A Stardew Valley farmer came to Gensokyo.

As an abandoned umbrella spirit, Tatara Kouuka's daily routine consists of constantly frightening humans and filling his stomach with their fear.

She looked up, her heterochromatic eyes curiously scrutinizing Xia Xun. After blinking twice, she suddenly asked, "You're new here, aren't you?"

"How did you know?" Xia Xun was taken aback.

"Hum~"

"Of course it's because you're so easily frightened! And I've never seen you in the village before." Tatara Kouuka proudly raised her chin: "I've tried to scare everyone in the village."

"Wow~ That's amazing." Xia Xun applauded sincerely.

If someone could scare all the residents of the Human Village without getting punished, it can only mean that they weren't really that scary and that they genuinely had no malicious intent.

However, this is indeed a lovely child.

"My name is Tatara Kousa, and I'm an abandoned umbrella spirit." The girl introduced herself earnestly, then looked up at Natsumi, "What's your name?"

“Me?” Xia Xun smiled. “My name is Xia Xun. I’m a farmer who recently came to Gensokyo from the outside world.”

"Xia Xun, I'll remember you."

Tatara Kosuke nodded seriously, as if he wanted to engrave the name in his heart.

She stared at Xia Xun, already determined to scare this newcomer a few more times in the future. He was so easily frightened; he was simply the perfect target for scares!

"Then I will remember you, Little Umbrella."

Xia Xun felt a surge of affection for the other person as she looked at their earnest expression.

However, I didn't expect that she was actually a spirit of tsukumogami, not a fairy.

However, Tsukumogami are yokai born from objects after they have been around for a long time, and in a sense they can also be considered spirits of nature.

Shaking her head to clear her mind of these distractions, Xia Xun turned and continued walking toward the blacksmith's shop.

"Hey, wait for me!"

Seeing this, Tatara Kousan quickly grabbed her umbrella and followed, the tongue on the umbrella flapping as she ran.

She tilted her head and asked, "Xia Xun, where are you going?"

“A blacksmith shop,” Xia Xun answered casually, then looked at the girl beside him with a puzzled expression. “Why are you asking this? And why are you following me?”

Because I want to get to know you better!

Tatara Kosuke's answer was perfectly reasonable.

As someone whose sole purpose in life is to frighten humans, Kosuke Tatara takes his prey very seriously.

Having finally found Xia Xun, an easy target from the outside world, she needed to thoroughly investigate and prepare before devising a perfect plan to scare her!

Upon hearing this, Xia Xun subconsciously raised her hand and touched her cheek.

Does the blessing granted after upgrading Stardew Valley skills have hidden attributes?

He really did become like the succubus protagonist in the Wenwen Daily.

"Xia Xun, are you going to the blacksmith's shop to have something made?" Tatara Kosan asked curiously.

"Hmm." Xia Xun nodded and took out his hoe from his backpack. "I'm planning to have the blacksmith take a look and see if he can upgrade this hoe."

The moment the hoe appeared in his hand, Tatara Kousan quickened his pace and rushed forward.

Her heterochromatic eyes scrutinized the hoe, her gaze shifting back and forth across it, her expression gradually becoming serious.

After watching for a while, she suddenly spoke up: "Xia Xun, ordinary blacksmiths can't upgrade this thing."

Their forward steps came to a halt.

Xia Xun looked at the petite girl beside her in surprise. The fact that she could say such a thing meant that she had noticed the unusual nature of this hoe.

"Little Umbrella, you can forge things?" Xia Xun asked in surprise.

"Hmph, of course!"

Tatara proudly puffed out her little chest, her eyes on the umbrella narrowing smugly: "Not only can I, I've also forged sealing needles for the Hakurei Shrine Maiden!"

"Demon-Sealing Needle?"

Xia Xun was taken aback. The fact that she could forge weapons for Hakurei Reimu meant that this seemingly small Tsukumogami girl had real skills in forging.

He was already 70% convinced that Tatara Umbrella could help him upgrade his hoe.

but……

Looking at the girl's expectant face, which seemed to be filled with the desire for help, Xia Xun hesitated.

Should we ask this girl, a tsukumogami we're meeting for the first time, for help?

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Chapter Fifty-Three: Fishing in the Rain

"Could you please help me upgrade my farming tools?"

Xia Xun asked Duoduo Liang about the small umbrella.

"Sure." Tatara Kosuke nodded in agreement without the slightest hesitation.

"Then I'll trouble you. How much compensation do you need for Xiao Umbrella?"

Xia Xun asked, after thinking it over, he decided to trust the other party.

After all, he couldn't find any other blacksmiths with the skills to upgrade farm tools in the short term.

Moreover, Natsumi felt that a tsukumogami who could terrify the entire human village and forge sealing needles for Hakurei Reimu was trustworthy.

When they arrive at the blacksmith's shop, he will ask the craftsmen there about the situation of Tatara Umbrella. If what she said is true, then it should be quite famous in the human world.

"As for the reward, Xia Xun, just let me scare you a few more times," Tatara Kosuke said happily.

"That's all?" Xia Xun asked in disbelief.

"Okay, that's fine." Tatara Kosuke nodded quickly.

Seeing this, Xia Xun accepted the strange reward, and his understanding of the saying "the unusual is the common sense" in Gensokyo deepened once again.

The two of them went to the blacksmith's shop together.

Under the guidance of Duoduo Liang Xiaosan, Xia Xun purchased five copper ingots and thirty pieces of coal, which were the materials needed to upgrade the hoe.

As for the other farm tools, he plans to commission them all after the hoe is upgraded.

In addition, Xia Xun bought two iron ingots to make fiberglass fishing rods and also purchased a furnace blueprint, unlocking this important facility.

Copper ingots cost fifty coins each, coal cost five coins each, iron ingots cost seventy coins each, and furnace blueprints cost one hundred and twenty coins, for a total cost of one thousand one hundred and sixty coins.

Because she had no fixed abode, Tatara Kousan, carrying a huge box of materials, told Natsumi that she planned to go to Hakurei Shrine to forge.

The tools she used to forge the sealing needles for Reimu Hakurei were still there, and she could borrow them this time. She made an agreement with Natsumi that the forging would take some time, and asked him to come to the Hakurei Shrine on the evening of March 9th to retrieve the farm tools.

Watching Tatara's departing figure, Xia Xun scratched her head, feeling truly fortunate to have met him this morning.

The blacksmith, who was in dire need of upgrading his tools, happened to find one, meaning that the problem of upgrading agricultural tools will no longer be a concern.

However, the weather seemed to be changing.

Xia Xun looked up at the sky, where dark, gloomy clouds piled up in layers, and a muffled rumble of thunder could be faintly heard.

He bought an umbrella at the general store, then went straight to the fishing tackle shop, asked the owner for an earthworm, killed it, and put it in his backpack. The system notification sounded immediately.

Insect meat +1

"It's good that it works." Xia Xun breathed a sigh of relief and immediately bought all the earthworms that were currently in the store. There were only a little over three hundred of them, which cost eighty coins.

Then, he hurried towards Liu Zhiyao's seal.

As Xia Xun passed by his own farm, he glanced at it and saw that the fields were fine and there was nothing unusual.

Returning to the fishing spot from yesterday, traces of him and the three fairies of light still remained on the shore.

Xia Xun chose a tree nearby, swung his axe and struck it a few times, gaining 14 wood.

He then opened the fiberglass fishing rod crafting diagram that had been lit up in the system and clicked to craft it.

With a flash of light, the iron ingots and wood in the backpack instantly transformed into a brand new fishing rod.

Xia Xun took it out; it was a streamlined fishing rod with a completely modern design, incomparable to a simple, handmade bamboo rod.

He tried swinging it a few times and found it to be excellent. Moreover, as a product of Stardew Valley, this fiberglass fishing rod can be directly loaded with a large amount of bait and has an automatic baiting function, which greatly simplifies the fishing process.

Xia Xun took the empty wooden box out of his backpack and used it as a stool. He sat down and cast his fishing rod into the water.

A light drizzle began to fall from the sky.

Xia Xun opened her umbrella, her eyes fixed intently on the water.

Come on, the giant catfish that only appears when it rains, one of the most difficult fish to catch in spring.

rustling.

Suddenly, an unusual rustling sound came from the woods behind them.

Xia Xun, who had just cast his fishing rod, didn't even have time to take a closer look at the fishing interface that appeared in front of him. He immediately took out a talisman and quickly turned around.

Then he saw a furry little head peeking out from the bushes.

It was a little creature with round, furry ears on its head, resembling both a dog and a fox, yet neither.

It is a raccoon dog that is foraging for food.

Xia Xun breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing the other animal staring at her with its round eyes, she couldn't help but squat down and tentatively call out to it a few times.

Unexpectedly, the raccoon wasn't afraid of strangers at all. It twitched its nostrils a few times and cautiously approached Xia Xun's side.

"Hey, what a bold little guy." Xia Xun chuckled at the sight and reached out to try and pat its fluffy little head.

The other party did not resist and allowed Xia Xun to touch her all over.

"My dear little guy, I'll catch you a big fish to eat later," Xia Xun said cheerfully, then turned his attention back to the fishing float in the river.

The raccoon squatting beside Xia Xun looked up at him with its little head tilted back, then moved its body further under the umbrella, comfortably hiding in this small, dry space.

A moment later, the fishing float made a sound.

Xia Xun seized the opportunity and suddenly pulled up the fishing rod, and a violent struggle immediately came from the tip of the rod.

The brand-new fishing rod instantly bent into an arc, the fishing line stretched taut and made a whistling sound.

"Holy crap, we've got a big fish!"

Xia Xun cried out in surprise, and with a burst of strength in his arms, he began to fight with the large fish in the river.

He secretly rejoiced that his decision to make a fiberglass fishing rod was truly brilliant; if he had used the original bamboo fishing rod to catch this big fish, it probably would have broken on the spot.

For a time, amidst the rain, Xia Xun and the large fish in the river fought back and forth, locked in a stalemate.

The raccoon hiding under the umbrella saw this scene and remembered that Xia Xun had just promised to catch a big fish for it, and its eyes couldn't help but sparkle.

It raised its forelegs and made a cheerful whimpering sound, as if cheering Xia Xun on.

At the same time.

High in the sky, Aya Shameimaru was on her way to deliver newspapers, carrying the precious news she had almost risked her life to record the day before.

She desperately wanted Xia Xun, one of the parties involved, to see this first newspaper.