A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 191 Lottery Ticket
Lewis said, and came forward enthusiastically to give Leon a big hug.

"I didn't expect that your first batch of parsnips has matured and been shipped out. This is such a pleasant surprise. Especially since there are two high-quality parsnips in this batch. This is really exciting news."

Listening to Lewis's sigh, Leon speechlessly broke free from Lewis's arms and complained: "It has been sent out for several days."

"Alas, I was too busy so I didn't notice it." Lewis touched his beard awkwardly when he heard that, then happily greeted Leon into the house, and then took out a letter from the coffee table and showed it to Leon.

"The governor wrote me a letter expressing his happiness about the revival of Red Star Farm. Oh, and here's the bonus from the governor."

After carefully putting the letter away, Lewis took out another 500G bill and handed it to Leon: “This is the governor’s personal congratulatory gift as a token of encouragement.”

Leon immediately accepted the money with a smile on his face: “Then I’ll trouble Lewis to thank the governor for his kindness on my behalf.”

"Of course, but I think it would be best if you thanked the governor in person. Wait until the summer Hawaiian party starts, and the governor will personally come to Pelican Town to attend. Then you can communicate face to face."

Lewis reminded Leon.

"Summer's still a long way off." Lyon complained.

"It won't be long. Time flies." Lewis comforted.

After speaking, Lewis began to make tea for Leon. The tea set was very delicate. When the teacup was handed to Leon, Leon recognized that it was black tea, and it smelled quite fragrant.

"Why are you coming to see me so early in the morning? What's the matter?"

After making the tea, Lewis sat opposite Leon and asked.

"I'm here to ask about the payment for the shipping boxes. The payment is a bit slow this time, and my farm's capital chain is about to break." Lyon complained.

Although he still has enough money for the time being, but without this excuse, Lyon is worried that Lewis will drag him down, but this possibility is not great.

"I'll help you push for this issue, but you can't blame the dealers. After all, you've been selling goods every day recently, and they originally wanted to settle the bill together at the weekend," Lewis explained.

"Can't we calculate it one by one?" Lyon asked.

“It wasn’t possible before, but it is possible now,” Lewis said.

"Because the value of Red Star Farm has been proven?" Lyon asked.

"Well, chatting with you is so easy. I don't even need to explain, you understand what I mean." Lewis looked at Leon approvingly: "Later, I will contact the merchants who shipped the goods to negotiate, and strive to get you paid the next day."

"Thank you for your help, Lewis." Leon thanked Lewis and continued to ask, "When we met before, you said you wanted to see me. Were you going to tell me about the letter from the governor?"

"Well, after all, this is good news worth celebrating, isn't it? But since you're here, I might as well tell you about the new activities in Pelican Town." Lewis stood up and walked to the separate office area in the house. Seeing that Leon had followed him, he took Leon to a machine that looked like a fruit machine, but the icons displayed on the machine kept scrolling. There were many kinds of icons, and Leon identified some good things from them.

For example, there were fruit tree seedlings that were not sold in Pierre's grocery store, as well as some fancy-looking seeds and furniture patterns.

"This is an idea that a friend of mine came up with. He seems to think that life in Pelican Town is too dull, so he wants to use this method to add some fun to everyone."

As Lewis spoke, he took out a red lottery ticket from the box behind the machine and showed it to Leon.

"This is the ticket to start the machine. If you put it in here, you can start the machine once and randomly draw a gift from it. These gifts include all kinds of things."

"Lewis, can you tell me how to get the lottery ticket?" Although he had heard about this from Gus, Leon still asked Lewis in passing to avoid embarrassing him.

Lewis readily explained, "Of course I'll be distributing them, but there are restrictions. I'll only give them as rewards to the person who completes the most community commissions each month, three at a time."

"Is this the only way to get it?" Lyon asked.

"Not always. For example, sometimes important commissions also include coupons as rewards." Lewis continued, "For example, public commissions are usually issued by me. They list the problems and threats that have arisen in Pelican Town and seek solutions. For these public commissions, I will also reward them with coupons in addition to the remuneration."

Lewis's expression was a little hesitant when he said this. "But I'm worried that this will undermine the original intention of delegation within the community. After all, this delegation column model, which concentrates the power of community residents to help others solve difficulties, is intended to allow everyone to communicate and interact more, and cultivate everyone's sense of community identity."

"If everyone is just going for the lottery and treating the commissions in the commission column as work, rather than doing it out of a desire to communicate and help each other among neighbors, then this community activity may become a profit-making project."

"Whether there is this lottery ticket or not, the townspeople's requests will always exist, right? If there is no lottery ticket, will no one help?" Leon complained.

"That's true." Lewis was stunned for a moment, then handed the lottery ticket in his hand to Leon.

"Take one and try. After all, you've received the governor's commendation, which has brought some attention and recognition to Pelican Town. Consider this a personal reward from me."

"I hope your friend won't be angry if you give me the lottery ticket like this." Lyon didn't rush to take the lottery ticket, but turned to Lewis to test him.

"Of course not. After all, this is an incentive to promote the vitality and cohesion of Pelican Town. You deserve such a ticket." Lewis handed the ticket to Leon with a firm attitude.

"And I want to see what good things you can win. After all, there are so many prizes here. But I haven't given out a single ticket yet, so I think at least someone should try to see if this machine works, right?"

"Can I try again next time?" Leon suggested. After all, his fortune today was just average, and he wanted to try again on a luckier day.

“Oh, just use it. There’s no point in keeping it, and I really want to see if this machine works well.” Lewis urged Leon.

"Okay." Leon looked at Lewis helplessly, but finally couldn't help but stuff the ticket into the machine out of curiosity.

(End of this chapter)