My Pokémon Story of Seasons

Chapter 107 April 1st

Time flies, and a whole week has passed since the Sea Gastrodon incident.

Today is April 1st, Spring 112 of the Alliance Calendar. As we enter a new month, Tong Hua's mood is refreshed.

This week, both Fairy Tale Ranch and Happy Dessert House entered a phase of rapid development.

They're busy every day, and the oven in the kitchen is almost never idle. All sorts of snacks and desserts are on the shelves for sale, and occasionally there are even a few delivery orders.

When it comes to food delivery, Messenger Bird has recently become quite proficient at it.

Basically, he travels back and forth between the Wind-Swept Town base and the village chief's house in Chicory Village, and occasionally he goes to the village store to help buy some fuel.

Messenger birds are really reliable; they never wander off when they go out to deliver things, and they always come back very quickly after delivering them.

I don't know why, but it always takes me longer to get to the village chief's house than to get to the base in Fengrao Town, even though it's closer in distance.

However, when you're busy at home, having someone to run errands for you is a huge help.

"Done! Whew—finally I can rest for a bit."

After making another batch of pastries, Tong Hua and Foam Squirrel moved the pastries to the shelf together.

"The chef has been upgraded again, which makes the gap between him and other professions even wider."

I feel like I've become a full-time chef, but it's not so bad.

Since Tong Hua's cooking profession reached level 20 on the day of the Spring Festival, he has been producing a large quantity of various pastries every day for the past week.

The quality varies, but the experience gained is considerable.

By now, the chef profession is almost at level 24.

Tong Hua roughly calculated that her current culinary skills were enough to make her a head chef in a high-end restaurant.

This sounds good, but it still doesn't reach the level he envisioned.

No matter what, a true master chef should be someone who can make delicious dishes with just a few ingredients.

I'm currently just a junior chef whose finished product level is limited by the quality of the ingredients; I'm still a long, long way from reaching the true maximum level.

Perhaps we'll only be considered to have entered the next stage when we can consistently produce A-grade dishes.

Tong Hua wiped the sweat from her forehead and looked at the dazzling array of pastries on the shelf, a sense of accomplishment welling up inside her.

Foam squirrels and messenger birds were happily tidying up the shelves nearby, their little tails wagging merrily.

"Let's go check out the fields."

Behind the wooden house was a continuous stretch of fields, mostly planted with strawberries, with only a few areas growing other seasonal fruits and vegetables. The total area of ​​the fields had expanded to ten acres. Since the village chief had once said that they could cultivate as much land as they wanted, Tong Hua gave Tuotuo Yin and Shulin Gui full authority to discuss and decide the size of the expansion themselves.

In other words, the current scale is the limit that the two of them can take care of each other every day, especially the forest turtles.

The cooking effects of sand scaly fruit are indeed fantastic, especially in terms of speed boosting, making it a perfect match for forest turtles.

"Game!"

When Tong Hua arrived in the field, the forest tortoise, which was using the grass to ripen the crops, ran over happily.

"Wait, wait, wait a minute! Stop, stop, stop!"

Tong Hua quickly stopped the forest tortoise that was charging towards him; it seemed the tortoise was about to pounce on him.

"It's good that you can get back to your original speed, but don't forget that you're no longer a grass turtle."

If I could actually get you to sit on my shoulders again, I probably wouldn't even be considered human anymore.

The forest tortoise awkwardly braked, lowered its head, and gave a sheepish smile.

Tong Hua smiled and touched the forest tortoise's rough shell: "But thank you for taking such good care of the fields."

"Game!"

Apart from Torterra, I didn't see any other Pokémon in the field.

Oh no, I misspoke.

Not far away, several honeybees were pollinating strawberries in the field.

On this rare sunny day, even the queen bee flew out of her cave to bask in the sun.

"Buzz." "Clatter."

The queen bee lazily stretched her wings, enjoying the warm spring sunshine.

Since moving to Fairy Tale Ranch, my mental state has improved a lot, and I can occasionally enjoy the nutritious dishes made by Tong Hua.

The queen bee was extremely grateful to Celebi. If it weren't for Celebi's persuasion to move back then, she would probably still be fighting with those stinky bats for the cave.

"La sir." Green Shirabbi smiled. They were all family, so there was no need to be so polite.

If you continue along the road next to the orchard, you will see the grassland.

"Miru~"

As the Pokémon that spends the most time in the grasslands in Fairy Tale Ranch, Miltank can be said to be the absolute leader in the grasslands!

Not only does he have a good roommate like Tuotuo Yin, but he also has a number one fanboy like Yanshi Bao.

"Cluck cluck!" And don't forget the white-feathered chickens living in the chicken coop that was converted from the former Pokémon house.

Now, the big milk tank lives a very comfortable life. In the morning, it wakes up in its cozy, luxurious little house, milks itself, and then takes a nap or rolls around in the meadow.

Living a leisurely and lazy life every day is simply the ultimate enjoyment.

"Knock knock".

Salt Stone Treasure, who had just closed the gate to the chickens, wobbled and moved toward the side.

"Knock knock!"

"Miru—"

Ever since watching the obstacle course race of the Milk Tank at the Spring Festival that day, Salt Stone Treasure has also fallen in love with the sport.

Unfortunately, his physique is simply not suited for rolling. Moreover, forcing him to roll would only damage his body, causing him to shrink like rubber.

After returning from the festival that day, Yan Shi Bao kept pestering Da Nai Guan to learn obstacle course, but Tong Hua told Da Nai Guan that she should not let Yan Shi Bao mess around.

Back and forth, the big milk tank was caught in the middle, and it was a little unsure how to deal with Salt Stone.

"Miru—" Big Milk Pot sat up and picked up Salt Stone Treasure.

"QQ?"

"Slurp slurp—" In the end, he just picked it up, licked it a few times, and then put it down again.

"Knock knock—." Looking at the big milk tank lying down again, Salt Stone Treasure was speechless, but there was nothing he could do. So he lay down on the grass with the big milk tank.

The sky was a clear blue, with large patches of white clouds that looked like rock salt or milk.

Continuing north from the grassland, you'll see ponds in the pasture.

This is the home of the Big-tailed Fox family, and also the most hardworking place in the entire Fairy Tale Ranch.

"Beep!"

After this period of expansion, the pond can no longer be called a pond.

It's practically a small artificial lake, with over a dozen carp in the pond, some lively and active, others leisurely and carefree.

"I've pretty much seen everything."

Tong Hua looked around the pond and surveyed the pasture.

"Speaking of which, Sweetie and Mini Fu are missing again, and Pink Celebi and Totoro are also nowhere to be seen."

Did you go out to play again?

Tong Hua scratched his head. Although he had agreed to let them form an expedition team to play outside, this was a bit too playful.

They've all disappeared before they even had lunch.

"But at least the three of them seem to know what they're going to do. What's with the 'dragging worm' thing?"

Tong Hua thought for a moment, then picked up the red whistle hanging around her neck and blew it in all directions.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

A rumbling sound came from not far away, and then a muddy worm quickly crawled out from the ground.

"Worm?"

"It's time to go home for dinner. Oh, have you already eaten?"

Tong Hua rode the worm back towards the wooden house.

On the way, he began to think again.

"We could consider expanding the ranch a bit more. We talked about buying new Pokémon before, but it's been delayed again and again—"

It's already April; no matter what, this matter must be finished today.

Tong Hua took out a notebook from her pocket, which recorded her daily income and expenses.

Thanks to Happiness Dessert House, Tong Hua now has nearly 300 million Alliance Coins in savings.

Use this money to buy a few more large milk jugs to increase the daily production of MooMoo milk. This way, the dessert shop will no longer need to replenish its ingredients from the village.

"Perfect. Judging from the appearance of the big milk tank, it should be able to help me keep an eye on the new companions and let them get to know each other on their own, so I won't have to worry about them too much."

Before raising a large number of a certain type of Pokémon, it is best to first train one to be a "leader". This is also the experience of running a ranch that Tong Hua learned from Grandpa Yang.

That's why Tong Hua only dared to buy one of each Pokémon before.

The same applies to Milk Pot, Mini Fury, and Salt Rock Treasure. Once Mini Fury and Salt Rock Treasure have evolved, you can consider buying more Mini Fury and Salt Rock Treasure to increase the production of olive oil and rock salt.

As for the sweet bamboo, since there's no convenient way to extract its fragrance, keeping just one is enough.

"I almost forgot, I had planned to buy a few more Little Fairy Milk bottles."

Tong Hua closed her notebook and made up her mind to go visit Grandpa Yang today.

Back in the cabin, Tong Hua quickly prepared lunch, and after eating with everyone, they tidied up briefly before setting off.

"Messenger bird, foam squirrel, I'll leave the house to you two to watch over today."

Tong Hua rode on Totoro and said to the two Pokémon that were tidying up the shelves, "Just like before, let customers choose for themselves when they come in. The prices are all marked there. Calculate the prices and collect the money carefully."

"Tremble!" "Chirp chirp!" The two Pokémon nodded repeatedly, already quite adept at minding the shop.

As a result, the two Pokémon have even figured out the shopping habits of some regular customers.

Messenger birds can even determine how many days from now their next order will be based on the time and frequency of their deliveries to the village chief's house and the base in Windswept Town.

"Then I'll leave it to you. Let's go, Tuotuo."

"Worm!"