28: Chapter 28: The Wife's Annotations, Expanding the Fields Hints at Springtime Romance

Early the next morning, the Li Family Council Hall was in complete chaos.

Several stewards in charge of the Spirit Fields were sweating profusely, clutching their account books and complaining to one another. The Grand Elder sat in the main seat, slamming the table so hard it thundered with rage.

The Qingyun Sect had forcefully increased the supply quota by twenty percent, which should have been a massive stroke of good fortune.

However, the Li Family only had a few acres of Spirit Fields to their name, and not even a shadow of new land had been opened up yet. Guard expenses were rising daily, and the stock of Warm Wood Spirit Liquid in the warehouse was about to run dry.

If they couldn't handle this windfall, the face the Li Family had worked so hard to earn in Qingshi Town would instantly become a laughingstock.

"Stop arguing." Li Qingfeng strode over the threshold and shouted in a deep voice.

He swept his gaze over the group of stewards and muttered to himself.

These old fossils were fine when it came to farming in the Spirit Herb Garden, but the moment they needed to scale up, they were completely clueless. In the end, he still had to clean up their mess himself.

Li Qingfeng walked to the table, casually grabbed the account book, and flipped through a few pages.

He immediately issued a command in his mind: "Activate Spirit Field Coordination Simulation!"

With a "ding," the System interface instantly expanded.

A realistic virtual Spirit Field sandbox quickly formed in his mind. The soil thickness of each plot, the flow of Spirit Liquid, and the intercropping nodes for different Spirit Medicines all transformed into glowing data lines.

He only needed ten breaths of time to sort through all that complex data clearly.

Li Qingfeng raised his eyes, stared at the stewards, and hit the nail on the head:

"What you lack most right now is not actually new land; the key is how to stabilize the root Qi during the transition to new land!"

"Immediately send people to clear a few plots of wasteland adjacent to the old fields and practice intercropping the old fields with the new ones."

"Rotate the Spirit Medicines by dividing them into zones based on Yin and Yang attributes. Do not just splash the Warm Wood Spirit Liquid around; inject it layer by layer along the underground water veins."

"Factor in the losses from transportation and field guarding, and just like that, losses will drop by thirty percent!"

As soon as these crisp and efficient words were thrown out, the entire Council Hall fell instantly silent.

The stewards opened their mouths wide, unable to utter a single word of rebuttal for a long time.

This plan was clear, highly operational, and tailor-made for the Li Family.

The Grand Elder was so excited his eyes lit up, and he nodded repeatedly:

"Do exactly as Qingfeng says!"

"Anyone who drags their feet today will not be spared by this old man!"

After arranging the matters outside, Li Qingfeng rushed back to the New Courtyard without stopping.

As soon as he pushed open the door to the inner chamber, a pleasant, sweet scent of powder wafted over. Su Qingyue was lying on the wooden table by the window, flipping through a book of Spirit Herb notes.

She was wearing a form-fitting light pink gauze dress today, the fabric temptingly thin.

Because of her pregnancy, her already proud breasts were swelling day by day, stretching the collar of her dress taut. As she leaned over, a large expanse of dazzling, soft white skin was blatantly exposed to the air, and that deep cleavage made one swallow hard.

Although her willow waist had gained a tiny bit of pregnancy-related fullness, it was still incredibly soft.

Beneath her skirt, those fair, straight, anime-like legs were casually crossed, her calves stark white. She wasn't wearing shoes on her rounded, pretty feet, and her pink, cute toes were mischievously rubbing against each other.

The allure that seeped from this woman's bones was truly becoming more and more seductive.

Li Qingfeng walked over, his large palms wrapping directly around her boneless, slender waist from behind. He rested his chin on her fragrant shoulder, took a deep breath of her body scent, and teased:

"My good wife, dressing so scantily in broad daylight—are you intentionally testing your husband's self-control?"

Su Qingyue's body softened, her ears turning bright red from the hot breath he exhaled.

She turned her head, rolled her eyes at him with a coquettish, watery peach-blossom gaze, and said softly:

"You lecher, you're never serious the moment you return."

"Isn't the outside world in an uproar over the field expansion? How do you still have the leisure to come back and bully me?"

Li Qingfeng took the opportunity to give her perky buttocks a firm squeeze; the texture was springy and soft, eliciting another delicate cry from her.

Only then did he explain the crop rotation plan decided in the Council Hall to her, word for word.

After hearing it, Su Qingyue immediately put away her coquettish manner and became serious.

She took the account book and the rotation notes, scanned them twice, and pointed to a loophole in the middle, saying earnestly:

"Your method of using old fields to support new ones is indeed good."

"However, if you pour the Warm Wood Spirit Liquid according to the previous proportions, the new land won't be able to hold it, and it will all be wasted."

As she spoke, she extended a finger like white jade, a wisp of extremely pure Water and Wood Spiritual Qi surging from her fingertip, directly drawing the direction of several water veins on the paper.

Li Qingfeng was leaning in very close and saw it clearly.

The Spiritual Qi flowing through Su Qingyue's Meridians was countless times more refined than before. Ever since she had the foundation of the System's "Maternal Nourishment and Feedback," all the hidden injuries in her body had vanished, and her cultivation was now solidly on the verge of touching the threshold of the Qi Refining Late Stage.

The stronger his wife was, the more monstrous their future child's talent would be; this System was simply too awesome.

Su Qingyue casually re-classified the Water-Wood bias of the new plots, added a few strokes, and directly made Li Qingfeng's plan flawless.

After reading it, Li Qingfeng picked up a brush and wrote the four characters "Su Family Annotations" in a sweeping, dragon-flying style at the very end of the plan.

"Oh, what are you doing!" Su Qingyue hurriedly tried to grab the brush, blushing, "If the Grand Elder and the others see this, they'll think a woman like me is intentionally showing off."

Li Qingfeng pulled her into his arms, sat her on his lap, bowed his head, and gave her ruby-red lips a hard kiss, saying domineeringly:

"Why should my wife's abilities be hidden away?"

"I want the entire Li Family to know that you are not only a treasure who can birth golden nuggets, but also my, Li Qingfeng's, number one helper in expanding our territory!"

Although Su Qingyue was pouting and complaining, her beautiful eyes were filled with irrepressible joy.

She took the opportunity to wrap her arms around Li Qingfeng's neck, feeling sweet inside.

She used to be afraid that she would be treated as a tool for bearing children, but today, these four characters had completely warmed her heart; for the first time, she truly felt that she was helping pave the way for the Li Family.

Just as the Li Family had sorted out the procedures for expanding the fields, the Zhao Family was not idle at all.

In the Zhao Family courtyard, Zhao Mingyue kicked over the wooden table in front of him, furious:

"That bastard Li Qingfeng, all the good luck has fallen on him!"

"Expanding fields? I'll make sure he can't grow a single plot of land!"

A Zhao Family Elder nearby leaned in insidiously and offered an idea:

"Young Master, calm your anger. There is no need to send people to probe their New Courtyard again."

"Since the Li Family wants to expand their fields on a large scale, we will make a move in the market."

"Let's raise the prices of Warm Wood Spirit Liquid, Formation Stones, and low-grade Spirit Seeds by three times!"

"We have the money; as long as we sweep the market clean of goods, we can use the cost to drag those poor Li Family wretches to death!"

After hearing this, Zhao Mingyue clenched his fists viciously, gritting his teeth:

"Good! Do exactly that!"

"I want to watch Li Qingfeng kneel before me and beg!"

That evening.

Just after the Li Family had finished dinner, a deacon from the Wang Family's External Affairs Hall rushed over and delivered a secret list.

Li Qingfeng unfolded it and took a look; it was a report on the skyrocketing market prices, with the prices of Warm Wood Spirit Liquid and Formation Stones having already multiplied several times over.

Along with it came a message.

The Wang Family's Prodigy, Wang Qingluan, who had stunningly long legs, had personally prepared tea in the Wang Family's front hall and invited Li Qingfeng to come and meet.

Li Qingfeng folded the list in his hand, tucked it into his pocket, and casually brushed the dust off his clothes.

He understood clearly that the Zhao Family had switched to a vicious, throat-choking tactic.

However, why was this cold and arrogant Young Miss Wang taking the initiative to meet him late at night? Was it purely to discuss business, or was there another motive?