??

Today is a good day, the weather is clear, and occasionally a few clouds hang in the sky, but it just blocks the slightly dazzling sunset that shines on Anne's ranch, allowing some troubled little girl to continue to sway in her large yard.

Anyway, little Annie won't tell anyone that the cloud in the sky that was so dying that she happened to block the sunlight from the pasture was the one she brought up!

"Hmm, um..."

??(′??)???

Yes, Anne was in her pasture, swinging under the apple tree, patiently waiting for a certain unemployed Zach who had recovered from his injury to come to collect the goods, and took out the fish that she had only gotten back in the middle of the night, and settled the payment she deserved as soon as possible, because she would use that large sum of money tomorrow.

Buzz...

~"~"~"

Buzzing...

"~"~"~"~"

Next to Anne's swing, the huge and conspicuous beehive was still hanging on the trunk, and then the hardworking little bees were buzzing in and out, but they had no intention of attacking her, the culprit who had snatched their honey.

“…”

o(*ˉ︶ˉ*)o

Anne had no intention of being afraid of them, because she knew that as long as she didn't go to dig their nests, they would definitely not cause trouble for her, nor would they stung her, and she was very experienced in this.

Moreover, it doesn't matter if you really dig their nests. As long as she runs fast enough, she will definitely not be unlucky. She will not be like some stupid big man, even though she knows there is danger, she will still run under the tree to sway!

‘!!’

‘Hey! Little guy!’

‘??’

‘Annie, what’s wrong? Don’t you have to work today? This is the first day of spring... It seems to be the tenth? But look at you, why is your ranch still like this without any change? Can’t you go and work harder?’

‘We originally thought we could eat fresh vegetables produced in your ranch this season…’

At this time, just as Anne was swinging comfortably under her apple tree, a guy in a uniform and tie waved at her from a distance, and walked towards her, pointing to the large area of ​​the pasture that was still deserted and weeds higher than people, complaining to her angrily.

“Eh?”

ヽ(゜Q.)ノ?

Obviously, the guy who was walking over was Mr. Harris, the only police officer in the ore town.

“…”

??(??￣?￣)?????

After hearing the other person's words, Annie was angry and ignored going to the other person. She was still circling back and forth on her swing. She just watched the other person step by step towards her and stopped in front of her. Then she looked up at the other person in confusion and said:

"But……"

(?′?.??`?)

"Harris, if you want to eat vegetables, you can come here to grow it yourself. People are welcome to do it yourself and have enough food and clothing! Moreover, the tools are placed in the cow pen over there. You can get whatever you need. You can plant as much as you want. If you plant more, you can sell it for money!"

(*≧▽≦)??))

Yes, this is Anne's truth!

She really doesn't mind someone coming to help her farm, even if she takes over all her land, it doesn't matter. Anyway, she definitely won't mind.

"Well……"

“I don’t know how to plant…”

Harris really can't farm because he graduated from police officers' school, not agricultural college!

Besides, if he wanted to plant it, with his relationship with the mayor Thomas, he would have been able to let the mayor transfer the farm to his Harris' name long ago. How could he have to wait until the little guy in front of him come to take such a big advantage in vain?

In fact, no one in the entire ore town has that idea, because the residents of the ore town have their own lifestyle and rhythm, and no one would ask for trouble to occupy such a ranch, otherwise it would not have been abandoned for so many years.

“…”

(lll￢▽￢)

"Then do you think that people are still so young, can they grow them?!"

~(′?︵?`)~

Annie has her plan. Before she renovates the house, it is useless for anyone to let her farm. She is now trying to let them continue to be abandoned here like this. Whoever is unhappy will plant it, and she will definitely not stop her.

"ah……"

"Okay, I'm sorry Anne, I shouldn't be so anxious to urge you. It's really unreasonable to let such a little guy do that kind of thing now..."

After pausing for a while, Harris, who thought it was indeed so reasonable, had to smile embarrassedly and touch the back of his head awkwardly, feeling that he was indeed a little unreasonable just now, and he shouldn't be so impatient or too harsh on such a little guy.

After all, everyone in their Mineral Town knew about it. The little guy in front of him was really just an eight-year-old girl. At the beginning, Mayor Thomas was too anxious and thought that the other party came with his family, so he hurriedly gave the ranch to the other party. But as a result... Now, since the other party can support himself and make a lot of money, it is really amazing. Their requirements should not be too high.

"I don't care about it. The police officer who likes patrolling hot springs is bad..."

(??ω??)

“!!”

"Annie! I must correct you: I am routine and a normal behavior in patrolling hot springs, not as you imagined!"

The police officer Harris, who had originally planned to leave after a few greetings, was so scared that he was shocked when he heard that Little Anne said that, and quickly turned back, stared at the eyes of a little guy who was still swaying on the swing and said with a fright.

That is not a trivial matter, but it is related to his reputation as Officer Harris. He must correct the other party in time. He cannot let the other party form that concept and then spread it randomly in the town. Otherwise, once the other party is intentionally or unintentionally, once that kind of thing happens and is heard by others, he will be really finished!!

"What do people think of it?"

(???.???)??????

Anne blinked, looking innocent.

Because she just said something casually, but she didn't think about anything. How could the other party know what she was thinking?

"That's it!"

He gritted his teeth secretly, but Harris, who was not easy to explain such a little girl, had to glar at him hatefully. He knew that this cunning little guy knew what he was referring to.

"Oh! You mean you were going to peek at Miss Perble and the others in the hot springs, right?"

|???ω??)???

"Don't worry, Harris, people will definitely not tell others the kind of bad things you have done!"

?(?????????)????????

After blinking again, Annie slowly stopped the swing before nodding as she understood, then waved her small fists to the other party and agreed loudly.

“??”

"No!"

"This is not right! If you say it doesn't matter to me, I have never done that at all! You don't need your guarantee!!"

"Damn it, you!!"

Harris was a little angry, but when he saw Zach appearing at the gate of the ranch in the distance, he was worried that the other party would accidentally hear a few words and cause more misunderstandings, he could only glar at a little girl again in anger before hurriedly stopping the topic and stride towards the gate of the ranch to the north.

He decided: when he came back from patrol, he would never pass through the other party's farm and return to the town, but would continue to go back from the cottage in Gotz and the path in front of the logging farm, and from the intersection in the east! Although that might be a little farther away, he might be more willing to take that long distance than encountering such a difficult little guy every day?

'ah!'

‘Hello, Harris!’

‘Hello, Zach…your hands are back, can you work properly?’

‘Yes! Dort said I can work now.’

'That's good, don't get hurt anymore, otherwise our town will be in chaos. You may not know that Uncle Muqi and Aunt Mana have complained to me many times, saying that there have been major problems in the logistics of our town recently and that the goods have not been shipped in time?'

‘Ah! Harris, I’m sorry, but I really didn’t mean it…’

'You don't have to apologize to me. I don't care about this, I just remind you... But as long as you work hard, there should be no problem. I understand you very well, because that little guy is really a bit difficult?'

‘Ah! Thank you, Harris…’

‘No need, so let’s find some time to go to Dart for a good drink?’

'good!'

‘Then that’s it.’

The two met and greeted each other for a while and then separated soon after. After all, they all had their own jobs. They were not like a little girl, who could eat, drink and have fun every day, or sleep until the afternoon, and then wake up and play swings in the ranch.

“Hi~!”

?(?ˉ??ˉ?)?

"Hello, big Uncle Zach! You're finally here, I've been waiting for you all day!"

(??ω??)

Yes, Anne is waiting in her dream...

But no matter what, seeing Uncle Zach, a shipping agent whom she had been waiting for for a long time, finally appearing on time at 17:00 this afternoon, Annie hurriedly jumped off the swing and greeted the other party.

"You are okay, Annie..."

"By the way, your bees... they didn't riot today, right?"

However, Zach did not rush to the shipment box and start shipping and inventorying, but stood there and hesitated to look at the apple tree where Annie had just swinged, for fear that some terrifying group of black shadows formed by small things that would buzz.

"Of course not! I didn't eat honey today~!"

?(ˊ▽ˋ*)?

Annie is not stupid, so how could she play the boring game of bee stinging people with her every day? Because she knew that the same method of slapping people would definitely not work if she did it again.

(…)

(￢?￢.)

“Um…”

"Then there are no things in your shipping box, such as those dangerous venomous snakes?"

To be honest, Zach is a little scared when he sees the shipping box, especially the shipping box in the ranch of this little guy in front of him. He is afraid that he will catch something terrible and then suck it on his wrist?

Therefore, he must first ask some things clearly, otherwise he really wouldn't dare to touch them in casually.

"Of course not!"

(′～`●)

"I didn't go digging mountain goods today. There were only the bunch of fish that I got back very late last night!!"

☆⌒(*＾-゜)vTHX!!

Anne dared to use her dog head to ensure that the things in her shipment box today were all animals living in the water, so there was no such snake that could bite people!

"Ah! I remembered it!"

"So there are only fish, that's fine, that's fine..."

Zach and Ho An knew about Anne renting a boat to go fishing at noon yesterday, and they also knew that the other party was busy (read wán) and did not come back until midnight. They were so scared that they had been worried for a long time, so they almost thought that Harris called the police or asked the town mayor Thomas for help.

However, since there are only fish caught by the other party in the shipping box that the other party caught from the sea, Zach had nothing to worry about, so he finally breathed a sigh of relief and walked quickly to the other party's shipping box.

"It's really only fish..."

After quietly glanced into the shipping box and found that there was indeed only fish inside, Zach began to feel at ease to reach in and start today's work: counting and shipping.

“!!”

"Annie, why did you get so many fish? Most of them are hit and big fish. This is a lot of money!!"

"Did you use trawling?!"

Zach, who originally thought it would be at most dozens or hundreds of fish, exclaimed after exploring it for a while.

Because he found that except for a small number of small fish, the other fish caught here were all caught, big or extra large fish, and the number was probably thousands or even thousands?!

So, he was afraid that he would not remember it, so he quickly recorded his notes while counting it.

“??”

"This is bonito..."

"Ah! These are sailfish, and their lengths are considered to be extra large fish..."

“!!”

"And these black stone fish and boiling water fish..."

"Oh My God!"

"There are dolphins and colored fish? That's right, Anne, you must have used trawling nets!"

"This is……"

"Toothed fish and tung fish? Well, that's right, they are, I recognize them!"

"What?"

“There are so many cods…”

"Uh! This is a pufferfish... I have to classify this thing separately, otherwise there will be big problems if I accidentally do it!"

"Not bad!"

"There are actually scythe fish and octopus..."

"Ah! This tuna is amazing! There are forkfish and sardines here..."

"Too many, it seems that you little guy really uses trawls... But, is there a trawl on that boat? It doesn't seem to be able to drag it, right?"

In this way, I didn't know if I didn't look at it. Zach, who was shocked after seeing it, screamed and clamored, while busy recording the number, name, length, etc. of the fish in his account book so that he could settle the accounts after counting it.

Of course, the doubts in his heart are also indispensable.

"There must be thousands of them together?"

"My God, Annie... what method did you use? How did you get so many big and small sea fish in one day?!"

When the inventory of goods gradually came to an end, Zach exclaimed again, and then asked a little girl in surprise.

He knew that the other party rented their boats to go fishing, but he absolutely did not believe that the other party got so many fish by fishing. The other party must have used other methods or tricks. Otherwise, it would be impossible for such a large number of fish to get it in a day and a night!

"That's a secret!"

(????-)?

Anyway, she used fireballs, that is, the broken fire to fry fish, and Annie would definitely not tell them to the other party. Even if they said it, they couldn't figure it out, so just stop talking!

"All right……"

Zach, who was not planning to continue inquiring, had to continue shipping, because there were not many fish in the box now, and his movements had to be faster.

“Huh?”

"This is... Annie, you actually got a hairtail?!"

After counting all the fish and registering them, Zach suddenly found that there was a striped fish at the bottom of the box, which made him a little curious and reached out and touched it in.

"Shairfish?"

∑(′△)?!

"Ah! Uncle Zach, wait first..."

(“▔□▔)

Annie suddenly remembered some important things and planned to run up to stop the other party.

“!!”

"This is……"

However, Anne was still a little late because, Zach had reached out to grab the sticky and long thing from the delivery box.

～．)m 2 2 2 2 = ～

"Not hairtail?"

"This is a snake...not right! Is this an eel? But, it seems that there is no such eel in the sea, right?"

“!!”

"Wow!! Electric eel~!!!"

??

Soon, when something was wrong in his hand, Zach finally realized what he had finally grabbed from the shipping box. So, in an instant, when there were waves of electric current, he twitched all over and collapsed to the ground.

"ah!!"

(O^~^O)

"That... Uncle Zach, I just forgot to say that it was not a hairtail or a snake... It was a freshwater electric eel caught at the mouth of the river when I came back yesterday!!"

((?????-)?

However, that kind of thing doesn't seem to make much sense for Zach, a shipper who has been foaming at his mouth and twitching all over his body?

"All right……"

ε=(′ο｀*))) Alas

"I'd better help you call Doctor Dot and Miss Alice..."

╮(╯▽╰)╭

Seeing that the other party had already lie down and seemed to be in danger of life for the time being, Annie had to sigh helplessly after kicking the electric eel in the other party's palm that was still twisting her body, preparing to go to the hospital to find a doctor and nurse who saved the life and helped the wounded.

After all, she is just a "normal" little girl now, but she can't move such a big guy, and she doesn't want to move.

(…)

(●￣?￣●)

(Poor Zach, this is the third time that he has been unlucky? Fortunately, this time is not too serious, at least he is still alive... And what Tibers knows is just the beginning, this is the ninth or tenth day. In the future, they will definitely continue to suffer from the people in the Ore Town!)

“Um…”

(′???`)

"I don't know if Uncle Dart will make eels..."

(ˊｌ*)

Anne, who was jumping towards the hospital north of Ore Town, soon forgot a big man who was dizzy by electricity, and instead remembered other things that were more important to her.

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Chapter completed!