A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 656: A soldier never tires of deceit
"Then wait until you buy it."

After Abigail said this, she pulled Leon and prepared to walk towards the tidal pool.

"Let's just enjoy the night view of the beach together. I want to check the tidal pools to see if there are any stranded fish or shrimp."

"Slow down and put on your shoes. The tidal pool isn't a beach. There are not only pebbles, but also empty sea urchin shells that no one has cleaned up. If you accidentally step on them, you'll be in big trouble."

Leon stood where he was, preventing Abigail from running around, and at the same time gave a serious reminder.

"Ok."

Although she was reluctant to give up the joy of walking barefoot on the sand, in order to prevent this night trip from turning into a quick rescue, Abigail still obediently went to find shoes and socks to put on.

Lyon put on socks and shoes in the second year of junior high school.

Abigail, who was sitting on the beach, lifted her legs high and put on her socks at a snail's pace, which was more than ten times slower than taking off her shoes and socks. She moved her ankles from time to time, shaking her feet up and down.

"You have a leg cramp?" Seeing such an abnormal scene, Leon complained speechlessly.

"Ah? You shouldn't be staring at her with lustful eyes, right?" Abigail felt a little embarrassed when she heard Leon's rude complaint instead of the lustful stare she had guessed.

"First of all, I don't control my feet. Secondly, these are short socks, and they are pure cotton and solid color. If you really want to seduce me, at least change to stockings or garters."

Only at this moment did he realize that Abigail was not slacking off, but was just skirting the line. Leon covered his face and didn't dare to look at Abigail anymore because there were too many things to complain about.

"So you like that." Abigail suddenly realized, then quickened the pace of putting on her socks and shoes, and stood up swiftly to pat the sand off her pants.

"But not today. Next time, let's go to the tide pool."

"Ah."

Leon shook his head helplessly and walked towards the wooden bridge connecting the beach and the tidal pool. Abigail immediately caught up with him and took Leon's arm, as if she didn't want to be separated from Leon for a moment.

But on the wooden bridge, Abigail let go of her hand, because the bridge was not narrow and it was easy for one person to pass through, but it would be a bit difficult for two people to walk side by side.

Lyon crossed the bridge first, followed by Abigail. As soon as Lyon entered the tidal pool, he squatted down and put a sea urchin with hideous long spines at his feet into his backpack.

“That was sea urchin you took just now.” Abigail saw Leon’s actions and immediately asked, “I heard it’s delicious. Can you cook it?”

"No." Leon shook his head. He used to be from the mainland, so he had no problem cooking some easy-to-handle seafood, but sea urchin was obviously beyond his skill level.

In Lyon's eyes, this thing is more troublesome and difficult to deal with than crabs.

"But I want to eat." Abigail looked at Leon with pitiful eyes, and did not forget to shake Leon's arm and act coquettishly.

"Then I'll ask Gus for advice later." Leon caressed Abigail's face lovingly and comforted her, "It shouldn't be too difficult."

“I knew you were the best to me.” Abigail smiled happily upon hearing that, and she stood on tiptoe and kissed Leon on the cheek: “Then I’ll help you. Let’s look for sea urchins together and try to gather enough ingredients for you to learn and cook.”

"Okay." Leon agreed with this. If you just walk on the beach, it will always be a bit monotonous. If you add sea fishing, it will be more interesting.

The tide in the tidal pools was receding at that moment, and many marine creatures that had been washed up by the tide but hadn't kept up with the receding tide were left behind in the tidal pools. "Let's have a competition, Leon. See who can find the most," Abigail said. Without waiting for Leon to respond, she ran out and began a thorough search of the tidal pools for sea urchins.

In addition to paying attention to sea urchins, Lyon also did not miss the corals, bird's nests, clams and other shellfish he saw. Whether these were eaten or sold, they were all extra income.

Under the moonlight, in the tidal pool, Leon and Abigail walked one after the other on the mudflats mixed with pebbles and sand, and gained something every time they bent down.

"Leon, look!" Leon, who had just picked up a piece of coral and was still looking at the shape of the coral, ran to Leon excitedly, holding a crab the size of a dinner plate in her hand.

The crab was still alive. In order to break free from Abigail's hand, its eight legs swung and struggled, and its two large claws waved wildly, trying to clamp any part that would cause the enemy excruciating pain and escape the fate of being lifted high.

"It's quite big." Leon exclaimed when he saw the size of the crab. It's not like he had never seen crabs before. He had also seen crabs dropped by rock crabs when he was in the mine. However, compared to this crab that lived seriously on the seashore, the crabs dropped by rock crabs were much smaller.

"Let's take it back for a midnight snack," Abigail suggested excitedly, completely forgetting the embarrassment of being so full that she could hardly walk during dinner.

"You should digest your dinner first." Leon tapped Abigail on the head lightly and complained: "As for crabs, we'll eat them next time."

"Then keep it for tomorrow night." Abigail didn't object and handed the crab to Leon.

Leon put it into his system backpack, then looked at Abigail's empty hands. "Didn't we say we were going to compete in finding sea urchins? You only found a crab? At this rate, I'm going to win."

"Win or lose, anyway, I didn't mention the stakes, so winning or losing isn't that important." Abigail asked Leon with a smirk on her face, "I think you must have found a lot of sea urchins."

"So you are still using the competition to motivate me. What a pity, I am not very interested in sea urchins, but I am more interested in corals, cockles, clams and the like." Leon replied to Abigail with a smile. He was not angry, but happy for Abigail.

My brain has become much more flexible, which is a good thing. I won’t suffer any loss in the future.

"You don't want to make sea urchin for me, so you did this on purpose." Abigail put her hands on her hips and complained to Leon.

"I think you don't want to eat, otherwise you wouldn't make the effort yourself." Leon retorted.

"Who said that? The sea urchins I found were all in the pond. They have so many spines, and I can't possibly catch them with my bare hands."

Abigail dragged Leon to a small sunken pool unconvinced. Under the moonlight, the shallow pool was densely packed with sea urchins, which were crowded together and wriggling, looking quite weird.

If someone with trypophobia saw this, he would probably get furious.

"Okay, I wrongly blamed you, but I didn't take less either."

Seeing this, Leon stopped teasing Abigail and released the sea urchins he had harvested from his bag, piling them up in the pool. The extra sea urchins piled up directly out of the water, and the entire pool became a gathering point for sea urchins, overflowing.

"Hahaha, I won."

Abigail still remembered the number of sea urchins she had caught. She counted the sea urchins thrown by Leon, but found that there were 2 less than what she had caught, which meant that she won the game.

"Don't you care about winning or losing? And there's no stakes." Leon complained.

"That was before. Now that I've won, there are naturally stakes," Abigail replied seriously.

(End of this chapter)