I opened a restaurant in the Pokémon world.

"Ash, I've told you countless times not to get any ideas about Pokémon before you get your starter Pokémon, haven't I?" In the hospital in True Heart Town, Ash's mother looked coldly at her son lying on the bed. God knows how nervous she was when she found out her son was in the hospital.

"Mom, I was wrong..." Xiao Zhi honestly admitted his mistake. Having spent so much time with his mother, Xiao Zhi understood her ways quite well. It was better to admit his mistake obediently. If he tried to argue or lie, it would only provoke his mother to be even angrier. In that case, it would truly be a case of a loving mother wielding a stick and striking her wandering son with a single blow, each strike delivering a devastating blow.

God knows why my old mother is so strong.

"Hmph, and you even ran into a Pokémon like Mewtwo. Don't you know that Mewtwo gets very grumpy when it's woken up?" Ash's mother was still furious. She almost didn't see her son again. Luckily, Professor Oak's Dragonite was out for a stroll and bumped into them. Otherwise, Mewtwo, with its terrible temper when it wakes up, might have really done something.

A-Da proudly flapped its wings and let out a triumphant cry. A mere Dream Eclipse was no challenge for A-Da; in fact, it was incredibly easy for it.

"I know I was wrong..." Ash lowered his head, looking aggrieved. Seeing this, Ash's mother couldn't bear to criticize her only son. Instead, she sighed. Seeing Ash reminded her of her husband, who also had an unparalleled love for Pokémon and seemed to have dedicated everything to it. However, that powerful guy disappeared along with her grandfather, vanishing without any reason or origin, as if Ash's father no longer existed in this world.

Professor Oak watched from the side. He knew Ash's father and had a deep memory of that powerful, always optimistic and cheerful man. It was a pity that the man was gone, along with the old man who had almost dominated the entire Pokémon League. Was this a good thing or a bad thing for the League?

Professor Oak wasn't sure either, but looking at young Ash, whose face was almost identical to his father's, and who also shared an immense love for Pokémon.

"Ash..." Professor Oak scratched his head, wondering what kind of Pokémon he should assign to Ash when he was about to embark on his journey.

Professor Oak remembered that Ash's father had said that when he embarked on his journey, he took a Pikachu with him.

Chapter 495 What is Poverty?

"These, and these, please deliver them all to this address." Heath looked at the furniture in front of him and nodded in satisfaction. The furniture was quite nice, but this was also related to the brand Heath bought. He bought the same brand that Officer Jenny often used. Heath had gotten used to using this brand. Although the design wasn't great, at least the quality was really good. It was indeed the brand that Officer Jenny specified.

"Okay, sir, is there anything else you need to buy? This is our supermarket's silver card member~" The manager smiled and rubbed his hands together. Heath bought a lot of things at once, and the prices were quite high, so giving him a silver card was normal.

Heath glanced at Zoroark, who was still dressed as Betty, happily hugging a large bag filled with novels she had bought. There were so many of them. Farfetch'd had lent Zoroark two thousand dollars, which Zoroark had exchanged for comic books and novels, and even bought a game, which seemed to be the latest Monster Hunter game.

“No, that’s all.” Heath shook his head. He had already bought everything he needed for the day, and there was nothing else he needed to buy for the time being.

Heath had considered buying other items, but after thinking about it, she decided not to buy them for the time being since she wouldn't be staying in Lavender Town for very long. She could buy them later if she planned to settle down there.

"But for some reason, I have a feeling that I've suddenly been blamed for something. Why is that?" Heath was a little conflicted, but if he knew what had happened in Pallet Town, he would know where this feeling came from.

After leaving the supermarket, Heath and Zoroark strolled leisurely down the street. Heath had considered driving, but decided against it because the supermarket parking lot was difficult to find. In fact, Heath's choice was very wise; the supermarket parking lot was full, and if they had driven, they would have had to search for a parking space for a while.

Whether in my past life or in this world, parking spaces have always been a major problem.

"Trainer, Trainer, this drink is really delicious. Can I buy another one?" Zoroark licked her lips. She had just bought a lemon-flavored drink at the supermarket, which tasted very good. Zoroark liked it very much and had already finished it.

"You should drink less of those beverages. I don't want you to turn into a fat fox in the future." Heath glanced at Zoroark, and then saw Zoroark about to throw the beverage bottle in his hand into the trash can, but Heath took it from him and handed it to the old man in front of him who was picking up trash with a bag.

"Thank you," the old man said politely. Heath stepped aside, as he couldn't accept such a deep bow from an old man.

Heath and Zoroark continued walking. Zoroark looked back in confusion, wondering why the old man was picking up her empty drink bottles.

“You seem puzzled. Do you perhaps have some interest in this old man?” Heath glanced at Zoroark. Zoroark was actually quite easy to understand; her expressions, thoughts, and emotions were all directly reflected on her face.

"Why was that old lady picking up the bottle? I clearly drank everything inside." Zoroark was genuinely confused about the situation.

"Zoroark, have you ever seen poor people in the human world? Or do you know anything about poverty in this world?" Hiss asked calmly. Even in the Pokémon world, the gap between the rich and the poor is unavoidable.

"Poor people? Ah, I get it, are they the kind of people in novels who can only afford to live in ordinary view apartments?" Zoroark had a knowing look on his face, and Heath couldn't help but roll his eyes. Goodness, living in ordinary view apartments is considered poor, right? This seems a bit different from what Heath imagined poor people to be. What kind of novels is this little Zoroark reading?

But when Heath thought about how some of the people writing the novel were there to experience life, he calmed down a lot. These people couldn't possibly understand what it meant to be poor. Maybe to them, living in a view apartment and having to pay tens of thousands of dollars in credit card bills every month was what it meant to be poor.

"The word 'poor' is far more cruel than you can imagine." Heath shook his head. People living in the view apartment are not considered poor; they are more like spendthrifts, and even then, they must be spendthrifts with very high salaries.

Heath had seen many poor people. In the city, the poor lived in basements, paying hundreds or thousands of dollars in rent each month, but their living space was probably limited to a bed and a toilet. The poor in the countryside were even more desperate. They basically had no good education and could only live as farmers for their entire lives. For them, being a farmer was the only way to make a living. They probably couldn't find more than 1 dollars in savings in their family.

“The truly poor, even if they contract any slightly serious illness, can only choose to die tragically at home,” Heath sighed.

Heath remembered seeing a news report about a delivery driver who died of illness because he couldn't afford medical treatment. Such a thing would be incredibly disheartening at any time, but it has to be said that poverty is truly a terrible thing.

Zoroark blinked blankly. She didn't quite understand, and besides, couldn't you just go to the Pokémon Center to get rid of an illness?

"Don't think about it. The more you think about these things, the sadder you'll become." Heath patted Zoroark's head. There are too many dark and despairing things in this world, but if you keep focusing on these things, you'll become depressed. Sometimes, people need some optimism to live a healthy and happy life.

Life is so short, what's the point of making yourself sad?

"Oh right, speaking of which, I haven't used the ingredient detector to examine that 'Resurrection Plant' yet..." Heath thought of his achievement quest in Lavender Town, and speaking of which, he had also obtained a clue about Lavender Town, which seemed to contain a very special Pokémon.

Heath couldn't help but look towards the north side of the Pokémon Tower. He remembered that according to the special clue, the special Pokémon was located in that area.

Chapter 496 Garbage Sorting

Heath has spent a considerable amount of time with his cheat system and has gained some understanding of its rewards and settings. In Heath's view, the clues given by his cheat system often point to some rather strange Pokémon, or rather, rather rare ones.

This rarity doesn't refer to legendary Pokémon. Although Seath's clues gave her some opportunities to get close to legendary Pokémon, such as Jirachi, most of them were very rare Pokémon.

Thinking of this, Heath couldn't help but think of his own Snorlax. Snorlax Yeti had never appeared in the main Pokémon games, only in the anime. This shows how rare this special Pokémon was; it could even be said to be rarer than any legendary Pokémon. After all, legendary Pokémon in the games were just 'toys for Master Balls.' Except for a few legendary Pokémon that couldn't be caught with a Master Ball, most others were just a matter of using a Master Ball. Even now, players were starting to pursue shiny legendary Pokémon. But Snorlax Yeti? He'd never seen one.

So Hiss was actually quite curious about the Pokémon mentioned in the special clue.

However, now is not the time to rush to find Pokémon. Heath plans to go home first and take care of some things that need to be dealt with.

Although all the trash and dust in the house had been cleaned up, Heath still had a lot of junk to deal with, namely the unusable furniture that Heath had cleared out.

Disposing of trash in the Pokémon world isn't an easy task. While you don't have to face the infamous "What kind of trash are you?" question from an old lady, situations like Hiss's, which require cleaning up large amounts of trash, still necessitate contacting professionals for disposal or taking it to a specialized waste treatment plant. If Hiss were to simply dump the trash in the bin, he would receive an administrative penalty notice at his home the next day, along with a fine of at least 1,500 League Coins.

Heath had heard that the penalty for littering large trash could be up to 10,000 Alliance Coins, which was an astonishingly large sum of money.

Of course, for household waste, as long as you're not too lazy to accumulate dozens of kilograms before taking it out all at once, throwing it into the trash can one bag at a time won't cause any trouble. Of course, garbage sorting is still necessary.

However, garbage sorting in this world doesn't need to be so complicated. It only needs to be divided into dry waste, wet waste, and hazardous waste. Hazardous waste refers to things like glass that can easily cause injury if not disposed of properly.

Fortunately, every town has a dedicated waste disposal plant, so Heath only needs to take the discarded furniture to the plant.

"Let me see... where is the garbage disposal plant in Purple Garden?" Heath, carrying the novels Zoroark had bought, walked home while flipping through his phone. However, he paused as soon as he reached his doorstep because a woman was peeking around in front of his house. She looked suspicious and had ill intentions. Heath felt that the woman in front of him was like a thief scouting the place.

Don't assume that women wouldn't scout locations. When Heath was in Evergreen City, he had seen children scouting locations. When Sister Feng told him about it, Heath was completely stunned. He had never imagined that children would scout locations. It was truly unbelievable.

However, after witnessing more things, Heath calmed down. Children and women are the types of people who are particularly easy to lower their guard, so sometimes they are indeed used as shields or something.

"Hello, what can I do for you?" Heath asked politely, looking at the woman in front of him. Although he didn't know what she did, if she were really a thief, the house would have been ransacked long ago.

"Ah! Ah... um... um... hello, I wanted to ask... well..." The woman trembled at Heath's voice, then quickly turned to look at Heath, her eyes filled with panic, confusion, and unease.

Heath frowned as he looked at her. What exactly was this woman up to?

"Um... excuse me, are you going to throw these pieces of furniture away?" The woman cautiously pointed to the furniture that Heath had placed in the yard. Heath was taken aback for a moment, then glanced at it. Indeed, those were the pieces of furniture that Heath had cleared out. These things were no longer needed, and Heath was indeed planning to throw them away.

"Ah, yes, so?" Heath glanced at the woman in front of him. Her clothes were fairly simple, but her hands...

The woman's hands didn't resemble those of a woman; they were more like those of a migrant worker—rough, calloused, and clearly the work of someone who did manual labor. They were nothing like the white-collar workers Heath had seen before; those girls' hands were practically untouched by any manual labor. This woman, on the other hand…

Heath had a sudden realization; he seemed to know what this woman was planning to do.

"Excuse me, can I have these pieces of furniture? I can help you take them away and get rid of them." The woman asked nervously. Heath smiled and nodded. He really didn't intend to keep these pieces of furniture, but there were some problems with them, so Heath still explained them to the woman.

The woman didn't care at all. With Heath's permission, she followed him inside and looked at the furniture Heath was going to throw away. Heath saw a look of delight in her eyes.

Then, after obtaining Heath's consent, the woman happily ran out.

"You don't want it anymore?" Heath was a little confused.

"Please wait a moment, I'll call my husband and son to come and pull me out." The woman turned around hurriedly and said in a panic. He paused for a moment, he really wanted to ask why she didn't call?

But when he thought of the almost ecstatic look in the woman's eyes when she saw the furniture that Heath considered completely unusable, Heath didn't say anything. He felt that saying it would be almost like asking, "Why don't they eat meat porridge?"

Heath sighed, then looked at Zoroark beside him.

“Do you know what poverty is? This is it.” Heath looked at the foolish Zoroark. What he considered unusable furniture was perfectly fine to the woman.

Zoroark stared blankly at Heath. She glanced at the cleaned-out furniture. Weren't those things just junk?

Chapter 497 Barbecue Stand!

A short while later, the woman came over in a tricycle. Heath admitted that he was stunned when he saw the tricycle. He had expected her to come in some other way, but he didn't expect it to be a tricycle. Heath hadn't seen one of those in a very, very long time.

However, the load capacity was indeed very large. An older man and a younger man thanked Heath first, and then happily loaded the furniture onto the tricycle. However, Heath had cleared out a lot of things, so it was estimated that it would take two trips to haul them all away.

Watching the young man pedaling the tricycle with all his might, while the older couple pushed from behind, Zoroark fell silent. She quietly held the novel in her hands, suddenly wondering: were these three people who treated trash like treasure the real poor? Didn't the poor all live in view apartments?

Heath had originally planned to move his new furniture back first, but Zoroark stood at the door until the family of three came back and took away the last of the furniture, thanking him profusely. Zoroark remained sitting there. Heath looked at Zoroark's dazed expression and couldn't help but scratch his head. Was this little guy a bit too smart?

While Pokémon are generally quite intelligent, it must be said that there are differences in the world. Some Pokémon have the intelligence of a four or five-year-old human, but some Pokémon, especially Psychic-type Pokémon, possess intelligence far exceeding that of humans. If a Beedrill were to witness this scene, it would not care what these humans were doing, as long as they were not invading their territory.

However, the more intelligent a Pokémon is, the more feelings it may have.

Hiss didn't bother with Zoroark. At times like these, Zoroark needed to be left alone to think things through. Hiss didn't know what insights Zoroark would gain, but whatever those insights might be, they would be a good thing. Hiss was also looking forward to seeing what Zoroark would think.

But when Heath finished her work and returned to the dining car, she saw Zoroark playing games with Farfetch'd. Heath's lips twitched. Oh well, that's the kind of carefree Zoroark is all about.

Heath shook his head. He glanced at his phone. He had finally finished his work, but when he checked the time, it was already past dinner time. It seemed that if he wanted to entertain guests today, he would have to think about the catering industry at night. Heath thought barbecue was a good option.

There's nothing in this world that a barbecue can't solve. If there is, then two barbecues will do. Although Heath doesn't quite remember who said that, it makes a lot of sense. Barbecue has always been popular for its affordable prices, unique atmosphere, and wide variety of dishes. But if you want to stand out from the crowd, then the secret recipe and ingredients are the key.

Every popular barbecue stall that has stood the test of time has a unique recipe that keeps customers coming back for more. So, business competition can also break out among barbecue stalls. For example, you might go to a popular barbecue stall dressed in ordinary clothes. Eating barbecue isn't the key point; the key point is whether you can imitate their secret recipe for success.

Heath happens to have her own unique ingredient: fermented bean curd.

Fermented bean curd is a magical thing. Although it looks a bit unique and even makes people wonder if it is a rotten product, it is actually a very good nutritious food with certain nutritional value. The most important thing is its taste, which is rich and unique. Of course, the most important thing is that fermented bean curd does not exist in this world. Fermented bean curd is also a great choice as a dipping sauce and seasoning to accompany barbecue.

Of course, fermented bean curd is not the winning formula, since some barbecues do not use it. At this time, Heath needs to use the secret recipe he learned from his relatives in his previous life. The barbecue powder he makes tastes better, but it is more selective because it is a bit spicy. Customers who do not eat spicy food will not be able to enjoy it.

"Barbecue, huh?" Heath stretched. He used to run a stall in every city he visited, always during the day. Now that he was in Lavender Town, he thought running a stall at night was a good option. Occasionally changing his lifestyle made his life worthwhile.

With that in mind, Heath became interested. He called Farfetch'd and Zoroark and went to the kitchen. As for Charmeleon and Snorlax, Heath had other plans for them. Right now, all Heath needed to do was prepare the barbecue ingredients.

Running a barbecue stall isn't as simple as many people think; it's actually quite troublesome, especially in terms of food preparation. Most barbecue stalls can simply buy pre-prepared ingredients that are already skewered, and all you have to do is pay. But Heath is a chef with aspirations.

The combination of meats, the texture of the meat, and the quality of the ingredients all need to be considered. Fortunately, these green onion ducks are already capable of handling it. All Zoroark needs to do is skewer the ingredients. Heath had worried before whether Zoroark could do it well, but Heath soon discovered that Zoroark was surprisingly talented.

Moreover, to prevent the fur on its paws from touching the food, Zoroark obediently put on plastic gloves, and its skewering speed did not decrease, which made Heath very satisfied.

As for Heath, all she needed to do was prepare the barbecue powder and special wet dipping sauce. Once that was almost done, she could go help the scallion duck. Even so, it took Heath almost an hour to prepare all the ingredients for tonight's barbecue business.

"Let's go, our business in Purple Garden is barbecue." Heath stretched, but eating in the food truck's restaurant was still a bit lacking, so Heath still needed to go to the supermarket to buy some tables, chairs, stools, and other such items.

Of course, there's also beer. Beer and barbecue are a perfect match. Besides that, we need to buy some drinks. Heath plans to buy some Gyarados herbal tea. Although Heath isn't quite sure why the herbal tea brand is called Gyarados, maybe it's because Gyarados sprays water more powerfully.

After Heath had finished preparing and driven the food truck to the designated stall location, she opened the door to the lounge.

"Charmeleon, Snorlax, get to work!" Heath shouted, signaling the start of the night's business.

Chapter 498 Old Master Ma Zhide

The competition among barbecue stalls is fierce. Heath had just set up his tables and chairs outside when he saw four or five other barbecue stalls nearby already open for business. But Heath wasn't bothered by it. It wasn't the first time Heath had encountered something like this. Heath had experienced something similar when he was pushing a cart in Evergreen City. Back then, when Heath went to sell breakfast, there were many other vendors selling breakfast around him.

However, for these jobs that lean towards the food industry, taste is the only foundation for survival. If the taste is not good, then the business will not be very good no matter what. Heath is quite confident in the taste of his barbecue stand.