That's called "exploration"
The game expects players to find stuff themselves and figure things out (not your usual 'one-handed' experience)
If you require more info on things or are struggling with something, feel free to browse my replies to comments here, read wiki (a little outdated but most of the stuff is still applicable) or join discord server to browse even more of my replies and read few guides that we have there (for store, cooking, and statistics)