Chapter 9: Marnie's Farm The farmer's expression was strange,...
The farmer's expression was very strange. Specifically, his eyes were fixed on the flower pot held by Hinata Shoyo. Every time the flower pot moved, his eyes also moved. To be honest, he looked a bit like a puppy waiting for food from his owner.
Hinata Shoyo felt as if what he was holding in his hand was not immature seedlings but dog snacks.
...I always feel that if he makes a request to Brother Jiancheng now, it will be easily granted.
Hinata Shoyo has small eyes.
But he quickly remembered the important matter and stumbled for a few seconds before saying, "Brother Jiancheng..."
Upon hearing this, the farmer reluctantly looked away.
The farmer looked at the orange tree nervously:?
"Can you play volleyball with me?" Hinata Shoyo swallowed. "Can you play volleyball with me?"
There is no volleyball club in Yukigaoka Junior High School. The current members, besides the three rare newcomers, are only Izumi and Koji who are accompanying him. When he and his mother saw the long-abandoned place called Volleyball Farm that day, a little expectation arose in his heart. Maybe they can really train together?
So high school students who can play volleyball must be very good!
But the next second he got the rejection he was accustomed to.
"No." The farmer thought for a moment, "I have something to do today."
He still has to scan the map and doesn't want to go mining today.
The sparkling orange tree in front of him suddenly wilted, and his orange hair seemed to have dimmed a lot, but he quickly cheered up: "It's okay." Anyway, he was already used to playing volleyball alone, so it didn't matter if he was rejected.
The blue-haired boy patted his head and said, "See you tomorrow."
Eh?
Hinata Shoyo's head shot up.
"tomorrow……?"
Farmer: "We're going to the Coal Mine Forest today, so I'll take you mining tomorrow."
After a while, because there was no next chat box from Orange Tree, the farmer thought that this plot should be over, said goodbye and left Robin's house.
Hinata Shoyo didn't realize what was meant until the figure in Shiratorizawa's sportswear completely disappeared from his sight.
"Mom!" He jumped up high with the flower pot in his hand, his eyes sparkling with joy. "Brother Jiancheng said he would play volleyball with me tomorrow!"
Hinata Miwa turned around, smiled gently, and sighed sincerely: "That's great, Xiaoxiang, I will bring a gift tomorrow."
Hinata Shoyo nodded vigorously: "Yes!!!"
...Before the player left, Robin gave him an item, including a compass +1.
He got home not too late, and the first thing he did was water the plants. Then he looked at the growth of the orange tree, and then he seriously discovered something big.
One potato sprout is missing.
Yes, there was a piece of land that was still fine when I left in the morning, but now it was bare when I came back, and the potato seedlings that were originally growing vigorously in it were gone.
farmer:.
If it were any other game, a new prompt box would have popped up, something like [The crows ate your seeds]. Unfortunately, he was in Star Valley and could only hear bursts of crows' cackling laughter.
That's bad.
Damn it! I should have just snatched the orange tree’s pot and run away, then returned it with a potato when I became a wealthy farmer.
The farmer frowned and rummaged through his backpack, realizing he'd already used up most of his resources on the chicken coop. He only had about 40 pieces of wood left, and a bit more stone. Didn't they remind him to make a scarecrow just because he didn't have enough resources? That didn't make sense. Yesterday, the player pondered for a moment. Was he supposed to rob someone?
But there are no other farms around here.
Just as he was lost in thought, the system finally arrived, spitting out another task with little exclamation marks.
[Advanced: Farming level reaches level 1, please make your own scarecrow]
A blueprint fell from the sky and landed accurately in the hands of the unhappy blue-haired farmer.
The blueprint showed a smiling scarecrow and said it would require 50 pieces of wood, one piece of coal, and 20 pieces of fiber.
farmer:……
So we still have to cut down trees.
The current farming level is level 2.
The player sighed, put away the panel, took out the compass from his backpack, equipped it, and started walking south.
If we can find Marnie's farm, it means that the coal mine forest is not far away, and maybe there will be some unexpected gains, the farmer thought casually.
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Hyogo Prefecture.
Kita Shinsuke looked at the two identical heads sitting on the soil at the entrance in front of him with a headache.
He lowered his head slightly and saw two ingratiating smiles. Kita Shinsuke took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and said, "...How did you follow me here?"
They followed him all the way to his house without being discovered. If grandma hadn't mentioned that there was a strange shadow outside, would these two people have waited until dark to go back?
The one on the left, who had been secretly watching Kita Shinsuke's expression, reacted quickly when he heard this and took the initiative: "Aji said he wanted to come over!" He said this to completely clear himself of the responsibility, but unfortunately when Kita Shinsuke discovered him, the other party was trying to steal cucumbers from the vines.
The one on the right said "Huh?" and went to pull the hair of the one on the left, "It was you, you bastard, who suggested that we go see what Senior's house is like, right?!"
"I wanted to leave after watching it! But Azhi, you're drooling over the chicken you just saw, right?!" Gong You refused to give in. "If I hadn't stopped you, you would have shouted about the fat chicken and rushed over to stew the chicken at my senior's house!"
"When you say 'stop', do you mean taking pictures next to me?!" Miyaji clenched his fists. "And when did I ever stew a chicken? I was just saying that the chickens at my senior's house are well-raised, right?!"
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Kita Shinsuke sighed: "Please be quiet, Ji-kun, Yu-kun."
Yes, the strange shadow that grandma mentioned is this year's Inarizaki freshman, and his two juniors, the twins of the Miya family.
As soon as they joined the volleyball team, they became popular because of their two identical pool-faced faces. Their volleyball skills are also top-notch, but they seem to be unreliable.
Only a few days into school, they've already had several fights over childish matters like who ate whose pudding. It can be said that the Inarizaki volleyball club hasn't been this lively in a long time. Kita Shinsuke thought about it, and then witnessed the twins, who had finally calmed down, start arm wrestling with each other right under his nose, and silently replaced the liveliness in his heart with noise.
But it seemed a little too late to send them back now. The sun had already set, leaving only a glimmer of afterglow. If the Gong Geminis wanted to go home, it would probably take quite a while to walk, and he was a little worried that they might get lost... Kita Shinsuke took out his phone and turned to the dial screen: "Do you remember your parents' phone number?"
Under the attack of the twin sisters from the Miya family, Kita Shinsuke was thankful that there was a guest room at home, otherwise the two of them would have to sleep on the floor.
After notifying the parents, the next step is to report to the coach. When Coach Inarizaki heard about Miyaji and Miya Yuu, he sighed and said, "Thank you for your help, Bei." This meant that he tacitly agreed for the two to stay overnight.
So after getting two parental permits, Kita Shinsuke turned off his phone and moved aside a little: "Please come in."
"But the elderly at home may go to bed early, so don't keep them up too late at night." After leading the people in, he remembered to remind them.
"Don't worry, Senior Bei!" / "Leave it to me."
The two completely different answers gave Kita Shinsuke a deeper understanding of the new twin juniors.
It seems that Miya Osamu is indeed more mature than Miya Yu, but for now we don’t know who was born earlier, so it’s better not to have any preconceived notions.
With this in mind, he led the two of them to the reception room, said "Please wait a moment", and served them two cups of tea before leaving.
As soon as Kita Shinsuke left, Miya Yu jumped up and started observing, leaving Miyaji, who hadn't reacted yet, dumbfounded. "It would be great if you were this enthusiastic when you were running errands." When his mother asked him to run errands, this guy either pretended not to hear or pushed him out to take the blame.
Gong You lowered his voice: "Aren't you curious?"
He made an exaggerated expression and said, "This is my first time living in a house with farmland like this."
Kita Shinsuke's house was quite far from the residential area, otherwise they wouldn't have been asked to stay. They were discovered because Miya Yuu wanted to go to the fields to explore, while Miyaji wanted to see the animals in the enclosure first. Their different ideas led to a fight. (Note 1)
When mentioning this, Gong Zhi chuckled twice: "If we had done as I said, we would still have had time to go back." After all, the animal area was at the outside, and the time was perfect if they just took a look and left, but Gong You didn't agree.
"I have nothing to say to you." Gong You rolled his eyes at him.
When Kita Shinsuke came back, he saw the two men huddled together again, trying to lower their voices and kick each other.
Kita Shinsuke: ...
How to fight silently.
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The farmer arrived at the Coal Mine Forest at nine o'clock.
It took him almost two hours to walk here. The farmer couldn't believe it. The coal mine forest was so far away. The guide clearly said it would only take half an hour.
The bug actually dared to treat these honest farmers and players in such an expressionless manner while they pondered whether they could withdraw the deleted complaint letter.
But now he looked at the time and made sure that he had plenty of time, so he started picking up things like crazy.
Thank you for the gift of nature,
The farmer sighed as he looked at the daffodils and leeks in his backpack.
Coal Mine Forest is a great place.
However, Marnie's farm was closed at this time. The player picked the rows of planted garlic, walked around the periphery of the farm, and after determining the location, he cut down two trees before leaving.
After doing all this, the farmer calculated the time and found that he could go back just before two o'clock.
A fruitful day!
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After being arranged by Kita Shinsuke to sleep on the tatami in the guest room, they took a shower and turned off the lights to prepare for bed. A few seconds later, Miyaji's even breathing could be heard in the room.
While drowsy, Gong You heard a sound of footsteps similar to the sound effects in a game.
It sounded like someone was tap dancing while walking, and he was instantly awakened.
"Did you hear any strange noises?" Gong You woke up Gong Zhi who was already asleep, turned on the light, and said seriously, "I suspect there is a thief outside."
Miyaji was half asleep: "...You want to be a thief?"
Gong You: ...
Gong You: ...
Gong Youmu hit him with a pillow with a wooden face.
"?" Miyaji, who was inexplicably hit by a pillow, slowly typed a sincere question mark.
He thinks Gong You is mentally ill.
The author has something to say:
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Note 1: The house in this article for Team Bei was inspired by Marnie's farm in Stardew Valley, and the decor was done to be closer to the island style. Anyway, you need to use a little imagination (…) And Marnie is Team Bei's grandmother! Ding Ding Ding! Ms. Bei Jie Renyi (waves vigorously)
I've been so busy lately, ahhhh, I'm rushing to finish the deadline for my school paper, and I've been revising it so much that I haven't started reporting on the comics progress that I was supposed to do (I'm so depressed). I don't have any drafts saved for this one, so I can't update daily for the time being. I feel like updating every other day is all I can do (hey)
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