Happy Ranch.
Under the leadership of the old man, Zhi Shu came to an area surrounded by wooden fences.
Here, he finally succeeded in seeing the big milk jug.
They are sitting on the fertile grass, leisurely eating the grass growing on the ground, and their bodies are quite strong and strong.
The old man smiled and said: "This is a big milk tank. Although they have experienced terrible things before, they have not been affected and can still eat and sleep."
Naoki nodded. That terrible thing probably refers to the missing cargo ship that happened before.
The old man opened the small gate of the fence, led Naoki forward, and continued:
"There are ten big milk tanks here. Each one is very healthy and can produce a lot of fresh milk. Oh, by the way, you haven't planted any grass in your pasture yet, right?"
Pasture is a kind of feed that grows in the three seasons of spring, summer and autumn, and is specially used for feeding animals and Pokémon.
Unlike ordinary grass, these grasses have been specially cultivated and improved by humans and can provide nutrients for most herbivorous Pokémon.
Naoki nodded truthfully and said, "I haven't had time to buy it yet."
"It's okay. Ordinary feed can also be fed to the Big Milk Tank." The old man explained: "It's just that the Big Milk Tank prefers fresh grass to hay."
"The better the quality and more fertile the pasture, the more fragrant and delicious the milk produced from the big milk tank will be. Unlike goat milk, the taste of the fresh milk produced from the big milk tank will change with the seasons!"
"As the seasons change?" Naoki raised his eyebrows slightly.
"It's amazing, right?" The old man said with a smile: "It is said that due to the influence of environment and temperature, the grass growing in different seasons will also be different."
"After the big milk tank eats these grasses, its body will absorb the nutrients of the grass to produce fresh milk with different tastes."
Naoki really didn't know much about this matter. He asked curiously: "Is there a big difference?"
The old man replied: "It's not very big, it all tastes like milk, but there are some differences in taste."
"For example, milk in some seasons tastes sweet and delicious, while in other seasons it becomes rich and mellow. The milk of this season is the first one."
Naoki understood. He nodded, and at the same time, his knowledge about the big milk jug deepened.
At this time, the two came to the group of big milk cans.
The big milk jug's eyes were attracted and looked over curiously.
"Children, this is the rancher of Zhi Shu Ranch next door." The old man first introduced Zhi Shu's identity to the group of big milk tanks, and then said with a smile: "He is a Pokémon who is very good at taking care of. Man, blessed are those who return with him!”
Naoki: "..."
Why does this sound a little weird?
But it turns out that these words are very useful for this group of big milk jugs.
They immediately cast an observing gaze towards Naoki.
Naoki stood there and kept smiling, letting them look at him.
After a while, several big milk jugs showed interested eyes.
"Miru?"
"Milu~"
"..."
Seeing this scene, the old man smiled and said, "Okay, go ahead and pick one out!"
Hearing this, Naoki nodded, then stepped forward and came to the group of large milk tanks to observe the status of each large milk tank.
The big milk jug's eyes followed his movements, looking very expectant.
At this moment, Naoki suddenly felt as if he was choosing the starting Pokémon...
Shaking his head and throwing this thought away, Naoki began to try to make contact with the big milk jug in front of him.
"Hello, big milk jugs!"
"Milu!"
The big milk jug stood up happily, its two black ears dangling, looking quite cute.
"Much gentler than I thought." Naoki thought to himself.
As a Pokémon, Big Pot is a very salty Pokémon. Their personality is very gentle, and most of them don't like to fight with people.
Thinking of this, Naoki had already made a decision in his heart.
He pointed to the big milk jug that responded to it and said to the old man: "I want it."
It doesn't matter which one you choose anyway. When he saves enough money, he will come over and take back the other big milk cans.
"Okay." The old man nodded gently.
He took out the elf ball from the big milk tank and gave it to Naoki: "This is the elf ball from the big milk tank. From now on, I will ask you to help take care of it."
"I will."
Naoki reached out and took it. He suddenly felt that the Pokémon sale here was not like a transaction, but more like an adoption exchange.
After thinking for a moment, Naoki looked at the big milk jug in front of him and said with a smile: "Please take good care of me in the future, big milk jug."
"Milu~"
With a flash of white light, the big milk can was put into the elf ball.
Naoki paid the money, and the savings in his pocket dropped to four figures.
He said goodbye to the old man, turned around and left here, heading to the town to buy some daily necessities.
Things like feed and grass seeds for the big milk tank, special soil to strengthen the salt stone treasure, and a few bags of sweet black tea.
Naoki did not stay in the town for long. After buying the necessary things, he rode the Motorized Lizard back to the ranch.
He looked at Gulton who was waiting outside, handed it the large and small bags in his hand, and asked it to help him take it back to the house, while he himself went to the Pokémon hut.
Opening the door, the Pokémon cabin that had been idle for a long time appeared in front of Naoki's eyes.
The empty troughs and sinks, wooden boards used for partitions, the feeding area connected to the silo, and a soft layer of haystacks on the floor were used as a place for the big milk tank to sleep.
"Come out!"
Naoki threw the Poké Ball, and with a flash of white light, a big milk tank appeared in the Pokémon House.
It looked around and became familiar with its environment.
Naoki introduced: "This is your new home. How does it feel?"
"Milu..." Big Milk Tank looked around, looking at the clean, tidy and bright room, and said happily: "Milu!"
It seems that the big milk tank is quite satisfactory.
Seeing this scene, Naoki finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, he opened the door and window of the Pokémon house, took the big milk can to the open space outside, and introduced this place to it:
"This is my pasture, and I will plant grass in front of the door later."
Forage seeds do not require special plowing of soil for sowing. Compared with crops, its planting method is much simpler.
Just sow the seeds on the ground and wait for a while for these hardy pastures to grow on their own.
Both the growth cycle and the growth rate are far superior to ordinary crops.
Just do it, Zhishu immediately took out the bag of grass seeds and scattered them on the open land.
After setting up the big milk jug, Naoki returned to the cabin feeling relaxed.
The big milk tank breeding work is finally about to officially begin!
Today's ranch work has been completed. He made a cup of sweet black tea, moved the rocking chair under the eaves, and sat on it to drink tea leisurely while looking at his slowly developing family business.
Motorized Lizard, Gulton, Bada Butterfly, Salt Stone Treasure, Mount Lamb, Frost Milk Fairy, Mini Fu, Kuailong, Bubo, Three Bees, Big Milk Can...
Salt house, Pokémon house, chicken house...
A large number of crops are growing vigorously in the neat farmland.
Compared with when he first came here, all this has undergone earth-shaking changes.
Ah, what a wonderful life!
Naoki couldn't help but sigh.
At this moment, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw a petite figure running into the pasture.
Naoki turned his head and saw the baby bear running over happily.
Looking at this scene, Naoki raised his eyebrows slightly.
His mind was thinking about the bear cub eating the lucky pudding before leaving the ranch a few days ago.
"I wonder if it picked up anything good."
Looking at the baby bear coming to him, Naoki asked: "Come here to change things?"
"One thing, one thing!"
Baby Bear nodded repeatedly.
It stretched out its bear claws and opened its palms, revealing a small brown stone with an ordinary appearance.
This was picked up from the ground by Baby Bear when he was wandering in the mountains before the typhoon.
"Huh?" Naoki didn't see what the stone was at first glance, so he reached out and took the stone from the baby bear's flesh pad.
What's this?
Naoki was a little confused. He had never seen this thing before. It didn't look like an evolutionary stone, nor did it look like a prop like a hard stone.
Well, it feels a little warm to the touch. I don’t know if it’s the baby bear’s body temperature or if the stone is inherently hot.
"Did you pick this up?" Naoki asked.
"One!" Baby Bear nodded and looked over with hopeful eyes.
Can this be swapped for a delicious honey pudding?
Seeing its greedy look, Naoki couldn't help but curl up his lips. As he stood up and went to the refrigerator to get pudding, he asked, "You haven't gone to other pastures to steal honey in the past two days, have you?"
"What..." Baby Bear shook his head.
"That's right!" Naoki handed the pudding to the baby bear and said to it: "It's wrong to steal things. Although you can deceive others with your cute appearance now, when you grow up and evolve into What happens after the bear trap?”
If you keep pretending to be cute at that time, maybe no one will be fooled.
"One thing..."
The baby bear swallowed the pudding in one gulp. When he heard this, he couldn't help but lower his head and fell into thinking.
Seeing its appearance, Naoki thought that the prodigal son would never be able to change his ways. If the baby bear could realize his mistake and correct it in time, then his efforts would be in vain.
"If I were you, I would find a way to apologize to those ranchers." Naoki educated him in a timely manner.
"Well, it's been raining these days and it's hard for you to find food. Consider this small bottle of honey as a gift from me." Naoki threw the honey in his hand over again.
The baby bear stretched out his paws to catch it, with a touched expression on his face: "One..."
"I think if it were anyone else, they would do the same thing as me." Naoki lay on the rocking chair and waved his hand: "Go back!"
"One!"
The purpose of this trip has been achieved, and the baby bear left here satisfied. On the way back, it also began to seriously think about everything that happened these days.
In the pasture, Naoki looked at the stone that felt a little warm to the touch. After careful inspection, he had a vague guess in his mind.
A fragment of a meteorite that fell from the sky?
Combined with the fact that Rayquaza appeared nearby and dispersed the typhoon, Naoki suddenly had a bold guess.
Could it be that Rayquaza ate the leftover rations?
hiss!
It sounds very powerful, but in fact this meteorite fragment has no use at all and can only be kept as a collection.
It's better than nothing.
Zhi Shu returned to the house and threw this thing into the drawer, putting it together with the Immutable Stone that Baby Bear had brought before.
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Before going to bed at night, Naoki specially made a black truffle milk porridge.
This type of cooking can maximize the quality of milk produced by Pokémon.
It was because the mount lambs drank this milk porridge that their milk mutated and gained some other additional effects.
Naoki wanted to know what kind of changes this kind of cooking would bring to the big milk cans.
So, while inspecting the ranch, Naoki came to the Pokémon hut carrying milk porridge.
As soon as he opened the door, he saw the big milk can sitting on the haystack, looking very lonely.
Naoki was slightly startled: "What's wrong?"
"Milu..." Big Milk Tank looked sad.
"Let me guess, are you missing other big milk tank companions?" Naoki asked.
Hearing this, Big Milk Tank nodded: "Milu..."
At first, I felt very happy about coming to a new pasture.
But after being happy, he seemed very lonely because he only had a big milk jug here.
Naoki understood, but now he had no choice. After thinking for a moment, he said to the big milk can:
"Give me one more day. When I save enough money, I will pick up the other big milk cans as soon as possible."
The big milk tank looked at him, then a smile appeared on his face, and he said happily: "Milu!"
Naoki also had a smile on his face. He placed the milk porridge in front of the big milk jug and said to it: "Drink it and try the taste!"
Big milk tanks are not opposed to the use of rice and milk, because they drink their own milk.
After finishing the milk porridge, Big Milk Tank thought of what Naoki had just said, and suddenly realized something: "Milu?" (Are you short of money?)
Hearing its cry, Naoki raised his eyebrows: "Huh?"
The big milk tank showed off its milk-producing organs and said happily: "Milu, Milu!" (The milk squeezed out from here can be sold for a lot of money!)
When I was on the ranch, I often saw ranchers milking other big milk tanks and then selling them for money.
This is a very relaxing thing for a big jug.
Because they have a lot of milk in their bodies, they will feel uncomfortable if they don't express it for a day.
So in addition to drinking by myself, humans help milk most of the time.
Under the influence of his ears and eyes, Big Milk Pot knew that there was such a way to exchange money.
Naoki was a little confused, but looking at the movements of the big milk tank, he quickly realized: "Do you want me to milk you?"
"Mirrume!" Big Milk Tank nodded repeatedly.
Help it milk and sell the milk to get more money, so that you can take over other big milk tanks!
