Elf: I Am a Farmer

Chapter 106 Expansion

With the income from selling tree fruits, plus the earnings from selling large cans of fresh milk and Mare's wool from Chiba Farm recently, Chiba Kaede's account balance has finally reached six figures again. 👣🔥 🐍♡

With the money in hand, Chiba Kaede began to consider purchasing another batch of Mareep eggs, as well as expanding the variety and planting area of ​​tree fruits.

The reason we didn't expand before was because Chiba Farm didn't have enough manpower and energy. However, now the elves can help with many things, which can save a lot of manpower.

With the increasing number of Swan and Mosquito Tadpole, Chiba Maple no longer needs to worry about pest control, protection, and irrigation in the orchard; he has entrusted the orchard's operation and maintenance to these two groups.

The pasture that previously limited the number of Mare sheep was no longer a limitation as the newly planted pasture matured.

In the future, there won't even be a need for Chiba Maple to cultivate and plant anything; these pastures will spread outwards spontaneously. At that point, a large number of Mare sheep will be needed to curb the expansion of the grasslands.

Chiba Kaede directly ordered six more Mareep eggs from Nozawa Breeding House, with delivery scheduled for a few days later. Chiba Kaede felt this quantity was appropriate, as it wouldn't cause too much impact on the existing Mareep population.

After that, Chiba Kaede made another trip to Kaina City to purchase seeds of three relatively rare tree fruits: cranberry, banana, and pear.

Unlike common tree fruits like apples and peaches, these three types of fruit are relatively rare and expensive. ♨😂 69𝕊𝕙ỮЖ.℃๏ᵐ 😺ൠ

These berries contain a lot of energy, which can restore a lot of stamina to the Pokémon that eat them. Feeding these berries to wild Pokémon can make it easier to gain their favor, increase the chance of catching them, stabilize their emotions, and raise their level.

However, it is not easy to grow these fruit trees, and after they flower and bear fruit, the number of fruits produced is much less than that of ordinary trees.

What troubles fruit farmers the most is that once these fruits ripen, they emit a special fragrance that spontaneously attracts spirits from within a radius of several kilometers to come and eat them.

Therefore, to grow these tree fruits, it is generally necessary to build a sturdy greenhouse, which can not only effectively isolate the spread of the tree fruit's fragrance, but also prevent wild elves from entering.

However, this means that only those with substantial capital can afford to cultivate these fruit trees. Ordinary fruit farmers rarely invest such a large amount of money in cultivation, since the input and output are somewhat disproportionate.

Scarcity drives up prices, which explains the high price of these tree fruits.

Obtaining the seeds of these kinds of fruit trees is not easy. Chiba Maple had to travel all over Kaina City to buy them. Moreover, there are not many seeds for each type of fruit tree. There are only about a dozen seeds for each variety.

Normally, no more than five of these seeds will successfully germinate and bear fruit; in fact, with bad luck, not even one might survive. 🐼♡ ❻9şĤǗＸ.ⓒόⓂ 🍮♪

However, Chiba Kaede felt that he could make all these rare fruits appear in his own orchard and successfully bear fruit.

He relied on the life energy he controlled and a group of shuttlecocks that could use the grassy grounds.

After all, he can now successfully grow resurrection grass, so how could he possibly fail to grow these fruit trees?

Of course, in order to enhance these tree fruit seeds to the greatest extent, Chiba Maple poured several days' worth of life energy into these seeds until they could no longer absorb it.

The seeds now look completely different from when he obtained them; they are plump and lush, and even an ordinary person could see their extraordinary nature.

The terraced flower garden was also completed thanks to the efforts of Sandslash and other elves. Now the slope is completely different, with terraces and rectangular plots of land that have been cultivated on each terrace.

Once the Gracidia flowers in the backyard are fully mature, he can obtain the seeds, which he will then plant throughout the terraced garden.

Although these seeds can only be planted in a small area, this is already a huge step forward. It is believed that with a few more rounds of planting, the Gracidia flowers will be able to cover the entire terraced flowerbed.

"Mrs. Nozawa, welcome to Chiba Farm!"

Chiba Kaede had just finished checking on the growth of the resurrection grass in the backyard when she saw Mrs. Nozawa from the Mare Sheep Farm talking to Terada Yuri in the living room.

"Xiao Feng, I've delivered the Mareep egg you ordered. I came here mainly to discuss something with you!"

Mrs. Nozawa first pointed to the Pokémon egg on the table before speaking.

"Please don't hesitate to tell me what you need; I'll definitely do my best to help!"

Chiba Kaede had traded with the Nozawa couple several times before without any problems, so he would definitely help with any minor issues he could.

"Here's the thing, our Nozawa Breeding House wants to order large tanks of fresh milk from your farm. We don't need too much, just 20 liters a day."

Actually, the Nozawa couple had just heard that Chiba Farm produced large tanks of fresh milk, which is why they came to inquire about it, since bottled Moo Moo milk is much more expensive than fresh milk.

Although Moo Moo Milk is more nutritious than regular fresh milk, fresh milk is obviously more cost-effective for Nozawa Breeding House, and it won't affect the growth and development of baby Pokémon.

"We can provide fresh milk, but our Chiba Farm is short-staffed and may not be able to deliver to your door. You'll need to come and pick it up yourself."

Chiba Kaede and Terada Yuri exchanged a glance, then said somewhat awkwardly.

Chiba Kaede would certainly not object to selling fresh milk, but if they were to deliver it to her door, then it would be a loss for them.

After all, Chiba Farm currently only has three people, and the farm owner often goes out, which is equivalent to adding a delivery job for Terada Yuri and Takemoto Yui, thus increasing their daily workload.

"No need, no need, I'll have my husband drive over to pick it up every day!"

Mrs. Nozawa wasn't an unreasonable person. They had only bought a small amount of fresh milk, so asking for delivery was indeed asking too much.

"That solves the problem. Mr. Nozawa can come and pick up the fresh milk tomorrow!"

Chiba Kaede smiled and spoke to Mrs. Nozawa.

Subsequently, Chiba Kaede and Mrs. Nozawa reached an agreement on the retail price of the fresh milk. Originally, Mrs. Nozawa wanted to give Chiba Kaede a premium, but he did not agree and gave Mrs. Nozawa the same price as the price he sold to Moriko Takayuki, an agricultural product buyer.

After everything was settled, Mrs. Nozawa happily bid farewell to the two men and left Chiba Farm.

"Yuri, I'll need you to refill the fresh milk for the Nozawa family from now on."

Chiba Kaede said to Terada Yuri.

"Boss, this is a simple matter that can be easily resolved, so don't worry about it!"

Terada Yuri said with a hint of amusement.

However, Terada Yuri felt a warmth in her heart that Chiba Kaede was considerate of them and tried to reduce their workload as much as possible.

(End of this chapter)