On the remake thing. While I can appreciate the author wanting to nudge the story in a different direction, I think that one of the driving forces was reaction to criticism r.e. the original being too grindy, etc.
The 'earn money by working, etc.' itself wasn't the problem, it was the excessive grind (IMHO) that lessened the enjoyment. Of course, this could be reduced through modding (I shared my mods with the class a few times that did exactly this). But the game developer had other ideas.
So while I appreciate that people are annoyed that the story hasn't caught up with where it was before, I do appreciate the creative drive behind the developer wanting to make some changes to the story. I'm guessing that free time to work on this project may also be another factor r.e. why it's taking so long for the developer to 'catch up' the story.
The story itself has changed a bit here and there in the remake. Personally I'm really not on board with the whole 'pick flowers to make money' thing, I think the old mechanic was fine with tweaks, but we did get a new character, flower girl (whatever her name is) out of the deal.
So my suggestion is, if such things bother you, to wait a few more updates, at which point people will be letting other people know in this thread that the story is finally moving forward again.
I haven't played for a few updates now because of exactly this. I'm just waiting for the story to move forward, 'cuz I want to get some of that sweet sister pussy in the game, everything else is just 'filler' to distract me from that goal...