Not a Trainer This Time

Chapter 217 Pumpkin Cookies (4k)

If he can sew clothes and weave cloth, he can do it for the Motorized Lizard himself.

 But unfortunately, he did not master this craft.

There were still several days before Motorized Lizard's birthday. Naoki couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed when he looked at the ball of wool in his arms that was almost bigger than himself.

After thinking for a moment, he decided to send the wool back to the pasture first, and then come to the town to slowly find people who could help make clothes.

 The speed of riding a goat is not as fast as Guluton, but it is more stable.

 At three o'clock in the afternoon, Naoki returned to the pasture. He jumped off the goat, and the goat returned to the sheepfold on its own.

 The ranch is still as lively as when he left.

Huck dragons are playing on the grass, three bees and bad butterflies are flying in the flowers, and Babu woodchuck is taking a nap on the roof of the chicken hut...

Seeing this scene, Naoki smiled slightly. He touched the head of Gulton who ran in front of him, and then looked up at the Motorized Lizard not far away who had not yet woken up.

 This is a unique behavior of Pokémon.

 Whenever they are injured, they will curl up and stop moving, and recover from their injuries by sleeping or hibernating.

Huluton opened his mouth, and as soon as he said the word "ah", Zhishu said "hiss" at him.

　　So Leden immediately closed his mouth, with a hint of grievance in his eyes.

 “Go back to the house first.”

Zhi Shu had no choice but to take Gulton back to the room. He put the wool on the sofa and said to Gulton who followed him: "Are you afraid of the cold?"

Huluton immediately nodded: "Ah gah!"

 “Huh?” Naoki was a little surprised.

 Because he did not feel that Gu Ledun was afraid of the cold in his daily interactions, and according to the information he knew, King Yi, who could crack the earth with his fist, was not very afraid of the cold.

 Hence, the scales and dragon skin on Luton's body are much thicker than those of the Motorized Lizard.

This is probably the nature of dragon-type Pokémon? Naoki thought.

 After all, ice is twice as weak, and attribute restraint is too critical.

“Okay, then I’ll find someone to make you a winter coat to keep out the cold, and I’ll use this wool,” Naoki said.

 He was worried that only Biker had it, and other Pokémon would be unbalanced.

 Just like raising children, it is wrong to be partial.

 “Ah gahis~”

Huluton made a rather happy cry.

Seeing this, Naoki had a smile on his face and couldn't help but reach out and touch the head of this Pokémon with the personality of a big dog.

It took nearly two hours to go to the town. Zhi Shu was a little thirsty, so he was going to take a sip of water first.

As soon as he picked up the cup, he heard a knock on the door from outside.

"Is anyone here?"

 Hearing this familiar voice, Naoki was immediately surprised.

He went over to open the door, and sure enough he saw Mrs. Dantès, who lived in the town, standing in front of the door carrying a package.

 Under the warm autumn sun, this gray-haired old man had a kind smile on his face.

Seeing Naoki, she picked up the bag in her hand and said gently: "Good afternoon, Naoki, these are the pumpkin cookies I made. Because I accidentally made too many, Wright and I couldn't eat them." Finished, so I came over to give you some."

Zhi Shu looked at the bag of biscuits, but without saying a word of rejection, he smiled and reached out to take it: "Come in and sit down!"

 He welcomed the old man into the living room.

Without him having to say anything, my elder brother brought the guest a cup of fragrant black tea to warm him up.

Mrs. Dantès looked at the layout of the house. Although it was not luxurious, it was full of the atmosphere of life and traces of Pokémon.

Mrs. Dantès was happy for Naoki from the bottom of her heart: "It's great! This place is even more prosperous than when your grandfather ran it!"

"Huh? Was the ranch very backward at that time?" Naoki only had sporadic memories in his mind, and his impression of that time was very vague.

Mrs. Dantès nodded. She recalled and said: "There were no big houses here at that time, only a few dilapidated wooden houses. Your grandfather was a guy who refused to admit defeat. He had been working very hard to run the ranch."

“There used to be many pastures here, and the pasture run by your grandfather won first place in the crop competition every year!”

“It must have been very lively at that time.” Naoki imagined it and couldn’t help but say.

“Yes!” Mrs. Dantès’s eyes were full of nostalgia: “Ziqin Town at that time was a very famous agricultural town in the entire Padia region!”

As she spoke, a look of regret appeared on her face again: "Unfortunately, there are fewer and fewer people farming now. Young people either go to big cities to develop or become trainers."

 Naoki: “Times are changing!”

 In another ten years, the world will probably look completely different again.

 From the era of "in the past, cars and horses were very slow and letters were far away" to an era where one network cable connects the whole world.

"We are already old!" Mrs. Dantès also sighed with emotion: "If your grandpa sees that you are so sensible, he will be very happy."

 Naoki: “…”

He thought to himself that if the original owner's grandfather could still see all this, he would be very angry with the original owner.

"It's getting late, I should go back." Mrs. Dantès said kindly.

As she said that, she stood up and suddenly saw the large ball of wool that Naoki had placed in the corner of the living room.

Mrs. Dantès was very surprised: "What are these wools? Are you starting to raise braided sheep in your pasture?"

"Oh, right!" It was a good thing that Mrs. Dantès didn't ask. As soon as she asked Naoki, she remembered about finding a tailor to make clothes.

“No, it’s Motor Lizard’s birthday soon, and I plan to use the wool to make it a warm and cold-proof clothing.” Naoki explained: “There is no one selling Motor Lizard clothes in town, only Motorcycle Lizard saddles.”

"A birthday gift? The Motorized Lizard will be very happy." Mrs. Dantès was very surprised: "I didn't expect you to have such a skill."

Zhi Shu was stunned for a moment before realizing what Mrs. Dantès meant. He shook his head helplessly: "...No, I can't. I want to ask others in the town to help me do it."

Hearing this, Mrs. Dantès looked clear, and she said enthusiastically: "In that case, leave it to me! I have a loom at home, and I often use it to make clothes!"

 “Huh?” Naoki was slightly startled.

Mrs. Dantès said proudly: "When I was young, I was a very popular tailor in the town! But later on, many factories that made clothes appeared, and our handmade tailor shops were slowly eliminated."

Hearing this, Naoki thought about it seriously, and then thanked the kind old man: "Sorry to trouble you."

 “Don’t worry, this is my best job.” Mrs. Dantès was very enthusiastic.

The amount of wool was too large for her to carry alone, so Naoki asked Kuailong to help send Mrs. Dantès and the wool there.

Kailong seemed very happy to see Mrs. Dantès who was very kind to him. He happily took the wool from Zhi Shu and followed Mrs. Dantès to the town.

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 At five o'clock in the evening, Zach came to the ranch on time to receive the goods.

 After loading the buckets of moo milk into the car, he wiped the sweat from his face with a towel and said:

"Thanksgiving is next month. Are you ready for pumpkin cookies?" "Pumpkin cookies?" Naoki was a little confused.

 He knew about Thanksgiving because Zach had told him before.

 This day is the last day of autumn. People will gather together to celebrate the festival and give thanks to King Lei Guan.

But what do pumpkin cookies mean?

Seeing the confused look on his face, Zach looked very surprised: "You don't know?"

Zhi Shu was even more confused: "What do you mean?"

 Zach thought about it carefully and murmured to himself: "That's right. You left Ziqin Town when you were very young. It's normal that you don't know."

"In that case, let me explain it to you!" Zach said: "This is a custom that has been passed down from Zhiqin Town a long time ago. On the last day of autumn, in order to celebrate the harvest, people living in People around the town give each other small cookies made from crops.”

“At night, there will also be children and Pokémon visiting from house to house, exchanging their cookies with the owner of the house.”

Hearing this, Naoki roughly understood why Mayor Thomas and the others would celebrate King Lei Guan on this day.

“I know, I’ll make more later.” He nodded, just as the pumpkin biscuits that Mrs. Dantès gave her in the afternoon had already been eaten by Kuailong and the others.

“That’s okay!” Zach smiled heartily: “I’m just telling you in advance, don’t look back when the kids in the town come over to ask for cookies. It will be bad if you are not prepared.”

Naoki thought about it seriously and asked: "In that case, can I exchange the cookies of the previous child with the next child?"

 The main focus is recycling.

 Zach choked: "This has never happened before."

Zhi Shu smiled: "I'm just curious and don't really intend to do this."

Zach was inexplicably relieved. In his opinion, Naoki was not a person who would do such a thing.

 After moving the goods, he drove the car and left the ranch.

 Zhi Shu picked a big golden pumpkin from the ground and carried it back to the house.

It is getting dark, and my sister Ai Guanwai has already started preparing dinner.

 Zhi Shu cleaned the pumpkin, and then carried him to the cream workshop prepared for the Frost Milk Fairy.

 It is said to be a cream workshop, but it is actually a room specially used for making cakes, pastries and desserts.

The Frost Milk Fairy noticed with sharp eyes that Naoki was preparing to make dessert, and immediately ran over to follow him.

However, it was too small and its steps were not big, so it couldn't keep up, so it could only call out to ask Naoki to wait.

 “Mama!”

Zhi Shu stopped and watched a small Frost Milk Fairy run over the sofa in front of him. He lowered his body, and the Frost Milk Fairy jumped on top of the big pumpkin in his arms.

 “Mama!” It also wants to make desserts together!

Seeing the appearance of the Frost Milk Fairy, Naoki said with a smile: "We've been crazy outside with Salt and Stone Barrier all day long, aren't you tired?"

“Mama~” Frost Milk Fairy shook her head and swayed her body happily. A faint sweet fragrance exuded from her body.

"But having said that, I think other Frost Milk Fairies are very timid. They will hide in fear from anyone except the trainer. Why are you so brave?" Naoki was a little confused.

Not only does it hang out with salt rocks that are countless times larger than it every day, but it also dares to squeeze into the same sofa as Gu Lerton.

 “Mama!” The Frost Milk Fairy looked proud. That’s because she is a brave Frost Milk Fairy!

“Do you know what happens to brave Pokémon?” Naoki raised his eyebrows and asked deliberately.

 “Mama?”

As expected, Frost Milk Fairy’s curiosity was aroused.

Naoki: "The first type, bold Pokémon are not afraid of anything. Their lively and cheerful personalities make them good friends with everyone."

The Cream Fairy listened carefully, and then said happily: "Mama~" That's it!

"Don't worry, there is a second kind." Zhi Shu smiled slightly, and seeing the Frost Milk Fairy listening carefully, he continued: "But they are too small, and they emit a very sweet butter smell. This smell may It will attract some Pokémon with a sweet tooth and eat them in one bite.”

 At first, Frost Milk Fairy was still listening carefully, but slowly, the more she listened, the more something seemed wrong.

This makes it feel a little scared.

  Frost Milk Fairy: (﹏)

 “I’m going to start making pumpkin cookies. You go and stay aside for a while.”

While talking, Naoki came to the creamery.

 He sent the Frosted Milk Fairy to the window sill, and then began to make pumpkin cookies.

 The Frost Milk Fairy had already realized that Naoki was trying to scare it.

It shouted loudly: "Mama!" Bad Zhishu!

 Zhi Shu is going to cut the pumpkin into pieces, steam it in the microwave, and then puree it.

Hearing the voice of Frost Milk Fairy, he did not raise his head. While busy with his work, he said seriously:

“I’m not scaring you, this is really happening. You are all covered in delicious sweet cream. Wild Pokémon without trainers will probably eat you directly.”

Hearing this, Frost Milk Fairy felt that Naoshu was right again, and she began to be afraid again.

Zhi Shu comforted: "Don't be afraid, they will protect you! After they evolve, they will become tall and big salt giants. With five of them together, ordinary Pokémon can't defeat them at all."

Standing in the corridor outside the door, his brother Ai Guanshi, who came over to see if Naoki needed help, had a complicated expression.

Is it really effective to comfort people like this?

It turns out that these comforts are very effective for the frost milk fairy.

It was visibly relieved and sat in the creamery for a while. Seeing that Naoshu didn’t need its help, the Frost Milk Fairy quietly left the place.

It went downstairs, ran to the living room, ran out of the door, and ran to the underground cave blocked by salt rocks in one breath.

Looking at the five salt stone barriers walking around in the cave and still full of energy after playing with them all day, Frost Milk Fairy let out a long sigh of relief.

Seeing the Frost Milk Fairy suddenly descending into the ground, the faces of the Salt and Stone Barriers were filled with confusion.

The Frost Milk Fairy asked solemnly: "Mama?" (Are we best friends?)

 The Salt Barriers nodded repeatedly. There was no doubt that their relationship was the best in the pasture.

 The Frost Milk Fairy continued to ask: "Mama?" (What if one day I am in danger? Will you protect me?)

 “Fortress!” Of course!

Frost Milk Fairy: "Mama!" (Then you must work hard and evolve into a Salt Djinn quickly. Naoki said that the Salt Djinn is a very powerful Pokémon!)

 As for the matter of evolution, the Salt Rock Barriers naturally also think about it.

 However, this matter is not under their control!

 After leaving the underground cave, Frost Milk Fairy was still a little worried.

It thought about it carefully and felt that in addition to relying on the salt and stone barriers, it also had to work harder on its own.

 “Mama!” It’s decided!

 The Frost Milk Fairy's heart was suddenly filled with fighting spirit.

 It also needs training!

Like Kuailong, become the most powerful Frost Milk Fairy in the world!

 (End of this chapter)