Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

Lin Xia couldn't help but taste one of the fresh peanuts that had just been harvested. It was crisp, sweet, and had the scent of fresh soil. It was full of moisture and had a unique flavor.

Thinking of the processed fried peanuts, salted peanuts, and fried peanuts... Lin Xia's mouth began to water.

"Lin Xia, your blender has been delivered. Come over here and sign for it!"

At this time, Zack's voice came from the door. It turned out that the kitchen mixer ordered on Wednesday had arrived.

"Thank you, Zack, for starting to deliver the goods so early!" Lin Xia said with a smile.

"Don't be polite. This is my job. You've also been busy since early morning. Everyone is the same!" Zack said with a silly smile.

"By the way, Zack, do you want some peanuts? I harvested the peanuts I planted. I'll give you some to try!"

"Great! I haven't eaten fresh peanuts like this before! They taste great!"

"Of course, peanuts are delicious, and processed peanuts are even more delicious. Wait until I make them and then I'll treat you to some!"

"Then I'm welcome. I'm waiting for your peanuts, haha~"

Zack went back to work after he finished speaking. Lin Xia put the blender into the kitchen and looked at her increasingly abundant kitchen utensils. She knew that she would be able to cook as she pleased in the near future.

Currently, there are stew pots, frying pans, kitchen knives, blenders, and seasoning combination sets, which can be used to make general dishes, but the ingredients are not very complete.

In the refrigerator are spring crops such as radishes, cucumbers, and potatoes grown on his own ranch, summer crops such as onions and tomatoes, and bamboo shoots and fungus found in the mountains in spring.

There are also grapes and apples picked from the pastures and mountains, collected honey, eggs and milk produced by animals, and fish, shrimps and crabs caught from the water.

The ingredients purchased from the grocery store were not many, but Lin Xia had purchased a lot of the basic oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and especially a lot of wheat flour. Now it was mainly for gift giving, and she would also need a lot to make pasta and snacks later.

The only kitchen utensils I haven’t collected yet are the egg beater, rolling pin and oven.

The dishes that are most affected by these kitchen utensils are actually desserts such as cakes and biscuits. If you are making scrambled eggs, egg soup, etc., it will not affect it at all. Chinese chopsticks can do everything!

After closing the refrigerator contentedly, Lin Xia packed up his belongings and prepared to go patrolling the mountain.

Before leaving, I found Gotz to learn about the house expansion.

"It will be done tonight and you can enjoy the bathroom tomorrow!" said Gotz with a smile.

"Really! Brother, you are so quick!" Lin Xia said kindly.

"Thank you so much. I won't come tomorrow. This is a good time to study the bamboo you asked for!"

"Hey, brother, besides bamboo, I also want to order some other items. So, I'll tell you the details when I go to your place tomorrow to pick up the bamboo and pay for it!" Lin Xia suddenly remembered something and said quickly.

"That won't work. Tomorrow is Saturday. I have a day off. I need to go shopping!" Gotz said in embarrassment. "Why don't you come over later this afternoon?"

Lin Xia: "It's okay, you should take a rest. I won't come to see you tomorrow. Come the day after tomorrow!"

Goetz: “Haha, ok!”

After reaching an agreement with Gotz, Lin Xia set off for the back mountain. The last house expansion had used up all the wood and stone he had accumulated, so Lin Xia began to store stone and wood again.

Wood is relatively easy to collect, as there are plenty of tree stumps and branches in the back mountain, but there are not that many stones. However, the last time I asked Gotz about it, he told Lin Xia that there is a mountain northwest of Quankuang where there are more stones than plants, and he usually goes there to smash stones.

Lin Xia planned to go there and smash some stones after checking the traps today, so she would stay in the mountains for a longer time. For this purpose, she brought a lot of food with her, especially fruits. The staple food could only be bread and rice balls from the grocery store.

Originally, I had dinner at Dart's yesterday and wanted to pack a few meal sets to put in my backpack, since the backpack can keep the food fresh. However, Dart's, like Haizhijia, only allows dine-in and does not provide take-out, so Lin Xia had to give up.

In order to prevent excessive consumption of physical energy from smashing stones, Lin Xia also brought the physical strength and fatigue recovery potions that Jeff had given her as an apology, so she was well prepared.

I first gave flowers to the goddess. Today was my 10th gift giving day. I received a gift from the goddess in return - a white grass.

After turning around and making a few hot spring eggs for herself in the hot spring, Lin Xia hurriedly gave Kappa a plate of sweet and sour cucumbers and was about to run away. This time, Kappa stopped her and said, "Wait a minute, I have something to say!"

Lin Xia paused and turned around in confusion: "What's the matter?"

This kappa hasn't spoken for eight hundred years, but this time he actually took the initiative to speak. How strange!

Kappa was depressed. This guy was fine before. After giving her the gifts, she could wait for him to disappear before leaving. But now, every time she passively accepted a gift, she would stare at her back in silence. If she didn't speak up quickly this time, it would be too late to go through the process.

"I accepted the sweet and sour cucumber you gave me, but please don't give me any more in the future. To express my gratitude, I'll give you this fruit!"

As he spoke, he handed over a yellow fruit. After Lin Xia took it, the kappa disappeared into the water.

Kappa: Humph~ I never want to see your back again!

After Lin Xia got the fruit, he got the information about the fruit - lucky fruit: after eating it, he will have unbeatable luck in doing anything within an hour.

wow~

This fruit is amazing. Looking at its properties, Lin Xia immediately thought of several ways to use the fruit:

After eating the fruit, if you check the trap, will the trap explode?

Or if you go hunting, can you kill ten birds with one arrow?

Otherwise, if you go fishing, will you be able to pull up a treasure chest?

Will mining reveal rare minerals?

And, can you guess the apple right every time when playing guessing the apple with Huo An?

hmm~

Lin Xia rubbed her chin and said, "You can try this!"

Lin Xia was already tortured by the apple guessing game, and now with this lucky fruit, she was going to empty Huo An’s pockets, hehe…

After collecting the fruits, Lin Xia continued to go to the Stone Mountain to smash stones.

Following Gotz's guidance, Lin Xia walked along a path toward the northwest. After about an hour's walk, he came to a place with relatively sparse vegetation. It was definitely not a bare rock. There were large and small rocks scattered around, and plants grew between the rocks. There were also plants on this rocky mountain, and there were many exposed rocks.

Lin Xia looked around first, then took out the mithril hammer and started to break the stones around him that were easier to reach.

When the Mithril Hammer is charged to the highest point, the hardest rock can be broken in 3 times, and 6 pieces of stone can be obtained at one time.

There are so many stones here that Lin Xia got excited about knocking them. He knocked for two hours straight and got 2 pieces of stone, but his strength was exhausted at this time.

Lin Xia prepared to rest for a while and eat something.

He found a flat open space, took out the tent he had asked for from Huo An last time, and prepared to use it as a place to rest.

She came prepared. The tent is so comfortable to rest in. It is said to be very advanced and can be set up in just two steps. It is very convenient.

Following Huo An's instructions, he untied the tent's straps and threw it into the chosen open space.