A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 348: Damn! I'm surrounded by rich women
Haley's words also attracted the attention of Abigail and Sophia. Together with Leon, the three heads gathered together to watch the scene recorded in this award-winning photo.

"I didn't realize you're quite photogenic, it's just that this umbrella is so out of place."

"It's quite handsome, but this flower umbrella is Hailey's, right? I saw this umbrella at the door."

After Abigail and Sophia saw the contents of the photo, they expressed their opinions.

Because this photo was taken when Haley asked Leon to help her hold an umbrella on a rainy day.

Admittedly, this photo looks more impactful than the previous set of fishing record photos. The profile of a handsome man with a calm expression, a feminine flower umbrella, dark clouds in the distance, and water droplets on the man’s raincoat, etc., create an extremely absurd and mysterious picture.

But looking at the photo, Leon felt that it wouldn't win an award, so he asked, "You're not going to add a story to it, are you?"

"Well, after all, without a good background story, the appreciation value of a work of art will be greatly reduced." Haley answered as a matter of course.

"So, I became a victim?" Lyon's expression froze when he heard that.

"Don't worry, it's just a derivative story of the work. The judges know about it. It hasn't been published in the newspapers or made public. After all, it's just an industry exchange meeting. It won't affect your reputation." Haley smiled and comforted Leon.

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Since Haley said so, Leon didn't dwell on this issue anymore.

On the contrary, Abigail and Sophia were quite curious about the story behind this photo, so they pestered Haley to tell them something about it.

Haley did not spoil the fun and recounted the little story that Leon had made up, which made the two girls look at Leon with strange expressions.

Leon also noticed the change in their expressions and replied calmly, "It's just a fictional story. Why are you so surprised?"

"I didn't realize you had such talent. It's a shame you're just a farmer." Sophia sighed.

"That's right. If he had written a novel, he might have become famous long ago," Abigail agreed.

"How can such a clichéd story become famous?" Lyon complained with disdain. In his previous life, if he had just browsed through Tieba or Weibo for such a small story, he would have found a basket of the same ones, and each one was more painful than the other.

"But this story is really good," Sophia countered. "It's just too short, without context, and it feels a little off. If it could be completed into a short book, it would surely move many people."

"Then why don't you try writing it down?" Leon suggested.

"Forget it, I don't have that ability." Sophia rejected the proposal without hesitation.

Instead, Abigail looked eager to try and took the initiative to say, "Perhaps I can give it a try?"

"As long as you are happy, have fun." Lyon didn't care about that.

Abigail's enthusiasm also piqued Sophia's interest, so the two girls came together and chatted happily, adding details and settings to the core content of this short story.

Leon didn't pay attention to them. Instead, he turned to Hailey and said, "I read your letter. You said you had something for me. What is it?"

"This." Haley stood up and ran to the dressing table beside her, opened the cabinet, and quickly took out a small box.

"What's this?" Leon asked, puzzled, looking at the unmarked box. "It's a prize. I donated the prize money from my last competition to the Pelican Town nursing home without your consent. This time, I'm giving it to you as compensation."

After Haili finished speaking, she stuffed the box into Leon's hands and urged: "Open it quickly and take a look."

"Yeah." Leon nodded, then opened the small box and found that inside was an old-fashioned nine-key pixel screen mobile phone for the elderly.

Although it seems to be a senior citizen's phone to Lyon, it is far inferior to a proper senior citizen's phone. At least the senior citizen's phone has a color screen and voice broadcast function, while this phone, except for the appearance that is similar to the senior citizen's phone, other functions are basically completely crushed.

However, this mobile phone, which seems extremely old to Lyon, is actually the most advanced model in the world.

"This reward isn't cheap." Thinking of the price of the same item he had seen at the Joja's electronics counter, Leon couldn't help but ask Hailey, "Are you sure you want to give it to me?"

"Well, it's not expensive anyway, and I have one too." Haley said, taking out a similar mobile phone from the pocket of her skirt and showing it in front of Leon.

"She's worthy of being the eldest daughter of a jewelry family." Looking at the mobile phone that Haley took out, Leon's heart was full of envy.

Although he can now buy himself a mobile phone if he grits his teeth, before, a mobile phone was a real luxury for Lyon's salary of 2000G.

The price of this kind of mobile phone, which only has the function of making calls and sending text messages, would have required Lyon to go without food and drink for three months to save enough money to buy one.

As expected, some people are born in Rome, and some are born mules and horses. If it weren't for the farm supporting him now, Leon would have told Haley that he didn't want to work hard anymore.

"I've already got you a phone card. You can use it right away. My sister and I's phone numbers are also saved in it. This way, if you have any questions in the future, you don't need to write to you. You can just call directly."

After Haili showed her phone, she added to Leon: “You don’t need to thank me. I just thought it was troublesome for you to go to Zuzu City to apply for a phone card, so I helped you get it. It was Emily’s idea to save our phone number.”

"Yeah, yeah." Facing Haley's explanation, Leon just smiled. It's a pity that tsundere has faded away, otherwise Haley's remarks would actually be quite popular.

The conversation between the two also attracted Abigail and Sophia, who had run out of inspiration. Seeing the mobile phone in Leon's hand, Sophia actually took out a mobile phone and suggested to Leon: "Hey? Leon, you have a mobile phone now, do you want to save each other's numbers?"

"Okay." Leon didn't mean to refuse Sophia, and he wasn't surprised that Sophia had a cell phone.

After all, she is a famous winemaker in the wine industry. A wealthy woman who can sell a bottle of wine for hundreds of GB. Is it strange for her to have a mobile phone?

After exchanging numbers with Sophia, Abigail actually came over, but she didn't take out her cell phone, but still spoke.

"Leon, please leave me your phone number too."

"Do you have a cell phone?" Leon asked.

"I can buy it." Abigail replied nonchalantly, "It's just a cell phone. It's not like I can't afford it."

Hearing this, Leon couldn't help but sigh.

Suddenly I felt that I was indeed a failure as a farmer. The girls I knew around me seemed to have much richer family backgrounds than I do now.

　Oh, I'm so busy that I'm numb. How can I save drafts? It seems I won't have time to play games at night. Damn it, do I have to work like a mule after get off work?!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)