Not a Trainer This Time Chapter 13

Chapter 13 Farming, or Farming

 At five o'clock in the evening, Zach drove the truck to the ranch on time.

Zhi Shu was planting the last fruit tree sapling into the soil with Gu Ledun and Motor Lizard. As soon as he finished watering it, he heard Zach's majestic voice coming from behind.

“You did all of this? Too fast, right? It's only been less than a day?!” Looking at the brand-new pasture, Zach was stunned.

The farmland originally occupied by weeds and trees has become neat and clean. The pieces of land are square and arranged in an orderly manner. The land above is slightly damp, as if it has just been watered.

Zhi Shu turned around, smiled and said to Zach, "Thanks to them."

 Speaking, he turned sideways, revealing Guluton and Motorized Lizard next to him.

Zach was stunned for a moment, then looked up and saw that in addition to the Motorized Lizard he had seen yesterday, there was another Pokémon beside Naoki at some point.

 A Pokémon he had never seen before.

 Tall body, strong body, muscular limbs and body, thick and powerful tail...

 “Who is that big guy?!” Zach opened his eyes wide again.

 He swore that he had never seen such a Pokémon in the Padia region!

As a truck driver who traveled all over the country to deliver goods, Zach visited various places and saw countless Pokémon in his early years.

He can be said to know the Pokémon that live in the Padia region very well.

Although he is not a trainer, if he encounters a trainer who has come out of Orange Academy while transporting goods, he will not be able to help but have an exciting Pokémon battle with him.

 It's just...he has never heard of such a Pokémon.

 Seeing Zach's reaction, Naoki was not surprised, because at this time, no one except Dr. Olin had seen Gullton at all.

After thinking for a moment, he did not say Gulledon's name, but said truthfully: "I don't know where it came from. It appeared in the pasture last night and was injured. Motorized Lizard and I rescued it." It, in order to thank us, it stayed in the pasture to help with the work."

"I see..." Zack murmured and nodded, looking at the strange Pokémon's expression, he added: "It seems to like you very much! Since you can meet it, it means that you two are destined to be together."

With the question in his mind answered, Zach didn't say much. Instead, he turned to look at the shipping box and asked, “Did you find any wild products like black truffles today?”

 “No, but I did catch some fish.”

With that said, Naoki came to the eaves, picked up the iron bucket filled with fish and put it in front of Zack.

Zach knelt down and looked into the bucket. After seeing the scene clearly, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Huh? So many?!"

 As a novice rancher, isn't this guy's fishing skills too superb?

"Let me see..." Zach released his Pokémon, an old builder, and directed it to move the glass fish tank specially used to hold fish from the truck.

“Perch, carp, catfish, herring...Wow! There are also two rainbow trout! These are rare fish that are difficult to catch! Your fishing skills are too good, right?”

Zach looked impressed. He stood up and gave a thumbs up, "Awesome!"

In response to this, Naoki showed an awkward yet polite smile.

 Zach took out his account book and started doing the calculations on it.

“Perch is 300 alliance coins, carp is 120…rainbow trout is 1,200, well, the total is 3,680 alliance coins.”

After the calculation, Zach put away the ledger, took out his wallet and started to settle the account, "It's really good, I hope I can get something like this again tomorrow!"

 Sure enough, no matter which world you are in, fishing is the main source of income in the early stage... Naoki thought to himself as he took the money.

After the goods collection was completed, Zach turned to leave. He had to go to other pastures and farms to collect goods, and then he had to deliver the goods to Zhiqin Market and other surrounding cities overnight.

 Just suddenly, Zach remembered something again.

 He stopped, turned around and asked, "By the way, have you thought about what to name this ranch?"

name?

Zhishu was stunned for a moment.

Zach grinned and said: "A good name will also become the signature of the ranch and let more people know it! When the time comes, the town will also hold a harvest season, and nearby ranches will participate to compete with each other to see who grows the best crops. Best of all, the winning ranch will also receive a mysterious grand prize from the town!"

 Zhi Shu understood.

To be honest, he hasn't decided what to call the ranch yet.

 But in this regard, he has always been very decisive.

So, after only thinking for a few seconds, Zhi Shu came up with a name: "Let's call it Zhi Shu Ranch!"

 Simple and easy to remember, and not too fancy.

"Name it after you? Yes! Then it will be called Zhishu Ranch!" Zach smiled: "I'm really looking forward to the day when this name spreads throughout Padia!" Zhi Shu: "..."

 Zach left.

Zhishu watched him go away, then turned to look at the brand new grid farmland in front of him.

After returning from the back mountain, he saw that the soil was almost restored, so he took Guluton and Motor Lizard to plant all the crop seeds he bought.

There are many types of seeds. Zhishu doesn't like messy seeds, so before planting, he specially divides different areas in the field according to classification.

Potatoes, turnips, garlic, spring wheat, strawberries, cabbage, cucumbers, radishes, tomatoes.

In addition, he also bought several fruit saplings before.

For example, orange fruits, peach fruits, cherry fruits, lemon fruits.

These tree saplings occupy a separate piece of land, and the land is ready to be turned into a special tree orchard.

Ordinary tree fruits in this world are sold very cheaply. Tree fruits like orange fruits only cost 20 alliance coins each.

Hence, Naoki does not intend to make money from them, but plans to save them to make fruit cakes, fruit yogurt, fruit pie and other snacks for Motor Lizard and Guluton to eat.

 After being busy for several hours, Naoki felt exhausted.

 But looking at the neat fields in front of him, he felt a strange sense of satisfaction in his heart.

“Well, there are a lot of seeds planted for the first time.”

Zhi Shu was worried that he would make a mistake. After thinking for a while, he prepared to make several wooden signs to insert in the soil and write the types of crops on them to distinguish different plots of land.

 He had seen a saw for cutting wood in the utility room at the back.

 But it was a bit late today, so Naoki planned to leave it until tomorrow.

  Stretched, Naoki relaxed completely, took off the mud-stained rubber shoes on his feet, washed his face at the faucet, and put on light sandals.

As soon as he turned his head, he saw Guluton and the Motorized Lizard who were all dirty, with mud on their feet and tail.

 Zhi Shu sighed helplessly and said to the two of them: "Stand still, I'll give you a rinse!"

 The two Pokémon immediately stood obediently.

Zhi Shu picked up the water pipe and washed their bodies. When all the mud was washed away, the two big guys shook off the water drops on their bodies in neat movements.

Zhi Shu was thrown around and suddenly felt that they looked like two big dogs.

With this weird thought, he turned back to the house, took out a towel, wiped the bodies of Gullton and Motor Lizard, and then drove them into the house.

The floor of the wooden house was mopped clean by Zhi Shu without a trace of dust. In order not to stain the floor, he would change his shoes on weekdays when he went in and out.

By this time, the night was already dark.

 Guluton and Motor Lizard were lying lazily on the floor.

Motor Lizard couldn't stop yawning.

So Luton looked at his past self with some disgust.

 The house was lit with warm-colored lights. Naoki, wearing house slippers, stood in front of the stove and prepared dinner for them.

Hmm, what should we eat tonight?

 Naoki originally wanted to cook something new, but he was exhausted after a busy day and finally decided to be lazy.

 Simply fry a steak, take out slices of toast and lettuce and ham, and put them together to form a nutritionally balanced sandwich.

 “Eat!”

Zoki placed the sandwich in front of the two Pokémon, and he took his own and sat down at the desk, picking up a pen to fill in the rest of the day's bill.

  Spring 198, January 6.

 Income: Fish+3680

 Expenditure: 0

  Remaining funds: 32490

 After finishing recording and eating dinner, Naoki threw himself on the bed with satisfaction.

sleep!

 (End of this chapter)

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