A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 62 Invitation

"Leon!"

When Lyon was looking for a trash can in the library, a shout full of surprise came from behind him.

Leon turned around and found that it was Penny who was calling him. Beside Penny were two little kids, a boy and a girl. The boy was lively and the girl was shy. They followed Penny on both sides, looking at Leon curiously.

"Hello, Penny, do you know where the trash can in the library is?" Leon asked Penny with a smile.

"Come with me, Jas, Vincent, take your books and wait for me at the desk." Penny instructed the two children, then walked in front of Leon to lead the way.

After Penny and Leon found the trash can and threw the bone powder in it, Penny asked, "Are you coming to the library to borrow books?"

"I came to see you. My crystal cave produced some very special minerals, so I said you are my lucky goddess." Leon answered truthfully. After all, this was the main purpose of his coming to the library. He wanted to thank Penny for her lucky hand that allowed him to get the colorful fragments from the Vientiane crystal cave.

"It's just that you're lucky. It has nothing to do with me." Penny said with a red face and lowered her head. Her hands were unconsciously entangled together, and she seemed very uneasy.

"I think you have made a greater contribution, so if you have nothing to do at noon, I would like to treat you to a meal to express my gratitude." Leon said seriously. He had never opened a multicolored fragment from the Vientiane Crystal Cave in the game, so he was very aware of his luck.

Penny was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then she replied subconsciously: "No, it's too expensive to eat out, just eat at home."

Hearing that the other party's first reaction was not shyness or hesitation, but considering the price, Leon felt a little sorry for the girl.

Penny also realized that her words were a bit abrupt, and hurriedly explained: "I'm not going to your house, I'm going to my house. No, oh, you don't need to treat me to dinner."

Seeing Penny getting embarrassed while talking, Leon smiled and said, "Let's go to the Stardrop. That way, we don't have to go to anyone's house. And if you don't plan to come, I'll order two servings as usual, one for myself and one to be packed and sent to your house."

"How could you do this?" Penny protested angrily after hearing Leon's domineering decision.

"Why not?" Leon moved closer to Penny and added softly, "This is my decision. Whether you accept the takeaway or not is up to you."

Looking at Leon who was so close to her, Penny's face turned red as if blood was dripping out.

Leon was taller than her, so when Leon got close to her, the area she could look straight at was Leon's strong chest, and she could smell the familiar and special smell on Leon's body, which was too shocking for her.

"I'll go with you."

In the end, Penny agreed to Leon's invitation, and subconsciously covered her chest because she felt a little breathless.

"Haha, okay, beautiful girl, see you at the Stardrop Bar." Leon said, and turned around to leave, but after taking only two steps, Leon turned back.

"Ahem, I almost got into the role. Um, Penny, I want to ask, do you know if there are any geography books about the Stardew Valley area in the library? It would be best if there is a map that includes the route from Stardew Valley to the Calico Desert."

After coughing twice to ease his embarrassment, Leon asked Penny.

"I'm not sure, you can ask Mr. Gunther." Penny answered, and at the same time asked, "Are you planning to go to the Calico Desert?" "Well, I have to go there for some things, but there is no bus to the Calico Desert in the town, so I plan to find a way to get there myself." Leon had no intention of hiding it.

"If that's the case, you can choose to take a bus to Zuzu City first, and then take the long-distance bus there to go around to the Calico Desert. Although it will take two more hours, it will be safer." Penny suggested.

"Is there such a route?" Leon was a little surprised. He really didn't know that there was a long-distance bus from Zuzu City to the Calico Desert.

"Well, but generally no one goes to the Calico Desert. Except during the annual Desert Festival, few people go there. It's too dry, and apart from sand and cacti, there are basically no other attractions." Penny explained to Leon in detail.

"You know so much." Leon looked at Penny with approval. Since he met Penny, he had learned a lot of information from her that he didn't know.

"I'm a teacher after all." Penny lowered her head a little unnaturally and answered in a low voice.

"By the way, are there only two children of school age in this town?"

Listening to Penny's words, Leon thought of the two little kids he had just seen. In the game, these two kids were indeed Penny's students. This was because the number of NPCs in the game was limited, but the population of Pelican Town in reality was quite large, so there shouldn't be just these two kids.

"There are many, but most families with children have moved to big cities because they think this will provide their children with better educational resources. The only children left in the town are Vincent and Jas." Penny said this with a lost expression.

"But it's also good this way, and the teachers and educational resources that children can access in big cities will be better."

"Yeah." Leon nodded in response and didn't say anything else.

After all, this situation is not unique to this world. In the former Blue Star, parents living in the countryside would choose to send their children to urban schools with better educational resources and a better environment if they had the conditions.

"I don't want to chat with you anymore. I still have to teach the children. I will go to the Stardrop to find you at noon."

Because the two children were mentioned, Penny realized that she still needed to teach them, so she quickly said something to Leon and turned around to find the two children.

Instead of hindering Penny's work, Leon followed Penny's advice and went to Gunther to borrow books containing the map from Stardew Valley to the Calico Desert.

With Gunther's help, Leon got a book called "Stardew Valley and Surrounding Geography" and found the introduction to the Calico Desert in the catalog and read it carefully.

Half an hour later, Leon returned the book to Gunther and left the library.

This half-hour reading made Leon understand why Pelican Town had not taken the initiative to repair the bus to the Calico Desert. It was not because of funding issues, but because there was simply no need.

Because the Calico Desert is really just a desert. Except for a few oases in the desert, other areas are basically covered by yellow sand. There is no high-quality land there, and no resources of special economic value. Except for the oasis, it is basically an uninhabited area.

Therefore, the Calico Desert does not have much development value and tourism value. Except for the three-day Desert Festival every year that attracts backpackers and explorers from all over the world, there are basically not many tourists in the Calico Desert.

There is absolutely no need for Pelican Town to spend its limited development funds to repair a bus that may not even be able to run a round trip in a day just for the sake of a few tourists.

(End of this chapter)