Pokemon: I am really a civilian trainer

"Orange fruit? Did you pick this from Qingxi Forest?"

"Well, you gave me two bottles of medicine a few days ago. I happened to find this kind of fruit, so I brought it back to give you some. In addition, I also plan to sell some of this orange fruit. As you know, my caterpillar has always wanted a Poke Ball."

As Mark spoke, the caterpillar's eyes suddenly widened.

The surprise came unexpectedly. Will it soon have its own Poke Ball?

Old Man Aaron touched the caterpillar's head and said, "Little guy, your expectations may be in vain. With just the orange fruits you and the master have picked, even if you buy second-hand Poke Balls, it is not enough to buy a fraction of it."

Mark frowned slightly and said, "Is the price of orange fruit so low?"

Although the fact that the village chief casually gave him two bottles of medicine made him know that the value of the orange fruit as the raw material of the medicine might not be too high, Mark did not expect it to be so low.

You know, the amount of oranges he brought back weighed almost two kilograms.

Old Man Aaron said, "For one kilogram, the purchase price of goods in Sanshan Town is about 100 Pokedollars. If you want to buy a new Poke Ball, you will need about 50 kilograms, which is equivalent to two orange trees full of fruits.

Alternatively, you can also go to Sanshan Town and set up a stall to sell it yourself. You can earn 20 to 30 Pokedollars more per kilogram. If you are lucky, it is possible to sell it for 150 Pokedollars per kilogram.

But I don't recommend you to do this, not only setting up a stall, but also selling to merchants in Sanshan Town. You can keep these fruits for your caterpillars and the timid bugs that will hatch next.

In addition to being the main ingredient for making wound medicine, orange fruit can also help Pokemons improve their physical fitness when consumed by them. Long-term consumption can make Pokemons stronger. "

Mark thought about it.

In fact, with the dozen or so orange fruit trees in the Caterpillar's territory, it is still possible to produce several hundred kilograms of orange fruit to exchange for money to buy Poke Balls, but this is really not cost-effective.

Even if you pick all the orange fruit trees, you can only exchange them for seven or eight Poke Balls.

Moreover, doing so will destroy the ecological balance of the Caterpillar swarm, slow down the Caterpillars' recovery from injuries, and indirectly slow down the Caterpillars' training progress through combat.

In comparison, it would be better to pick out hundreds of old, weak, sick and disabled caterpillars from the caterpillar colony and sell them to the caterpillar breeding base in Qingxi Village.

On the one hand, it allows the old, weak, sick and disabled to come to the breeding base to live out their days in retirement, and on the other hand, it also allows him to earn some start-up capital. After all, money is needed in every world.

"No, the taste of your orange fruit is a little off. Is it spoiled?"

Mark was interrupted in his thoughts. He saw Old Man Aaron sniffing the orange fruits and immediately explained, "They are not spoiled. These orange fruits have been sprayed with some smelly liquid by the tentacles of the caterpillars, so they have a bit of a bad smell. Just wash them."

Old Man Aaron was surprised at first, then he showed an expression of praise, patted Mark on the shoulder and said, "Great! I didn't expect you and Caterpillar could come up with this idea. This way, we don't have to worry about the orange fruits on the tree being picked by those wild Pokemons. You, boy, have the style of me back then..."

Listening to the praise from the old village chief, Mark wanted to explain, after all, the smelly liquid from these tree fruits was caused by the caterpillar leader, but he soon thought of something.

The Qingxi Village still does not know that there are colonies of wild green caterpillars in the Qingxi Forest.

If he were exposed, his next plan of using the swarm of green caterpillars for training would be aborted.

Mark finally accepted the praise from old man Aaron silently.

Opposite Mark, Old Man Aaron's thoughts had drifted back to the past.

When he was young, he also discovered an orange tree full of fruits in Qingxi Forest.

Unlike now, the artificial cultivation technology of oranges was not very mature in that era, and the price was more than ten times what it is now.

He immediately ran back to the village with all his strength to prepare the tools and bags for picking. Later, when he saw that it was getting late, he decided to set off the next day.

As a result, when he returned the next day, the ripe fruits on the entire fruit tree had been eaten by the elves in the forest, leaving only some half-ripe, crooked and cracked melons...

Life is full of regrets. Whenever Old Man Aaron thinks about this incident, he feels depressed unconsciously.

If he could set out at night and pick those oranges like Mark did, then the grass on his grave would probably grow to more than three meters high.

The night in Qingxi Forest is still very dangerous. After all, he is not a tough guy like Mark who can survive in the wilderness at the age of two or three.

Without thinking further, Old Man Aaron said, "Well, I'm old and my body can't take it anymore, so I won't stay up late with you. Besides, Teacher Emira from the school has returned today, and the school will open as usual tomorrow.

Now that you have recovered your intelligence, don't run around in the forest like you did before. Stay here today. I will take you to school tomorrow morning."

After saying this, Old Man Aaron went back to his bedroom to rest, and Mark also returned to his room.

As soon as I looked, I saw a card similar to an identity card on the table.

Printed on it were his name, age, address, and a black and white portrait of a man who looked a little silly. It seemed that the old village chief had taken a picture of him in the past.

In addition, there were two sets of clothes on the bed.

Just like before, it was a bug-catching boy-style suit. Next to the clothes, there was also a set of toiletries, including a toothbrush, toothpaste, towel, soap...

Mark glanced at his somewhat tattered clothes and sighed.

Deep down, he didn't want to owe favors to others, so every time he came back from Qingxi Forest, he would bring something for the village chief, and this time he brought back the orange fruit was no exception.

As a result, the amount he owed the village chief did not decrease, but increased...

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The next morning.

When Old Man Aaron woke up, he saw Mark and the Caterpillar writing and drawing on the ground in the yard with branches. It seemed that Mark was teaching the Caterpillar to count.

He glanced at the heavy black stone in the center of the courtyard and shook his head slightly.

There were no traces of anything on the layer of fine sand near the black heavy stone.

Young people are always enthusiastic for only a short period of time. Mark and the Caterpillar had been practicing [Collision] tirelessly a few days ago, and it seemed that they would never stop, but they stopped today.

Old Man Aaron coughed twice and said, "At your age now, although you may not like to hear some preaching, I still want to say one thing: only by perseverance can you achieve success."

Mark was stunned for a moment, then realized something and said, "Are you saying that I didn't let Caterpillar practice [Impact] with that black heavy stone today?"

Old Man Aaron glanced at Mark, but didn't say anything. He rubbed his stubble and said, "It depends on your own understanding."

Feeling the concern of old man Aaron, Mark explained with a smile: "Thank you for your concern. In fact, Caterpillar and I are not as lazy as you think. We just think that actual combat is more efficient than using wooden stakes or stones as targets for training."

"Actual combat?" Old Man Aaron said thoughtfully, "A few days ago, you and the green caterpillar were injured. Was it because of actual combat? You have been in the forest with the green caterpillar for the past few days and have not returned. Is it also because of actual combat?"

"Um."

Mark nodded slightly.

"Hiss!"

The green caterpillar also echoed. These days, it and Mark have been exercising with the green caterpillar swarm, and their life is very fulfilling!

"This..."

Old Man Aaron asked himself, he had seen some hardworking trainers, but there were almost no ones who could achieve the level of Mark.

Mark thought of something and said, "By the way, Village Chief, I am currently using my free time to teach Green Caterpillar mathematics.

As you know, Butterfree has the skill of [telekinesis] in its bloodline genes, so I plan to use mathematics as a starting point to train the Caterpillar's brain power in advance, so that when the Caterpillar evolves into Butterfree in the future, the [telekinesis] it can master will be even stronger.

I just taught the caterpillar a while ago, and it has learned the counting skills within 100. However, it can count forwards, but it can't find the trick when counting backwards. Do you have any method?"

Facing Mark's words, Old Man Aaron gradually widened his eyes and showed a surprised expression.

By teaching the Caterpillar mathematics, the Caterpillar's brain power can be improved. This way, when the Caterpillar evolves into Butterfree, the telekinesis it can control will be even more powerful.

This technique of training caterpillars was the first time he had heard of it, and it sounded very reliable.

If he had a green caterpillar, he would even like to try Mark's method.

At this moment, he sincerely felt that the old generation was being replaced by the new one, and he felt old.

Suddenly, Old Man Aaron realized something and came to his senses.

Old Man Aaron looked at the caterpillar writing and drawing on the ground with a puzzled look on his face and said, "You just said that your caterpillar has learned to count within 100. With the intelligence of a caterpillar, can it learn to count?"