Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

In addition, Lin Xia also paid attention to collecting some distinctive trees. What are their characteristics?

For example, the trunks or branches may have strange colors, strange smells, the fruits and leaves may have strange shapes, and so on.

Regardless of whether she knew them or not, Lin Xia cut down a few of each type and put them directly into the space, giving them to Gotz and Brandon to choose from later.

Early the next morning, Lin Xia returned to her daily life. After checking in at the back mountain, she began to process the various mountain products collected from the mountain.

Shiitake mushrooms, black fungus, etc. are dried and stored; chestnuts and walnuts are all peeled and dried using crop processing machines in a one-stop service.

At the same time, through the side dish processing function of the crop processing machine, we fried 10 kilograms of spiced and cream-flavored shelled walnuts, 5 kilograms of caramel walnut kernels, and 20 kilograms of sugar-fried chestnuts as daily snacks and for social use.

Lin Xia also shelled some extra chestnuts and saved 5 kilograms of chestnut kernels to make chestnut roast chicken later.

There is definitely no time to plant the leek seeds that he brought back this year, but Lin Xia dug some soil from the ground and put the two giant clam shells that he failed to sell last time. He then placed them directly in the crop processing workshop, sprinkled the leek seeds on them, and planted leek greens!

These two pieces of clam shells are not small. After filling them with soil, the total planting area is close to 4 square meters, which is perfect for growing leeks.

In addition, Lin Xia had planted onions, ginger and garlic in the corner of the field. The onions and garlic grew very well, but the ginger did not grow well, maybe because of the bad soil. Later, Lin Xia simply removed all the ginger and replaced it with onions. The amount of onions used was very large. Lin Xia only used the leaves of garlic, and bought the garlic heads directly.

Garlic is used in larger quantities than onions. If she grows it herself, it is not cost-effective. She should buy it from outside. Anyway, Jeff has been supplying a large amount of spices for a long time, so it is convenient to buy them.

Seeing that it was almost time for all the shops in the town to open, Lin Xia also began to visit relevant people to deal with some of the prey he had caught. Unfortunately, today was Wednesday and the hospital was closed, so he should let the workaholic Dotte have a good rest for a day.

The first stop was to the blacksmith shop, where I found Sebala and retrieved the 50 mithril arrows that I had commissioned to be upgraded.

"Lin Xia, I'll give you the mithril arrow first. The silver needle is also ready. Did you bring anesthetic with you today?"

"No! Sebala, I've been to the mountains these days and haven't been to the hospital to see Dot yet. Let's go ask him tomorrow!"

"Oh?" Saibala became interested and asked cheerfully, "How did you gain from this trip? Did you encounter any danger?"

"What a great harvest! Haha~" Lin Xia was also happy, "I caught a lot of prey, I'll give you some to try!"

“No, no…” Saibala waved his hands repeatedly to refuse, “I don’t want the prey. My father and I don’t have the skills to clean it up. It would be a waste if you gave it to us!”

"Well, let's do this." Lin Xia tilted her head and thought for a while, then said, "I hunted a big wild boar this time. I'll make it into meat floss, jerky, etc., and then give it to you to try. You don't have to go through the trouble of cleaning it up!"

"Hahaha, that's great. I won't be polite with you!" Sabala stroked his beard happily.

"Hehe, it's nothing. I shot this wild boar with the mithril arrow you made. Your skills are simply too good. With just one arrow, the power was amazing. It went straight through the boar's brain!"

"Really~" Saibala's eyes brightened after hearing this, "My skills are beyond words, but your archery skills are getting better and better, you can shoot directly at the forehead..."

The two of them were bragging about their business, which made Gray in the inner room numb. He couldn't help but come out and asked, "Lin Xia, was the trip smooth? Did you encounter any danger? Were you injured?"

"Oh, yes, girl, are you in danger?" Sabala was also pulled back and asked with concern.

"There weren't any major dangers, but minor dangers were inevitable. After all, this is a deep forest. But I was well prepared this time, and I also had two pets. They helped me a lot..."

Unable to stop, Lin Xia began to tell the two of them about the experience in detail. The old man and the child were worried about Lin Xia from time to time.

Lin Xia also took out the beggar's chicken she made and grabbed some spiced butter walnuts for them to try.

"This chicken can be cooked like this, it's so fresh!" Sabala looked at the lump covered with mud and exclaimed in amazement.

This beggar chicken had just been pulled out of the fire pit and was collected by Lin Xia into the space. It was still hot to the touch, and Gray had never seen it before. He followed Lin Xia's instructions, put on anti-scalding gloves, and peeled off the outer layer of soil. Suddenly, a rich aroma came to his nose.

Sabala and Gray widened their eyes. Then, Lin Xia used a large pair of tongs to pick up the chicken and put it on a large plate. She also pulled out the bamboo sticks used to seal the chicken's belly. As all kinds of delicacies were pulled out of the chicken's belly, the aroma became more overbearing, attracting Sabala and Gray to taste it immediately.

"Wow, the chicken is so tender and juicy, it's so delicious!" Saibala praised it highly.

"Yeah, and these mushrooms and chestnuts are so fragrant and taste so fresh and refreshing." Gray also said.

Lin Xia was very happy to see that they liked it.

"I didn't expect that the chicken would taste so good after being coated with mud!" Saibala's words did not stop him from snatching food from his grandson.

"Grandpa, please stop kidding me." Gray was speechless about his grandfather's Xiaobai's remarks. "This is definitely not just the effect of coating the chicken with mud. Look at the rich ingredients in the chicken's stomach and the tempting sauce. These are the key points~"

"Hey, kid, you can't cook, why are you talking to the chef?"

Gray stiffened his neck and said, "Although I can't cook, I have tasted food for chefs who can cook and given them advice. I must know more than you, right, Lin Xia?"

What Gray said was actually true, as he was the one who often discussed new products with Kai in the summer!

"Gray is right. The reason why beggar's chicken is so delicious is that the ingredients and sauce in its stomach are very important." Seeing that Sabala looked a little embarrassed, he added, "But what Sabala said is also partly right. Coating it with this layer of mud can better lock in the flavor of the chicken and the ingredients, making the ingredients and the chicken blend together, making the chicken more tender and delicious, and the moisture and fat will not be lost..."

"So that's how it is. Cooking is really not easy!" Sabara and Gray both sighed with sympathy.

"Then you guys eat. I'm leaving first. I'll come back to see you after I get the anesthetic, Sebala!"

After saying goodbye to the two, Lin Xia ran straight to the beach, having to pay off the debt she owed Huo An first.

"Lin Xia, you're here! Why haven't I seen you these past two days?" Zack greeted Lin Xia enthusiastically when he saw her.

"I've been in the mountains these days. What do you want to talk to me about?"

"I don't have anything important to do. Huo An asked me to come over when he saw you. He wants to see you for something, right? I didn't see you these past few days when I went to your place to pick up the goods. I wonder what you were busy with. It turns out you went to the mountains..."

The two of them entered the house while talking.

"Huo An, I heard you were looking for me?"

Huo An was still busy behind his small counter. Seeing Lin Xia, he said happily, "I finally got you here. Where have you been making money these days?"

"...I'm going to take a walk in the mountains. Whether I can make a fortune depends on whether you can take care of me."

"You went to the mountains?" Huo An immediately dropped the rag in his hand and came up to ask, "Did you catch anything good?"

Lin Xia calmly pushed away Huo An who was getting too close, and said slowly: "I exchanged kayaks with you before, don't I still owe you a deer and roe deer? That's why I went there. I only caught one roe deer, but several deer. Do you want all the deer, or?"

"We're lucky this time!" Huo An didn't care about Lin Xia's behavior and asked excitedly, "Since there are so many deer, of course I want the deer! Roe deer are not as good as deer! Do you have any male deer? Deer penis is a good thing~"

"Cough cough... cough cough..." Zack on the side heard what Huo An said, coughed hard and winked at Huo An.

What are you talking about with a little girl?

"Oh? You want a deer penis?" Lin Xia looked at Huo An with a wicked smile, "I didn't expect you would have this need?"

Zach: ... You're worrying for nothing.

Huo An: ... This girl is more ferocious than me. What kind of vicious words are these?