Chapter 02

It was 9 in the morning and Raeger walked his way to the trade depots station. This time would be Sakura Country who'll visit Oak Tree Town. So Raeger needed to stock up his supply of rice since he would short of it in two days.

At the station, he could see someone came earlier than him. Minori. She looked like having a little bit of conversation with the vendor.

"You know, it's hard to find a good quality of egg back in my country since our focus is growing staple foods."

"Then, isn't it good to set up a booth here? We too, however, need your country's help to buy grain seeds. Not that I could plant all of them, though. I don't have enough fields after all."

"Sure. Having businesses with farmers like you really help us. We're glad we open a booth here. We hope for a long term business with this town too." Yoshino then looked at the young man who came closer to his booth. "Good morning and welcome. Stocking up as usual?"

"Good morning, Yoshino." Raeger returned his smile. "You know me so well."

Raeger then turned his head to faced Minori. "Good morning, Minori. It seems like you're having a nice business with Sakura Country."

"Where else should I sell vestures that I have if not to vendors, Raeger? This town is quite secluded and still not much people coming around to buy stuffs." Minori shrugged. "And... oh, good morning. I almost forgot that. Greetings are important to build friendships toward people."

"You're right." Raeger nodded as he turned back to watch Yoshino preparing things as usual. Raeger already became a regular at Sakura Country's booth. He always had the same shopping list every time he shopped there.

"Well, I guess, I should go now." Minori took her bag with her. "Yoshino, thanks for today."

Yoshino nodded his head and smiled. "Oh, thank you, Minori. Please come back any time."

Minori took a quick glance to Raeger and smiled. "Well, see you, Raeger."

Raeger, too, just like Yoshino, nodded to her before she left the station. "See you, Minori."

"She always comes with fresh products to sell. Farmer Fritz also does the same, but he rarely seen these days. Perhaps, he's selling to other countries' vendors?" Yoshino asked Raeger while putting all Raeger's bought stuffs on the table. "Here you go. Did I miss something?"

Raeger did a quick check on all things before finally shook his head and gave the money to Yoshino. "No. It's all complete. Are Minori's farm products having good qualities?"

"It's just so-so at first, but then I can see that she's improving her farm products to better qualities each time I visit this town. So it's nice to build an early business with her in the hope that one day her products will be superb." Yoshino explained it with his smile. "I believe you know it better since you live at the same town."

"Well... to tell you the truth, I haven't even gone to her farm or bought her farm products before, so I don't know. Besides, she's still quite a new farmer around the town, so I still need some time to trust her products qualities." Raeger then added, "I own a restaurant after all, so I really have to carefully choose my ingredients."

"I see... Hopefully, you will always get the best ingredients you need."

"Thank you."

Hello. It seems like I'm getting confused between trade depots, vendors, station, and all. Please do forgive me. My memories are so short, I can't help but remembered only a little. But hey, here's Minori! I don't know how will I describe her later in the story, but I hope you enjoy her first coming. ^^