Ranch Story: Start Over

Li Ke shook his head. Feng Ling's grandfather's mountain villa was a memory from many years ago. Feng Ling only spent his childhood with his grandfather. When he grew up a little, he was taken away by his parents. He came back twice in total during that period, and the most recent time was for his coming-of-age ceremony.

So Feng Ling was not very clear about what happened after his grandfather’s mountain villa collapsed.

"Feng Ling, do you really have no impression at all?"

"Maybe grandpa didn't want to tell me. Plus, I was young and came back very seldom, so I didn't know what happened in between."

Li Ke said regretfully:

“That can’t be helped. Anyway, the villa your grandfather built on the mountain is a very safe and comfortable refuge for most travelers passing by.

The reason why it is admired by everyone is mainly because your grandfather spent a lot of money and magic stones on it when he was young. The annual maintenance costs are astronomical, and your grandfather often takes in strangers to stay there for free. "

Feng Ling was not clear about the value of a magic villa in this world, but it could have such a high reputation in the mountains all year round. Thinking about the maintenance of the villas in the original world, Feng Ling was a little amazed.

Seeing that Feng Ling really seemed to have lost his memory of the mountain villa, Li Ke glanced at Feng Ling in the rearview mirror and reminded him:

"We went to Uncle Gotz's house. He is not only a master of civil engineering, but also a very good third-level formation master. He participated in the design of this mountain villa, and the formation inside was designed by him."

"Array?"

"Yes, almost every building is engraved with a set of formations to ensure the safety of the house, temperature differences, environmental changes, etc. It is more durable than the electrical equipment on the mechanical civilization continent."

Hearing Li Ke mention the formation, Feng Ling hurriedly asked Li Ke about this aspect, but Li Ke didn't know much. Even so, he told him the key points.

"I only know that if there were no formation, let's take the small house where your grandfather and you live now as an example. You know, before that, it was a very grand manor."

"!"

Feng Ling was completely shocked. How could this happen? He thought his grandfather just built this small house frugally to live in, but he didn't expect that it couldn't withstand the ravages of time and became increasingly dilapidated and became like this.

"The key is the lack of money for maintenance. In addition, your grandfather's temperament changed drastically after your grandmother passed away, and no one could convince him. Later, after your parents took you away, we who have lived in Mineral Town for a long time watched your grandfather's house fail to withstand the passage of time and eventually became what it is now. The reason is that the formation has failed and can no longer protect such a huge manor."

Feng Ling felt very upset. Perhaps, if he didn't come to his grandfather's side, one day, he might even lose his own home. As a descendant, if he couldn't even do this, no matter how much he achieved in the outside world, he would just be an unfilial descendant.

"Li Ke, thank you for telling me so much. I didn't expect my grandfather to have endured so much."

Li Ke said this on purpose. Feng Ling's actions last night conquered most people. Li Ke was wondering at the time whether Feng Ling would really return to Mineral Town to settle down or was just putting on a show.

So today I chose to use a roundabout way to get Feng Ling's information, but Feng Ling really didn't know.

But the result is good. Feng Ling's expression and words are not false. In this way, Li Kebai would not feel so uncomfortable building a hydraulic mill for him. They are all from the same village and childhood friends. Helping each other can also enhance their relationship.

"By the way, Li Ke, I want to ask you, since these houses need formations to maintain, then my grandfather's current small house is not old, it seems that he has no money to maintain it, right?"

"This was built by Uncle Thomas. Without him, your grandfather might have really been reduced to being alone and helpless in the wilderness."

Well, after all the twists and turns, Feng Ling's family owed Thomas a favor after they left. At that time, Feng Qingyang, who had madly driven his children away, took three years to finally regain his sanity, which is really sad.

And now, as for things like favors, what Thomas might need is political achievements to get promoted, and Feng Ling came up with a plan.

At about half past nine in the morning, Feng Ling and Li Ke drove the magic motorcycle along the winding mountain road and wobbled up the mountain. Finally, they saw a small villa built against the mountain.

From a distance, the entire villa seemed to be covered by a red protective cover.

Feng Ling finally saw the real architecture of magic circle in this world for the first time.

When the two men's magic motorcycle drove into the courtyard, Uncle Gotz had already been waiting for a long time.

"Here you are, handsome boys!"

Uncle Gotz was a middle-aged man with a full beard. He laughed and invited the two into the house. Feng Ling and Li Ke quickly followed him and had a brief acquaintance with him. Feng Ling then took out a small gift that he had prepared in the trunk.

As the two of them were chatting, Feng Ling was bored and wandering around the living room. He walked curiously to the scroll of Gotz's exhibited works and started to examine it, then walked into the exhibition room.

Gotz would use magic imaging to take photos to record each project he completed. He had a small exhibition room next to the living room, which was filled with densely packed framed photos. This was his honor. Li Ke had reminded Feng Ling on the way here about these achievements that he could show off, and he praised the other's work. Uncle Gotz really liked it.

Feng Ling took a look at them and found that each photo actually described historical formation information, so the system's detection function was activated.

A water-powered mill located by the river, Feng Ling felt that it looked somewhat familiar. Upon closer inspection, he found that it was the water-powered mill of the Li Ke family, and its historical attributes also popped up.

Building: Small water mill

Cost: 50 Magic Crystal Coins

Generate properties after construction:

2% of the pup's growth rate (promote growth)

3% Poultry Happiness (Reduces Sickness Chance)

Function: 4 mills, which can carry out natural processing according to the water flow, including feed and machinery production.

It was really scary that a small water mill contained so many properties, and all of them were beneficial to the chicken coop. Feng Ling couldn't imagine what effect would be produced if a more perfect building was built.

Gotz was still chatting when he saw Feng Ling walk into the exhibition hall and keep nodding and praising his work. Gotz was a little curious about the rancher that Li Ke brought with him. He heard from Li Ke that the other party had just returned this year and it was he who led the food festival last night. He really regretted not participating in the marrow cleansing and meridian cutting.

"Feng Ling, Feng Ling!"

"What's wrong, Li Ke?"

Li Ke looked a little embarrassed, then looked at Gotz and said:

"Feng Ling, do you still have magic holy water?"

"Yes, but not much. Almost all of them were distributed last night."

Upon hearing that there was more, Li Ke quickly said:

"Feng Ling, see if you can give a bottle to Uncle Gotz. He was not in town yesterday. He went to the Goddess Peak in Mineral Town to inspect the water source building, and ended up missing our event."

Feng Ling immediately understood Li Ke's intention when he heard it. Isn't this just in time? Feng Ling was still struggling with how to speak appropriately so that Uncle Gotz could help his family leave enough space for expansion.

There is no other way. The main reason is that I don't have any spare money on hand. It's a bit like asking for something for nothing. What if the other party has a bad temper and ignores me? Isn't this an opportunity?

"Uncle Goetz, here."

Feng Ling readily took out a bottle of magic holy water from the space pendant. The magic holy water was in an ordinary water bottle. Gotz hurriedly thanked him, and then smelled the scent emanating from the bottle mouth with an intoxicated look on his face. It was really ten years younger just by smelling it. This rich magic made Gotz extremely comfortable.

Seeing that Gotz was about to drink, Feng Ling hurriedly stopped him and said:

"Uncle Gotz, you can't use magic holy water like this."

"Hmm? Yeah, I almost forgot. How should I take it?"