Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

Lin Xia entered the mine with the intention of knocking out a few pieces of gold for backup. One piece was to be given to Sebala, as today was his birthday; the other was to be prepared to improve the favorability of the traveling merchant Huo An.

Huo An is a businessman from the Flower Growers' family. He is currently selling some goods that are not available in the town in Zach's house. It is said that the goods he sells are all shipped from distant eastern countries by his nephew, and many of them are different from those here. Moreover, he not only sells goods, but if you have a good enough relationship with him, he will also buy your goods, and the price needs to be negotiated in person.

So Lin Xia wanted to establish a good relationship with Huo An first, so that she would have more choices in the future whether she wanted to buy or sell things. She could even ask Huo An's nephew to bring back things when he traveled.

But Huo An's favorability is very difficult to improve! For ordinary town residents, you only need to give flowers from the town, or wheat flour. But Huo An, whether it is flowers, bamboo shoots, fish, honey, etc., he has no interest in them.

But after unremitting efforts, Lin Xia got to know all the residents in the town, and finally found out Huo An’s preferences from the three-member square dance group - this guy only likes ores and gems above the gold mine level, as well as various valuable luxury goods. No wonder he has a shrewd face, a pointed face, and two small mustaches, he doesn’t look like a good person... Humph!

Lin Xia thought angrily while hammering the ore. In order to dig up the gold directly, Lin Xia took the elevator to the 9th floor. This floor had the most gold, and other levels of ores were relatively rare. Lin Xia only planned to store the gold in his backpack, because as long as it did not exceed 99 pieces, it would only take up 1 space in the backpack, which would basically not affect its use.

Someone wants to know what the square dance group is? It is three middle-aged ladies who gather in a corner of Rose Square every afternoon to gossip and dance square dance as long as it is not raining. One of them is Sasha, the owner of a grocery store, a very cheerful aunt.

One is Anna, the mother of Mary, a girl from the library. She looks a little cold on the surface, but she is actually an aunt with superb cooking skills and can cook many dishes. Because Lin Xia sent her flowers several times, she warmly invited Lin Xia to find her when she has time, and she will teach Lin Xia to cook some dishes. Her husband, Mary's father, Bakir, is a botanist who likes to study various plants. The family of three goes to the back of the Notre Dame Mountain every Monday to observe nature and study plants. So their family likes flowers and plants very much.

The last one is Mana, the wife of the orchard owner. This old lady is very talkative. When the young and ignorant Lin Xia greeted Mana for the first time, she was pulled by her to talk for a long time, mostly gossip. Lin Xia thought it was because they just met for the first time, so she talked so much. Later, when she met the three of them in the square, she greeted them one by one, and Mana pulled her to talk for a long time gossiping. From then on, whenever Lin Xia saw Mana, she would directly give her a gift and never say a word. This is a bloody lesson!

But thanks to this square dance trio, Lin Xia knew a lot about the preferences and characteristics of the town residents. She also learned about Huo An's preferences and the goods he could buy from them.

Lin Xia knocked down 32 pieces of gold in total. Since she was going to see Cebala today, she naturally couldn't forget Gray, so she might as well give him a piece of ore as well.

After giving Sabara a birthday gift, the old man was really happy and taught Lin Xia how to make a dish - Chikuzen Niku: pot + knife + sugar + soy sauce + mushrooms + bamboo shoots + carrots. Lin Xia could only remember it and make it when she had her own kitchen.

After saying goodbye to the Saibala grandparents, Lin Xia came to the Clucking House. Yes, Lin Xia wanted to raise chickens. At present, Lin Xia has upgraded the necessary farm tools, reclaimed 51 pieces of land, which is enough for the time being, and replaced his backpack. He has a little four-digit savings in his wallet, so he wants to raise chickens.

It felt like the last time I ate hot spring eggs was a long time ago. If I raised chickens, I could eat an egg every day. I was excited just thinking about it. So I walked into the Clucking House happily.

As soon as I entered, I found Lilia, Rick and Pabri sitting around the dining table, talking about something.

"Wow, that's amazing!" This is Pabri's voice.

"We collected a lot of eggs today, which is evidence that the chickens are very energetic." This is the voice of the sunny handsome guy Rick, "I made some of them into hot spring eggs, let's eat them together."

"Oh~ Thank you, Rick. I'm so happy to be able to eat hot spring eggs~" This is the gentle voice of Lillia.

It turned out that the family was eating hot spring eggs. After hearing this, Lin Xia wondered if she should leave. Otherwise it would be so embarrassing to visit someone while they were eating.

At this time, Rick and the others noticed Lin Xia coming in. They were stunned for a moment, but then they warmly welcomed Lin Xia in.

Rick asked, "Lin Xia, welcome. Are you here to buy something?"

Lin Xia nodded and said yes.

"Is that so? Please take your time to read it." Rick then said, "Oh, by the way, Lin Xia, do you like eggs?"

Lin Xia nodded affirmatively and said, "I like it. I like it very much!"

After hearing this, Rick smiled and said, "Is that so? Please wait for me then!" Then he went to the table and took out a hot spring egg, handed it to Lin Xia, and said, "This is a hot spring egg made from eggs from our chicken farm. I made a lot of them. If you don't mind, please accept it."

Lin Xia happily accepted it. It was so big. Lin Xia carefully observed the hot spring egg in her hand. It was twice as big as the hot spring egg she made last time with pheasant eggs.

Lin Xia asked in confusion: "Rick, I also made hot spring eggs with pheasant eggs I picked up in the back mountain before, but they were much smaller than the ones you made. Why?"

Rick smiled and explained, "Pheasant eggs are usually smaller than domestic eggs, and the chickens in our Clucking House have been optimized and bred for many years. The eggs laid by the most common chickens are larger than pheasant eggs. What's more, the eggs in your hand are laid by medium-level reed chickens, which are twice as large as ordinary eggs."

"I see!" Lin Xia replied, "I came here today to buy a chicken to raise, and to ask for some tips on raising chickens."

When Rick heard this, he immediately said happily: "Sure! We currently have two kinds of chickens here. Which one would you like to choose?"

Then he took Lin Xia to the chicken coop and introduced: "Look, this is a reed chicken. It lays eggs very well. After you buy it, it will lay eggs the next day. As long as you feed it every day and it doesn't get sick, it can lay an egg every day. As long as you take good care of it every day and hug it from time to time, the eggs it lays will also be upgraded according to the increase in your favorability. At the beginning, the eggs it lays are primary eggs, that is, S-level eggs, which are slightly larger than pheasant eggs; when its favorability reaches 4 stars, it can lay intermediate eggs, that is, M-level eggs; when the favorability reaches 8 stars, it can lay advanced eggs, that is, L-level eggs; if at this time, you take it to participate in a cockfighting competition and win the championship, it can lay golden eggs, that is, special-grade G-type eggs."

“Wow!” Seeing Lin Xia’s inexperienced look, Rick laughed and said, “Isn’t it amazing? Not only that, if you win the championship and make sure that you graze it for more than 1000 hours, you can get a platinum egg of type P, and there is a 0.4% chance of getting the legendary egg of type X!”

"But!" Rick suddenly said seriously, "You have to remember, if you let the chicken graze for more than 1000 hours before it lays golden eggs, then after winning the cockfighting championship, the chicken will directly lay platinum eggs instead of golden eggs. However, X-shaped eggs can only be laid by chickens that have laid eggs of all levels. In short, chickens that have never laid golden eggs will never lay X-shaped eggs."

"X-type eggs are much higher in price and nutritional value than other grades of eggs," Rick added.