My Pokémon Story of Seasons

After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, while everyone was taking a lunch break, Tong Hua went to check on the condition of the logs again.

Sun-dried fast-growing eucalyptus wood: Quality C. This log undergoes a special drying process; it is lightweight with a clear grain, making it suitable for processing. Recommended processing methods (carving/alchemy).

"That should be fine." Tong Hua tapped the wood with her knuckles, hearing a crisp echo.

He looked up through the window at the shurabi who were taking a nap inside. He saw two shurabi lying on the bed, embracing each other and dozing off.

"So cute." Tong Hua felt as if an arrow had pierced her heart, and subconsciously reached out her finger to poke Shirabi's face.

"La beep..."

In his sleep, Shirabi turned over and tightly hugged Tong Hua's fingers.

Tong Hua was held captive for several minutes before she managed to break free.

"Alright, time to get to work!"

After being healed by the adorable little guy, Tong Hua was filled with energy.

The afternoon's work involved processing these logs and starting to repair the Pokémon House according to the design drawings.

Demolishing and rebuilding everything would be too much work; at least one room should be repaired first so that the big milk tank can move in.

Therefore, Tong Hua chose the most complete Pokémon House and planned to use the collected logs to process new planks to replace the damaged and rotten parts.

As for building a brand new Pokémon House according to the design drawings, that will have to wait until later.

Tong Hua lifted the dried fast-growing eucalyptus wood and laid it flat on the makeshift worktable.

He rolled up his sleeves and took out the maple handsaw that Acorn had given him from the toolbox; the metal teeth gleamed coldly in the sunlight.

The moment Tong Hua grasped the handsaw, his profession instantly switched to woodcarver, and his related abilities automatically manifested.

"Let's start with the first one."

Tong Hua carefully measured the logs with a measuring tape and marked the locations where they needed to be cut with a pencil.

He took a deep breath, pressed the saw teeth against the end of the wood, and began to pull back and forth.

"rustle……"

Wood chips fell with the movement of the saw teeth, piling up in a small heap at Tong Hua's feet.

The air was filled with the unique, refreshing aroma of fast-growing eucalyptus wood, and fine beads of sweat gradually appeared on Tong Hua's forehead.

He would occasionally stop to wipe his sweat with his sleeve, but his hand movements always maintained a steady rhythm.

"Bell-a-boo—"

Suddenly, a slight cracking sound came from inside the wood.

Tong Hua immediately stopped what she was doing and carefully examined the cut surface.

It turned out that a small knot inside the wood had been sawed open, but fortunately it did not affect the overall structure.

"Looks like I need to adjust the angle," Tong Hua muttered to himself, slightly changing the direction of the saw's tilt.

A fast-growing eucalyptus tree that is two meters long and about half a meter in diameter can be processed into approximately 0.3 cubic meters of boards.

The 20 pieces combined are actually not enough to make enough boards to build a Pokémon house from scratch.

However, if you recycle the usable planks from old Pokémon houses, that should be enough.

The processing method used by Tong Hua is a very common log processing method called radial cutting, which specifically involves dividing the entire circle of the log into several equal parts from the top.

Then, according to the divided areas, split them with an axe and saw them to obtain many fan-shaped planks.

Finally, simply plan the wooden boards flat one by one, and they are ready to use.

This method is mainly suitable for situations where efficient tools such as power saws or chainsaws are unavailable and production must be done entirely by hand.

This is something Tong Hua heard Xiang Shi casually explain yesterday when they were at the Big Milk Tank Ranch.

Tong Hua focused intently on adjusting the angle of the saw, carefully avoiding the knots inside the wood.

With the final saw cut, the first log was finally perfectly divided into twenty-four evenly spaced fan-shaped planks.

"Phew—" He let out a long sigh of relief, wiping the sweat from his forehead. "Not bad, it went more smoothly than I expected."

It took Tong Hua an hour just to process this one log. Without efficient tools, it really does require a bit of patience.

"Next, we need to flatten the wooden planks and continue working!"

Tong Hua put down the handsaw, picked up the woodworking plane, and began to carefully trim the edges of the fan-shaped wooden board.

The plane scraped across the wood, making a "swish" sound, and wood shavings fell like snowflakes.

He would stop every now and then and gently run his fingers across the surface of the wooden board to check if it was flat enough.

"This should be fine..." He nodded in satisfaction and placed the first processed wooden board aside.

Just then, a soft rustling sound came from behind.

Tong Hua turned around and saw that the two Celebi had woken up at some point and were floating in the air, curiously observing his work.

"La beep?"

The green shrub tilted its head and reached out its little hand to gently touch the wood chips on the ground, seemingly very interested in this novel touch.

"You're awake?" Tong Hua smiled and wiped her sweat. "Sorry, did I wake you?"

"Rabi~" Pink Celebi floated to his side and gently patted his shoulder with its little hand.

The next moment, a crystal-clear droplet of water flowed into Tong Hua's shoulder.

"Um?"

The fatigue vanished instantly, and Tong Hua felt refreshed all over, as if she had just had a good night's sleep!

Full of energy and in excellent condition!

"Could it be a drop of life-giving water?"

Tong Hua moved his shoulders in surprise and found that even the muscle soreness caused by sawing wood for a long time had disappeared.

The Life Drop in the game can restore the stamina of the user and their companions. I never expected it to have such a great effect in real life.

"That's amazing! Thank you, Silavir!"

"La-beep!" Pink Celebi happily twirled in the air.

At the same time, Green Celebi floated to a pile of wood chips, waved his little hand, and the scattered wood chips automatically gathered into a small hill.

With another wave of his hand, the wood chips changed shape and transformed into a bust that looked exactly like Tong Hua.

"La-beep!" It proudly puffed out its chest, as if waiting for Tong Hua's praise.

"Why does it feel like things are starting to go in a strange direction?"

Tong Hua scratched his head. Luckily, the grass turtle and the foam squirrel were still taking a nap, otherwise the scene of their jealousy would probably be even more chaotic.

"Alright, alright, you two go play over there for now."

I still need to continue working on these planks and try to finish repairing the Pokémon House today so Miltank can move in.

After saying that, Tong Hua picked up the plane again and started working seriously.

"Ughhhhhh!"

In an instant, sawdust flew everywhere, and Tong Hua, in full swing, quickly processed the planks!

With each step of the process completed, Tong Hua could feel his experience as a wood carver increasing!

This feeling is really addictive!

Seeing that Tong Hua was engrossed in his work, the two Celebi were quite sensible and did not disturb him further. Instead, they floated to the side and started playing a game of building sandcastles with wood shavings.

Time always flies when you're focused on something.

In just half an hour, a thick stack of processed wooden boards had already piled up at Tong Hua's feet.

His movements became more and more skilled, and his processing speed was much faster than at the beginning.

"One more!" Tong Hua wiped his sweat, raised his axe, and aimed at the next log.

Just then, the grass turtle and the foam squirrel woke up and came out of the house, rubbing their eyes.

"Game." The grass turtle saw the wood chips all over the ground and excitedly ran over, scratching and playing with them with its claws.

"Terror!" The foam squirrel noticed the two Celebi and immediately looked at them with a complicated expression.

Tong Hua was focused on chopping logs and didn't notice the growing smell of gunpowder behind him.

The foam squirrel's little paws were clenched into fists, and the fur on its tail was all puffed up.

It rushed to the green shrine in three strides, pointing at the wood-shaving statue: "Trembling! Trembling!"

"La beep?" Green Celebi tilted its head, floating half a meter higher with an innocent look on its face.

To everyone's surprise, the imagined chaotic scene did not occur; the foam squirrels actually started circling around Tong Hua's bust.

The gaze he gave the shrine was full of adoration!

"Terrifying!"

"La beep?"

The shaman then realized what was happening, waved his hand, and made a smaller bust.

"Terrifying!"

The foam squirrel happily hugged the miniature birch shavings statue, rubbing its little face against it.

Seeing this, the shrine brigade smiled happily.