Chapter 80: Planting Preparation
After understanding Poliwhirl's needs, Rex planned to go back and make some good plans. After all, he still had the Energy Root, Revival Herb, and Glacidea flower that he obtained during this trip, which needed to be cultivated.
Among these rare plants, if ranked by difficulty of cultivation, Revival Herb was definitely the most challenging, followed by Energy Root. They had very high requirements for their living environment.
Without rich life energy to assist their growth, they would wither quickly. This was also why they were difficult to cultivate successfully.
Rex was certain that there must be something overflowing with life energy in the Revival Herb plantation area on Chimney Mountain; this was the reason stable cultivation of Revival Herb and Energy Root was possible.
Of course, they wouldn't share this confidential information with outsiders; perhaps only the old couple from the herbal medicine shop might know some details.
After inspecting the entire farm, evening had arrived. Seeing the familiar smoke rising, Rex knew that Yuli had already started preparing dinner for today.
After exchanging greetings with her, Rex returned to his room. Then he took out several soiled up pots, placed seeds of different plants in each, and poured nutrient solution over them to ensure the seeds could absorb enough nutrients and develop rapidly.
These seeds had already been infused with life energy by Rex, so they were full of vitality, and sprouting was no longer a problem. The biggest challenge was how to continue supplying them with the life energy needed for survival after the absorbed energy was fully converted.
Previously, Rex's plan was to have some of the Glooms take turns releasing grassy areas to maintain the concentration of life energy in the plantation area.
However, it would require determining how many times exactly each day the grassy area needed to be released to meet their growth requirements, which would only be concluded after actual planting.
However, now that he had just soaked the seeds in nutrient solution, it would take a few days for the seeds to sprout and grow into seedlings before they could be planted in the soil.
In these coming days, he needed to find a suitable piece of land to plant these seedlings.
Because the plants he wanted to plant this time were relatively rare, Rex also didn't dare to place the plantation area too far from his residence.
Therefore, he planned to enclose a backyard around the house with a fence about one meter high to prevent other pokemons from entering and causing damage.
Of course, he didn't plan to build the fence himself; he intended to ask Uncle Henry, who had helped renovate the exterior walls before.
"Yuli, please contact Uncle Henry, who helped us renovate the exterior walls before. Tell him I want him to install a fence around the backyard, covering an area of about half an acre."
During dinner, Rex explained to Yuli about his intention to plant several rare plants and also entrusted her to contact Uncle Henry to help install the fence around the backyard.
"Sure, boss. I'll contact him right after dinner!"
Yuli, as usual, did not interfere with Rex's decisions. As long as the boss gave the order, she would do her best to help solve it.
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.
Subsequently, Yuli got up to open the door, leading an old woman inside.
"Rex, hope I'm not disturbing your dinner!"
Granny Nieno smiled as she walked over and greeted.
"Of course not, Granny Nieno. If you don't mind, let's have dinner together!"
Rex was somewhat surprised by Granny Nieno's sudden appearance, but he quickly got up to welcome her.
"Thank you for your hospitality!"
Granny Nieno didn't stand on ceremony, smiling and agreeing.
"Rex, I came mainly to apologize to you for breaking my promise."
After dinner, Granny Nieno apologized solemnly to Rex.
"Granny Nieno, you're too polite. Yuli has already explained the situation to me, and I think the current arrangement for the orphanage is actually the best. I indeed didn't consider it thoroughly before!"
Rex hurriedly responded, and this was also his true opinion now.
Seeing that Rex didn't get angry because of the orphanage matter, Granny Nieno also felt relieved. Although she did it for the good of the children in the orphanage, her behavior was still somewhat inappropriate.
After chatting with Granny Nieno and Yuli for a while, she said goodbye and left. Of course, when leaving, Rex didn't forget to let her take the gifts he brought for the children at the orphanage.
The next morning, Rex got up early. After breakfast, he came to the backyard. Before planting, he needed to tidy up a piece of land suitable for planting.
The land in the Rex Farm area was very fertile, with excellent black soil, which was good for planting crops. This was also why most places on the entire Hoenn Region had good soil quality, allowing the forest to cover most of Hoenn.
So, this area had unique conditions for planting crops; basic fertilization was not even needed, possibly also related to the strong environmental awareness of the people living here.
Because the quantity of seeds for the three plants was small, Rex didn't need to open up a large area to plant them.
He roughly calculated the size of the area formed by the Glooms releasing grassy terrain, striving to plant these seeds in an orderly manner within it.
After swinging the hoe all morning, Rex wiped the sweat from his forehead, looking at the land that had been turned over, feeling a sense of accomplishment.
According to his plan, three Revival Herb seedlings would be planted in the central area with certain intervals. This area had the most concentrated life energy.
When the Glooms released the grassy terrain, the life energy would radiate outward from it. The closer to the center, the higher the concentration of life energy and the better the effect.
Next would be ten Energy Root seedlings arranged in a circle around the Revival Herb, and the outermost layer would be the Glacidea flower seedlings.
It wasn't that he didn't value the Glacidea flower, but this flower had the lowest requirement for life energy, and the living environment was not so harsh.
The reason for planting it together with Revival Herb and Energy Root was just to make them grow quickly.
After these Glacidea flowers grew, he could obtain their seeds and plant them in other parts of the farm, expanding their planting area until it became a sea of flowers.
"Boss, have some water and take a break!"
Yuli brought a glass of water over.
"Thank you!"
Rex took the water glass, drank it all, and then let out a long sigh.
"Uncle Henry just replied to me; he can come over this afternoon to install the fence around our backyard!"
Taking back the empty water glass from Rex, Yuli said.
"That's great. After the fence is installed, I can rest assured to plant the seedlings inside."
At this moment, Rex was quite satisfied with Uncle Henry's efficiency.
"Did you just finish milking the cows?"
Rex smelled a milky fragrance from Yuli and asked.
"Hehe, boss, you can tell. Since the Miltanks grew up, they come running to me every day at this time for milking."
After smelling the scent on herself, Yuli said.
Rex knew that each Miltanks could produce 20 liters of moo moo milk every day. If they weren't milked daily, their bodies would feel uncomfortable. However, milking four Miltanks every day was quite laborious, but Yuli didn't complain about the increased workload.
"I know there's a machine specifically for milking Miltanks. After lunch, I'll go to Slateport City and buy one, so you don't have to work so hard."
Rex felt that he shouldn't overwork people, especially now when only the two of them were dealing with so many things on the farm every day; it was indeed too tiring.
"Thank you for your understanding, boss. Take a rest for a while; I'll go prepare lunch now!"
Yuli smiled at Rex.
Yuli didn't refuse this either because milking the Miltanks these days indeed took up a lot of her time. Letting the machine take over was indeed a better choice.
(End of Chapter)
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