Autumn of the first year, 1-4 days

In autumn, the lawn turns a warm orange, the summer heat fades away, and the fruit trees planted next to Grandpa's grave finally bear round fruits. This is the most beautiful state of the apple trees, adding a touch of fairytale atmosphere to the farm.

The pomegranate tree's leaves turn yellow and scorched, reminiscent of Christmas, but those leaves will disappear before Christmas Eve.

You walk up to an apple tree and tentatively touch the trunk. An apple suddenly falls and is automatically put into your backpack before hitting your head.

There is no Newton in Stardew Valley.

But there are cows.

There are many, especially on this farm.

[You guys have some sharp tongues. Tsk, there's really no grass left on Rabbit's Foot farm. Maybe we should sell all the code cows first.]

[How dare you! Those are the heroes of my great star!]

【Hahaha, what the heck is Big Star?!】

[For new viewers, let me explain that this farm is called Lucky Star Farm.]

You walk back to the edge of the livestock shed and look around. You find that, just as the netizens said, apart from a small patch of weeds and crops, nothing grows here.

"I have a solution." After a moment's thought, you said, "Since fiber is available indefinitely now, why not make more grass seeds to grow for the cows?"

Speaking of this, you suddenly became interested and asked, "I was planning to turn that farm in the lower left corner into a ranch. With Robin's help, moving the barns will be very convenient, and they can graze wherever the grass is available. Do you want to see the kind of free-range grazing where the barns are moved to another pasture after one area is emptied, or a cattle ranch model? That is, fence off several pastures, then put up wooden fences to create a path, and let the cattle graze in whichever pasture is full."

"Another option is to buy a lot of decorative hay, build a large maze, and modify the paths every now and then so that the cows can graze among the scattered pastures..."

[The 333 Maze is so interesting!]

【1】

【1. The cow is born in the wilderness!】

[Cow: Who among domestic cows understands this? They have to navigate a maze just to eat some grass.]

【3!】

【2!】

【1!】

Let's combine 2 and 3!

[Where's the 1? Isn't there a 1?]

Alright, alright, Little Rabbit, the bosses' intentions are clear, right? Go and handle it accordingly.

【Alas--】

[Don't call me "little rabbit," you should call me "Master Rabbit Feet"!]

You're used to disagreements in live streams, so you casually say, "Okay, I'll see how it goes. Let's set it up and see the effect before we decide."

Now everyone is satisfied.

You go to Pelican Town to buy fall seeds and give apples to other villagers. Even if you don't gain as much favor as you would from rainbow shards, you can still get a taste of something new, and everyone likes it.

It's inconvenient to do farm work after dark, so you plan to go fishing by the river and then return to the farm. As a result, you happen to run into Elliot, whom you haven't seen for a while.

He looks at you with gentle eyes and speaks with concern: "Farmers hurrying about at the beginning of autumn, if you're tired from work, come and relax here. I'm often home."

Your face involuntarily flushed, and you mumbled incoherently, "No way, I just left home late and had to get up to do my hair and stuff."

Elliott was not offended and smiled, saying, "Proper maintenance is the key to a man's charm."

Looking at Elliott's slicked-back hair, you have to admit he's right.

I fished absentmindedly by the river for a while, then went back and scattered the autumn seeds I had just bought into the fields, and that was the end of the day.

You were lucky; the next day, after the special order signboard in front of the mayor's house was nailed up, the first batch of orders included colorful jelly, which you quickly accepted.

But before embarking on the journey to find the five-colored slime, there is another thing that must be done: deliver a birthday present to Megumi Fushiguro.

You gave him the last Venus melon of summer.

Fushiguro Megumi was initially surprised, then subconsciously asked to confirm, "For me? Is it... a birthday present?"

You nodded and repeated, "Yes, happy birthday!"

Fushiguro lowered her eyes, remained silent for a moment, and then seemed to have reddened her eyes. She said in a low voice, "There's no need to prepare anything special for me... I'm sorry, I just usually tell other people that my real birthday is the 26th of winter."

But obviously, he hasn't had a chance to mention it to you, his new friend.

So it wasn't a gift that was casually wrapped up on the eve of the Winter Star Gala, nor was it an extra gift that was given to him; it was a real birthday present.

Fushiguro Megumi never wanted to trouble others and always tried his best to think of others, even his father who abandoned him to do housework in the sweltering trailer and went to bars every night to have fun.

He gave an awkward but earnest smile and thanked you, saying, "Uh, I love this so much, really. Thank you so much."

After saying goodbye to Fushiguro Megumi, you continue to the top of the mountain. Once you reach the mine, take the elevator from floor 45 to 75 and refresh the screen repeatedly. In the shallow environment, quickly identify whether the surrounding slimes have changed color.

Luckily, just when I was getting a headache from the elevator's "ding-" sound, I finally found that very fashionable, colorful slime.

This special slime is like the last few taro balls at the bottom of a milk tea cup—bouncy, slippery, and hard to kill. However, in the face of absolute power, a little resistance is insignificant, and you're too lazy to even release Yodo-tsuki.

The Thief's Ring worked perfectly, and now you have two cans of Colorful Jelly in your inventory. Turn one in for the quest, and keep the other as a souvenir—perfect!

You absolutely have to go to the Mage Tower now. After teleporting back to the farm with the Return Wand, you finally remember you can ride a horse.

The pony is your good friend, but you've never experienced the feeling of galloping on a horse, so you have a bit of awe for this handsome horse.

But in the game, everything can be very simple. There's no need for a tutorial to ride a horse; you just need to approach it and you'll automatically mount it.

The horse wasn't running particularly fast, feeling about the same speed as a motorcycle, but even more stable. The clattering ride was quite pleasant, until we entered the coal mine forest. Weeds, fallen branches, and scattered rocks made it difficult for the pony to move smoothly through the forest.

You dismount from your horse, unleash a powerful bomb to clear the field, and turn around to see the pony standing there, calmly taking a bite of grass.

It is a stable horse with strong abilities; it can climb stairs.

The little horse escorted you all the way to the entrance of the Mage Tower. Sigh, after trying riding a horse, I don't want to walk anymore. When I go back to Jiang Island, I really need to hurry up and open the walnut house to earn enough diamonds to exchange for a horse flute, so that the little horse can really follow me all the time.

But before that... let's go to Hat Mouse's and buy a nice and eye-catching hat for the horse to wear.

The monk, as always, guarded his large cauldron emitting green smoke, showing no interest in the outsider. He merely glanced at you and said indifferently, "Come on, give me the jelly and then leave. I have important work to do."

Since you were already there, you gave him a gift, which earned you a little attention, but only for a moment.

Juan'er is so engrossed in arcane research that she's oblivious to the world around her.

Is that evil brain of a person brewing something big?

Hard to say

[Since NPCs won't attack players, why not try it a few more times?]

What if this is his true purpose? We must be on guard!

Dihua is misleading people...

Opinions were divided in the live stream. On one hand, you intuitively felt that the mage couldn't do anything to the farmer because of the game mechanics. On the other hand, you were indeed wary of Brain Flower's ability to cause trouble, so you decided to continue to keep your distance from him.

Anyway, the Mage Tower is located in a remote area, and unless you have installed related mods such as Mage Marriage, you generally don't like to go there.

After a busy day, I returned home to find that the chili peppers I had casually stuffed into a jar in the summer had turned into... chili sauce in an unnoticed corner.

You re-examine the product description of the canned food jar and ask the crucial question: "Isn't a chili pepper a vegetable?"

It's fruit! Chew, chew, chew!

【Yes, isn't it a vegetable?】

Rich in vitamins, chew it!

Chili peppers are not fruit!!!

[Rather than that, would the streamer like to make pickled peppers?]

I'm craving steamed fish head with chopped chili peppers.

Question: If we put lava eel in hot sauce, will it fly out because of the spiciness?

[It will turn into spicy eel]

How do you put lava eel in hot sauce?!

[Bringing 200 jars of chili sauce to the lava eel pond...]

Add 10,000 bottles of chili sauce to the lake on the 100th floor of the mine!

The people from the above-mentioned village are truly ruthless.

It's really spicy!

You examine the jar of chili sauce closely and realize that it might not be a real sauce at all, but rather something like pickled chili peppers.

It tastes delicious, but unfortunately we can't eat it; we can only sell it. Sigh.

You slept with a slight sense of regret, then made 999 bottles of monster perfume and headed to the mine.

Rushing straight into the desert is too exciting; let's stick to the original plan and kill 150 Void monsters first.

You stand in front of the mine elevator, half excited and half terrified, holding up a bottle of perfume that looks like a strange purple monster. You hold your breath and spray!

How to describe this scent? The top notes are like walking into a newly renovated room, the middle notes are like choking on a strong herbal remedy, and the base notes are like smashing a whole bottle of floral water... well... it shouldn't be called refreshing. In short, it's a very stimulating scent, even a bit like being drunk and dizzy.

Cough, cough, vomit—

Still feeling dizzy, you rush into the 95th floor of the mine and start hacking and slashing at the Shadow Berserker and Shadow Shaman.

As mentioned before, the Shadow Berserkers have bloated faces, and you would normally want to avoid them, but now that a bunch of "bloated faces" are surrounding you, you have no choice but to attack. Fortunately, these monsters don't bleed when killed; they only lose a small, invisible health bar.

Although there are two types of Void Monsters, their appearance rate is always lower than that of Slimes and Bats. Only after using Monster Perfume can there be a slight hope of speed farming, unlike before when you could farm less than 10 monsters after several floors.

After battling in the mine for half a day, you suddenly realize you seem to have forgotten something... Hey? It's raining today, Big-Eyed Fish!

So, the monster-hunting game is paused, and you go fishing.

Everything went smoothly. The fish that came out after the rain were the same ones. The bigeye fish were more docile than the catfish. I also caught a tiger trout. Aquarium sacrifice, done!

The animals rushed out to celebrate, surrounding you like little creatures keeping Snow White company while she cleaned a cabin in the woods.

"We'd be happy to help...after all, the house doesn't belong to us."

At night, the glittering boulders have been removed, and your combat level has skyrocketed to 8, unlocking the Slime Hatchery.

On Thursday, you decided to take a break and instead of continuing into the mine, you went to the desert merchant to exchange your magic candy popsicles.

You can only change it once a week, and since you haven't changed it in so long, you've completely forgotten about this feature... Before, you would collect the magic candy popsicles and then go crazy eating spicy eel.

The frugal and simple old farmer sighed silently in his heart and used his Return Wand to teleport himself back to Stardew Valley.

Since the Magic Candy Popsicles are limited, it's better not to rush into the Desert Mine yet, and instead stick to farming Void Monsters.