I run an orphanage in the Pokémon world.

After receiving the steamed buns, Pikachu didn't forget to thank its companions before carrying the buns away.

Pikachu in the basket looked at the buns and then pointed at them excitedly.

"Okay, then I'll use this reward to buy you steamed buns, okay?" Teng Shu knew what Pikachu meant, so he said with a smile, then rode his bike to the steamed bun shop and bought six steamed buns from the owner.

Pikachu, having received the hot steamed buns, happily ate them in big bites, stuffing one bun into its mouth at a time, its cheeks bulging out like a giant hamster.

"Don't overeat, have a glass of soy milk." Teng Shu handed over another glass of soy milk. Pikachu, who was choking on the steamed bun and rolling his eyes, quickly took it and drank the soy milk to calm down.

Teng Shu rested his chin on his hand, watching Pikachu devour two steamed buns and drink a cup of soy milk before continuing to ride his bike.

Pikachu sealed up the remaining buns, planning to eat them later that evening.

For a stray Pokémon, the greatest happiness is having fresh, unspoiled food to eat.

Tengshu also rode his bicycle, bringing Pikachu to his destination.

Changqing City Fresh Produce Wholesale Market.

Although it's called a fresh produce wholesale market, it's actually just an ordinary vegetable market where you can buy almost anything. However, another key reason Teng Shu came here is that it sells chicken, duck, fish, and other common meats from his previous life.

However, as soon as Teng Shu entered the market, he witnessed a scene that could be described as a bolt from the blue.

A fish shop with several carp hanging on the wall.

Teng Shu's lips twitched, then he picked up Pikachu and walked into the market.

Although he had been in this world for two months, Tengshu was still not used to buying Pokémon ingredients. Even though these Pokémon ingredients were very cheap, Tengshu always felt a little strange.

"Pikachu, same as always today, help me pick out the freshest ingredients." Tengshu rubbed Pikachu's head, feeling a little more relaxed.

Chapter 15 The Vegetable Market

"Pikachu~" Pikachu patted its chest confidently, then looked around seriously.

Teng Shu followed behind Pikachu, while also taking in the sights of the market.

The market in the Pokémon world is quite different from the market in my previous life. There are some ingredients here that didn't exist in my previous life, but there are also some that are similar to those in my previous life.

For example, tomatoes, potatoes, and lettuce.

The store has most of the vegetables you'd expect, but naturally, the prices are as high as they should be.

"Hiss..." Teng Shu looked at the matsutake mushrooms being sold at a stall, and the price of 600 Alliance Coins each made him gasp.

Tengshu has eaten matsutake mushrooms before, but they weren't very expensive back then. And as someone from Yunnan Province, Tengshu doesn't really like matsutake mushrooms because they don't taste as good as other wild mushrooms.

Termitomyces albuminosus and Boletus edulis taste much better than matsutake mushrooms.

"This price is really outrageous..." Teng Shu shook his head, ignoring the expensive matsutake mushrooms.

However, looking at the vegetable market in front of him, Teng Shu also thought of a question: since there are matsutake mushrooms, why don't he see any other wild mushrooms?

Do people from the Pokémon world not know that it's edible?

This made Teng Shu a little hungry. He really liked eating wild mushrooms. All kinds of wild mushrooms tasted very good. Unfortunately, they couldn't be eaten all the time. Wild mushrooms had to be found depending on the season.

"I wonder if there are any on the mountains in this world." Teng Shu glanced at the entrance of the vegetable market. There are mountains near Evergreen City, and the Quartz Alliance is located on the mountains.

However, because Teng Shu had to take care of the little ones at the orphanage, he rarely went out, let alone up the mountain.

"Pikachu!" Just as Teng Shu was thinking about whether he should go up the mountain to pick some mushrooms to improve his meals, he felt his trouser leg being tugged.

Teng Shu looked down and saw Pikachu.

Pikachu was excitedly pointing in a direction, and Tengshu knew at a glance that Pikachu had found something good.

"What did you find?" Teng Shu followed Pikachu over and found that Pikachu was pointing to a vegetable stall. Then Pikachu stopped in front of a pile of tomatoes.

Tengshu and Pikachu have worked together many times, and Tengshu knows that Pikachu is telling him that the tomatoes here are of good quality.

"Boss, how much are these tomatoes?" Teng Shu squatted down, picked up a tomato, and squeezed it.

Soft.

Teng Shu understood immediately; it seemed that the owner was growing traditional old tomatoes.

"This? It's four yuan a kilogram." The vegetable seller was an elderly woman who glanced at the vegetables and gave the price with a smile.

Teng Shu nodded; the price was quite reasonable.

The main difference is that the tomato variety is different.

These mature tomatoes are the kind you can peel and eat directly. They're soft, delicious, and have a perfect balance of sweet and sour. When you bite into one, the tomato juice bursts out.

This kind of tomato, once peeled and sprinkled with white sugar, becomes a dish.

Compared to tomatoes that have been modified for easier transportation and end up hard and unpalatable, this type of tomato tastes better, but it is not suitable for long-distance transportation or long-term storage.

After buying the tomatoes, Tengshu followed Pikachu to several other locations and selected some vegetables of very good quality. Pikachu's mission was then considered complete.

"Thank you, Pikachu. I'll take you back later." Teng Shu chuckled and ruffled Pikachu's hair, then got a static shock.

"Pikachu~" Pikachu called out proudly.

Teng Shu withdrew his hand. Although he had bought the vegetables, he still needed to buy some meat.

Professor Oak gave 30,000 yen, which was just enough to improve the little guys' diet. Teng Shu took a look and bought some beef brisket.

This price is what's giving Tengshu a bit of a stomachache.

A kilogram of beef brisket costs more than 500 Union Coins.

"At this price... you could buy eight or nine kilograms of Kentauro beef, right?" Teng Shu's hands trembled slightly as he took out his money.

At over 500 Alliance Coins per kilogram, that's an absolutely incredible price.

Moreover, this is the kind of beef brisket that is of very average quality. Teng Shu just saw that a single beef brisket costs more than two thousand yuan per kilogram.

It can only be said that a rich person can eat a meal that costs someone else a month's salary.

After buying the beef brisket, Tengshu also bought some chicken feet. The chicken feet were very cheap. People in the Pokémon world don't usually eat chicken feet, but since they are a special kind of chicken, the cheap price is only relative.

Chicken, which was just an ordinary food in its previous life, has been transformed into a high-end product in the world of Pokémon, with a price as high as 200 yuan per kilogram.

"Today, I'll make braised beef with potatoes and stir-fried bok choy..." Teng Shu thought about today's menu as he led Pikachu outside.

Just as Teng Shu reached the entrance of the vegetable market, he saw a person.

"Li Rong... oh no, Xiao Gang?" Teng Shu looked at the squinty-eyed man standing at the entrance of the vegetable market ahead, somewhat surprised.

Although it was the first time Teng Shu had seen Xiao Gang, he still recognized him, after all, Xiao Gang's eyes were really...

The difference between having your eyes open and closed isn't that significant.

But Xiao Gang isn't from Changqing City, so why is he here?

Although Teng Shu was a little curious, he didn't go up to ask, since he knew Xiao Gang, but Xiao Gang didn't know him.

After leaving the market, Tengshu rode his bicycle back to the forest with Pikachu. Pikachu jumped off, carrying its bun, waved to Tengshu, and then disappeared into the forest.

Teng Shu glanced at the forest, then chuckled as he recalled how Pikachu had robbed him of his food on his way back from grocery shopping.

A certain Pikachu, who almost got hungry and joined the cuteness club, has also embarked on the path of self-reliance thanks to him.

Teng Shu returned to the orphanage in a cheerful mood, humming a little tune. Since there was still plenty of time, Teng Shu planned to cook a nice lunch to improve the little ones' appetites and also to welcome the volunteers.

After all, the other party doesn't want a salary and works for free at the welfare home every day. If the food isn't good and they can only eat instant noodles every day, Teng Shu himself would feel bad.

"Dean!" Teng Shu ran into Xiao Guang as soon as he returned.

Xiao Guang was cleaning when he saw Teng Shu and happily waved.

Teng Shu smiled and greeted Xiao Guang, then carried the ingredients back to the kitchen.

"Let me see..." Teng Shu took out a few eggs from the food cabinet.

These eggs are from Gryphon, which are more expensive than chicken eggs but also more nutritious.

Eggs in the Pokémon world are also very expensive, so Tengshu usually chooses to buy Chansey eggs.

Furthermore, Chansey's eggs can help injured Pokémon replenish nutrients and speed up their recovery.

Chapter 16 Habit

Teng Shu is cooking.

However, what he didn't know was that Casey was spying on him while he was cooking.

Or rather, it doesn't really count as spying, since Casey was spying on people by directly controlling the phone with her superpowers.

A small, pink cell phone floats above the kitchen, filming Teng Shu as she cooks.

Casey sat quietly in her attic, and the blue light in her eyes was particularly dazzling.

Its camera was so good that Teng Shu barely noticed a phone was filming him.

Teng Shu didn't know that Casey had a cell phone.

After all, Tengshu runs an orphanage, not a prison. After the Pokémon are brought here, Tengshu will only give them a physical examination, introduce the basic structure of the orphanage, and then let the little guys move around freely.

Tengshu discovered that doing this would allow the Pokémon to integrate into the orphanage more quickly.

Cut the beef brisket into chunks, blanch it in water, then cut the potatoes and prepare the seasonings.

The method for making braised beef brisket with potatoes is not complicated. As long as you follow the recipe, the taste will not be too bad.

Once the stewed beef brisket with potatoes started simmering, Tengshu prepared to make scrambled eggs with tomatoes and other dishes.

Once Teng Shu had finished, the phone instantly disappeared from the kitchen and returned to Casey's hand.

Casey sat on the floor, took out her phone, and started fiddling with it.

A moment later, on the perpetually unspoiled video website, an account named "Three Meals a Day at the Welfare Home" added a new video.

[Ah Kai is posting another video? This dish looks extravagant today!]

[It's beef, and it doesn't even look like the common Kentaro beef!]

I want to go to an orphanage and be a useless person.

[The league probably won't accept useless Pokémon, since it's not a recognized Pokémon (lol)]

With 130,000 followers, the video quickly garnered a lot of comments.

Casey looked at the video in her hand, then clicked on the Creator Center and checked her withdrawable rewards, which had accumulated to 10,000 yuan.

Casey decisively chose to withdraw the money and then donated it to the welfare home's social account.

"Wow? Someone donated money? Was it this person again?" Teng Shu's phone vibrated. He took out his phone and glanced at it. There was a donation message on it.

Teng Shu knew the source of the donation, as it wasn't the first or second time the other party had donated.

Ms. Luo Lin, who declined to be named.

Yes, this account frequently donates to Tengshu's welfare home, always donating exactly 10,000 Alliance Coins each time.

Teng Shu also wanted to thank the other party, but this person always donated online and did not leave any contact information. The alliance would not disclose the personal information of donors, so Teng Shu did not know who to thank.

"There are quite a few kind people in the Pokémon world," Tengshu sighed.

He knew that the average salary in Changqing City was 5,300 yuan a month.

It looks very high, but as we all know, you can't take average wages too seriously. After all, if you average Teng Shu and Jack Ma, Teng Shu would be earning several small goals in a second, but is that even possible?

The vine tree is just a fraction of someone else's assets, or rather, it's not even a fraction.

Under such circumstances, Teng Shu was very grateful that Ms. Luo Lin would occasionally donate 10,000 Alliance Coins.

Ten thousand Alliance Coins can do quite a lot.

After putting his phone back in his pocket and taking out a notebook to jot down the donation information, Teng Shu took the food and went out.

As soon as Teng Shu arrived at the cafeteria, he saw Xiao Bao, Xiao Hei, and Xiao Dong sitting upright in their chairs, staring at him expectantly.

Xiao Guang and the other five volunteers looked at Teng Shu with expectant expressions.

"Looks like Xiao Hei snitched on me~" Teng Shu chuckled as he placed the food on the table.

"Hehe, the dean guessed right, it was Xiao Hei who told us." Xiao Guang looked at the food in front of him expectantly, while Teng Shu was already used to it.

This guy, Blackie, although he's a Murkrow, has an incredibly sensitive nose. Every time Tengshu prepares a delicious meal to improve the diet, Blackie will go and notify the Pokémon at the orphanage so they can all come early to wait for the food.

This time, Xiao Hei unexpectedly notified the volunteers as well, which saved Teng Shu a lot of trouble.