Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

Huo An cooked all the different kinds of meat that Lin Xia had brought out for her, but there were only three of them eating in the evening, so the large portion of seafood, grilled eel, and sautéed squid tentacles that Huo An prepared was actually enough for them.

So after the meat that Lin Xia brought was cooked, it was basically put into Lin Xia's space, and only a small portion was taken out for her to satisfy her craving.

While eating, Lin Xia took out the specialty bought from Pelican Town - light beer - and shared it with everyone.

Zach was always very supportive and said that the taste was good. Huo An insisted on his own opinion. After taking a sip, he curled his lips and said, "It's just average. The taste is so bland."

Lin Xia herself doesn't like drinking beer, but this kind of light beer brewed with hops is indeed a popular alcoholic beverage in Pelican Town.

"Well, it's definitely not as good as the wine brewed by Dick!" Lin Xia continued to eat, "But it still sells very well there. They have many kinds of wine, all brewed in small barrels, and can be brewed with fruits, grains, etc. It's much simpler than Dick's hand-brewed wine."

"Once the production method becomes simple, the quality of the finished product will often be reduced." Huo An curled his lips again and said, "So many good things with complicated craftsmanship have been lost in the long river of history, just because people are lazy."

Lin Xia agreed in her heart. While eating, she asked curiously, "You invited me to dinner so enthusiastically this time. Is there anything you want me to do?"

"Hehe~" Huo An put down his chopsticks immediately after seeing Lin Xia mention it, rubbing his hands and saying, "I heard that you made a lot of gains in Pelican Town this time. How about it? Do you have any rare things? Let me take a look at them and help me make a fortune!"

Lin Xia smiled secretly in her heart, but said calmly, "Who told you that? Gray? Didn't he go there too? Why didn't you look for him?"

Huo An sighed, "Why didn't I realize that Gray is such a stubborn guy before? He doesn't care about anything except forging. Do you think I haven't looked for him? But he knows a lot about forging, and knows nothing about other things. Then he asked me to find you, saying that you visited many places, met many people, and made many deals. How about it? Don't be so stingy!"

"Okay! This time I have brought back a lot of things that I think you will be interested in!" After Lin Xia had almost finished eating, she finally stopped keeping him in suspense. Originally, only Huo An would be likely to accept those things.

"But you have to be mentally and financially prepared. These are all good things. I won't show them to ordinary people."

Huo An became even more excited when he heard Lin Xia say that, and urged, "Don't worry, my wallet is thick! As long as you can take it out, I can definitely get it."

Lin Xia took out a wooden box and placed it on the open space in the house, then opened it and took out the junk, oh no, antiques, that she had collected from Pelican Town during this period of time, one by one and showed them to Huo An.

The first item was a parchment scroll tied with a red bow. "This is a mysterious scroll written in the Dwarven language. It is said that if you collect all four scrolls, you can trigger the Dwarven language proficiency and understand your lover's language. How is it?"

Huo An took the scroll with shining eyes and confirmed that it was indeed an antique. There were traces of time on the parchment scroll.

"Good stuff!"

"Of course, this is an ancient artifact, and not many people in Pelican Town know about it."

"So where are you from?"

"This is what I got when I killed monsters in the mines." Lin Xia explained, "But I survived a near-death experience. Later, I asked the curator of their museum for advice. He told me about it and kept urging me to donate it to the museum. As long as the donation reaches a certain amount, he will give me a reward!"

"Yes, I can't donate it. It's too bad. I'll take this thing. Thank you, sister!"

"Don't be in a hurry to thank me. Brothers have to settle accounts clearly. We can't destroy our brother-sister relationship for such a small thing, right?"

Huo An: ... the divine brother-sister relationship!

"You're right. Let's discuss the price later. What other good stuff do you have?"

"Yes, but the quantity is limited. After all, they are all antiques and hard to come by!" Lin Xia fooled Huo An. In fact, this time, Lin Xia not only killed monsters in the mines on the 1st to 30th floors and got all kinds of broken antiques, but also there were some "ancient spots" that looked like earthworms on the ground in many areas of Pelican Town. According to the locals, if you find these, just use a hoe to dig and you can dig out some unexpected things.

Lin Xia had a horse and was full of energy, so she ran all over the mountains. In the winter, Pelican Town was not covered by weeds and trees, so the ancient spots were still easy to find. So she got a lot of things by digging the ground.

Among them are frost melon seeds that can be planted in winter, winter-collected plants such as snow yam and winter root, as well as lost books from the library and various antiquities.

Some of the antiquities were so tattered that they could be said to be rusty, such as rusty spoons, boot spurs, gears, chipped earthenware jars, worn anchors, arrowheads, prehistoric tools, hand axes (in other words, simple tools from the Neolithic Age), prehistoric bones, animal fossils, etc. Lin Xia felt that even Huo An would not be interested in these, so he decided to donate them to the museum there, so Lin Xia donated them all.

For this, I received rewards from the museum. If I donated 5 species, I received 9 packets of cauliflower seeds; if I donated 10 species, I received 9 packets of melon seeds.

Lin Xia only collected 10 kinds of donated antiques. As for the others, Lin Xia thought it would be more profitable to bring them back and sell them to Huo An.

Of course, Lin Xia also knew Huo An a little bit. He didn't buy these things just because he liked them, but he bought them for wealthy collectors. His purpose was to make money.

Since collectors are willing to spend a lot of money, they definitely don’t want these obvious pieces of junk, but something with a sense of mystery and a story behind it.

So in addition to the dwarf scroll above, Lin Xia also left behind a few interesting things.

There is a ring inlaid with a blue gemstone, which appears to be: a little dirty, but still beautiful elven jewelry, believed by some to be the ancient language of the elves, but so far, no elf body has been found.

There are also dwarven helmets and dwarven gadgets.

As expected, Huo An was very satisfied with the mysterious things like elves and dwarves. At this moment, he had already woven all kinds of complicated stories in his mind. When he told them to the buyers, he would surely make a fortune.

There is also a golden mask and a weird doll. Although they are not as attractive as dwarves and elves, sometimes people are interested in these dark things.