The meaning of life is to go to the pier and order sardines on the hour.

As soon as these words came out, there was naturally a wild laugh in the live broadcast room:

'Hahahaha, cousin has become a seagull...'

'It's good that there are no fries on this pier, otherwise my cousin would have to order it on the hour'

"See, my cousin is called a real fisherman, and the only thing that can make me feel emo is today's Air Force!" ’

'Cousin: If you really have nothing to do, go to the side to make a nest, I don't have time to discuss the true meaning of life with you.'

'I'm dying of laughter, my cousin is really here to fish'

"The main thing is to do a line of love"

‘……’

For a while, the audience burst into laughter, and the slightly sad feelings of sadness and autumn that had just been brewed seemed to have been diluted a lot.

Ah Yin was even more speechless, crying and laughing:

"You are on horseback...... I'm really convinced... Illiterate! I can't tell you a little philosophy of life! ”

The audience laughed and laughed, and Ah Yin and his cousin also laughed.

For a while, the live broadcast room was full of brisk laughter.

After laughing, Ah Yin also shook his head and laughed at himself [There is nothing in the world, and mediocre people disturb themselves].

Yes.

Where is there so much sadness in life?

Maybe that's what this game is all about.

Although on the surface, it is a game that allows players to escape from the burdens of life, so that players can find the true meaning of life and understand the truth of life in this small world.

But in fact, what is the true meaning of life, and what is the truth of life?

Everyone is coming into this world for the first time, and they have walked through this complicated world.

Who is the truth in life?

Maybe some people are born to bloom all the way, or some people are born to step on the mud.

You can be resentful of the injustice of fate, but you must always remind yourself that this is my life.

It is difficult to be born with mud, but the beauty of the rainbow after the rain is not enough for outsiders.

Although the flowers along the way are bright, the blood marks from the spikes when passing through the thorn bushes 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 players to reconcile with life, to try to discover those beautiful moments in life that they have not noticed, to discover the other side of their lives under the rainbow bridge.

Every Friday at 8 p.m., Stardrop Valley's Stardrop Bar opens.

Push open the door of the bar and you'll meet the town's very different neighbors.

And the scattered but sincere plot of the game will also unfold from this.

Life is like a chessboard, and these vivid NPCs will simulate every step in the chessboard.

They are so flexible and colorful, each with its own characteristics.

So much so that sometimes it's so bright that it doesn't look like an NPC, but a mirror, reflecting you in real life.

The owner of the bar is named Gus, and Gus has been a bit distressed lately, because Aunt Panm, who often comes to drink, often pays on credit, which makes the bar's financial situation not particularly ideal.

But everyone is neighbors, and Pam is the only townsman in the town who has no house and only lives in a trailer, so Gus is not too embarrassed to ask Pam for the drink.

So you volunteered to tell Pam about the money for the drink, but Pam was not a cheater, and was even deeply disturbed by the debt.

In order to find out why Pam is so poor, you decide to visit Pam.

But you don't see Aunt Pam when you get to Pam's house, and in the old stuffy little trailer, a young and neat girl is busy tidying up the house.

Although it was early spring, the girl's forehead was still covered with a layer of fine beads of sweat, which looked particularly crystal clear under the warm spring sun.

The diligent girl is named Penny, the daughter of Aunt Pam, and after a brief introduction to yourself, you help clean up the house with Penny.

However, just as the cleaning was about to be completed, Aunt Pam returned home, instead of thanking her, she blushed and rebuked Penny, and asked you to leave.

Because of the help for no reason, Aunt Pam will 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 town, but as the bus broke down and the route was scrapped, Aunt Pam became depressed, and she had low self-esteem and emotional instability due to her lack of financial resources.

However, with your arrival, the bus has been repaired, and Aunt Pam has finally regained her confidence as a bus driver again.

In the meantime, you've earned enough money to hire Robin, a carpenter, to anonymously build a house for Pam's mother and daughter.

After all.

Through the visits and acquaintances, you find that you gradually fall in love with the sweaty but bright and hard-working girl who went to the old trailer for the first time, Aunt Panny's daughter.

She is so lovely and rustic, hardworking and brave, you go on outings and play with children, you go to the hot springs together, you spend year after year together.

Eventually, you and Penny are married in a lavish wedding presided over by the mayor himself, and soon after, you have your own love crystallization, and you have lived happily ever after, free and hardworking.

However, perhaps you're not naturally fit to be a mediator, so you notice Leah in the corner of the bar.

She is an artist who lives alone on the outskirts of the town, loves the art of carving, is quiet, and is a romantic and creative girl.

You talk to Leah and learn that Leah is from a big city, just like you, and she says it's a place to inspire her and get rid of her ex-boyfriend's pestering of her.

'He wanted me to live a life of conformity, and he denied my artistic dreams.'

It's so damning.

You empathize, and two freedom-seeking souls come together, and you suggest that Leah open an art exhibition and put her work up for sale on the website.

The good news soon spread that Leah's art was getting more and more liked, she would hug you and tell you the good news that 'your' work was selling, and she would gradually become a well-known sculpting artist.

However, bad news also followed, and with Leah's fame, the ex-boyfriend who used to be pestering her also came to Stardew Valley to find Leah back together.

Unsurprisingly, Leah retreats behind you, and your fist makes an intimate encounter with the face of your annoying ex-boyfriend.

Sharing the joy of success is important, but I want to experience this hard-won success with the people who accompany me and support me.

You can't even keep your eyes peeled for the bar.

If you're a frequent run to the grocery store in town, it's hard not to notice Abigail, the grocery owner's daughter.

This girl with her long, brilliant purple hair is so special, she is perverse and romantic, bold and passionate, she hates to live according to the rules and does not want to obey her father's plan for her life.

She loves to play games, she loves adventure, she loves musical instruments, and she even formed a band with her friends and acted as a bursting drummer.

Perhaps Pierce, the owner of the grocery store, really wants his daughter to become a phoenix, but the generation gap has become a barrier between father and daughter.

In Abigail's words, she really didn't like her parents' stereotypes, and she was eager to try more different things and explore a new way of life.

She is such a good match with you, and you like all her hobbies.

So you play games together, you go on adventures together, you play Ouija board together, and you see Abigail's inner thoughts on the Ouija board.

Finally, during a cave expedition, when you gave Abigail her favorite amethyst as usual, the response was no longer a verbal thank you and I really loved it.

Rather, it was a warm hug, and a long, passionate kiss.

You kiss in the dimly lit mines full of dangers, get married in the middle of town, and promise to spend the rest of your life together full of surprises.

And there are many, 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 also seem to reflect yourself more or less.

In the rolling torrent of the times, we may not be able to choose our own origin and choose our own home.

But the road of life is called the road because the experience on the road is so precious.

That is the meaning of our life, a journey of decades of life, to reconcile with ourselves, with the world, and to feel the meaning of this precious and only once colorful experience.

Warm, simple, kind, warm......

Perhaps years from now, you'll forget the details of what you experienced in this fantastic place of Stardew Valley.

But you will still remember that your tired heart and soul were once healed and healed here.

In the warm color blocks of the pixel wind, you feel the breath of the sea, caress the soft and warm sheep, set up the vines with your own hands, and wave the pickaxe in your hand to jingle to play the melodious music belonging to the miners.

It seems like another part of our life, or maybe another extension of our life.

Of course!

There are so many warm and romantic experiences that can only be experienced after in-depth play.

After all!

Now for Ah Yin and his cousin, two players who have just started.

"Why is this day so short——!!!?"

After fainting in the wild again in the early hours of the morning, Ah Yin finally issued a question about the soul of the worker!

627 is not enough! Not at all!

Yes, nothing is known from the beginning of entering the game, and there is no goal at all.

To this day, they still have 'no idea' and 'no goal'.

It seems that there is no sense of progress, but in fact, it reflects the incredible playable space of the game!

I used to know nothing, I was confused, I was ignorant, and I was at a loss when I first arrived in Stardew Valley.

And now the ignorance is expectation, curiosity.

The higher the price of the crop, the longer the growth time required, and the more frequent the care, the joy of the harvest is naturally more worth looking forward to.

As for the curiosity, it stems from the main quest that Ah Yin and his cousin have just received - to repair the community center.

"Oh, hi, Ah Yin, you're here."

When he arrived in town, Old Mayor Lewis was standing in front of a large house that looked slightly dilapidated and crawled with vines:

"It's a bit shabby......"

"This is the community center, or community center site, of Pelican Town,"

"It used to be the pride of the town, with all sorts of fun and exciting events, but now it'...... Hey......"

"But it's a good place, and the Mewangdi supermarket has been tricking me into asking me to resell the center to them as a warehouse,"

"Although the compensation is a small amount of income for the townspeople, I always feel that I shouldn't just sell it, maybe it's because I'm too nostalgic, people are old, and there are always some nostalgic ......."

"But if someone joins the Komei Wangdi membership again, I probably shouldn't continue to insist on it."

Say it!

Mayor Lewis took Yin and his cousin into the dilapidated community center.

And the main plot of the game is also triggered by this.

Yes, today's community is facing a takeover, and Komewangdi to the east wants to buy up the community center and transform it into a cold warehouse.

This is a contest between urban capital and the simple Stardew Valley.

If players choose to join the supermarket membership, Mayor Lewis will sell the community center, and then Komewangdi will move into the town center, and everything will be clearly priced, so that it can be purchased and sold according to the time limit and price.

And in this way, players will also begin to pay special attention to prices, and want to study how to make money, and then to some extent become poor playthings controlled by capital again, and go back to the old way.

But if you choose to fight against Komeiwangdi at this point, then the player will need to repair the Community Center

Completing the offerings of the seasonal crops and receiving the blessing of Junimo will bring more life to the town while the community center is well restored.

Ah Yin and his cousin both chose to restore the community center, and most players will also choose to help Mayor Lewis, or the entire town of Stardew Valley, against the evil Cumberwangdi Supermarket when they play the first week.

And that's it!

Ah Yin and his cousin are even busier!

Every day, I am almost busy from morning to night, sleeping at two o'clock and getting up at six o'clock, and the king of Hades praises me for my good health.

Farming, watering, cutting trees, fishing, mining, pickling girls......

In short, you can live in Stardew Valley, but you will never be alive.

And such a 627 life of getting up at 6 o'clock in the morning, sleeping at 2 o'clock in the morning, and working seven days a week seems to be tiring, but it makes the two feel extremely fulfilled.

Even, it is so full that I forget time.

Until the sudden awakening of a sailor in the barrage-

'it! 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 they didn't do anything...... More than three hours have passed? ’

'For the first time, I realized the meaning of the phrase "time is money", and I didn't do anything, but I just didn't ......

'Hahaha......ha

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PS: Ten o'clock in the next chapter

(End of chapter)