Chapter 55: The Traveling Merchant
Thinking of this, Leon couldn’t help but smile. Perhaps this was also a wonderful kind of experience, wasn’t it? Still, knowing Mr. Qi, it was unlikely he’d do something like that. With his mischievous, fun-loving personality, he’d probably just sit back and watch Leon get up to outrageous antics with a grin.
Shaking off the thought, Leon took a pack of pasta from the fridge and boiled it. Since there weren’t any proper ingredients for authentic pasta sauce, he used scallion oil made from fried leeks to toss the noodles. It was the kind of sacrilege that could make an Italian faint, yet the result was surprisingly delicious. Leon was rather impressed.
Life on the farm was just that simple. Apart from daily labor and preparing three meals, Leon mostly spent the rest of his time wandering outside, keeping an eye out for ways to make money. On the farm itself, aside from an old television, there wasn’t much in the way of entertainment.
So, after catching some local news and tomorrow’s weather forecast—and seeing it would be another sunny day—Leon went to bed early.
Early to bed and early to rise makes for a healthy body. The next morning, Leon woke full of energy. He dressed, washed up, grabbed his watering can, and headed out.
As usual, he watered all the crops. Several plants had already sprouted tender new leaves, most of them parsnips—the earliest to mature—already bearing five or six true leaves.
Their rapid growth in such a short time left Leon wondering whether the soil in Stardew Valley was just that fertile, or if plants in this world simply grew at such an astonishing rate.
Either way, it was a good thing. This meant he could sell mature crops sooner and perhaps add some variety to his currently simple menu.
After watering, Leon fried a few eggs, made a small pot of porridge, ate his fill, and washed the dishes. That was when he noticed the mailbox was slightly ajar—meaning he had mail.