Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

Pulling Gray to the table, Lin Xia took out a pen and paper and began to draft. After all, the types of jewelry she had seen before were much better than the eternal necklace, earrings, and brooch set in Mineral Town.

As Lin Xia was painting, Gray sat by her side and watched at first, but then he couldn't help but stand behind Lin Xia and watch -

Lin Xia did not draw very carefully, but only drew the most common jewelry that people wear nowadays, including various basic necklaces: very thin chains, various small pendants on the chains, versatile bracelets, bangles, small earrings, earrings with unique, elegant, or avant-garde shapes, and then rings, not wedding rings, but rings of various exquisite shapes. . . . .

There is no picture of the brooch because not many people around Lin Xia wear brooches.

Looking at the jewelry of various shapes drawn by Lin Xia, it was as if the door to a new world was opened for Gray. He kept asking Lin Xia many questions about the materials, and Lin Xia explained them to him one by one. He also said that these could be made of only one kind of mineral, or several kinds could be combined and inlaid with various diamonds or gems. Oh, and pearls can also be made into jewelry!

Moreover, if the pendant of the necklace is made smaller, it will be particularly cute, especially in the shapes of various small animals or flowers. The key point is to make it small. Anything that is reduced in size will give people a particularly delicate feeling.

Gray learned his lesson and decided to think about it carefully when he returned. He also took Lin Xia's manuscript paper away, saying that he wanted to study it hard and find some inspiration.

Lin Xia: Is this another potential artist?

After seeing Gray off, Lin Xia rushed to the church. She had originally planned to go to the back mountain first, but was delayed by Zack and Gray in the morning. She could only check in in the afternoon. Now she decided to see if there were any new mushrooms growing in the grove behind the church.

Maybe because I picked too many mushrooms yesterday, the number of mushrooms today is far less than yesterday. I only picked 3 Matsutake mushrooms, about 1 kilogram of other mushrooms, and only 2 poisonous mushrooms.

It is said that the growth of Matsutake is related to pine trees, that is, it must grow together with pine trees. Could it be that the pine trees behind the church are of a different species from the pine trees on the back mountain?

I don’t know if I can dig up a few pine trees and plant them back home. That way, I can grow Matsutake mushrooms myself?

But looking at the thick pine trees in the grove, Lin Xia gave up his greed for fear of being beaten.

After cleaning the church, Lin Xia immediately rushed to Zach's house to see how Huo An's dog meat was cooking.

"I didn't cook dog meat!" Huo An said leisurely.

"Why?" Lin Xia felt terrible, as she was thinking about dog meat all the time!

"Are you stupid?" Huo An asked bluntly, "What season is it now? Autumn is the season when people are most likely to get angry, and dog meat is hot in nature. Eating dog meat now, are you trying to burn yourself to death? Winter is the best time to eat dog meat. As the old saying goes, 'Eating dog meat will warm you up and you don't need a quilt to survive the winter.' There's also an old saying that 'During the cold winter, dog meat is fat.' Look at you, the dog isn't even fat yet, why are you in such a hurry to beat it? And you beat it so hard that you can't even eat its head..."

Lin Xia: ……

"Then what should we do with the dog meat?" Lin Xia still refused to give up.

"I've already cleaned it up. You can keep it in the refrigerator. Bring it back when winter comes. I'll make you a dog meat hot pot!"

"Huo An, you are so kind. I will take it back and keep it well. I will come to see you in winter!" Lin Xia said happily.

"That noon..."

"It's getting late, you should go back and eat!" Huo An quickly interrupted Lin Xia, "Dog meat is the most important, go back and put it away immediately, otherwise it will not be tasty in winter."

"Oh, I'll go now." Lin Xia immediately ran back, but halfway through she realized something was wrong. Damn, Huo An, does his watch have a fresh-keeping function? The time it takes to eat a meal can't affect the freshness of the dog meat at all. Even if we take a step back, Zach also has a refrigerator at home, right? This stingy Huo An, he's so stingy even when eating your meal, tui~

I thought so, but I was already halfway there, so I could only go home for lunch. It was ready anyway. Huo An seemed to be indifferent to anyone. If it wasn't for the dog meat, how could Dart, the chef, be any worse than him? Humph~

After cursing Huo An all the way back home, he found a new email in the mailbox. After taking the email back to the house, he first stored the dog meat properly, washed his hands and ate, then opened the email and read it:

Dear Lin Xia:

Five wooden boxes have been completed, and the rest can only be made after I find new wood. If you need them urgently, you can use these five boxes first.

哥茨

It turned out to be a letter from Goetz. This guy is really amazing, unlike Huo An, huh~

Since Lin Xia left, Huo An has sneezed more than ten times in a row, and Zack couldn't help but say, "It's not that cold today, why do you keep sneezing? Why don't you go to the hospital after dinner and ask Dutte to check it out!"

Huo An rolled his eyes and said, "That must be that stinky girl Lin Xia scolding me. She scolded me so harshly that I can't even eat in peace!"

"No way?" Zack refused to believe Huo An's speculation.

I can only say that the person who knows you best is always your opponent!

Thinking that it will rain tomorrow, it will be difficult to walk in the mountains, so why not take the wooden box to the mine to dig some ore. It just so happens that Gray has started to study jewelry forging, and I can also provide ores and styles, and entrust him to make some for me. I couldn't afford it before, but now I can have whatever I want? Hehe...

After dinner, Lin Xia went to the field to check on the sweet potato harvest. Today, three dwarfs were responsible for the harvest, and the speed was quite good. There were a total of 3 acres of sweet potatoes, and about 48 acres had been harvested in the morning. Lin Xia went forward to harvest one acre of sweet potatoes (20 potatoes) and put them in his backpack, preparing to dry them for a while and then make some food to satisfy his craving in the evening. This first batch of harvested sweet potatoes were all put into the shipping box for shipment.

Lin Xia had to first ensure that the shipment volume of the three crops reached 3, so that the grocery store would have spinach seeds for sale, and the farming season could not be delayed.

Lin Xia first went to Gotz's house to inspect the wooden boxes. It turned out that the workmanship of these wooden boxes was very solid. I don't know what special material Gotz coated the inside, but it felt very smooth. There seemed to be some transparent substance in the gaps to ensure the sealing of the wooden boxes.

The exterior of the wooden boxes was also painted with only a clear varnish as per Lin Xia's request, preserving the original grain of the wood. More importantly, Gotz took into consideration what Lin Xia said about stacking boxes together in the future, so he also made snaps on the edges of the boxes to ensure that these boxes of the same size would be stable when stacked up.

Lin Xia praised Goetz's attentiveness and gave him his favorite mushroom rice as a thank you gift. As for Brandon, who happened to be nearby, Lin Xia gave him the standard gift for the residents of Mineral Town - wheat flour.

After leaving Gotz's house, Lin Xia started her daily routine of punching in. As usual, she took Da Zhuang and Ah Huang to give gifts to the goddess and Kappa, and then strolled into the woods behind the mountain.