Farming Together Chapter 252: Departure

Chapter 252: Departure

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: GaeaTiamat

Ren Fei was a Carefree Farmstead player who just entered that month, with the game ID, Ren Fei Farms. Besides the identity of rookie newbie, he also had another identity, which was one of the ten lucky players who won the prize through the Vegetable Raffle Tickets. Last night, after the group of them had made their winning speeches, many players bought a speaker to express their envy.

Of course, the expression was to rub their good luck in various ways, and somehow a trend was formed.

Getting a big gift bag of vegetables from Bai Li was great. He was living with his family, mom and dad, grandparents, brother, and younger sister. Now the family of seven all hovered around the side of the delivery box.

Grandparents, “Oh, my grandson, oh! You can really give us the old Ren face. With a two and a half million to one chance of winning, you got it. Wait a moment to open the box. Don’t rush to take out the vegetables, let us first take a few pictures! Photos must be sent to the circle of friends, so that old friends envy the good fortune of our family. Well, I think…should we burn a copy to our family ancestors?”

Mom and Dad, “Son! You can rest assured that although we did not grab a game slot, the game’s various culinary delicacies and cooking live broadcasts were not left behind by us. We watched them in their entirety. You can make these dishes in the game, right? With these, we will help you make a big table of fragrant food!”

Younger brother, “Brother, you quickly open the box, ah! I can’t wait! I was talking to the next class’s Xiao Mei and said well…tomorrow I want to bring a box of gifts to her. She is also a fan of LiLi. Hehe…”

Younger sister, “Brother, brother, brother, I want to eat delicious bok choy, so later can I pick which dishes to use today?”

Ren Fei, “…” His heart was tired.

He opened the delivery box in front of his excited family members after spending a lot of effort to calm them down. The moment the box opened, he seemed to be having a hallucination.  Something inside seemed to be glowing, and breaking through the darkness to usher in the light.

Immediately after, there was the fresh smell of lettuce that he was familiar with.

Ren Fei’s felt awe in his spirit. He was about to bend down to see what vegetables were inside, when a strong force came from his side. Standing next to him, his brother immediately toppled him over, took his place, and in a very unsubtle position, he dove head first into the delivery box.

He could still hear his brother’s buzzing and somewhat dull voice from the box, “Wow! So many vegetables! Cabbage, cauliflower, cucumbers, tomatoes, a dozen large potatoes and a whole pumpkin. I want to sleep with them tonight!”

Ren Fei, “???” I’m afraid I can’t have this stupid brother! He was answered by a merciless back of the head from his family. They were so engrossed in picking through the delivery boxes, looking for their dream dish, that they didn’t even notice that the owner of the vegetables had been completely excluded by them.

Much the same situation was happening at the same time in the homes of nine other people.

On this day, the starblog was possessed with a huge amount of likes.

People are not grass, [Before the Vegetable Raffle Tickets came out, many people were maintaining a skeptical attitude. Some even said that if the vegetables they received were grown by Li Li’s own hands, they would most likely choose not to eat them, but would offer them up and eventually make them into specimens to be passed on as heirlooms for all time. Today, I want to tell the players who made this claim, I’m laughing. These dishes simply won’t live to be made into specimens, because…They are just too good! It’s not enough to eat them, you may not want to eat but you do. Kneeling to LiLi for the development of a new business in reality. Growing vegetables, QAQ!]

The accompanying picture was a family portrait of a large gift bag of 50 pounds of vegetables sorted out from the delivery box, and the scene where their whole family almost fought over the dishes on the plate. Several other winners simply couldn’t agree more, as they insatiably stroked their rounded stomachs while submitting the photos they took as comments, which didn’t take long to draw a large crowd of game players and fellow netizens.

[The dishes LiLi sent out were actually made of real ingredients? Why am I not the one who won the prize? If I had known, I would have redeemed all my points for raffle tickets!]

[Even if you redeem more, you’ll only be the denominator…I redeemed 50 tickets, but I haven’t won anything yet. I’ve heard that some people are real live koi, so I’m going to go rub them again!]

[Ahhhhhhh! Why is this kind of raffle only available to game players? @Carefree FarmsteadV, LiLi, can you also distribute such raffle tickets in the game forum or official website? I am willing to spend money to buy it!]

[Don’t even think about it! Such a delicious dish, you don’t know how expensive it will be? We can’t let LiLi lose money and earn money, right? It’s better to honestly wait for the new game quotas to come out next month and grab one, right? Next month, if the game is upgraded again, it seems it will be the last time for giving out game quotas…After all, the virtual reality game builder has already been upgraded to A-grade, and is only short of the final S-grade.]

Once those words came out, the entire comment section fell into a long silence.

The fellow netizens who had not yet grabbed a spot in the game felt like they had a large pot of ice water poured on their heads. The cruel truth had been shown directly to them.

Next month was the ultimate showdown. Although it was said that the virtual reality game builder, which was upgraded to S-class, could accommodate a billion players, with the entire Empire and the entire population of the Interstellar, how could only a billion people play it?

Just on the capital star of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, there were 5 billion people, and there were dozens of habitable planets in the Empire. The population was only more, not less. A billion game quotas was simply not enough to share.

How could this be done? No game quota, could not enter the game, they may be suffocated to death! For a while, an air of depression permeated the comments. It was only after a long time that someone spoke weakly, [That…This was kind of destined to happen, so if we are anxious over here, it’s not useful, right? Everyone wants to play the game, so wait till when the time comes to do your best to grab a slot. Don’t anticipate and be sad. It will affect everyone’s mood right now.]

[Yeah, yeah. Let’s have some fun. Everyone has been drinking Tasty Foods’ new flavor of nutrition liquid a month, right? Well soon there will be the official announcement of brand new flavors. Aren’t we all curious? I’ve heard people say it’s ‘chicken soup’ and ‘strawberry.’ What do you think?]

What could cure Interstellar People was not only Carefree Farmstead, but also these culinary delicacies. Once they heard that there was delicious food, Interstellar people changed their previous disillusionment, and their hanging heads came all the way up.

[Really? Really? Are there really new flavors coming? I think it’s a collaboration with LiLi. Chicken soup flavor and strawberry flavor, they sound delicious!”

[Wow! Strawberry flavor! This is my favorite fruit when I watch the Carefree Farmstead culinary delicacy live broadcasts. It’s so sweet and sour, one bite at a time. Unfortunately, in reality, you can only taste it in the form of nutrient solution…]

[What’s wrong with you? Get up and get high! If I don’t get a spot in the game next month, I’ll be living on the nutrient solution that comes out once a month! But I still want to get a game slot, I’m so greedy!]

[Hey, speaking of greed, who would have thought that a few months ago we were all just eating tasteless nutrients and punching in and out of virtual reality games to ‘cure’ our Genetic Collapse Disorder? The future had no direction, and the best life was a look of lost hope. This was all brought about by LiLi. Even if I can’t get a spot in the game at the end, I won’t blame LiLi, and I won’t blame the game Carefree Farmstead, I will always love them!]

[You’re right, brother! It’s much, much better than the past. We have to learn to be satisfied.]

“…”

One second they were sad that they might never get into the world of Carefree Farmstead, and the next second they sublimated their feelings and thanked the game, Bai Li and the whole world.

Meanwhile, Bai Li and his group packed their bags and prepared to leave for Hope Star. Bai Li went to Song Xinran to ask him to take care of the unharvested vegetables in the yard while they were away, and was asked where they were going. Bai Li thought there was nothing to hide, so he told Song Xinran that they were going to Hope Star, and Song Xinran asked to accompany them.

Bai Li hesitated for a few seconds, but refused, because the child was already worrying his parents and family. If he followed them around, he might have to sell his labor to help them from morning to night, which was too cruel for a 15-year-old  boy. It wouldn’t be too cruel for a 15-year-old boy to stay and continue his life.

Although Song Xinran was a bit lost, he was still an obedient child and knew that Bai Li was doing this for his own good. He nodded and agreed, “Then, I’ll stay and help Master watch the house. But can you promise me that if you ever go to Hope Star again, you’ll bring me along?”

Bai Li thought about it. As they were actually going to Hope Star, he believed that when it was developed to a certain extent, it would be more suitable for living and tourism. Then not only could he take his little apprentice to play, but also invite his little apprentice’s parents and siblings to go together. So he nodded his head and agreed to Song Xinran’s request.

Song Xinran was so happy that he jumped three feet high, then obediently followed behind Bai Li to reset the entry privileges to Bai Li’s house. When Bai Li and his group left, Song Xinran waved his hand smilingly as he watched them walk away and board the flying car that came to pick them up. After everyone had left, he rubbed his eyes, made a cheering gesture, and set about making plans for himself to grow taller and more physically active.

Oooh! It must be because he was too short and weak that his Master didn’t take him with him. He had to take advantage of the fact that Master and the others were gone to exercise and grow taller and taller, then grow into a real adult!

In the Interstellar era, planet-to-planet travel had long been popular. Taking a spaceship to other planets was similar to taking a plane to other countries in the Ancient Blue Star era, convenient as could be. If it was Bai Li before he regained his memory, he might still have the idea of “old gods” in his heart and felt that everywhere he looked was new, but Bai Li had regained his memories, and his memory of riding a spaceship as a child was also very clear, so he really doesn’t feel too excited. After he skillfully found a window seat, he lay on his back and entered a state of resting his eyes.

When the others saw him like that, they didn’t bother him, just consciously guarded nearby, and occasionally whispered a few words. As for Wen XingYao, he sat directly beside Bai Li, leaned his shoulder over, then gently moved Bai Li’s head in an attempt to make him rest more comfortably.

As he smelled that familiar scent, Bai Li didn’t open his eyes the whole time, and like a lazy cat, he naturally rested his head on Wen XingYao’s shoulder.

Originally, he closed his eyes only to think about what to do first when he arrived at his destination, but now he felt that it was a good choice to sleep.