Chapter 346: Life is nothing but trouble.
The meaning of life is to go to the dock and order sardines.
As soon as these words came out, the live broadcast room burst into laughter:
‘Hahahaha, my cousin has turned into a seagull...’
‘Fortunately there are no French fries on this pier, otherwise my cousin would have to order them’
‘See, my cousin is called a real fisherman. The only one who can make me feel emo is today’s Air Force! ’
‘Cousin: If you really have nothing to do, go and make a nest nearby. I don’t have time to discuss the true meaning of life with you.’
‘I’m so **** laughing, my cousin is really here to fish’
‘The main thing is that one does what he does and loves what he does’
‘…’
For a time, the audience burst into laughter, and the slightly sad feeling that had just been brewing seemed to be diluted a lot.
A Yin was speechless for a while, unable to laugh or cry:
“You’re a horse rider...I’m so fed up with you...illiterate! I can’t tell you any philosophy of life!”
The audience laughed and made noise, and A Yin and her cousin also laughed.
For a time, the live broadcast room was filled with light laughter.
After laughing, A Yin also shook his head and laughed at himself: "There is nothing in the world, it's just mediocre people who bother themselves."
Yes.
How can there be so many sorrows in life?
Perhaps this is what this game is about.
Although on the surface, it looks like a game that allows players to escape from the burden of heavy life, allowing players to find the true meaning of life and understand the principles of life in this small world.
But in fact, what is the true meaning of life and what is the meaning of life?
Everyone comes to this world for the first time and walks through this complicated world.
Whose life principles are the truth?
Perhaps some people are born with flowers blooming all the way, and some people are born with mud.
You can be angry at the unfairness of fate, but you must always remind yourself that this is my life.
It is difficult to be born in the mud, but the beauty of the rainbow after the rain is over and the sky clears is not enough for outsiders.
Even though the flowers along the way are bright and beautiful, the blood stains scratched by the sharp thorns when passing through the thorns and flowers are unknown to others.
Perhaps this is the idea of Stardew Valley.
It is not teaching players how to escape the responsibilities of life, but teaching them to reconcile with life, to try to discover those beautiful moments in life that they have not noticed, and to discover the other side of their own lives under the rainbow bridge.
Every Friday at 8pm, the Star Fruit Bar in Stardew Valley opens.
Open the door of the bar, and you will meet neighbors with different personalities in the town.
The scattered but sincere plot in the game will also unfold from this.
Life is like a chessboard, and these vivid NPCs will simulate every move on the chessboard.
They are so flexible, colorful and unique.
So much so that sometimes it is so bright that it doesn’t look like an NPC, but a mirror that reflects you in real life.
The owner of the bar is named Gus. Gus has been a little troubled recently because Aunt Pam, who often comes to drink, often takes credit, which makes the financial situation of the bar not particularly ideal.
But everyone is a neighbor, and Pam is the only one in the town who has no house and only lives in a trailer. Life is very difficult, so Gus is not embarrassed to ask Pam for drink money.
So you volunteered and told Pam about the drink money in a sideways way. Fortunately, Pam was not a liar, and was even deeply worried about the debt.
In order to understand why Pam is so poor, you decide to visit Pam at her home.
However, you didn't see Aunt Pam when you arrived at Pam's house. In that old and stuffy little trailer, a young and neat girl was busy doing housework.
Even though it was early spring, the girl's forehead was still covered with a layer of fine beads of sweat, which looked particularly glistening under the warm spring sunshine.
The diligent girl's name is Penny, and she is Aunt Pam's daughter. After a brief introduction of yourself, you helped to clean the housework with Penny.
However, just when the cleaning was about to be completed, Aunt Pam who returned home instead of thanking her, blushed and scolded Penny and asked you to leave.
Because help for no reason will make Aunt Pam feel uneasy and embarrassed, and even hurt her already fragile self-esteem.
Once upon a time, Aunt Pam was also the best bus driver in the town. However, when the bus was damaged and the route was cancelled, Aunt Pam lost her job and became depressed. She had low self-esteem and was emotionally unstable without any financial resources.
However, with your arrival, the bus was repaired, and Aunt Pam finally returned to being a bus driver and regained her confidence.
During this period, you also earned enough money and hired the carpenter Robin to anonymously build a house for Pam and her daughter.
after all.
In the course of repeated visits and acquaintances, you find that you gradually fall in love with the sweaty but bright and hard-working girl in the old trailer for the first time, Aunt Pam's daughter Penny.
She is so cute and simple, hard-working and brave. You go on outings and play with children together, you go to hot springs to bathe together, and you spend year after year together.
In the end, with the grand wedding hosted by the mayor himself, you and Penny officially became husband and wife. Not long after, you also had the fruit of your own love, and you lived happily and happily since then.
However, maybe your nature is not suitable for being a mediator, so you noticed Leah in the corner of the bar.
She is an artist living alone on the outskirts of a small town. She likes sculpture art. She is a quiet, romantic and creative girl.
You come up to talk and learn that Leah, like you, comes from a big city. She says that here can give her inspiration and at the same time get rid of her ex-boyfriend's entanglement.
‘He wanted me to live a regimented life and denied my artistic dream’
This is so abominable.
You feel the same way, so the two souls pursuing freedom gradually come together. You suggest that Leah open an art exhibition and put her works on the website for sale.
The good news came soon. Leah's art works were liked by more and more people. She would often hug you and tell you the good news about the sales of 'your' works, and she gradually became a famous sculptor. artist.
However, bad news also followed. As Leah became famous, the ex-boyfriend who had been entangled with her also came to Stardew Valley and wanted to get back together with Leah.
As expected, Leah retreated behind you, and your fist came into close contact with the face of your hated ex-boyfriend.
Sharing the joy of success is important, but I want to feel this hard-won success with the people who accompany me and support me.
Even, you don’t have to focus on this bar.
If you often go to the grocery store in town, it's hard not to notice Abigail, the grocer's daughter. This girl with gorgeous purple soft long hair is so special. She is perverse and romantic, bold and passionate. She hates a routine life and is unwilling to obey the life arrangements her father has given her.
She likes playing games, taking risks, and playing musical instruments. She even formed a band with her friends and serves as the explosive drummer.
In Abigail’s words, she really doesn’t like the rigid arrangements of her parents. She is eager to try more different things and explore a new lifestyle.
She is so compatible with you, and you like all her hobbies.
So you played games together, went on adventures together, and played with the Ouija board together. You saw Abigail’s inner thoughts on the Ouija board.
Finally, during a mine exploration, when you gave Abigail her favorite amethyst as usual, the response you received was no longer a verbal thank you and I really liked this.
But a warm hug and a long and passionate kiss.
You kissed in a dark, dangerous mine, held a wedding in a small town, and agreed to spend the rest of your life together full of surprises.
There are many more warm and romantic stories like this.
You can be you in the game.
But at the same time, the shadows of those NPCs seem to reflect yourself more or less.
In the rolling tide of the times, we may not be able to choose our origins or our destination.
But the reason why the road of life is called a road is because the experiences on this road are so precious.
That is the meaning of our life, the meaning of reconciling with oneself and the world during the decades-long journey of life, and fully experiencing this precious and only one colorful experience.
Warmth, simplicity, kindness, enthusiasm…
Maybe many years later, you will forget the details of your experience in the dreamy place of Stardew Valley.
But you will still remember that your tired heart and soul were healed and recuperated here.
In the warm colors of the pixel wind, you feel the breath of the sea, caress the soft and warm sheep, set up the grape vines with your own hands, and wave the pickaxe in your hand to jingle and play the sweet music of the miners.
This seems to be another period of our lives, or perhaps another extension of our lives.
Of course!
So many warm and romantic experiences can only be experienced after an in-depth visit.
after all!
Now for the two new players, A Yin and Cousin.
“Why are the days so short?”
After fainting in the wild again in the early morning, A Yin finally issued a question about the soul of a beaten worker!
627 is not enough! Totally not enough!
Yes, I entered the game with no idea at all, or even no goals at all.
To this day, I still have “no idea” and “no goals”.
There seems to be no sense of progress, but it actually reflects the incredible playable space of the game!
The ignorance I once had was confusion, ignorance, and the confusion I felt when I first arrived in Stardew Valley.
The current ignorance is about expectation and curiosity.
Seeds mature and are harvested at different times. The more expensive the crop, the longer it takes to grow and the more frequent care it requires. Naturally, the joy of a good harvest is worth looking forward to.
As for curiosity, it stems from the main task that A Yin and her cousin just received - to repair the community center.
“Oh, hi, Ayin, you’re here.”
When he came to the town, the old mayor Lewis was standing in front of a large house that looked a little dilapidated and covered with vines in a daze:
“It’s really a bit shabby...”
“This is the community center, or community center site, of Pelican Town,”
“It used to be the pride of the town and often hosted a variety of rich and interesting activities, but now...well..."
“But this is a good place. Kemewangdi Supermarket has been trying to trick me and wants me to sell this center to them for use as a warehouse,”
"Although the compensation is a small amount of income for the townspeople, I always feel that I shouldn't sell it like this. Maybe I am too nostalgic. As people get older, there are always some Nostalgic…”
“But if someone else becomes a member of Kemei Wangdi, I probably shouldn’t insist on it anymore.”
Say it!
Mayor Lewis took A Yin and his cousin into the dilapidated community center.
The main plot of the game is triggered from this.
Yes, today’s communities are facing acquisitions. Kemewangdi in the east wants to acquire the community center and transform it into a cold warehouse.
This is a battle between urban capital and the simplicity of Stardew Valley.
If players choose to join the supermarket membership, then Mayor Lewis will sell the community center, and then Kemei Wangdi will move into the town center, clearly marking all products, and allowing them to be purchased and sold in strict accordance with the operating time guidelines and price.
As a result, players will also start to pay special attention to prices, and they will be obsessed with thinking about how to make money. Then to some extent, they will once again become pitiful playthings controlled by capital and fall back on the old path.
But if you choose to fight against Kemewangdi at this time, then the player needs to repair the community center
Complete the offerings of crops for the four seasons and receive the blessing of Junimo. The community center will be well repaired and it will also bring more vitality to the town.
A Yin and Cousin both naturally chose to repair the community center, and most players would also choose to help Mayor Lewis, or help the entire town of Stardew Valley, against the evil Kemei Wangdi during the first week of play. supermarket.
And this way!
A Yin and her cousin are even busier!
I work almost from morning to night every day, going to bed at 2 a.m. and getting up at 6 a.m. The King of Hell praises me for my good health.
Farming, watering, cutting down trees, fishing, mining, picking up girls…
In short, you can die in Stardew Valley, but you will never die.
The 627 life of getting up at six in the morning, going to bed at two in the morning, and working seven days a week may seem tiring, but it makes the two of them feel extremely fulfilled.
Even, so fulfilling that you forget time.
Until a water friend suddenly woke up in the barrage—
‘Fuck! It's almost twelve o'clock? ’
'ah? ? ? ’
‘I’m killing time with this game! Shocked! The broadcast started at eight o'clock, and it felt like the two of them didn't do much... More than three hours passed? ’
“For the first time, I realized the meaning of the saying that time is money. I didn’t do anything, but it was gone...”
‘Hahahahahahaha, it hurts my heart...’
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PS: Ten points in the next chapter
(End of this chapter)