Chapter 477 478: Dealing with Chicken Droppings
"The chicken coop is finished, Lin Feng. Take a look. Are you satisfied with it?"
Captain Hoopa hurried over and asked as soon as he saw Lin Feng.
The chicken coop was located on the eastern side of the villa, close to the Berry orchard and far away from the main entrance.
The interior followed a fairly traditional chicken-coop design, with various feeding troughs arranged throughout the area.
At the back, it was connected to the Berry orchard.
A gate had been installed between the two areas, allowing the chickens to freely enter and leave the orchard during the day.
It might be a little noisy, but getting enough exercise would also make the chicken meat firmer and tastier.
Besides, a fenced-off passage had been built between the chicken coop and the Berry orchard.
This meant the chickens could only enter and leave through that designated path instead of wandering into the other parts of the villa's courtyard.
Otherwise...
Chicken droppings would end up everywhere, and Lin Feng would definitely lose his mind.
Even so, Lin Feng was still a little conflicted.
Once the chickens were released into the Berry orchard, they would probably leave droppings everywhere there too.
His plan was to see whether Blaziken could keep them under control.
For example, perhaps it could teach them to do their business in a designated area.
That might be a little embarrassing for Blaziken at first.
But if they wanted fresh, delicious, high-quality chicken and eggs, someone had to take responsibility.
So Lin Feng could only ask Blaziken to put aside its pride for a while.
He was confident it would agree.
After all, Blaziken itself was a huge foodie.
"Not bad. Not bad at all. This is exactly what I had in mind."
The construction and location of the chicken coop both suited Lin Feng perfectly, so he nodded in satisfaction.
Then he asked, "Captain Hoopa, what did you think about what I mentioned last time?"
Naturally, he was referring to the matter of asking Hoopa and his construction crew to travel to the Alola Region and build another villa at the location Lin Feng had chosen.
When Lin Feng had brought it up last time, Hoopa had clearly been surprised.
He had asked for some time to discuss it with his crew.
Now, quite some time had passed.
After all, December was approaching.
Traveling across the sea would take time, and so would building the house once they arrived.
Naturally, the sooner they made a decision, the better.
If they weren't willing to go, Lin Feng could also find another construction crew.
Of course, he would much rather use a crew that had worked for him before.
After all, they had already built this house once.
Seeing that Lin Feng was satisfied with the chicken coop, Hoopa relaxed.
But when he heard Lin Feng bring up the previous matter, his expression became much more serious.
[After I went back last time, I asked the members of my crew about it. Once they heard it was your request, most of them discussed it with their families. In the end, almost everyone agreed to go.]
Lin Feng felt a weight lift from his heart.
He sincerely said, [Then thank you so much!]
After all, this meant crossing the ocean and leaving their homeland behind.
In the Pokémon world, there were plenty of people who wouldn't accept such a job no matter how much money they were offered.
Hoopa quickly waved his hands.
[Don't mention it, Lin Feng. Whoever we're working for, we're still doing our jobs. Everyone's actually quite happy to work for you. To be honest, when I first heard about this job, I was already willing to accept it. It's just that I have so many brothers working under me, and everyone had different opinions, so I had to ask them first.]
[Now we've all agreed. Once this weekend is over, we'll set off directly.]
[Mm-hmm.]
Lin Feng nodded repeatedly.
He wasn't the kind of person who would haggle over every little thing.
He simply added, "If anything happens along the way, tell me immediately. I'll have Dragonite protect you while you're crossing the sea."
Salamence and Dragonite had nothing to do these days.
They spent most of their time sleeping around the house.
Giving them something useful to do and letting them stretch their muscles was a good idea.
Dragonite's old job had been delivering mail, so this could almost be considered picking up its old profession again.
Technically, Lin Feng could also send them directly through the Reverse World.
But there were simply too many people in a construction crew.
Even if he used hypnosis or other methods, the timing wouldn't line up properly.
Crossing such a vast stretch of ocean in only a few minutes was simply incomprehensible to ordinary people.
Hearing this, Hoopa froze for a moment.
He thanked Lin Feng first, then burst into hearty laughter.
"Hahaha! If they knew Lin Feng was willing to do something like that for them, they'd definitely work even harder for you!"
With abilities like these, combined with such intelligence and emotional awareness, it was no wonder Lin Feng had managed to build such a massive business in such a short period of time.
Hoopa declined Lin Feng's invitation to stay for lunch.
Then he led his construction crew away from the villa.
"Phew..."
After seeing Captain Hoopa off, Lin Feng looked at the chicken coop in front of him.
Then he immediately called Blaziken over.
"Blaziken?"
Blaziken had been summoned through Lin Feng's Aura.
It had assumed that it was time for a meal.
Only after arriving did it realize that wasn't the case.
"This is the chicken coop."
"Blaziken?"
"This is where we'll raise chickens. That way, we'll be able to eat chickens we've raised ourselves from now on."
(＠＾０＾): [Blaziken~!]
Blaziken happily responded.
That was certainly a good thing!
"I've decided to leave this task to you."
"Blaziken~?"
Blaziken immediately indicated that there was absolutely no problem.
But Lin Feng suddenly changed his tone.
"However, I want you to pay attention to two things."
"Blaziken?"
"First, you need to teach them where to do their business. They should all use the same designated area... Of course, I'm not going to force you."
After saying that, Lin Feng felt the request sounded a little ridiculous.
So he immediately changed his wording.
"Second, remember that they're being raised for food. They're not... pets you're supposed to become emotionally attached to."
He wasn't saying this because he was worried Blaziken would fall in love with one of the hens.
After all, the two species weren't even biologically compatible in that way.
Pokémon in this world simply didn't possess that kind of awareness toward ordinary animals.
What Lin Feng was actually worried about was Blaziken raising the chickens for so long that it eventually became unwilling to eat them.
[Blaziken~!]
(Of course!)
Blaziken proudly patted its chest.
What kind of joke was that?
Every time fried chicken cutlets were served, it was always one of the happiest Pokémon at the table.
How could raising chickens possibly make it stop loving fried chicken?
"Good. Then I'll go buy some chicks."
Lin Feng reached out and rubbed Blaziken's head.
Blaziken had actually become much more diligent over the past few days.
Every day, nobody knew where it went outside to practice its Fighting techniques.
It was probably because of its defeat against Luo Bingxue in their previous battle.
That defeat had clearly made Blaziken reflect on itself.
As a result, it had started putting in a little more effort.
The only question was how long this newfound motivation would last.
After all, when Alolan Ninetales had returned from the Alola Region with the Eevee squad, it had thought the exact same thing.
It wanted to become stronger.
It wanted to beat that big stupid bear back.
But after less than ten days of hard work, it had returned to its usual lazy lifestyle.
Yep.
That was Alolan Ninetales for you.
Compared with it, Blaziken's determination seemed considerably stronger.
Speaking of which...
Lin Feng suddenly remembered that he had a dish that might actually be useful for Blaziken.
"Wait, Blaziken. I'll find something for you."
Lin Feng called out to the departing Blaziken.
Soon, he found the perfect dish for it.
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