Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 181: Building a Snowman with Pokémon Ends with a Snowball Fight (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

After a full day of heavy snow, the snow covering the manor became even thicker, and many fruit tree branches and vegetable gardens could not bear the weight and were completely crushed.

Early in the morning, Mingyou was not woken up naturally, but rather by the cold. The villa was heated all day, so he was used to sleeping with only an air-conditioning blanket. The sudden drop in temperature in the morning made him very uncomfortable.

"It's so cold..."

Mingyou sat dazedly on the bed, wearing a cute, fluffy Eevee pajama set that she had bought on sale when the temperature dropped a while ago.

After a short while, he glanced at the time: 6:35 AM. It was still dark outside, and the room was dimly lit, barely bright enough to see anything.

He gently covered Ponpo, who was lying on the Magikarp plushie beside him and was still half asleep, without waking her up.

He then touched the switch by the bed and flipped it twice, but there was no response from inside the room.

"As expected, the power went out..."

Mingyou patted his head helplessly, then got up and put on his coat, intending to go see what was going on. A power outage in the dead of winter is a real problem.

Upon reaching the second-floor corridor, it was still quite warm outside, indicating that the power outage hadn't lasted long...

Without disturbing the other Pokémon in the villa, he went for a walk in the backyard, quickly returned to the house, closed the door, and prepared to change his clothes.

"It's so cold..."

He was breathing warm air onto his hands and was about to open his bedroom door when, perhaps because his footsteps were too loud, the door to the room next door suddenly opened gently.

A slightly disheveled girl peeked out from behind the screen and asked suspiciously, "What are you doing?"

"Excuse me, did I wake you up?"

"No, I just went to the bathroom and came back to sleep. I heard a noise and came out to check. By the way, why is the power out?"

"I hadn't noticed before, but the manor's electricity is generated by pumping water from the lake behind it. These past few days, the electricity usage has been a bit high, and since the lake behind it is frozen over and the water can't be pumped up, so... haha."

Mingyou smiled awkwardly. He glanced at the backyard and realized that the water couldn't be pumped. He immediately understood the reason; it was indeed a problem he hadn't noticed.

After hearing this, Xiao Zhao shook her head and rubbed her forehead. She walked out of the room wearing a long pink cotton-padded coat over a Pikachu-patterned pajama set.

"No power and no water, huh... New Year's is in two days, this won't do. How about we have Moon Bear and the others break the ice?"

"The Magikarp and Savage Bass in the lake are hibernating. It wouldn't be good to wake them up if we made too much noise. As for water, we use groundwater at home, so that's not a problem. As for electricity... let Electivire and the others come back in the evening to help generate electricity. We can also bring back all the New Year's goods we bought."

Electivire and Electivire are all at the Pelipper Outpost in Greentown. Although they volunteered to help the manor send goods, it's almost the end of the year, so they should definitely take a few days off. The Night Demon in the haunted house is also there.

The two of them didn't go out much yesterday, spending the whole time discussing preparations for the New Year. They bought most of the things they needed online, and for the few things that weren't available... like door couplets, he had to buy the materials and make them himself.

Everything was expedited via Big Peacock SF Express. The delivery station is really convenient now. Almost everything arrived this afternoon. We'll get everything sorted out tomorrow, and then we can all celebrate the New Year together the day after.

Seeing that he said that, Xiao Zhao was naturally relieved, but there was still one problem: "If there is a power outage and no heating, then today will be very difficult."

"Indeed... it's best not to leave the doors and windows wide open, the heating hasn't even gone off yet. But they won't be able to play games today, Ralts will probably just sit there blankly all day, right?"

"Playing video games all day isn't good either. Why not do some outdoor exercise to keep fit? It snowed so heavily yesterday, how about we go build a snowman later?"

Xiao Zhao smiled and offered her suggestion. She really wanted to build a snowman with the Pokémon, and it was indeed a good way to pass the time.

Moreover, those who have never built a snowman in winter are destined to live an imperfect life.

Hearing the suggestion, Mingyou was somewhat tempted, but then she thought about it again and sighed, "I still need to take stock of the losses. With such heavy snow... I guess a lot of crops have been crushed to death. I need to deal with it quickly and then replant to avoid even greater losses."

"What's the problem with that!"

Xiao Zhao put her hands on her hips and smiled as she said, "I'll come help later. Let's finish the work quickly so we can all build a snowman together. It won't be fun if you don't come."

After hearing this, Mingyou smiled calmly, offered no words of advice, and replied, "Since you say so, let's change our clothes and go now."

"Oh, right, there's one more thing!"

"Um?"

"Your pajamas are quite cute~"

"..."

Before they knew it, it was morning. The manor lost power, and Latias and the others, who had been engrossed in the game for several days, immediately experienced withdrawal symptoms, feeling like they couldn't muster any interest in doing anything.

Although the slight drop in temperature didn't affect them at all, they were just bored and had no motivation to chase after them around like before.

"Hmm..."

Ponpon wandered around the living room, feeling for the first time that the atmosphere in the house was so oppressive. It was just a power outage, was it really that bad?

We need to get everyone in the right frame of mind!

"Mmm!"

It took out its Rotom phone, ready to take pictures of everyone. Just then, Mingyou and the others, who had finally finished their work, walked in through the back door. Instead of the fatigue from finishing their work, they looked expectant.

Seeing everyone's listless appearance, he raised his hands, laughed, and shouted, "The power won't be back until tonight. Instead of sitting here getting moldy, why don't we go outside and get some exercise? How about building a snowman?"

"Mmm~"

Ponpon is going~

Upon hearing about building a snowman, Latias and the others immediately perked up again. Although they didn't know what that was, it was better than lying there bored.

Seeing that they all seemed quite interested, Mingyou and Xiaozhao exchanged a smile. "In that case, let's all go to the front yard. We left the snow there specifically so that Growlithe wouldn't have to clear it away..."

Once outside, Xiao Zhao explained how to build a snowman: you collect snow and pile it together to make whatever shape you like, and whoever makes the best-looking snowman wins.

"Waaah!"

It's that simple!

Latias was very confident. It was just building a snowman. Although she was bad at playing games and doing crafts, her imagination was extraordinary. As long as she used her mental power, she could easily make a bunch of them!

"By the way, you can ask your teammates for help, but you can't use other forces, otherwise it would be too unfair!"

Xiao Zhao suddenly added another sentence.

"Waaah!"

Latias pouted, "Are you making things difficult for my little darling...?"

The rules were simple, and everyone quickly began collecting snow from all over the place, piling it together, making all sorts of shapes, or rolling snowballs around.

The horned deer buried in the snow yawned and continued sleeping, while the moon bear lay down beside it, comfortably basking in the sun and sleeping.

Heyue Bear is setting up a platform for Ponpo, letting Ponpo stand on its shoulders, and is carefully installing a head on the snowman "Mingyou" in front of it.

Mingyou watched with satisfaction. Although she didn't know why "she" was three meters tall, perhaps this was her image in Ponpo's mind? But she had to admit that the snowman was indeed very well made.

He didn't make a sound to disturb them, but continued to look at the snowmen built by the other Pokémon. Smokecha built a jar, Garchomp built a Gible, and Riolu built a Squid Girl for the Ralts sisters.

As for Latias, he piled two snowdrifts, one large and one small, sideways together, and for a long time he couldn't figure out what they were.

"These are...two mountains?"

"Waaah!"

Latias pouted and retorted, "That's a Snorlax! The big snowball is its belly, and the small snowball is its head. You're so stupid, you can't even see that!"

"...You really like Snorlax, huh?"

"Waaah~"

Of course! Snorlax's belly is so big and soft, I've wanted to touch it for a long time, but I've never had the chance.

"Good luck with this!"

Mingyou gave her a thumbs-up as encouragement.

Although each one was more abstract than the last, he still gave them all positive reviews. This was the result of everyone's hard work and dedication.

Until he saw something more abstract...

There stood a little Snorlax, its snow stick reaching for the sky. Beside it, Greedy Squirrel, Hungry Squirrel, and several bear cubs were rolling snowballs for it, then placing them on either side of the thick snow stick...

"What the hell are you building?!"

Mingyou was so frightened by this scene that her face turned red. She kept complaining, "Last time, Team Rocket's robot only looked similar... but this one is more than just similar in appearance. It's clearly that thing!"

"Gambit!"

This is the Armstrong Accelerated Jet Death Cyclone Armstrong Cannon! Although I don't know exactly what it is, I feel that this is the name it should be, and it was conceived by them together!

The little Snorlax proudly introduced it to its little brothers, saying that this thing was not comparable to those snowmen. They packed the snow very tightly and made it very sturdy, so it was hard to break even if it fell on the ground!

"Hurry up and take this thing apart, or Xiao Zhao will say I've corrupted you!"

Although Mingyou really wanted to say that, he held back as he watched them work hard to build up an indescribable thing, not wanting them to ruin his efforts and hard work.

"It is indeed quite... unconventional, but don't say I taught them, I really didn't..."

Mingyou didn't want to stay here any longer. He was a very simple-minded person and had never seen anything like this before.

He then immediately ran away, and just then, Xiao Zhao's Zoroia suddenly jumped onto the belly of Latias's Snorlax, revealing a smile, just like that day at the hot springs, to assert its dominance.

"Ugh!"

This Yeti Snorlax is mine!

"Ugh!?"

Latias was slightly taken aback, but the moment she saw the Yeti Snorlax that had been trampled and dented, her chubby face instantly ignited with anger.

She worked so hard on this, and it's not easy for her to seriously make something by hand, and this silly fox ruined it!

"Waaah!"

Give me back!

Latias grabbed a clump of snow, rolled it into a ball, and threw it at Zoroya, but the little fox was very agile and easily dodged it.

But Latias wasn't about to let it get away, and continued to hurl snowballs at it...

Mingyou, who had walked a little further away, was unaware of the commotion behind him. At this moment, he came to Xiaozhao's side, and the expression on his face gradually turned to surprise.

Little Zhao was slowly building a Pokémon out of snow, resembling an alpaca, with a cross-shaped wheel around its belly!

Then the identity of this snowman is obvious... It is none other than Arceus, the creator god who created the entire world!

"Isn't that extremely disrespectful?"

"God wouldn't be so petty."

Xiao Zhao responded with a smile.

According to He Yuexiong, the person in this world defeated Arceus a hundred years ago... but the person in the present has lost her memory and is not sure if she had this experience, but one thing is certain: she and Arceus definitely have a deep connection.

Mingyou stood aside and observed without saying a word, after all, mythology was too far removed from his world...

Only then did he notice the growing commotion behind him. He instinctively turned around to ask everyone to quiet down, but Zoroya suddenly jumped onto his face.

"Don't jump on my face, my paws are so cold..."

Mingyou pulled Zoroa off his face, then looked up and saw Latias suddenly run over to Snorlax and the others, grab something, and throw it towards them.

"!!!"

He quickly dodged and was almost hit, but then, Xiao Zhao suddenly shouted in panic from behind.

"Ah! What...what is this?!"

"Oh no!"

Mingyou snapped back to reality and turned around to look.

Xiao Zhao was sitting on the snow, looking flustered and bewildered, staring ahead at the Arceus snowman who had been shot through by a mysterious snow stick.

"The Sinnoh Grandmaster...was taken down by the Armstrong Cannon!"

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(End of this chapter)