I really like the "casual" style of the story and how it manage to keep it through so many chapters, especially considering so many novels just jump to the action at some point and don't recover that "casual" style and feel different from then on.

But now to the question: What was the feeling you want/wanted to convey to the readers while reading? Or let me rephrase it: What mood did you think readers would have reading your story? And considering your alias "Casualfarmer", in what kind of mood are you writing the story? And maybe even reading it?