Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

"I'm not under pressure." Gotz regained his composure and said calmly, "Just don't feel any pressure. Come on, 99 boxes for G, pay the money!"

Lin Xia: ……

After paying the bill, Gotz immediately smiled and took Lin Xia to see the birthday present that Brandon gave him - Gotz's cabin.

I have to say, the carving of this wooden house is not too delicate, but it is very lifelike, as if it is alive. Don't get me wrong, it's not that the house is alive, but it seems as if the door will be pushed open in the next moment and someone will walk out of the house. It's really magical.

At this moment, Lin Xia understood why Brandon was called a "famous artist". His works were full of vitality and not dead and rigid. Of course, his works were good, but a little expensive. Most people could not afford them, such as the pseudo-rich Lin Xia.

"By the way, Lin Xia, I want to tell you something." Gotz said, "From now on, if you come across good wood, you can sell it to me and I will give you a good price."

What? When did Carpenter Gotz start receiving the goods?

In her impression, in this game, only the traveling merchant Huo An’s favorability reaches a certain level, which will trigger the receiving plot. Why now?

That's not right. Dot in the hospital had been purchasing special medicinal herbs from me for a long time. That was triggered when I went to him with medicinal herbs that were not on the town's delivery list.

There was also Dart from the inn, who was open to me and bought game. That was after I asked him to help me process wild boars and showed him several different ways to cook meat.

Now, because I asked Gotz to make waterproof wooden boxes, Gotz needed a special whole piece of wood, rather than the wooden blocks of uniform specifications used for building houses in the town before, so Gotz sent me a request to buy the wood.

This is getting more and more interesting!

Seeing that Lin Xia didn't respond for a long time, Gotz comforted her, "Lin Xia, don't feel stressed. I just want to tell you that you often hang out in the forest, so you must have come across a lot of good wood. Just be careful not to cut too much wood. I will buy the good wood at a good price, which can be regarded as an additional source of income for you! It doesn't matter if you don't have any, I will go out and look for it myself!"

Lin Xia came to her senses and said immediately, "I know, but Gotz, I'm not very good at identifying the quality of wood. Does it matter if it's a tall and thick tree? Also, after my axe chops wood, it will automatically break it down into pieces of similar size. What should I do? I don't know how to make a whole board like you said!"

Gotz smiled and said, "You usually cut down tree stumps or branches before. You have never cut down a complete tree, right?"

If you think about it carefully, it is true. Because there are abundant wood resources in the back mountain, there are many branches and leftover stumps that can be cut down on the roadside and near the mountain trails. Lin Xia does not need to work hard at all to cut down the wood he needs. Who would go out of his way to look for a well-grown big tree?

After seeing that Lin Xia understood, Gotz continued, "You can go back and find a tree to try to chop down, and you will understand. The mithril axe is more laborious, but it will not delay the chopping down of trees. As for identifying wood, you are only partially right. Generally, for wood to be made into furniture, as long as the trunk is straight, thick, and tall enough, it will be fine. But there is also some high-quality wood. They are not only hard, but also have various special smells or lusters. This is something that cannot be explained in a short time. You can go to the library in the town to find relevant books and learn some relevant knowledge. By the way, the wood I purchase here is also whole trees. Cherish the wood and don't mind a small piece!"

Lin Xia understood a little bit. In her previous world, famous woods included red sandalwood, camphor, huanghuali, and the golden nanmu used by ancient dignitaries to make coffins.

In later generations, if you had just a small piece of this wood, you would become rich, let alone build large furniture. People would worship it as a treasure, so the small piece that Gotz mentioned should refer to this precious wood.

If Lin Xia dared to cut the wood that was everywhere into small pieces for Gotz, Gotz would probably kick her out.

After thinking it over, Lin Xia readily agreed. Just take it if you come across it. You won't suffer any loss anyway.

After leaving happily, Brandon walked out of the room and came to Goetz's work hall. Goetz looked at him and said, "You want to buy precious wood, why don't you tell Lin Xia directly? She is a very easy-to-talk-to child. I am a furniture maker, ordinary wood is enough, there is really no need for any precious wood!"

It turned out that Gotz was only planning to purchase common high-quality wood from Lin Xia. He would not use the top-quality wood that was worth a fortune even for a small piece. However, Brandon asked him to add his own needs in the morning without mentioning his name.

Brandon smiled but said nothing. He thought: This girl seems to be easy to talk to, but she is not willing to suffer a loss unless she wants to. Don't think he didn't see how perfunctory her greetings were these few times. If he talked to her directly, the effect would definitely not be as good as Gotz's. Why bother yourself with something that can be easily solved in another way?

Brandon also started to make his own carvings. After all, he always had work to do, it just depended on whether he wanted to take it or not.

Now that Lin Xia has another way to make money, she feels more energetic when walking.

She also released Da Zhuang and Ah Huang from the pet bag to explore the way ahead, while she began to pick mountain products. She went all the way back to the place where the Panax notoginseng grew yesterday and continued to collect Panax notoginseng. Lin Xia could still collect Panax notoginseng from this land for two days, which shows how large the quantity is. Of course, collecting is also time-consuming.

At noon, Lin Xia did not go home. Instead, he found a piece of open space and set up a tent. After lunch and a nap, he continued collecting.

During this period, Ah Huang also came to harass Lin Xia several times, either biting a flower or sucking a branch. Lin Xia drove them all away and told Da Zhuang to take Ah Huang to find something valuable and come back to her, otherwise he would be scolded or beaten!

The stupid Ah Huang knew nothing and kept running back and forth without getting tired of it. But Da Zhuang knew Lin Xia's temper. If she was not careful, she would shave the chicken's feathers. He looked at the stupid dog who had just reached adulthood with pity. He really didn't want to look at a hairless dog in the future - it was an eyesore. So he decisively nagged Ah Huang and took it away from Lin Xia, preparing to force it to be a qualified hunting dog.

Lin Xia finally quietly collected Panax notoginseng and stopped caring about anything else.