Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

After everyone finished taking a shower, Lin Xia's dinner was ready. In addition to the specialties of Mineral Town, such as curry seafood soup, vegetable pizza, bibimbap, moon-viewing dumplings, and tamagoyaki, she also prepared bar-headed goose cordyceps soup, spicy roast chicken, and boiled fish fillet.

When we sat down to eat dinner, Sister Juan talked about her plan to leave tomorrow: "Xia Xia, seeing that you have a fulfilling life here, we are relieved, so we will go back tomorrow afternoon~"

"So soon?" Lin Xia immediately became anxious. "Can't we stay a few more days? The day after tomorrow is the town's Soft Festival, which is about the selection of sheep, alpacas and rabbits. Don't you want to stay and watch?"

Lili quickly comforted him, "Xia Xia, we will come to see you again when we are free. The vacation given by the company this time is relatively short, so it's a bit rushed!"

"Yes, Xiao Xia Xia, don't be sad, the sisters have brought gifts for you!" Shasha said immediately, "I promise that after you see the gifts, you will immediately forget about your sisters~Haha~"

"Humph~ I wouldn't do that!" Lin Xia retorted with red eyes.

Sister Juan hugged Lin Xia into her arms and said softly, "Don't listen to Shasha's nonsense. She's just teasing you. Our Xia Xia is the best. Come and take a look at the gift we picked for you. Do you like it?"

As she spoke, Lili took out an exquisite square storage box and handed it to Lin Xia. After wiping her eyes, Lin Xia carefully opened it and found three things in the box. Two of them were small things the size of buttons with a silvery-white metallic luster; the other was a bracelet, about 3 cm wide. There were no fancy decorations on the outside, but the patterns and carvings themselves looked very simple and exquisite.

Lili took out one of the "little buttons" and said to Lin Xia: "This is a nano housekeeping robot. With its help, you don't have to worry about the sanitation of your home."

Housekeeping robots can move around the house with ease, cleaning the floor, wiping windows, tidying clothes, etc., and taking care of the housework in an orderly manner. Not only that, nano housekeeping robots can also automatically adjust their working modes according to the needs and habits of users and provide personalized services.

What is even more amazing is that these robots are highly intelligent and can interact and communicate with family members. For example, when the owner needs something, they only need to give instructions and the nano housekeeping robot can quickly find it and hand it to them.

In addition, nano-housekeeping robots have the ability to self-learn and evolve, continuously improving their skills and efficiency over time. They can even predict user needs by analyzing household data and prepare in advance.

In such a high-tech family environment, people will enjoy unprecedented convenience and comfort. Nano-housekeeping robots have become an indispensable part of family life, silently guarding the happy time of every family.

"This... This is very expensive, right?" Lin Xia took the little cutie in surprise. She had heard of household robots before, but this was the first time she had seen one at the nano level.

"You've been away from the city for a while. Although this robot is not popular now, it is used by quite a few people. Sister Juan has always been worried that it would be too hard for you to take care of such a large ranch and do housework by yourself. So, as soon as this robot was put on the shelf, I immediately grabbed one for you."

"Thank you, Sister Juan~"

Sister Juan smiled and said, "Don't listen to them. It's not that exaggerated. It's not that troublesome to buy. Okay, go on and look at the things your sister Lili gave you!"

Lili then picked up another small button and said to Lin Xia, "This is a field exploration robot. It can be transformed into various forms suitable for the current environment according to personal requirements to help you explore the complex and ever-changing environment around you.

This ability to transform and imitate allows it to respond flexibly to a variety of situations, whether it is steep mountains, dense forests or rough seas.

For example, when entering a foggy valley, it can transform into a bird, a spider or other animals, and fly through the thick fog through high-tech means such as radar and its agility. When faced with a vast desert, it can also transform into something as big as a camel or as small as a scorpion, imitating the unique abilities of different animals, and finding a way to survive in the desert with its indomitable endurance and ability to perceive water sources.

Not only that, it can also transform into other animals or objects, such as fish, snakes, rocks, etc., as needed. By constantly changing its own form, it can help you explore places that are inconvenient for you to reach, discover the secrets hidden in them, and avoid some dangers. "

Sister Juan continued, "Originally, I thought you wouldn't need this robot. You just farm and raise chickens, so why would you need it? But last time, we encountered poisonous toads in the forest. According to you, the place we were in at the time should be safe, but these things are said to be not 100% safe after all, so this exploration robot is very suitable for you now."

Lin Xia was so astonished by these high-tech products that she was speechless. Is the world outside already so developed?

"And this bracelet can protect you too!" Shasha couldn't wait for Lili, so she picked up the last item in the box and said to Lin Xia, "This bracelet is based on the ancient Zhuge Crossbow. When worn on the wrist, it can continuously fire ten silver needles with a strong anesthetic effect within a range of 5 meters."

Sasha demonstrated as she spoke. She asked Lin Xia to take out two pieces of wood and place them on the wall farthest from them. She pressed the button on the bracelet towards the wood. With a "whoosh", a silver needle shot towards the tree trunk and embedded itself deeply into it.

"Wow! This is amazing!" Lin Xia said excitedly.

"Also, if you encounter danger, you just need to press the red button on the bracelet, it will send out a distress signal, and we will receive your location information." Lili added.

"Thank you, sisters! I will definitely cherish these gifts!" Lin Xia hugged her three sisters with emotion.

"The silver needle of this bracelet is a consumable item. You can ask your blacksmith to make it according to this model to see if it can be made. If not, we will prepare some more for you when we return and send them to you when the time comes."

"Okay, I'll go to the blacksmith shop tomorrow to ask. Is this strong anesthetic hard to buy?"

"Yes, these 10 pieces came with the bracelet. If an individual wants to buy them separately, the procedures are quite complicated. You need to go to the relevant hospital and provide certification materials to prove your usage."

"Prove that you are a good citizen?" Lin Xia couldn't help but asked with a chuckle.

Shasha laughed, hugged Lin Xia and said, "Yes, that's right. Proving that you are a good citizen is not for illegal events, but for self-protection or something like that."

Lin Xia put away the gifts solemnly, remembering that her sisters would be leaving tomorrow, she decided to take out the gifts she had prepared and give them to them.

"Sisters, these are my little gifts, please don't despise them~"

Lin Xia prepared the cordyceps and ginseng that she had asked the hospital to help prepare. Each person received a can of 50 cordyceps and a 100-200 year old ginseng.

林夏现有的人参是300年以上的1棵，200-260年的2棵，100-200年的3棵，50年左右的2棵。

It’s not that I don’t want to give them the best, but I have three sisters and there are not enough of other years. I only have three from the 3-100 years, so I have to give them these three.

Looking at the precious ginseng and cordyceps in front of them, the three sisters were very surprised: "Aren't you a farmer and chicken farmer? Where did you get so many precious Chinese herbal medicines?"

"You have to know that although the robot and bracelet we gave you are high-tech products and not cheap, once these things are developed, they will all be assembly line products, and we will have as many as you want. But these things you took out, sometimes you can't buy them even if you have money! Put them away quickly!"

Lin Xia quickly stopped them from returning the favor: "My sisters didn't despise me as a poor farmer, and they took the trouble to come and see me. Isn't it my duty to give them gifts?"