Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

Seeing that Lin Xia and the others were busy, Brandon tactfully said that he would go back to his room to pack up and left.

Lin Xia followed Goetz to the counter, and Goetz said, "Are you sure you want to start upgrading the smart kitchen?"

Lin Xia: “That’s right!”

Gotz: "Upgrade the smart kitchen. The price is 18.888 G. The required wood is 0 and the required stone is 0. The construction period is 5 days, starting from tomorrow. During the upgrade, the kitchen will be temporarily unavailable. Do you confirm the upgrade?"

After Lin Xia’s confirmation, the payment will be automatically settled.

The kitchen will be unusable starting tomorrow, so I have to make more food today, at least enough to make breakfast and dinner for the next week!

After confirming the kitchen matters with Gotz, Lin Xia immediately rushed back to the ranch. Today was the last wave of tomato harvest, and the remaining tomato racks had to be cleaned up. Tomorrow was the last harvest of peanuts and onions; on the last day, only corn was left.

The corn harvest also marked the official end of Lin Xia’s first summer in Mineral Town.

This summer, the dwarfs only cultivated 70 acres because they were not skilled in watering at the beginning.

Now, after a summer of work, the dwarfs' work proficiency has made great progress. Among them, the watering proficiency of 4 dwarfs has reached 90%, and that of 3 dwarfs has reached 70%.

As for harvesting proficiency, Dimitar has the highest proficiency at 40%, while the other dwarves are around 10%. However, harvesting is not common, but watering is common, so Lin Xia believes that after the coming autumn, every dwarf's watering proficiency will reach 100%.

Since the land where grass grows does not need to be cultivated or watered, as long as there are no weeds and stones, it can spread freely. This results in the fact that throughout the summer, except for the 70 acres cultivated by Lin Xia, the rest of the land is covered with grass.

Every day, Lin Xia would take the time to thin the grass so that its growth would not be affected. So after a summer, not only was the silo in the animal house filled with the maximum limit of 999 portions of grass, but the storage cabinet in Lin Xia's house was also filled with 2 grids * 999 portions, and the third grid had another 297 portions. Now there were 32 remaining portions in the backpack.

There are not many animals being raised now, and the forage reserves are already sufficient. Lin Xia decided to cultivate a maximum of 112 acres in the autumn, and leave the remaining 67 field spaces for forage.

Although she has not yet purchased autumn crop seeds at the grocery store, Lin Xia has learned about the planting methods and prices of various crops in Mineral Town based on the books in the library.

Among the crops that can be harvested at one time are Chinese cabbage, spinach, carrots and sunflowers.

Among them, Lin Xia likes to eat Chinese cabbage the most. Spinach is average, but spinach is good for blood. Carrots are mostly used as side dishes, but carrots stewed with lamb taste particularly good. The stewed lamb has no smell, and the carrots are also super delicious.

Sunflower seeds are a must-have snack in winter! They are a golden pair with peanuts and were an indispensable part of the New Year.

Lin Xia decided the number of plants to plant based on her own preferences and their respective growth cycles as follows:

If 12 acres of Chinese cabbage are planted, it can be harvested after 9 days from the planting day. It can be harvested up to 3 times in the whole autumn (i.e. planting on the 1st, harvesting on the 10th, planting again, harvesting on the 19th, and so on), and the last harvesting day is the 28th.

Spinach is planted on 8 acres, with a growth cycle of 5 days, and can be harvested up to 5 times. However, considering that spinach is planted from the 1st and the last harvest day is the 26th, other crops cannot be planted in the remaining days.

In order to maximize the value of the land, spinach was planted four times, with the fourth harvest day being the 4st. Cabbage was planted on the same day, and the last harvest was done on the 21th.

Carrots are planted on 4 acres and have a growth cycle of 7 days. They can be harvested up to 4 times, with the last harvest day being the 29th.

Sunflowers are also planted on 4 acres, and their growth cycle is the same as carrots, which is 7 days.

Disposable crops need to be replanted after each harvest, so Lin Xia plants them in the front half of the field closest to the house and the ranch gate.

Crops that can be planted once and harvested multiple times include hot peppers, green peppers, eggplant, red beans and sweet potatoes.

Chili and green pepper are both common seasonings, and are used in large quantities. Sweet potatoes can be used directly as staple food, and can also be processed into other forms of food, such as sweet potato flour, sweet potato chips, etc., and can be eaten in a variety of ways, so Lin Xia planned as follows:

The pepper plantation covers an area of ​​8 mu and has a growth cycle of 10 days. After the first mature harvest, it will mature again every 3 days, so it can be harvested up to 7 times throughout the autumn, and the last harvest day is the 29th.

8 acres of green peppers are planted, and the growth cycle is 7 days. After the first harvest, it can be harvested again every 2 days, and a maximum of 12 harvests can be made. The last harvest day is the 30th.

The eggplant plantation covers 8 mu and has a growth cycle of 9 days. After the first harvest, it can be harvested again every 3 days, with a maximum of 7 harvests, and the last harvest day is the 28th.

These three crops are planted in the front half of the field opposite the animal house. In this way, there are 3 acres of land left in the front half of the field, which is the place reserved by Lin Xia for the fantasy grass.

The growth cycle of fantasy grass is 9 days. After a single harvest, it needs to be re-seeded and can be planted up to 3 times.

Finally, red beans and sweet potatoes are left. Lin Xia also plans to plant 8 acres of red beans. The growth cycle of red beans is 9 days. They can be harvested again every 4 days, with a maximum of 6 harvests. The last harvest day is the 30th.

Then the remaining 48 acres of land are all planted with sweet potatoes. The growing period of sweet potatoes is 5 days, and then they can be harvested every 3 days, up to 9 times, and the last harvest day is the 30th.

Based on the existing crops, without considering retention or the occasional 2-star crops that appear during the period, if all are sold, Lin Xia estimates that the estimated shipping price will be around 48.

Among them, peppers have the highest unit income, followed by sweet potatoes and green peppers.

However, since this is the first year, the main focus is still on stockpiling, with sales as a supplement. Once enough food is stockpiled for this year, Lin Xia plans to look at planting the most profitable crops starting next year.

Plant cabbage in the spring, pineapples in the summer, and peppers, sweet potatoes, and green peppers in the fall.

While Lin Xia was cleaning the tomato plants in the field, she was calculating and planning in her mind.

The 10 acres of tomato plants were quickly cleared with the wielding of the mithril sickle. As usual, Lin Xia placed the cut plants by the field to dry.

It is still early now, and Lin Xia has started to open up the land to be cultivated in advance. The mithril hoe is still very powerful.

The 42 acres of land were all hoed quickly. In the next few days, Lin Xia only had to check the weeds and cut them in time and do some additional hoing.

Lin Xia divided the entire field into four large pieces equally. In the middle of the four fields was a cross-shaped space reserved for grass. Lin Xia left a small amount of grass, believing that soon they would be able to reproduce and thrive in the place reserved by Lin Xia.