Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

After thoroughly exchanging experiences about the 10-day trip to Stardew Valley with the townspeople last night, Lin Xia started his leisure winter life in Mineral Town the next day.

She has to hibernate. The two remaining cursed farm tools she has must be equipped for 5 days each before they can be completely converted into blessed farm tools. So when she got home last night, Lin Xia equipped the cursed hammer. It was a small bug, but as long as it is equipped on the same day, it will be counted as one day, hehe.

So starting today, Lin Xia couldn't use any tools, couldn't go down into the mines, couldn't fish, couldn't hunt, unless she could fight with her bare hands.

So, Lin Xia started to ride the white dragon around the town, visiting every household, bringing the flowers she picked in spring, summer and autumn, and the dishes she made recently (luckily, she could use the smart kitchen, so she just had to choose the ingredients and the number of servings according to the previously stored recipes) to keep in touch with the villagers every day.

On Winter Thanksgiving Day on the 14th, girls from the entire town shyly gave chocolate snacks to the boys they liked. Lin Xia was an exception. She didn't have a favorite boy, so she could only be a spectator that day.

On the 15th, although the weather was cold, it was a sunny day, and the pet shop in Rose Square opened once a month. In the winter pet shop, the pet launched by the boss is - capybara.

There are two colors of capybaras, brown and white, and the price is the same for one. Capybaras, like other cats, dogs, and penguins, can participate in the summer Sea Festival animal frisbee catching competition when they reach adulthood.

However, Lin Xia is not here to buy a pet this time. Three pets are enough at the moment. She is here to buy a prey bag.

"Are you still sure you want to buy a game bag?" Ben asked in confusion, "That thing is really not cost-effective!"

"Ok, ok, just place the order for me!" Lin Xia was almost tortured to death by not being able to store the living prey into the space.

"Okay, which specification do you want? I'll give you a brief introduction to the functions and prices!" Based on the principle of customer first, Ban introduced the product to Lin Xia conscientiously.

"I told you before that the starting price for a game bag is 30. The standard version has three slots, which can hold three species of animals. The upper limit for each slot is 3, right?"

"correct."

"Now there is good news, the product has been optimized." Ban said happily looking at Lin Xia.

"Really? The price has dropped?" Lin Xia was also surprised.

"No." Ban's face was dark. What was this girl thinking? They said the product was optimized. What was optimized was the function. How could it be the price?

"The previous prey bag held 3 species, 99 of each, and many people complained that it was not practical, so the optimized version now holds 6 species of animals in total, with a maximum of 50 of each. Isn't that great?"

"It's really good." Although there was no discount on the price, Lin Xia was still very satisfied. After all, he was not from a professional breeding farm, and he would definitely not catch too many animals of the same kind. It was still pretty good.

"This is the standard version. There are also upgraded and deluxe versions, which have greatly improved the types and numbers of animals, and the most important thing."

Looking at Ban's excited expression, Lin Xia muttered to herself, could it be the shape and material of a prey bag again?

"The most important thing is that the appearance and material of the hunting bag have also been improved. It looks very good, and the material is not only waterproof and dirt-resistant, but also shiny..."

Lin Xia: ……

It’s waterproof and dirt-resistant, but what the hell is that shiny thing?

"Master, is this standard hunting bag waterproof and dirt-resistant?" Lin Xia asked carefully.

"Waterproof and dirt-resistant are the standard features of hunting bags. The most important thing is that they are bright, shiny and bright~"

"Okay, let's just get the standard edition! Can't the price be any lower?"

"This is already the lowest price. It's been optimized. It's good enough that the price hasn't increased. Really~" Ban immediately started bargaining mode, and his expression was as sincere as possible.

"Okay~" Lin Xia stopped talking. After all, it was something she needed, and she did make a lot of money in Stardew Valley this time!

The residents there like to post all kinds of tasks, some require various types of ores, wood or stone, some require various types of fish and mountain products, and some require killing a specified number of monsters...

For Lin Xia, these were not difficult. Although the map there was not small, Lin Xia had a white dragon horse, and he had a pet to help him fight monsters, so he still made a lot of money.

Moreover, for some tasks, the people there would give out lottery tickets, which could be used to draw at the mayor's house. Lin Xia was lucky enough to win some good things, some of which Lin Xia didn't really need, such as various distinctive furniture and decorations, all of which were sold at high prices on the night market.

After paying the bill quickly, Lin Xia put away the game bag, which would make hunting much more convenient next time.

During the 10 days of equipping the cursed farm tools, what Lin Xia did most was cooking at home, going out to chat with people, or going to Mary's library to read.

Seeing Lin Xia coming to read almost every day, Mary was so happy that she enthusiastically recommended various books to Lin Xia.

Lin Xia also told Mary about the library and museum in Stardew Valley. Mary was very interested in the library because she heard that it not only had many books but also many antique collections.

"If I had known, I would have gone with you this time. I really want to see what kind of books there are. Lin Xia, have you gone in to see?"

Suddenly suffering a critical hit, Lin Xia regretted mentioning this. For a money-making ordinary person like Lin Xia, how could she spend too much of her precious time in the library? The reason why she went there was because she had opened some crystal balls from the mine and fishing treasure chests. After the blacksmith Clint knocked them open, he got some so-called "antiques", which were useless to Lin Xia.

Just when she was feeling extremely depressed, Clint told her that if she donated these to the library, she would receive gifts in return if a certain amount of donations was reached. That's why Lin Xia went to donate. Otherwise, she would not have gone to the library in such a short and precious time.

As a result, the gifts she received after donating were some strange and bizarre decorations, which Lin Xia really couldn't appreciate, so she took them all to the night market and sold only one item.

But Lin Xia has already made up her mind. She will give it to Brandon on his birthday next year. Maybe a great artist will be able to appreciate the artistic value of this decoration!