A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 393: Jump in the face and go big!
After all, the system's annotations said that this carrot could be eaten as a snack. Leon wanted to see the difference between the carrots in this world and the carrots he used to eat.

Although the potatoes didn't taste anything special, Lyon still hoped that the carrots could bring him some surprises.

After receiving the carrots, Lyon turned his attention to the equally mature parsnips. There were 60 mature parsnips in this batch, and Lyon pulled them all out without leaving any behind.

"Long-term farming gives you a deeper understanding of how to grow crops, and your farming level increases by one level.

During the planting process, you realized that the growth rate of crops could be further improved, so you learned the formula of growth hormone.

The abundant harvest of parsnips has inspired you to come up with a new recipe to showcase their nutritional value, and the Farmer's Lunch recipe has been unlocked.

At the same time, you feel that the farmland seems to be missing something, so you choose beehives as decorations to add some new vitality and ornamental value to the fields. You learn how to make beehives.

Growth hormone (fertilizer): Promotes leaf growth, guaranteed to increase plant growth by 10%. Needs to be spread on the soil before sowing. Ingredients: Pine tar *1 Moss *5

"Farmer's Lunch (Dish): A high-calorie meal that keeps you going. Your farming level will increase by 3 within eight hours of consumption. Required for cooking: 1 omelet and 1 parsnip."

Beehive: Place it outside and enjoy the sweet honey! (Honey cannot be produced in winter. Placing it next to different flowers will allow the bees in the beehive to brew honey of different flavors.) Materials: Wood*40, Coal*8, Iron Ingot*1, Maple Syrup*1

The long-awaited upgrade prompt made Leon raise his brows. He had actually been wondering why he had harvested so many crops but his farming skills had not improved at all. Now that he saw the upgrade, he was sure that it was because he had not accumulated enough experience points.

It’s not that the system has forgotten itself again.

However, the upgrade efficiency is a bit too low. It may not be easy to make a proper bucket before summer.

At the same time, in addition to the excessive experience required for farming upgrades, Lyon also found something wrong, that is, the moss in the growth hormone formula, which he had never heard of.

This kind of material has never been seen in Leon in real life, let alone in the game. If I remember correctly, the formula of the game should be pine tar + clams, which is the standard formula of primary growth hormone. How come the clams collected from the beach are no longer used and replaced by a new thing like moss?

Where is this new gadget hidden? And how can we get it?
These were all things Leon didn't know, so he planned to ask the system.

But the system didn't answer Leon at all, it was just silent, which made Leon sigh helplessly.

"Okay! Let's ask someone else."

Giving up asking the system how to get the moss, Leon threw all the parsnips into the shipping box, then took out a hoe and began to turn over all the parsnips and carrot pits.

However, because there were no extra seeds for sowing, Lyon did not rush to water the chickens. Instead, he went to the chicken coop to feed the chickens first, and stroked them one by one. Although the feathers were not as good and fluffy as when he was a child, the smooth feathers of the hens, which were now fully-fledged, felt different to the touch.

Afterward, he went to the cave to check on the mushrooms. The mushrooms were still almost ripe, and the fruit bats were still sleeping upside down. The ground was empty. After confirming that there was nothing to harvest in the cave, Leon got on his bike and headed straight for Pierre's Grocery Store.

When they arrived in Pelican Town and parked their bike in front of Pierre's grocery store, Leon noticed that the atmosphere in the store seemed wrong.

Pushing the door open, Leon saw Pierre, whose face was flushed and looked like he was about to fight to the death, and Caroline and Abigail standing beside him to comfort him.

In addition, Leah Jodimani and Gus stood on both sides, and in the center of the crowd stood Morris holding a flyer.

Just as Lyon was looking at the scene, Morris also noticed Lyon's appearance and immediately shouted.

"Take a look, take a look! Joja Supermarket has a huge sale! 100 off on all items over 20, 200 off on 50, and 500 off on 150! Spend 50G or more and you'll get a raffle ticket after checkout. There's no upper limit on the number of raffle tickets you can win. The top prize is a new Beast pickup truck from the Joja Group's automotive division. Don't miss it if you're passing by."

Everyone in the store couldn't help but exclaim in surprise at this shout, and Pierre's originally flushed face turned pale at this moment.

Seeing this, Leon frowned slightly and walked over to Guts and asked in a low voice.

"What's going on now?"

"Alas, when we were shopping here before, Morris suddenly broke in and took out a flyer and was about to give it to us when Pierre saw him. The two of them started arguing, and then Caroline and Abigail came out to stop Pierre who was about to fight Morris.

And that's what you saw when you pushed open the door. I didn't expect Joja to launch such a big event this time. Even I was a little tempted by this kind of welfare event. No wonder Pierre's face turned so grim.

In fact, when Leon pushed the door open, almost everyone in the grocery store noticed it. After all, Pierre had just been stopped, and when the other people at the scene didn't know what would happen next, they were naturally all paying attention to what might happen, so the atmosphere in the store was still quite quiet.

Leon's appearance broke the silence, and Guts naturally noticed Leon walking towards him. After hearing Leon's question, he introduced to Leon what happened before he came.

But none of them expected that Morris would actually promote Joja's event today the moment Leon appeared, nor did they expect that the scale of this event would be so great.

After learning the cause of the incident, Leon left Gus's side and walked to Morris. He glanced at Morris, then at Pierre, and finally fixed his gaze on Abigail who was clenching her fists. He then turned his gaze back to Morris and complained.

"Morris, jumping in my face, isn't that a bit too much?"

"Business competition is just like that. I don't think there's anything wrong with it. After all, there's no law prohibiting people in the same industry from conducting promotional activities in other people's stores, right?
And I have to thank you, Mr. Leon, for this promotional offer. After all, you came up with this idea when you were still working at JOJA. Don't you think it's interesting to see me use it in Pelican Town, Mr. Leon?"

Morris explained to Leon with a smile.

(End of this chapter)