After all, Leon wasn’t a fool. Combining Lewis’s explanation with his own observations and the special case of Abigail, he could naturally guess why outsiders couldn’t easily enter Red Star Farm.
Originally, Leon had assud the barrier was to keep out monsters that might stray into the farm. He hadn’t expected it to block humans as well. This gave him a deeper understanding of Red Star Farm’s uniqueness.
"Leon, I’m glad you agreed. Thank you for supporting Pelican Town. I need to get back to respond to the reporters from the Stardew Valley local forum. Once I set a date, I’ll invite you for the interview. Just wait for my ssage in the anti."
Once Lewis confird Leon’s agreent, he couldn’t wait to get back and work on the arrangents.
"Go ahead. I should have a landline installed soon. You can call
directly when you have the details—it’ll save you another trip." Leon nodded toward Lewis.
"Perfect. I’ll leave you my number." Lewis imdiately pulled out a piece of paper and a pen, scribbled his phone number, and handed it to Leon.
Leon took it, slipped it into his pocket, and personally walked Lewis out of the farm.
After Lewis left, Leon pulled out the slip of paper and looked at the number a few tis until he had it morized.
"Speaking of which, didn’t Robin say she could get a phone installed in one afternoon? Why haven’t I seen her show up to work on it yet?"
As if answering his call, the sound of an engine rumbled outside the farm. Robin pulled up in her pickup truck, hopped out, and started rummaging through the bed.
"I thought you’d forgotten about installing my phone," Leon teased as he walked over.
"Haha, how could I forget? You’ve already paid in advance. I just got delayed by so other work this morning. After lunch, I went to set up your communication account. Now all we need to do is install the landline, and you’ll be able to call anyone you like."
Robin’s smile was as bright as ever. She pulled an old-fashioned desk phone and a small cabinet from the truck bed and went into the farm with Leon.
Once inside, Robin helped place the cabinet in the room and set the phone on top.
"All done," she said cheerfully, dusting off her hands.
"???"
Leon blinked in confusion. "That’s it? Don’t we need phone lines or sothing?"
"What’s a phone line?" Robin looked just as baffled.
"Uh… so you’re saying I can call people right now?" Leon pointed at the desk phone, looking for confirmation.
"Of course." Robin nodded, stepped forward, and dialed a number before handing him the receiver.
"Beep… beep…"
The nostalgic busy tone sounded. Monts later, a voice answered.
"Hello, this is Harvey’s Clinic. I’m Maru at the front desk. How can I help you?"
"Maru, it’s Leon. Your mom dialed this call to test the phone. Sorry to bother you," Leon explained.
The fact that this landline could work without any wires made Leon’s mind spin with sarcastic comnts. The technology in this world was just… strange. If it weren’t for its bulk, making it inconvenient to carry around, mobile phones would be pointless.
On the other end, Maru replied, "I see. Since you called, I might as well tell you—your water pump is finished. I tested it, and the power’s pretty good. I even threw in a long hose and a pressure nozzle. I’ll bring it over tomorrow on my day off."
"Thanks. I appreciate it." Leon was delighted. "I’ll let you get back to work. See you tomorrow."
"Mm."
After Leon hung up, Robin grinned. "See? I told you I wasn’t lying."
"You’re right—it’s my short-sightedness." Leon smiled awkwardly. He truly hadn’t expected a landline to work without cables. Another common-sense assumption shattered.
"By the way, the phone and the cabinet are inseparable, so don’t think you can just carry the phone around and use it anywhere," Robin warned.
"What if I take the cabinet too?" Leon countered.
"Well… I guess that would work. But who lugs sothing that heavy everywhere? You’d be better off getting a cell phone." Robin chuckled—then froze as the cabinet and phone vanished right before her eyes.
"Oh, right… I forgot about your little storage trick. Fine, you win."
"Not much point, really," Leon said as he pulled the phone back out from his backpack. It might be more convenient for calling people on the go, but there’d be no signal inside the backpack. Even if soone called him, he wouldn’t know.
Still, maybe once he had the money, he’d get a mobile phone. At least they had screens and were easy to carry.
"Alright, my work here is done. I’ll head back. Oh, I set up speed dial for you—hold down the pound key, then press a number to call soone instantly."
"Number 1 is Lewis, 2 is Pierre, 3 is Gus, 4 is Clint, 5 is , 6 is Harvey’s Clinic, 7 is Emily and Haley’s place, 8 is Penny, 9 is Leah, and 0 is Marnie."
"Thanks." Leon was pleasantly surprised—most of these were numbers for the town’s businesses, though Emily, Haley, Penny, and Leah felt a bit unnecessary.
"I’m off, then. Try calling soone for a chat—your phone plan is prepaid for the year, so you might as well use it." With a casual wave, Robin left the cabin.
Leon didn’t see her out. Instead, he stared at the phone for a mont, then dialed Lewis’s number.
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