I'm in Pokémon, but the system is Stardew Valley.

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Steve took off his work apron, revealing his muscular physique honed from blacksmithing, and then grabbed a water bottle and gulped down some water.

"Woo!"

The coal turtle on the side was a little unhappy. It narrowed its eyes into a small slit and then exhaled a lot of black smoke from the cracks in its shell.

"Cough cough cough."

Steve coughed twice from the black smoke, and his face was covered in soot.

"I know! I know! Don't be so stingy, Coal Turtle."

Steve reluctantly handed the water bottle to the Coal Turtle's mouth, and the latter drank contentedly.

The coal turtle provides most of the heat to start the furnace, so as the hero, it naturally gets to drink water first.

"I didn't interfere with your forging just now, did I?"

Fang Gu said somewhat embarrassedly that he hadn't expected Steve to be starting up the furnace to forge something.

Steve took out another cup, filled it with water, and said while drinking, "No, it's nothing. I just didn't close the door properly when I was forging. Luckily, you didn't get burned by the sparks."

Steve shuddered slightly, as if recalling the feeling of his skin being burned by sparks when he was just an apprentice.

"Is there something you need this time? Is it because the farm tools I made are of poor quality?"

Just the day before yesterday, Fang Gu, who had just arrived, bought several more farm tools from him for Fang Xing to use.

"It's okay, I can melt it down and make you a new one."

"If this inconveniences you, just take one from me first."

Steve's face turned serious, and he quickly offered his solution.

Fang Gu quickly waved his hand, "The tools you made are of very good quality. I feel like they can be used for another seventy or eighty years."

[Ding. Steve's favorability +10]

Seeing the slight upturn of Steve's lips, Fang Gu spoke again!

Who wouldn't want praise for their work, especially heartfelt praise from a stranger?

"So what are you going to do?" Steve asked, puzzled.

Fang Gu carefully considered his words before speaking, "I heard from Uncle Link that you often go down into the mines."

After a slight pause, Steve honestly replied, "I wouldn't say often, about once a week. It's mainly to replenish the consumed ores, like copper, iron, and silver."

"My next mine trip should be..."

Steve thought for a moment, "It should be in two days."

"If possible, could you take me down into the mine with you?" Fang Gu scratched his head, a little embarrassed.

Steve's eyes lit up instantly as he looked at Fang Gu, "So, you're also a stone fanatic?"

The word "also" eased Fang Gu's anxiety.

You can think of me as a stone enthusiast.

[Ding! Steve's favorability +100]

...The people of Guyue Bird Town have never disappointed.

"Great!"

You absolutely must come and see my collection!

Steve, beaming with excitement, beckoned Fang Gu and headed up to the second floor of the blacksmith's shop.

The second floor of the blacksmith's shop is Steve's home. The living room is filled with all kinds of stones, which are covered with glass domes.

Fang Gu bet that if it were Steven, the former Hoenn champion, he would definitely be able to chat with Steve.

After all, he's a ruthless person who could give up his championship career just to avoid affecting his stone-digging career.

"Fang Gu, come quickly and look, this is shale, malachite..."

Steve tirelessly introduced the stones in front of him to Fang Gu, explaining that these were treasures he had obtained from the abandoned mine!

"Excuse me, I think I got a little excited."

Steve only then realized what was happening and rubbed his short, blond hair.

Fang Gu, who had collected all the items in Stardew Valley, nodded solemnly: "It's okay, I understand."

Steve looked at Fang Gu, who seemed to be shining with light.

Previously, some residents in the town had seen their stones and were interested, but they became reluctant when the topic of going down into the mine was mentioned.

After all, the mine is dark and dirty.

Only Fang Gu, the new rancher, was willing to go down into the mine with him.

A hint of emotion flickered in Steve's eyes.

…………

After admiring Steve's treasures for a while, they sat down on the sofa and began to discuss the matter of going down into the mine.

"Since my Pokémon aren't very strong, I think we should distribute the collected ores in a 20/80 split."

Fang Gu hesitated and said to Steve, since in the later levels, they would have to rely entirely on Steve's Pokémon for battles.

Steve shook his head, and Fang Gu's heart clenched. Was Steve going to split the ore 90/10?

Steve slowly said, "I didn't put in much effort, and since you came with me, you can bring back even more ore."

"How about we split it 40/60?"

Upon hearing this number, Fang Gu couldn't help but admire it in his heart.

Everyone in Guyue Bird Town is a good person!

No! He's a good fellow villager.

“However,” Steve then added, “the special stones we find ourselves will belong to us.”

"Let's see who's lucky enough to dig up more!"

"it is good!"

Fang Gu has always believed in his luck!

And so Fang Gu and Steve officially agreed to meet at 8 a.m. the day after tomorrow in front of Uncle Link's ranger's cabin.

Fang Gu walked out of the blacksmith shop with a smile on his face, "The ore matter has been taken care of."

"The next step is to build a honeycomb for the three honeybees."

"While you're at it, let's see how Lulu's bouillet preparations are going."

"Bulbasaur, the three bees should go home now."

Fang Gu shouted at the air a few times, but received no response. His expression immediately turned serious.

"Could it be that Bulbasaur and the three beetles have gone missing?!"

Meanwhile, in a small garden in Guyue Bird Town.

Bulbasaur and three bees squeezed through a gap in the fence.

The three bees buzzed excitedly as they looked at the garden full of flowers and began collecting nectar, while Bulbasaur also came closer to smell the fragrance of the flowers.

"Hey, where did this Pokémon come from?"

Chapter 33 The Lost Painter

"Martha, what happened?"

The voice of her husband, Joe, came from inside the house. The white-haired Ms. Martha looked at the two Pokémon in front of her and decided to tell a little lie.

"Nothing's wrong."

"Then hurry up and come in!" Joe's voice rang out again.

"Did you two little ones come in through that gap?" Martha whispered, pointing to the gap in the garden fence.

The gap there had been there for a long time. She had mentioned it to Joe, the man of her household, but for various reasons, Joe's plans to repair the fence were put on hold.

“Da na…”

Bulbasaur looked at Martha timidly, seemingly realizing that it had mistakenly trespassed on someone else's territory.

If it were released into the wild, it might have already been hunted down by all the other animals.

But Masha's face was full of smiles.

"What's your name? Are you a member of the Three Bees?"

Martha recognized the Triton Bee Pokémon, which lived in the nearby forest. After all, a few of these little rascals would often fly into Martha's carefully arranged garden and collect nectar from the flowers.

For Martha, this was no problem at all; the presence of the three bees not only did not affect the beauty of the flowers, but also helped to pollinate them.

Even the three bees flying in the air symbolize the tenacious vitality of nature. Sometimes Martha would push Joe out to take a look, but Joe would always pretend not to be interested.

In fact, the three bees often appear in the picture book.

"Dah!"

Bulbasaur croaked, and the three bees that were collecting nectar instantly stopped, flapping their wings, which were no bigger than a palm, and flew behind Bulbasaur to hide.

At this moment, Bulbasaur's eyes became unusually firm as it stood protectively in front of the three bees.

Martha chuckled.

"I'm not a bad person."

Inside the room, Joe's urging voice came again. Martha reluctantly got up and then spoke to Bulbasaur and the three bees.

"Alright, you two little ones, wait here for a bit, I'll go get you some cookies."

After saying that, Martha returned to her room.

At this moment, Fang Gu, panting heavily, finally saw Bulbasaur and three bees. To his surprise, they were in someone else's yard!

"How exactly did you get in?"