That afternoon, Naoki went to town and bought several large packages of sunflower seeds from the seed store.
However, he did not plant it immediately, but planned to wait until all the crops in this round were mature and harvested before starting planting.
Sunflowers are a crop that can be grown seasonally, even in autumn.
In this way, before the cold winter comes, he can save a large number of melon seeds, peel them, and just grab a large handful and stuff them into his mouth when he wants to talk to Pokémon.
As for the problem of getting angry...
As long as he eats more fruits and vegetables to neutralize it, it will probably be fine.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, Zach came to collect the goods.
Naoki brought several ripe watermelons, goat milk from the mount goat, and milk from the large milk jug in front of him.
Looking at the crops that were about to mature in the field, Zach grinned and said, "It's another good harvest season! I heard that the harvests on other farms are also good."
Zhi Shu's heart moved: "Has anyone's crops matured early?"
Zach shook his head: "That's not true."
He didn't know what he was thinking of, but he turned to look at the King Lei Guan's shrine not far away, and said with a smile:
"Because of the huge watermelon you gave everyone last time, the nearby farms and people began to believe in King Lei Guan. They bought a statue from Keli and took it home to worship. Everyone felt that King Lei Guan was secretly behind this harvest. The reason for helping, that Legendary Pokémon is really amazing!”
Naoki: "..."
He was suddenly worried that the people in the town were relying too much on King Lei Guan's power, thus abandoning their past hard-working nature, and couldn't help but give a subtle reminder.
“This is also the result of everyone’s joint efforts.”
Zack heard what he meant and laughed loudly: "Don't worry! Everyone knows this. Just like the story says, if people are too lazy, they may be annoyed by the legendary Pokémon. So as to withdraw the favor.”
"So, although everyone is very grateful to Lei Guanwang, we will also work hard with our own strength."
After hearing these words, Naoki felt relieved.
Zach handed over today's shipping fee: "Here, this is today's money. I'm going to leave first. There are other places waiting for me to collect the goods! See you tomorrow!"
"See you tomorrow!"
Naoki said goodbye to Zach, then turned around and went to Ice Eevee's igloo to bring out an iced watermelon.
Thanks to the power of the ice and snow stone, the watermelon's skin has been covered with a fine layer of frost.
Naoki carried it and several other watermelons back to the house and began to try making dishes with watermelons.
The first thing to make is iced watermelon juice that is refreshing and refreshing.
Naoki cut the iced watermelon open, threw the pulp into the juicer, plugged it in, and the juicer started humming.
Soon, cups of cold red watermelon juice were prepared.
Naoki looked down.
[Iced watermelon juice (B): A summer drink made from chilled watermelon.
Cooking effect: Heat resistance level 1. After consumption, it can withstand high temperature weather and prevent heatstroke. The duration is 15 minutes.
Comments: The sweet and delicious watermelon juice is an excellent drink to touch your taste buds. A cup of it in the hot summer will give you a refreshing cooling feeling. ]
Heat resistant...
Naoki remembered that he had made several dishes with similar effects before, such as hot soup noodles, which had the effect of protecting against cold.
Overall, it was pretty good, within his expectations.
Next, Naoki tried watermelon shaved ice, fried watermelon rind, watermelon popsicles, watermelon jelly and other delicacies.
However, the effects of these foods are not very satisfactory. They are either cooling and relieving heat or restoring physical strength (small). The only one that has some effect is watermelon jelly.
[Watermelon jelly (C+): Jelly made from freshly picked watermelon.
Cooking effect: Watermelon Knight. After feeding the Pokémon, if it carries a helmet prop made of watermelon, it can transform into a Watermelon Knight, attracting the opponent's attention, and reducing the opponent's attack and defense during battle.
Comments: It is elastic, smooth, tender and delicious. It is a snack suitable for all ages. ]
Naoki: "..."
Although useful, it doesn't seem to have much effect.
Looking at the pile of watermelon rinds left in front of him, Naoki thought that since he had nothing to do now, he might as well give it a try and see the effect.
He washed the rind of one of the watermelons that was still intact, then cut out the excess with a knife and made it into a motorcycle helmet-style helmet.
He carried the watermelon rind outside and happened to see Kuailong sleeping on the grass, so he called him out.
Kuailong, who heard the noise, sat up from the ground: "Ouch?"
"Would you like a good thing to enhance your strength?" Naoki said mysteriously.
Hearing this, Kuailong's eyes lit up and he nodded immediately: "Ouch!"
Naoki first threw the watermelon jelly into Kuailong's mouth.
Watching Kuailong swallow the jelly like a gulp, he then took out the watermelon helmet hidden behind him and put it on its head under Kuailong's doubtful eyes.
With a muffled sound, Kuailong's horns passed through the watermelon rind. The watermelon helmet fit perfectly on Kuailong's head, looking funny and cute.
Naoki couldn't hold it back and laughed out loud.
"Ouch..."
Kuailong raised his eyes and looked up, but couldn't see his appearance clearly.
At this time, Guledun ran over. It saw the watermelon on Kuailong's head and burst into laughter.
Kuailong opened his eyes wide and looked at Naoki with an expression of disbelief.
Actually playing tricks on it!
Kuailong felt that he was being laughed at and was about to cry: "Ouch..."
Zhi Shu put away his smile, and when he saw Kuailong's appearance, he shook his head:
"No, it's not that I want to laugh, it's because the way you look now makes people want to laugh."
Kuailong: "..." Aren't they all the same?
Naoki continued: "You should know that the food I cook has magical effects, right?"
"Ouch." Kuailong nodded his head.
"The jelly you just ate is also effective. Its function is that after eating it, if you wear a watermelon helmet, you can gain an advantage in battle."
Naoki explained in detail: "For example, lowering the opponent's attack and defense. If you think about it, the opponent will be unable to stop laughing because of your appearance. Then it will be unable to concentrate and expose its flaws."
"From a certain point of view, it does reduce its defense. When it laughs, its muscles will lose strength, so its strength will also be reduced accordingly. Look, am I right?"
"Ouch..." Kuailong thought carefully, looked at Gu Ledun who was laughing non-stop, and then nodded.
That seems to be the case.
It immediately put away the watermelon helmet with great care: "Ouch!"
From then on, this helmet was his treasured treasure!
"Okay, then I'll give it to you." Naoki waved his hand casually.
Anyway, this stuff gets rotten quickly and can't be stored for too long, so it's useless.
*
Tonight we had a sumptuous watermelon feast at the ranch.
Fried watermelon rind, watermelon juice, watermelon jelly, watermelon rind stewed steak, watermelon sandwich...
At the end of the meal, a group of Pokémon collapsed on the ground weakly. They felt that they never wanted to eat watermelon again in their lives.
Seeing their appearance, Naoki showed an embarrassed smile on his face.
Seeing their appearance, Naoki showed an embarrassed smile on his face.
There was nothing he could do. He opened a lot of watermelons today and squeezed a lot of cups of watermelon juice. If he couldn't finish them all, they would go bad.
After dinner, a group of Pokémon ran outside to bask in the moonlight. Zhi Shu was not sleepy, so he simply grabbed a handful of melon seeds and prepared to go to the underground cave to chat with the salt barriers.
However, before he reached the place, all the melon seeds he had eaten were consumed.
Kuailong lying on the grass not far away: "Ooooo!" (The moon is so beautiful!)
Motorcycle Lizard: "Gah!" (It's so beautiful!)
Therefore, Leden yawned: "Ah, geez..." (Isn't the moon always like this?)
Ice Eevee taking a leisurely walk in the flower field: "Buy!" (This flower smells so good!)
The butterfly dancing on it: "Hey~" (Uh-huh~)
Bird Pokémon flying over the pasture: "Quack!" (It's dark, go home, go home!)
The ducks on the other side of the river: "Ke Ke Ke!" (I really want to swim in the river!)
"Get it!" (You'll be swept away!)
"Kada Kada Kada!" (There are so many delicious things growing across the street, they smell so good, I really want to eat Kada Kada!)
Naoki's head is covered with black lines.
How come even the ambient sounds of wild Pokémon are automatically translated!
Looking at it this way, the effect of translating melon seeds is too useless, right? !
And what's going on with these wild ducks? They want to steal his crops!
Naoki turned his attention to the group of ducks on the other side of the river, and as expected, he found that there were many ducks looking at this side.
Seeing him coming, several of the ducks turned their attention to him.
After Zhi Shu ate a few melon seeds, he heard the Kodak ducks say in a panic: "Kada!" (Kada was discovered!)
Naoki: "..."
He pretended not to hear, turned around and walked into the salt house, followed the tunnel to the underground cave where the salt stone warriors lived.
When he reached the bottom, he heard a fight.
Zhi Shu stepped forward to check and saw that the Salt Stone Treasure, which had not yet evolved, was sparring with a Salt Stone Barrier.
He was not surprised to see this scene, because this was the advice he gave Yan Shibao.
Last time, Yan Shibao still didn't evolve after eating the pot of rock salt and fried soil, and it was still lost for a long time. At that time, Naoki provided it with another method.
That is to compete with other Pokémon, gain experience in evolution through battles, temper the body, and train the body's strength to meet the conditions for evolution.
Seeing him coming, Yan Shibao and Yan Shi Lei stopped.
Naoki cracked a handful of melon seeds and asked, "How do you feel?"
Yanshibao: "Yanyan~" (It feels good~)
"That's okay." Zhi Shu stepped forward and inspected Yan Shibao's body, and then said: "It's going to be very soon. Soon you will be able to evolve into a more powerful Yan Shibao."
"Yanyan~" Yanshibao jumped twice with joy on the ground. Thinking of what Zhishu had done for it these days, it was moved in its heart: "Yanyan!" (I like Zhishu the most!)
Hearing this, Naoki was slightly startled, and then realized that this was the truest thought in Yan Shibao's heart.
He smiled and said, "Thank you, I like you too."
Yan Shibao jumped up on the ground even more happily.
Naoki reached out and touched its head. Just as he was about to pick up the salt stone treasure, he suddenly saw a dazzling light erupting from its body.
In the light, its appearance changed rapidly.
That's evolution!
After a moment, the light dissipated, and a very strong salt stone barrier appeared in front of Naoki.
At this point, all five salt stone treasures have evolved.
"Battle~!" (I evolved, so happy!)
"Congratulations, Salt Barrier." Naoki stood up and looked at the five Salt Barriers in front of him with emotion.
His mind flashed back to the first time he saw them.
To be honest, there is nothing in this world that is more satisfying than watching a Pokémon evolve and grow.
From a little kid to a big guy, from a weak Pokémon with no ability to protect itself to a powerful one
Maybe this is the joy of nurturing?
Naoki chatted with the group of salt stone warriors for a while, and then he was ready to leave when he saw the salt stone warriors showing sleepy expressions.
"Then I won't disturb your rest. See you tomorrow!"
"Liao~" (See you tomorrow~)
And just as he stood up to leave, he suddenly heard a rustling sound in the corner of the cave.
Huh?
Naoki was a little surprised, wondering if there were other wild Pokémon attracted to this cave?
With doubts, he stepped forward, and soon he saw a small bulging earth bag on the flat ground.
There was a faint sound coming from inside.
"Zhi Zhi Zhi!" (Can't see me, can't see me, can't see me Zhi Zhi!)
Naoki: "..."
Good guy, he thought this gopher had run away! It turned out that he was hiding underground!
He shouted: "Gopher, come out quickly, I have seen you!"
Then, Naoki saw that the little dirt bag seemed to be frightened in some way, turned around and ran deeper.
Zhi Shu said speechlessly: "Gopher, don't run away, stay and work, I will provide you with food every day, as long as you can help me plow the land!"
As soon as these words came out, the fleeing gopher stopped.
It cautiously poked its head out of the dirt bag: "Zhizhi?" (Really?)
"Of course it's true." Naoki said with a smile: "From now on, your destruction of farmland will be over. Now I want to officially hire you to work in the ranch. As a reward, I will provide you with three meals a day." meal."
"Zhizhi?!"
The gopher was surprised and delighted.
The accumulated word count has been exhausted. Zhi Shu couldn't understand what the gopher said, but judging from its expression, he should have agreed.
He thought for a moment and said, "Then from today on, you can live here!"
Pokémon such as gophers have their nests underground, and they rarely come to the surface on weekdays because strong sunlight will weaken their bodies.
Naoki paused and then said: "Whenever there is need, I will come over and call you."
It just so happened that he was planning to expand the scale of sunflower cultivation in the past few days. With the presence of gophers who were good at plowing, this work would be much easier for him, and he would also be able to open up more land for farming.
In this way, the more crops are planted, the greater the chance that the green grassland where the goats are mounted will cause them to mutate.
The gopher squeaked a few times in agreement.
Naoki asked again: "Where have you been these days?"
He took out another handful of melon seeds and started eating them.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak."
The Gopher said he had been around here all these days because his nest was here.
In a place where Naoki can't see it, just below the pasture, it dug many small passages, which would not go to the ground on weekdays.
Because there was no food on the ground before, until not long ago, the gopher suddenly discovered that people lived on the land above his nest, and crops were also planted.
It was attracted by the crops, and what happened next happened.
Hearing these words, Naoki nodded to express his understanding. I bet they were the last ones to come to this land!
"It's okay, then you can live here!" Seeing the gopher's eyes turned to the salt barrier, Naoki continued: "Don't worry, those salt barrier won't hurt you, they are very docile Pokémon. .”
"Zhizhi." The gopher responded.
(End of chapter)
