At eleven o'clock in the evening, Zhi Shu and Gu Lerton returned to the ranch after a busy day.
Even late at night, the pasture is still brightly lit.
After returning from Cauldron Lake that day, Naoki began to study the stone paths in the pasture.
But without professional machinery, he had no way to polish the stone into the shape of a slab. In the end, he had to resort to using wooden boards to lay a road in the pasture.
In the past few days, they had been busy until late at night. In order to provide lighting, Naoki made torches out of wooden sticks and oil-soaked cloth and inserted them on both sides of the wooden path.
Once it gets dark, just light a torch and it will illuminate a large area.
Under the light of the fire, the entire ranch looked lively.
It was too late, and the Motorized Lizard who was waiting for Naoki to come home was already lying under the eaves and fell asleep due to sleepiness.
Zhi Shu did not wake it up, but worked with Gu Lerton to dump the fish in the fishing net into the small lake in the pasture.
Without a car, the way they fished was cumbersome.
Naoki spreads bait on the lake in advance, and after a while, nearby fish will gather here.
Then it was handed over to Gulton, who fished in this water area, and Zhishu fished in another water area. Until the fishing net was full, they would airlift the full fishing net back to the ranch.
Finally, he dumped the fish into the lake and waited for Zach to come and collect the goods the next evening.
As long as Gu Ledun's speed is as fast as possible, he can send the group of fish to the lake before they suffocate.
Of course, there are not no dead fish. These fish are often used by Naoki to make dishes to reward Gu Luton.
For convenience, they laid a layer of extra-large fishing nets at the bottom of the lake in advance.
In this way, when Zach comes to receive the goods, he only needs to hold the four corners of the fishing net to catch all the fish in the lake.
It is worth mentioning that, in order to facilitate the loading of fish, several carp kings that Naoki had thrown in there were put back into the river by him.
"Thanks for your hard work!"
Naoki lifted up the hem of his clothes and wiped the sweat from his face, then smiled and said to Gu Ledun beside him.
Therefore, Luton also wiped the sweat on his face with his big paw: "Gahsh~"
Zhi Shu looked around and saw that it was getting late, so he added, "Let's stop here today!"
They returned to the wooden house, Naoki woke up the Motorized Lizard and let him go in to sleep, while he went to the kitchen area to prepare some midnight snacks.
The noise they made woke up Mini Fu and Frosty Milk Fairy, and the two little guys opened their eyes and looked over.
So Naoki had to make two more copies.
The pleasant supper time was over, and Mini Fu and Frosty Milk Fairy went to sleep.
Gu Ledun had been tired all day, and he no longer wanted to be jealous of the motorcycle lizard. He returned to his seat, yawned, and fell asleep with his paws on his pillow.
The Motorized Lizard stood next to Naoki.
"Quaao..."
Naoki took off his dirty blue work clothes and only wore a thin white short-sleeved shirt.
Seeing the Motorized Lizard's appearance, he reached out and touched its head and said, "It will be fine after this period of time. Nothing major happened in the ranch today, right?"
The Motorized Lizard has been working hard to look after the house recently. When he heard this, he shook his head and said: "Gah!"
"That's good." Naoki smiled and said, "You did a good job, I should thank you properly."
"Quaao..."
Naoki patted it on the shoulder again, "Okay, it's getting late, go to bed quickly, I'll go to bed after I finish accounting!"
The Motorcycle Lizard went to sleep obediently.
Naoki took out his account book and wrote down today's income.
These days the ranch’s main source of income comes from the fish they catch from Cauldron Lake and the Hypadian Sea.
Naoki didn't sell the eggs laid by the hens, but instead made them into steamed eggs, boiled eggs, fried eggs, and fried eggs to reward a few Pokémon.
Excluding the cost of buying bait and fishing nets, they made a total of 43,320 alliance coins in the past five days.
After selling the fish in the lake tomorrow and adding the remaining money, his savings will exceed 50,000 alliance coins.
Although he was very tired these days, when he saw a drawer full of money, Naoki suddenly felt full of motivation.
Day and night labor made his body stronger, his muscles became clearer, and his skin became more tanned, making him look more and more like a real rancher.
"Just in time, I can take a good rest now!"
Naoki stretched out relaxedly, leaned back in his chair and thought about what he had to do tomorrow.
With the money, he was going to go to town to find Keri to build the salt house first. Although he didn't know if the salt gems would be willing to come to the ranch, there was no problem in preparing in advance.
In addition, you also need to buy a few more Poké Balls, so that while Cree is building the salt house, you can go to Cauldron Lake to see if you can capture the Mount Lamb, Mount Goat, and Tropical Dragon.
By the time these things are finished, some of the first batch of crops planted will be mature.
After harvesting, the land must be plowed again to plant the next batch of seeds.
With these thoughts in his mind, Naoki raised his head and glanced at the old-fashioned pendulum on the wall, and suddenly realized that it was almost one o'clock in the morning.
Naoki: "..."
sleep!
Early the next morning, Naoki first went to the friendly store in the town and bought ten Poké Balls.
Although it cost 2,000 alliance coins, Naoki believed that the Pokémon recovered with them would be able to create a value far exceeding 2,000.
After leaving the shop, he went to Keri's carpentry shop and to the forest cabin on the edge of town.
Kerri, wearing a skimpy blue overalls, was chopping wood with an axe.
Seeing Naoki coming over, she raised her eyebrows slightly: "I've heard what Zach said about you these days. He said that you and Gulton caught a lot of fish and sold them for a lot of money. You worked really hard! "
Naoki smiled: "After all, there are so many Pokémon waiting for me to raise in the ranch. I can't do it without working hard!"
Kelly looked up and down at the young man in front of her.
Compared to the first time we met, his body had become significantly stronger, his skin was tanned, and he looked healthier.
Keri exclaimed: "Not bad, he looks more and more like a real rancher! You haven't met the ranchers from other ranches nearby, right?"
Naoki shook his head: "I haven't had time to visit yet. What happened to them?"
Kerri smiled and said: "Each of them is a big guy. Years of farm work have made them very strong. I feel like you will become like that one day."
Naoki shrugged indifferently.
He never cared much about his appearance.
After a brief exchange of greetings, Keri got down to business: "What do you want me to build this time?"
"Salt House." Naoki said.
After careful calculation, raising salt stone treasures, collecting rock salt and selling it is one of the most profitable ways to make money.
So, he built the salt house first.
