After driving for about 2 hours, I finally saw the sign that I had reached the village I was driving towards.
'Welcome to Crown Lake Village'
I saw the welcome sign and sighed happily. Driving for so long can be a bit boring but playing music while driving helps. I take a quick stop right next to the welcome sign so that I can change the navigation settings on my phone app to get the directions to a well rated farm so I can buy seeds and plants to store in my space.
I start the car again and drive towards the farm. While I'm driving I notice the people walking around the village and I realise that this village has a lot less people in it than City A. It's quiet and I can already tell that the people in this community are very close.
I eventually reach the farm and see a small wooden sign at the top of an archway that seems to lead to the crops that are growing at this farm. I walk up to the archway and see a small wooden desk at the side that you notice right as you go through the archway. I ring a small golden bell that is on top of the desk hear a dog bark.
Right after the dog barks I see a man who looks like he might be in 60s walking towards me with a dog that has black and white fur following after him. I wave hello to him once I see him getting closer.
Once he gives me a smile and shakes my hand.
"Welcome to my humble farm," he says while gesturing for his dog to sit next to his feet.
I smile at him and gesture around.
"I came here to buy some fruits and vegetables as well as seeds if you sell those too."
The man nods his head and asks, "How can I address you ma'am, you seem quite young."
I give off a small laugh.
"My name is Cassandra and I actually turned 25 two months ago, how can I refer to you?"
"My name is Peter and to answer your previous question I do have seeds available for sale here, I can let you take a look around if you want to."
I nod my head at him and give his dog a soft pat on the head before I turn and take a walk around the farm land. It's a small farm so after walking around and taking note of all the vegetables available here I get back to the Peter.
When I get back Peter's dog runs up to me excitedly and I give him a few pets.
"What's his name?" I ask.
"His name's Jet, 'cause of his fur."
I give Jet a few more pets before he runs off somewhere else.
I take out my small notebook and look through the list of things I came to buy then I smile up at Peter.
" Well first, I would love to buy a couple of tomato plants, potatoes, onions, carrots, garlic, spinach, garlic, green peas and beets."
Peter gives off a low whistle and lets out a laugh.
"You came here prepared with a list too, I'll call the two guys that I have working for me to collect all the things you've asked for."
"I'm going to need to buy more, I haven't even gotten to the fruits first." I say in an apologetic tone.
After saying that I rip the page out of my notebook so I can hand the list over to him so he can get the right vegetables.
Peter takes the page and looks through it and says, "Just give me a minute, I'll be right back."
He then turns around and walks off to a red and white buidling that is a little further away from where I'm standing. The buidling looks like a barn and I suppose that that's where his employees are.
As I wait for him to get back I scroll through my phone and reply to my friends and familie's text messages. I tell them where I am and that I just wanted to see the village because I'd heard lots of lovely things about it.
When I hear the sound of people speaking and I quickly put my phone into my bag. I only have to wait for a minute or so before the guys manage to reach me. When Peter reaches me he gestures for the two men who came walking beside him to shake my hands. Both men have brown hair and brown eyes.
After shaking both of their hands and exhanging brief greetings Peter shows them the list and they start gathering all the things I've asked for. The vegetables that they gather are put onto the wooden desk by the archway.
"Now that they're getting the vegetables for you, I'll go and get the tote bags but I'll call Jet here to keep you company."
Peter then tosses a small red ring at me as he lets out a slow and high whistle. As soon as he whistles I see Jet running back energetically.
"Just toss the ring and he'll run for it, he loves playing fetch."
After getting Jet to run back here successfully, Peter goes off to fetch the bags. I play fetch with Jet while I wait for the two men to finish collecting the vegetables that I asked for as well as for Peter to get back. After about 20 minutes Peter gets back and then he goes off to supervise his employees. The whole vegetable gathering process takes about an hour.
"Thank you for the vegetables, " I say to all three men once they've finished getting the vegetables.
They take a quick 5 minute break before they start to pack all the vegetables that they got into cream coloured tote bags. After they do that I hand them the list that details all the fruits that I want and they immediatly start gathering them for me.