A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 263 Is this thing really a water pump?

Because Maru was coming today, Leon did not leave the farm directly, but returned to the cabin and called Robin.

"Hi, this is Robin. How can I help you?" As soon as the phone was connected, Robin's enthusiastic voice reached Leon's ears.

"Robin, it's me, Leon. I want to ask, is Maru still at home?" Leon asked directly.

"She's been out for a while. You should be able to see her after a while." Robin replied.

"I understand. Sorry to bother you. Goodbye." After getting an accurate answer, Leon hung up the phone.

Then Leon took a look at today's divination. After knowing that his luck was stable, he poured himself a cup of hot water, held the cup and sat on the steps in front of the wooden house, sipping the water and sighing that it would be great if he had a bag of good tea at this moment.

After drinking a glass of water, Leon put the cup back and walked out of the farm. He looked at the dirt road leading to Pelican Town, but did not see Maru. Instead, he saw Pam wearing a jacket.

It's just that they were too far away. Leon had good eyesight and could see Pam clearly, but Pam didn't seem to notice Leon and turned a corner at the fork in the road. If Leon remembered correctly, there was a bus stop over there.

“It’s quite positive.”

Glancing at the time on the watch, it was just eight o'clock. Pam appeared here, probably to go to work. Compared to the game where Pam arrived at the station at ten o'clock, the bus driver's working time in reality was much earlier.

I just have to wait for Maru, otherwise Leon really wants to try the new bus experience. It would be nice to go to the Calico Desert and buy some carambola seeds in advance.

Just as Leon was about to turn around and go back to the farm to wait for Maru, he noticed a manic engine roar coming from the road in the east. Leon squinted his eyes and forgot to look over, and found that the source of the sound was a motorcycle.

The person driving this motorcycle is Sebastian.

The motorcycle was moving very fast. Sebastian drove the motorcycle in front of Leon without Leon having to wait for long. And before hitting Leon, Sebastian braked suddenly and spun the motorcycle, stopping the car less than a meter in front of Leon.

It was only then that Leon noticed Maru sitting on the back of Sebastian's motorcycle and the large box in his hands.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting, Leon." Maru got out of the car carrying the suitcase. He first apologized to Leon, and then thanked Sebastian: "Thank you for your trouble, Sebastian, and for giving me a ride."

"I'll leave Maru to you. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." Sebastian ignored Maru and said something to Leon. Then he stepped on the accelerator and rushed out in a cool manner.

"Wisp boy." Leon couldn't help but sigh at the sight, then looked at Maru who looked a little sad and comforted him: "Your cheap brother may be a tsundere. Don't be discouraged because he ignored you. Didn't he even send it to you specially? It shows that he still cares about you."

Maybe." Malu shook her head helplessly: "But I feel like he is more like completing his mother's mission."

Faced with Maru's explanation, Leon didn't know what to say. After all, every family has its own problems. A reconstituted family with various problems such as the neglect of his stepfather and the busy work of his mother, it would be impossible for Sebastian to be nice to this step-sister.

Leon immediately changed the subject: "Come on, let's go into my farm. Let's see the effect of your water pump. I'll treat you to lunch at noon."

"Yeah." Maru cheered up and entered the farm with Leon one after the other. Then, beside the farmland, Maru began to open the box, took out the water pump and hose inside, and began to assemble it. Leon looked at the water pump curiously. It was half a meter long and thirty centimeters high, and its shape looked a bit like a motor.

Lyon specifically picked up the water pump. It was lighter than it looked. It only had one water outlet that could be connected to a hose. The water pumping location should be under the louver-shaped patches on both sides of the water pump.

There was no power cord interface, so Leon asked: "Is it a rechargeable model?"

"Well, considering the convenience, I designed a solar charging mode for you. You just need to open it here, unfold it and place it under the sun to complete the charging."

Upon hearing this, Maru immediately demonstrated how to pull out a solar charging panel hidden at the tail of the water pump. Leon also saw five IED lights on it, and all five of them lit up green.

"This is the internal power display. Due to material reasons, it can only be made into a simple design like this. If all five lights are green, it means it is fully charged. If the power supply is insufficient, all lights will go out. At this time, you have to consider charging." Maru noticed where Leon was looking at and explained.

"How long can it work on a full charge?" Leon asked.

"If it's at full power, it takes about two hours. If it's fully charged, it only takes three hours if it's in direct sunlight. If it's cloudy, it will take 7-9 hours." Maru replied.

"sharp."

Upon hearing this, Lyon couldn't help but give Maru a thumbs up. Lyon didn't expect that such a small solar charging panel could have such a high power storage efficiency.

"It's not that exaggerated. It's just a simple solar charging device. It's much less efficient than a battery pack that stores energy from lightning." Maru said a little embarrassedly.

"It's simple for you, but it's definitely high-tech for us laymen." Leon sighed, and then he thought of the girl Maru who could rub robots with her hands, and he felt relieved.

Although the magic in this world is very powerful, the messy black technology is also quite outrageous. Thinking that he is just an ordinary farmer, Leon feels a little melancholy.

After introducing the charging method, Maru put the solar charging panel back in, then pulled Leon to squat down, pointed at the switch on the water pump and spoke.

“Leon, every time you use it, remember to turn on this switch, and then you can throw it into the water, but the switch only means that the power is on. If you want it to work, you still need to use this.”

After saying that, Maru took out a round button the size of a walnut. "This is the start switch. Press it once to start pumping water, and press it again to stop pumping water. Scrolling up increases the pumping power, and scrolling down decreases the power. This also makes it easier for you to control the amount of water output."

"This thing has a remote control?" Leon couldn't help but complain when he heard this: "What other functions does it have? Can you tell me about them all?"

"Yes, in addition to pumping water, it can also pump air. As long as there are not too many suspended particles in the air, it can basically pump the air in a sealed area into a vacuum state. Of course, it can also quickly fill an oxygen-scarce area with fresh air, which is an additional function." Maru replied calmly.

"I prepared this for your trip down into the mines. I heard from my father that you've been to the abandoned mines in the back mountains many times. Although I haven't been there to investigate the specific conditions, I've read about many cases in books where miners were endangered due to lack of oxygen or toxic gases underground. So, I added this feature specifically for you."

(End of this chapter)