Rowan realised it was time to do their first venture into town for the Spring. Good timing; it was pouring so they didn't need to track down the cat or water the crops where they had yet to set up sprinklers, and all the chickens and cows and even the hedgehogs and otter* were easy to reach indoors. So they braced themselves, and begged Robin for a well since they'd moved their main planting area down onto the beach and far from fresh water. They also gave Emily an apricot, got a whole lot of geodes broken, and added a bunch of items to the museum, as well as buying the largest backpack possible.
On the way, they noticed one of the items on the big bulletin board would run the rest of the month and could be fulfilled; they just needed a LOT more potato seeds. At this point, being overwhelmed a bit by having to talk to people, they went off to the secret woods to finally deliver that weird sweet berry they've had since fall. Late at night they finally remembered they'd completely missed going to the community centre, so snuck through the farm and up the more private road, instead of through town, so they wouldn't have any chance of running into anyone else by accident.
The next morning, in thankful solitude (Other than Robin's banging about where the well should be, but Robin respected folks trying to get work done, and didn't appreciate her own labour being interrupted for anything less than a ripe peach either) they mostly fired the ore they'd gained from breaking geodes, and planted a lot of potatoes, and watched the beaver* splashing and playing in the stream as soon as he'd had a petting from the farmer. They also planted one significant flower patch**, in hopes of a Giant Bloom. So far they'd had no luck doing a dedicated patch with melons, or pumpkins, or powdermelons, but maybe this season would be the first.
They sat in the pottery, then, and made a few more porcelain cups*. They would achieve their goal of a complete tea set. They just would.
* obviously a mod.
** from a mod with a couple of of extra giant crops.