A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 964 Transformation

"So, to protect the land from drying out and losing soil activity, you paved this area with stone slabs. Then you felt that the style of the smelting area's floor didn't match the original style of the farm, so you started paving the unused land throughout the farm. After paving the roads, you felt the site was monotonous and empty, so you added some decorations."

Before nightfall, looking at the farm that was completely different after just one day's absence, Abigail opened her mouth wide and stretched her neck to confirm with Leon.

"Yeah, I couldn't stop without realizing it." Lyon came back to his senses at this moment, looking at the drastically changed layout of the farm with a somewhat proud expression.

"Well, you don't have to worry about getting your shoes dirty on rainy days anymore. I built a stone road that leads to the farm. It's smooth, clean, and wide. Whether you're walking or driving, there won't be any problems."

"Of course there's no problem with you building the road, but what do these torches mean?" Abigail rolled her eyes at Leon in annoyance, pointing at the torches set up about ten meters apart on both sides of the cobblestone road.

The blazing flames dispelled the surrounding darkness, but also attracted many creatures such as mosquitoes, flies, and moths that were lured by the flames. As long as you get closer, you will find that there is actually no combustible material inside, but the flame is as stable as a stove connected to natural gas.

"Street lights. I don't have enough batteries, so I just use torches." Leon answered as a matter of course.

"But don't you think the combination of these torches and the cobblestone road looks strange?" Abigail pulled Leon to her side so that Leon could observe the current farm environment from her perspective.

After seeing it clearly, Lyon felt a chill on his back. He didn't feel anything when he was arranging it. He just followed his own ideas. The ideas in his mind came one after another without stopping.

Now that he had completely stopped and was carefully looking at the fruits of his labor, what Lyon saw was not neatness and beauty, but absurdity and weirdness.

The stone slabs reflected a cold gray under the firelight. The torch itself, hidden under the brazier, looked particularly dim compared to the illuminated environment around it, making the interlaced spiral columns under the torch look like coiled venomous snakes hidden in the shadows.

The impact and feeling that the whole picture brought to Leon was like facing a terrible cult ritual scene, revealing weirdness and absurdity everywhere, and mixed with a hint of indescribable.

"Now you understand why I screamed when I came back?"

Looking at Leon's frown, Abigail had an expression that said, "As expected," and slapped Leon on the butt, while asking Leon in a resentful tone.

"It seems I still need to improve the arrangement of these torches. Go inside first and stand on the second-floor balcony to get a bird's-eye view of the scene and help me find a suitable location for them."

It is certain that the style of the farm after renovation is indeed a bit weird. Lyon naturally wants to correct this problem. Otherwise, if an outsider enters the farm to visit at night, he will probably be scared to the point of falling to the ground.

"You are not suitable for these decoration jobs. You should leave it to Robin. After all, who knows if your next transformation will make the style of the farm even weirder." Abigail pouted and complained to Leon.

But in the face of Leon's aggrieved yet determined gaze, she softened her heart: "Okay, I'll help you choose a suitable location, but you have to promise me to place fewer torches, or even no torches at all. After all, the moonlight in Stardew Valley is still very bright, and there is no need for additional lighting. Also, placing torches on the farm poses certain safety risks."

"I'll listen to you, but the torch must be placed, otherwise the materials used in making it will be wasted." Leon reluctantly agreed with most of Abigail's statements, but he still insisted on visiting the torch.

After all, as a boy, it is really hard to refuse to visit a few burning torches in your own land. It is a feeling that girls find hard to get.

Unable to resist Lyon's insistence on the torch arrangement, Abigail relented. Her man was spoiling her, so what else could she do? She gave Lyon a hug, then obediently went inside and upstairs. Standing on the balcony, she waved to Lyon, indicating she was in position. "Which way first?" Lyon shouted at Abigail, his hands cupped like a trumpet, but Abigail's memory didn't come back.

Just when Leon was wondering if the distance was too far and Abigail didn't hear what he was shouting, the phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

He picked up the phone and saw that the caller ID was Abigail. The moment he answered the phone, Abigail's sarcastic voice reached Leon's ears: "Are you a primitive? You don't need to shout to communicate with the convenience of a mobile phone?"

"Uh, I didn't react for a moment." Lyon felt quite embarrassed when he heard it.

"Okay, hurry up and finish placing these torches, then prepare dinner. I don't know why the teacher suddenly stuffed a bunch of advanced magic books into my hands today, and started to teach me more profound long-distance teleportation magic. I've been busy all day and now I'm almost starving." After complaining, Abigail began to instruct Leon to put away the torch line two meters to his right.

Leon quickly ran over and put the stone torch into his system backpack, then asked on the phone, "What next?"

"Go to the middle position, yes, right here, and take away the torch in front of you." Standing on the commanding heights, Abigail easily found the discordant light source in the scene she was seeing from a God's perspective.

"And take the torch on your right."

"What? You think there are not enough torches? You want to keep some? Fine, then you have to follow my orders."

After collecting most of the torches, Lyon discovered that there were only three torches left on the farm, and he felt reluctant to leave.

Abigail also saw Leon's obsession with the torch and had to compromise again, but she did not let Leon play freely. Instead, she began to let Leon rearrange the torch according to her own ideas.

"Yes, you can put one here."

"Well, don't put it here. It doesn't match. Go one meter forward and put this torch in the northwest corner."

"Hey, you're in a good spot right now, you can put a torch there."

Watching the light emitted by the torches in the farm gradually change in her field of vision, becoming more and more like the teleportation array that she had memorized for a long time in the afternoon, Abigail became excited. She now also experienced the fun and satisfaction of Leon in shaping the furnishings of his own home according to his own preferences.

When Leon placed the last torch at the last node that was completely aligned with the magic circle, Abigail waved her hand and shouted, "It's done, Leon. Come upstairs and take a look later, and you'll understand the difference in aesthetics between us."

But there was no response from Leon on the other end of the phone, only a series of busy tones.

This is a sign that the call has been hung up.

Abigail was speechless, thinking that Leon was angry because of her provocation. She was about to switch to shouting and call Leon back, but when she looked up at Leon's previous position, she found that Leon was gone.

(End of this chapter)