Gourmet master of the Pokemon world

Skitty encountered Buneary on the way back to move things. It ran over to Buneary, meowing, rubbed against it for a while, and then began to show off about becoming an employee of An Ji's family.

Helioptile and Foongus were holding hands, singing as they walked, when Diglett suddenly burrowed out from under their feet, causing them to fall on their butts together.

Helioptile and Foongus weren't angry, they brushed the grass clippings off their bodies and stood up.

"Hoo-puff~ Hoo-puff~" What happened? Why do you two seem to be in such a good mood?

Diglett asked curiously, munching on a grass root he was holding.

Diglett continued to gnaw on his grass root.

"Airi~ Airi~" Because we've become employees of An Ji's family!

Helioptile shouted loudly.

Diglett paused in his grass-root-chewing, his expression froze, and he didn't even notice when the grass root fell to the ground.

Just as he was about to ask if it was true, he saw Foongus and Helioptile already holding hands, humming a little tune, and walking away.

Diglett was stunned for a moment, then picked up the grass root that had fallen on the ground, and ran across the grass like the wind, shouting as he ran: "Hoo-puff~ Hoo-puff~ Hoo-puff~" It's bad! It's bad! Something big has happened! Foongus and Helioptile have become employees of An Ji's family!

Before long, the news of Litwick's family being recruited by An Ji spread across the plateau like wildfire, and everyone was filled with envy.

As soon as Litwick and his family had packed up their things, they saw a crowd of people gathered at their door. As soon as everyone saw them come out, they immediately swarmed around them, asking questions.

Corphish: "Kora~ Kora~" Pancham, how did you become an employee of An Ji's family?

Pancham: "Ya cha~ Ya cha~" Of course, it's because I'm awesome!

Drilbur: "Koryu~ Koryu~" Skitty, after you become an employee of An Ji's family, will you stop playing with us?

Skitty stood up straight and patted Drilbur on the shoulder, "Myao na~ Myao na~" Don't worry, I'll look after you in the future.

Sawsbuck: "Ki~ ki~" Gulpin, I really want to work at An Ji's house too, can you tell me how to do it?

Gulpin looked blank, "Cooling~ Cooling~" I don't know!

......

Finally, amidst everyone's envious gazes, Litwick and his family carried their luggage and moved into the employee dormitory.

The same goes for Gardevoir and her family.

"Ruru~ Ruru~" Mommy, Mommy, are we really going to live in An Ji's house?

Ralts sat on a stone, watching her parents pack their things, her two white and tender little feet dangling back and forth.

"Sanae~ Sanae~" That's right, our new home is very beautiful, you'll definitely like it.

Gardevoir touched Ralts' mushroom head and replied.

"Ruru~ Ruru~" Really? That's great!

Ralts jumped down from the stone, opened her wings, and imitated the way Fletchinder flies, running around her parents.

"Ruru~ Ruru~" I'm so happy~

Pa ji~ ~

Ralts tripped and fell flat on her face.

"Sanae~"

Gardevoir exclaimed, but Ralts had already quickly gotten up.

"Ruru~" Hehe~ ~

Ralts giggled at her parents, then calmly patted the dust and dirt off her body.

At this moment, Delphox, Greninja, and Chesnaught appeared outside the door.

Seeing their good friends come to visit, Gardevoir and Gallade hurriedly invited them in.

"Maho~ Maho~" I heard you guys are moving into An Ji's house?

Delphox asked.

"Ailu~ Ailu~" Yes, An Ji's family has built an employee dormitory. To make it easier for us to work, they're letting us move in.

Gallade replied, and to prevent Delphox and the others from not knowing what an employee dormitory was, he specifically explained it.

After hearing Gallade's words, Delphox and the other two looked envious. When would they be able to get a secure job and be allocated housing!

"Licca~ Licca~" Come, come, I'll help you move.

Chesnaught strode forward and took the things from Gallade's hands.

In fact, Gallade's family didn't have anything special to move. The couple could have handled it completely on their own, but Chesnaught was so enthusiastic because he just wanted to see Gallade's new home.

Gallade and Gardevoir did have some intention of showing off, so they acquiesced to the three guardians' help.

Soon, the family of three and the three neighbors arrived at their new home.

After entering the house, the three Pokémon looked left and right, their eyes full of novelty and envy. Delphox touched the soft quilt on the bed and couldn't help but sigh: "Maho~ Maho~" It must be very comfortable to sleep on this, right?

Upon hearing this, Ralts nimbly climbed onto the bed, jumping up and down on it.

"Ruru~ Ruru~" Mommy, Daddy, hee hee hee~ ~ ~ Fun, fun!

Delphox and the other three were even more envious, their hearts filled with envy and jealousy. "Afraid that brothers are suffering, but also afraid that brothers are driving a luxury car" described their truest state of mind at this moment.

With Gardevoir's family and Litwick's family moving in one after another, the Secret Fortress gained a hint of lively atmosphere.

Soon it was time for everyone to plant trees together. The Pokémon chatted in twos and threes while working, and the most discussed topics were Litwick's employment and the employee dormitory.

Unfortunately, those who planted trees could only be considered An Ji's temporary workers and could not move into the employee dormitory.

Because they hoped to be valued by An Ji and live a life free from worries about food and housing, the Pokémon worked even harder.

Time flew by, and soon it was deep winter. Azoth Kingdom also ushered in the second snow of winter. This time, the snow was heavier than the last time. Now, the entire Azoth Royal City was covered by heavy snow.

Because the weather was too cold, some stray Pokémon had recently gathered near Munchlax's house. For this reason, many guests packed up the portions they hadn't finished after breakfast and gave them to these stray Pokémon.

At ten o'clock in the morning, An Ji closed the door on time as usual. After the guests had all left, he carried a pot out from the kitchen.

Since the guests had all done their part for the stray Pokémon, he, as the boss, couldn't do nothing.

Espurr and Ralts followed behind him, and together they came to a small alley not far away.

As for Sobble, he wasn't there. He didn't like the cold Azoth Royal City, so he had returned to the Nibel Plateau ahead of time.

In the depths of the alley were some tattered cardboard boxes, covered with accumulated snow. Several Pokémon were huddled inside, shivering: two Oddish, two Paras, and two Shroomish.

An Ji walked over and knocked on the cardboard box. Six Pokémon poked their heads out of the box one after another, then looked at An Ji in confusion.

Unlike the Pokémon on the Nibel Plateau, the Pokémon that wandered in the city were mostly not afraid of humans. They would even sometimes actively beg for food from humans.

An Ji took out a few plates and placed them on the ground, then took out the steaming hot buns and steamed bread, "Come, eat quickly."

Oddish and the others thanked An Ji gratefully, and then began to devour the food. They were also very hungry. Normally, Pokémon like Oddish could also obtain nutrients through photosynthesis in the sun, but the current weather rendered them helpless.

As soon as the hot buns and steamed bread entered their stomachs, the few Pokémon immediately felt warm all over.

Taking advantage of the Pokémon's feeding time, Ange bought a small wooden house from the system store. The wooden house was only half a person tall, but it was enough for the Oddish and the others to take shelter in.

After placing the wooden house in the corner of the alley, Ange put a blanket inside. When the six Pokémon finished eating, Ange pointed to the wooden house and said to them:

"You can live there."

The Pokémon's eyes lit up when they saw the wooden house.

"Nazo~ Nazo~" Really for us to live in?

Ange nodded, "Really, I hope you can spend this winter safely." Ange offered them his blessings.

"Nazo~ Nazo~"

"Kino~ Kino~"

"Paila~ Paila~"

......

The six Pokémon thanked Ange one after another, and then lined up to get into the wooden house.

"Nazo~" So warm~

"Kino~" Comfortable~ comfortable~

"Paila~" You guys lean closer to me.

......

The six Pokémon squinted their eyes and huddled together, letting out bursts of comfortable sighs.

"Then goodbye." Ange waved goodbye to the six Pokémon.

The six Pokémon squeezed together, all poking their heads out of the wooden house, saying goodbye and thanking Ange.

Ange turned around and was about to leave when he found that there was only one Ralts left beside his feet. He asked, "Where's Espurr?"

"Ralts~"

Ralts shook its head. Its attention had been on the six Pokémon just now, and it didn't notice when Espurr disappeared.

Ange's eyes swept around the alley. After not finding Espurr, he quickly walked outside, the accumulated snow under his feet making a creaking sound.

"Espurr?" Ange stood at the entrance of the alley and called out.

"Meowth pa~"

At this time, Espurr walked out of the corner of the wall not far away in a panic, vaguely holding something in its arms.

Ange breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it, "Where did you run off to?" Then he looked at its arms and asked, "What are you holding in your arms..."

"Meowth pa~ Meowth pa~"

Espurr hurriedly raised the little thing in its arms. Only then did Ange see clearly that it was a tiny Meowth. He was taken aback, "Where did you come from?" As he spoke, he took the Meowth from Espurr's hand.

Meowth was ice-cold all over and had already lost consciousness. Ange quickly put it into the clothes on his chest, not caring that it was still wet.

"Meowth pa~ Meowth pa~"

Espurr tried its best to explain. Although Ange didn't understand, he still guessed what it meant.

"You picked up Meowth?"

Espurr nodded vigorously.

Seeing Espurr's worried face, Ange said, "Don't worry. I'll take it to the Pokémon Center right away. With Nurse Joy there, it will be fine."

Espurr nodded, indicating that it wanted to go together.

"Then let's go quickly." As he spoke, Ange bent down and picked up Ralts again.

They rushed to the Pokémon Center as quickly as possible.

What Ange didn't know was that just as they left, a shadow appeared on the ceiling of Snorlax's house. A Gastly floated out from inside.

As usual, it used its superpowers to clean the hall, arranged the tables and chairs neatly, and then went to the kitchen to wash and scrub.

After doing all this, it came to the trash can full of expectations and stuck its head in to rummage, but after rummaging around, it didn't find any discarded buns or steamed buns.

It suddenly pulled its head out of the trash can, its face full of loneliness.

(ó﹏ò)

With disappointment, Gastly disappeared back into the wall.

Ange's side.

Because of the heavy snow, there were not many people here when Ange arrived at the Pokémon Center.

Seeing Ange, Nurse Joy said in surprise, "Prince Ange? Why are you here?" As she spoke, she greeted him.

After the royal family's vigorous publicity, not many people in Azoth didn't know Ange now.

Ange hurriedly took Meowth out of his clothes, "Nurse Joy, please take a look at this Meowth."

Nurse Joy's expression immediately became serious. She took Meowth from Ange's hand and summoned Chansey, "Your Highness, please leave it to me, please wait a moment." After she finished speaking, she took Meowth away in a hurry.

Ange took Ralts and Espurr and found a place to sit down in the Pokémon Center lobby.

Ralts, who was lying on Ange's shoulder, tugged at Ange's hair, her little face wrinkled into a ball, "Ralts~ Ralts~" Ange, it will be okay, right?

Ange looked at its worried face, knowing that it was worried about Meowth, so he patted its mushroom head and said, "Don't worry, Nurse Joy's medical skills are very good." As he spoke, he patted Espurr's worried face again, "Don't worry."

Espurr nodded.

About half an hour later, Nurse Joy came out with Chansey. Ange hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Nurse Joy, how is it?"

Nurse Joy replied with a smile, "Don't worry, it's okay. Meowth was just hungry and frozen. Now there is no danger. If you add more nutrition later, it will be able to recover to health soon."

"That's good." Ange breathed a sigh of relief, "Can we go see it?"

Nurse Joy nodded, "Of course, go ahead, it should wake up later."

"Thank you, Nurse Joy."

"You're welcome, it's my duty."

Ange took Espurr and Ralts and gently pushed open the door of the ward. Meowth had just opened its eyes. It was about to get up when Espurr hurriedly ran over and stuffed it back into the quilt, and gently covered it again.

"Meowth pa~ Meowth pa~"

After being said a few words by Espurr, Meowth obediently lay down.

"Meowth, are you hungry? Come, eat something." Before coming in, Ange went to the nearby Pokémon store and bought some Pokémon cookies. He didn't bring any food with him, so he had to buy them separately.

Espurr took the cookies Ange bought and fed them to Meowth one by one. Meowth ate in small bites. Although it ate quickly, its movements were elegant and very polite.

Because its body was still very weak, Meowth fell asleep again after eating.

Espurr touched Meowth's forehead, then turned around and said to Ange while gesturing:

"Meowth pa~ Meowth pa~" Boss, can I take it home?

Ange immediately understood what it meant.

"Of course, as long as you can take good care of it, you don't need to ask for my opinion." Ange said.

Espurr gratefully bowed to Ange, then took off its little cotton-padded jacket and wrapped Meowth in it.

"Then let's go home." Ange said.

When they arrived in the lobby, Ange went to Nurse Joy to pay the bill first.

After paying the bill, Ange turned around and was about to leave when Nurse Joy suddenly stopped him.

"Your Highness, wait."

"What's wrong, Nurse Joy?" Ange turned around in confusion.

I saw Nurse Joy took out a bag from under the table, "This is for you." As she spoke, she pushed the bag towards Ange. I saw it was full of Pokémon food.

"This is..." Ange looked at Nurse Joy in surprise.

"It's for Meowth." Nurse Joy blinked playfully, "Your Highness picked it up, right?"

Ange nodded.

"Your Highness can do your part for it, can't I?" Nurse Joy asked with a smile.

"Of course."

Ange picked up the bag of Pokémon food and happily accepted Nurse Joy's kindness.

"Goodbye, Nurse Joy." Ange waved his hand.

"Goodbye, Your Highness."

Then he took the three Pokémon back to Nibel Plateau.