Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 85 Buying Gym Equipment

For the next few days, Su Yu's ranch maintained this rhythm.

In the morning, Su Yu would check on the Squirtle's watering, then go out to deliver goat milk. By the time he finished delivering the milk and returned to the ranch, Su Yu realized that he didn't seem to have much to do.

Squirtle did the cleaning, watering, and tending to the crops. The ordinary sheep were looked after by Growlithe.

Even the little ducks were taken away by the Frost Fairy.

Aside from feeding the hairy crabs, it seemed that Su Yu had nothing else to do.

"Why not take advantage of this free time and find something new to do?"

Su Yu wasn't the kind of person who could stay idle. While keeping accounts, he thought for a moment and realized that he probably had two things to do next.

First, I should start working out. After so many days, it's time to get back to exercising. Su Yu felt that now that he had some free time, he should take advantage of it to improve himself.

The second thing... is to go to town and find a teacher to learn how to make energy cubes.

The Pokémon food in the ranch has always been made from Energy Cubes won during the previous rancher competition. And those Energy Cubes will eventually run out.

That's why Su Yu had always wanted to learn how to make energy cubes. But because he had been too busy before, he didn't have the right time to learn, so he put it off.

Now that we finally have the time, it's time to solve the problem of self-sufficiency in Pokémon food on the ranch.

Relying on winning power cubes all the time isn't a good idea. Besides, making your own power cubes might result in a higher quality product than the ones bought in town.

"How about... I take care of the fitness issue first? I can go to town and buy some fitness equipment so I can exercise on my own when I get back," Su Yu thought to himself.

Compared to energy cubes, fitness seems to be a higher priority.

In addition to these two things, Su Yu also had a third thing to prepare: expanding the farmland.

As one of the main food sources on the ranch, Su Yu has always attached great importance to farmland.

As for cultivating farmland, Squirtle doesn't seem to be very good at it; its forte is tending to crops. Therefore, Su Yu will need to help with expanding the farmland.

However, the temperature hasn't fully warmed up yet, so Su Yu plans to deal with this matter later.

He made a list of things he could do recently on a piece of paper so he wouldn't forget them later. Then, Su Yu went out to take a look.

After several days of digging, two and a half of the five breeding ponds that needed to be dug have already been dug.

This speed is quite impressive. After all, these fish ponds are rather large, and even with the help of the little sheep mounts, progress is still slow. However, it seems the remaining half won't take more than a few days.

In the nearby farmland, Squirtle appears to be watering the plants.

Normally, Squirtle simply uses the Water Gun move to spray water into the air, evenly sprinkling it onto the crops to water them.

However, recently, Squirtle seems to have discovered a new way to play. Right now, it's watering the fields with a watering can while weeding.

Once the water in the water bottle was empty, Squirtle used the Water Gun move to refill the bottle.

This watering method was much slower than the previous one. However, Squirtle seemed to enjoy it, so Su Yu didn't say anything more.

Just then, having seemingly finished watering, Squirtle returned from the farmland along the same route and came to Su Yu's side.

Su Yu searched the ranch for Growlithe, and asked in confusion:

"That's strange, where's Growlithe?"

"What's going on? I haven't seen Growlithe in the ranch these past few mornings. Is she still sleeping inside?"

It was already 10:30, and Growlithe still hadn't gotten up, which made Su Yu realize something was wrong.

"Jenny, Jenny..." Probably.

Upon hearing this, Squirtle scratched his head and said this.

It seems that the training last night was too intense, causing Growlithe to sleep a little longer than usual today.

When Su Yu returned to the house, sure enough, the Growlithe was still sleeping in its little bed.

However, Su Yu wasn't the type to prevent his Pokémon from sleeping. Seeing that Growlithe was still asleep, he didn't say anything. If it wanted to sleep, then let Growlithe continue sleeping.

Squirtle, following closely behind Su Yu, secretly breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this. Fortunately, the rancher didn't investigate too much.

Otherwise, the fact that I secretly "rolled" in the middle of the night might be discovered.

"Alright, I'll go to town with Tropius then. I was originally thinking of bringing Growlithe along too."

"That's good too. When I'm looking at the gym equipment, I don't have to keep an eye on Growlithe anymore."

Shaking his head, Su Yu said this.

Hearing this, Squirtle raised its head. "Exercise equipment?"

Is the rancher looking to buy it?

"Jenny, Jenny~!" Then take me there, I know a lot about gym equipment.

Squirtle chuckled immediately.

This surprised Su Yu greatly. You? A Squirtle?

Why would Squirtle be interested in gym equipment?

Noticing Su Yu's confusion, Squirtle took out a dumbbell from its bag and did a few exercises, saying:

"Jenny, Jenny~!" Don't let my appearance fool you, I've been working out at the fire station for a long time.

None of the Squirtle in the fire station can beat me in terms of strength!

"Is that so?" Su Yu exclaimed in surprise upon hearing this.

If that's the case, then bringing Squirtle along might be a good idea. Since Squirtle is a seasoned gym-goer, he should be able to offer a lot of advice on buying gym equipment.

"Then you can come with me." With that, Su Yu summoned the tropical dragon and had it take Su Yu and the caterpillar to town.

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The town's department store.

Upon arriving here again, Su Yu went straight to the area where fitness equipment was sold. As soon as he arrived, a saleswoman followed him.

The sales assistant said with a smile:

"Hello sir, are you looking to buy fitness equipment?"

"Hmm." Upon hearing this, Su Yu replied. After trying it out on the ordinary fitness equipment used by humans, he felt that the equipment... didn't seem to be very effective.

After all, he has been drinking the high-quality goat milk produced by his mount, the lamb, for a long time now, so his physical condition should far exceed that of most ordinary people.

Therefore, even if these fitness equipment can put pressure on him now, they will probably be of little use after he buys them and trains with them for a while.

Therefore, Su Yu said to the sales assistant:

"Um... do you sell Pokémon workout equipment here? I'd like to buy one."

"Is this... for your Pokémon?" the sales assistant asked tentatively.

After all, different Pokémon may use different fitness equipment, so she needs to understand the user's needs before making a purchase.

"No..." Upon hearing this, Su Yu shook his head and continued:

"I bought this for myself. I've been feeling that my strength is increasing a bit too quickly lately."

As he spoke, Su Yu rubbed his increasingly protruding belly, which was a result of his little lamb drinking too much goat milk. The excessive nutrition meant that if he didn't increase his exercise, he would probably start gaining weight soon.

Especially since this was diluted goat milk, Su Yu couldn't believe what would happen to his body if he drank undiluted goat milk.

To this, the sales assistant was: ...? ? ? !?

(End of this chapter)