His was only a small business in Wutong Town. How could he possibly compete with them in terms of cash flow?
The only way he could win was for his fruits and vegetables to surpass theirs in quality.
And not just surpass them, but utterly crush them.
But...
Growing fruits and vegetables like that would require at least a Breeder's help.
And one who specialized in cultivation.
Breeders were already scarce, let alone Breeders specializing in cultivation.
"Ah... if it really doesn't work..."
He truly felt that he had been overthinking things and was about to give up.
The landline on the table suddenly rang.
"Rotom. Incoming call from the Purchasing Department. Answer?"
"Purchasing Department?"
Chen Xiao froze, then immediately picked up the Rotom Phone. "It's me. What is it?"
"Hm? A new supply channel? The samples look great? In... alright, I understand."
He put down the phone. Although he had just heard about a new supply channel, his expression did not improve.
"What's wrong? Didn't they say there was a new supply channel? Shouldn't that be something to celebrate?"
Seeing that her husband did not look happy, the wife beside him could not help asking.
Chen Xiao smiled bitterly. "There is a new supply channel,
but it's that Plantation in Wutong Town. You know it—the Old Lin Family used to own it, and I heard their child has taken it over now..."
"Think about it. How much can a child grow? And the quality might not even be good."
His wife said in surprise, "Little Feng? He's not going to high school and is inheriting his family's Plantation instead?"
Secret Treasure Grade Spicy Pepper Fruit!
July 13th.
To Lin Feng's surprise, after settling overnight, some of the Spicy Pepper Fruits in the Plantation seemed to have ripened.
Even more interestingly, once they matured, the Spicy Pepper Fruits no longer absorbed nutrients. They simply hung from the branches.
This greatly extended their shelf life,
but they still needed to be picked soon.
A Spicy Pepper Fruit plant did not produce only one round of fruit. If the earlier fruits were not harvested, the later ones would grow and weigh down the branches, which would be more trouble than it was worth.
E-class Ingredient—Spicy Pepper Fruit. An E-class Ingredient grown from ordinary seeds. It contained various trace elements, tasted delicious, and could improve physical fitness when consumed over a long period!
He picked several Spicy Pepper Fruits. He gave one to the Snivy beneath him, then casually tossed another into the Water Reservoir.
With a beautiful splash, Milotic swallowed the Spicy Pepper Fruit in one bite.
As for the last one, he took a huge bite himself.
As juice burst from the bright red flesh, Lin Feng's eyes lit up.
Ingredients that reached a certain grade could already be used to make Energy Cubes.
They also had a certain breeding value for Pokémon.
"I already told the company yesterday. They said they'd arrive this morning to see what the fruits and vegetables were like."
After gathering the ripe produce into a pile and storing it in a Storage Ball,
Lin Feng took Snivy to the town exit.
"I'm about to earn my first money!"
Looking at the "harvest" before him,
Lin Feng was quite excited.
Once production at the Plantation picked up, he would begin the second phase of his plan,
which was to make the Neighbor Breeder House famous!
He wanted to put the Neighbor Breeder House logo on every fruit and vegetable.
Of course,
he first had to discuss it with the supplier.
Ring, ring, ring...
The ringing phone interrupted Lin Feng's thoughts. Seeing the caller information, he perked up and hurriedly answered.
"Already at the town entrance? I'll be right there."
At the town entrance.
If the Plantation was at the far end of town, connected to the forest Wild Area,
then the town entrance was the only route leading to Wutong City.
As long as one followed the road and took the bus for half an hour, they could reach Wutong City.
By the time Lin Feng arrived, a van was already parked at the town intersection. He cautiously stepped forward and knocked on the window.
But when he saw the buyer get out of the vehicle, Lin Feng froze.
Wasn't this Uncle Chen, whom he had met as a child?
And after not seeing him for seven or eight years, Chen Xiao did not immediately recognize the Lin Feng standing before him, who was now much taller than he was.
"Little Feng?"
Lin Feng came back to himself and greeted him with a smile. "Yes, Uncle Chen. It's me."
When he was little, Chen Xiao had often driven this very van to collect goods, so Lin Feng naturally knew him.
"Oh my, you've grown so tall—and so handsome too?"
At that moment, a slender woman got out of the passenger seat. Upon seeing Lin Feng, she walked over in surprise, stood on tiptoe, and rubbed his head.
Lin Feng really was quite tall. At 1.78 meters, with a clean and refined face, he had the kind of looks that were stunning at first glance and only became more appealing the longer one looked.
Lin Feng did not resist. Instead, he politely greeted her, "Hello, Aunt Huang."
She was Uncle Chen's wife, Huang Yinmiao. She had a gentle personality and had even held him when he was little.
When his parents were still alive, the two of them had been his parents' friends. Either way, it was only right for him to address them as elders.
"Is this your Pokémon? A Snivy? Not bad."
Chen Xiao made casual conversation.
"Snivy~."
Snivy walked forward on her own and nodded, indicating that she really was Lin Feng's Pokémon.
"Pretty sensible, aren't you?"
Chen Xiao was rather shocked by that.
At the beginning stage, obedient Pokémon might be fairly common, but sensible Pokémon were much harder to come by.
"Alright, let's talk business first. Little Feng, why didn't you choose to go to university? Why did you choose to become a Breeder instead?"
Beside him, Huang Yinmiao interrupted her husband and asked.
"Before the college entrance exams, I didn't have my first Pokémon, so I couldn't take the Trainer battle exam. Then... I thought I'd become a Breeder."
Huang Yinmiao said in confusion, "But Breeders can study Breeding at university too!"
"Well, that's true..."
But he was already a God-tier Breeder. Why would he go to university?
To learn knowledge?
Or...
To teach those professors and experts?
There was no need. There really was no need.
"Mostly because I wanted to keep my parents' Plantation."
Lin Feng smiled, then hurriedly took a Spicy Pepper Fruit from his Storage Ball. "Let's talk about the purchase instead. These are vegetables from my family's Plantation. Uncle Chen, take a look..."
"Hm... hm? The color is so bright? There isn't the slightest sign of insect damage?"
Once business was involved, Chen Xiao immediately became serious. Soon, astonishment appeared in his eyes.
Just judging by its appearance, in all his years of business, he had rarely seen fruit with such a perfect shape and color.
He asked in disbelief, "You grew this?"
"Yes. This little guy deserves most of the credit. Her Grassy Terrain seems to have a special effect on plant growth."
Lin Feng did not hesitate to shift the blame onto Snivy.
"This is not the kind of Spicy Pepper Fruit that a first-stage Starter Pokémon could grow just by using Grassy Terrain. It seems you're no weaker than your father when it comes to cultivation."
Chen Xiao spoke with emotion, then took a bite of the Spicy Pepper Fruit.
The moment he bit into it,
his expression froze.
This Spicy Pepper Fruit had ripened at exactly the right time, so its flavor was mainly spicy, with sweetness carrying a faint touch of sourness.
What Chen Xiao found unbelievable was that when the flavor of the Spicy Pepper Fruit burst in his mouth, it felt as though his entire body had been invigorated.
This Spicy Pepper Fruit was not merely beautiful on the outside.
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