Shi Guang, holding a flashlight in one hand and leading Lin Momo by the other, traversed the zigzag cave and arrived at the giant rock blocking their path.
Before she could even get close, Lin Momo waved her hand, and the boulder in front of her vanished instantly, leaving the cave entrance unobstructed.
The dark cave was suddenly illuminated, rendering the flashlight useless.
Time paused slightly...
Although he had witnessed it twice before, he still couldn't remain calm.
He couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle, then turned off the flashlight.
"Hurry up!" Lin Momo kept walking forward, only to find that time had fallen behind her.
After the two people and the dog came out, the boulder was put back.
Lin Momo pointed in a direction and said to Shi Guang, "There's a grove of trees not far ahead, it's less than a twenty-minute walk. Let's go there."
She had already scouted the area within five miles of her home with Benben before coming down the mountain. Although she wouldn't say she knew it like the back of her hand, she could still tell where there were many trees, where there was water, and where there were large animals.
There's no need to go far to gather firewood; the area right in front of our house is enough.
Deep in the mountains, besides rocks, the second most abundant thing is definitely trees.
“Sure, you lead the way,” Shi Guang replied with a smile.
He was new to the area and knew nothing about it, but since his wife had already familiarized herself with the neighborhood, he decided to listen to her.
Lin Momo chuckled, leaning on her homemade hiking stick, and pulled Shi Guang towards the grove of trees.
Benben followed closely behind the couple.
"Did you encounter any danger in the mountains before?" Shi Guang asked with concern.
This is already deep in the mountains, there should be plenty of wild animals here. She dares to wander around in the mountains all by herself, she's really brave.
"Maybe I'm just lucky, I haven't encountered any danger yet. Besides, I have Benben. If I encounter danger, it will warn me in advance. If I can't fight back, I'll go into my space and hide for a while."
The time she encountered the wolf cub was probably the closest she ever came to danger.
However, by the time the wolves arrived, she had already entered the space and was completely unaware of the danger that was so close at hand.
"That's right. If you encounter danger, you should hide. You can't act recklessly just because you have a gun." Hearing her say that, Shi Guang felt relieved.
As they talked, the two soon arrived at the grove of trees.
This is a mixed forest with various tree species, including fruit trees such as walnuts, dates, persimmons, and chestnuts.
Lin Momo asked Shi Guang, "How should we cut it? Should we cut the branches or cut the whole tree off?"
“Let’s cut the whole tree down; that’s more efficient. I’ll cut down the tree, and you can prune the branches. When we leave, we can store the whole tree in our space and then slowly split it up when we get back,” Shiguang said after a moment of contemplation.
It could snow at any moment that day, so naturally we had to cut down more trees to take home.
"Then let's use a chainsaw. It's a great tool for felling trees; it can cut down a tree in just over ten minutes."
Lin Momo smiled and nodded, then in the blink of an eye, she took out a chainsaw from her spatial storage and handed it to Shi Guang. "It was fully charged yesterday, but I don't know how long it will last. I'll get you a new one when it runs out of power."
Yesterday, as soon as she decided to chop firewood, Lin Momo took the time to dig out all kinds of saws, including electric saws, hand saws, and chain saws, and placed them in the front yard beforehand.
Charge it fully when it needs to.
There are even wood saws for woodworking, but we don't need those for now; we'll use them when we want to make furniture.
They do have axes and such...
But if there are sharper and faster ones, who would still use it?
In the remote, uninhabited mountains and forests, there was nothing to worry about.
Shi Guang took the time in his hand, glanced at it, and then smiled and said, "Okay, let's see how long it lasts."
He thought Lin Momo would hand him an axe.
With this good stuff, he can chop enough firewood to last the whole winter in just one day.
Eager to try, Shi Guang grabbed a chainsaw, immediately chose a medium-sized tree, turned it on, and began felling it with single-minded focus.
A buzzing sound of an electric motor rose from the woods filled with withered branches and leaves.
The sound, appearing in ancient times, seemed particularly incongruous and abrupt, as if pulling the two back to the modern era.
Lin Momo paused for a moment, then pulled herself back to reality.
Seeing that Shiguang was working hard, she smiled, took out a chainsaw for herself, chose a tree about the size of a bowl, and joined Shiguang in the logging work.
Chainsaws are indeed very efficient.
In less than fifteen minutes, the tree of time will be sawed off.
"Mo Mo, Mo Mo!" He turned off the chainsaw and came to Lin Mo Mo's side.
Lin silently responded, "Ah!" and quickly turned off the saw in her hand.
Staring at time with a blank expression.
"The tree is about to fall, you should move away from it." Shi Guang pointed to the tree he was sawing.
"Oh, then you should be careful too."
Looking in the direction he was pointing, the big tree was indeed teetering on the brink of collapse. Lin gave a silent instruction and then took the saw and moved aside.
Then, standing at a distance, his gaze was fixed on time and that tree.
Then time returned to the tree and carefully sawed a wedge-shaped opening from the opposite direction.
Then he went around to the other side, put down the chainsaw, and tentatively pushed with both hands...
"Crunch!"
The swaying tree tilted to the opposite side, and then a loud crash came from the broken end, and the whole tree fell to the ground.
They managed to cut one down so quickly.
The first time I did a job, I felt a great sense of accomplishment.
Shiguang excitedly called out to her, "Momo, prune the branches of this tree, I'm going to cut down another one."
"Okay. I'll go and prune it after I cut this one down."
Lin silently responded and immediately picked up the saw and walked back to the tree he had cut down earlier.
Another point is that this tree is about to fall, so we can't give up halfway through doing things.
She also learned from the passage of time: when the tree was about to be cut down, she went around to the other side and cut a wedge-shaped notch, then returned to this side and pushed it with her hand.
The tree trunk, as thick as a bowl, fell towards the opposite side.
"Yay!" Lin Momo cheered excitedly.
This was the first tree she had ever cut down, and she felt a great sense of accomplishment.
Previously, we would collect branches and twigs from the woods, which were not only not durable but also very time-consuming.
Perhaps because she had plenty of firewood, she never thought of cutting down trees to make firewood.
Feeling a little excited, Lin Momo immediately began to prune the branches off the tree.
Because the branches were quite thin and the chainsaw was exceptionally sharp, it was cleaned up in no time.
Then, in a great mood, Lin Momo went to clean up the tree that Time had cut down, humming a song.
She didn't put the tree away, thinking she would put it into her space together when they were about to go back, so she could count how many trees they could cut down before dark.
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