Chapter 288 A Brand New Land

March 21st.

The most lively annual celebration in Caolu Town has passed.

But the shadow of yesterday's celebration can still be seen from the street corners.

It's still dark.

A handsome young man in red clothes was leading a group of Pokémon on the street for a morning jog.

A little bit of white air came out of his mouth and nose as he breathed.

He ran all the way from the Pokémon Center to the terraces outside Grass Road Town. After staying there for a while, he started running around Grass Road Town.

He stepped on the soft soil and crossed the river that ran through the town, but before he knew it, the morning light gradually rose and the sky became bright... He arrived at the pasture.

Xu Qiansu ran slowly around the wooden railing, the fresh morning air mixed with the smell of grass filling her nose.

He turned his head and looked at the pasture.

The strong and green grass is condensed with some dewdrops. Under the shining of the morning light, it seems that the whole world has become transparent.

A large group of braided sheep also got up early, either gently nudging their companions with their foreheads to play with, or gnawing grass with their heads lowered.

"Huh?" A braided sheep grazing on grass heard the sound and turned its head to look, with a clear and innocent look on its cute little face.

It looked at Xu Qiansu who was jogging in the morning. For some reason, it suddenly raised its front hooves, and then huffed and puffed and started jogging with Xu Qiansu... only separated by a railing.

Gardevoir squinted at this stupid sheep that didn't look very smart.

This stupid sheep couldn't possibly regard Xu Qiansu as the leader, right?

"Why are you following me?" Gardevoir asked, tilting his head.

The braided sheep whirred and ran on its short legs, its fur all over its body like marshmallows.

Hearing this, it turned its head to look at Gardevoir... unable to see its face.

It twisted its short neck, raised its little face and looked at Gardevoir, tilted its head and thought for a moment before saying, "It's so interesting~"

In fact, it simply finds it interesting to run with humans in the early morning.

Gardevoir looked at the clear stupidity in the braided sheep's eyes and stopped caring.

When Xu Qiansu ran to the edge of the pasture, she saw the braided sheep bending its legs slightly, jumping hard, and then tripped over the railing, bouncing on the ground like a ball.

Xu Qiansu had to stop now.

He turned his head and looked, only to see the braided sheep standing up, shaking his little head, and then raising his face to look at Xu Qiansu and shouting "baa baa baa"... He was asking Xu Qiansu why he didn't keep running?

Xu Qiansu reached out and patted the dust on the braided sheep's wool, then pointed to the pasture and said, "Go back quickly."

"Hey~" The braided sheep tilted its head, but it didn't insist. It took a few steps obediently and squeezed in through the gap in the railing. The wool all over its body was sprinkled like catkins.

"If you wish, it's okay to take it away." At this moment, a rich but elegant voice came from behind Xu Qiansu.

Xu Qiansu looked back, then raised her eyes slightly, and saw an extremely tall man wearing a straw hat, estimated to be over 1.9 meters tall, standing behind him carrying a haystack.

He is tall and tall, with a physique that rivals that of a monster, but he has pink hair and green eyes, soft facial features, and a kind and gentle expression.

Such a contrast is inexplicably reassuring.

"Yaluo..." Xu Qiansu whispered his name.

Yes, the grass-type gym leader of Caolu Town, Yaro.

Although he is a grass-type gym leader and is not troubled by his livelihood, he still herds and works in agriculture every day... He often chases the braided sheep that roll into a ball with his caller, unable to control the speed... and even becomes a A kind of scenery in Caolu Town.

This shows that he actually belongs to a group that is quite close to the people.

boom.

Yaluo placed the three bundles of grass on his shoulders on the ground with a muffled sound... A conservative estimate is that these three bundles of grass may weigh 80 kilograms?

He wiped the sweat from his forehead, then smiled gently, "You are Xu Qiansu, right?"

Yaro's voice is like his character, soothing and gentle.

Xu Qiansu nodded lightly, not surprised that Yaluo knew him.

After receiving a positive answer, Yaluo laughed, "Caido often mentioned you to us. It's hard to imagine that she would care so much about people other than Pokémon battles and fighting..."

As he said that, he looked Xu Qiansu up and down and said with a smile, "After all, you are her only disciple."

"Master Caidou taught me a lot... Is she okay?" Xu Qiansu couldn't help but ask.

"Huh? Not very good." Yaluo recalled for a moment and couldn't help but smile. "During the opening ceremony of the Champions League, her face was quite ugly... Although she usually doesn't have any expression, it was particularly serious that day. .”

Caidou was naturally in a bad mood that day. After all, there was no news about her only disciple, who simply disappeared.

However, Yaluo did not delve too deeply into this topic. He looked at Xu Qiansu, pondered for a moment, and then asked softly: "Did your Pokémon... also participate in yesterday's festival?"

Yaluo asked more tactfully, but Xu Qiansu knew what he meant.

He nodded slightly and answered briefly, "My lily root doll is old."

"Really..." Yaluo knew what happened, so he didn't ask any more questions. He just raised his eyes and looked at the braided sheep on the pasture. The light from the morning sun reflected by the dew made Yaluo squint his eyes slightly.

"I grew up in Caolu Town, and the Lunar New Year has existed since I can remember... This is the bond between Caolu Town and the grass-type Pokémon, so I never gave up farming." Yaro said softly.

He looked at Xu Qiansu and grinned, "After all, this is the brand new earth they left behind."

Xu Qiansu was slightly startled. He looked at Yaluo and couldn't help but ask, "Can I plant something here too?"

Yaluo was stunned for a moment, then smiled cheerfully, "Of course."

…

Xu Qiansu may be talented in some areas, but obviously farming is not one of them.

This is not as simple as imagined. Every person or Pokémon who has sweated for this land deserves respect.

But the most skilled farmer in Galar stayed by his side to guide him, so it was no problem to plant crops that could grow in the current season.

Xu Qiansu picked up a handful of soil and felt the roughness and coldness of the soil in the palm of her hand... It was for this that Lily Root Doll dragged her weak body and traveled thousands of miles to come here.

The soil particles slowly slipped out of Xu Qiansu's palm and landed on the small soil embryo he had just planted.

Yaluo stood aside, tilted his head and asked, "Do you want to challenge the gym?"

Xu Qiansu stood up and nodded slightly, "But I want to rest for a few days first. Before that, I have a friend who will take the challenge first."

Yaluo looked at his face, knowing that Xu Qiansu was not in the mood to fight after what he had just experienced, so he nodded slightly, and then he turned to say:

"I heard from Lulina that there will be a competition in Shuizhou Town in April."

Xu Qiansu tilted her head and looked a little confused as to why Yaluo mentioned this... He himself had no interest in Pokémon battles, and naturally he would not participate in any so-called competition unless necessary.

Yaro smiled gently and explained: "But it's not all Pokémon battles, racing, water skiing, track and field... there are quite a few events, it feels like a Pokémon Games held in the academy."

The little marsupial who was standing next to Xu Qiansu, playing with dirt in his little paws, heard this and his eyes lit up. He patted the dust off his little paws and pulled Xu Qiansu's trouser legs.

It sounds so interesting~ She wants to play~

But the racing marsupial can understand, but what is wakeboarding?

Is it like swimming in a hot spring?

What is track and field?

Field... seems to be the soil where food is grown, right? Track and field...could it be a competition over who can grow more food?

The little marsupial didn't know anything...she wanted to experience it.

Xu Qiansu leaned down, picked up the little marsupial, patted the dirt on her body, then looked at Yaluo, and asked doubtfully: "Who organized this...Pokémon Games?"

Xu Qiansu doesn’t remember that there is such a competition in the original work?

"Lulina."

"Huh?" Xu Qiansu blinked, "Isn't she a model?"

Yaro laughed, "You can't be fooled by her elegant and mature appearance. She is actually quite childish in nature... She was in a very bad situation last year. As a gym leader, she lost successively in the Champions Cup and was... I doubted that I was qualified to hold this position; as a model, I was also in a bottleneck period and it was difficult to break through..."

"...At that time, President Roz talked to her, suggesting that she give up her identity as a gym leader, or give up modeling, and focus on one job..."

"...Lulina has been depressed about this for a long time. Even if your master and Sonia go to comfort her, it will be useless... Then she suddenly looked away for some reason and tried hard to handle her two jobs as a model and a gym leader in an orderly manner. , President Roz was speechless..."

Xu Qiansu nodded lightly, he knew all these things.

"...But the matter does not end here." Yaluo thought for a moment, and then continued, "Although the career crisis has been lifted, Lulina still remembers the scene when President Roz hinted at her giving up that day. She He was dissatisfied and wanted to rebel, so he used his influence to hold a sports meeting in Water Boat Town that did not emphasize Pokémon battles..."

"...After all, President Roz started his career by promoting Pokémon battles and Max wristbands." Speaking of this, Yaro thought again, "This year should be the second one...I I didn’t expect that Lu Lina would actually persevere.”

"This is... too childish." After hearing this, Xu Qiansu couldn't help but said.

"Yeah, this is a side of her that no one knows about." Yaro grinned. It was obvious that the relationship between the gym leaders in Galar was not bad.

"So if you are interested, you can take your Pokémon with you to participate..." Yaluo looked at the little marsupial in Xu Qiansu's arms and whispered: "I am not qualified to say anything about the Lily Root doll. But you have other Pokémon, and they only have you... There are some things that you should experience with them more, otherwise it will be too late to regret."

So Yaluo said so much, essentially he just wanted Xu Qiansu to come out... He would probably do this kind of thing every year.

After all, he would participate in the Spring Festival every year.

The little marsupial couldn't help but tilt its little face, thinking that this tall human was obviously talking to Susu, but why was he looking at me?

Xu Qiansu didn't say anything, she just hugged the little marsupial tighter.

Pokémon Center, lobby.

Lillie sat on the sofa by the window, looking through the window at the street outside the Pokémon Center, turning her white sun hat over and over in her hands unconsciously.

Ma Li was sitting opposite, with a cup of black tea beside her and a book in her hand. A little sunlight shined through the window and fell on her snow-white and delicate face. Her expression was calm, but she had an awe-inspiring and inviolable sanctity. feel.

In view of this aura, even though Mary and Lillie were both rare and beautiful girls, no one came to talk to them.

Bai Huanghuang lay beside him and yawned out of boredom.

Eevee stood on the table and played with the shadows of dust floating in the air under the sun with his front paws.

But he came to the edge of the table unknowingly, his feet slipped, he lost his center of gravity, and fell off the table on his back.

Bai Huanghuang yawned, and his big fluffy and soft tail reached down, directly rolled up Eevee's waist and caught it.

Although Bai Huanghuang is not very old, he is still older than Ibrahimovic, so he takes good care of her.

Lillie withdrew her gaze from Eevee and continued to look out the window, her jewel-like emerald eyes serious and full of expectation.

The whole hall seemed to be quiet, except for the soft sound of Ma Li turning the pages of the book.

After an unknown amount of time, a figure finally appeared in Lillie's sight.

Her cute little face glowed with joy. She grabbed her sun hat with her little hands, stood up from the sofa, passed through the gap between Gardevoir and the table, and trotted to the outside of the Pokémon Center, her tone of voice a little... Briskly, "Good morning, Mr. Xu."

"Good morning, Lillie." Xu Qiansu looked around for a few times. If it weren't for the slight redness and swelling at the corners of his eyes, no one would have known that Lillie was holding Xu Qiansu's sleeve and sobbing softly last night.

Lillie obviously also thought of the scene where she cried in front of Xu Qiansu last night. Her snow-white face couldn't help but blush, and she felt a slight tremor in her heart.

It doesn't matter, I cry for you...Why did I say such embarrassing words last night?

"In April, there will be a Pokémon Games in Water Boat Town...does Lillie want to participate?" Xu Qiansu asked.

After all, this is not his journey alone, and the opinions of Mary and Lillie must be taken into account.

"Pokémon Games?" Lillie blinked, then nodded quickly.

Naturally, she had no objection. She came here simply because she wanted to travel with Xu Qiansu. Essentially, it didn't matter where she was going.

As the two said, they walked into the Pokémon Center and came to the lobby.

Xu Qiansu asked Ma Li her opinion.

"Sports meeting?" Ma Li put down the book in her hand, then closed it with a 'bang' sound.

"It doesn't matter, the next stop is Shuizhou Town." Ma Li said casually.

With that said, Ma Li put the book into her shoulder bag and reached out to pick up Molubeke who was eating and drinking.

"Morube~" Morubeke held a big bag of elf food in his small hands and refused to let go.

Ma Li looked at Xu Qiansu, tapped her chin with her little hand, and then said: "Going to challenge the gym the day after tomorrow?"

"Miss Mary, won't you challenge me today?"

Ma Li gave Xu Qiansu a look that meant, 'I'm giving you time to rest.'

Whether it's the Pokémon Games proposed by Arlo or Lillie's cheerful and enthusiastic attitude, they all have the same goal as Mary.

Give Xu Qiansu a break...

in this way.

It was March 23rd.