A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 374 The Fruit Bat Grows Up

After watching the news for more than two hours, Leon yawned and turned off the TV.

The news is really boring. It's mostly just trivial family matters. The big events are nothing more than a certain group going public, or Joja Supermarket expanding the number of its branches again, etc.

There wasn't much that could be extracted from it, but it wasn't without gain either. At least Lyon could learn from the news that the Republic of Fingir was a very powerful nation and its socio-economic structure was very stable.

This is somewhat different from Lyon's understanding of the West. After all, the slogan of free America and gunfights every day is not slander. In addition to the United States, other countries are also plagued by pornography, gambling and drugs. In contrast, the stable and prosperous social outlook of the Republic of Fingir makes Lyon inexplicably think of his own stability.

There is still no news about the war between the Fingil Republic and the Gotlo Empire in the news, but thinking about what Lewis revealed last time, the Fingil Republic should be almost certain to win this war.

After turning off the TV, Leon lay down on the bed and fell asleep in a short while. When he opened his eyes again, it was already dawn.

After washing up and going out, Leon looked up at the sky. There were occasional clouds floating across the blue sky, but no linear clouds appeared, proving that the bookseller Marcello had not come to Stardew Valley.

He returned to the house, turned on the TV and entered the divination channel of Velvik. After learning that his fortune was good today, Lyon turned off the TV with satisfaction and left the cabin again.

First, he watered the plants in the field. Lyon noticed that the cauliflower had fully bloomed, revealing the white cauliflower inside. He estimated that this batch of cauliflower was about to mature.

Lyon is quite looking forward to this batch of cauliflowers, because the seeds of these cauliflowers are high-quality seeds donated by Gunther to Lyon as a gift for the museum. If nothing goes wrong with this batch of cauliflowers, the probability of high-quality crops appearing should be exaggerated.

In addition to cauliflower, rhubarb also shows signs of ripening, green beans are even bearing their second crop of fruits, and parsnips and carrots are also growing well. In the next few days, Lyon may experience the joy of a good harvest.

After picking the green beans, Lyon threw them into the shipping box, along with the small pike he had received yesterday. Lyon planned to keep the minnows to fry and eat. He was curious about the taste of this small fish and his favorite silver fish.

If the taste is good, Na Liang plans to catch some more minnows and dry them into dried fish. This will be an extremely delicious side dish to go with rice.

After finishing the work in the field, Leon went to the chicken coop. He did not prepare rice grains to feed the chickens this morning. Instead, he took out the green onions he had picked yesterday, peeled the skin at the roots of the green onions, and threw them on the ground. The hens, which were already full of feathers and plump bodies, came over with a cluck, and pecked away the small insects that were living at the roots of the green onions with precision.

After the hens had eaten their fill, Lyon also harvested a batch of insect-free green onions, reserved some for use as seasoning, and threw the rest into the shipping box.

Then we went to the cave. Although we had picked all the mushrooms yesterday, there were still fruit bats in the cave. Although the chances of these guys bringing fruit were probably not high, it was just a matter of walking a few more steps.

It's better than being lazy occasionally and accidentally missing the fruits brought back by the fruit bats, resulting in the embarrassing situation of the fruits rotting.

Sure enough, the fruit bats lived up to Leon's care and trust in them, and actually let Leon pick up fruit on the ground. And not just one, but three. Two of them grew together, connected by fruit stalks and appeared in pairs. They were round in appearance, bright red in color, and slightly purple.

"Cherries (fruit): Very popular, ripen faster than other fruits." The other one is a small fruit that is yellow all over and looks very inconspicuous.

"Apricot (fruit): a tender fruit with a stone-hard core."

"Very good, very good. Keep working hard. When you can create more value, I will give you a bigger cave and let you live in a big villa."

At this moment, Leon was playing with the cherries and apricots in his hands, looking up and drawing pictures for the fruit bats.

For the first time, the fruit bats brought back fruits, two types at a time, which really surprised Leon. Together with the apples that the fruit bats brought back before, Leon now has the output of three of the six fruit trees in Stardew Valley.

Half of the requirements for the craftsman collection pack have been basically met. Even if the fruit bats can no longer bring back fruits, Lyon can rely on breeding in the livestock shed to meet the remaining half. After all, in addition to the six kinds of fruits in the craftsman collection pack, cloth, goat cheese and cheese made from ordinary milk are also among the items needed for sacrifice. These three items correspond to the three domestic animals: sheep, goats and cows.

I wonder if the fruit bats are so kind this time because Leon’s forest magic has undergone a transformation.

Or was it because of my good luck today that I was able to find two different kinds of fruit gifts in the cave?

Or is this just an isolated case, and there won't be such a double blessing next time, and this time it was just a burst of bad luck?
Lyon wanted to know which specific situation it was, and guessed that he could only continue to observe the performance of the fruit bats before he could draw a conclusion.

But these are things for the future. At least Lyon is happy today.

After returning to the house and storing the cherries and apricots in the treasure chest, Leon began to prepare breakfast for himself.

Although fried food is greasy, it is extremely satisfying. Leon bites into the crispy and tender fried dough sticks and drinks the porridge in small sips. He feels that he will never get tired of such breakfast in his life.

It was a pity that his dining partner Abigail was not there, so there was no one to compete with him for food, which made Leon's appetite much smaller. He barely drank two bowls of porridge and ate six fried dough sticks, and then Leon did not continue eating.

"It's so early in the morning, Abigail shouldn't be up yet. Maybe I can go see what this girl is up to."

After washing the dishes, Leon checked the small barrel that was still fermenting with a red light on, then left the kitchen and Red Star Farm.

In fact, Leon was still very concerned about what Abigail had experienced, which was why he asked Linus to remind Leon to pay attention to her situation. He didn't sneak in in the dark because it was too late yesterday because he was worried that his reputation would be ruined if he was discovered.

It was broad daylight now, and even if he was discovered, Lyon would have plenty of excuses to deal with various problems that might ruin his reputation.

(End of this chapter)