A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 709 Material Gap
The sand of time looks no different from ordinary sand, except that its color may be a little darker. After the sand that falls from the bag falls into the soil, it is swallowed up by the earth.

As the sands of time fell to the ground, the seedling of the gem sweetberry in front of him began to grow at a speed visible to the naked eye. The main vine spread upward, and thin branches began to extend out. Soon, it grew from a tender bud into a plant more than one meter tall.

At this time, the gem sweetberry showed its special features. The broad leaf veins were not the common green color of plants, but a crystal-transparent color. The colorful leaf veins were spread all over these transparent leaves, like neon tubes. At the top grew a lantern-like bud, which was also translucent, and you could clearly see a sparkling orange-yellow fruit hanging inside.

The texture looks very hard, but the overall shape is quite similar to a strawberry, except that it is more slender and round, and does not have the seeds all over the skin of a strawberry. The skin is as smooth as a mirror.

"We still have to wait until tomorrow."

Although the whole plant was mature and had borne fruit, Lyon did not see the special green fluorescence of the gem sweetberry that indicated the ripe crop, which proved that it was still in a state where it could not be picked.

Knowing that he couldn't pick the beautiful sweet jewel berry today, Leon left the field and went to deliver food to the old hens in the chicken coop.

Robin had just collected the eggs in the chicken coop and fed the hens when he came and saw Leon in the chicken coop, surrounded by a circle of hens pecking at rice grains, and joked.

"You're not only popular with girls, you even attract hens."

"After all, I feed and serve them well, so of course they will be close to me." Leon ignored Robin's teasing.

"The chicken coop is well-built. Not only does it provide a coop for them to sleep in, but it also has a separate hatching room. However, there are no roosters among my chickens. Can these eggs really hatch into chicks?"

"Who told you to buy all hens? But this problem is easy to solve. Why don't you just borrow a rooster from Mani to fertilize these eggs?" Robin suggested.

"Mani can provide this kind of service, interesting!" Leon suddenly realized. He originally thought that he had to buy another rooster to raise, but who would have thought that Mani could rent a rooster.

"There's a limit to the number of chickens you can raise in a chicken coop. Even the top-tier, high-end chicken coop can only house 24. You can't just raise chickens, you should also consider ducks and rabbits. Duck eggs and feathers are just as valuable as chicken eggs, and rabbit fluff is also a hot commodity on the market." Robin asked.

"Chickens are the mainstay, so I'll just raise a couple of ducks and rabbits as a token of appreciation." Leon waved his hand and then asked, "By the way, I want to hatch something. Should I just put the eggs in the incubator and forget about them?"

"Yes, it has an automatic heating function, which will adjust the temperature required for hatching. It's a fool-proof operation. Just put it in and wait for it to hatch." Robin confirmed.

"I understand." After Leon knew that there was no problem with the incubator, he decided to put his dinosaur egg in it.

After all, raising chickens, ducks, and rabbits is not as interesting as raising dinosaurs.

"The chicken coop will be completed in two days, and then it will be your livestock shed and swimming pool. How about you place an order for a barn? I will build the barn between the chicken coop and the livestock shed. That way, you won't have to come here to feed the chickens every day. I will install an automatic feeder, and you just need to make sure there is enough grass and grain feed in the barn." Robin suggested.

"Then let's build it. What materials do you need and how much does it cost?" Lyon is a man who listens to advice, and this is a good thing that can save him trouble, so Lyon naturally would not refuse.

"Just prepare 100 stones, 10 parts clay, and 5 copper ingots. I won't charge you. After all, your order is huge, and I've already made a lot of money. Consider it a free service," Robin replied with a smile. "That's generous!" Leon gave Robin a thumbs-up, then returned to the house with the materials Robin needed, dumping them on the floor.

"Yes, it seems that you have a lot of materials in stock. If I need these things in the future, I will place an order for you. Of course, I will purchase them at the market price, so you won't suffer any loss. It's better to give this money to you than to let the suppliers make money."

Seeing that Leon could prepare all the materials in a short time, Robin couldn't help but sigh.

"Besides, I don't have a lot of material reserves, I just happen to have them. If you want to purchase large quantities of wood, stone, etc., I may not be able to get them." Lyon did not directly respond to this question. After all, he was not mainly engaged in material supply. Most of these materials were by-products of his daily work.

How much money do you make from providing raw materials? It's all hard-earned money. If you have that much time, wouldn't it be better to open up a few more acres of land and sow more seeds?

"That's right, you have such a big farm." Robin was not surprised. After chatting with Leon for a few words, he devoted himself to work.

Leon didn't stay here to delay Robin's work. He went to the cave to look at the mushrooms that had not yet grown and the empty ground, and left the cave empty-handed.

Continuing to walk west, we came to my grandfather's shrine. The fruit trees planted before had grown a little taller than when they were first planted, but only a little bit. If we want to see them grow into full trees, we will probably have to wait for more than two months.

“There are more and more things.”

Below the fruit trees is the oak forest. Sap collectors are hung on these neatly arranged rows of oak trees. The first batch has collected half a bucket of resin. After a few more days, it is estimated that a large amount of oak resin will be harvested.

However, the number of copper ingots is still not enough, and this is the direction we need to work on next.

Robin was busy, and so was Leon. The first thing they had to do was smelting various metal ingots. The efficiency of ten furnaces was still a bit low, but Leon was reluctant to make more, after all, the copper ore reserves he had were not enough.

"We still have to go to the mines eventually."

After rummaging through the box, Leon sighed, then turned on the TV and found Velvik's fortune-telling channel, wanting to determine his fortune for the day.

"The elves are very unhappy today. You might be in trouble."

Velvik's divination result made Leon scratch his head and gave up the idea of ​​taking the crystal cave to find Clint with it fully opened.

Although luck is not good, there is still no problem going down the mine. There are only 120 floors left to the bottom 15 floors. Although it may not be easy to find the stairs and tunnels due to bad luck, if you use super bombs to open the way, then things will be much simpler.

(End of this chapter)