Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 352 Ponpo's Dessert Shop, are you in or not? (Seeking monthly votes)

Arguments could be heard coming from inside the store. It seemed that Danyu was arguing with someone. Wuli tried to persuade her, but it didn't work. Xiaozhao's voice could not be heard, but she seemed to be inside as well.

"What happened inside?"

Mingyou stepped forward and asked Ponpon.

"Hmm..."

Ponpo turned to look at him, stammering and a little nervous. She couldn't explain in detail, so it would be better to let Mingyou go in and listen.

"Um?"

With questions in mind, Mingyou entered the store.

This is a shop selling traditional desserts from the north. Mingyou had some recollection of it. Back during the Masked Festival, he had fought with Xiaozhao, whom he had just met, for the last piece of pastry for Ponpo. That stall was run by this shop in the center of the north, and it did very well.

However, it seems that this store is now looking to be sold.

Inside the store, as expected, Danyu was arguing with the owner, saying some very unpleasant things. Xiaozhao stood quietly to the side, but her expression wasn't good.

"What's wrong?"

He gently nudged Wu Li and asked why.

Upon his arrival, Wu Li explained the situation.

It turned out that Danyu had heard that the shop was going to be transferred because the owner's son had opened a cake chain store in the Kanto region of Golden City.

Business is good, and since the baby was recently born, they hope that the parents can leave this remote corner of Beishang Township and move there to live with them and help take care of the baby.

So Danyu brought everyone over to ask about the situation, but when the boss heard that it was Ponpo who wanted it, he kicked Ponpo out and yelled at him to get lost, and he also yelled at Mingyou.

"So, my sister argued with the boss, but he wouldn't listen and kept hurling insults at her, so my sister went up and started yelling at him..."

"..."

Mingyou's expression gradually calmed down. No wonder Pengpeng was standing outside. Xiaozhao never argued with others. She had a good temper and usually tried to reason with the other party. Now that she had been silent for so long, she was probably about to lose her temper and hit someone.

This situation is inevitable. No matter how many times you explain the reasons, those stubborn people will never listen and will instead feel that you are harming them.

Even though the truth about the "ghost" has long been revealed, there are still these old men in Beishang Township who don't believe they were wrong. Every time Mingyou comes to Cuilu Town, he can feel the resentful gazes of these people.

It's time to solve this problem. Old Deng from the north doesn't trust him, an outsider. That's simple: find someone they can trust.

"Stop arguing!"

After pondering for a long time, Mingyou called out.

The two people who were arguing finally noticed him, and Xiao Zhao turned around to look at them. At this moment, his gloomy expression gradually improved, as if he had something to say.

"Alright, let's leave now."

"Hello!"

Danyu was very dissatisfied. How could they leave like this!

Arguing and reasoning won't work.

Mingyou waved, signaling everyone to follow her out. Only then did the store owner reveal a smug smile, as if he had won.

As they came out of the store, before anyone could speak, Mingyou said, "Let's go to the studio first."

"Um?"

"Looking for the turnip. This guy is afraid I'll cause him trouble, so he only dares to sneak over to banquets. But it's definitely hiding there."

Mingyou said with certainty, "King Leiguan likes to play tricks and ghosts, and Old Deng from the North likes feudal superstition. Isn't this a perfect match? Let King Leiguan come and help solve this problem."

The explanation was simple, and everyone understood.

Danyu crossed her arms, her resentment still lingering on her face, and said, "Is that turnip really that powerful? My grandfather even told me to trust the turnip more."

"Hmm...it depends on the situation."

"???"

It's not good to reveal the identity of the Queen of the Brilliant Crown, especially since Dan Yu is a big mouth. If she were to tell others about it at school, it would cause a lot of trouble.

Everyone walked towards the office building, with Ponpo following behind looking dejected. It really liked the location of that shop, and it could even hang the signboard that it had asked Simocha to design...

Arriving at the office building where the studio is located, I didn't see the Haoli and Tiegu Tu people who were doing the exterior decoration work because it was a day off. However, I could hear some familiar singing coming from inside.

Upon reaching the second floor, Meloeta was teaching the wings to sing. She was overjoyed to see everyone arrive and immediately went to greet them.

"Melo~"

"Mengmeng~"

"Candy~"

"What are you doing here?"

Mingyou was somewhat surprised to notice the Green Vine Snake.

"Candy~"

Of course I came to play with everyone, even though that wretched turnip doesn't want it...

"Alright, by the way, where's the turnip?"

"Melo~"

Meloetta pointed upstairs; the Crane Queen was on the third floor, with Kirlia.

"OK."

So everyone continued to the third floor, while Danyu, looking curious and puzzled, asked, "What is this building for? I still don't understand."

"Don't ask, the answer is I don't know either."

"..."

Upon reaching the third floor, they found the Larecrown Clank there. Upstairs, there were many brand-new, high-spec Rotom computers. Kirlia was working diligently, typing code. The Larecrown Clank was hiding under the table, perhaps noticing their arrival, but its head was too big and got stuck.

"I'm not bothering you, I need to talk to you about something."

"You should have said so earlier."

The Crowned Queen struggled to crawl out from under the table, slowly rose to her feet, her face stern, and said in a deep voice, "My loyal followers, what is it...?"

Mingyou suppressed the urge to slap it and explained that she wanted to buy the shop. After listening, the other party immediately said, "That's it?"

"Mmm~"

Can you solve this?

Ponpo looked at it expectantly.

"So relaxing~"

Lace King waved his hand, indicating that he would go and make them get lost later, transfer the shop to himself, and put it under the name of his studio.

Mingyou's lips twitched, and she said in a more serious tone, "I'm asking you to get rid of this prejudice."

"Then we'll have to do it slowly through missionary work, I'm not good at that kind of thing... unless you offer more money."

"add!"

"good!"

The Crowned King agreed without hesitation; in fact, it was just waiting for the other party to say that. Now, the people of Beishang Township believed in him, and it was easy to instill correct ideas in these feudal and superstitious people.

However, that's not the main point. What they really want is the dessert shop "Ponpon." They don't actually want to use "Ponpon"; they just want to open a chain of stores using "Ponpon's" name, and incidentally, build their own reputation...

"Mmm~"

Ponpo emerged from the office building with a beaming smile.

So together they found Smocha, who was strolling around Greentown, and took out a shop sign that they had prepared beforehand from under his cloak, asking him to redesign their sign.

"Mommy~"

no problem!

Simocha readily agreed.

It used a tea ladle to take colorful tea powder from the tea canister, sprinkled it on the plaque, and began to paint.

Looking at the sign, Mingyou asked curiously, "Why doesn't this sign have a shop name?"

"Mmm~"

Confidential~

Ponpo covered her little mouth and also learned this mysterious way of speaking.

Mingyou smiled calmly and said nothing more.

After Simocha finished painting, Ponpo hid the signboard in her magic bag cape again and returned to the store with everyone. This time, Simocha came along too.

The store owner hadn't left yet; instead, he was splashing water at the entrance, as if trying to cleanse away bad luck. This action made Mingyou somewhat dissatisfied.

"Hehe, here we are again!"

Danyu immediately stepped forward, but the shop owner blocked the doorway, as if afraid they would dirty his place. Mingyou calmly stepped forward and said, "I... I should say, I've bought this shop, the Cabbage Studio."

"What?"

That's how it is.

The Crowned King floated over slowly, its hands behind its back, its blue eyes gazing majestically ahead. The store owner, clearly in awe of it, abandoned his previous arrogance and became respectful.

"You want to buy my store?"

"Is there a problem?"

"without……"

"That's good."

"Mmm~"

Under the instructions of the Crème de la Croix, Ponpo brought out the newly drawn signboard for Smoothie. On it hung a full-body cartoon image of Ponpo, who was smiling happily, wearing a chef's hat and holding a cake shaped like the Crème de la Croix, promoting that this "friend" was delicious.

In addition, there are many Pokémon-themed desserts with cartoon characters around. Upon closer inspection, you can find that these Pokémon can be found in the manor, as if the dessert shop is maintained by everyone's friendship, and everyone's face is full of smiles.

"Mmm~"

"what?"

How could the shop owner not see that this is a dessert shop sign? But anyone with eyes can tell that the one holding the cake is the owner, meaning that the one who really wants to buy the shop is the "ghost".

but……

Under the watchful gaze of the Queen of the Lace Crown, he couldn't bring himself to refuse, but ultimately, he couldn't bring himself to disobey and asked, "The one who wants to buy the shop must be a genius, right...?"

"Steamed buns, or mud cakes?"

Mingyou asked calmly, "If you keep talking, I'll arrange for the haunted house friends to come over to your house tonight."

Fortunately, the store owner gave up. Although he heard that Beishang Township was about to develop, who knew what the future held? He figured he might as well sell it to Da Toucai as a favor, since he wouldn't be coming back anyway. He went to help his son run a dessert chain store.

After some conversation, Mingyou successfully bought the shop. When the owner saw that it was him who came to negotiate, he tried to raise the price, but was glared at by Lei Guanwang and turned back.

But as they left, they still sneered and said something sarcastic: "Just keep staying in this place and playing house with ghosts..."

"..."

The matter was finally over, but King Rai-King still remembered this guy who hadn't given him any face. He said in a deep voice, "Playing house? I'm just asking you, are you going to buy it or not? Isn't his son also a dessert shop owner? Then let's make a chain store, open stores all over the world, and take all their business!"

"You're more extreme..."

Despite saying that, everyone except for Ponpo had this thought in their minds at that moment.

"Mmm~"

"Um?"

When everyone saw Ponpo suddenly squat down, they looked over curiously. It looked very happy and took out a pen from its cape and started writing on the signboard. It turned out that it wanted to write the shop's name at this moment, but Ponpo only wrote two simple words.

"Yoyo~"

It was Mingyou's nickname that led to the name of the dessert shop, making it appealing to everyone.

"Mmm~"

……

(End of this chapter)