A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 296 Happy Birthday
After chatting with Abigail for a while, Leon said goodbye to her and ran to the kitchen to find Gus.

"Leon, why are you in the kitchen?" Gus, who was wearing an apron, was frying the processed anchovies. When he saw Leon appear in the kitchen, he asked in confusion.

"I'm here to help, and by the way, I'd like to learn a few of your cooking skills." Leon also stated his purpose directly.

"Hahaha, what do you mean by stealing knowledge? If you want to learn, you can come to me anytime. I can teach you step by step." Gus said to Leon with a smile.

"Right now, you should actually go to the living room and join everyone's conversation instead of coming to the kitchen and figuring out how to cook with an old man like me."

"I have social phobia." Leon said nonsense with confidence.

Gus looked at Leon in surprise when he heard that. He couldn't tell that this guy was a socially anxious person. He was so shocked by Leon's words that he even forgot to turn over the fried anchovies in the pan.

Fortunately, Leon had been paying attention to the situation in the pot and reminded Guts of this, thus preventing one side of the anchovies from being fried to a charred state. Leon was also forcibly pushed out by Guts on the grounds of interfering with the operation of the kitchen.

Since he failed to attend Gus's open class, Leon could only return to the living room and join in the chat.

Apart from the two little guys, Vincent and Jas, who were playing by themselves and doing the puzzle Emily had prepared for them, most of the people chatting on the sofa were adults.

The seating positions of these people were also very particular. Marnie sat with Lewis, Jodie sat with Caroline Robin, Emily sat with Haley, and Abigail sat alone on the single sofa, making Leon not know where to sit.

Fortunately, Emily noticed Leon standing nearby, and took the initiative to pull Abigail to her and Haley, so that Leon could sit on the single sofa where Abigail was before.

As soon as Leon appeared, he became the focus of everyone's conversation.

"Leon, how is your chicken coop now?" Mani was the first to speak to Leon.

"It's fine. The chicks are growing fast," Leon replied.

"There shouldn't be any problems with the chicken coop, right?" Robin continued the topic and asked Leon about the use of his construction project.

"No problem, it reduces a lot of my work." Lyon continued to answer.

"Then I guess we'll see fresh egg products in your shipping boxes next time. But you can't slack off on the farming, Leon. Your high-quality crops have already made Red Star Farm quite famous. Keep up the good work." Lewis also joined in and encouraged Leon.

"Of course, my main development direction now is still crop planting." Lyon nodded in response.

"It seems that Mr. Leon is very popular. This may be our first formal meeting and chat." Even Caroline on the side spoke to Leon at this moment.

"Yes, hello, Ms. Caroline, just call me Leon." Leon greeted the beautiful woman with long green hair with a smile.

"Well, I have to thank you for taking care of Pierre's business. Pierre has been very happy since you came. After all, you always buy a lot of seeds from him. He and I have also discussed inviting you to our home when you are free one day." Caroline reminded Leon.

"I'll visit if I have the chance." Lyon answered politely, but he didn't really have much idea about whether to visit Pierre's house.

This series of questions also allowed Leon to smoothly join in the chat. It can be seen that everyone is quite familiar with each other, so the atmosphere of the chat is very relaxed.

As the protagonist of today, Haley is almost the busiest one, and basically most of the topics are related to her.

When the conversation was getting lively, Abigail suddenly said, "Haley, whose gift was the most surprising thing you received today?" After this question was asked, almost everyone fell silent, and they all looked at Haley curiously. Only Caroline looked at Abigail helplessly. It was just that there were a lot of people around, and she didn't want to tell Abigail that her question was a bit inappropriate.

Haley was a little caught off guard by Abigail's question, but she still answered subconsciously: "It should be a gift from Leon."

"What's the gift?" Abigail continued to ask.

"Ahem." Before Haley could speak, Leon coughed lightly.

Hailey naturally heard the cough that carried a reminder, and replied with a smile: "It's a secret. Maybe you'll know on your birthday."

"Oh." Abigail glanced at Leon who was pretending to be calm, then looked at Haley and said nothing more.

"It looks like the gift Leon prepared is going to be amazing." As the mayor of Pelican Town, Lewis was very good at livening up the atmosphere. He spoke immediately after the Q&A session with Abigail in the sea.

"But gifts are not about high or low. What matters most is the thought. Young people really understand young people."

Lewis then took the initiative to change the topic, which brought the atmosphere back to its original lively state. The conversation continued until Gus told everyone that it was time to eat.

Gus's cooking skills were as good as ever, and the portions and dishes for this lunch were rich and sufficient, so everyone was basically full.

After the meal, there was the usual birthday song and candle blowing activities. In order to create a dark atmosphere, Emily even pulled the curtains to keep the room dim.

After Haili blew out the candles, the lively cake-sharing ceremony began. Haili, the birthday star, cut the cake. When it was Leon's turn to receive the cake, Haili suddenly said, "Don't be in a hurry to leave later. I have something for you."

"Is it an Easter photo?" Leon reacted instantly.

"Yes, it has been developed. I also prepared an album for you." Haley nodded and replied.

"Thank you." Leon smiled and thanked Hailey, "Happy birthday."

"Yeah." Hailey smiled and handed the cake to Leon.

While eating cake, everyone was not idle either. They played some small games in the spacious living room of Emily and Haley's house, such as musical chairs and BINGO.

As for the musical chairs, Lyon did participate, but when playing against Jas and Vincent, Lyon deliberately let them win, allowing the two kids to get tickets to the finals.

As for the bingo game, Leon acted as a spectator because he was not very good at it. On the contrary, Haley was the winner in the game, making Abigail, who unfortunately lost, very angry.

It was not until the end of all the celebratory games and around three o'clock in the afternoon that everyone dispersed and waited until the end. Only Leon and Jordi stayed.

Jody came to help Emily clean up the mess and clean the house, while Leon came because Haley was going to give him the photos she took on Easter.

　These chapters are a bit boring, so I have to skip them quickly.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)