Trainer? I'm just an ordinary hot spring owner.

Some people may say, "Teacher Jiang, aren't you good at cooking? Your character is OOC, but that's not the case, friends."

There is an old Chinese saying that a person who laughs at things will become a hero. No, it means that every foreigner will become a cook in the end.

Friends who often study abroad know that studying abroad is easy but eating is difficult.

Eight meanings of the SAN Qi

Especially when you are used to Chinese food, it is really hard to bear it when you go abroad. Three to five days is fine, but after half a month, no one can stand it.

The same goes for Jiang Cheng. As for the food in the Alola region, he can only say that it is quite good. However, Jiang Cheng, who has a Chinese stomach, cannot accept eating these things every day.

Fortunately, Donghuang in this world is very similar to that in his previous life, which allows him to watch cooking instruction videos on the Internet and learn how to cook.

It’s not that he’s trying to create a gourmet persona, but he really can’t stand it!

Jiang Cheng originally planned to make some noodles for himself to try. After practicing kneading the dough several times and eating porridge for three days, Jiang Cheng finally mastered the dough kneading technique.

As for the noodles, leave it to the noodle machine.

My current skills are not good enough to make hand-rolled noodles.

Later I felt that the effect of the noodle press might not be ideal, so I changed to making side dishes, one twice-cooked pork, one spicy and sour potato shreds, and one scrambled egg with tomatoes.

A perfect meal.

But before that, you have to prepare meals for the Pokémons.

Cut the fruits into small pieces, make a salad with milkshake, and simmer a big pot of rice. Zhen Yifa likes meat in addition to sweets, so Jiang Cheng fried a small piece of steak and put a boiled egg cut in half in her meal.

It contains carbohydrates, vitamins, and proteins. It is a bit like white people's food, but Pokémon seem to prefer this kind of food with less oil and salt.

After welcoming the new member Frost Milk Fairy, we naturally also have to welcome Good and Bad Star. We added a lot of small pieces of sun coral branches and some chicken to Good and Bad Star’s portion.

Eight Thousand Four Thousand Nine Thousand Three

At this stage, Gastly needs to swallow the toxins of different types of Pokémon to nourish its poisonous body. Jiang Cheng specially collected some poisonous stings from the Good and Bad Stars and mixed them into Gastly's food.

Magikarp's mouth is unable to chew, so Jiang Cheng specially kneaded Magikarp's portion of rice into rice balls and fed it to it one by one when the time comes.

Sun corals and magic corals also add a lot of vegetables to the fruits to increase their nutritional intake.

It seems that these ghost-type Pokémon eat something different from normal Pokémon? I haven't seen any adverse reactions yet, but I can't ignore it. I'll see how ghost-type energy cubes are sold later.

"Everyone, before dinner, we would also like to welcome a new friend, Good Bad Star!"

Before dinner, Jiang Cheng released Good and Bad Star from the ball. When Good and Bad Star came out of the ball, its eyes lit up when it saw a group of sun corals outside, but it quickly sensed Jiang Cheng's gaze and stopped its actions, standing still obediently.

"good or bad"

Good and Bad Star greeted everyone obediently, but the others did not react much. Instead, the Sun Corals all shrank behind the Demon Corals.

The Demon Coral also knew what these small fellows of its kind were afraid of, so it spread out its spirit body and used its huge body to cover the sun corals tightly.

"This is the Demon Coral, coming from the Galar region. Do you see those big coral branches? They are all made up of spirits. It is now the big brother of the Sun Corals. I told you before, if you attack the Sun Corals now, you may be beaten by the Demon Corals."

Jiang Cheng also explained at the right time: "Also, don't forget, Good and Bad Star, we made an agreement before. You must not attack the sun coral again, otherwise, the branches you promised us before will be gone."

Although "Good and Bad" didn't know how powerful the Demon Coral was, his size made him a little afraid. When had he seen this thing in the Galar region?

Good Bad Star chose to follow his heart and didn't dare to make any moves.

"Don't worry, Sun Corals. I have made an agreement with the Good and Bad Star. It will not attack you again. If it does, let the Demon Coral beat it up!"

"Of course, the current good and bad stars still abide by their agreements, so before that, let's all be partners, right?"

"Coral..." The sun corals looked at each other and then raised their heads: "Coral, coral!"

With the double protection of Jiang Cheng and the Magic Coral, the worries in the hearts of the sun corals have become much less. Moreover, the kind-hearted sun corals cannot do anything to prevent others from living here. After all, they have to serve as a couple hotel for the love fish every year, and have to endure groups of love fish kissing on their heads. If they have a bad temper, they would have exploded long ago.

"Then I would like to thank you on behalf of Good and Bad Star." Jiang Cheng squatted down and sincerely thanked the sun corals, and gently touched Good and Bad Star's head.

It has a slightly damp, cool, soft feel, yet not at all sticky. It feels a little hard when brushing over the protruding stinger sac, but overall, it feels very good.

The tentacles on the heads of the Good and Bad Stars are covered with densely packed poisonous stinger sacs. They will open their tentacles to wrap their prey inside, and then pierce the prey's body with poisonous stingers, or directly fire the poisonous stingers in self-defense.

Normally, the poison needles would be well hidden, so as long as you don't use too much force, it's totally fine to just touch them gently.

"Well, it's time for dinner!"

Good and Bad Star was very satisfied with his coral branch meal, Gastly tasted something a little bit harsh in his meal, but it tasted good, Flutterbear ate with great relish, Magikarp devoured one rice ball at a time, and the Sun Corals were also very happy with their vegetable and fruit meal.

At this moment, Jiang Cheng finally had some free time, so he went back and cooked himself a portion of braised pork, a portion of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and a portion of shredded potatoes.

Everything was made exactly according to the recipe. Knowledge gained from books is shallow, one must practice to truly understand. Although watching the video guide told me that I had mastered it, when it came to actually doing it, there were always various small details piled up, resulting in the final product being less than satisfactory.

Even so, it was a great comfort to Jiang Cheng.

When the braised pork covered with sauce and rice are put into your mouth, the feeling is indescribable.

After the meal, it's time to get down to business.

There are many things to consider when opening a business, and Jiang Cheng has been busy with this these days, especially the things needed for the hot spring center, such as slippers, bathrobes, bath towels, and small towels. The original hot spring center also had these things, but because they had been stored for too long, these clothes were either too dirty or too old, so that the quality of the fabric had problems, and Jiang Cheng had to purchase them again.

Jiang Cheng spent 5 gold coins to buy several sets of Chinese-style towel racks from the mall and placed them in the dressing room, as well as three brand new sets of lockers and two sets of slipper cabinets.

Bath towels are automatically hung on the towel rack. There will always be one bath towel on the towel rack and customers can take it at will. The number will still be one. Of course, Jiang Cheng will have to use Meow Meow Gold Coins to replenish the stock based on consumption the next day. The same goes for the lockers and slippers cabinets. This saves Jiang Cheng a lot of trouble.

You only need to spend money to automatically solve the multiple processes of purchasing, recycling, disinfection and placement. It is so convenient.

Following Jiang Cheng's repeated feedback, the system also opened up the exchange function between Baoyuan and Meow Meow Gold Coins. This way, Jiang Cheng no longer has to worry about the income from Meow Meow Gold Coins.

He packaged the shower gel one by one, labeled the small bottles with the Pokémon, and put away the disposable slippers. When everything was done, Jiang Cheng dragged his tired body back to the room.

"Good night Magikarp, good night Sun Coral, good night Magic Coral, good night Good and Bad Star, good night Gastly, good night Frostmilk..."

"Goodnight Flutter Hair"

Jiang Cheng closed his eyes and said to himself "Good night Makabaka"

Chapter 63: Crouching Dragon and Phoenix

Today is another ordinary day in the quiet city of Malie.

But today is not so ordinary, because this quiet city of Maglie, which is known for its tranquility, is unusually a little noisy.

"Marin! Here!!" At this moment, Dr. Kukui is waving at Marin on the street with his little assistant Liliae. You can see that behind the tall Marin, there is a chubby boy with orange hair, a white short-sleeved top, black overalls and green lightning sneakers, and a small scarf in the shape of a Pikachu tail around his neck.

"Hey Royal..." Ma Ruiyin opened his mouth skillfully, but before he could finish his words, a dark figure appeared and covered his mouth.

Seeing the strong threat in Dr. Kukui's eyes, Ma Ruiyin chose to change his words: "Hey Kukui, I sent my cousin over. Come on, Mamane, say hello to everyone?"

"Um... um... hello..." Mamane was suddenly pushed to the front of the stage. For a moment, she didn't know where to put her hands and feet. She greeted Lillie and Professor Kukui nervously, and secretly looked at Marein's reaction.

After seeing Ma Ruiyin sigh slightly, Mamane lowered his head even more.

Ma Ruiyin quickly adjusted his expression: "Okay, after this, I will hand my cousin over to you, but before that, I want to say a few words to him."

"Haha, just be casual. There's no need to be so reserved." Dr. Kukui waved his hand to show his understanding.

Ma Ruiyin turned around and looked at Mamane who was still feeling a little uncomfortable. He squatted down and said, "Mamane, from now on, you will have to study with Professor Kukui and the others for a while. Don't be fooled by the appearance of Kukui. He is a very good Pokémon move master and a very good teacher. I hope you can study with him well. If possible, try to be a little braver."

"I... I know the reason for coming here. Mamane went home last night and had a good talk with her parents and herself. Her parents are very supportive. In fact, Mamane is also a little yearning for studying abroad, but...

"After I go out, can I still go back and eat my mother's food?"

For Mamane, her mother’s malasada is the most delicious thing in the world. There are malasadas sold in other places, but they are still far inferior to her mother’s.

Mamane’s mother’s excellent cooking skills are also one of the main reasons why Mamane has become the chubby little boy he is today.

Mother’s meals and ice cream at the shopping mall are indispensable delicacies in life.

Ma Ruiyin couldn't help but laugh: "Of course, you are just going out to study. If you want to go home, you can go back anytime."

Mamane nodded.

Ma Rui hesitated for a long time, and finally spoke: "Mamane"

Mamane raised her head and looked at him. The appearance of this pair of cousins ​​perfectly illustrated what genetic diversity is. Even Mendel would have called him an expert.

Ma Ruiyin looked at Mamane's face and said slowly: "Don't feel too much pressure in this study. It doesn't matter if you don't learn anything. You have always been my pride. I just hope that you can interact more with people of your age, see more of the outside world, hold your head high and let others see how good our Mamane is. I have always believed that Mamane will definitely surpass me."

Listening to Ma Ruiyin's words, Mamane hummed, lowered her head and slowly agreed: "I understand, Lao Ma... I... I will do my best"

Ma Ruiyin smiled and patted Mamane on the shoulder: "Okay, go ahead."

Mamane walked towards Dr. Kukui with a somewhat stiff body. Halfway through, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and ran back with a red face, picked up his Pikachu backpack, and ran back to Dr. Kukui with his chubby little legs.

"Hello... Hello... I, I, my name is Mamane, please take care of me..."

Mamane stuttered as she greeted them, while Liliae on the other side was equally nervous, holding her backpack: "Hello... nice to meet you, I'm Liliae"

Dr. Kukui looked at his socially anxious assistant, then at the socially anxious little boy in front of him, and couldn't help but touch the back of his head. Wow, there were only five socially anxious people in the whole of Alola, and he had already found two...

Thinking that he would be entrusting these two people to Jiang Cheng soon, Dr. Kukui felt inexplicably guilty. Could it be that he was throwing a heavy burden on others?

"Okay, now we know each other. Today, I will take you to a place. If nothing goes wrong, you two will stay there for a while and receive a new lesson."

Jiang Cheng couldn't go to the trainer school, but Professor Kukui knew that Jiang Cheng still had a student status in Donghuang. In this way, he could use extracurricular tutoring to help Jiang Cheng complete his studies. Of course, this would mainly be done by tutoring Liliae and Mamane.

Kukui did not tell Liliae about this plan. He did not want his assistants and students to show pity when they saw Jiang Cheng. That would be an insult to the child.

Children's self-esteem is very fragile and needs to be maintained with care.

Just based on this point, Dr. Kukui's educational level is at least ten times higher than that of Ma Ruiyin.

"Yes... the one I talked about yesterday, the one with the antique lampstand that our professor friend has?" Liliae thought of her experience in the library yesterday.

"Yes, Liliae, you have to be prepared. There may be Pokémon there. If you have any difficulties, you can tell me..."

"I...I will try my best to overcome it!" Liliae held the strap of her backpack tightly with a firm expression.

At the same time, I was curious about what kind of place it would be.

The backpack next to Liliae squirmed, and Coco's cry came out from inside.

......

"A little to the left, yes, yes, good, good, right here, good, very good! Master Flutterwing is amazing!"

At this moment, Jiang Cheng still didn't know what he was going to face. Today he got up early, did routine training, checked the preparations in the center to make sure there were no mistakes, and then began to prepare to hang up the signboard of the hot spring center and prepare for its opening.

There were no flower baskets, no firecrackers, no red carpets, arch bridge balloons, or red curtains and slogans. Even the opening of businesses in Maliejing City was dull.

The opening time of hot springs is basically in the afternoon, so Jiang Cheng has plenty of time to make preparations. The news of the opening has also been sent to acquaintances on the island, neighbors, fishing buddies, friends in the diving association, and brother Andy from the construction team... Next, it's time to wait.

Jiang Cheng suddenly realized that he had already met so many people without realizing it...

Since he couldn't fly, Gastly had little strength, so the martial arts skills of the Hanging Sect naturally fell on the Winged Hair.

After successfully listing, Zhen Yifa discovered a strange aura approaching him. He looked over and saw four figures coming from a distance.

Jiang Cheng followed the direction of Fluttering Wings's gaze. Thanks to Dr. Kukui's unique way of dressing and tall stature, Jiang Cheng quickly recognized several people: "Isn't that Dr. Kukui?"

"Hey, young man, nice to see you again! Are you planning to open your hot spring resort?"

Dr. Kukui looked up at the sign of the hot springs. The words on it were not very stylish, but they were also very beautiful.

“Did you write this?”

"Yes, no one in Alola knows how to write this, so I have to make a fool of myself."

"It looks great!! Very unique, looks like I'll have a treat today, oh by the way"

Professor Kukui stepped aside and said, "This is my assistant Liliae, and this is Mamane, the genius inventor of Alola..."

"Hello..." Liliae looked at the fluttering hair not far away, her whole body stiff, hiding behind the doctor.

"Hello..." Mamane was at a loss as to what to do in front of the stranger and was a little flustered standing next to the doctor.

Jiang Cheng opened his mouth and said, "My goodness, what day is this today? One of you is socially afraid of Pokémon, and the other is socially afraid of people. How can my small hot spring center gather two great talents, Wolong and Fengchu, at the same time?"

Chapter 64: Visiting the Hot Springs

Liliae and Mamane, why are you here?

It seems that there is nothing about the city of Marie in the original plot?

Why are these two here?