In the afternoon, the martial arts bear master took Lin Yi to find the dong dong rat in the forest.
The dong dong mouse is climbing up the tree with a fruit in its arms. Winter is coming soon, so it has to decorate its nest and prepare enough food. Only in this way can it survive the winter safely.
For Pokémon in the wild, this is a sense of crisis engraved in their bones.
Not just Todoroki, every Pokémon must be prepared.
The chickadees in the forest and other bird Pokémon flew to the warm south early, and they will not return to the forest until winter is over.
Seeing a man and a bear coming over, the busy Dongdong mouse stuffed the fruit into the tree hole, and then happily poked his head out of the tree: "Dongdong?"
Lin Yi rode on the neck of the martial arts bear master. The martial arts bear master was carrying a basket with a lot of fruits in the basket. He took out the fruits and handed them to Lin Yi above, who then passed them to the tree hole.
Dong Dong rat.
Seeing the delicious tree fruit in front of him, Dongdong Rat was a little surprised: "Dongdong?!"
Lin Yi said: "Give it to you."
Dongdongshu lowered his head and glanced at the martial arts bear master below, and quickly shook his head: "Dongdong!" (There is no food outside in winter. If you give it to me, you will starve. I don't want it!)
"It's okay, we won't be hungry." Lin shook his head and explained patiently: "I like the gift you gave me before. It helped us a lot."
"Dong dong?" The mouse's ears twitched when he heard the gift.
Lin Yi took the opportunity to stuff the fruit into the Dongdong rat's tree hole.
Dong Dong Mouse still wanted to refuse, but Lin Yi held his little paw with his hand.
"Please accept it, this is our intention." He said.
"Dong dong..." Okay.
Dong Dong Mouse thought for a moment, then moved to the side, revealing the messy things behind it.
"Dong dong!" (These are my treasures. If you give me fruits, you can choose three of them and take them back!)
As the dongdong rat moved away, Lin Yi could see clearly what was going on in the tree hole.
Unexpectedly, the space inside the tree hole is very large, filled with all kinds of actions, including small stones, tree fruits, bamboo shoots, and even half a damaged elf ball.
Lin Yi was a little surprised, and then realized that the characteristics of this dong dong rat were very likely to be picked up.
[Pick up: Sometimes you can pick up props used by your opponent, and you can also pick them up during the adventure.]
Pokémon with this characteristic will give people the feeling of being a collector, and they like to pick up various things from outside and bring them back to their lair.
Although it is not helpful in combat, it is a very useful feature in certain situations.
Seeing Lin Yi staring at his babies, Dongdong Rat's face was filled with pride: "Dongdong!" (These are hard to find!)
"It's amazing!" Lin Yi took the second tree fruit from the martial arts bear master, and then stuffed it into Dong Dong Shu's arms.
Then came the third, fourth, fifth, until the last one was over, Lin Yi slipped off the martial arts bear master's neck and was hugged by him.
Dongdong mouse poked his head out from the tree: "Dongdong!" (I haven't chosen the treasure yet!)
Lin Yi did not originally intend to ask for Dong Dong Mouse's treasure, but when he heard this, he suddenly remembered the box of matches and asked, "Do you still have the gift you gave me last time?"
Last time... Dongdong Mouse recalled it for a while, then got into the tree hole and rummaged through boxes and cabinets to look for it.
But it's a pity that it only found one of that thing, and there are no more.
Dongdong mouse poked his head out with a small stone: "Dongdong." (That one is no longer available, but this one is.)
Lin Yi looked up and found that it seemed to be a small pearl, but the small pearl could not be eaten or made a fire. He shook his head and said to Dong Dong Mouse:
"Forget it, that's your treasure, we can't have it."
"Dong dong..."
Lin Yi and Martial Arts Master Xiong waved to Dong Dong Shu: "Goodbye, we are going back!"
They still have a lot to do before winter comes.
This autumn is destined to be busy for everyone living in the forest.
Lin Yi said goodbye to Dong Dong Shu and entered the forest with the martial arts bear master again.
The food is not enough, they have to find more.
In addition to food, you also need to collect dead branches and leaves from the forest and bring them back to the cave to keep them for making fires in the winter.
He and the martial arts bear master worked for a whole afternoon before they were able to fill up a corner of the cave.
When the sun went down, one person and one bear returned to the cave. After filling their stomachs, they lay down on the "wool bed" and fell asleep.
Early the next morning, the martial arts bear master started working on the big stone again.
In winter, the cold wind from outside will enter the cave through the entrance. If the entrance is blocked with stones, the cave will be much warmer by then.
Early in the morning, it took Lin Yi up the mountain.
Here, Lin Yi saw another completely different Pokémon ecology.
Most of the Pokémon that live in the forest are normal and grass-type Pokémon, while in this mountain, there are many rock- and ground-type Pokémon.
For example, a rumble stone lying on the mountain road disguised as a big stone, surrounded by a group of small fist stones, formed a complete group.
There are also Pokémon like gophers and pangolins.
They did not show too much aggression towards the sudden arrival of a man and a bear, and most of them took one look at them and then went about their own business.
The martial arts bear master observed and selected suitable stones while advancing in the mountains.
Soon, its eyes locked on a stone that was the right size for the entrance of the cave.
"This is it!"
The martial arts bear master walked to the big stone and squatted down. It stretched out its thick arms, and then exerted force, and the huge stone was lifted by it and brought back to the cave.
Lin Yi followed it back home. The martial arts bear master placed the big stone at the entrance of the cave, but found that the stone was a little too big, so he smashed the extra space with his fists.
The stone was embedded in the hole, just blocking it, but not tightly, leaving a small gap for air circulation.
Looking at his masterpiece, the martial arts master Xiong was very satisfied, thinking that this way Xiao Wu would not be cold in winter.
With this stone, the woolen coat of the braided sheep, and itself, it should be very warm this winter.
Now that the problem of warmth is solved, only the problem of food remains.
Taking advantage of enough time, the martial arts master Xiong took Lin Yi around to look for things to fill his stomach.
Time passed quietly between the fingers, and it was late autumn before I knew it.
The temperature begins to drop. It's fine during the day, but at night, a cold wind blows outside.
Using these three months, Martial Arts Master Xiong and Lin Yi finally collected enough food.
All kinds of tree fruits and mushrooms filled the cellars they dug out.
It's cold and windy outside, but it's very warm inside the cave.
After three months, Xiao Wu has grown up a bit.
Looking at the food and Xiao Wu hiding in his arms due to the cold, the martial arts bear master felt warm in his heart.
"Just grow up healthily like this!" Martial Arts Master Xiong said silently in his heart.