Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

This set of tools is very handy, labor-saving and automated, and much more useful than the ones Lin Xia had seen when she was a child. After walking along the ditch several times, Lin Xia caught a lot of river shrimps, snails, and small fish, and of course aquatic plants.

Lin Xia picked out the fish and threw the particularly small ones into the river, leaving behind the river shrimps about one finger long and snails more than 3 centimeters in diameter. She threw all the fish back because the fish that could hide in the small ditches were too small and were far inferior to those caught with a fishing rod.

After pushing the net four times, Lin Xia harvested a total of about 4 kilograms of river shrimp, twenty or thirty crayfish, about 3 kilograms of snails, and 6 river clams about 7 centimeters long. Lin Xia collected the net and left with satisfaction.

After giving gifts to the goddess and the kappa, Lin Xia went home. After returning home, the shrimps and river clams were directly put into the refrigerator to keep them fresh, and they could be processed before eating; the snails were put into a large cooking bucket, and clean water was poured in to cover the snails, and some cooking oil was dripped into the water. After one or two days, the snails spit out the mud and other dirt, and then other processing work could be done.

The harvest festival starts at 10 a.m. and ends at 6 p.m. It is already 8: a.m. Lin Xia is catching fish and shrimps. Although she is wearing a raincoat, there is still a fishy smell.

After returning, I took a shower, changed clothes, tidied my appearance, and brought the ingredients prepared for the Harvest Festival - spring potatoes. Hehe, this is what Lin Xia thought. Everyone must have brought autumn crops, so I might as well bring something different. Otherwise, if they are all the same, it will be so boring to eat!

When Lin Xia arrived at Rose Square, there were already many people there and it was very lively. In the center of the square, there was a huge pot. It was so huge that one needed a ladder to reach the mouth of the pot.

There were a lot of firewood and ingredients placed on both sides of the pot, including various seafood and fish, as well as vegetables from all seasons - Lin Xia was wrong, the vegetables provided at the harvest festival were not limited to autumn. Lin Xia took a quick look and found cabbage and cucumbers in spring, pumpkins and tomatoes in summer, and carrots and green peppers in autumn.

At this moment, Dart was taking Lin and Zach to prepare various ingredients. The big pot was already bubbling with a fragrant soup.

Dart: "Everyone, don't touch the pot, hey, hey! You can't put that in there yet! Ah~ Why put the fish there?"

Lin: "Ah~ Really! Dad is so noisy!! Isn't it the same if we mix together anyway?"

Lin Xia also came to the mayor. Thomas saw Lin Xia and said happily: "Lin Xia, you are here? Did you bring the ingredients?"

Lin Xia nodded: "Of course, I brought potatoes harvested from my ranch in the spring!"

Thomas: "Potatoes are good. I like potatoes the most. Just climb up this ladder and throw the potatoes you brought into the pot. It is a unique tradition of our Mineral Town Harvest Festival to put the ingredients you brought into the pot. Isn't it interesting?"

Lin Xia: So~so careless? Fortunately, I washed my potatoes, but I didn’t peel them, so it should be okay, right?

With a little worry, Lin Xia climbed up the ladder carefully following tradition. It was really fresh and exciting to climb up to such a high place and put the ingredients herself!

Looking closely at the various foods rolling in the big pot and smelling the aroma, Lin Xia was full of anticipation.

After putting the potatoes away, Lin Xia left the big stove. Thomas then instructed, "Go and chat with everyone first. It will take some time to cook all these ingredients!"

"Okay, Mayor, thank you for your hard work!"

"Haha, I'm nothing, but Dart and the others do have to work harder, so go and have fun! Okay, I'll notify everyone!"

Lin Xia came to the group of people waiting to eat. There were two long square dining tables set up here. People gathered at the tables in groups of three or four, chatting animatedly. It was obvious that they were all very excited!

Carter: "Oh, I miss it so much. I used to do something like this, cooking a lot of soup and treating the people in the town to it..."

Gotz: "Oh~ It looks delicious. It's so lively to have so many people eating together. It's really nice."

Mary: "Before you know it, everyone has already put all kinds of things in there~"

Ellie: "Hotpot is great. If you drink it with the soup, you can get a lot of nutrition. It's a pity that grandma and You can't come. I have to bring some back for them to try..."

Sasha: "You must keep a close eye on Kallen. She even threw some chocolate in during the last harvest festival..."

Jeff: "Ah~ yeah, you have to watch it..."

Mana: "Hey, Lin Xia~ What delicious food did you bring to share? Since Lin Xia is running a ranch, I am looking forward to it~"

Dick: "It's a pity that we can't drink alcohol at the Harvest Festival, otherwise I would bring some wine to share with everyone..."

Mana: "You can get drunk easily after just one drink, why do you still think about drinking all day long..."

Anna: "It seems that I don't have to cook at home today. Do you want to make hot pot with the remaining ingredients in the evening?"

Kallen: "Hehehe... I also brought something, look, it's jam, I will definitely make it taste delicious~"

Lin Xia is a little worried about the final product of the big pot stew.

Finally, in the lively discussion, Thomas excitedly announced: "The Harvest Festival has officially begun, everyone enjoy the delicious dishes~"

The meal started. Lin Xia looked at the large bowl of rich (a little too rich) food in front of her. It looked delicious, but it smelled very tempting. Lin Xia tasted it carefully - it was really good!

Everyone ate happily together, and from time to time they asked each other whether the ingredients they ate were brought by themselves. It was really interesting.

The meal took nearly three hours. We ate and chatted at the same time. When we had almost finished, we took a short break and then continued eating. In a word, we fully demonstrated the spirit of trying our best to eat it all back.

When it was almost over, everyone started to express their opinions on this Harvest Festival——

Thomas: "Did you enjoy the meal? It's different from usual, eating together with a large group of people, it's also nice, right?"

Lin Xia: "It's really good. The key is that the atmosphere is enjoyable~"

Ellie: "The fishy aroma of the soup must have worked. Mm, it's really delicious!"

Sasha: "Ahh, that's great, no one put anything weird this time."

Mana: "It was Anna who put that vanilla in there, right? It tastes pretty good after removing the fishy smell, but the fragrance may be a bit too strong."

Anna: "Ah~ It's delicious. Oh no... there are no ingredients left..."

Kallen: "I accidentally threw the whole jar of jam in there, but I took it out before anyone noticed..."

Dart: "Sure enough, the hot pot I'm in charge of is delicious, of course..."

Mary: "Thank you for the hospitality. We should thank the mountains and the sea for their blessings, right?"

Lin: "Ah~ I feel so uncomfortable... I ate too much..."

Gotz: "Okay~ We've finished our meal, now it's time to get back to work! However, the food this time was really delicious. I'm going to talk to Brandon about it when I get back. Maybe he can come to the Harvest Festival next year..."

Carter: "Hotpot really tastes better when everyone eats it together."

Lin Xia agrees with this view. If there are many people rushing to eat, ordinary food will also seem extremely delicious; but if you are eating alone, even if it is a full banquet, you can't eat much, the main thing is to create an atmosphere~

The dinner was over and everyone started to leave. Dart took the special pots and pans for the Harvest Festival back to the hotel, helped clean them, and then handed them over to the mayor for safekeeping. These belonged to Mineral Town.

Lin Xia did not go home immediately after leaving the square. She first took a walk along the beach and picked some herbs that were growing on the beach. She then took a walk around the secret park in the town center and picked some herbs, mushrooms, and autumn flowers that were growing in the park after the rain.

After returning, Lin Xia took Ah Huang, who was following her around, and pulled up the fishing nets, shrimp cages, etc. that she had placed in the river in the morning one by one to check. Hey, the harvest was indeed not small!