Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 213 The Crowned Queen: The kitchen smells distinctly of turnips (Seeking monthly votes)

The sirens blared, breaking the silence. As the first rays of dawn broke, the gloom dissipated, and all the Team Rocket members who had been stealing fruit from the manor were apprehended.

Lambda, handcuffed and head bowed, was helped into the car by Officer Jenny. He had overestimated his intelligence network.

If he had known that Mingyou could make those wild Pokémon obey, he wouldn't have acted so recklessly.

"This isn't some brat... it's clearly a Groudon, the kind that gets mocked for not being able to fly but actually manages to fly and bite you."

"Keep quiet!"

"Even as a prisoner, I have freedom of speech! Watch out, or I'll report you!"

"Get in the car, stop arguing, this isn't the Unova region!"

Officer Jenny impatiently kicked Lambda into the car. The police would love to catch all these internationally wanted criminals who trade Pokémon and lock them up in jail for life!

Watching Lambda get kicked into the car, Mingyou scratched his head and sighed softly. It was really a headache. In less than two months, the manor had been robbed by Momo and Team Rocket. Who did they offend?

Seeing that he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, Adu stepped forward, crossed his arms, and said in a serious tone, "Don't think that a remote place like Beishang Township is safe. It's normal for thieves to visit such a large orchard frequently."

"really……"

Mingyou was aware of this, but since it was a newly expanded orchard, safety precautions had not yet been taken care of, and many Pokémon living nearby were still in hibernation and had not yet woken up. They would be fine once this month was over.

He won't need to worry about it. Any human or unfamiliar Pokémon that approaches the manor will be detected immediately, and anyone who does anything harmful to the manor will be expelled immediately.

"But then again..."

Mingyou looked up at Adu and greeted him with a smile: "It's been a long time since I've seen you, Mr. Adu."

He remembered the Dodo bird that used to make him so nervous he could barely speak just by meeting it, but now that they met again, he was no longer nervous at all.

"yes……"

A-Du was also quite amazed that he had heard the name of the boy who adopted and cared for the giblets in so many places in such a short time. He even remembered that he had bought things at this manor before.

"Speaking of which, what about that giblet?"

"Isn't it right here?"

Mingyou smiled and looked at the Garchomp not far away, where it was cleaning up the damaged fruit with Ponpon and the others, and continued, "It's very strong now, although it's usually a beat slow in its reactions."

"They've been training them very well!"

A-Du nodded in approval. Just by looking at the luster of Garchomp's scales, he could tell that it was being well taken care of. He was right to have made the right choice in the first place.

However, such idle talk can wait until later. Mingyou then told him about the Rockets' conspiracy.

After listening, A-Du pondered for a long time and shook his head: "Business competition is a difficult thing to deal with. There are many ways to sell fruit. As long as the documents are complete, it is not illegal business. The police can't get involved unless they can find strong evidence to prove that the person selling the fruit is Team Rocket."

"That's true..."

Mingyou also thought of this. Unless Team Rocket uses selling fruit as a cover to sell Pokémon, this matter will indeed be difficult to handle... There's no way around it, if you dare to sell at a low price, I dare to sell at a low price too!

Let's see who produces more!

I'll crush you bastards!

Getting back to the topic, since A-Du was there, Mingyou brought up the matter of collaborating with the City Alliance to sell fruit again. He had asked about it a long time ago, but A-Du hadn't had time to deal with it, so he went to Zhu Lan instead.

This time, however, A-du agreed immediately. Although he didn't care about the development of the alliance, he had already seen the value of these fruits. Cooperation would be a win-win situation for both the Johto region and Naruyu!

"I'll talk to the people in the alliance about this when I get back. I guess they're also considering cooperating with you, but they're just not comfortable bringing it up themselves."

"no problem!"

"But I have to wait until after Valentine's Day. I was supposed to have a day off until Valentine's Day itself... but I came here specifically because I heard about Lambda."

"Haha... Sorry to bother you."

Mingyou smiled awkwardly. He didn't know the details of the matter, but he could tell that the Dodo bird had plans for Valentine's Day and was probably going on a date with someone. He hoped that this matter wouldn't disrupt his schedule.

Soon, A-Du said goodbye and left. Having finally captured a Team Rocket officer, he was determined to extract information from him as quickly as possible.

Such a commotion quickly spread throughout the small town of Beishang, and all the residents knew that Mingyou's house had been robbed by Team Rocket.

Some people gloated, some expressed deep sympathy, and others wanted to see if they could help.

Reporter Yumi, who had been nearby the whole time, learned from Officer Jenny that the fake Drew who was with them yesterday was actually a member of Team Rocket in disguise. It was likely that the itinerary was accidentally leaked when the interview team arrived in Cerulean City the day before yesterday...

So after the police left, she took the initiative to come over and apologize to Mingyou.

"It's alright, the loss isn't too great anyway. Just remember not to be late for the morning interview."

Now that all the lost fruit trees have been revived, Mingyou will no longer care about them. Besides, she has nothing to do with the other party; it was Lambda who was too cunning.

After saying goodbye to Yumi, Mingyou and the others returned to the villa together. On the way, they saw many fruits that Team Rocket had stolen, which had actually grown back. At the same time, all the unripe fruits had ripened.

It's fair to say that Team Rocket did both stealing and bombing, yet the manor suffered absolutely no damage overnight; on the contrary, they reaped a huge harvest...

"If Lambda knew, he'd probably be spitting blood, right?"

Mingyou couldn't help but laugh, but all of this was thanks to the Queen of the Brilliant Crown, the King of Abundance.

On the way, he also told Latias and the others about this, taking this opportunity to reduce everyone's prejudice against the Crane Queen. After all, the other party really didn't have any bad intentions and was even more innocent than himself.

"In short, stop bullying it. Otherwise, how are you any different from those people from Beishang Township who bullied Pengpeng?"

"Hmm..."

Ponpo also felt sorry for the turnips, who had come all this way to be beaten up, and no one would play with them. This experience was indeed very similar to her own past.

"So go apologize later."

"Waaah..."

Latias nodded reluctantly. She disliked the Calyrex not because the Calyrex was lying, but because the turnip loved to stand behind her and give orders while she played games.

A moment later, they returned to the front of the villa.

The horned deer remained guarding the spot, while the crested king wandered around. Seeing Mingyou return, it immediately rushed forward to demand its wages: "Quick! Give me the funds!"

How much do you want?

"So...it has to be that quick?"

Calyrex was slightly taken aback, thinking that Mingyou was trying to fool it again. At this moment, the Pokémon around it apologized for their behavior some time ago.

"Kirby..."

"Alright, alright, alright!" The Queen of the Bejeweled wasn't surprised at all by everyone apologizing; in fact, she was delighted. "Then come join my studio! I'll lead you all to become the mobile gaming legends!"

"Ralu~"

Ralts was very interested and was about to step forward, but Mingyou grabbed her and said, "Don't get involved with it. Let's learn how to make games first, and also get it to open the studio."

"As long as you pay, it's not a problem!"

The Queen of Lace is very confident about this.

Since that's the case, Mingyou was genuinely interested in seeing it for herself, and said with a smile, "Alright then, I'll provide the funding. It all depends on your current results. If I'm satisfied, I'll go and get investment for you and build a studio building in Beishang Township!"

"Zun Du is fake Du!"

The Crowned King was overjoyed. Although the other party liked to deceive, it still believed in the other party's character.

Mingyou would never joke about something like this; who knows, she might actually witness a legend...

The Pokémon successfully befriended Calyrex. Although they were constantly being proselytized by Calyrex, they preferred to be friends rather than be treated as subordinates. Only Ralts was interested in Turnip's ideas.

With a bumper harvest across the entire estate, some of the newly planted crops from just a few days ago have already ripened. Mingyou and Pengpeng, shovels in hand, went to the vegetable garden in the backyard, smelling the faint scent of thistle flowers in the air, and gazing at the rows of mature blue cabbages...

[Thistle Mustard Greens (B+): Mustard tubers with the flavor of thistle flowers, crisp in texture. The tubers are best eaten pickled or preserved as a vegetable. The leaves can be stir-fried. The tubers can also be used to make perfume. Consuming a small amount can enhance mental strength and improve perception.]

[Additional effect: After consumption, it grants the effect of training and enhancing mental strength for two hours. The effect is doubled for Psychic Pokémon.]

"Start digging!"

"Mmm~"

Although it's a bit unfair to the Queen of the Ridge, Mingyou should still try the new varieties of fruits and vegetables from the manor, so that it will be easier to sell them later.

"How about making a shredded and cold pickled cabbage salad? Let's try it first."

"Mmm~"

After digging up a few cabbages that had no side effects, and picking some other vegetables, Mingyou and Ponpon returned to the kitchen to start preparing breakfast.

He washed the cabbage thoroughly, cut off the leaves and roots, then shredded it into thin strips, mixed it with salt, and let it sit for later use.

The entire kitchen was now filled with the rich scent of thistle flowers, but it wasn't pungent like perfume; instead, it felt refreshing.

"Mmm~"

It smells so good!

"Yes, I'm starting to look forward to the taste."

Mingyou responded with a smile, but the aroma started spreading from the kitchen. The Crowned King, who was chatting with the horned deer at the villa entrance, widened its eyes instantly upon smelling the familiar scent.

The kitchen... clearly smells like cabbage (alert).

It rushed over immediately, stared wide-eyed at Mingyou who was stirring shredded cabbage with fiery chili powder, and shouted, "What are you eating?!"

"Mmm~"

It's a cold cabbage salad.

Ponpo responded with a smile, picked up a piece from the bowl with her chopsticks, put it in her mouth, and the crisp texture brought a look of great satisfaction to her face.

"Mmm~"

Super delicious!

"You...you all..."

The Queen of the Lace Crown pointed at them in disbelief, her body trembling uncontrollably, and her entire being seemed to dim.

It couldn't utter a word, its vision went black, and it collapsed, unconscious.

The turnips... withered.

……

(End of this chapter)