Male Lead's Canon Fodder Wife - Chapter 320

Chapter 320: Cantaloupe, Watermelon ( 1 )
Li Lingyun looked at his brother and said, “Brother, I have money. It’s spring now and meat will spoil if left for too long. My nephew is growing up and needs to eat more meat. So, don’t skimp on food. If it’s not enough I’ll buy some more.”

Li Chenze gets a headache every time he talks about money with his brothers. Li Lingyun and Li Chenmo were both difficult to persuade and spent money lavishly, which made him very worried.

Seeing his second brother’s insistence, Li Chenze could only sigh and said, “Okay, but don’t buy too often.”

Li Lingyun knew that his brother was worried about him, so he nodded, “Mhmm, I know.”

Seeing his elder brother worried about them, Li Chenmo felt helpless. At first, he wanted to help his elder brother sell things on the black market. But due to the pig-raising plan, it was postponed until today.

His elder brother doesn’t have much money, so it’s normal for him to feel distressed if they spent money to buy meat too often. If he was able to earn more money, he would change his mind.

After coming to this conclusion, he said, “Elder brother, when do you plan to sell things to that place?”

After hearing this, Li Chenze remembered their original plan and said, “I plan to ask your sister-in-law to make some snacks to sell.”

Li Chenmo thought for a while and said, “My wife also wants to make some snacks. How about you ask my sister-in-law to come over and cook with my wife? I will prepare the ingredients, so my sister-in-law doesn’t need to bring anything.”

Li Chenze was stunned, frowned and said, “How can this be possible? If you prepare the ingredients, aren’t we taking advantage of you and your wife?”

Li Chenmo knew that even if they were brothers, they had to calculate their money clearly. So, he said, “Brother, there are a lot of orders now, but my wife can’t handle it alone. So, I want to ask my sister-in-law to help her. In this way, we can complete the orders and retain the customers. As for the profit, we will share it equally after deducting the cost of raw materials.”

Li Lingyun’s eyes lit up when he heard his words. Pan Meijia likes the food cooked by Lu Jueyu the most. She would be delighted if he told her this idea. So, before Li Chenze could speak, he interrupted them, “Third brother, I’ll tell my wife. She will definitely agree to help your wife.”

Li Chenmo rolled his eyes at his second brother’s shameless words and said, “Second brother, you have to be careful with what you say. Pan Meijia hasn’t married you yet, calling her your wife will ruin her reputation.”

Li Lingyun waved his hand and said confidently, “Sooner or later she will become your second sister-in-law. Just practice calling her sister-in-law from now on.”

Feeling too lazy to pay attention to his shameless second brother, Li Chenmo snorted and said, “If they agree, just come over after lunch.”

After more than ten days of getting along, Li Chenze has become accustomed to their ‘showing off’ banter to each other. As the eldest son, he can only listen to them boasting to each other and act as a mediator when the ‘competition’ becomes too fierce.

After reaching an agreement, Li Chenmo went back to his home to have breakfast with his wife, while Li Lingyun returned to his house to get pig blood and meat. As for Li Chenze, he went back and told his wife Li Chenmo’s suggestion, and then went to ask his uncles about the pig manure.

When Li Chenmo came back from the pig pen, Lu Jueyu was preparing breakfast in the kitchen. Smelling the aroma of scallion pancakes, he walked towards the kitchen with a smile.

Hearing the familiar footsteps, Lu Jueyu turned her head and said, “Husband, I boiled a pot of water for you. You go and wash up first then we can have breakfast together.”

“Mhmm.” Li Chenmo nodded, took the hot water and went to take a bath.

When she was making the scallion pancakes, the chicken porridge was ready. She took the chicken porridge from the brazier, filled the kettle with soy milk, and put it on the brazier. In addition to scallion pancakes, chicken porridge, and soy milk, she also steamed some meat buns.

When she finished cooking, her husband had finished taking a bath. As the weather got warmer, they did not eat on the Kang bed, but in the living room instead. Their home is a courtyard house, so the living room is spacious and well ventilated.

While eating, Li Chenmo said, “Wife, I have already discussed our plan to sell snacks on the black market with my brothers. After lunch, my sister-in-law may bring Pan Meijia over to make snacks with you.”

Lu Jueyu nodded and asked, “Husband, have you told your brother that we want to use our ingredients? Houzi said that his customers only want to buy our snacks. I think in addition to the snacks tasting better, maybe they also noticed the health benefits. So they dared to pay a higher price.”

Li Chenmo agreed with his wife and said, “I have already told my brothers about this. You can discuss with my sister-in-law and Pan Meijia on how to distribute the income later.”

“Alright.”

Remembering that the cantaloupes and watermelons were ready to be harvested, Lu Jueyu said, “Husband, after breakfast, can you help me harvest the cantaloupes and watermelons?”

“Mhmm.” Li Chenmo agreed readily.

After breakfast, Li Chenmo cleared the table and went to wash the dishes while Lu Jueyu went to the woodshed to get the bamboo baskets and harvesting knives. For cantaloupe, they just need to hold the stem and twist it slightly, as the cantaloupe has reached the full slip stage and will easily fall off the stem.

As for the watermelon, they need to cut it from the vine, leaving a few inches of stem attached to the fruit. So, they wouldn’t damage the vine and can get more fruits from the same plant.