Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 53 Finding a Ghost? Where to look? A ghost is in my house!

The golden carp that was caught was put back into the pool, and the final winner has emerged.

Looking at the happy Mingyou over there, Xiaozhao sighed softly. She lost... but she was convinced of her defeat. To be outmaneuvered like this only showed that she was the one who was weak.

"Waaah..."

But Zoroah was still somewhat unconvinced...

Xiao Zhao stroked its head and comforted it, "Alright, alright, let's go buy some desserts. I heard there's a stall over there that has really good desserts."

"Waaah..."

She carried Soraya to the side to collect her points and prizes, and put all the goldfish she had caught into a bag to give to Danyu as gifts.

Seeing Xiao Zhao lose to Ming You, Dan Yu gritted her teeth, very unhappy, but helpless. Seeing that her younger brother was still staring at the other's "child", she immediately went forward and pulled Wu Li away.

"Mmm~"

Holding Mingyou, Ponpo happily walked towards the stall owner amidst the cheers of the onlookers to receive her prize.

The stall owner was quite generous, after all, he had attracted so many customers. It was just a grand prize, in addition to the original 10,000-point grand prize gift box, there was also a prize for the competition... a super-sized golden Magikarp doll that was two and a half meters long!

"Take it!"

"Wow, it's huge!"

Mingyou was surprised to find out it was this thing. She wondered where it had been hidden before, as she hadn't seen it before.

But it doesn't matter, it's just a prize for winning the game, as long as I have fun.

Ponpo reached out and caught the Magikarp plushie. It was practically weightless to Ponpo, but the important thing was that it was something they had won together with everyone!

"Haha, take it home and display it."

"Mmm~"

After handing the Magikarp plushie to Munchlax and asking it to go back to its stall and leave it there, Mingyou looked at the grand prize box that Latias had taken away, and was about to ask her to open it to see what was inside when...

Suddenly a voice came...

"The boss is amazing at catching goldfish!"

"I only know a little bit."

Mingyou looked up and saw Lillie and the others she had seen before. However, Mao was more outgoing and asked, "Can you teach us? Shuilian said she's good at fishing, but when she came to play before, she couldn't catch a single fish."

Water Lily: "..."

"Well……"

Mingyou hesitated for a moment. Normally, he would be happy to teach, but now they had to continue playing and didn't have time to waste here.

Fortunately, Mizuki noticed his hesitation and said to her companions, "The boss is also out shopping with his sister, so it's probably better not to disturb them, right?"

"Uh...you're right, haha."

Mao scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly, while Lillie, who had been silent all along, noticed Ponpo in Mingyou's arms.

"So cute! By the way, this one..."

Lillie asked curiously, seemingly hesitant to approach. It was then that Mao noticed Ponpo and said with a smile, "It must be your little sister again, right?"

"Boss, you have so many sisters."

Shui Lian instinctively retorted, while Mei Yue smiled and looked at her, "Don't you also have two younger sisters?"

"..."

Seeing the topic gradually shift, Mingyou breathed a slight sigh of relief. After saying goodbye to them, she walked through the crowd to a less crowded area and began to open the gift boxes.

"Let's see what's inside."

"Waaah~"

Latias was quite adept at taking things apart, and she quickly opened the gift box, which was filled with lots of snacks specially made for Pokémon.

There are also common evolution stones... like Thunder Stones, there are 5 of them, and there are also sticky rice cakes, a specialty of Kitakami Township, there are 3 boxes of each flavor...

There were also some miscellaneous small gifts left over, which, when added together, were worth about two thousand yuan. This meant that they broke even and even made a considerable profit, but the stall owner was the one who made the most money.

"Not bad, huh? This is..."

Mingyou suddenly noticed a black and white teacup in the gift box, but it was missing a piece of the rim and had some cracks on the body.

He took it out and glanced at the bottom of the teacup. There was an anti-counterfeiting mark, confirming that it was indeed a masterpiece teacup. However, it was damaged too badly, and even if he used it to brew tea, it probably wouldn't enhance the aroma.

"What?"

Upon spotting the masterpiece teacup, Smocha immediately flew over, intending to use his powers to repair it.

It flicked the green slime out with a tea ladle, instantly filling the crack in the teacup, but a piece was missing from the edge, and without the fragments, it couldn't repair it.

"Mmm..."

"Do you want to?"

Mingyou held up the teacup and asked a question. Simocha swayed slightly. It had been searching for the masterpiece teacup for a long time. As long as it had this, it could evolve.

But now this masterpiece teacup is too badly damaged to have any effect on its evolution. It's so rare to find one like this...

Seeing Simocha's disappointed look, Mingyou thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll make one for you. Although I'm not a master, my ancestors... knew a little bit about making ceramics."

"What?"

What masterpieces can someone who isn't a master create?

"As long as you study hard, that's all that matters!"

If a master can have the mindset of an apprentice, why can't I, an apprentice, have the mindset of a master?

Mingyou smiled and replied, finally understanding what Simocha wanted. He would definitely do his best to satisfy her; it was just making a teacup, after all…

Let's do it! I'll buy some materials in a few days!

"..."

Smocha didn't really believe he could do it, but he felt that the other person had said something similar to him... That's right, it's about developing the manor!

But has it succeeded? It's not sure, since it's never been back. But things do seem to be improving, and perhaps it can go back and check on things in a while...

Just then, Munchlax finally ran back. Seeing the snacks and sticky rice cakes, it excitedly shared them with everyone. Although Ponpo had won them back, it never minded.

"Mmm~"

Ponpo handed a piece of green sticky rice cake to Mingyou. He took it, tasted it, and found it to be very glutinous and flavored like mung beans.

"It tastes pretty good, you should have some too, since you haven't had dinner yet today."

"Mmm~"

"Don't eat too much now. If you can't finish it, take it back with you later. It's still early, and we can play for a while longer."

Mingyou glanced at the time; it was only 6 o'clock. He planned to pack up and go home after 9 o'clock.

After a short rest and some food, they set off again to continue tonight's festival...

Having experienced paper-catch fish, Pompom and the others began to look forward to other amusement park rides, but what attracted the Pokémon even more than these was the food.

Latias loved the local specialty, Beishang fried noodles, as well as ice cream and shaved ice, and Ponpo tried almost everything.

Gible gradually relaxed as well, experiencing things it had never done before, but Smocha didn't find it particularly enjoyable...

Near the shrine, a long line of people was waiting at a dessert stall. This was the largest dessert stall in the area, a long-established brand in Kitakami Township. Those who had tasted the desserts generally gave it zero negative reviews.

Although they were already quite full, it would be nice to have some dessert at the end, especially since Ponpo loves sweets. So, Mingyou brought them over and they lined up together to eat before heading to the shrine.

After waiting in line for a while, it was finally their turn. Mingyou ordered all the desserts Latias and the others wanted.

Ponpon took a fancy to a fruit pastry made with citrus and cherries, and there happened to be only one left.

"Do you want this?"

"Mmm~"

"Um."

Mingyou nodded slightly, then looked at the stall owner, pointed to the pastries, and said, "Give me this..."

Before the words had even finished, another voice rang out: "I want this..."

"Um?"

The two were slightly taken aback and looked at each other at the same time. It was really too coincidental. They had just competed in fishing not long ago, and now they had met again.

Xiao Zhao also came here carrying Soroya. She was supposed to come after the competition, but Dan Yu called her away to have dinner, so she only came now.

Unfortunately... Mingyou was a little faster than her, and the last fruit and pastry was Ponpo's.

"Mmm~"

Ponpo took the fruit and pastries, eager to leave the crowd and then take off her mask to taste them.

Watching the pastries being sold, Xiao Zhao felt a pang of regret and could only pat Zoroya's head, comforting him, "I'm sorry, we agreed on that..."

"Waaah..."

Holding the pastry, Ponpo heard Zoroya's disappointed cry. After a moment's thought, it broke the pastry in half and handed it to Zoroya.

"Mmm~"

"Huh?"

Soroya looked up and was stunned when he saw the pastries that Ponpo handed him. Xiao Zhao was slightly surprised, glanced at Mingyou, and then smiled.

"You taught him, didn't you?"

"Ha ha……"

Mingyou smiled. Although he was the one who taught her, he hadn't actually expected Pengpeng's sudden move.

Xiao Zhao reached out and took the half of the pastry from Zoroya, replying, "Thank you~ And you too, say thank you to the little girl."

"Woo~"

Soroya took a bite of the pastry, her previous resentment towards the other party completely gone now.

Then they left the crowd and walked to the side. Only then did Xiao Zhao look at Pengpeng and say with a smile, "This child is so cute and sensible."

"Of course!"

Hearing Ponpo being praised made Mingyou even happier than if someone had praised her herself.

But the next second, Xiao Zhao asked in a low voice, "Is it a Pokémon? The one I saw in the tree that day, it was wearing a ghost mask."

"Well……"

Mingyou was speechless for a moment, and Pengpeng was also stunned. The atmosphere from before vanished instantly. Xiaozhao also realized what had happened and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, did I ask something I shouldn't have?"

"fine……"

Mingyou shook her head, and Xiaozhao didn't continue the topic. After a moment of silence, she said, "The summer camp starts tomorrow, and I'll be there as a staff member. Aren't you selling fruit? I heard from some students that it seems to be effective. I can bring your fruit to help promote it."

She wanted to apologize for what had just happened, but she didn't have the ability to help much, so she could only do some publicity work within her capacity.

However, seeing that Ponpo didn't seem particularly scared, Mingyou didn't dwell on what had just happened and instead asked curiously, "Summer camp activities?"

"Yes, there are quite a few themes. It's basically a competition between students from several schools. The first theme is finding the ghost, the ghost from the story of Beishang Township."

"???"

Mingyou was full of questions.

Looking for a ghost? Where are you going to look? The ghost is in my house!

……

(End of this chapter)