Ranch Story: Start Over

Exercise for three minutes in the morning and rest for a while after dinner.

Everything is quiet, the moon is bright, the stars are twinkling, and the silent night is finally welcoming the glimmer of dawn.

Feng Ling slept very deeply this time. He no longer had to get up early to move bricks on the construction site. Now he would get up and train himself when he woke up. Looking out the window at the dawn, the wall clock showed that it was five o'clock in the morning.

Just like in his previous life, the weather became slightly bright at five o'clock after daylight saving time began. Around nine o'clock last night, Feng Ling could no longer bear the exhaustion of his mental strength and fell asleep.

Seeing that his grandfather was still sleeping soundly, Feng Ling stretched and got up from the bed, then tiptoed to the main room, opened the door, and stretched again.

"Sure enough, the alien world is more comfortable."

Feng Ling sighed and said that although there were no high-end products such as air conditioners, he could buy them later. There was an old-fashioned telephone at home. According to his previous memory, it should have been bought through TV shopping. He wondered if there would be any home appliances to buy in the town.

That night, a cool breeze blew in from the cracks in the dilapidated walls. The peaceful and comfortable sleep made Feng Ling sleep more soundly than ever before. Of course, the dilapidated walls still had to be repaired, otherwise it would be a big problem when the weather gets cold in the future.

Feng Ling walked to the water tank where the rice bags were stored, opened the lid and scooped a spoonful of rice to prepare porridge. There was a well not far in front of the door. Feng Ling walked under the tree and saw that the well actually used a simple water pumping device, which was very popular in the countryside in the past. He didn't expect it to be the same in the other world.

"Gulp gurgle!" Feng Ling hit the water a few times and soon a stream of clear water gushed out from the water pressurizing device. He reached out to take a handful of water, which was cool and refreshing. Feng Ling simply washed himself with the well water. He had to wash again as he had to train again soon.

Feng Ling started training and opened the sword manual his grandfather gave him last night. This was the basic sword manual he had been practicing since he was young. According to him, as long as he fully mastered this set of sword manuals, ordinary monsters below level three would not be able to do anything to him.

Coupled with the good geographical environment of Mineral Town, encountering a monster above level three is a lottery-like probability event.

Looking at the moves in the atlas, Feng Ling began to practice them one by one, and the prop was a branch. After practicing a whole set of moves, Feng Ling walked into the house and looked at the black iron heavy sword. Strength training would rely on it.

In this way, Feng Ling practiced from five in the morning until nearly seven before stopping. The reason for stopping was to start making breakfast, and Mayor Thomas would bring people over in a while.

Time passed quickly. When the grandfather and grandson started to drink porridge and ate a bowl of it with pickled vegetables, a series of horse hoof sounds were heard outside the door.

Feng Ling put down the dishes in his hands and walked out.

"Feng Ling! Feng Ling!"

"I'm here Uncle Thomas. I just had a bowl of breakfast when you guys came. Let's eat together."

Feng Ling quickly invited:

"You can have this. The pickles made with your grandfather's secret recipe are really good."

"I was wondering, today's breakfast is indeed different from what I've had before. It turns out it's all thanks to the pickles."

"Hahaha, then you must remember to learn this secret recipe from your grandfather. Zach has already said that we charge 50 yuan for a 1000-jin jar of pickled vegetables."

Feng Ling was a little surprised. He didn't expect his grandfather's pickling skills were so good. He could really discuss it with him later.

Thomas was followed by Zach, the town's collector, and Mr. Muchi, the owner of the Udell Ranch. The three of them came here today in a horse-drawn carriage, with a pony following behind them.

The moment Feng Ling saw the red pony, he was overjoyed and said, "Chasing the wind, chasing the wind!" He didn't expect that it would really appear.

Feng Ling quickly greeted Zach and Mu Qi:

"Morning Uncle Thomas, morning Uncle Zach, hello Grandpa."

"You are a polite young man, Thomas. You have good taste and made my trip worthwhile."

Feng Ling didn't know what they had planned. He looked at the strong Zach who walked up to him, put his arm around him and said:

"Good boy, I haven't seen you for so many years, and now you have grown so strong."

"Ugh! Uncle Zach, you're strangling me!"

Zach laughed heartily and said:

"You are a very cunning boy. You will definitely not appreciate my strength. Let's go and have breakfast first."

"Yes, yes, let's eat breakfast first." Feng Ling quickly broke free from the restraints. Uncle Zack was really very strong.

"Wang! Wangwang!"

"? Where did the puppy come from?"

"I found this on the road. I thought you don't have a dog on your farm, so why don't you keep this offspring of a sheepdog?"

Zack explained that the three of them were driving on the way here and happened to come across this puppy in the wild. They didn't know whose puppy it was and it might be wild. Zack was kind-hearted and decided to find a home for it.

"Lao Feng! Lao Feng! Do you want a puppy?"

Feng Qingyang was stunned when he just walked out, looking confused.

"If you want a puppy, I'll send it to you. Look, what a nice puppy it is."

Muchi shook the sheepdog puppy in his hand.

"If it's obedient, it can stay. If it's not, you can take it away."

Feng Qingyang didn't want the quiet ranch to become noisy because of the addition of this puppy, and he didn't have the energy to take care of it.

"Grandpa, please stay here. I will take care of it. Look at its eyes. They are so beautiful. It looks very spiritual."

Feng Qingyang certainly would not stop his grandson's decision. He nodded and invited the three of them to come into the house for breakfast.

After breakfast, Thomas formally began to process the inheritance procedures for Feng Qingyang and Feng Ling, including the statistics of the ranch assets, etc., to prevent Feng Ling from having disputes with others after Feng Qingyang passed away. Only with the property appraisal and inheritance will, etc., could Feng Ling officially own the ranch.

"Although it is a hereditary ranch, the annual taxes still need to be paid. Otherwise, if you stop paying, your territory will be reduced."

Looking at Thomas stamping it seriously, he gave an extra reminder.

"Ah, then this ranch hasn't paid taxes for a long time."

"So you family members are really too much. Don't your parents know about this? Look at the area that was 50*50 square kilometers before, and now there is only this much."

"I'm not sure, Uncle Thomas. My parents both work for the government. They are both well-known and wealthy. They may not value the remote assets here."

Feng Ling recalled and quickly guessed what they were thinking.

Feng Qingyang also nodded.

“It’s a little remote, but the scenery here is beautiful and the resources are abundant. Most importantly, it’s safe.”

Thomas played the advertisement as usual and continued to work on his own things.

At this time, Mu Qi walked to Feng Ling and pulled the corner of Feng Ling's clothes.

"Feng Ling, I need you to do me a favor. It's a good thing."

"?" In fact, Feng Ling was secretly happy this time, but his face was expressionless.

"I have a foal here. Its mother left temporarily, so I thought I'd give it to you to take care of. You just need to let it eat grass every day and walk around more. This will also help you get to know horses better."

"Grandpa Muchi, how much is a horse at your Udell Ranch?"

When talking about the horses on the ranch, Muchi immediately became excited.