Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

Shasha was responsible for picking hazelnuts from the tree, and Lin Xia was responsible for picking pecans from the tree. There was a layer of green skin on the surface of the walnuts, and the juice in the skin was poisonous. Lin Xia carefully reminded the two people in charge of picking them up to make sure to wear gloves and never touch their skin and mouth with their hands that had touched the walnut skin.

The four of them worked together very well, and soon they had picked two large baskets full of pecans and hazelnuts.

"These should be enough to last for a long time." Lin Xia wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Let's take a break first. I'm so tired." One of them collapsed on the ground.

Another person took off his gloves and said, "These pecans are quite difficult to deal with, but it's quite fun to pick them up."

"You two should wash the juice off your hands quickly, and don't forget what I just said." Lin Xia reminded.

The two nodded and hurried to the stream to wash their hands.

Just as the two were washing their hands, a huge green and yellow toad suddenly emerged from the water. It opened its mouth, stuck out its long tongue and pounced on one of them.

"Be careful!" Lin Xia was quick-witted and pulled his companion back away from the stream.

The toad missed its target and became angry and humiliated. It turned around and spat out a stream of black liquid at Lin Xia and the others.

Lin Xia quickly led a few people to dodge, but some liquid still splashed on her arm, and she felt a sharp pain. I forgot to wear the high-tech protective suit that Huo An gave me today!

"What is this?" She covered her arm and her face turned pale.

At this time, Sasha also rushed over and was stunned when she saw the scene.

At the critical moment, Da Zhuang and A Huang ran over. A Huang barked at the toad that was trying to jump over, while Da Zhuang flew over and pecked the toad hard with his sharp mouth.

Lin Xia immediately exclaimed when she saw it: "Da Zhuang, be careful, it may be poisonous!"

But Da Zhuang didn't seem to care and kept chasing the toad. Seeing that the situation was not good, the toad immediately turned around and tried to run, but was caught by Da Zhuang's two sharp claws. His sharp beak pecked the toad's head quickly, fiercely and accurately. When Da Zhuang let go of the toad, its limbs were twitching uncontrollably, and it was obvious that it was dead.

Seeing that there was no danger for the time being, Lin Xia immediately took out a bottle of antidote that he had bought from Dot last time and sprayed it on the body. Fortunately, not too much venom from the toad was on him, and the poison was cured immediately.

I checked Da Zhuang again to make sure that he was not affected by the toxin before I stopped.

The other people surrounded Lin Xia and finally felt relieved when they saw her calmly treating her wounds. At the same time, they also realized that this mountain was not their backyard and was not that safe!

"We've never seen anything like this before, so don't worry too much." Seeing the other people's worried looks, Lin Xia comforted them, but after thinking for a moment, she added, "But for safety's sake, we should leave here as soon as possible to prevent anything new from appearing in the water."

So everyone immediately put the bamboo baskets full of nuts into the space and hurriedly followed Dazhuang to continue walking out of the mountain.

Before leaving, Lin Xia did not forget the dead toad. She used the space scanning function to remotely collect the toad and show it to Dot later.

It seems that there are other dangerous creatures on this mountain. I don’t know if they only appear in autumn or because of the water source. I will go back and ask Bakir. He has been studying the plants in the mountains for many years, so he should know more about the back mountain, right?

While Lin Xia was watching over everyone as they left, she was thinking randomly in her mind that no one would be in the mood to pick mushrooms on the rest of the way.

Soon, under the leadership of Dazhuang and Ah Huang, they came out of the bamboo forest at the back mountain and arrived at the Kappa Lake. Lin Xia told everyone that it was absolutely safe here and asked everyone to have a good rest. By the way, he also told everyone about the Kappa in the lake.

"As long as you throw cucumber-related food into the lake, Kappa will appear. I brought a few cucumbers for you, you can try them later!"

As he spoke, Lin Xia took out three cucumbers from the space and handed them to them. After they took them one by one, they were a little bit unconvinced and all asked Lin Xia to make a sample.

Lin Xia also wanted to complete the Kappa punch-in for today, so she took out the Enoki mushrooms and cucumber slices that she had delivered six times and threw them into the lake. Immediately, the Kappa appeared above the lake again, and just like before, it looked at Lin Xia silently, and after completely expressing its "nothing to say", it disappeared again.

Lin Xia turned around and said to the others, "See? This is the Kappa!"

"What are you talking about, Lin Xia?" Sister Juan asked in surprise, "We didn't see anything!"

Sasha and Lili nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, we saw you throw the food into the lake, and then you turned around and talked to us, we didn't see anything!"

Lin Xia was very surprised: "How could this happen? Didn't you see the Kappa that just appeared?"

"No!" Several people answered affirmatively again.

"Could it be that only if you throw tributes into the lake yourself can you see the Kappa appear due to the tributes?" Lin Xia guessed puzzledly, "Well, why don't you throw cucumbers into the lake yourself and try it."

So he threw the cucumbers into the lake one by one. This time, Lin Xia did not see the Kappa appear.

Lin Xia hurriedly asked them if they had seen the Kappa, but they were disappointed when they got the answer that they had not. After thinking for a moment, Lin Xia decided to try again. So when Lin Xia threw the cucumber out, the Kappa appeared again, but this time it finally spoke: "You have already given me a gift today, so you don't need to give me another one, and don't come again. Goodbye."

After the Kappa finished speaking, it disappeared again, and the cucumber appeared in Lin Xia's hand again. This is the same rule that everyone in the town can only accept gifts from others once a day, including the goddess. However, the phrase "Don't come again" is the Kappa's exclusive language every time and can be ignored.

"What on earth is going on?" Lin Xia muttered to herself in confusion, "Why is it that when I give a gift, even if it is the same gift, the Kappa will come out and say something, but when Sister Juan and the others threw in a cucumber, the Kappa didn't respond, and the cucumbers they threw in were not returned to them?"

“I guess only people with destiny can see Kappa.” Lili sighed.

Lin Xia nodded thoughtfully. She felt that the mountain seemed to hide many secrets, and they had only touched the tip of the iceberg. She decided to explore the mountain more deeply in the future to uncover its mysterious veil.

It was already 10 o'clock in the morning. Lin Xia and his companions hurriedly left the lake and headed down the mountain. They had planned well and should not be out of the mountain later than 9:. However, they encountered an accident on the way. Now the horse racing festival had begun, so they could only rush to Rose Square.

It was still the same. When they passed the road behind the ranch, they still let Da Zhuang take Ah Huang home directly, while the others took the road past the lumberjack's house and went directly to the square.

Finally, they arrived at the square at 11:10. At this time, the square was crowded with people. A huge circular racecourse was built in the center of the square, just like during the spring horse racing. The first round of the race had already begun, and people were discussing and watching very enthusiastically.

Lin Xia quickly brought the other three people to the mayor's counter. To buy horse racing tickets, one had to go to the mayor.

Now that the first round of races has begun, you cannot buy tickets for this round. You can only buy tickets for the next one. There are a total of 9 races in this entire Autumn Horse Racing Festival, and each person can only buy tickets for up to 3 races. This is also a measure taken to prevent people from becoming too addicted to horse racing games.

"Lin Xia, why are you here just now?" the mayor asked with a smile.

"Yeah~ Because I took my friend to the back mountain for a walk this morning, so I was a little late." Lin Xia explained while continuing to ask the mayor, "Thomas, which horses will be participating in the next race? My friends and I want to buy horse racing tickets!"

"Oh, check it out for yourself, the odds are all there!" Thomas immediately displayed the next horse race information for Lin Xia and the others to check and choose. The odds information for the second race horses is as follows:

Autumn Horse Racing – Race 2:

1. Bamboo Bamboo Son: Odds 5 times

2. Five famous casinos: odds 37 times

3. Goldfish in the pond: 21 times

4. Extension board: 22 times