A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 748 Lie?

After finishing the call with Willy, Leon packed his backpack, took his special bait for largemouth bass, and headed straight for the northern foothills.

The farm was not far from the northern foothills, so when Leon arrived at the mine lake, Willy had not arrived yet.

Standing under the shade of a tree to avoid the scorching sun, Lyon yawned and looked at the tranquil lake in front of him. After thinking for a moment, he leaned against the tree and took a nap.

"You don't seem to have slept well."

In a daze, Willy's voice reached Leon's ears, causing Leon to open his eyes immediately.

"Well, I attended a party yesterday and stayed out a little late." Leon said nonsense casually. He couldn't tell Willy that he and Helena had been fighting all night.

"It can be seen that you have a very good relationship with the mermaid clan. In that case, when the winter market opens, you have to get me a few more tickets to the mermaid show. It's one of the most popular performances at the market, and tickets are very hard to come by." Willy joked.

"Just a quick word. Look, this is the largemouth bass bait I just made."

After chatting for a while, Leon took out the largemouth bass bait and handed it to Willy.

"How many largemouth bass did you catch?" Willy asked, looking at the ball of bait in front of him.

"One." Leon confirmed.

"That's all for just one. It seems that we don't need too many rainbow trout to make enough rainbow trout bait for the two of us." Willy breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that. He didn't know much about the bait making machine. If this ball of bait, enough to be used more than a dozen times, was made with five or six largemouth bass, then he would have his hands full.

Now that he knew that a single largemouth bass could produce so much bait, his job of preparing the rainbow trout became much easier.

"I'm not sure either. It depends on the specific situation. After all, this is my first time using a bait maker, and I'm not sure if the amount of bait is related to the size or type of fish. So I have to wait until we catch rainbow trout before I can draw a conclusion."

Leon and Willy analyzed: "But the goal now is to test the effectiveness of this exclusive bait."

"No problem, let's go together."

Willy showed off the fishing tackle bag he was carrying and greeted Leon.

Without hesitation, Leon took out his iridium fishing rod and sat down with Willy in an area near the lake and shaded by trees. He twisted a piece of largemouth bass bait from a whole ball of bait, hung it on the hook, and cast the rod directly into the water.

I don’t know if it’s the result of the increased hook rate of three fish every day, or the extremely high attraction of largemouth bass bait to largemouth bass. The hook sank to the bottom, and the float just stood upright, then began to float up and down. In just a few breaths, the float sank directly into the water and became black.

"middle!"

Lyon suddenly lifted the rod and felt the pulling sensation on the hook. Confirming that he had caught a fish, Lyon immediately stood up and started to reel in the line.

"The effect is so good?" Wei Li exclaimed in amazement when he saw that Leon had already caught a fish before casting the rod.

"I'm not sure, maybe it's just luck." Leon couldn't explain the characteristics given by his fishing skills, so he could only use luck as an excuse.

The hooked fish struggled hard, but it was nothing compared to Leon. Relying on the strength of the iridium fishing rod and the toughness of the iridium line set, Leon directly pulled the fish out of the water and onto the shore.

A fresh, water-stained largemouth bass was dragged out of the water, shaking its tail vigorously, but since the first three fish could not be unhooked, its struggle was doomed to be in vain.

"Largemouth bass!" Willy naturally saw the largemouth bass as well, clapping his hands and shouting, "It looks like this special bait is indeed useful. It's really a largemouth bass." "It's just the first one. There are too few to be sure. Let's move on."

After taking the largemouth bass off the hook and stuffing it into the backpack, although Leon was also very happy, he still maintained an experimental mentality and warned Willy.

"Well, there's still plenty of bait, so let's go ahead." Willy nodded and threw the hook with the largemouth bass bait into the water.

Lyon also continued to bait and cast the rod, waiting for the second experimental target to be hooked.

Leon didn't have to wait long. The second fish successfully took the hook and was dragged ashore. It was another largemouth bass. This made Willy itchy. With the same bait and the same fishing area, Leon had already caught two in a row, but his own float had not moved at all.

"Not bad, it seems to be working really well." After receiving this largemouth bass which was obviously a circle larger than the previous one, Lyon was quite satisfied with the effect of the largemouth bass bait. If it were not a special bait, Lyon felt that the probability of catching two largemouth bass in a row would not be too high.

When Leon put on the bait and was about to cast the rod again, there was movement on Willy's side. With Willy's experienced operation, a largemouth bass was dragged ashore unwillingly.

"Hehe, it's worthy of being a special bait, and it's a largemouth bass!"

Willy removed the hook from the fish's mouth, hooked it around its gills, and held it firmly in his hand. He smiled and exclaimed, "I've caught three largemouth bass in a row now. I can confirm the effectiveness of this special bait."

"Well, it's confirmed, but we still have to continue, to be safe, and get more control samples." Lyon suggested.

"Your tone now is just like those professors." Willy teased Leon, but did not reject Leon's suggestion. Instead, he began to bait again with great interest. As for the largemouth bass he caught, he threw it at Leon's feet.

"You didn't bring your fish box?" Leon was a little confused when he saw this scene.

"It's your bait, so the fish you catch is naturally yours." Willy answered as a matter of course.

"Then I'll keep it for you." Leon didn't say much and put the largemouth bass directly into his backpack. He would sell it later and give the money to Willy.

"Keep it. You got the bait-making machine, which must have taken a lot of effort and money. Even though it's just a largemouth bass, at least you can sell it for some money to make some money back," Willy added.

"It really didn't take much effort to get the bait maker. If you want this thing, I can make one for you." Leon explained.

"Ah? Didn't you spend a lot of money to buy it?" Willy looked at Leon in surprise and asked back.

"No, I made it myself." Leon shook his head and replied, "The materials required are not expensive, and it is also very simple to make. So, do you want one?"

"Uh, forget it. If I want my own special bait, I'll just bring the fish to you to make it. There's no need to get a special machine like this. My little house can't even fit it." Willy refused without hesitation.

It’s not that he didn’t want it, but he thought Leon was comforting him, making him mistakenly believe that it would be easy to get the bait maker, so as to reduce his guilt.

Willy really didn't believe that Lyon made this thing himself. After all, it had just been developed and even the Fisheries Association didn't have many of them. It could be considered an emerging technology and it was not that easy to make by hand.

So Willy answered like this in order to prevent Leon from spending a lot of money to buy him a fishing bait making machine in order to "cover up his lie".

Leon felt that what Willy said made sense, and without further explanation, he nodded in agreement with Willy's idea, completely unaware that Willy didn't believe him when he told the truth.

(End of this chapter)