Casual Farming 8: A Slow Living LitRPG (Sowing Season) by Wolfe Locke & Mike Caliban

Author:Wolfe Locke & Mike Caliban [Locke, Wolfe & Caliban, Mike]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: FANTASY UNLIMITED PUBLISHING GROUP LLC
Published: 2023-04-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22. Thick Blankets

[The alarm went off, it was 6 AM. Jason and Tess were ready to get to work around the farm. They had 42 starting actions]

[Obadiah’s Almanac: 3rd day of Winter! 88 days until the Winter Festival! It’s still mighty cold outside, folks, so don’t go out if you don’t have to! Constable Jeremiah is out working on clearing the roads, but with how much snow we got, it’s a slow process, so just make sure you stay safe!]

Jason felt nice and toasty warm under the covers, and he sighed deeply. Down below, the fire had likely burned low, but there was still a lively heat throughout the house, and there, under the blankets, he was warm.

"Mowning daddy!"

Thud.

Sharp toddler knees slammed into his belly a moment later, driving every last ounce of breath out of his body. He gasped and sat up, where he found Fern sitting on his lap, giggling. Rachel was at the door, pulling herself up in the frame. A moment later, Chance burst past and leapt into the bed as well, licking Tess as his tail began to whir back and forth a million miles per hour.

Jason laughed, then tackled Fern to the bedsheets and began to tickle her. She laughed wildly, and Rachel took a few steps in their direction before dropping to the ground and crawling the rest of the way. Jason scooped her up onto the bed as well, and they spent several long minutes just laughing and playing.

When they finished, Tess took the girls down to their room to get them dressed, and Jason changed into light work clothes. He would go out to do chores after breakfast, but he wasn’t going to get too eager about it until then. Idly, he walked up to the window to look down at the farmstead, which they had spent the previous day shoveling clean. Enormous piles of snow now lay in the corners, which would prove excellent for sledding later that day. As he watched, though, he caught sight of Milligan stepping out of the barn, a determined sort of look on his face. Jason blinked in surprise, then started down the stairs.

"Something the matter?" Tess called after him.

"Don’t know! I’ll tell you in a minute!"

Jason pulled on his boots and winter coat quickly, then slipped out into the frozen yard. Chance came with him and began to run circles around the area. Milligan glanced up from the lean-to as Jason approached, and he flashed a broad, if somewhat guilty, smile.

"Boss! How goes it?"

"It goes well enough." Jason frowned and crossed his head. "And what are you up to? If I didn’t know any better, I’d say you were trying to take out some of the machinery, but it’s… you know… Winter."

Milligan laughed, though Jason could tell it was forced, and nervous. "Does it, now? Well… I… Uh…"

Jason raised an eyebrow, and Milligan sighed.

"Alright, fine. I was going to borrow the planter and take it over to the Far Eighty."

"Whatever for?" Jason couldn’t believe his ears.

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