Gourmet master of the Pokemon world

Chapter 273: Vanilla Village

Ange took his Pokémon on the light rail and left Baike City.

Gardevoir, Gallade, Glaceon, and Salamence were all put into their Poké Balls, leaving only Lilligant, Floette, and the three Flabébé outside.

Ange was comparing the location given by Nurse Joy, planning to get off at the station closest to Vanilla Village.

Floette and the Flabébé looked around the carriage with curiosity.

It was their first time riding human transportation, and they found everything so interesting.

At the same time, they also saw many Pokémon on the train living in harmony with humans.

For example, a Meowth lying lazily on an old woman's lap, a Kadabra communicating happily with its trainer, a Sewaddle helping its trainer take care of a baby…

Floette and the Flabébé were very confused. Didn't everyone in the forest say that humans were very bad? But why were so many Pokémon willing to live with humans? And they looked so happy!

Ange's Pokémon were also like that; they seemed to like Ange very much.

Floette and the Flabébé's little heads were almost overheating from thinking.

Lilligant didn't have as strong a desire to explore as Floette and the Flabébé; it kept a cold face all the way and didn't say a word.

Ange looked up and saw Lilligant looking unapproachable, so he smiled and asked, "How is it? Are you bored?"

"Labe~" Not bored!

"Hula~" Very fun!

Floette and the Flabébé answered one after another.

Lilligant glanced at Ange and said, "Lidi~" Just so-so, nothing to be bored or not bored about.

Ange thought for a while and said, "How about I find you something to pass the time?"

Floette and the Flabébé looked at Ange with some anticipation, but Lilligant didn't appreciate it much.

"Lidi~" No need.

Floette and the Flabébé were a little disappointed when they heard this. They wanted to see more of the human world!

Seeing this, Ange smiled, took out his phone, and searched for information about herbs, saying as he searched:

"Lilligant, your herbal knowledge was learned from Venusaur, right? Actually, we humans also have in-depth research on herbs. Let me find some for you to see."

Originally, Lilligant didn't want to trouble Ange, but after hearing the topic related to herbs, it swallowed the words that were about to come out of its mouth.

"Lidi~ Lidi~" Since you insist, then… then… I'll reluctantly take a look.

Seeing Lilligant's awkward appearance, a smile couldn't help but appear on Ange's face. It seemed that catering to its interests was the right thing to do.

"Ah, here it is!"

Ange found a live broadcast, which was the live broadcast of Erika, the Celadon City Gym Leader in the Kanto region. She was broadcasting about the various applications of Bellsprout's saliva.

After Ange clicked into the live broadcast room, he handed the phone to Lilligant and said, "See if you're interested."

After Lilligant took the phone, it was quickly attracted by the content Erika was talking about.

Unlike the messy knowledge taught by Venusaur, human pharmaceutical knowledge was more systematic.

Floette and the Flabébé quickly gathered around to watch with Lilligant, and were also quickly attracted.

Seeing the five Pokémon watching with relish, Ange smiled and looked out the window.

Time passed by, and soon Ange and the others arrived at their destination.

After coming out of the station, Ange looked at the location and confirmed the direction of Vanilla Village. He was about to release Latios and ride it over.

Suddenly, the corner of his eye caught sight of an old man talking to a Skiddo, with a cart behind the Skiddo.

It was rare to see a cart used in this day and age, so Ange took another look.

Although the old man had gray hair and a hunched back, his movements were very swift. He lightly flipped over and rode on Skiddo's back.

Seeing this scene, Ange had an idea. Before the old man set off, he called out to him.

"Old man, please wait a moment!"

The old man looked back at Ange in surprise and said, "Young man, are you calling me?"

Ange quickly ran to the old man's side. "Yes, are you going to Vanilla Village?"

The old man nodded. "Yes, young man, is there something you need?"

Ange quickly said, "I also want to go to Vanilla Village. Can I go with you?"

The reason Ange was trying to get close to the old man was because Nurse Joy had said that Vanilla Village was very exclusive. The crops they grew were generally only sold to specific customers and never sold to strangers casually.

Because of the good quality, Vanilla Village's crops were never short of buyers.

If Ange couldn't persuade the people of Vanilla Village, it would probably be difficult to buy Strong Energy and White Herb from them.

The old man looked at Ange suspiciously, and originally wanted to refuse, but after seeing Lilligant, Floette, and the Flabébé next to Ange, his eyes lit up.

"Young man, are you a trainer?"

Ange wanted to shake his head and say no, but after seeing the old man's gaze, he suddenly realized that if he denied it, the old man would definitely refuse him, although he didn't know why.

So he quickly changed his words and said, "I guess so."

The old man immediately asked, "Then how is your strength?"

Ange replied, "It's okay, I guess."

"That's great! Saying it's okay yourself means it's very good!" The old man was very happy. "Can I ask you for a favor?"

Ange said, "Tell me about it first."

"It's like this…"

It turned out that a group of wild Pokémon had recently come to Vanilla Village and caused serious damage to the village's crops.

This time, the old man came to the city to hire a trainer at the Pokémon Center to help drive away the group of Pokémon.

However, the trainers at the Pokémon Center felt that this job was both troublesome and the reward was not high, and no one was willing to take it, so the old man could only return disappointed.

After listening to the old man's words, Ange readily agreed, "So that's the matter. Okay, I'll take the task!"

"That's great!" The old man was very happy. He beckoned Ange to get in the cart. "Let's go back to the village now! Get in the cart!"

"Okay!" Ange immediately flipped over and got into the cart, and said to Lilligant, Floette, and the Flabébé, "Everyone, get up here quickly."

"Labe~"

"Hula~"

Floette and the Flabébé immediately flew into the cart. Floette sat on Ange's lap, and the smaller Flabébé sat on his shoulders.

Lilligant had short legs and couldn't get into the cart after trying for a long time. Seeing this, Ange stretched out his hand and said, "Come!"

Lilligant hesitated for a moment and silently put its hand into Ange's palm.

"Are you ready? If you are, we'll set off!" the old man asked, looking back.

"Whoosh ~"

"Labe ~"

"We're ready!"

Anji, Flowery Leafy, and Flower Fairy said in unison.

"Alright, let's go!" The old man smiled and patted the neck of his mount goat.

Walking on the path to Vanilla Village, Anji looked at the tall mount goat beneath the old man and couldn't help but praise:

"Old man, your mount goat is really well-grown!"

Hearing this, the old man's face immediately showed a complacent look.

"Right? My old pal is the most outstanding mount goat in the world."

Anji echoed, "Of course! I've never seen such an amazing mount goat. You can tell it's been carefully nurtured. Look at those thick thighs, sturdy muscles, and unique horns... Tsk tsk... Excellent! Excellent!"

"Right? This old pal has been with me for over sixty years. Even if I don't have food, I'll make sure it's well-fed. It wasn't easy for it to grow to this size today."

The old man was very pleased with Anji's flattery, so he talked to Anji endlessly.

Through the conversation, Anji learned that the old man was actually the village chief of Vanilla Village, named Andrew, and he was already over seventy years old.

"By the way, young man, I heard you say you wanted to come to our village, what's the matter?" Andrew asked.

Anji felt that the atmosphere had been built up nicely, so he honestly said, "I want to buy some Potent Herbs and White Herbs. I heard that the herbs grown in Vanilla Village are of excellent quality, so I came specifically to take a look!"

Hearing this, the smile on the old man's face disappeared instantly.

He thought Anji was a businessman who came to talk business with them.

In fact, Vanilla Village was not as exclusive as it is now. Later, the herbs they grew became famous, attracting a large number of businessmen to seek cooperation.

Because too many people came, it even triggered malicious competition, causing great losses to the village, and even almost had a devastating impact on the village's herb business.

Later, Vanilla Village only traded with fixed partners.

But even so, people still often came to seek cooperation.

Obviously, Andrew had mistaken Anji for such a person, and he had absolutely no good feelings for such people!

Seeing Andrew's face change, Anji immediately realized that he might have said something wrong, so he immediately stopped continuing the topic.

Under Anji's flattery, Andrew quickly returned to being talkative.

Looking at the natural scenery along the way, Flowery Leafy and Flower Fairy were in a very good mood, so they couldn't help but sing.

Because of the Bone-patterned Giant Crocodile, the Pokémon in the Song Cause Forest all like to sing, and Flowery Leafy and Flower Fairy are no exception.

Listening to the crisp singing of Flowery Leafy and Flower Fairy, Andrew looked back and couldn't help but praise, "Young man, your Pokémon are really good!"

Flowery Leafy and Flower Fairy were unhappy when they heard this. Although they didn't hate humans as much as Miss Gothitelle, they didn't agree with the idea that they were human Pokémon.

Andrew didn't understand the accusations of Flowery Leafy and Flower Fairy, and thought they were happy!

Anji just smiled and didn't refute, which made Flower Fairy keep pulling Anji's hair.

It's just a pity that with their strength, it can only be considered as tickling Anji.

"Hahaha~ Young man, you are also a strange person, actually capturing so many of the same Pokémon." Andrew laughed.

Anji said, "For trainers, this is not surprising."

As far as he knew, Daigo had trained several Bossgodora.

While chatting, Anji suddenly smelled a faint fragrance.

"What a special smell!"

"It's the smell of herbs." Andrew said, "Vanilla Village has arrived!"

As his voice fell, the mount goat pulled Anji and the others to a high slope. Anji looked down and was instantly stunned by the scene in front of him.

Below the high slope, there were large areas of square farmland, planted with white, red, or pink herbs. From a distance, it looked like carpets of different colors.

Seeing Anji staring with round eyes, Andrew said proudly, "How is it? Is our Vanilla Village beautiful!"

He had two proud things in his life, one was the old pal who had accompanied him for most of his life, and the other was developing the herb planting in Vanilla Village to its current scale.

Anji nodded and said, "It's more than just beautiful, it's magnificent!"

His heartfelt remarks once again made Andrew show a complacent expression.

"You kid has good eyes!"

Anji smiled and said, "I'm just telling the truth."

"Alright, let's go into the village!" Andrew patted his old pal.

Now is the harvest season for herbs. After Anji entered the village, he found that in the herb fields, the villagers were carrying baskets on their backs and diligently picking herbs.

Seeing Andrew come back, the villagers straightened up and greeted him, their faces full of smiles.

It can be seen that Andrew, the village chief, is very loved in the village.

At this moment, a little girl with pigtails ran over with a mount lamb.

"Grandpa, has the trainer been invited?" the little girl asked breathlessly.

Andrew said with a smile, "Of course, he has been invited. There is nothing that Grandpa can't do. Look!" Saying that, he pointed to his back.

Seeing this, Anji waved to the little girl and said, "Hello!"

The little girl was a little shy when she saw a stranger, and said with a red face, "You... hello!"

Seeing that it was getting late, Andrew said with a smile, "Okay, let's go home first and let Grandma make us a delicious meal. We'll talk about other things after we're full!"

"Um~~" The little girl nodded vigorously, then jumped on the mount lamb and followed behind her grandfather.

Vanilla Village is like a paradise. The village is full of neat and beautiful houses.

The small roads that crisscross the village are lined with flowers and plants, and sometimes there are one or two clusters of herbs mixed in.

Andrew's house is in the northeast corner of the village. When Anji and the others arrived, the chimney on the roof had already started to smoke.

Unlike modern cooking methods, Vanilla Village still uses earthen stoves and burns firewood.

Hearing the movement in the yard, a head poked out from the kitchen window.

"You're back!"

The one speaking was Andrew's old wife, a kind-faced little old lady with a head full of silver hair.

"Oh my, we have guests!" Seeing Anji, she said in surprise, "Aya, quickly pour tea for the guests."

So the little girl's name is Aya!

"Got it, Grandma!" Aya responded and quickly ran into the house with the mount lamb.