Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 66 Snow Removal from the Ranch

They returned to the ranch with a cage of ducklings.

At this moment, the caterpillars seem to be building a snowman outside.

Growlithe's creation was a standard snowman with a carrot nose made of two spheres, which looked rather ordinary. Caterpie, on the other hand, was more impressive, seemingly building Groudon and Kyogre.

"Wow, Caterpie, it looks pretty much like the Hoenn snowman!" Su Yu exclaimed, impressed by how much Caterpie resembled the two Hoenn snowmen.

"Hiss~!" Upon hearing this, the green caterpillar happily accepted Su Yu's praise.

As for Alcremie...

Su Yu stared at the strange, tentacle-like thing that the Frost Milk Fairy had piled up, and for a moment he couldn't recognize what it was.

Could it be some kind of evil god?

"Mama~!" It's you who's piling it up!

Seeing that Su Yu didn't recognize her, Frost Milk Fairy couldn't help but explain.

"Me?" Upon hearing this, Su Yu looked troubled. Do I look like a tentacle monster?

Forget it, I'd better not comment, lest I hurt Alcremie's feelings.

With that in mind, Su Yu carried the cage indoors and placed it in a corner of the room.

Seeing this, the Alcremie followed. She placed her hands on the cage and asked in confusion:

"Mama?"

"This? The little animal inside is called a duck. I brought it back to raise."

"You can also be in charge of feeding them. If you want, I'll entrust the task of feeding these ducklings every day from now on to you," Su Yu replied.

Upon hearing this, Alcremie looked at the fluffy, adorable little creatures and immediately nodded.

"Mama~!" Leave it to me!

Once inside, Su Yu took off her thick coat; it was clearly much warmer inside than outside.

After all, the indoor temperature is usually provided by the Growlithe heater, so as long as Growlithe doesn't leave the house for too long, the temperature inside will definitely be warm.

I turned on the TV and checked today's outdoor temperature. Compared to the past few days, it seems to have warmed up quite a bit. And the weather will continue to warm up in the coming days.

"It seems we can start preparing to resume farming."

I glanced at the thick layer of snow outside; it had been snowing frequently these past few days, and each time it snowed heavily.

If Su Yu wants to resume farming activities on the ranch, he will have to clear away the snow first.

"Perhaps I can move this snow into a pit and store it."

Unfortunately, Growlithe's Fire-type moves during training can easily start fires on the ranch. However, if the area where Growlithe trains is covered in snow, it might be fine.

"Furthermore, we can dig a channel to let the melted snow flow into the lake for storage, which can then be used for fish farming."

Su Yu thought to himself, "In this way, the snow can be used in multiple ways, so it won't be wasted."

Thinking of this, Su Yu went out and called over Tropical Dragon and Growlithe, and told them about his plan.

Upon hearing Su Yu's plan, Tropical Dragon immediately offered to use its Blow Away move to help Su Yu move the snow.

The wind blowing snow sounds incredible. Because when the wind comes into contact with the snow, it is dispersed by the snow, just like water meeting stone.

In this situation, the wind simply cannot concentrate its strength to blow the snow away.

But Tropical Dragon is different. With its control over Flying-type energy, it can use all the power of the wind to transport snow without it being scattered. The wind is like its invisible hand, which it can command with ease.

Moreover, the process of using the blow-away move to move snow can also help train its control over Flying-type energy.

So when Su Yu heard that the tropical dragon was offering to come and move the snow, he nodded. Now, all that was left was the task of digging the hole.

Su Yu already had someone in mind for this task.

"Little sheep mounts, you should be able to use 'Grassy Grounds' to grow plants, so could you help dig holes?"

"Meow~!"

Upon hearing this, the little sheep mounts said that there was no problem at all; they just didn't have enough mana, but the power of their moves was still sufficient.

If it weren't for their lack of mana, digging a hole wouldn't take long.

"That's good. Then I'll leave this to you. I'll make enough grass cakes and send them to you to replenish your energy," Su Yu nodded and said.

With that, Su Yu led his little sheep to the spot where he had already planned to dig the pit, leaving the little sheep there.

Upon arrival, the little sheep immediately used the grassy ground to cultivate a large number of ferocious plants, which then dug up the ground.

In no time, a pit the size of a basketball court and as deep as a person was dug out. However, by then, the little sheep mounts had run out of mana.

Upon seeing this, Su Yu clicked his tongue in amazement:

"When it comes to excavators, you guys are the real experts. It's a waste of your talents to have you digging holes."

The current mount, the sheep, is only lacking in mana, but in terms of combat power, it may have reached the level of the first batch below gym leader.

This is the level that Tropius has reached so far. However, Tropius is well-rounded, and with the emergence of its Four-Leaf Blade, it might be able to hold its own against Gym Leaders.

As for Caterpie, it's slightly inferior. Its body is too fragile for this level, and its moves are also somewhat lacking in power. It might even struggle to break through the defenses of those Gym Leaders.

After all, Caterpie's base stats are already limited. Even with the Legendary Pokémon template, the template can't directly raise Caterpie's base stats; it needs to break through them on its own.

Under such circumstances, the Caterpie, limited by its own racial potential, naturally cannot grow as fast as the Tropical Dragon.

However, Su Yu still believed that Caterpie had a promising future. After all, the tropical dragon and the little sheep on his own ranch had both become stronger, so there was no reason why Caterpie couldn't too.

After leaving his mount lamb behind, Su Yu turned back to make grass cakes. During the past few days of the mount lambs' transformation, Su Yu's grass cake production couldn't keep up with their consumption, and his stock was severely depleted.

Fortunately, there was still some hay left from the previous harvest, so we weren't completely unable to make grass cakes.

And not far from Su Yu Ranch...

A slender young rancher was leading his sheep through the snow.

Seeing that the sheep beside him seemed to be running out of energy, the rancher quickly encouraged it:

"Come on, Mare, we're almost at Su Yu Ranch! Just hang in there!"

"Once we get there, your illness might be cured. After you're healed, we'll return to our ranch. Once the snow melts, we can start planting, harvesting, and selling..."

At this point, the rancher accidentally stepped into the snow and almost sank halfway down.

Seeing this, the rancher quickly lay his upper body on the snow to distribute his weight, and then carefully pulled himself out of the snow.

"Meeheeeh..."

Just then, a worried bleat came from the direction of the sheep. Hearing this, the rancher brushed the snow off his clothes and said optimistically:

"I'm fine, Mare the sheep, it's just a minor problem."

"Let's keep going, we'll be at Su Yu Ranch soon, and you'll be better soon!"

As he spoke, the rancher continued walking forward.

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(End of this chapter)