Back at the Breeding House, Lucas, carrying the seeds, headed towards the herb garden and vegetable patch.
After planting the seeds according to Grandma's instructions, Lucas said to them, "I'll trouble you all to take good care of the herbs and vegetables in here from now on, to prevent them from being eaten by bird Pokémon."
They stared with serious expressions, understanding the importance of these seeds.
Immediately, they looked around, searching for any Pokémon that could threaten the area.
Seeing their expressions, Lucas couldn't help but smile, then said, "Don't worry so much, just make sure they aren't eaten by bird Pokémon. Gengar will take care of the watering, right, Gengar."
He turned to look at the Gengar beside him, only to see it had already pulled out a Blastoise watering can from its dimensional stomach, eager to start.
After teaching Gengar how to water, Lucas went and picked up Petilil.
"Petilil, if you have time, you can also come here. The soil here is very rich, and you can try to gather your Grass-type energy here to help them grow faster."
Hearing Lucas's words, Petilil looked at the land before her, also with a serious expression.
"Lah ji."
Seeing that they seemed to like it this way, Lucas said nothing more, just clapped his hands: "Then I'll trouble you all."
"Ni hei."
"Kou jie."
"Lah ji."
After all this was done, the food he had purchased arrived. Lucas went to freeze the food, then took out a portion to make a hearty lunch. After lunch, Gengar still washed the pots, while Lucas went to the Breeding House, opened its door, hung out the 'Open' sign, and sat quietly at the counter, waiting for guests to arrive.
He held a book about how to make energy cubes, reading it with great interest.
After a long while, the Breeding House welcomed two guests.
A white-haired Grandma, holding the hand of a listless Grandpa, arrived at the entrance of the Breeding House, looking at the Breeding House's introduction and its open door.
"Old wife, is this place really open?"
Grandpa spoke.
"How could that young man lie to us? Let's go, let's go in."
Grandma finished speaking and pulled Grandpa into the Breeding House.
"Old wife, this really works..."
Before Grandpa could finish his sentence, he saw a purple Pokémon float in front of them.
"Kou jie?"
Do you need anything?
Looking at the well-behaved Gengar in front of him, Grandpa was a bit lost in thought.
"Grandma, you're here."
Lucas put down his book and came to Gengar's side, saying.
"So it really is you who opened it. Didn't you say this morning that there was a kind of herbal tea? So I brought the old man over to take a look."
Grandma looked at Lucas in front of her, her kind face, though smiling, still showed obvious worry.
Seeing this, Lucas nodded, led Grandma and her husband to sit on chairs, asked Gengar to help take care of Grandma and Grandpa, and then turned and walked into the kitchen.
In the kitchen, Lucas took out the dried Petilil leaves, then took out a clay pot, put the leaves into it, added water, covered it, and turned on the heat to boil it.
In the hall, Grandma looked at the Gengar in front of her and asked gently, "Child, you are his Pokémon, aren't you? How long have you known him?"
Gengar nodded, then held out one hand.
"Kou jie."
"Only five days? You seem to really like him."
Gengar heard Grandma's words, grinned, revealing a mouth full of white teeth.
"Kou jie."
Lucas also likes Gengar very much.
Perceiving the emotions emanating from Gengar, Grandma's worries lessened considerably.
Then, one person and one Pokémon began to chat freely.
Grandpa, meanwhile, sat dozing on the chair, listening to Grandma and Gengar's voices, feeling a bit dazed. He didn't know how long it had been since he had seen his old wife talk to a Pokémon for so long, so he listened to the intermittent sounds and slowly drifted off to sleep.
In his dream, he recalled the first time he met Grandma. At that time, he was ambitious, wanting to become a great Breeder. Later, because of a Pokémon, he formed a deep connection with Grandma, and finally decided to spend their lives together... Immersed in his dream, Grandpa felt someone pushing him. He slowly opened his eyes, and what came into view was the face of the young girl from his dream, though now her hair was already covered in silver, and her face was lined with wrinkles.
But she was still beautiful and moving.
"Old wife, you're so beautiful."
Grandpa looked at the familiar face in front of him and said.
"You old rascal, what nonsense are you spouting?"
His old wife raised her hand and gently pinched Grandpa's arm.
"..."
His heart felt warm from this display of affection. Lucas watched Grandpa and Grandma flirting, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curve upwards.
A lifelong love is always beautiful and precious.
"Hurry up and get up, the young man has finished brewing the herbal tea."
At Grandma's urging, Grandpa finally looked at Lucas, only to see Lucas holding a steaming bowl of herbal tea.
Grandma took the herbal tea from Lucas's hand and gently blew on it by her mouth.
In fact, when he brought it out, Lucas had already poured it back and forth between two bowls to speed up the cooling.
However, at this moment, he stood beside Gengar, quietly watching Grandma cool the herbal tea with her breath, then hand it to Grandpa.
Indeed, this was the ideal Pokémon world.
He glanced at the Gengar beside him, then used his hand to pull at the corner of its mouth.
"It's good to have Gengar with me."
Lucas sincerely expressed his gratitude. Gengar gave him the most important thing for opening a Breeding House here: companionship.
This was also the reason Lucas decided to renovate the Breeding House; partly because of Grandma, and partly because of Gengar.
"Kou jie."
Gengar's mouth was pulled open. It didn't dislike this; on the contrary, it really liked Lucas playing with it like this. It stuck out its crimson tongue and laughed heartily.
Grandpa took the herbal tea from Grandma, tested its temperature, then drank it all in one gulp.
Lucas and Grandma both focused their attention on him.
"So bitter..."
As soon as Grandpa finished speaking, he felt something incredible, his eyes widened, and then he stood up.
"It's been a long time since I felt so energetic."
Grandpa straightened his body. He was still quite robust, but due to his poor spirits, he looked a bit dejected. However, after drinking the petilil herbal tea brewed by Lucas, everything improved.
"It seems to have worked."
Lucas said with a smile.
"Yes, I don't know how long it's been since I saw him so energetic," Grandma said, her eyes welling up with tears, looking at Grandpa moving around.
Just like when they first met, full of vitality.
"Thank you, young man."
Grandpa came before Lucas and thanked him sincerely.
Grandma did too.
Lucas accepted the thanks with a clear conscience.
"But what does this 'herbal tea' mean? I've never heard of it before."
Grandpa was a bit confused; this was the first time he had heard the term 'herbal tea'.
"herbal tea is what we in the Kanto call it. It's similar to traditional Chinese medicine, but with a slight difference."
Lucas replied with a smile, then continued, "This is also what my Grandma taught me."
Thinking they might know his Grandma, Lucas specifically mentioned, "She's the previous owner of this Breeding House."
"Oh, Auntie Lucia is your Grandma?"
Grandma exclaimed in surprise.
Lucas smiled and nodded.
He then learned more about his Grandma from Grandma and Grandpa.
Just as Nina and the others had said, in the words of Grandpa and Grandma, his Grandma was a person admired by everyone.
Lucas returned to the kitchen, poured the remaining petilil herbal tea into a bottle, and packaged it with a few Petilil leaves to give to Grandma.
He also taught Grandma how to brew petilil herbal tea using Petilil leaves. The amount of leaves was for four days, plus today's, making a total of five days. Each serving was 500 Alliance Credits, but Lucas only charged Grandma 2000 Alliance Credits.
After bidding farewell to Grandma and Grandpa, Lucas handed the money to Gengar for its pocket money, while he looked at the prompts before him.
[Breeder 2: A Breeder always needs to pay attention to a Pokémon's mood and condition. Of course, a truly excellent Breeder should not stop at just Pokémon.]
[A girl and a boy met, came to know, and accompanied each other for life because of Pokémon. Thank you for solving the problem that had troubled them for so long. Their youthful travels left behind beautiful and happy memories. Now, they have left this happiness and beauty to you.]
[Received the joint blessing of Grandpa and Grandma: For the next week, your luck seems to have improved.]
[Grandpa and Grandma also left you a gift. Come and see: Lucky Egg.]
[Lucky Egg: An egg full of happiness. Pokémon holding it will gain a small increase in experience points.]
Looking at one prompt after another, Lucas couldn't help but let out a sigh.
At this moment, Gengar had also put away the money and phased through the wall, appearing beside Lucas.
"Gengar, I think I'm starting to understand what kind of Breeder is suitable for me."
Before Gengar could speak, Lucas continued, "It seems herbal tea is also a good choice as a business for the Breeding House."
"Kou jie?"
Gengar was a bit confused, but quickly put those doubts aside.
"Kou jie~"
Whatever Lucas does, I will accompany him~