Chapter 1274 (·￣??￣?·)??°You Ask Where the Matsutake Comes From?

It was already dawn, and the morning sun slanted in from the window, illuminating Anne's house and the big bed where she was curled up red.

'Wow~! '

'Wang! Wang~! ! '

: Wang!

"..."

Not long after, little Annie was awakened by the noise outside the house.

Because, she seemed to hear some kind of movement outside the door early in the morning, and then there was the sound of Tibbers, her disobedient bear, barking outside the door. Maybe something happened outside or someone came to play in her ranch very early in the morning?

Of course, it is also possible that some nasty young ladies came to visit and wanted her to go to the hot spring together early in the morning or something.

"Really, I helped Uncle Dike and his family collect the last batch of grapes yesterday, but they actually disliked him for eating too much and didn't pay him..."

Ahh~!

"It's really disgusting, I should have eaten more if I knew it earlier!"

Anne recalled yesterday that she took a group of dwarves to help Dick's family's vineyard and was deducted from their wages... Although she did not do anything at the time, she was still watching from the sidelines, and it might be true I ate a little too much, but Anne can guarantee that those dwarfs have been working very hard and finished their work very early, so it is very wrong for them not to pay wages in the end. It is very immoral and should be condemned by her!

'Wang! Wang~! '

: Wang!

"hateful!!"

Dog barks continued to be heard outside the window, making little Annie, who originally wanted to sit on the bed in a daze for a while, or simply lie back and get some sleep, suddenly became angry, and jumped out of bed in her pajamas Down, planning to trouble some damn stupid dog.

"Tibbers, you want to die..."

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"Eh?"

!?

"You are... You seem to be the granddaughter of the old man Mu Qi's family, that Mei?!"

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"All right…..."

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Knowing that a certain stupid dog didn't seem to be barking, Annie stopped thinking about beating him up, and instead asked curiously to the little girl Mei standing outside her house:

"Mei... Is there any important thing for you to come here so early? If you want to ask Sister Annie to help your family, then you can avoid it, because she will definitely reject you!"

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"If it's your grandpa who broke his arm or leg again, you can go to Sister Ellie or Dr. Dott, you must have come to the wrong place!!"

After experiencing the daily "part-time job" at Uncle Dike's house, Annie no longer wants to help others. Anyway, she will not go to take care of animals or harvest crops, and she will say nothing! Regarding this point, she felt that it was necessary to explain to the other party in advance that the other party would cry or something later because she was also very busy and really didn't have time to do other things.

"ah?"

"Miss Anne, my grandfather is very good...and my grandfather can finish the farm work on my farm in half a day, so I don't need to ask you to help..."

Although she didn't know why Miss Anne in front of her suddenly said that to her, Mei still answered inexplicably after blinking.

"Oh okay……"

"Then what are you doing here today? You're not here to play with Tibbers, are you? The Mei family wants to warn you, you have to be careful of that dog, it's broken, don't be fooled by its appearance up,

Maybe it is thinking about how to eat you! "

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Annie was obviously still very dissatisfied with her family's Tibbers barking and yelling her to get up for an outsider and a little girl, so she pointed at its dog's nose bitterly to be stupefied by her Mei exhorted.

After all, she is not talking nonsense. If it were not for the restraint of her omnipotent Queen Anne, Karen, Lynn, Mary, Ellie, and Pobley, plus the cute and weak Mei in front of them, would have known nothing. Time to be eaten alive by it!

"Playing is definitely necessary, but Sister Annie, there are more important things to do today~!"

Looking at the little milk dog squatting beside her, Mei touched its head first, then showed a big smile and said:

"Today is Pumpkin Day!"

"Sister Annie, the pumpkin festival must give children delicious cookies or desserts, so please, please hurry up and bring me those delicious things!"

"This is the tradition of Mineral Town~"

After finishing speaking, Mei stretched out her hand towards Annie very bluntly, and then motioned for the other party to quickly bring out delicious biscuits or desserts.

"!!"

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"Is there such a festival?"

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Annie expressed some disbelief, because she seemed to have no memory at all, and no one had ever told her about it.

"Of course there is!"

"Today is the last day of autumn, and the 30th of every autumn is the Pumpkin Festival. Sister Anne, you can't play tricks, hurry up and get me some biscuits!"

Mei thought that the stingy Miss Anne in front of her was trying to hide delicious things from herself, so she bit her lip in grievance, and she was about to cry out with a 'wow'.

"..."

"That...you wait, I'll get it now!!"

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Boom! !

After finishing speaking, Annie turned around and went back and closed the door with a 'bang'. Then she changed into her red dress with magic in an instant, and at the same time walked to the wall calendar so quickly, and she saw it The date of '30th' above is circled with a red circle and marked:

Autumn 30th, ?

"All right……"

ε=))

Gala~!

Soon, Annie opened the door with a smile on her face, walked up to Mei who was looking forward to it, glanced at a certain puppy lying beside her, and then ruthlessly reached out to her. Two bars of chocolate were drawn from his pocket.

"There are no biscuits and desserts, but there are two pieces of chocolate, do you want it?"

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Annie squinted her eyes, and stuffed two plates of chocolate, the kind bought in grocery stores, that can be eaten directly, or used to make biscuits, desserts, or cooking, into the hands of the little girl Mei, and He squinted a certain stupid dog proudly.

Dogs can't eat chocolate, so Annie is not at all reconciled to Mei feeding it chocolate later, seeing if it dares to bring outsiders to disturb her to sleep in the future?

"Uh-huh!!"

"Of course chocolate is also available, thank you sister Anne! Goodbye!"

Chocolate can be taken away and eaten slowly, and it is also easy to preserve. If it is other desserts, it must be eaten on the spot. After a large piece of chocolate, he trotted away cheerfully, ready to set off the family's autumn wind.

After all, although Mineral Town is small, there are many families. As long as she continues to visit each house, she will have snacks for the next few days.

"..."

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There is still such a festival... But fortunately, Annie thinks that it is not bad to get away with just two pieces of chocolate. If it were her, how could she leave without a delicious meal?

'Sister Annie! Sister Anne! '

'call! call! '

'Today...today is Pumpkin Day~! '

At this time, before Annie could turn around and go back, another child ran in from the gate of the ranch panting, ran up to Annie and stretched out his hands unceremoniously.

Obviously, the person who came was another little boy from Mineral Town, that is, the younger brother of Ellie's family, that bear boy You!

"..."

There was no way, seeing that the other party went straight to the point without an explanation, Annie opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't say anything, and took out two large plates of chocolate from her pocket again and handed it to the other party. superior.

"!!"

"Sure enough, it's exactly what Mei said, thank you, Sister Annie!"

After finishing speaking, a certain little kid who had been prepared for a long time turned around excitedly and left.

Obviously, he must have met the little girl Mei who just left outside, and he seemed to know what Annie would give him, so he ran here so impatiently, even out of breath. to that extent?

"The children in Mineral Town seem to be those two..."

After thinking about it, when Annie thought that there seemed to be no younger children in Mineral Town other than You and Mei, and thought that no one would come to the ranch to ask for cookies for the Pumpkin Festival, Annie was about to turn around and go back, suddenly, A familiar voice called to her. .

"stop!!"

"Haha! Annie, today is the Pumpkin Festival. It's really unfair that only the little hag can eat delicious food. So, Pobley also came to ask you for biscuits~!"

"Also, it can't be something like chocolate that fools children~"

That's right, the guy who stopped Annie and ran to Annie's house shamelessly to beg for dessert was the bad woman from the chicken farm next door to Annie's house—Publy!

"!!"

Σ︴

"Publi? Mei and You are children, so they can beg for things, but you are..."

However, Annie didn't pay attention to the other party's request, but raised her head in confusion and asked this shameless guy who was taller than herself and dared to beg for food.

"Because Publy is a big kid, so I want candy or snacks!"

"Please take it out quickly~!"

"Remember. It can't be something like chocolate that fools children. It must be something you make yourself to be sincere, and it must be fast, otherwise, people will not leave today."

After winking playfully at Annie, Pobley stood still in front of the door with his hands folded, indicating that a certain dull little girl could come in and make desserts for her now.

"..."

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How can it be like this...

Annie, who thought this was also the tradition of the Pumpkin Festival in Mineral Town, struggled for a while, and finally had to honestly turn around and go back to the house. After some tinkering, she took out a pot of grilled meatball skewers.

Those are moon-appreciating meatballs, which was taught by Miss Mary. You only need to use the meatball powder bought from the grocery store, add sugar, water and a little wheat flour, mix well, then knead into a ball and bake in the oven for ten minutes. Yes, you can add some things you like on it, such as honey or other things, anyway, it's very simple.

"Wow!!"

"It's Moon Appreciation Maruko, thank you!"

"Eh? Strange...Annie, you seem to have added something other than honey...this is mushroom? No! This is...this is matsutake? But, Annie...how do you have so many matsutake, There are so many movies?!"

While eating, Pobley was shocked by a certain little girl's aggressiveness and generosity!

Because she found that the moon-appreciating meatball she was eating had a whole piece of matsutake shredded on it, which made her feel that it had a unique strong fragrance, and that unique taste and texture, She would definitely not admit it wrong.

"Because there are still a lot in the refrigerator..."

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"But actually, Poble, you probably don't know it? The church of Father Carter's house, that is, the wooden door next to the piano in the church that leads to the backyard of the church... In the backyard near the lake there is An open space, where there are many mushrooms and matsutakes! People can pick several matsutakes there every day, and that Carter thought they didn’t know about it!”

It was rare for Anne to tell outsiders for the first time the secret of Father Carter that she had accidentally discovered, and told about the fact that matsutake was abundant there.

Now that autumn is almost over, she has picked a lot, and she got a lot from the previous autumn horse race, so now she is no longer rare about those things. The reason why it is humane to add expensive matsutake to it.

"!!"

"Behind the church, are there really so many?"

Poble was taken aback, and seemed a little unbelievable for a while?

“There are just so many spicy dishes!”

"Then Annie, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Thinking that he might have missed countless delicious matsutake, Poble suddenly felt that the moon-watching balls he was chewing were not very fragrant.

"But you didn't ask..."

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"hateful!"

"Today is the 30th of autumn. I don't know if there are any more to pick now. People thought you got the matsutake from Mayor Thomas with the medal from the autumn horse race a few days ago!"

Thinking of the black face that Mayor Thomas had when he was surrounded by a group of people who exchanged medals for various valuables during the autumn horse race a few days ago, Pobley felt a little amused.

Because, under Annie's role of "leading by example", many people in Mineral Town have learned badly, such as Uncle Dart and Uncle Dick? Like Annie, they bought out all the players and bought 99 of them. After three games, they got the same medals as a little girl. It is said that they made a lot of money because of it. ?

It's a pity that Pobley didn't have the financial resources to do that kind of thing, she just changed to a beautiful skirt, and it is said that Mayor Thomas decided to reform the rules of horse racing next spring in order to put an end to Some opportunistic guy?

But that kind of thing is not important now, because Pobley obviously cares more about the situation of the matsutake production areas behind the church!

"some days ago?"

"A few days ago, people mainly changed the delicious power fruit. Although the matsutake also changed a little bit, but there is enough for people to eat?"

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"I'm afraid it won't work today, it's already the 30th..."

"It seems that we can only wait for next year..."

Pebble sighed plaintively, not paying attention to what Annie had just said.

"Next year is certainly possible!"

"But at that time, you'd better go around the path in the dwarf forest, because that cunning Father Carter will definitely not open that wooden door for you, he just wants to eat those mushrooms to himself, although they are obviously not grown by his family of!"

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"Really..."

"Annie, I've made a note of this matter now. Next year...if I'm still here in Mineral Town next year, I promise to pick it!"

Thinking of a certain cunning priest secretly enjoying the mushroom production area for many years, and deceiving them for so long, Publing's teeth itch in his heart.

"Is it still there next year?"

くゝ

"Sister Poble, why do you say that?"

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Annie didn't understand why the other party said that, because in her opinion, Pobley and the others must have lived here in Ore Town all the time. If they can't pick it this year, they will go next year. Why do they say "if"? What about?

"oops!"

"Anyway... Anyway, it's something for adults, don't ask me too much, kid!"

Pebble's face suddenly turned red, as if he was a little angry and unwilling to tell Anne the truth.

"Are you an adult?"

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"But, you just said that you are a big kid, and you insisted on asking for dessert!!"

Annie remembered that when the other party just asked for something, she said that she was an older child, but now she dared to turn around and say that she was an adult after eating, it was so cunning!

"ha?"

"that……"

"Before eating dessert, I was really a big child, but now I'm an adult after eating it!"

Pobley started to mess around, and seemed unwilling to explain to Anne the specific meaning of what she just said.

"you!!"

"Okay, little guy, don't be too stingy. Anyway, I ate everything and couldn't spit it out, so let it be like this. Goodbye, I'm going back!"

"It's a big deal... I'll treat you to eggs some other day~?"

Biting her finger, Pobley offered a compromise compensation plan, and that was the only thing she could offer, after all, she wasn't as aggressive as a certain little guy.

"I'm tired of eating eggs every day, and there are eggs in other people's pastures!"

"Ah! That's right!"

"Then don't give it away for now. They can just save a little and ship it to Zach. Find a way to save more private money as soon as possible?"

Nodding, Pobley said that since Anne's ranch also raised chickens and produced eggs, it would really not be a good idea for her to invite the other party to eat that kind of hot spring eggs.

"Publi, I suddenly want to eat champion chicken..."

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Annie said that she was really tired of eating eggs and so on. When her house was being renovated and expanded, she didn't eat less when she went to the hot spring every morning! However, if it is the champion chicken, she will definitely not dislike it. After all, she really misses that taste, and she hasn't tasted it for a long time.

Coincidentally, the Pobley family has been raising the champion chicken for a while now. If the other party is willing, even if she is asked to buy it, even if it costs ten times, she will be very happy!

"Ha ha!!"

"The weather is really nice today. Goodbye Annie. I'm going back first. The weather is getting colder. It seems that it will start to snow tomorrow for the winter. You must remember to prepare winter feed and food for your chickens, cattle and sheep." Grass oh~!."

"If the ranch has no income at that time, you can also mine. Anyway, you have great strength, but..."

"Forget it! You little guy is so rich and lazy, you definitely don't know how to mine, why don't you tell me about those things?"

After reminding the other party of these few words, Poble turned and left contentedly, because she was originally here to remind the other party of the fact that the livestock herds are overwintering, and it was just incidental to come to eat and drink.

As for mining or something, she didn't count on him too much, because not many people in the ore town are willing to mine... It's not only unsafe, but also bitter and tiring... Think about it Almost every family in their ore town was away. Thinking about the absence of many people's parents, such as Yu and Mei...Publi suddenly felt a little depressed and sighed leisurely.

Mayor Thomas said that at the beginning, their ore town was said to be developed by mining, but at the same time, the entire ore town was almost destroyed because of mining, and many people were torn apart... After all, mining business is too dangerous, and Mine disasters are even more common. Once a person falls into the mine, there may not even be anyone found! Perhaps, that's why the mines in their ore town were gradually abandoned, and only the old man Sebala of the forge occasionally dug some as materials?

"..."

"I'm not ready!"

s ゞ

"From tomorrow on, people will eat chickens, cows, and sheep every day. They will survive the winter by eating them, so they won't prepare any fodder!"

oooh!

Anne decided that when they were all eaten, winter would be over, and the leftovers would be sold, which should be just right.

"etc……"

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"Since today is the pumpkin festival, those children can come to other people's ranch to find food, even the fake child of Publix can come... Then why can't people go to other people's houses to find food? Besides, they are obviously serious It’s a real child!!”

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"That's right, it's decided!!"

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"Tibbers, come quickly, they will give you a discount for the autumn wind on the last day, eat and drink for nothing!!!"

ヾ~haha

After finishing speaking, Annie quickly closed the door of her house, and then greeted a certain stupid dog and ran into the town with a roar. She planned to follow the example of others, scholar You and Mei, just like that Pobley just now, and went to the autumn wind to find a good dog. Eat something to go!

Moreover, there is no need to give money at all, and there is no need to worry about the kind that the other party dares to refuse! !

"Let's go! Tibbers, let's learn from those kids and eat those rich people! We won't leave unless we give them food!"

Hahaha

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