A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 165 Clearance
(You can skip this, it's a pretty boring transition chapter.)
He rode his bike back to the farm. There was still some time before the dinner he had agreed to meet with Maru, so Leon could take this opportunity to plan the farm.

The first thing to do is to take out all the tree species that you have saved, and then start planting them in order according to the type of tree species in the open space in the northwest corner of the farm. The three tree species of maple, oak and pine are planted in three rows in turn.

Lyon adjusted the distance between each seed to about two steps.

The wild tree seeds in the game are not as precious as fruit trees and require a specific growing space. If you want, you can even plant two seeds together and successfully grow two wild trees close to each other.

However, in reality, in order to avoid accidents, Lyon still maintains a certain distance between them to prevent them from competing for nutrients and causing different growth problems. After all, the real farm is very large and there is no need to compromise these tree species.

Of course, Lyon was also considering the future. After all, he planted these trees not to be cut down, but to serve as a preparatory seedbed for sap collectors. Separating them a little would also make it easier for him to install and collect resin later.

In order to upgrade wild harvesting, Lyon basically cut down all the mature wild trees on the farm. Now the farm looks bare and desolate.

However, there were no wild trees on the farm, but there was no shortage of wild trees in the coal forest and remote forest outside the farm. So after planting the trees, Lyon returned to the cabin, took some ore and wood, and built three sap collectors.

There is no other way. I have other plans for the remaining copper ingots. I will build three sap collectors for the time being. When the tree species on the farm mature in the future, I will consider manufacturing sap collectors in large quantities. Three sap collectors will be enough for use in a short period of time.

After putting the three sap collectors into his backpack, Leon turned and left the farm and went to the remote forest. After a good inspection, he found three adjacent but different trees and began to install the sap collectors.

It must be said that the tools and products provided by the system are always so worry-free. The sap collector looks like a small bucket with a vertical pipe, and the shape of the bucket has obvious arc-shaped grooves on the surface, which can fit perfectly on the trunk of the tree.

You only need to stick the sap collector on the tree trunk, and the semicircular concave pipe will automatically fit the main body of the trunk and slowly penetrate the bark and embed into the trunk.

While keeping the sap collector firmly in place, it also prevents the tree from dying due to the interruption of nutrient supply caused by the insertion of the pipe.

After installing the sap collector, Lyon also observed the process of sap collection. The ring-shaped pipe would intercept the resin in the trunk, and then transport it into the pipe and drip into the small bucket. The frequency was not high, and only one drop would be left every ten seconds on average.

But Lyon does not feel it is slow. Instead, he is very satisfied with this speed because not too much resin will be intercepted. There is no need to worry about the trees installed with sap collectors being sucked dry and dying due to overfishing. This is a standard sustainable development template.

At the same time, Leon also discovered that there was a nozzle under the barrel. By unscrewing it, the resin collected in the barrel could flow out. However, it required a corresponding container to fill it. It was not as convenient as in the game where you could directly obtain the packaged finished resin.

But this is scientific. Otherwise, if it can collect resin and automatically fill it at the same time, this thing should not be called a sap collector, but an integrated sap collection and filling production line.

After installing the sap collector, Lyon was not idle. He took a walk around the area and picked some wild plants that were either buried in the soil or directly exposed on the soil, such as wild wasabi, dandelions, leeks and other spring specialty wild plants.

Although these things cannot be refreshed every other day like in the game, they grow extremely rapidly under the unique natural conditions of Stardew Valley.

Less than a week had passed since the last harvest, and another crop had already sprouted. If Leon didn't take some of this, he'd feel guilty about nature's gift. After touring the remote forest, Leon returned to the farm and visited the coal forest to inspect the green onion patch. Unlike their first encounter, the green onions in this area were noticeably sparser.

However, the newly grown onions were basically all mature, so Lyon didn't hesitate to pull them all out. He then took them to the water's edge and began to peel off the roots of the onions. He then soaked all the parasitic insects in the water and let them fall off naturally.

In a moment, these little bugs struggling in the water attracted a large number of native river dwellers.

Seeing the smallmouth bass in the water smelling the scent and happily coming over to enjoy the gift from Lyon, Lyon subconsciously took out the cherry bomb, stared at the cluster of smallmouth bass in the water and hesitated for a long time, and finally silently took back the cherry bomb.

"Fish frying is illegal! Fish frying is illegal! Fish frying is illegal!"

After repeating it silently three times, Leon suppressed the evil desire in his heart. After processing all the green onions, he chose a more mainstream method. He took out his fishing rod, hung red worms on it and threw it into the water.

Although we can't fry the fish, these little bugs on the green onions are definitely good materials for making bait, and the smallmouth bass that have gathered together can't be wasted. If we can't fry the fish, can't Lyon still go fishing?
Because the density of smallmouth bass is very high, Lyon can catch one as soon as he casts the rod. The size of smallmouth bass is not able to compete with Lyon. He casts the hook and pulls the rod continuously to pull up twelve smallmouth bass. These greedy fish are finally scared away and scatter. They quickly move their bodies and swim to the water far away from this area.

After retrieving the fishing rod, Leon glanced at his watch. It was already around three in the afternoon.

Lyon, who had not eaten lunch, did not feel hungry at this moment. The raw parsnip he ate in the morning was quite delicious, which made Lyon think of eating parsnip as a meal in the future.

Unfortunately, this thought only lasted for a few seconds before being cut off by Leon. He was a living person, not a game character, and there was no need to compromise himself. There were fish, meat, eggs, milk, noodles and rice to choose from. Who would want to gnaw on parsnips every day?

With the harvest from this trip of hunting and fishing, Leon returned to the farm, sorted his backpack, and threw the fish needed for the sacrifice into the treasure chest in the house.

For example, sea bream, eel, catfish, and by the way, a piece of ordinary quality wind grass was thrown in, after all, this thing is also needed for the spring crop sacrifice package.

He then took out other things from the treasure chest that had no value, such as wild-collected items and gems, and transferred them all to his backpack. Then he went out, opened the receiving box, and threw all the sorted goods for sale into it.

“The sale of this cargo, plus the support funds provided by Lewis, should be enough.”

Looking at the empty shipping box that had swallowed up all the goods, Leon muttered to himself.

After all, he had been coveting the star fruit that Xiao Hei had for sale for a long time. Leon was very curious about the effects of this rare and magical fruit, so he had already planned to get it.

(End of this chapter)