Chapter Twenty-Six: A New Land
March 21. Once a year in Caolu Town, the most lively celebration has passed. But the shadow of yesterday's celebration can still be seen from the corner of the street.
Before dawn. A handsome young man dressed in red is leading a group of Pokémon on the street for a morning jog.
A little white breath came out of his mouth and nose as he breathed. He ran all the way from the Pokémon Center to the terraces outside Grass Road Town, where he spent a moment before starting his run around Grass Road Town.
He stepped on the soft ground and crossed the river that ran through the town, but before he knew it, the morning light was rising and the sky was bright...... He came to the pasture.
Xu Qiansu ran slowly around the wooden railing, and the fresh morning air mixed with the smell of grass soaked into the tip of his nose.
He tilted his head to look at the ranch. The strong, verdant grass condensed with a little dewdrop, and in the morning light, it seemed as if the whole world became transparent.
A large herd of pigtailed sheep also got up early in the morning, either gently playing with their companions with their foreheads, or gnawing grass with their heads down.
"Huh?" A pigtailed sheep who was buried in grazing heard the sound, and turned his head to look at it, and his cute little face was a little clear and silly.
It looked at Xu Qiansu who was jogging in the morning, and for some reason, it suddenly raised its front hooves, and then snorted and snorted and jogged with Xu Qiansu in the morning...... There is only one railing.
Shanado squinted at the stupid sheep that didn't look very smart. This stupid sheep doesn't think Xu Qiansu is the leader, right?
"What are you doing here?" Shanaiduo asked. The pigtailed sheep snorted and ran on their short legs, and their fur was like that.
When it heard this, it turned its head to look at Shanaiduo...... No face can be seen. It twisted its short neck, raised its little face to look at Shanaiduo, tilted its head and thought about it, before saying, "It's so interesting~" In fact, it simply thought it was fun to run with humans in the morning.
Shanaiduo looked at the clear stupidity in the pigtailed sheep's eyes, and stopped paying attention. When Xu Qiansu ran to the edge of the pasture, he saw the pigtailed sheep bending his four legs slightly, jumping hard, and then tripped over the railing, and bounced on the ground a few times like a ball.
At this time, Xu Qiansu had to stop. He turned his head to look, but saw the pigtailed sheep stand up, shook his little head, and then raised his little face to look at Xu Qiansu and screamed...... Is it asking Xu Qiansu why he didn't keep running?
Xu Qiansu stretched out his hand, patted the dust on the wool of the pigtailed sheep, and then pointed to the pasture,
"Go back."
"Baa~" The pigtailed sheep tilted its head, but it didn't insist, it took a few steps obediently, and squeezed in through the gap in the railing, and the wool all over its body was sprinkled like catkins.
"It's okay to take it away if you wish." At this moment, a rich but elegant voice came from behind Xu Qiansu.
Xu Qiansu looked back, then raised his eyes slightly, but saw a man with a straw hat, extremely tall, conservative more than 1.9 meters tall, carrying a haystack and standing behind him.
He is tall, and his physique is even comparable to that of a strange force, but he has pink hair and green eyes, soft facial features, and a kind and gentle look.
Such a contrast is inexplicably reassuring.
"Ya Luo......" Xu Qiansu whispered his name. Yes, the Grass Dao Gym Master of Grass Road Town, Yaluo.
Although he is the owner of the grass dojo and is not trapped by his livelihood, he still grazes cattle and farms every day...... He often rolls in a ball with his caller, unable to control the speed of the pigtailed sheep...... It has even become a kind of scenery in Caolu Town.
It can be seen that he actually belongs to a faction that is quite close to the people. Bang. Arlo placed the three sheaves of grass on his shoulders on the ground with a muffled sound...... According to conservative estimates, these three bales of grass may be eighty kilograms?
He wiped the sweat from his forehead, then smiled gently,
"You're Xu Qiansu, right?" Yarrow's voice, like his character, was soothing and gentle. Xu Qiansu bowed his head slightly, not surprised that Ya Luo knew him.
Receiving an affirmative reply, Yarrow laughed,
"Caidou often mentions you to us, it's hard to imagine that she cares so much about people other than Pokémon battles and martial arts......" As he spoke, he glanced Xu Qiansu up and down again, and said with a smile: "After all, you are her only disciple." ”
"Master Caidou has taught me a lot...... Is she okay? Xu Qiansu couldn't help but ask.
"Huh? Not so good. Yarrow recalled for a moment and couldn't help but smile,
"At the opening ceremony of the Champions Cup, her face was quite unsightly...... Although she usually doesn't have much expression, it was especially serious that day. Caidou was naturally in a bad mood that day, after all, her only disciple had no news and disappeared directly.
However, Yaluo didn't go into much depth on this topic, he looked at Xu Qiansu, and after a moment of silence, he asked softly, "Your Pokémon...... Did you participate in yesterday's festival too? Ya Luo asked more tactfully, but Xu Qiansu knew what he meant.
He nodded slightly, and replied briefly,
"My lily root doll is getting older."
"Yes......" Yarrow knew what was going on, so he didn't ask any more, he just looked up at the pigtailed sheep on the pasture, and the dew reflected the light from the morning light, which made Yarrow squint slightly.
"I grew up in Caolu Town, and for as long as I can remember, the Spring Festival has been around...... This is the bond between Grass Road Town and the Grass Pokémon, which is why I never gave up farming. Yarrow said softly.
He looked at Xu Qiansu and grinned,
"After all, this is what they left behind, a new land." Xu Qiansu was slightly stunned, he looked at Ya Luo, and couldn't help asking,
"Can I grow something here?" Yarrow was stunned, then smiled cheerfully,
"Absolutely." …… Xu Qiansu may be talented in some aspects, but obviously, farming is not among them.
It's not as simple as you think, and everyone who has sweated for this land or Pokémon deserves respect.
But Garrell's best farmer stayed by his side to guide him, so it was not a problem to grow crops that could grow in season.
Xu Qiansu picked up a handful of soil and felt the roughness and coldness of the soil in his palm...... It is for these reasons that the lily root doll dragged its weak body and came here from thousands of miles away.
Soil particles slowly slid out of Xu Qiansu's palm and landed on the small soil embryo he had just planted. Yalo stood aside and tilted his head and asked, "Are you going to challenge the Gym?" Xu Qiansu stood up and nodded slightly,
"But I want to rest for a few days first, and before that, I have a friend who should take on the challenge first." Yaluo looked at his face, knowing that he had just experienced this, Xu Qiansu was not in the mood to fight, so he nodded slightly, and then he turned to say: "I heard Lulina say that there will be a competition in Shuizhou Town in April. Xu Qiansu looked at it and was a little puzzled why Yaluo wanted to mention this...... He himself is not interested in Pokémon battles, and if he does not have to, it is naturally impossible to participate in any so-called competitions.
Yalo smiled softly and explained, "But it's not all Pokémon battles, racing, water skiing, track and field...... There are quite a lot of projects, and it feels like a Pokémon Games held in the academy. The little bag beast that was standing next to Xu Qiansu and playing with dirt with its little paws heard this, its eyes lit up, and it patted the dust off its little paws, and pulled Xu Qiansu's trouser legs.
Sounds so interesting~ She wants to play~ But the racing pouch can still understand, but what is water skiing?
Is it the feeling of swimming in a hot spring? What is athletics? Field...... It seems to be the soil where food is grown, right?
Track and field...... Could it be that they grow more food than anyone else? The Pouchmon doesn't know anything...... She wanted to experience it.
Xu Qiansu leaned over, picked up the little suppurnium, patted the dirt on her body, and then looked at Yaluo and asked suspiciously, "This kind of ...... Who organizes the Pokémon Games? "Xu Qiansu doesn't remember that there was such a competition in the original book?
"Lulina."
"Huh?" Xu Qiansu blinked,
"Isn't she a model?" Yaloha laughed,
"You can't be fooled by her elegant and mature appearance, she's actually quite childish in nature...... Last year, she was in a bad situation, as a gym owner, she lost a series of Champions Cup matches, and was questioned as ineligible for this position; As a model, I was also in a bottleneck period at that time, and it was difficult to break through ......"
“…… At that time, President Rhodes talked to her and suggested that she give up her role as a gym owner, or give up modeling, and focus on a job......"
“…… Lulina has been depressed for a long time, even if your master and Sonia go to comfort you together...... Later, she somehow suddenly looked away, and tried to handle the two jobs of model and gym owner in an orderly manner, and President Loz couldn't say anything......" Xu Qiansu nodded lightly, he knew all these things.
“…… But it didn't end there. Yarrow thought for a moment, then continued,
"Although the professional crisis has been lifted, Lulina has always remembered the picture of President Rhodes hinting at her to give up that day, and she is dissatisfied and wants to fight against the army, so she uses her influence to hold this kind of sports meeting in Shuizhou Town that does not emphasize Pokémon battles......"
“…… After all, President Rhodes started by promoting Pokémon battles and extremely giant wristbands. Speaking of this, Yarrow thought again,
"This year is supposed to be the second time...... I didn't expect Lulina to really stick to it. ”
"This is also ...... It's too childish. After listening, Xu Qiansu couldn't help but say.
"yes, that's a side of her that no one else knows." Yarrow grinned, it was obvious that the relationship between the Galel and the Gym Masters was not bad.
"So if you're interested, you can take your Pokémon with you to participate in the ......" Ya Luo looked at the little pouch beast in Xu Qiansu's arms and said in a low voice: "I am not qualified to say anything about the lily root doll, but you still have the rest of the Pokémon, and they are only you...... There are some things that should be experienced with them more, otherwise it will be too late to regret them. "So Yaluo said so much, in essence, he just wanted Xu Qiansu to come out...... This kind of thing, he must have done every year.
After all, he will participate in the Spring Festival every year. The little pouch beast couldn't help but tilt its little face, thinking to itself that this tall human was obviously talking to Su Su, but why was he looking at me?
Xu Qiansu didn't say much, but just hugged the little sachet beast tighter. Pokémon Center, lobby. Lilia sat on the couch by the window, looking out the window at the street outside the Pokémon Center, unconsciously flipping her white sun hat in her hand.
Ma Li sat opposite, with a cup of black tea beside her, holding a book in her hand, a little sunlight shining through the window, shining on her snow-white and delicate face, her expression was calm, but there was an awe-inspiring and inviolable sense of sacredness.
In view of this aura, even though Marry and Liliai are rare beautiful girls, no one came to talk.
Bai Huang lay next to him and yawned boredly. Eevee stood on the table, playing with his forepaws against the shadow of dust floating in the air in the sun.
But before I knew it, I came to the edge of the table, and as soon as my foot slipped, I lost my center of gravity and fell off the table on my back.
Bai Huang yawned, and his big fluffy and soft tail reached down, directly curling up Eevee's waist and catching it.
Although Bai Huanghuang is not very old, he is always older than Yibu, and he takes care of her. Lilia withdrew her gaze from Eevee's body and continued to look out the window, her jewel-like emerald green eyes serious and expectant.
The whole hall seemed to be silent, except for the soft sound of Marley turning the pages. I don't know how long it took, but a figure finally appeared in Liliai's sight.
Her cute little face flushed with joy, she grabbed her sun hat in her small hands, got up from the sofa, passed through the gap between Shanaido and the table, and trotted to the outside of the Pokémon Center, her tone was a little brisk,
"Good morning, Mr. Xu."
"Good morning, Lilielle." Xu Qiansu looked at it a few times, if it weren't for the slight redness and swelling at the corners of his eyes, then no one would have seen that Lilia was still pulling Xu Qiansu's sleeve last night and sobbing quietly.
Liliai obviously also thought of the scene where she cried in front of Xu Qiansu last night, and her snow-white little face couldn't help but blush, only to feel a slight tremor in her heart.
It's okay, I'll cry for you...... How could I have said such embarrassing things last night?
"In April, there was a Pokémon Games in the town of Waterboat...... Should Lilia attend? Xu Qiansu asked.
After all, this is not his journey alone, and Marie and Liliai's opinions must be taken into account.
"Pokémon Games?" Lilia blinked, then nodded hurriedly. She naturally didn't have any opinions, she came along, she just wanted to travel with Xu Qiansu, and in essence, she didn't care where she went.
As the two spoke, they walked into the Pokémon Center and came to the hall. Xu Qiansu asked Ma Li's opinion.
"Sports day?" Mary put down the book in her hand, then closed it with a 'bang'.
"It doesn't matter, the destination of the next stop is Shuizhou Town." Marley said casually. As she spoke, Marley put the book into her satchel and reached out to pick up Morubec, who was eating and drinking.
"Molube~" Molube grabbed a large bag of elf food with his small hand, and he didn't let go. Ma Li glanced at Xu Qiansu, nodded her little hand on her chin, and then said, "The day after tomorrow, I will challenge the gym?" ”
"Isn't Miss Marley going to challenge today?" Ma Li gave Xu Qiansu a look, which meant 'I'm giving you time to rest'.
Whether it is the Pokémon Games proposed by Yarrow or Lilia's cheerful and enthusiastic attitude, in essence, it is all the same purpose as Marry.
Give Xu Qiansu a break...... So. And it was March 23rd.