Male Lead's Canon Fodder Wife - Chapter 218

Chapter 218: Fruit Chips
Seeing that Father Li ignored him and didn’t want to discuss the matter anymore, Li Chenxuan snorted and walked away angrily. He always knew that his father never liked him and always favored Li Chenmo. But this is a serious issue related to his dignity and face. After agreeing, wouldn’t it be embarrassing if he couldn’t fulfill his promise? How could his father treat this matter so casually?

When Father Lu saw Li Chenxuan leaving with a dark face, he glanced at his wife, and the two exchanged a tacit look. Both of them heard about the Li family’s matter from their second daughter-in-law and learned about the Li family’s situation. They have discussed the matter with their sons and daughters-in-law.

If Lu Jueyu or Li Chenmo came to them for help, they would agree. But since neither their daughter nor their son-in-law said anything about it, they pretended to know nothing. After all, this is a private matter of the Li family and they cannot ask casually.

Father Li noticed the looks of people around him and sighed. Despite his concern about his second daughter-in-law’s condition, he continued working as if nothing had happened.

After Li Chenxuan returned to his house in the village, Li Chenze and Li Chenmo heard about his visit from the villagers. As soon as Li Chenmo heard that his second brother had come to see his father, he already guessed what his second brother wanted. Therefore, when Li Chenze asked him to go to Father Li’s house after getting off work, he was not surprised and agreed.

At the same time, Lu Jueyu was picking Chinese gooseberries on the mountain. The fruit should be harvested around October to December and can be counted as a winter fruit. So when Lu Jueyu discovered that these fruit trees had not been harvested yet in early spring, she was surprised and delighted.

She picked some ripe fruits, put them in a bamboo basket, and then collected the fruit trees into her own space. In addition to Chinese gooseberries, she found more staple foods, fruits, mushrooms, and medicinal herbs. After wandering in the mountains for three hours, she returned home.

When she returned, she filled the bamboo basket with pigweed so as not to arouse the suspicion of the villagers. When she got home, it was already ten o’clock in the morning. After putting the pigweed into the warehouse, Lu Jueyu entered her space and took a shower.

For today’s lunch, she prepared steamed buns, chicken soup, braised pork, and stir-fry vegetables. For an afternoon snack, she made fruit slices. These snacks are delicious and healthy. Since she had just picked a lot of fruit from the mountains, she started processing it into chips. She could later sell the chips on the black market or eat them. She made banana, kiwi, apple, mango, strawberry, jackfruit, and pineapple slices.

After she had prepared fruit slices and lunch, Lu Jueyu brought a three-layer bamboo basket, two kettles of water, and a kettle of lemon tea from her space. After locking the door, she left the house on her bicycle.

As before, she rode her bicycle towards the north area and passed through the central area. Pan Meijia saw her coming from a distance, so she stopped working and ran to get the bamboo basket. Although her cooking skills are not as good as Lu Jueyu’s, she can still make some simple snacks and foods.

She also enjoyed picking wild fruits in the foothills near Lu’s home. So, she recently picked a lot of wild fruits and made candied fruit. When Lu Jueyu parked her bicycle on the side of the road, Pan Meijia was already waiting for her.

Seeing her holding a jar and a bamboo water bottle, Lu Jueyu smiled and said, “Meijia, I made lemon tea today. Do you want some?”

“Of course.” Pan Meijia nodded and opened the water bottle. She already regarded Lu Jueyu as a close friend, so she accepted her things without any hesitation.

When Lu Jueyu filled her water bottle, Pan Meijia put the jar in her hand into the front basket of the bicycle and said, “Jueyu, I made some candied fruit. This is your share. From now on, whenever I make something, I will give you some. This way I won’t feel embarrassed accepting your stuff.”

Lu Jueyu nodded and had no intention of rejecting her. After filling the bamboo water bottle, she took out a small package wrapped in oil paper, handed it to Pan Meijia, and said in a low voice, “These are fruit slices. I’m going to take them to the market to sell. You can try it for me first and see if it could be sold for money.”

Pan Meijia’s eyes lit up when she heard her words. She leaned over and said, “Jueyu, your snacks are great. I was surprised when I saw how much money you could make selling these things. This time, I believe you can make a lot of money too.”

“If you want to learn, I can teach you how to do it.” Lu Jueyu said.

Hearing this, Pan Meijia waved her hands quickly and said with wide eyes, “No, no, no. That’s your rice bowl’s skill, how could you teach me so casually? You should keep your family’s recipes secret and not share them with others. More importantly, these recipes can let you earn money. Even if it’s me, you shouldn’t teach it to others easily.”

Lu Jueyu did not insist and said, “Okay, then whenever you want it, just tell me. I will make it for you.”

This time, Pan Meijia did not refuse and said with a smile, “Then it’s settled!”

After sharing some lemon tea and fruit slices with Pan Meijia, Lu Jueyu first went to the south area to add water to her and Li Chenmo’s brothers and gave them some fruit slices. When she walked to Zhang Dongmei, she saw that she was talking to Chen Anwen.

“Sister-in-law.” She called them both.