Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 6 Revisiting Emerald Town

At noon, Mingyou went to the vegetable garden in the backyard and picked some fresh Chinese cabbage. She planned to make a spicy and sour Chinese cabbage dish as a side dish to eat. There were still some noodles left over from last night, which could be used to season the soup.

Before long, the aroma of soup wafted out of the kitchen, and the little Snorlax sleeping in the living room immediately woke up and ran over here.

It ran to Mingyou's side, stopped, raised its head slightly at a 45-degree angle, and looked at the pot where the noodles had just been put in with a wise gaze.

"You came right after smelling it! Do you know you ate my noodles and sweet potatoes last night? You made me cook another bowl of sour soup noodles to fill my stomach."

Mingyou glanced at it sideways. Although she said that, her tone was not angry at all. She wouldn't blame the other party for a dinner.

"Gambit~"

The little Snorlax opened its mouth and cried out, which simply meant that it was hungry.

"Alright, alright, the noodles will be cooked soon. Although there's only this much, and it's the last of the batch, I'll give you a larger portion."

Mingyou looked at the pot and smiled as she said that there was no other staple food left at home, not even rice, and she also needed to buy seasonings. She could only buy them when she went to town later.

The noodles were cooked quickly, and while serving the Munchlax, he asked curiously, "By the way, I saw you sleeping by the door yesterday. Are you Grandpa's Pokémon? Or perhaps he took care of you?"

"Gambit?"

The little Snorlax tilted its head, its ears stood up high, and its big eyes revealed confusion.

Seeing that it seemed not to understand, Mingyou changed her question: "The old man who used to live here, do you know him?"

"Gambit..."

The little Snorlax shook its head. It had only recently arrived and didn't know anything about the old man. It had just come looking for food because it saw a house there.

Watching it wave its paws and gesture, Mingyou barely understood what it meant, but it turned out to be something else entirely.

Seeing that the other was much larger than a regular Snorlax and was a different color, I assumed it was raised by my grandfather.

However, the other party did not have the wariness of a typical wild Pokémon at all, as if it had been in contact with many humans, and might have lived in human society... Could it have been abandoned by a trainer on a trip?

Mingyou was making all sorts of guesses in her mind, but her hands didn't stop moving. She then handed the bowl of noodles to the other person, but the little Snorlax shook its head and pointed with its paw at the black pot that was still steaming above.

It doesn't want what's in the bowl, it wants what's in the pot!

"Well... alright then."

Mingyou had no choice but to hand the pot over to it. The little Snorlax wasn't afraid of the heat at all, and it swallowed the whole pot in one gulp. It's unclear whether it even tasted anything, but it still wasn't satisfied.

"Gambit~"

Snorlax pointed to the plate of hot and sour cabbage on the stove. Mingyou sighed and had no choice but to hand over her side dish as well, wondering if she could really afford to raise it...

After the meal.

Mingyou tidied up the kitchen, checked that there was enough time, then looked at the little Snorlax who seemed to still be hungry, and said, "You can stay home and guard the house. Although it seems like no one will come here, I'm not entirely at ease... Oh well, you'll probably just sleep by the door anyway, so let's leave it at that."

"Gambit!"

Hearing him say that, the little Snorlax seemed very unconvinced and immediately ran to the living room sofa, lay down, and decided it wouldn't sleep by the door, it wanted to sleep in the living room!

"..."

Seeing the little Snorlax instantly fall asleep and start blowing bubbles, Mingyou was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say. Pokémon were indeed quite interesting, and he also really wanted a Pokémon to accompany him...

A moment later, he slung his backpack over his shoulder and prepared to set off.

Arriving outside the manor, he dialed the number the guy had given him yesterday, and soon a Flying Taxi arrived to pick him up.

Arriving in Emerald Town again, it was the afternoon, the hottest time of the day.

In this kind of weather, you can hardly see any elderly people chatting on the street, and there are very few Pokémon playing. Most of them are resting in the shade.

of course there are exceptions.

On her way to the community center, Mingyou encountered a dog barking in the front yard of a self-built house, which was very disturbing. Despite the heat, she felt no fatigue at all.

Three Ruby dogs were standing outside, separated by an iron gate, arguing with a Growlithe inside. It was unclear what they were saying, but it must have been very offensive.

This kind of thing is very common in the countryside. Dogs especially like to form gangs, they don't bite people, they just run around all day and then curse.

"Quite leisurely."

Turning her gaze away, Mingyou wiped the sweat from her forehead and headed straight for the community center. As the glass doors slid open automatically to the sides, a gust of cold wind rushed in, sweeping away the heat and instantly making her feel much more refreshed.

The air conditioning in the community center was on. He had contacted Yao Qian in advance and arranged to meet him here. Yao Qian had been waiting here since receiving the call, and was extremely enthusiastic when he arrived.

"It seems you've made up your mind. Then let's sign this contract."

As he spoke, Yao Qian handed over the transfer contract, but Mingyou did not take it. Instead, she smiled and replied softly, "I'm sorry, since Grandpa has entrusted the manor to me, I must inherit it. I cannot let him down!"

"Huh? What... what does 'nang' mean?"

"What I mean is, let's just continue with the original contract. There are still three years left on the lease, right? We can pay off the debt before then."

Mingyou explained it to him very seriously, and then, under the other party's surprised and puzzled gaze, she turned and left: "Well then, that's it. I have some things to take care of. Goodbye."

Even after he left the community center, Yao Qian remained rooted to the spot, still holding the contract.

After a while, he came to his senses and suddenly realized something very serious. He then looked at the front desk of the community center, where Picosi, who was in charge of receiving guests, was standing next to an aunt who was organizing documents.

"What should we do? I've already signed a contract with Ms. Fuhao from Padia Real Estate, agreeing to have the land ready within a year and hand it over to them for developing a mountain resort area..."

"Huh? You haven't even finalized things on this side, and you've already signed another contract?"

The other person stopped working, looked up, and exclaimed in surprise and astonishment, then shook their head helplessly, rubbing their forehead: "You're something else, why are you in such a hurry?"

"Afraid that the fat sheep they've almost caught will escape..."

……

Mingyou, who had already left, was unaware of the conversation inside the community center.

He shielded his eyes from the direct sunlight, looked up at the cloudless blue sky, and knew that his new life was about to begin.

"From now on, I'll have to arrange everything myself. Besides seeds and seasonings, I'll also need to buy some ingredients. I'm not sure if they sell fresh meat here. By the way, I guess they accept LP payment here?"

Besides humans and Pokémon, there are other animals in this world. The fish and meat we eat usually come from these animals, which survive in this world by relying on their extremely fast reproduction rate.

Of course, some Pokémon have edible parts, such as Crab's claws, Slowpoke's tail, and Crawdex's claws, etc., which are all very valuable ingredients.

LP is a virtual currency point system launched in recent years to replace cash transactions. It has been promoted and implemented in many regions. You don't need to carry a lot of cash with you. As long as you have a mobile phone, you can make payments anytime and anywhere, which is convenient in every sense.

On his way to find a store, Mingyou checked his wallet and phone to see how much savings he had left. He had never really considered these things before, so he would never have kept a serious account of his money.

After carefully calculating his savings, he realized that he couldn't say he was poor now... he could only say he was really poor.

He has a little over 3000 in cash and exactly 15000 in LP, all left to him by his parents. Now, a Poké Ball is officially priced at 10 yuan by the Pokémon League, and he can exchange cash and LP for one-to-one.

Compared to this, it seems like a lot, but the expenses for planting crops will definitely be staggering. Be prepared to lose money at any time when you enter the factory.

Paying off debts is one thing, but more importantly, he also needs to support himself and his Pokémon... He also needs to find a way to get his own starter Pokémon, otherwise he will have a hard time dealing with dangers in the wild in the future.

"Let's take it one step at a time. Besides, we have an old house in Niangguang City that we can sell or rent out... Let's go to the store and buy some crop seeds first!"

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(End of this chapter)