Talk:Alfred/@comment-16919925-20140623134036/@comment-5754239-20140623140651

After Alfred appears, you can start helping friends and neighbors by reviving their crops and finishing their boat orders. You can only do that with people who specifically flag their dying crops or incomplete boat orders with a sign (!). These people can then send you letters, which have a chance to give you gift cards.

More info: Friends

Hope this helped.