like Ash did; his physique isn't that strong yet. But it's clear that his physique is already far above the average level of humans in this world.

The lambs on his mounts have completed their transformation, and the effects of their milk will only become more potent. With such a powerful tonic at hand, it's hard for Su Yu not to suffer from nutritional excess.

Even the goat milk, Su Yu now only dares to dilute before drinking, and the same goes for the goat milk he sells; it all has to be diluted first. Only when giving it to the Pokémon on the ranch does Su Yu dare to drink it undiluted.

This effect is many times better than that of regular MooMoo fresh milk.

"Looks like I'll need to find some time to train soon."

With such great conditions, it would be such a waste not to train a humanoid Pokémon like Shiba.

(End of this chapter)