Chapter 148: Moved Ai Ke
After distributing the seeds, Lu Li ordered the Onix to use Ground Force Skill.
With one use of Ground Force Skill, the surrounding land instantly churned, rich Grass-type Energy mixed with Life Energy making this land appear vibrant and full of life.
Normally, after using Ground Force Skill, that piece of land would only have Grass-type Energy, but the special version of Ground Force Skill had some extra Life Energy, which was also the essence of Spirit Nourishing Technique.
Next, Ai Ke led his younger brothers to start sowing.
Wangwang Valley was different from Berry trees; they didn’t need careful tending. With the boost from Ground Force Skill, Ai Ke and the others just needed to sow and cover the seeds with soil.
The only thing to watch out for was perhaps the spacing between seeds.
The Onix continuously ploughed six pieces of land, but Ai Ke and the others’ sowing speed was far from keeping up with the Onix’s skill activation speed.
In the end, Lu Li couldn’t stand it anymore and directly used Spiritual Sense to sow, finally filling all six pieces of land completely with seeds.
“Psychic?”
Ai Ke looked up in surprise at Lu Li.
He didn’t expect Lu Li to be a Psychic too, but Ai Ke wasn’t panicked; after all, he had seen Psychics before.
After sowing was finished, Lu Li let out a heavy breath.
Wangwang Valley matured once every three months. Lu Li planned to produce and consume it himself first. Humans who ate Wangwang Valley long-term would become healthier; this effect was similar to Pokémon eating Energy Cubes.
Then Lu Li called Ai Ke over again and instructed, “Next, you all pay attention to watering and weeding. When I have time, I’ll prepare a few agricultural books for you. Remember to teach them more.
Your these siblings, their monthly wage will be set at 3000 bucks.”
The farm didn’t need his careful management. With the boost from Ground Force Skill, as long as Ai Ke and the others didn’t mess around and strictly followed the knowledge in the books, the farm wouldn’t have issues in the short term.
Ai Ke nodded.
He, who originated from the slums, knew too well the importance of knowledge.
Moreover, if he could teach this knowledge to his siblings, they could learn one more skill for the future, so there would be no worry that Lu Li would abandon them.
Ai Ke, who had seen the darkness of the world early on, knew too well the fate of those without value.
Lu Li originally hadn’t planned to start the farm so early, but considering he would soon have to leave for the area competition, plus the Onix had just happened to learn Ground Force Skill.
Lu Li simply started the plan ahead of time; these six fields were test fields.
Whether there was harvest or not was secondary; Lu Li mainly hoped to accumulate experience through these six fields.
After bidding farewell to Ai Ke, Lu Li took the Onix and left.
A child who walked with a limp looked at Lu Li’s departing back full of longing: “He’s really amazing. That Pokémon solved such a large piece of farmland in just a few minutes.”
“Yeah! With such a huge body, I feel like if he just pressed down on me, I’d turn into meat paste.” The child next to him also nodded in agreement.
“I really hope one day I can become a Trainer and have a Pokémon like that.” Another little girl said enviously.
“It will happen! I guarantee, we all will have a bright future.” Ai Ke gently stroked the girl’s little head.
With Lu Li, this boss with limitless potential, it wouldn’t be hard for them to become Trainers; the hard part was becoming powerful Trainers.
“When I have time in the future, I’ll make time to teach you some knowledge. You have to study hard, and then…”
Ai Ke paused here, then looked at the four little ones extremely seriously and said, “In the future, we’ll follow that new boss. Once you become Trainers, you can’t go out traveling. Do you really want to follow the new boss with me?”
“Whatever Big Brother Ai Ke does, we’ll do. And traveling… we actually don’t really want to go traveling either.” The little girl said.
The three little boys next to her all nodded along.
If they had a choice, who would want to risk their lives for an uncertain future?
What Ai Ke didn’t know was that those youths who were willing to go traveling left Qingfeng City mostly hoping to become independent and not drag Ai Ke down.
And… to fight for a future, so they could come back to help the siblings of the Wildfire Gang.
Unfortunately, this world was neither a fairy tale world nor a kids-oriented Anime World.
Those youths who left with beautiful hopes and missions never came back.
Ai Ke probably knew this too; he was just always avoiding it.
Lu Li knew this too, which was why he gave these kids a little wage.
For a Trainer and Breeder of his level, 3000 bucks really wasn’t much.
But for that group of kids in the Wildfire Gang, 3000 bucks was a dream they previously didn’t dare to hope for, especially since it came with room and board included.
After returning to the villa, Lu Li went into the basement. This time he didn’t do Alchemy, but designed a Magic Treasure-level Smelting Furnace.
………..
By the afternoon, a large truck stopped at the entrance of Golden Chicken Village.
“You’re Ai Ke, right? This is the grain your boss ordered.” The middle-aged man handed the list to Ai Ke.
Ai Ke took the list, his face full of shock as he looked at the contents.
He thought the grain Lu Li mentioned was just ordinary rice, but he never expected the large truck to be loaded with flour made from Wangwang Valley.
Ai Ke’s hands trembled as he held the list; he didn’t expect his siblings to enjoy such benefits too.
“Where to put the stuff? We also provide unloading service here.” The middle-aged man urged.
“Please follow me!”
Ai Ke, with blurry eyes, shouted loudly.
“Just talk, why shout so loud!” The middle-aged man rolled his eyes speechlessly at Ai Ke.
Upholding the principle of customer first, the middle-aged man followed Ai Ke to a house.
“According to the agreement, we’ll probably deliver once a week. From now on, we’ll unload everything here?” The middle-aged man asked.
Ai Ke nodded: “This room should be enough, right?”
The middle-aged man didn’t speak but checked the house inside and out. After confirming the room had no leaks or other issues, the middle-aged man nodded.
“No problem.”
After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he took out two Poké Balls and released two Machop, then began carrying the supplies from the truck.
The two Machop unloaded a whole truck of living supplies in less than half an hour.
“I’m off. Wish you a beautiful new life.” After the middle-aged man said that, he drove away.
Ai Ke stared blankly as the truck left.
“It’s really like a dream.”
Ai Ke whispered softly.
He truly didn’t expect Lu Li to be so generous; after all, the price of Wangwang Valley was ten times that of ordinary rice.
