Chapter 525 Hibernation and Pallet Town
Luo Mu almost thought that he had added some shameful medicine into the apple, which caused Zhimi to react so strongly.

Fortunately, Zhimi reacted quickly, forced himself to come out of his intoxicated state, and explained to Luo Mu: "I'm really sorry, I seem to have lost my composure."

"fine."

Luo Mu waved his hand, indicating that Yi Mi didn't need to take it to heart, and then he asked.

"How is it? Are you satisfied with the taste?"

This is the question, but in fact, based on Zhimi's reaction just now, Luo Mu already had a vague estimate in his mind.

This thing will probably work.

Zhimi's answer was just as Luo Mu expected.

He excitedly held Luo Mu's hand again, his eyes shining as he said, "This is the most delicious apple I have ever tasted."

“Just the juice of the fruit pulp bursting in my mouth, and my mind seemed to have gained endless inspiration, and countless ways to properly cook it emerged.”

"My friend, I guarantee that even the world-famous 'Kitakami Special Apple' cannot rival this gem in terms of flavor!"

Zhimi's tone of voice was quite exaggerated, and even someone as shameless as Luo Mu felt a little embarrassed.

But when Zhimi compared it with the specially selected apples from Beishang Township, he was indeed secretly happy, which Luo Mu admitted.

Watching Zhimi excitedly taking off his winter gloves, as if treating a rare treasure, he carefully stroked the apple he had taken a bite of with his fingertips in the severe cold weather.

For a moment, even Luo Mu was at a loss for words and didn't know how to complain.

By the time Shimi calmed down, about ten minutes had passed.

"Cough-cough-"

Feeling that he had lost his composure, Shimi coughed lightly, tightly held the apple in his arms, and asked tentatively:

“Do you also accept private purchases of these apples?”

“If possible, I would like to develop a dish with it as the main ingredient and the base, and use it as the signature dish of my restaurant.”

To be honest, Luo Mu thought things would go smoothly and achieve the results he wanted, but he didn't expect it to be so smooth.

However, Bighead's credit goes to the efforts of Puffball, Honeydragon, Fruitworm, and many Pokémon on the farm, which enabled them to grow such excellent crops.

In response to Shimi's question, his answer was naturally no problem.

His goal is to make the farm's apples, as well as other fruits and tree fruits in the orchard, famous in the world. So how could he not agree to a purchase order from Zhimi Restaurant that came right to his door and had such a huge influence?
You know, the origin of all the ingredients is marked on every menu of Zhimi Restaurant!

Unless Shimi cooks the food extremely badly, there is no risk of failure.

But will Zhimi make the food taste bad?

Impossible. Luo Mu still remembers Shimi's creative dish made with the ink from an octopus bucket.

The word-of-mouth generated among diners who heard the news was enough for Luo Mu to supply Zhimi for free.

The cost of transplanting the fruit tree seedlings can be recovered in one day from the Moo Moo fresh milk business in Pingdie Town.

After getting Luo Mu's answer, Zhimi's eyes lit up and he couldn't wait to say, "Then let's go back and sign the contract right away!"

In addition to apples, he also wanted to purchase a lot of ingredients. Although he didn't see any competitors, what if Luo Mu changed his mind?

We must get it as soon as possible!

But Luo Mu's next sentence made Zhimi feel like he was struck by lightning, and he was stunned for a moment.

".If we sign the contract, can we wait a little longer?"

Zhimi felt that his excitement suddenly dropped to the bottom.

With a forced smile, he asked in a vaguely pitiful voice, "Are you concerned about anything? I can arrange the cross-regional cold chain transportation here."

Luo Mu looked at him strangely. He didn't care about that.

But yes, he indeed hadn't considered the transportation chain. Since Zhimi said he could prepare it, that would be great.

Thinking of this, he pointed to the frozen stream outside the orchard that was separated by a wooden fence and explained: "A Pokémon on the farm ran over there. I want to call it back, and then we can go back to the farm to sign the contract."

What? So that’s how it is.

Shimi heaved a visibly relieved sigh and followed Luo Mu out of the orchard. He regained his usual elegance and suggested in a relaxed tone: "What Pokémon are you looking for? If you need it, my Turtlefoot Giant Armor has eight eyes and can help you search faster."

".That's not necessary."

The image of the giant turtle-foot armor flashed through his mind instantly. Luo Mu, who wrapped himself tightly and didn't feel the cold at all, shuddered.

This Pokémon looked a little abstract, so he didn't want to look at it unless necessary.

Fortunately, Gyarados didn't run far. Just after passing through the orchard and walking a distance along the fence that served as the boundary of the farm, Luo Mu saw the figure of Gyarados lying on the ice, staring intently at the ground below.

Pointing at the huge blue body of Gyarados, Luo Mu said to Shimi: "Look, it's right there."

Shimi was a little surprised.

It’s actually Gyarados?

Does the farm also need to raise Gyarados?
Shimi, who also trained a Gyarados and is also the king of water, expressed confusion.

However, in his opinion, this Gyarados was well-maintained, but it was still a little inferior to the Swampert and Mimicry that amazed him.

As if he knew what Shimi was thinking, Luo Mu explained, "It was a wild Pokémon before, and it had a good relationship with the then-Chewfish, Milotic. I captured it and brought it back to the farm."

Zhimi suddenly realized.

Luo Mu also walked forward, stood on the ice, and patted the Gyarados who was concentrating on staring below, alert and alert, and didn't even notice his coming.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Gyarados was almost startled, and subconsciously wanted to use the Destruction Ray in anger, just like it had done in the wild before.

But the moment it saw Luo Mu, it stopped and let out a slightly aggrieved roar.

"Roar--"

Why are you scaring me?

"I'm so sorry." Luo Mu apologized insincerely, and then changed the subject, "So what are you doing? Mienshao said you stay here often."

When Milotic was mentioned, Gyarados' attention was immediately diverted. It shyly shook its tail and pointed the tip of its tail under the ice.

I'm treasure hunting~

In fact, not long ago, probably during the days when Luo Mu took Papa to the Padiya Pit.

It ran to the new orchard with a greedy mouth, looking for Feng Milong and Huhu to eat the newly grown fruits.

After eating the fruits, Gyarados was given some honey by the Queen Bee who happened to come over to give him gifts. Feeling that it was a bit too sweet, he thought about running to the stream to drink some water to moisten his throat.

But just as it lowered its head to drink water, it vaguely saw a mysterious golden object passing by through the clear flowing stream!
After returning to Thunder Lake, Gyarados thought for a long time and asked many Pokémon on the farm before he determined what the goal was.

It is definitely rare gold!
Gyarados, who had gradually accepted the deterioration of his friendship, was now upset.

You know, the beautiful fishtail of Mienshao also has golden patterns!
It likes the pattern of the flowers, which is shiny.

Gyarados stubbornly thought that Milotic would definitely like this precious item of the same color as itself. If he gave it to Milotic as a gift, would the other party be very happy?
Therefore, it would squat here whenever it had free time, and even if the stream was frozen, it would still wait patiently for the gold to swim by again.

The same is true today.

After explaining so much about the cause and effect, Luo Mu actually didn’t understand Gyarados’s series of roars at all.

All he could understand was that Gyarados seemed to be looking for something.

Thinking of going back to ask Moltres, Magoria or Ragnarok to translate for him again, Luo Mu simply took out the tools he had prepared.

After checking the Gyarados directly to confirm that it was not sick due to the sudden drop in temperature, Luo Mu left a reminder "Remember to come back early if it's cold, and don't get sick", and took Shimi back to their new home on the farm.

Zhimi already had a ready-made contract to be signed, and only needed to make slight modifications based on the circumstances of both parties.

Luo Mu directly handed over all this to Zhi Huixing.

The purchase price given by Zhimi for various crops also exceeded Luo Mu's imagination.

The profits from the super cheap apples sold in the vegetable market might even be able to compete with the farm’s largest revenue business, Moo Moo Milk!

The prices offered for purchasing many other agricultural products are also very generous.

As Zhimi said, good ingredients should be priced to match their taste.

Zhimi will also arrange channels such as cold chain transportation and air transportation. Luo Mu only needs to prepare the ingredients on the list sent by Zhimi in advance during a fixed time period, and someone will come to pick them up.

Having mentioned so many benefits, under such favorable conditions, Zhimi naturally has corresponding requirements.

The most basic and important point is that fruits and vegetables must be freshly picked. This may be difficult for other farms. After all, it is obviously difficult to grow high-quality off-season plants under heavy snow.

But this is not difficult or tricky for Luo Mu's farm.

Because Zhimi's restaurant receives a fixed number of people every day and the demand is not particularly large, he only needs to focus on taking care of the crops in the small piece of land and does not need to manage such a wide area as usual.

Just focus on growing a specific type of crop that is ready for harvest each cycle.

Moreover, if necessary, Luo Mu could also consider building a greenhouse. The severe cold was not something difficult to overcome.

After happily signing the contract with Zhimi and agreeing on the time for the first delivery, Luo Mu and the Pokémon on the farm enjoyed a private dinner prepared by the world's top chefs.

Then, before night fell, he sent Shimi to the Niaoguang City Airport and watched him board a plane to the Kalos region.

Because he had experienced a lot of things today, looking back, Luo Mu forgot about asking Zhi Huixing and the others to translate Gyarados' words.

As for Gyarados, he also squatted in the frozen stream every day, "waiting for the rabbit to come to him", and his willpower was quite strong.

11 month 9 day.

Luo Mu received a call from the Kanto region.

The person who called was Xiaozhi.

It seemed like he had been hesitating for a long time before calling. When Luo Mu answered the phone, Xiaozhi on the other end was still a little hesitant and couldn't get to the point for a long time.

As Luo Mu continued talking along the lines of his conversation, Xiaozhi gradually relaxed and said in a voice full of energy, perhaps with a hint of taking credit, that he had successfully won the Silver Conference.

Luo Mu praised Xiaozhi so much that he almost lost himself in praise. He even forgot his decision not to mention this embarrassing thing and blurted it out.

Xiaozhi said that since he won the Silver Tournament, he felt that he was not far from becoming a Pokémon Master, so he simply chose to rush directly to the Pokémon League, and used the challenge qualification he won the tournament to challenge one of the Four Heavenly Kings he was most familiar with - Xiba.

Then he was shaved bald and carried away with a score of 6-0.

It was this disastrous defeat that made him realize that there are always people better than you.

The previous sentence is nonsense.

Luo Mu couldn't understand how this guy could be so stupid. Did Xiaozhi's beating in the Padia area go in vain?
It's just a win in a conference, are you still bragging about this?
Resisting the urge to fly over on Dragonite and shave Xiaozhi's head again, Luo Mu heard Xiaozhi mention on the other end of the phone that he would be traveling to a new area in a few days.

This time, it is the Hoenn region.

Luo Mu raised his eyebrows when he heard the news, chatted with Xiaozhi for a few more words before hanging up the phone.

King Leiguan, who was learning from Zhihuixing and clumsily knitting a scarf with her hands, put down the ball of yarn in her hand and looked at Luo Mu.

"Should we take the armor to him before he sets out?"

The Bud Crown King suggested.

Luo Mu blinked and thought in his mind.

Calculating the time, it has been almost a month since Satoshi left the Padia region. According to the normal training progress, Tane-sama is almost ready to evolve.

Besides, he also had to prepare for Nemo and the Moon Bear in his hands.

There happens to be an authoritative Pokémon professor, Professor Oak, in Pallet Town. With his help, the public release of Lunar Bear should be able to avoid many detours.

Luo Mu was not a shy person. It would take a few days for Blueberry Academy to reach the Padia region, and it wouldn't take much time for him to go to the Kanto region, so he could just go there and come back quickly.

After making the decision, Luo Mu nodded to the Lei Guan Wang and said, "Then I will go wake up He Yue Xiong. I'll trouble you and Zhi Hui Xing to prepare the armor."

King Leiguan nodded slightly, and Zhihuixing beside him also waved the fan in his hand, signaling Luo Mu to go without worry, they will be ready.

Luo Mu simply put on a down jacket, boots and went out.

Calculating the time, the moon bear has been hibernating for several days since the day of heavy snow.

Fortunately, I can still wake it up normally.

(End of this chapter)