Male Lead's Canon Fodder Wife - Chapter 1368

Chapter 1368: Village Meeting ( 2 )
Hearing this, Lu Jueyu smiled and said, “Father, my husband treats me very well. He also keeps me company whenever he has free time.”

Seeing how she defended her husband, Father Li chuckled and said, “Look at you. I just said a few words to him, and you are already standing up for him. Keep this up, and you will spoil him rotten.”

Lu Jueyu laughed when she heard her father-in-law’s words and replied, “Father, if I don’t spoil my husband, then who will?”

After she said this, Li Chenmo grinned and added proudly, “My wife is the one who dotes on me the most.”

Although he had just been fed a bowl of dog food, Father Li still felt delighted seeing his sons living in harmony. If his wife were still alive to witness this, she would be grinning from ear to ear.

When it was four o’clock in the afternoon, Han Yuheng, An Xuyuan, and the production team staff walked to the stage and took their seats.

Seeing the leaders present, the villagers slowly stopped talking and waited for them to start the discussion.

After a while, An Xuyuan took the megaphone and said, “Welcome and thank you for coming, Comrade. Today, we gathered here to discuss the autumn planting schedule.”

“As everyone already noticed, the government was experimenting to find the best time for planting rice and wheat. If we succeed in finding the right time, we will be able to plant twice in a year, which will improve our living conditions and solve the food shortage we are facing.”

“At the beginning of the month, we received winter wheat seeds from the capital for the experiment. Unfortunately, the seeds were broken, and we couldn’t germinate them.”

The moment everyone heard this, a small commotion happened. If the seeds were broken, it’s indeed impossible to germinate them and use them as seedlings. But the capital already gave the order—if they didn’t plant the winter wheat, they would be punished.

When they thought about getting a bad record, the villagers were worried. One of them raised his hand and asked, “Vice team leader, if the seeds are broken, how can we plant? Shouldn’t we report it to the capital and ask for new seeds?”

Hearing this question, An Xuyuan smiled and glanced in the Zhang family’s direction. When his gaze landed on Zhang Yulan, his eyes softened by several degrees—which he didn’t notice.

After he averted his gaze from Zhang Yulan, he looked at the villagers, nodded, and said, “We have reported this matter to the capital, but they didn’t have any extra seeds. So, we could only try to find the solutions by ourselves.”

“Fortunately, when we were at the end of our wits, the Zhang family offered to exchange their wheat seeds with our broken seeds.”

As soon as he finished his words, the villagers raised their doubts.

“Vice team leader, everyone knows the situation of the Zhang family. Let alone having good seeds, they might not even have the broken seeds. They can’t exchange good seeds with the production team’s broken seeds.”

“That’s right! If the one exchanging the seeds is the Lu or the Li family, we might still believe it. After all, we saw them come back from the mountains carrying some wheat before.”

When they said these words one after another, more villagers raised their doubts. Some of them even said harsh words full of disdain toward the Zhang family.

Seeing how the situation developed, An Xuyuan frowned and said, “Everyone, calm down!”

The moment they heard his words, they stopped talking and looked at him with worry. They could see that their vice team leader was unhappy.

After the village hall went silent, An Xuyuan said, “Everyone, the matter regarding the wheat seeds is true.”

“After he learned about the production team’s trouble, comrade Zhang went to the mountains and found the wheat despite the danger. He offered to exchange the seeds. He not only didn’t ask for any rewards, he even helped us find more seeds for a few days.”

“This time, the seeds found by Comrade Zhang are of high quality, and we successfully germinated them. We can start planting tomorrow, and based on the quality of the seeds, we can have a good harvest next year.”

“So, besides announcing the planting team, we also decided to reward the Zhang family for their contribution to the production team. The Zhang family will be given 200 work points and 50 yuan as a reward.”

When he finished his words, he nodded at Comrade Han. Seeing the gesture, Comrade Han stood up and walked toward Zhang Ermu’s seat.

He handed him an envelope and said, “Comrade Zhang, this is the reward from the production team. Please accept it.”

Zhang Ermu glanced at An Xuyuan and saw him nod. Since the production team staff didn’t have any objection, there was no reason for him to refuse.

“Thank you,” he said.

When the villagers saw this, they were surprised. It seems that the matter of exchanging seeds was true. Otherwise, the team leader and other staff would have objections about rewarding the Zhang family.

After Comrade Han took his seat, An Xuyuan continued, “Later, Comrade Han will announce the area where you are appointed. We will start working at 4 o’clock in the morning.”

“For those who have tools, you can go directly to your working area tomorrow. As for those without tools, you can go to the warehouse to borrow the tools. Is there any question?” he asked.

He waited for a while, and when he saw that no one had any questions, he said, “Then, I will leave the rest to Comrade Han.”

Comrade Han nodded and took over the meeting. He opened his folder and started reading the list. This time, the Li family and the Lu family were appointed to the same area—the south area.

Since the Zhang family has a good relationship with the Li family, An Xuyuan made some arrangements and put them in the same area.