Chapter 38: Effort and Gain
At eleven o'clock in the evening, Naoki and Soleton, who had been busy all day, returned to the pasture.
Even in the middle of the night, the ranch was still brightly lit.
After returning from Lake Cauldron that day, Naoki began to study the stone path in the pasture.
But without a professional machine, he had no way to polish the stone into the shape of a slate, so he had to retreat and use the planks to pave a path in the pasture.
For the past few days, they have been busy until late at night, and for lighting, Naoki made torches out of sticks and oil-soaked cloth, and inserted them on both sides of the wooden path.
As soon as it gets dark, as long as you light a torch, you can illuminate a large area.
Under the shroud of firelight, the whole ranch looked a little lively.
It was too late, and the motorcycle lizard waiting for Naoki to come home was already lying under the eaves and sleepy.
Instead of waking it up, Naoki and Soleton dumped the fish from the nets into the small lake in the pasture.
Without a car, the way they catch fish is very troublesome.
Naoki casts bait on the surface of the lake in advance, and after a while, nearby fish gather here.
Then they handed it over to Guleton, who fished in one water, and Naoki fished in another, and until the nets were full, they would fly the fish back to the pasture.
Finally, the fish was poured into the lake and waited for Zach to come and receive it the next evening.
As long as he slows down as fast as he can, he can get the fish into the lake before they suffocate.
Of course, there are no dead fish, and these fish are often used by Naoki to make dishes for the sake of Soleton.
To make it easier, they laid a layer of extra-large fishing nets at the bottom of the lake beforehand.
In this way, when Zach comes to receive the goods, as long as he carries the four corners of the fishing net, he can catch all the fish in the lake and catch them all.
It is worth mentioning that in order to facilitate the loading of fish, several carp kings that were originally thrown in by Naoki were put back into the river by him.
"Good work!"
Naoki lifted the hem of his clothes and wiped the sweat on his face, and said with a smile to Gu Leton on the side.
Therefore, Lerton also wiped the sweat on his face with his big paws: "Hiss~"
Naoki looked around, saw that it was not early, and said, "Let's stop here today!" ”
They return to the cabin, where Naoki wakes up the motorcycle lizard and lets him go to sleep, while he goes to the kitchen area to prepare for a supper.
The noise they made woke up Mini Fu and Frost Fairy, and the two little ones opened their eyes and looked at them.
So Naoki had to make two more copies.
After the pleasant supper time, Mini Fu and Frost Fairy went back to sleep.
Therefore, Leton was tired from the day today, and he didn't have the heart to be jealous of the motorcycle lizard, so he returned to his place, yawned and fell asleep with his paws on his pillow.
And the motorcycle lizard stands next to Naoki.
"Quack......
Naoki took off his dirty blue overalls and wore only a thin white short-sleeved shirt.
Seeing the appearance of the motorcycle lizard, he reached out and touched its head, and said, "It's okay after this time, nothing big happened in the ranch today, right?" ”
The motorcycle lizard has been trying to keep an eye on its home lately, and when it heard this, it shook its head and said, "Quack! ”
"That's good." Naoki smiled and said, "You did a great job, I should thank you well." ”
"Quack......
Naoki patted it on the shoulder again, "Okay, it's not early, go to sleep, I'll go to sleep after I'm done!" ”
The motorcycle lizard obediently went to sleep.
Naoki took out the ledger and recorded the day's income.
The bulk of the ranch's income these days depends on the fish they catch from Lake Cauldron and the Sea of Sipadia.
The eggs born by the hens were not sold, but were all made into steamed eggs, boiled eggs, fried eggs, and fried eggs to treat a few Pokémon.
Excluding the capital used to buy bait and fishing nets, they earned a total of 43,320 alliance coins in the past five days.
By the time he sells the fish in the lake tomorrow, plus the money he had left, his savings will be able to break through to 50,000 alliance coins.
Although he was very tired these days, seeing a drawer full of money, Naoki suddenly felt full of energy.
The day and night of labor made his body stronger, his muscles more and more defined, and his skin was tanned a lot, and he became more and more like a real rancher.
"It's just right, I can rest for a while!"
Naoki stretched out relaxed, leaning back in his chair and thinking about what he was going to do tomorrow.
With the money, he planned to go to the town to find Kerrie to finish the salt house first, although he didn't know if those salt stone treasures were willing to come to the pasture, but it was no problem to prepare in advance.
In addition, I have to buy a few more Poké Balls, so that I can go to the Cauldron Lake while Kerry is building the Salt House to see if I can take in the Lambs, Goats, and Dragons.
When these things are done, some of the crops that will be planted in the first batch should be ripe.
After the harvest, the land has to be replanted to plant the next batch of seeds.
With this in mind, Naoki glanced up at the old-fashioned pendulum on the wall and was shocked to find that it was almost one o'clock in the morning.
Naoki: "......"
Sleep sleep!
Early the next morning, Naoki went to the friendly shop in town and bought ten Poké Balls.
Although he spent 2,000 Alliance Coins, Naoki believes that the Pokémon he recovered with them will be worth far more than 2,000.
After leaving the shop, he went to Kerry's carpentry shop and to the forest hut on the edge of town.
Kerry was wearing a light blue overalls and was chopping wood with an axe.
Seeing Naoki coming, she raised her eyebrows slightly: "I've heard Zach say everything about you these days, he said that you and Gu Leton caught a lot of fish and sold them for a lot of money, what a hard work!" ”
Naoki smiled: "After all, there are still so many Pokémon waiting for me to raise in the ranch, and I can't do it if I don't work hard!" ”
Kerry looked the young man in front of her up and down.
Compared to the first meeting, his body has become significantly stronger, his skin has been tanned, and the whole person looks healthier.
Kerry exclaimed, "Yes, more and more like a real rancher!" You haven't met the ranchers of other ranches in the neighborhood, have you? ”
Naoki shook his head: "I haven't had time to visit yet, what's wrong with them?" ”
Kerry laughed, "Each of them is a big man, and the years of farm work have made them very strong, and it feels like you're going to be like that one day." ”
Naoki shrugged indifferently.
He has never cared much about his appearance.
After a brief greeting, Kerrie got down to business: "What do you want me to build this time?" ”
"Salt House." Naoki Road.
After careful calculation, raising salt stone treasures and collecting rock salt for sale is one of the most profitable ways to make money.
So, he put the salt house at the front and built it.