Eddie no longer paid attention to the follow-up of the Excadrill. He returned to his daily life of training Pokémon and cultivating fruit trees.
On this day, Eddie finally received the first batch of fruit trees that he had traded at the Fruit Tree Conference. He couldn't wait to transport all the fruit trees to Mystic Mountain, intending to plant them here.
These fruit trees were sent by a friend who lives in the Orange Islands in the Kanto region. The fruit produced by his trees has an important characteristic, which is refreshing. When you take a bite, the sour and sweet taste makes you feel as if you are enjoying a refreshing evening breeze in the summer.
Because of the unique taste, Eddie still reached a deal with the other party even though the energy rating of the fruit tree was only E-grade.
However, after transporting the fruit trees to Mystic Mountain, Eddie was not in a hurry to plant them.
The fruit trees he traded back were mainly used for grafting. According to the time, Gene's fruit trees would also be sent over. Eddie planned to try to graft these two batches of fruit trees together.
The fruits produced by these two batches of fruit trees from different regions have very different flavors, which can even be said to be at two extremes. Eddie is looking forward to seeing what new types of fruit trees will grow after they are grafted together.
Of course, it's okay to fail. It's just a try. The probability of succeeding all at once is too small.
Sure enough, the next day, the fruit trees sent by Gene arrived.
Now that both sides were present, Eddie naturally began to prepare for the grafting. He took Chikorita, Florges, and the Flabébé to Mystic Mountain that day.
Eddie's grafting method this time is the same as the previous batch of fruit trees, also divided into two batches.
After the grafted fruit trees were planted, he began to let the Chikorita, Florges, and the Flabébé take turns to provide Grassy Terrain for the fruit trees.
Florges and the Flabébé didn't originally know the Grassy Terrain move, but they had the conditions to learn it, so after Eddie learned that Chikorita knew it, he started to use the Golden Finger to help Florges and the Flabébé learn it.
After several days of hard work, Florges and the Flabébé finally learned the moves with some difficulty. Although they are not very proficient in using them now, it will be fine if they take it slowly.
After the new fruit trees were planted, Eddie went to see the batch of fruit trees that had been grafted previously.
All the damned fruit trees have died, and the remaining ones have begun to grow large branches and leaves. They look thriving. I believe it won't be long before they bloom and bear fruit. Eddie is looking forward to it.
He has conducted energy tests on a dozen of the fruit trees that are growing relatively well, and was pleasantly surprised to find that two or three of them were extremely close to level A in energy, which can be said to be only a step away.
Eddie felt that perhaps when they grew fully, their energy level would most likely break through to level A.
If he succeeds, he will really take off!
I just don't know what the taste of the fruits from this batch of grafted fruit trees will be like. If the taste is too bad, their value will be reduced to a certain extent.
Of course, when the energy level of the Berry reaches level A, taste is no longer the focus. The focus is on its beneficial effect on the growth of Pokémon.
Even if the taste is not so good, as long as it is A-grade Berry, it will still not be a problem to sell. After all, A-grade Berry is rare. But if the taste is better, it will definitely be a big plus. After all, when there are delicious Berries, who would choose unpalatable ones?
Tasty fruits are naturally a little more expensive than unpalatable ones.
After returning home, Eddie saw from afar some green spots on the Dragon Eye Berry tree behind the house.
After his day-to-day efforts during this period of time, the Petaya Berry tree has completely survived and started to sprout again. You should know that when the Petaya Berry tree was first transplanted, all its branches and leaves had been cut off, leaving it bare and very ugly.
Looking at it now, the bald tree has finally grown hair again, and it seems to be regaining its former magnificent appearance. So is it still far from producing A-grade Berry?
Eddie is looking forward to seeing what the Petaya Berry will look like after his Golden Finger's intervention.
Larvitar, who was passing by, saw Eddie standing there with a silly smile on his face, and couldn't help but walk over and pat him.
"Lar?" What's wrong with you? Did your head get caught in the door?
Eddie happily squatted down and touched its little head and said, "Naughty, I am happy. Maybe your food will be upgraded soon!"
Hearing this, Larvitar's eyes lit up. Although he now eats his fill every day, he always feels that something is missing. He eats a lot and digests it quickly. He wondered if the upgraded food would give him a new experience. He likes the feeling of having a round belly.
Thinking of this, Larvitar couldn't help but grin.
Selene, who was passing by, saw a man and a Pokémon standing side by side, with the same silly smile on their faces, then he shook his head silently and left.
I heard that stupidity is contagious, so I'd better not get close to it... Selene thought silently in her heart.
Over the following period of time, the fruit trees that Eddie had traded at the fruit exhibition arrived one after another, and he also sent the fruit trees he had cultivated to the other party in batches.
So Eddie spent almost the entire rest of the summer vacation on Mystic Mountain conducting experiments on grafted fruit trees. He tried to graft fruit trees from various regions and set aside a special piece of land on Mystic Mountain to plant these fruit trees.
With the help of Chikorita, Florges, and the Flabébé, the survival rate of these fruit trees is very high. Except for some that are not adapted to the climate, most of them have begun to grow new branches and leaves.
During this period, Eddie hardly ever left Mystic Mountain. Only occasionally people from the orphanage would come to see him, or his classmate Conner would come to visit, or he would go to see Ramos himself.
Then I communicated with Fiona and Julia over the phone.
In the cultivation of this batch of grafted fruit trees, the two sisters gave Eddie a lot of help. Not only did they introduce him to many points to pay attention to in fruit tree grafting, they also helped Eddie to come up with a grafting plan based on the types of fruit trees provided to them by Eddie.
In fact, the two sisters also regarded Eddie's orchard as their own experimental field. They didn't have to do it themselves, and they could share the results of the grafting experiment from Eddie. It was absolutely cost-effective.
But Eddie didn't mind. Compared to this, his two sisters obviously helped him more.
In addition, Eddie contacted Professor Sycamore several times and sold him fruits several times. For now, his relationship with the doctor is maintained very well.
Time flies and it is September. This period is the time when fruits in Eddie's Orchard mature on a large scale.
Eddie was right to try every means to leave the Florges and the Flabébé. Their existence has a huge impact on the flowering and fruiting of plants.
Florges takes the Flabébé for a walk around the orchard every day. Their favorite place to go is where the fruit trees are in bloom. The more times they go, the more beautiful the flowers of the fruit trees will be.
Although most of the flowers will be cut off in the end to ensure the quality of the fruit trees, the remaining flowers are also optimized in terms of Florges and the Flabébé, and the quality of the fruits produced is significantly higher.
Although the Florges and the Flabébé cannot reach the level of influence that Florges has on plants, their influence on fruit trees is subtle.
The longer they live here at Eddie's, the more prosperous Eddie's orchard will become under this subtle influence.
The large number of ripe fruit trees has made Eddie earn a lot of money recently. For this reason, he has specially placed a long-term order for Gogoat milk from Rob and Paris's ranch for the Pokémon in the mountains and the children in the orphanage.
Of course, this also includes his own. It is said that drinking a cup of Gogoat milk every day can easily help one grow.
With Eddie's in-depth cultivation of fruit trees and the influence of Florges and the Flabébé, the quality of the newly mature fruits in Eddie's orchard has been significantly improved.
Therefore, when Eddie was trading with Celebi Breeding House, he raised the price appropriately. Because of this, Eddie made a lot more money this time than in previous times.
Wanhe has no objection to Eddie's price increase. It is reasonable to set the price according to the quality of the fruit. At the same time, they are very optimistic about the future development of Eddie's Orchard and look forward to further cooperation with Eddie in the future, so they don't care about this small change in price at all.
In addition to further deepening the cooperation with Celebi Breeding House, Eddie's cooperation with Evergreen Breeding House has also officially begun, and the first batch of Berries was sold to them not long ago.
Eddie fully entrusted the negotiation with Evergreen Breeding House to Eli. He himself did not show up, after all, he was not good at this.
After a long period of contact with Celebi Breeding House, Eli is now familiar with handling matters in this area. At least judging from the feedback from Evergreen Breeding House, they are very satisfied with Eli's performance.
Of course, they are more satisfied with the quality and taste of the fruits.
According to the feedback from there, the Pokémon cubs in the Evergreen Breeding House have become more hungry, their bodies have become stronger, and they are growing up very well after eating the Pokémon food made from the fruit here at Eddie's.
Eating well is still very important for Pokémon cubs.
However, for now, Eddie's cooperation with Evergreen Breeding House has not reached the depth with Celebi Breeding House. If Eddie wants to further deepen the cooperation, he may have to expand the scale of orchard planting.
After all, Evergreen Breeding House is a large enterprise, and the only branch it is currently cooperating with Eddie is just one of its branches.
However, this is not something that can be done overnight. Eddie still needs to accumulate further capital. How can he expand the scale of planting without money?
While the Eddie fruit was selling well, it was time for school to start, so he had to temporarily put aside the cultivation of grafted fruit trees and report to school on time.
On the first day of school, Eddie walked into the classroom with his schoolbag on his back and heard his classmates discussing where they had gone during the summer vacation, what rare Pokémon they had captured, what achievements their Pokémon had made, and so on.
In fact, the most arrogant one was Ethan. He was standing on the table, holding a cute Bounsweet in his hand and showing off to everyone:
"See? See? Isn't my Bounsweet cute? She is the cutest in the world!"
The classmates sneered at Ethans's excessive boasting and no one paid any attention to him.
But the Bounsweet is really cute. It also emits a special fruity scent, which makes the air in the whole classroom much fresher.
Eddie walked around Ethan and approached Valen and whispered, "Isn't he devoted to his Furfrou? Why did he fall in love with Bounsweet again?"
Valen rolled his eyes and said, "Who knows what's wrong with him."
Eddie asked again: "Where did he get this Bounsweet?"
"He traveled to the Alola region during the summer vacation and captured it there," Valen explained.
Bounsweet is not easy to see in the Kalos region, but it is not rare in the Alola region, and there are signs of its activities in ordinary forests.
In fact, Valen also went to Alola. Her family and Ethan's family are old friends. Taking advantage of the summer vacation for both of them, the parents of the two families agreed to go to the Alola region for vacation together. Of course, Valen and Ethan had to go together.
It's just that Valen didn't want people to associate her with the idiot Ethan, so she never mentioned that she also went to the Alola region.
But even if Valen didn't mention it, her Pikachu would tell you. Eddie just asked Valen what she did during the summer vacation, and Valen hesitated and didn't answer, so Pikachu took the initiative to sell its trainer.
"So you went to Alola too..."
Before Eddie could finish his words, Valen quickly covered his mouth.
"Shh, don't say it! What if others know that I went traveling with that idiot?" As he said this, Valen looked around guiltily, fearing that Eddie's words would be heard by other classmates.
Eddie knew that Valen and Ethan didn't get along, so he tactfully shut his mouth.
Ethan showed off to others, but when no one paid any attention to him, he finally noticed Eddie who was chatting with Valen.
He jumped down from the table, sat down next to Eddie, put his arm around his shoulders and asked, "Hey, Eddie, you're here! How was your summer trip to Lumiose City with Teacher Omura?"
Eddie said unhappily, "I didn't go there for fun, but it's not bad."
Ethan didn't dwell on this issue. After showing off Bounsweet to Eddie for a while, he suddenly said to him:
"Eddie, do you remember that Palermo came to our school before our holiday last semester?"
"I remember." Eddie nodded. "Didn't she say she was here to recruit students? Who did she recruit in the end?"
"Hey..." Ethan said after a sigh, "Palermo doesn't like any of the students in our school at all."
Eddie was not surprised. He nodded and said, "That's right. Our school doesn't seem to have any outstanding students. So... Palermo didn't receive any students in the end?"
"It is said that Palermo has also visited many other schools besides ours." Ethan said with a gossipy look on his face, "But she also didn't fancy students from other schools."
Valen, who was at odds with Ethan, couldn't help but prick up her ears. After all, she was also a fan of Palermo .
Without waiting for Eddie and Valen to ask further questions, Ethan started talking about the gossip he knew. He then quietly took out a photo from his arms and placed it in front of Eddie and Valen.
"Look, this is Palermo's new student."
"So small?" Valen couldn't help but say.
The photo shows a little girl with pink hair. She has a round face, big eyes, and looks very delicate and cute. She is holding a Fennekin in her arms, but she looks only seven or eight years old.
Ethan looked at Valen with a disapproving look and said, "Young age doesn't matter. To be favored by Palermo, this little sister must have something extraordinary. Maybe in the future she can become a queen like Palermo, sweeping across the Kalos region."
Valen shook his head and said, "I don't think it's easy."
Ethan looked at Valen with an expression that said, "I don't bother to talk to you."
Eddie asked curiously: "What's the name of this little girl?"
Kenny spread his hands and said, "How would I know that?"
Alain immediately said angrily: "You don't know her name, and where did you get the photo from? And you know that she was accepted as a student by Palermo?"
Ethan glanced at Alain and said, "That's none of your business. The mountain man has his own clever plan."
Valen was so angry that he almost couldn't help but smash the bench under her on Ethan's head.