A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 94 Why don’t you take off your clothes?

"Sunk: A piece of wood that has sunk to the bottom of the water."

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The system's prompt was marked when this piece of sunken wood came ashore. If Leah hadn't been there, Leon would definitely have argued with the system about this.

Sunken wood, also known as ebony, combines the quaint elegance of wood with the verve of stone. It forms when earthquakes, floods, and mudslides bury all above-ground plant life in low-lying areas such as ancient riverbeds, including parts of trees buried in the mud. Under conditions of hypoxia and high pressure, bacteria and other microorganisms carbonize the wood over tens of millions of years, creating what is known as a plant fossil.

In the previous life, the value of a piece of ebony wood was hyped up to be comparable to gold and jade, but now in the eyes of the system, it is actually labeled as a garbage item. If those rich people who spent a lot of money to buy a set of ebony furniture knew about this, they would definitely be punished.

However, the system actually marked it this way, and Leon also realized that the price of this piece of dark wood might not be as high as he imagined. Looking at Leah's eager eyes as if appreciating jewelry, he spoke.

"It's a useless piece of wood. Take it if you like."

"No, it's too expensive. Leon, you don't know the price of this kind of dark wood in the art market. A dark wood of this quality and size can be sold for tens of thousands of yuan at least. It's not some broken wood."

Although Leah liked this piece of dark wood very much, if she really lied to Leon and told him that it was a rotten piece of wood and accepted it, she might never dare to speak a word to Leon again in her life.

"Tens of thousands of dollars?" Lyon was a little tempted when he heard that. He then looked at the system's floating logo again, confirmed that there was no change, and thought for a moment before speaking.

"You mentioned the art market, but there aren't any good buyers for this kind of thing in Pelican Town. Besides, I don't want to bear the time and expense of transporting such a large piece of wood, not to mention the question of whether it can actually be sold. So if you don't want it, I'll just throw it back into the water."

"That's such a waste." Leia covered her chest with her hands in pain, and looked at Leon eagerly to dissuade her.

"So do you want it or not? If not, I'll throw it away." After saying that, Leon pretended to push the piece of sunken wood back into the water. Leah quickly opened her hands to block Leon.

"Okay, I'll accept it, but I'll carve it into a sculpture for you. I hope you won't refuse. I really like this precious wood as a carving material, but I just like the process of carving it." Leah agreed to accept the piece of sunken wood, but also put forward her own ideas.

"no problem."

Lyon didn't expect that he could actually use this piece of dark wood to get a carving process for free. Although he was not sure whether this piece of dark wood was valuable, once it was carved by Leah, it could be placed on the farm as a decoration regardless of its value. He would not suffer any loss by doing this as a right-hand man.

"By the way, you won't charge me a processing fee, right?" Although he could get it for free, Leon always felt that this was a bit of bullying to the girl Leah, so he used a joking tone to test Leah's thoughts.

"Why do we need to charge a processing fee? We are friends, aren't we?" Leah looked at Leon puzzledly and asked back.

"Besides, you're willing to give me such fine dark wood and won't let me refuse, so I think if I carve it into a statue, you can't refuse it either."

"Of course I won't refuse." Seeing that Leia was willing, Leon felt that his conscience was no longer condemned, and he immediately agreed to Leia's kindness.

"Yeah, yeah." Leah nodded repeatedly, then carefully observed the upright piece of sunken wood, knocking it from time to time, and even sniffing it with her nose.

"There's also a faint fragrance, you can smell it."

Listening to Leah's words, Leon also leaned over to sniff it, and indeed, he could smell a faint fragrance, a very elegant smell. "If this were made into a statue, it could be used as an aromatherapy device in the house," Leah said to Leon with a smile.

"That's for you to experience first. After all, you need to carve it into shape. Then you can tell me if it can really fill the house with fragrance." Leon replied.

"Okay." Leah nodded, then looked at the piece of dark wood again: "I have to go to Mani to borrow a cart, otherwise it will be difficult to move this piece of wood."

"Small problem, hold my fishing rod."

Leon waved his hand, then handed the fishing rod to Leah. After Leah took the fishing rod, she bent down and carried the piece of sunken wood on her shoulder.

Before, he needed Leah's help because he had difficulty exerting strength in the water. Now that he is on shore, this piece of sunken wood is really not a burden to Leon.

"Wow, you are so strong! It seems that life on a farm can really make a man a strong man." Leah covered her mouth in surprise. She had felt the weight of the wood when she took it out of the water. It was definitely not something an ordinary person could carry easily.

This made her curious about the body shape under Leon's clothes, whether he had a golden body with perfect proportions like those male figure sculptures in the art world.

"Stop sighing. Lead the way. Don't you feel stupid standing here carrying this piece of wood?" Leon complained to Leah speechlessly.

"Oh, follow me and watch your step." Leah finally reacted at this time and hurriedly led the way.

The two walked one after the other for about ten minutes, and finally saw Leia's wooden house beside a river extending from Pelican Town. The wooden house looked very elegant, and Leia had painted some beautiful patterns on the brown walls, which decorated the walls without looking abrupt.

And the important thing is that the area of ​​this wooden house looks much larger than the one on his own farm, which made Lyon ask with some envy.

"Did Robin help you build this?"

"Well, I asked Robin to build it when I first moved here. Her craftsmanship is really great." Leah replied.

Then Leah did not forget to open her wooden house. After the door was opened, she invited Leon: "Come in, the house is a bit messy. After all, I live alone. It is both my studio and my shelter, so you understand."

Seeing that Leia looked a little uneasy, Leon smiled and didn't say much. After carrying the dark wood in, he found that it was not as messy as Leia said.

As you enter the house, you can see a row of framed oil paintings opposite the door, as well as neatly arranged books on the bookshelf. Most of them are related to art design. There is a single bed in the corner. The free space inside the room is quite large, but most of it is occupied by various tools, paints and canvases.

"Just put this piece of dark wood here. Have a cup of tea before you go. You must be very tired after carrying it for so long." After instructing Leon to put down the dark wood, Leah went into the small kitchen in the wooden house and prepared a cup of hot tea for Leon.

After taking the tea, Leon discovered that there were some dried flowers in it. He couldn't tell what kind of flowers they were, but they smelled quite fragrant.

Leah noticed the wetness and stains on Leon's shoulders. She thought it was caused when he was carrying the sunken wood. After all, the wood was pulled out of the water, so it was inevitable that there would be some attachments and it was full of water.

"Why don't you take off your clothes?"

(End of this chapter)