Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

After Lin Xia left the forge, she originally planned to go to the grocery store, but when she reached the door, she remembered that the grocery store was closed today! So she turned around to see the dwarfs, and when she was about to bypass the church to go to the dwarfs' house, she suddenly remembered that she hadn't been to the church to see Carter for several days, so she immediately walked into the church.

As soon as I came in, I found a young man sitting on the left chair in the first row of the church - Cliff. Lin Xia had met him once in the hotel, but she was not very familiar with him.

In the middle of the top of the church is the altar, with a door on each side. The left door leads to the place for confession, and the right door is locked, and should lead to the backyard of the church.

Lin Xia walked to the altar, greeted Carter, and gave him wheat flour, which Carter happily accepted!

"Lin Xia, you're just in time!" Carter suddenly said, "You don't know Cliff yet? Let me introduce him to you."

Lin Xia: "We met once in Dart's store."

Carter: "Then let me formally introduce you to each other. Like Lin Xia, Cliff also came from another city. He has been to many places but never stopped. He just came to our Mineral Town recently. However, he is rather shy and not good at communicating with others. Lin Xia, if you have time in the future, you can chat more with Cliff. You both just came to Mineral Town, so you should have a lot of topics to talk about!"

"Ok!"

Carter brought Lin Xia to Cliff and said, "Cliff, this is Lin Xia, the owner of the Sub-Zero Ranch, and she just came to our Mineral Town recently."

Cliff blushed instantly and said, "Hello, I'm Cliff!"

Lin Xia: "Hello, I'm Lin Xia!"

Cliff: "I've heard of you. You're amazing. You run such a big ranch by yourself, and you manage it so well!"

Lin Xia: "It's not bad actually. I got help from many people."

Cliff: "I can't do that. I still don't have a stable job and I don't know what I can do."

Lin Xia: "I heard you've been to many places, that's amazing!"

Cliff smiled shyly and said, "I have been to many places, but I have never stayed in one place for a long time. I always feel that it is not suitable for me. Mineral Town is the most comfortable place I have ever stayed in. The people here are very friendly. And Carter enlightens me every day, so I don't feel so lost."

Lin Xia: "Yes, the people here are really nice. You don't have to worry too much. After traveling for a long time, slow down and take a rest. You will always find something suitable for yourself."

Cliff: “Thank you!”

After Lin Xia finished communicating with Cliff, she said goodbye to Carter. Carter said, "Lin Xia, thank you. Cliff just has a heavy burden on his mind and can't get over some things. But I think he just lacks the courage to communicate with others. Everyone needs to communicate with others and make friends. If you immerse yourself in your own world all day, you will easily get stuck in a dead end, which is not good."

Lin Xia: "You are absolutely right! People need to socialize, otherwise they are prone to depression. When you are confused or in a bad mood, it is very helpful to find your friends to chat with each other."

Lin Xia asked Carter again: "Carter, do you know Ben?"

Carter: "Ban? There doesn't seem to be this person in this town, at least I've never seen him."

After Lin Xia said goodbye to Cliff and Carter and met the dwarf again, she took Ben's favorite things to the beach cottage and planned to ask Zach about it. He interacted with people in and outside the town every day, so maybe he knew something!

After entering the house, Zack was taking a rest, while Huo An was still leisurely listening to the radio on his recliner. The sound of opera singing could be heard from the radio. His hobbies were really unique.

Lin Xia gave Huo An a piece of gold ore as usual, and Huo An expressed his gratitude. She also brought Zach a bunch of grapes that she had just picked from the tree that morning. Zach accepted the grapes and thanked her, saying, "Lin Xia, you are so polite!"

Lin Xia: "They are all grown on our own trees. Let you try some. But they are definitely not as good as the grapes from Dick's vineyard. His vineyard is so big!"

Zach: "That's right. The grape varieties in his vineyard are different from the grapes produced by the wild grape vines here. His grapes grow on racks, and they are not grape vines, but grape vines that grow along the racks and cover the entire vineyard. It is said that they are produced in a flower-growing country called Turpan in Xinjiang. The grapes are big and sweet, and can be used to dry raisins and make wine. The taste is excellent!"

Lin Xia: "Really? I was wondering why their grapes are different from mine and the grapes I see on the mountain. It turns out they are imported!"

"What is import?" Zack asked puzzledly.

Lin Xia: “It was brought in from outside.”

Zach: “Oh!”

Lin Xia: "But how did Dick come up with the idea of ​​planting new varieties of grapes from such a faraway place?"

Zach turned to look at Huo An and said, "It was Huo An who always boasted about how good the grapes from Turpan were. People who had tasted them could never forget them. That aroused Dick's interest! Dick was interested in grapes and things made with grapes. He pestered Huo An to find him a solution. Later, he asked his nephew to bring some grape vines over to plant. It took several years, and this year, a lot of fruits have been produced. I believe there will be a bumper harvest in the fall!"

Lin Xia was full of admiration: "Amazing!"

Zach: “Isn’t it?”

I don't know whether it's Dick's entanglement skills that are powerful, or Huo An's powerful! Or both of them are powerful!

Lin Xia: "By the way, Zach, do you know Ben?"

"Ban? Why are you asking about him?" Zack asked confused.

There's a way! Lin Xia was shocked. "How about it, do you know him?"

"I can't say I know him, I've only heard of him!" Zach said hesitantly, "I heard he's a traveling merchant from Forget-Sorrow Valley, and he goes to many small towns to sell some special goods, but those goods are very expensive, and if you want him to sell them to you, you have to show him something he's interested in!"

Lin Xia: “Is this it?” Then she took out the bottle of wine with special packaging!

Zach: “What is this?”

Lin Xia: "I received it in my mailbox this morning. The email said it was 'Ban's favorite thing', but I have never seen this Ben. Has he ever been to our town?"

"Never been here." Zach said with certainty, "I heard other deliverymen talking about this class. They once brought good stuff to their town to sell!"

"Oh~" Lin Xia sighed in disappointment.

"Girl, bring the things here for me to see." At this time, Huo An's impatient voice came.

Lin Xia handed the wine to Huo An, who looked at it carefully and said to Lin Xia, "What are you going to do with this wine?"

Lin Xia: "I tried it, but it won't come out of the shipping box! I'm not planning on drinking it myself, do you want it?"