The Seed Gathering Run

Once you properly return to the forest and reunite with your friends, going back to the mountain village (outside of Einar’s home) during the day has you meet Frode for the first time. He is a little stout with a green thumb mostly interested in doing his own thing and pretty religious (no, no need to repent for your many sins, you filthy bara enjoyer~), and it’s also time for another seed gathering run, to replenish the village’s food reserves. Gather 10 bearberries, 3 labrador tea leaves and 3 sorrel seeds from places outside of the village (see my ingredients map in the extra section), i recommend gathering a bit of everything, some fish too, and sleep to let the ingredients respawn if needed.
Once you have everything, meet Frode at his usual spot, even though your reward won’t be the usual: this time, it’s a small patch of land to grow your crops (not actually a thing as of 0.34) and… a horseshoe (cutie)mark on your ass, but this is gonna be useful later~.

After this quest, meeting Einar in his house when it’s dark outside also has another event, about going around and meeting other familiar faces to see how he manages the village; you staying up to help doesn’t really give any secret reward.