A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 81: Longing for Life (First Order)

After saying that, Krobus took out a small bag from somewhere.

“Like this.”

"It's too valuable, I don't want it." Looking at the small bag, Lyon was not in a hurry to take it. Friendship is priceless, but also has a price. If it is a gift of high value, Lyon would not accept it.

"They are not valuable items, just some unknown seeds washed down by the rain. You have a farm, so you can plant them and see what can grow." Krobus explained.

"Let me see."

Upon hearing this, Lyon took the small bag, opened it, and immediately recognized the seeds in the bag. They were mixed seeds, about eight portions in total, and indeed not an expensive item.

So Leon gladly accepted the gift: "Then I'll accept it. Thank you, Krobus. Next time I come, I will also bring you a gift."

"Okay." Krobus did not refuse Lyon's kindness. He was looking forward to Lyon's gift. This proved that Lyon really regarded him as a friend. It was a good feeling to have a friend give him a gift.

After chatting for a while, Leon said goodbye to Krobus, returned to the sewer outlet, took out his bicycle and rode home. He didn't find any wild plants to collect on the way.

Instead, he discovered that the small animals in the coal forest were becoming more active. Lyon even saw a squirrel jump onto the handlebars of his bicycle, and after a short ride, it jumped off the bike next to a pine tree.

Just as Krobus said, the holder of forest magic will always receive the love and kindness of natural creatures, such as this squirrel, which will not be afraid of him.

Lyon, who watched the squirrel leave, was thinking, if he were a gourmet and wanted to try the taste of squirrel meat, could he still make this squirrel that was not afraid of him silently accept his request to sacrifice itself to satisfy Lyon's appetite.

Although he had never eaten squirrel meat, Lyon was not very interested in it. There was too little meat, and it might contain some dangerous viruses and bacteria.

Cherish life and stay away from wild animals.

After returning to the farm, Lyon parked his bicycle and went back to the room to take out the rhubarb seeds he bought from Sandy. This crop is suitable for planting in spring. When Lyon bought it, he thought about planting it when he came back.

Now that he had harvested the mixed seeds given by Krobus, Lyon simply opened up another row of soil, buried the rhubarb seeds and mixed seeds evenly in the soil, and watered it.

At the same time, Lyon did not forget to inspect the other crops that had already been planted and had taken root and sprouted.

Most of the crops have already sprouted and are growing well. There is no threat from pests and diseases, and the overall condition of the plants is excellent.

However, some of the plants were not so vigorous. If Leon remembered correctly, those plants were green bean seedlings. They were all lying on the soil and looked a little wilted.

"I almost forgot that the green bean vine is a climbing plant and needs to cling to other supports to grow better." Thinking of the habits of the green bean plant, Leon realized his problem. He made the mistake of mistaking the game content for reality. In the game, when the green beans are planted, a support frame is provided for the green beans to climb. In reality, you have to build the frame yourself.

Fortunately, this is not a complicated matter. I took out some wood from the box and used an axe to modify and process it a little, and a simple climbing rack was made.

He inserted it into the soil next to the green bean seedlings. Lyon also manually supported the green bean seedlings and gently wrapped them around the bracket. There was nothing Lyon could do to help with the rest. It could only be left to the green beans' own habits and desire to survive.

After learning the lesson from green beans, Lyon recalled the growth habits of other crops and found that except for green beans, which are relatively special climbing plants, basically other crops in the land are good children that can grow on their own with soil and water, so Lyon does not need to pay too much attention to them.

After finishing the planting of a new batch of seeds and checking and filling in the gaps in the growth habits of the green beans, Leon returned to the cabin, took a quick shower and changed into clean clothes, then sat leisurely on the wooden steps outside the cabin, enjoying the lazy time of doing nothing.

In fact, there really isn't that much to do in pastoral life, especially in a place with such unique natural conditions as Stardew Valley. All you have to do is plant the seeds and water them every day, and Lyon doesn't need to worry about anything else.

Lyon has hardly ever found any diseases or pests on the plants in his fields. The only thing that could threaten their growth is the crows' free purchases. However, because of the scarecrow, the crows now dare not set foot in the fields to eat buffets. So for Lyon now, the life of a farmer is quite comfortable.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Lyon has nothing to do. He can go out to cut wood and stockpile wood, cut grass to harvest fiber and mixed seeds that may drop to expand the scale of planting, etc. These are all things that Lyon can be busy with.

However, Lyon does not want a lot of work to occupy his leisure time. He has already gone to the countryside to be a farmer, so what's wrong with enjoying the quiet and lazy farmer's life?
Grandpa's soul will return to the farm in the third year of the game to evaluate the player's score for the past two years. However, even if you have been lying in bed for two years and letting the farm be completely abandoned, Grandpa will not blame you for being lazy. He will only tell you that as long as you are happy, everything is fine.

After all, the farm is his grandfather's inheritance, and he doesn't ask for players to run the farm prosperously. He just wants to bring players a new choice in their repetitive and tiring work and numb life, and provide a safe haven away from all the troubles.

This is also what the grandfather clearly told the player when he handed the letter to him: only when you feel overwhelmed by the burdens of modern life and emptiness fills your heart can you open the letter containing the news about the inheritance of this farm.

Instead of telling the player that there is a farm at home and asking him to run it quickly before leaving.

To put it another way, if the player lives a happy life in modern times, with an easy job, a happy family, and a rich life, perhaps this letter will never have the chance to be opened.

The same is true in reality. If the reborn Leon had not known the secret of the farm and the uniqueness and beauty of Stardew Valley in advance, Leon might not have opened the letter.

After all, he had long been accustomed to the 996 corporate life. The working environment of the Joja family was not much different from his previous working environment. A salary of two thousand was enough for Leon to live a comfortable life in Zuzu City. Everything was not much different from before he traveled through time, except that it was a little duller.

It was precisely because Leon understood the significance of this farm that he chose to leave Joja and come to Stardew Valley, to Red Star Farm, and inherited this old farm that had been abandoned for many years, and lived a new life that he had never experienced before.

A life that has food and drink, friends around to gather and chat, the ability to play with the dog and walk the horse, no complicated workplace relationships and external pressure, where you can lie in the shade of a tree and enjoy the breeze when the sun is shining, and just follow your own ideas. This is the life you yearn for.

(End of this chapter)