I run an orphanage in the Pokémon world.

As for this new Leafy, Forsaken naturally knew about it. After all, after Dean Tengshu went out once, he brought back this Pokémon and buried an urn of its ashes in the cemetery. Tengshu did these things very directly and without any concealment, so all the Pokémon in the orphanage knew about it.

A baby dragon suddenly appeared, looking at the vine tree with some excitement, wanting to say something to it. However, it was immediately stopped by the abandoned monkey, which felt that it would be better for the new Pokémon to go out with the vine tree in the current environment.

Under the lights of the orphanage, the shadows of Tengshu and Xinye Miao were slowly stretched out.

"Winter nights are still a bit too cold. Changqing City isn't a tropical city after all." Teng Shu yawned and then rubbed his hands together.

Xin Ye Miao perched on Teng Shu's shoulder, her eyes scanning the surroundings. Teng Shu could sense the emotions emanating from Xin Ye Miao—a strange emotion that Teng Shu couldn't quite put his finger on.

"Xin Ye Miao, are you interested in magic? How about I show you some videos of magic masters when we get back?" Teng Shu asked Xin Ye Miao on his shoulder while shining a flashlight around the surroundings.

Shin-Ye-Nyan tilted her head and didn't say anything, but Teng-Shu sensed a hint of excitement flashing through Shin-Ye-Nyan's heart. It seemed that Shin-Ye-Nyan still wanted to see.

The Pokémon world also has magicians, and some of their magic performances are quite impressive. However, because of the existence of Pokémon, magicians in the Pokémon world are divided into Pokémon factions and non-Pokémon factions.

Pokémon magicians use Pokémon to enhance their magic performances, making the tricks more grand and spectacular.

The non-Pokémon faction consists of magicians who perform magic without using any Pokémon. Among them are some master magicians, and Tengshu even wondered if they had secretly gone to Hogwarts.

"Then I'll show you those videos later. If you want any magic props, you can tell me." Teng Shu smiled, and then quickened his pace.

It was too cold; all Teng Shu wanted to do was get back to his room as soon as possible.

However, Tengshu did not encounter any abandoned Pokémon along the way, which made him feel a little better.

While it's inevitable that Pokémon will be abandoned, it would be best to see fewer of them abandoned.

Xin Ye Miao nodded, but didn't meow much. Teng Shu was a little helpless, but didn't say anything. After all, the fact that Xin Ye Miao could nod now meant that it had come a lot out of its shell.

Once back at the orphanage, Teng Shu carefully stepped over some building materials that were placed there. These materials were for upgrading the orphanage, but to make the upgrade process more reasonable, they were all placed there.

The Arceus construction team will be coming again tomorrow to continue the expansion work. Teng Shu inquired privately and found that it will take at least three days.

"So..." Teng Shu was about to go back when he sensed an exciting emotion. He turned his head and saw that Little Fire Dragon was standing at the entrance of the orphanage's office building, groping around against the wall.

Teng Shu was stunned when he saw the little fire dragon.

However, Tengshu quickly guessed why Charmander was there, since the only place in this area that Charmander would pay attention to was the infirmary.

Teng Shu smiled and walked over, then patted the little fire dragon's head.

"Little Fire Dragon, what brings you here?" Teng Shu looked at the little fire dragon in front of him with a smile.

He could understand Charmander's feelings. After all, Charmander had been blind for so long and now there was finally hope for a cure. If it were Teng Shu himself, he thought he would probably be even more excited.

"Roar...ha..." The little dragon was a little flustered and a little embarrassed.

"Alright, don't worry, your eyes will be fine." Teng Shu patted the little dragon's head. Although he also wanted the little dragon to regain its sight as soon as possible, it was obviously not an easy task.

The medical ward has developed a treatment plan, so for now, we can only follow that plan.

Chapter 249 Elderly Care and Free Medical Services

"Good morning... Shin-Ye-Miao... Did you watch this all night?" The next morning, Teng-Shu got out of bed early and looked at Shin-Ye-Miao, who was still watching magic videos in the living room. He rubbed his eyes in surprise.

New Leaf Cat nodded, then its little paws became restless, looking eager to try, but before it could even begin, it was stopped by Teng Shu.

There aren't that many magic props here, and if you accidentally break the computer, it will only make things worse for a family that's already struggling financially.

Although Tengshu now has a lot of money, he has his own uses for it.

"Go to bed early. If you keep staying up so late watching this, I won't let you watch it anymore." Teng Shu grabbed Xin Ye Miao by the scruff of her neck and sent her back to the dormitory.

Along the way, Shin-Ye-Nyan initially resisted, but stopped moving halfway through. Teng-Shu looked down and realized that Shin-Ye-Nyan had fallen asleep.

This left Teng Shu somewhat amused and exasperated. Xin Ye Miao's thinking was truly baffling. But since it was asleep now, Teng Shu simply held it and let Xin Ye Miao go to sleep in the girls' dormitory.

Yes, Xinye Miao is a female cat.

This is actually quite rare, since the New Leaf Cat population is mostly male, with very few females. Tengshu knows this because when he played Zhu Zi before, he saw a friend complain that he couldn't get the female initial New Leaf Cat he wanted. He always felt that raising it would be like facing Kinoshita Hideyoshi.

After delivering the new leaf to the cat, Tengshu yawned and went to wash up. Once he was clean, he prepared to go on his morning patrol.

As soon as Teng Shu stepped out of the orphanage, he found a new message on his phone. He opened it and took a look.

Notice on Implementing the Spirit of the Alliance Meeting and Carrying Out Activities to Ensure Elderly Care

"Another document? Luckily, I'm just the director of an orphanage." Teng Shu looked at the document in his hand, shaking his head helplessly. But then he realized something: if this matter had nothing to do with him, it probably wouldn't have been sent to him. So...

Teng Shu opened the message and glanced at it.

Then, keywords related to him were quickly extracted from them.

In order to implement the meeting's guidelines and strengthen the policy of providing for the elderly, welfare homes need to construct specialized elderly care facilities...

The content wasn't very long; Teng Shu finished reading it in a few minutes. After reading it, Teng Shu didn't have any particular thoughts. This was within his expectations, since the alliance had previously had the idea of ​​having his welfare home take on some of the responsibilities of elderly care. However, at that time it was just an idea and hadn't been fully implemented yet, but now it was.

According to the League, a special area needs to be reserved in Tengshu's welfare home to care for elderly Pokémon. The League will allocate funds for its construction, and once it passes inspection, any elderly or abandoned Pokémon will be sent to Tengshu.

Sometimes, if a Pokémon with special circumstances is encountered, it will be sent to Tengshu. The League has issued a standard, but Tengshu doesn't seem to care after reading it, since these restrictions are not really a big deal for him.

Based on Teng Shu's experience running a welfare center in the Pokémon world over the past few months, there won't be many Pokémon that can meet the League's requirements.

Furthermore, older Pokémon are relatively rare among abandoned Pokémon. After all, most older Pokémon have developed a bond with their original trainers, and with this emotional foundation, abandonment is less common. Tengshu has three older Pokémon here.

Bellsprout and Rattata came to Tengshu because their trainer died during the snowstorm. Now they help clean and look after the cemetery every day. They rarely contact the other Pokémon in the orphanage, but if other Pokémon from the orphanage come to them, Bellsprout and Rattata will still go to help.

Besides that, there's Slowpoke.

Slowpoke's situation is rather special. According to the files Tengshu obtained, Slowpoke was discovered one morning when its Poké Ball was thrown into a private welfare home, meaning it was completely abandoned.

However, such things are indeed rare, and now that Slowpoke has been laid to rest, Tengshu thinks that this may be a good thing for Slowpoke.

"A nursing home, huh? The alliance is allocating funds, and thankfully the welfare home can be expanded." Teng Shu shook his head. This document came at just the right time. If it had been a few days later, it would have been difficult for Teng Shu to plan the layout. Now, he only needed to mark it on the construction drawings to create a place for the elderly to live.

This is quite simple for Tengshu. Although it's called a retirement home, it's really just an ordinary office building. It doesn't need to be too tall. Tengshu only plans to build two floors, enough to accommodate a hundred Pokémon for retirement, which will meet the League's requirements.

As for whether he might need to take care of more than a hundred Pokémon, Tengshu felt that the probability was very low.

"Dean Teng Shu!" A girl's voice rang out. Teng Shu looked up and saw Miss Qiao Yiyun. But what surprised Teng Shu even more was the girl standing next to Qiao Yiyun, smiling and waving at him.

Teng Shu remembered this girl; she had ridden on his bicycle to the forest ranger station before. She was a chatterbox, and Teng Shu remembered that her name was Phil.

Beside Joey Yun, a bear stood yawning, its strange armor still glistening with morning dew.

"Miss Joey, why did you bring Phil here?" Teng Shu said with some surprise. He had thought that he would probably never have any contact with this graduate student of traditional Chinese medicine in his life, but he did not expect to meet her again.

"Uncle Tengshu! Long time no see~ I'm here to do free medical consultations, I can help Pokémon get better!" Phil's words were the familiar tune and recipe, and Tengshu's lips twitched.

However, Teng Shu had no reason to refuse to provide free medical consultations. Although Chinese herbal medicines are somewhat bitter, he understood the principle that bitter medicine is good for the disease.

Thinking about the bitterness of Chinese herbal medicine, Teng Shu had some ideas about the food he was making today. In his previous life, medicinal cuisine was very famous and had its own set of theories.

Moreover, medicinal cuisine combines the bitterness of Chinese herbs with the ingredients, which is quite interesting.

Teng Shu felt he could give it a try.

Chapter 250 Medicinal Diet

Medicinal cuisine looks high-end and sophisticated, seemingly far removed from ordinary people, but in reality, it's not that mysterious.

Teng Shu also tried making it once, hoping to stand out from her colleagues who were all soaking goji berries in their thermos cups. After trying and learning about it, Teng Shu discovered that watermelon juice and pear juice could also be considered a type of medicinal diet.

This discovery instantly stripped Tengshu of the mystique surrounding medicinal cuisine, and even sparked some other ideas about it.

However, Tengshu's favorite thing to make and eat is yam and poria buns.

Yam and Poria cocos buns are relatively easy to make. Put yam powder and Poria cocos powder in a bowl, moisten them with water to make a paste, then steam for about 30 minutes. Next, knead the dough, then add sugar, lard, candied greens, etc. to make the filling, and then you can make buns.

This stuff is supposed to benefit the spleen, nourish the heart, and astringe semen. As a man, Teng Shu naturally cares about this, so he eats it from time to time to regulate his body. As for the effect, Teng Shu feels it is quite good.

"Boss Teng Shu, are you making medicinal cuisine?" Just as Teng Shu was busy preparing breakfast in the cafeteria, Phil walked in. She twitched her little nose and looked at Teng Shu curiously, asking him.

Locke glanced at Phil curiously. He knew the girl's identity, since Miss Joey had mentioned it when he came in. However, Locke hadn't expected that his dean would be able to make medicinal cuisine.

Locke had heard of medicinal cuisine before, since he studied at a medical university and had students specializing in this area. So Locke had the opportunity to eat medicinal cuisine before, and the taste was quite peculiar, with a unique flavor of medicinal herbs in the food, which was rather strange.

Locke remembered that when the cafeteria introduced medicinal cuisine, his roommate was very opposed to it, saying that even dogs wouldn't eat such things. But after hearing that it was good for kidney health, he saw his roommate in the cafeteria that very day, and he even got two bowls of the kidney-tonifying medicinal cuisine.

"I'm the dean, not the boss, but I do make medicinal cuisine, you know that?" Teng Shu was speechless. When did he become the boss? Phil always seemed a bit dull, and now that I see him, he really is.

Phil touched his nose smugly, a proud little expression on his face.

“That’s right, I’m the best student in the school when it comes to traditional Chinese medicine. I can recite all the prescriptions by heart. For example, Dean, you have dark circles under your eyes right now, which means you’ve been staying up all night. All you need to do is…” Phil began to show her talkative nature, making Locke outside nod his head.

For some reason, hearing such a long speech made Locke feel like he was back in his student days. Springtime was so beautiful, perfect for outings; summer was so hot, perfect for swimming in the pool; autumn was just right, perfect for hiking; and winter was so cold, perfect for snuggling up in bed with Pokémon.

When I was a student, I always felt that I didn't get enough sleep.

"Wow, you're an expert." Teng Shu smiled. He hadn't realized that the Chinese herbal medicine in this world taught such things. This gave Teng Shu a feeling of returning to his previous life. He smiled as he fiddled with the buns in his hands. What he was making now was a kind of medicinal bun, which was meant to strengthen the spleen and stomach.

“I have some Panax notoginseng here, do you want some?” Phil took out some Panax notoginseng powder from his backpack and handed it to Teng Shu. Teng Shu was a little surprised when he heard it. Hearing such a name in this world really made him feel nostalgic. However, looking at the Panax notoginseng powder in front of him, Teng Shu remembered some medicinal dishes he had eaten before.

The simplest way is to boil chicken soup and then soak some Panax notoginseng powder in the soup to eat. It is said to be good for the body, but whether it works or not, Tengshu doesn't know.

"No need, I just plan to make a medicinal soup bun, and the rest will be done normally." Teng Shu smiled and shook his head. Although medicinal soup is indeed very good, the taste of medicinal soup is generally relatively strange. In order to avoid this problem, some medicinal soups will add some other seasonings to neutralize it.

Some high-end medicinal cuisine can even be prepared in such a way that people don't even realize they are eating medicinal cuisine.

"Caw?" The Dark Raven flew over curiously, its gaze falling on the powder in Phil's hand. It was curious about what this stuff was.

"Eh? Murkrow? Would you like to try some Panax notoginseng powder?" Phil noticed the Murkrow beside him and asked with a smile. Tengshu didn't stop him. Pokémon in this world can also eat Chinese medicine, and the effects are indeed quite good. There are even rumors that eating more can make Pokémon stronger.

However, Teng Shu wasn't entirely sure if that was the case. But since Panax notoginseng was indeed edible, Teng Shu didn't object.

As expected, the raven couldn't resist taking a bite, then immediately ejaculated, squealing as it flew away. Although Tengshu couldn't understand what the raven's cries meant, judging from its mood, the raven's curses probably weren't very pleasant.

Pokémon, after all, are intelligent creatures. The Orca, a rogue from Ocean City in its previous life, possessed a language system. Scientists have discovered that it contained a lot of profanity, which shows that it is quite normal for intelligent beings to swear.

"Sigh, as expected, Pokémon don't like to eat," Phil said with a hint of melancholy.

"Perhaps the method is wrong? After all, even humans might not be able to tolerate the taste of Panax notoginseng powder." Teng Shu said calmly. The bitterness of traditional Chinese medicine is well-known, but if some improvements are made, there is still a chance to salvage it.

Take turtle jelly for example.

“That makes sense…” Phil fell into deep thought, and Teng Shu finally got some peace and quiet. Taking advantage of this time, Teng Shu quickly made breakfast for the day, then rang the bell to call the little ones over. After they finished eating, Phil would be doing a free clinic.

Although Teng Shu felt that his orphanage had a medical pod and that Phil's medical consultation wasn't particularly needed, he didn't refuse the alliance's offer.

After all, if you don't accept small perks from your superiors, you might not get a bigger one in the future.

As soon as the vine tree finished ringing the bell, a group of Pokémon rushed in. However, there was no Leafcat among them, as it was still sleeping. Grass-type Pokémon are somewhat special; some Grass-type Pokémon can even survive by photosynthesis, although they can also eat.

Chapter 251 Fang Zi

"Hmm... Abandoned Monkey doesn't need any free clinics, since Abandoned Monkey is a Ghost Pokémon." After finishing a uniquely flavored breakfast, Teng Shu sat in the infirmary watching Phil doing free clinics.

It must be said that although this talkative girl is a bit of a chatterbox and usually acts like a carefree, happy person, her expression becomes much more serious when she enters doctor mode, giving people a sense of trustworthiness.

Just as Abandoned Monkey went up, it was taken down. Abandoned Monkey was a little confused, but it didn't say anything. Instead, it obediently came down and stood next to Tengshu. Tengshu stroked Abandoned Monkey's fur. The feel of it was very nice and realistic. However, considering that Abandoned Monkey is a Ghost Pokémon, it's normal that it doesn't need a medical consultation.

After all, traditional Chinese medicine is meant for living people or living Pokémon. Whether it would be effective for a ghost Pokémon is indeed a question worth exploring.

Next up was Dong Shi Miao. Teng Shu looked at it curiously. Although he had seen traditional Chinese medicine treatments in his previous life, this was the Pokémon world, and this was the first time he had ever seen anything like it, so Teng Shu was very curious.

Upon closer inspection, Teng Shu realized that treating Pokémon was actually quite similar to treating humans, except that because of the Pokémon's health issues, a stethoscope was needed to listen to its pulse. After listening to the pulse, Phil prescribed some medicine, which Teng Shu noted down. He planned to drive to a pharmacy in Evergreen City to buy the medicine later.

"This young girl is quite skilled; her only drawback is her youth." Locke stood beside Teng Shu, arms crossed, watching. In the medical pod nearby, the little dragon was undergoing eye reconstruction surgery.

“That’s true. After all, with traditional Chinese medicine, the older you are, the more reliable you seem.” Teng Shu nodded. He thought so too. This position is quite experience-dependent, and young people are indeed at a disadvantage in this regard. Or rather, this applies not only to traditional Chinese medicine but also to Western medicine.

Given a choice between an older, clearly aged doctor and a younger doctor, most patients would prefer the older doctor.

While Tengshu and Locke were chatting, Phil finished his free clinic, since there weren't actually that many Pokémon in the orphanage.

"Boss Tengshu, I saw on the notice that there's another Cathy at the orphanage, but why haven't I seen her?" Phil asked, still somewhat unsatisfied. Tengshu then explained the situation to Phil.

As for Phil calling himself "boss," Teng Shu was too lazy to correct her. That's just how this woman is; there's always a feeling of being unable to communicate with her.

Not to mention Phil, Teng Shu still only contacts Akai through his mobile phone. Even though they both live in the welfare home, Teng Shu has managed to make it feel like he's chatting with an online friend.

"Social anxiety? I really can't do anything about that." Phil was a little disappointed, but he still put away her things and handed the prescription to Teng Shu, telling him the medical advice to boil three bowls of water down to one bowl. Then he went to see the little dragon with great interest.

"Miss Joey, speaking of which, how did you come to know Phil?" Teng Shu asked Joey Yun with some curiosity. Joey Yun hadn't been in the orphanage for very long, but she would occasionally come to sit there, like a randomly appearing NPC.

"Miss Phil is a doctor in the Traditional Chinese Medicine department of the Pokémon Center in Evergreen City, and she plans to take over as the head of the department in the future," Nurse Joy explained. Teng Shu understood. It seemed that he would probably greet Miss Phil from time to time in the future, but Teng Shu felt that the probability was not high, after all, this was an orphanage, not a hospital.

However, judging from Phil's appearance, the other party's medical skills were indeed quite superb, so Teng Shu had no objections. In the future, if he had a headache or fever, he could go and have a check-up.

Maintaining a good relationship with a doctor is extremely important, especially if that doctor has the potential to become a future department head.

A chief physician in a major hospital, if treated well, can be a great help when needed in the future. Thinking of this, Teng Shu felt a little helpless. He used to be someone who made friends based on shared interests, but after entering the big melting pot of society, he started to make friends based on the benefits that the other person could bring.