Ranch Story: Start Over

Thomas cleared his throat, adjusted his tie clip, and said to everyone seriously:

"Dear residents of Mineral Town, it is time for our new quarterly Mineral Town Residents Meeting. Last time, due to the typhoon, we had to postpone it to this Monday. This week is the second week of summer.

Now, let's give a warm round of applause to welcome our new member, Feng Ling from Morningwind Ranch. Let's give him a warm round of applause to welcome him to the stage."

When Lin heard Thomas calling Feng Ling, she quickly sat next to Feng Ling and shook him:

"Hurry up, Feng Ling, Uncle Thomas is calling you!"

"Okay, Senior Sister, wait for me to come back."

Feng Ling knew that this segment was Thomas's way of introducing Feng Ling to everyone. In order to leave a good impression on everyone, he of course cooperated with all his strength.

Watching Feng Ling and Lin talking and laughing, Karin didn't know why she felt a little uncomfortable. After this childhood playmate came back, it seemed that a huge gap between them had developed because of his family's decline, and he was not as enthusiastic to see her as when he was a child.

Listening to Li Ke talking nonstop about Feng Ling and his affairs these days, she felt a little annoyed.

"Good evening, brothers and sisters, uncles, aunts, grandparents! I am Feng Ling from Morning Breeze Ranch. Our meeting last night was not formal enough, so today is the official meeting for you all."

After saying that, Feng Ling bowed deeply to everyone on the stage. Everyone immediately responded with warm applause, which was different from the superficial form. This applause was more to express gratitude for Feng Ling's gift last night.

The applause lasted for more than thirty seconds, and Thomas quickly waved his hand to signal everyone to stop:

"It seems that everyone likes Feng Ling. The enthusiastic applause can't be stopped. That's right. After all, Feng Ling's contribution to everyone is obvious to all. Therefore, the Mineral Town Elders Council and the four townsmen of the Brotherhood Alliance have decided to award Feng Ling the title of Honorary Resident of Mineral Town and the medal. What do you think?"

“100% support!”

"Thanks to Brother Feng Ling, my sister's old illness has been cured!"

"Me too. My grandparents have recovered to their previous healthy state. They have given our whole family a vaccination. Thank you so much Feng Ling!"

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Thomas did not have as much to say as the other officials. He announced the decision of the Mineral Town Elders Council right away. The Mineral Town Elders Council had five members: Mayor Thomas, gourmet food master Mr. Pan, pharmacy master Mr. Wu, blacksmith and refiner master Cebala, and civil engineering master Gotz.

Feng Ling looked at Gotz who was winking at him. Well, he never thought that Gotz was also a member of the Elder Council. Except for Master Wu of Pharmacy and Sabara who he was not very familiar with, the other three all had a very good impression of him. This honorable resident deserved the title.

Looking at the four master-level figures who walked onto the stage, Feng Ling kept a very humble attitude, completely presenting the image of a humble junior.

The four of them handed their gifts to Feng Ling one by one, and Thomas handed the certificate to Feng Ling, which was a certificate of honor. Then, a magical medal shining with magic was brought up by a young lady on a tray. Thomas pinned the medal on Feng Ling's chest, and a comfortable feeling seemed to come from his chest.

This is used to commend Feng Ling's contribution. The medal was made by the blacksmith master Sebala, who is a master of equipment materials and likes to study the fusion of ore materials.

After seeing Thomas put it on Feng Ling, Sabara looked at it with satisfaction, and then said without any hesitation:

"Young man, I heard that this magical holy water was extracted by you when you were in a state of inspiration. How about it? Do you want to learn alchemy from me?"

"Ah, Grandpa Cebala, can I also learn alchemy from you?"

As the saying goes, a master can only lead you to the door, but the practice is up to you. Having a master to lead you is, of course, a great thing.

"But I have Uncle Dart as my master."

Sabara said nonchalantly:

"These are all trivial matters. He teaches you cooking and I teach you some knowledge about forging. It doesn't affect anything."

Feng Ling thought about it carefully and said helplessly:

"Grandpa Sebala, I'm afraid I can only refuse your kindness. As you know, there are too many things to do on the ranch. I also need to run the ranch and do the catering work at Dart Restaurant. I really can't spare the time to learn forging from you."

Feng Ling also wanted to learn it, not for any other purpose, but just to give it a try just to reduce the cost of the alchemy furnace sold by the system. However, there was no other way. An alchemy furnace that could refine ore was too expensive. The worst level one required 10 merit points and 100 million gold coins.

Seeing such an expensive price, Feng Ling was extremely upset. It was a problem where to get merit points. He couldn't even afford the worst stove. Was his bet with Uncle Thomas going to fail?

Sabara nodded. The idea of ​​accepting a disciple just now was actually a way of showing off. He acknowledged in front of everyone that Feng Ling had a talent for alchemy. He had also extended an invitation. He had done what he should do.

Uncle Gotz on the side tried to persuade Feng Ling:

"Feng Ling, you really don't want to consider it? You can spend one day a week studying hard like you study and discuss with me. Really, we are all very optimistic about your talent. What do you think of this method?"

Gotz's remarks were purely for Feng Ling's own good. If he still didn't appreciate his kindness, it would be Feng Ling's fault. Feng Ling stopped being pretentious and immediately bent down and bowed deeply to Sabara:

"Grandpa Sebala, I'm glad you don't mind me. Feng Ling is willing to become your disciple and learn the art of forging from you!"

Sabara was a person who valued talents. He did not expect this child to be so tactful and laughed:

"Good boy, I like your enthusiasm for learning. I have a grandson named Gray. You must get along well with him when you study with me in the future. Look, the boy not far from Anna is my grandson."

Afraid that Feng Ling didn't recognize Anna and Gray, Sebala specifically pointed in Anna's direction and clothes.

Feng Ling followed Sabara's finger and saw Anna who greeted him. Aunt Anna's family was sitting next to her. The most conspicuous were the three young men who were dressed in white and chatting next to Anna.

Not far away, Gray, who was sitting alone, wore his blue baseball cap and smiled at Feng Ling. Feng Ling also smiled back.

Thomas expressed his congratulations to Feng Ling. Even Master Wu, the master of pharmacy, an elder whom Feng Ling had never met, nodded to Feng Ling and congratulated him. The audience below was also happy to see this.

After the five elders sat back on the podium, Thomas stood up alone and took out a report. This monthly report had plans for all the financial and investment uses of the Mineral Town and could be considered a public financial report.

Next, Thomas carefully gave a summary report on the previous quarter's spring financial statements and usage announcement, while Feng Ling trotted back to Lin's side.

"Wow! Feng Ling, show me this medal, it's so cool!"