Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 78 Goat Milk Grading?

Meanwhile, on the other side...

Riding a tropical dragon, Su Yu arrived at Gu Lihuo's ranch.

He handed the goat milk to Gu Lihuo, and at that moment, Meili the sheep also ran out of the house. Seeing this, Su Yu smiled and said:

"It seems that its health has improved a lot since it started drinking my goat's milk. I feel like it might even evolve in a few days."

"Yes, that's what Grandpa Liu said when he first came today. He was surprised that in just a few days, the wool from the Mare sheep was already being sold to him."

"I'm so grateful for your goat milk, it's really effective. At first, I thought you were just making false claims!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Lihuo replied.

Grandpa Liu doesn't just buy any goods from the ranch. At the very least, the quality has to meet certain standards.

Otherwise, even if Grandpa Liu accepted them, he wouldn't be able to sell them, and in the end, they would just become a burden on his hands.

Therefore, Grandpa Liu has established a series of standards for receiving goods and offers different prices depending on the quality of the goods received.

Upon hearing Gu Lihuo's good news, Su Yu replied:

"I'm glad I could help you. Don't forget to order goat milk from me again in the future; it's guaranteed to be worth it."

"Okay, I should go on to the next delivery. Contact me if needed."

As he spoke, Su Yu began to climb onto the tropical dragon's back.

At this moment, Gu Lihuo hesitated for a moment and asked:

"By the way, senior, there's something I'd like to ask you..."

"How do you manage to run your ranch so well?"

Gu Lihuo pondered this matter for a long time. He had returned to the ranch at the same time as Su Yu, and initially he even had an orchard ahead of Su Yu's. How come, as time went on, his ranch fell completely behind Su Yu's?

So after hesitating for a long time, Gu Lihuo finally asked about it. He was really curious about how Su Yu had managed to be so successful.

Upon hearing this, Su Yu pondered for a moment, wondering why his own ranch was being managed so well.

"Perhaps it's because I treat my Pokémon with care, even like family?" Su Yu replied.

"After all, Tropius, Caterpie, and Farfetch'd were all wild Pokémon at first. But because I treated them well, they were willing to stay with me and help me run the ranch."

"If I were alone, it would be impossible for me to run such a huge ranch."

"Pokémon are perhaps such creatures; if you treat them with care, they will try their best to repay you."

As he said this, Su Yu touched the tropical dragon's neck, and the tropical dragon lowered its head and touched Su Yu with its head in response.

Upon hearing this, Gu Lihu fell into deep thought.

Do you treat your Pokémon with care?

That does seem to make a lot of sense...

Thinking this through, Gu Lihuo nodded solemnly and said:

"I understand, senior."

"From now on, I will treat those Pokémon even more carefully!"

Hearing this, Su Yu smiled. After saying goodbye to Gu Lihuo, he climbed onto the tropical dragon's back and rode away.

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After delivering the goat milk to Gu Lihuo's family.

Next, Su Yu went to several more ranches and delivered all the remaining goat milk.

In the past few days, as the effects of goat milk have spread throughout the pastoral areas, many ranchers have come to Su Yu to order goat milk.

After all, this goat milk is very effective and suitable for newborn Pokémon. Many farms with newborn Pokémon, or whose Pokémon are chronically weak, have a demand for this goat milk.

This demand is much more stable than for crab claws. Previously, crab claws were just a delicacy; once people ate them too much, they might not want them anymore.

But goat milk is different; it's a very stable demand. As long as there are newborn Pokémon on the ranch, ranchers will need to order goat milk.

"If they knew that this goat milk also has benefits for humans, they'd probably go crazy fighting over it, right?"

Su Yu thought to himself, "After all, some people might not be willing to spend money on Pokémon, but they're definitely willing to spend money on themselves."

However, in pastoral areas, people do not seem to have discovered this special effect of Su Yu's goat milk; only the owner of the electrical appliance store has.

And once discovered... given the current production capacity of the little sheep, the goat milk will probably be in high demand, and every household will want to stock up on a bottle of goat milk in case of emergency.

If I ever get sick, this goat milk might just save my life.

"The production capacity of the little sheep mount is still too low... So far, the peak daily output has only yielded sixty bottles."

The biggest difference between goat milk and cow milk lies in production capacity. In terms of production capacity, goat milk is definitely inferior to cow milk.

However, it seems I could categorize the goat milk produced by my mount's lamb into different tiers? The high-grade tier would maintain its current concentration, but the price would be increased to a certain extent.

The lower-grade version is diluted to a lower concentration, but the price remains unchanged at 500 Alliance Coins, or increases slightly.

This gives ranchers more options. For humans, the lower concentration is easier to absorb and cheaper.

It's not that Su Yu is heartless. He's selling such high-quality milk at the price of a regular large milk container; relatively speaking, he's actually losing money.

With such adjustments, the price of goat milk can be made more reasonable, and more people can drink it despite limited production capacity.

"Hmm... I'll try it out when I get back today and see how the customers react."

Su Yu thought to himself.

With that thought in mind, the tropical dragon carried Su Yu back to the ranch.

Upon landing, Su Yu didn't see his mount, the little sheep, or the Squirtle. Just as he was about to look around, Su Yu let out a soft "Eh."

"What's going on? I didn't water it, so why is the soil in the field wet?"

As a rancher with a physique far exceeding that of ordinary people, Su Yu's eyesight is still very good, and he can see the situation in the farmland even from a distance.

"And... it seems like the weeds and pests have been cleared away, as if someone has taken care of it."

Moreover, this person should be an old farmer. It can be seen that his methods of managing farmland and medicinal herb fields are quite skillful, comparable to those of Da Cong Ya.

But... when did people come to the ranch?

Su Yu was very puzzled.

Just as he was about to go inside and ask the Growlithe and the others, Squirtle came out carrying a plate and a cup of black tea.

When the black tea was served, Squirtle was still wearing an apron around its waist, and the apron was wet, so it looked like it had just been cleaning the house.

This surprised Su Yu. How come this Squirtle can serve tea and water?

This made him think of a certain possibility. So Su Yu asked:

"Did you irrigate the fields?"

"Squirrel, Squirrel." Squirrel nodded.

"And this tea, and... were you cleaning the house just now?"

"Squirrel, Squirrel~!" Squirrel nodded again. This time, it even gave a thumbs up.

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This left Su Yu dumbfounded. Wait, you've done all my work, so what am I supposed to do?

Between the two of us, who is the real ranch owner here?

(End of this chapter)