Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

"Yes, Lin Xia!" Mana said happily, "I am also here to learn from Anna. She is great at making desserts!"

"Don't say that!" Anna blushed, "It's embarrassing!"

Mana: "I was studying alone and felt that I wasted your time. Now that Lin Xia is with me, I feel much better!"

Anna: "Don't think like that! Desserts are the happiest food. People who like desserts are happy people! So don't have negative thoughts!"

Mana: "I'll listen to you. Let's get started! What kind of cooking are we going to learn today?"

Anna: "Okay! Then please listen carefully, um... By the way, let's start with simple cakes and the like!

The ingredients are eggs and wheat flour... and butter, and of course sugar as a seasoning. Use a whisk to mix the eggs and butter to make fresh cream, then bake the dough made of wheat flour in the oven. All that's left is to spread the fresh cream on the baked cake base, and it's done. How's that? Pretty simple, right? "

Lin Xia and Mana nodded together.

Anna: "By the way, you can also add fruit or chocolate, so you can make a fruit cake or a chocolate cake."

After explaining the recipe, Anna took Lin Xia and Mana to practice together. The three of them made three cakes together. Anna made the most basic cream cake. Lin Xia had grapes and apples in her backpack, so she made a fruit cake. Mana happened to bring a piece of chocolate, so she made a chocolate cake as well.

After the cake was made, the three tasted each other's cakes. Lin Xia personally felt that the cake was quite successful, except that the chocolate cake was a little sweet. She still preferred fruit cake and original cream cake.

"There's still a lot of cake left. Each of you can take a few pieces back!" Anna said with a smile.

Mana: "Then I'll be welcome!" So she took a piece of chocolate cake and a piece of fruit cake. It seems that Mana likes sweets!

Lin Xia also thanked him and took a piece of cream cake and fruit cake.

After finishing the pleasant cooking class, Lin Xia said goodbye to Anna and Mana and left.

It was just past 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Lin Xia went back to the ranch first to see how the dwarves were watering the crops. She also sold out everything in her backpack that could be shipped. After all, they were extremely poor now.

At 5 o'clock, Zack came on time to settle today's shipment payment, and the balance became 1001G. Today was interfered by the wild chickens, and the shipment volume was seriously affected. Alas!

Seeing Zach's indescribable expression, perhaps considering Lin Xia's experience today, he said to Lin Xia hesitantly: "How about you raise more animals, and then reprocess the animal products. This way you can make money more easily, and it's not that dangerous?"

Lin Xia: "...Don't say that, Zach, you have to believe in my ability! I will be rich soon!"

Zach: "Okay, as long as you are happy!"

Lin Xia was angry! He looked down on her so much. Even though she knew Zach meant well, she was still angry!

After finally sending the good old man Zack away, Lin Xia inspected the pasture again, watered the land that the dwarf had missed, checked the grass one by one, pulled out the weeds, cut the pasture that was growing next to it, and made sure that the animals had all returned to the house.

Lin Xia went home and had dinner. Actually, she ate a lot this afternoon as she had lunch late to begin with. Later, she had snacks at Kai's place and cake at Anna's place. She was not really hungry, but Lin Xia still attached great importance to her meals. No matter how busy she was, she tried her best to make sure every meal was on time. She cherished the hard-earned food and kept herself healthy!

After dinner, it was almost 7 o'clock. I thought that Sebala should have communicated with his grandson. So I rushed to Dart's store. In fact, after 8 o'clock every night, Dart's business is the best. After a busy day of work, the men in the town will come here to relax. Just like Dick, the wine seller who can't drink, said: "I'm not here to drink, I just like chatting with everyone here, the lively atmosphere!"

Sure enough, when we entered the hotel, we found a lively scene: Sabara and Muchi were still sitting in their usual seats, and Bakir was talking to Dick. . . . .

Lin Xia went to greet Saibala first, and Saibala said generously: "Go ahead and don't worry!"

Lin Xia...

If you don’t know, you might wonder what I’m asking you to do!

Lin Xia came to the second floor and found Gray's room according to Sabara's instructions - this grandfather and grandson are really interesting. There are obviously rooms for living in the blacksmith shop, but Gray, as the old man's only grandson, lives in the hotel for a long time. Is it that distance creates beauty?

After knocking on the door, it was opened immediately. Gray welcomed Lin Xia in with a blushing face. Lin Xia felt a little strange. What happened?

"Hello, Lin Xia~Um... I'm really sorry for my bad tone a while ago. That's not the right attitude to have towards guests, and I'm reflecting on it." Gray said hesitantly.

It turns out that handsome young man Gray is still feeling embarrassed about the previous mistake!

"It's okay, I forgot about it. It's amazing that you still remember it! Haha..."

Gray: "Thank you! Whenever I meet someone I don't know well, I will accidentally develop that attitude. By the way, I heard from Grandpa that Lin Xia you want to upgrade some of the original processing machines, and also want to make crop processing machines, right?"

Lin Xia: "Yes! You may not know that although I like to eat vegetables, I actually like to eat meat more, all kinds of meat. So, I want a machine that can process animals and cut them into different parts so that they can be cooked directly."

Gray listened seriously and took notes of Lin Xia's request.

Lin Xia: "You don't think I'm cruel, do you?"

Gray was puzzled: "Why do you have such an idea? Although few people in our town eat meat other than fish, there are many such dishes in cities and towns outside! And grandpa likes to eat meat very much, but he has rarely eaten it in recent years! But as far as I know, grandpa and Grandpa Muchi used to make appointments to go to the city for barbecue!"

Lin Xia breathed a sigh of relief, but she was still a little worried because of Pobly's overreaction last time and the eating habits of the people in Mineral Town.

"In addition to meat processing machines, I also want crop processing machines, such as oil presses, threshers, flour machines, etc..." Lin Xia continued.

After listening to all of Lin Xia's requests, Gray said, "I don't know if the Twin Village that Grandpa mentioned has these processing machines, but I have written down all your needs. I will try my best to inquire and learn, don't worry!"

Then, as if he couldn't hold it in any longer, he excitedly said to Lin Xia: "Lin Xia, I really want to thank you!"

Lin Xia?

"If it weren't for you, Grandpa would never have said so much to me today. I didn't expect that he actually recognized me and entrusted me with such an important task. I will definitely do it well." Gray said with a touched face, "Because of my profession, I like minerals and gems the most, so I often hide it from Grandpa and try to make various things in private, but I dare not show it to Grandpa for fear that he will scold me. However, although I am not mature enough now, I think one day I will be able to become a craftsman who surpasses Grandpa. When my skills are more proficient, then I can also share Grandpa's worries!"

Lin Xia: "You can do it!"

Gray smiled: "Thank you for your trust!"