Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 73 Frosty Milk Fairy Duck

After the two Wooloos evolved, the surrounding Pokémon all looked on with envy.

There was only one exception: Wooloo, the Pokémon that was left out of evolution.

Seeing that one Woolstätter had not yet completed its evolution, Su Yu asked in confusion:

"What's wrong with you? Have you been eating too little milk pudding, or have you been slacking off during your workouts?"

"Baa...baa..." Upon hearing this, the woof sheep seemed to have no idea. How come everyone else has evolved, but it's been left behind?

Seeing this, Su Yu also offered words of comfort:

"That's alright, no rush. If they can evolve, it means you should be soon too."

By this time, it was almost 12:30. Seeing that it was already so late, Su Yu went to wash up and prepared to go to sleep.

It was almost noon the next day.

Because the tropical dragon went to bed early last night, it was already working when Su Yu woke up.

On the very first day of the new year, it started clearing snow from the ranch. When Su Yu opened the door, he saw that most of the snow in the entire ranch had already been cleared away.

"It seems that farming can resume soon."

Su Yu thought to himself.

He took out his phone and asked Yang Hao about how some major brands source high-quality wool. Yang Hao quickly replied.

"There will be a wool convention in town in seven days. Many high-end brands will be there. You can just go and attend."

Yang Hao responded.

Is this a wool convention?

I'll go there sometime.

Just as Su Yu was thinking this, suddenly, the lively quacking of ducks came from inside the house.

Hearing the call, Su Yu went inside and saw that Frost Fairy had also gotten up. At that moment, it was feeding the ducks.

After a few days of feeding, the ducklings seem to have grown quite a bit. The iron cage, which used to have plenty of space, now seems a bit restrictive for these ducks.

"Then let them all out. We kept these ducks in cages because they were too small. Now it seems we don't need them anymore."

Thinking this, Su Yu went to the cage, opened the iron cage, and took the ducks out one by one.

"Mama?" Isn't she kept in the cage anymore?

"Ice Cream Fairy asked in confusion."

"I won't close them. I'll build them a duck shed later, and they can live outside from now on."

Su Yu said this as he took the ducks out of the cage.

Su Yu intended to raise these ducks to adulthood for breeding. Later, he also wanted to try using the scallions grown by the scallion ducks to feed them, to see if the ducks raised this way would taste better.

Even if they don't taste better, raising them would at least allow the ranch to be self-sufficient in duck meat.

Achieving complete self-sufficiency for the ranch is one of Su Yu's small goals in developing his ranch.

"By the way, are you also responsible for feeding these ducks?" Su Yu suddenly asked.

Upon hearing this, Alcremie nodded. Since there are Growlithe herding sheep in the ranch... then there shouldn't be any problem with me, Alcremie, herding ducks, right?

Anyway, I've been a bit bored lately. There's nothing new to eat on the ranch, and the tropical dragon is so busy that it hardly has time to play with me. So I thought I'd find something productive to do.

"That's good too." After taking the ducklings out of the cage, Su Yu patted one of them on the head and said:

"Alright, you can take these ducks out to play now."

"This should be their first time leaving the cage; you can take them around."

After being taken out of the cage, the ducklings were very affectionate towards Alcremie. But they seemed somewhat afraid of Su Yu.

"Is it because of my size?" Su Yu wondered. Could it be that my size makes the ducks feel insecure?

"Or is it because Alcremie is a Fairy-type Pokémon, and the Fairy-type energy makes the ducklings naturally drawn to it?"

Meanwhile, Alcremie was calling to the ducklings, ready to take them out to play.

As soon as Frost Milk Fairy led the way, the little ducks immediately followed her, wagging their tails and quickly disappearing from Su Yu's sight.

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After finishing breakfast, Su Yu shouldered a hoe and went to check on the fields.

It will take about two weeks for the herbs to mature. It has to be said, these herbs grow incredibly slowly. I wonder how that research team Xiaogang mentioned managed to develop a method for artificial cultivation.

Even with the help of the environmental modification fluid and the accelerated growth of the grassy areas where Su Yu's mounts and sheep grow, it will still take more than two months for the herbs he planted here to mature.

These are just ordinary herbs. If it were a magical medicine like the resurrection plant, wouldn't the growth unit be measured in years?

"Hopefully, the herbs that eventually grow will be worth the price."

Su Yu thought to himself.

After examining the medicinal herbs, Su Yu went to check on the area that had previously been used as farmland. Here, the tropical dragon had cleared away all the surrounding snow.

Su Yu plans to build some greenhouses in the field in the next few days and have Growlithe come over to warm them up before planting some cold-resistant crops.

The reason why only two shelters were built for the medicinal herb field and the scallion field was mainly because the snowfall was too heavy later. With such heavy snow, it was difficult for Su Yu to build any more shelters.

Now, not only has the snow stopped, but the temperature is also gradually warming up.

After working in the fields all afternoon, Su Yu realized that as his farmland expanded, the water source he had previously used to irrigate his crops seemed to be becoming insufficient.

If we want to expand the farmland further, we either need to dig a canal to get water from the lake in the ranch, or we need to find a Water-type Pokémon.

"I wish I could catch a Water-type Pokémon," Su Yu thought to himself.

In that case, he wouldn't have to come and water the plants himself every time; instead, he could have the Water-type Pokémon water them directly.

"And there's the reclamation of farmland. The fields that Grandpa used to cultivate have all become wasteland, and even the irrigation ditches are overgrown with weeds."

"If Ground-type Pokémon could directly use the 'Till' move to clear land, that would be much easier..."

In that case, Su Yu needs to increase the number of Pokémon in his ranch, otherwise he won't be able to expand the business on his own.

The current workload alone is enough to keep Su Yu completely occupied, preventing him from developing new business ventures. He feels he needs to find some more Pokémon to share the burden.

"Hiss, hiss!"

When Su Yu returned carrying his hoe, the caterpillar also came looking for him.

It seems that it has just learned the air slash technique and has come to ask Su Yu for a new training plan.

I'd like to recommend a book by an author friend, a beast-taming novel. This friend provided me with a lot of help while I was writing this book. Those interested can check it out.

(End of this chapter)