Chapter 61: The Roaring Heaven Clan

"Is a thunderstorm coming?"

Gazing into the distance, Li Boyang raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"At this time of year... how could there be such a massive storm?"

Walking ahead of Li Boyang, Li Jingshu also saw the dark clouds flickering with thunder in the distance.

The deafening roar was clearly audible to both of them, even from hundreds of kilometers away.

Gale-force winds swept across the land, lifting plants and livestock high into the air...

After three years of training and strengthening, Li Jingshu could even clearly see the livestock and mountain folk screaming in the gale.

"Little brother, should we pick up our pace..."

Faced with such natural might, even the usually daring Li Jingshu turned pale.

At this very moment, the two were on their way back to Li Family Village, and many wild beasts and spirits along the way had also been startled by the distant storm.

"This storm... it's almost the scale of a category eight or nine typhoon..."

Feeling that this storm was somewhat suspicious, Li Boyang couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Since arriving in this world, Li Boyang had never seen such a violent hurricane.

Li Boyang was not sure if this storm was naturally formed.

What he was more worried about now was whether this hurricane would affect the crop harvest in Li Family Village.

Thinking of this, Li Boyang took out the Destiny Bone Armor again and habitually tossed it.

As he expected, if this storm continued to spread in this direction, it would indeed affect this year's harvest.

Even century-old trees could not withstand the ravages of this storm, let alone the crops in the fields.

"Little brother?"

Seeing Li Boyang take out the Destiny Bone Armor, Li Jingshu couldn't help but stop in her tracks.

Having spent so much time with Li Boyang, Li Jingshu knew better than anyone when he would use the Destiny Bone Armor.

"Let's go, we must hurry back to the village now."

"At the speed this storm is moving, it won't be long before it reaches here."

"The crops in the fields won't be able to withstand the destruction of this storm; it might even leave us with nothing to harvest this year."

He explained habitually to Li Jingshu, a habit Li Boyang had cultivated for a long time.

In this ignorant era, Li Jingshu was perhaps the only person who could understand Li Boyang's words without questioning them.

"Ah?"

Just by simply imagining that scene, Li Jingshu's expression changed drastically as well.

Unlike Li Boyang, who had only been born three years ago.

Li Jingshu, who was nearly nine years old this year, had personally experienced several famines.

The sight of corpses littering the ground and people trading children to eat left a huge psychological shadow on Li Jingshu.

It was only in the last three years, thanks to the high-quality seeds carefully selected by Li Boyang and the intentional or unintentional protection of Xi Luo, that Li Family Village had lived a slightly more peaceful life.

Thinking that she would go hungry again next year, Li Jingshu looked at the storm with hostility.

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At the pace of Li Boyang and Li Jingshu, a mere twenty li was not a very long distance.

In less than half an hour, the two arrived near Li Family Village.

Or more accurately, the first thing they saw was the endless golden rice fields on the outskirts of Li Family Village.

Unlike the fields from three years ago.

Those golden rice fields were all newly reclaimed land, presenting a terraced structure as a whole.

This was not because the people of Li Family Village were trying to be exotic, look good, or create a spectacle.

It was truly because this godforsaken place had no flat land to reclaim, coupled with the limitations of water sources...

This top-down terraced field naturally became the most suitable reclamation method for the current situation.

Thanks to Li Boyang pestering Xi Luo for three years, he finally borrowed the usage rights of the Tooth Swine from her, which barely allowed them to complete this massive project.

Synchronized with the reclamation of these terraced fields was the composting and fertilizer-making work in Li Family Village.

After all, the high-quality seeds cultivated by Li Boyang had extremely high requirements for soil fertility, and ordinary mountain land could not support those seeds at all.

Of course, Li Boyang did not deny that he was fed up with the filthy environment in the village.

The feeling of walking on the road and potentially stepping on excrement at any time.

For Li Boyang, who came from the civilized society of the 21st century, it was simply a huge torture.

Especially after he learned to walk, Li Boyang detested this even more.

Even now, Chen Yun still used this matter to tease Li Boyang, saying she had given birth to a divine person whose "feet never touch the ground."

To be honest, if it weren't for the small population of Li Family Village.

Plus the strong support from the old village chief and Li Yu, Li Boyang's composting and fertilizer-making work might not have proceeded so smoothly.

Even so, looking at those uneven rice fields, Li Boyang couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"Qi Wa's family is slacking off again..."

Following Li Boyang's gaze.

Li Jingshu also saw the field that was clearly more desolate than the others.

Even with the same high-quality seeds and the same planting methods, Qi Wa's family had been doing worse than the other villagers for two consecutive years.

This even led to gossip in the village, labeling Qi Wa's family as "lazy."

"No, Qi Wa's family isn't slacking off..."

"It's just that Qi Wa's father injured his brain, and he does everything a beat slower than others."

Sighing deeply, Li Boyang naturally knew the situation of Qi Wa's family.

Father injured his head, mother ran off with someone, and Qi Wa himself was still young...

So even with the help of the brothers Li Yu and Li Chengfeng, they could only be said to be barely surviving.

After all, the brothers Li Yu and Li Chengfeng had their own families to take care of and could not spare much time to help them during the busy farming season.

"Little brother, we've already helped them too much."

Seeing through what Li Boyang was thinking, Li Jingshu said in a rather mature tone.

Her little brother was good at everything, except that sometimes his inexplicable sense of responsibility was too strong.

In Li Jingshu's view, if it weren't for Li Boyang's active help, Qi Wa's family would never have been able to hold on until now.

"Sigh, I just don't like watching others starve to death in front of me!"

Within the scope of his ability, Li Boyang didn't mind helping others.

"Starving to death... is the most painful way to die in this world."

The image of the skeletal, emaciated appearance of Li Jingshu when they first met flashed through his mind inadvertently.

Li Boyang's tone was exceptionally firm, and his eyes seemed to have made a decision.

"Since so much has already been changed, there's no need to hesitate to go one step further!"

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