After Lin Xi figured it out, he leaned his body towards his wife and put his hand on her waist, just like she did.
"Does Xiaoxi also want to massage the wife's back?"
Lin Xi: "Hmm?"
The wife wanted to massage his back, not...
"Today's work really strained my back; if I don't massage it, my back will definitely hurt tomorrow."
As Su Qinghe spoke, she began to massage him with a serious expression.
"Yes, yes... I'm worried that my wife's back will hurt tomorrow."
Lin Xi was filled with shame and indignation, realizing he had misunderstood... But even though he had gotten his wish, why did he feel a sense of loss?
Su Qinghe raised the corners of her mouth. No rush, no rush, take your time. Anyway, he's right here and can't run away. But that doesn't stop her from having a mischievous sense of humor in teasing him.
...
The room fell silent for a moment, and neither of them spoke. Perhaps they were tired from working during the day, because soon Lin Xi fell asleep while Su Qinghe was massaging him.
Once she was sure Lin Xi was asleep, Su Qinghe quietly left the house.
At night, in the paddy field, a dark shadow could be seen moving quickly up and down, and in a short while it had circled back and forth in the field.
After picking up the two rows of fruit, Su Qinghe stood up, supporting her back.
"This is absolutely inhuman!"
Her back is so bad!
With a complaint, Su Qinghe bent down again to touch the sweet potato stems and leaves, but this time the stems and leaves did not disappear as before.
"Hmm? Too much nutrition?"
Su Qinghe tried touching the other few strands, and only after confirming that they would not be sucked into the space again did she get up and go back.
...
The next day, early morning.
Su Qinghe got up very early and boarded an oxcart at the village entrance to head towards Tianhe County.
Consciousness entered the space and was pleasantly surprised to find that all the pregnant fruits on the tree had ripened.
Three are silver-white, one is pale yellow, and one even has a faint gold hue.
Superior quality pregnancy result!
Su Qinghe was shocked, as she knew how scarce top-quality pregnancy fruits were on the market.
Others took meticulous care of the plants every day, treating them like ancestors, and only managed to cultivate a few superior fruits. Yet she managed to grow them using sweet potato leaves.
She had thought that the five pregnant fruits that ripened today would all be inferior, or at best one or two medium-grade fruits. However, she did not expect that the pregnant fruit tree in her space would produce a large one.
The oxcart was slow, and by the time they reached the town, Su Qinghe estimated that an hour had passed.
She spent two coins to buy two steamed buns and found an empty spot in the market to put down the basket containing the pregnant fruit.
The basket was covered with a floral cloth. To avoid being seen, she had just moved the pregnant fruit from her spatial dimension into the basket while on the oxcart.
Su Qinghe finished the steamed bun in two or three bites, then lifted the floral cloth to reveal four plump and juicy pregnant fruits.
She didn't take out the superior-grade pregnancy fruit because it was not something ordinary people could afford.
Su Qinghe just stood there, not bothering to hawk her wares; she had no trouble selling them.
"Pregnancy fruit!"
The vendors nearby exclaimed in surprise, and gasps of breath gradually filled the air around them.
"My God, she's actually selling the fertilized fruit! Has she cultivated a fertilized fruit tree?"
"What's the big deal? There have been quite a few people who have cultivated fruit-bearing trees over the years, but they are all inferior fruit-bearing trees, and their quality and effects are not even half of what the Mu family has."
People on the street saw what was in Su Qinghe's basket and gathered around.
"Boss, how much are these pregnancy fruits?" a middle-aged man asked.
"Three taels of silver per piece."
"So expensive! This year's fruit yield is high, and other shops are selling them for 2 taels of silver, but you're asking for 3 taels? Only the Mu family's shop dares to set such a price." The man said loudly.
"Uncle, my pregnancy fruit is unparalleled in both appearance and size, and its effects are naturally better than others, so of course the price is also higher. Are the fruits from the Mu family shop as good as mine?"
As Su Qinghe spoke, she casually picked up a pregnant fruit from the basket and waved it in front of everyone.
She wasn't lying; the pregnant fruits growing in the space were twice the size of ordinary ones, and their color was also very beautiful.
"It's so big!" someone exclaimed.
"Yes, yes, this one is bigger than the ones in the Mu family's shop, and the color is so good. I've never seen one better than this one."
“Hey, last month the Mu family got a new batch of pregnancy fruits. I finally managed to buy them, but the fruits weren’t even half the size of theirs. And they still cost me 3 taels of silver. My husband ate them but there’s been no sign of pregnancy at all.”
"Boss, how many pregnancy fruits do you have here? I'll take them all!"
A well-dressed woman suddenly squeezed through the crowd and stood in front of Su Qinghe.
"It's Steward He from the Qin family."
People around recognized the woman.
A big client has arrived!
"I have a total of 3 inferior fruits and 1 medium fruit here, totaling 29 taels. If you are sure you want them all, I will also give you this basket."
Su Qinghe took out the three silvery-white pregnant fruits, revealing the pale yellow pregnant fruits hidden underneath.
"Look, it's a medium-sized pregnant fruit!"
"The fruit trees she cultivated were actually able to produce medium-sized fruit!"
The onlookers' eyes were all fixed on the fruit in the basket.
"I want that medium-sized pregnant fruit; I'll offer 25 taels."
"Oh, it's Steward Qi from the government office. She actually came too."
The crowd automatically parted to make way for a middle-aged woman with an obese figure.
"Manager Qi, I have already placed an order for all of this boss's pregnancy fruits."
Seeing that she was competing with him, He Bai quickly spoke up.
"Oh! Who was it that bought so many pregnancy fruits all at once? It turns out to be Steward He from the Qin family."
"Commander Qin has married seven or eight men already, and he hasn't earned a single penny! Tsk tsk tsk, what a pity for those handsome young men!"
Hearing that Qi Li dared to humiliate his master in this way, He Bai frowned deeply.
“Steward Qi, my master is a captain, how dare you, a mere steward of the government office, humiliate him.”
Upon hearing this, Qi Li curled his lip. "Captain? Just a woman who can't have children. This year is almost over, and five years will be up. She hasn't contributed to the population of Dawu. Sooner or later, she'll be relegated to being a caregiver."
But since he was still in office, she only dared to vent her anger a little and didn't dare to offend him too much. Seeing that He Bai was angry, she quickly denied it.
"Manager He, that's too serious. I was just stating the facts. How can that be considered an insult?"
"Hmph! I'm too lazy to argue with you. For this medium-sized pregnant fruit, our Qin family will contribute 30 taels."
In Tianhe County, a small place, apart from the medium-grade pregnancy fruit distributed by the government upon reaching adulthood, even the Mu family's shops rarely had such a thing. They could only occasionally buy it in bustling towns.
Now that he's finally found one, he's determined to win him over for his master.
"I'll offer 40 taels."
"Hehe, Steward He, I'm really sorry, but my magistrate only has one daughter right now, and she's planning to have another one. She's been asking me everywhere to find her medium-grade pregnancy fruits, and I have to buy them to report back!"
Qi Li looked at He Bai with a smile, his features scrunched up.
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