Male Lead's Canon Fodder Wife - Chapter 1096

Chapter 1096: Disbelief ( 2 )
When the Li family went to the capital, the Chen family’s boys often came to help. So, Li Chenze was already familiar with them and said, “Jianmin, Jianguo, can you help wash the pig pen? The soap water and brushes are in the tools’ room.”

“Okay, Uncle,” Chen Jianmin nodded and went to get the tools.

At the same time, Chen Jianguo filled the basin with the mountain spring water while Dong Li started shoveling the pig manure into the cart.

With their help, Li Chenmo could transport the manure to the pits. After he finished transporting the manure, he didn’t return to the pig pen and began processing the manure.

Due to his absence, the fertilizer was processed by the Lu brothers. Since they didn’t use the spiritual herb’s powder, the quality of the fertilizer was lower. Although the difference was insignificant, the time needed for the fertilizer to be ready was longer.

Li Chenmo checked the fertilizer and decided to add some powder to speed up the process. Otherwise, the fertilizer they produced wouldn’t be enough to meet the demand from the brigade.

Just after he finished mixing the spiritual herb’s powder into the fertilizer, he heard several footsteps. He stopped what he was doing and turned around.

Seeing that it was Jiang Zemin from the brigade office, he greeted him with surprise, “Brother Jiang, what brings you here today?”

Jiang Zemin was surprised to see Li Chenmo and asked, “Brother Li, when did you return from the capital?”

“I just arrived yesterday.”

Hearing this, Jiang Zemin nodded and said, “Brother Li, I came today to check the quantity of your fertilizer.”

Raising his eyebrows, Li Chenmo asked, “Was the daily amount not enough? I recall that the amount of fertilizer needed by the brigade was less than what I produce.”

Hearing this, Jiang Zemin sighed and explained, “Brother Li, the amount is enough for our brigade. But after the capital learned about your fertilizer’s role in ensuring our success on this year’s harvest, they decided to distribute it to several brigades during this period.”

“Due to the failed harvest this year, they hope to avoid another failure next year. Since we don’t know how much fertilizer you can produce, the brigade secretary asked me to come over and check.”

Li Chenmo nodded with understanding at his words and said helplessly, “Brother Jiang, I won’t hide it from you. My family’s fertilizer isn’t used only by my wife’s family and mine. Our relatives and the villagers also learned that the brigade used my fertilizer. So, they came over to ask for it too.”

“You know that it’s impossible to refuse them without harming the relationship. So, I can only share the fertilizer with them. That’s why the amount is barely enough to supply our brigade’s farm.”

“If you ask for more, that would be impossible for me to fulfill. After all, there are only so many pigs, and the amount of manure they produce every day is limited.”

When Jiang Zemin heard his words, he nodded and said, “Brother Li, I understand your situation. You don’t have to worry. Today I came only to check the fertilizer quantity and won’t demand you increase it.”

Li Chenmo heaved a sigh of relief and said, “Then I will thank you in advance, Brother Jiang.”

Jiang Zemin quickly waved his hands and said, “Brother Li, you are too polite. You already contribute a lot to our brigade and country. We are grateful to you. If not for your selfless contribution, we might still be struggling to figure out how to increase the pigs’ weight.”

When the people following Jiang Zemin heard this, they looked at Li Chenmo with surprise. Everyone knew that a few months ago, the brigade announced the new recipe for pig feed and even introduced a recipe for pig pellets.

Thanks to that, the pigs raised by the brigade managed to weigh more than 250 kilograms on distribution day, helping solve the food shortage problem temporarily.

Everyone thought that the recipe had come from the central government. It turned out that it came from a villager in this small village. After learning about this, everyone’s gaze toward Li Chenmo shifted from indifference to admiration.

Noticing the change in their gaze, Li Chenmo smiled and said, “Brother Jiang, that recipe wasn’t mine, but my wife’s. She loved to read books and cook. She came up with the recipe after doing a lot of trial and error to increase the weight of our pigs.”

When he finished speaking, everyone was taken aback. Disbelief was clear in their eyes.

After all, in this era, the patriarchal mindset was still deeply rooted in most people’s minds. So, when they learned that a woman was the one who came up with the pig pellet recipe, they couldn’t believe it.

Li Chenmo ignored their disbelief and added, “Brother Jiang, I still have lots of work to do, so I can’t accompany you.”

Hearing this, Jiang Zemin quickly said, “Brother Li, you go ahead and continue with your work. My colleagues and I can handle this matter by ourselves.”

Li Chenmo nodded and said, “Okay, let’s have a meal together another day.”

“Okay.”

After he left, Jiang Zemin and his colleagues started to work. Although they used to work in an office, most of them came from farming families. What’s more, the fertilizer produced by the Li family had less smell compared to others. So, no one complained about the smell.

When Li Chenmo, his brothers, and the children finished disinfecting the pig pen with soap and water, the sky had brightened.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Li Chenze said, “Second brother, Third brother, I plan to go to the mountain later. Do you want to come with me?”

Li Lingyun shook his head and replied, “I can’t go today. I still need to order some meat for the wedding banquet and buy some things in town.”

“I also cannot go. I promised my wife that I would visit her family today,” Li Chenmo added.