Male Lead's Canon Fodder Wife - Chapter 342

Chapter 342: Sunflower Harvest
Lu Jueyu likes children, and feels heartbroken when she sees the Dong siblings being too sensible at a young age. Growing up as orphans was not easy for them.

After thinking about it, she said, “How about you come and help your uncle and aunt harvest the vegetables every day? In exchange, we will prepare meals for you.”

Thinking of the vegetable garden he just saw, Dong Li thought for a while and finally nodded. The amount of vegetables was a lot. If Uncle Li goes to work, Aunt Li needs to do everything alone and the work is indeed too much for her to handle by herself.

In this case, it would be better for them to help her. On the one hand, it can reduce her workload, and on the other hand, it will not be embarrassing for them to eat the food cooked by Aunt Li.

Seeing his agreement, Dong Huang also nodded and said, “Aunt Li, Xiao Huang is very good at harvesting vegetables.”

Li Chenmo didn’t speak when he heard his wife’s words. As long as his wife is happy, he will agree to anything. What’s more, he does have the same intentions as his wife.

Lu Jueyu smiled after hearing Dong Huang’s words, took a piece of fish steak for her, and said, “Okay. Eat more so that you can grow up quickly and help auntie.”

“Okay!”

After lunch, Dong Li and Dong Huang went to pick up pigweed, while Li Chenmo went to send money to Zhang Dongmei and Pan Meijia. While her husband was out, Lu Jueyu tidied up the house.

The days passed leisurely, and three weeks passed in the blink of an eye. Today is April 1, 1974, and spring is almost over. The weather is getting hotter day by day.

Waking up before dawn, Lu Jueyu and Li Chenmo went to her space to wash up and came out after breakfast. Lu Jueyu saw that the leaves of the sunflowers had turned yellow, the petals were withered, and the seeds were full. She smiled and said, “Husband, we can harvest the sunflowers today.”

After hearing her words, Li Chenmo went to get some big baskets to place the sunflowers. They cut about a foot off the flower heads with a harvesting knife and placed them in the baskets. The process was simple and they harvested all the sunflowers in less than two hours.

When they were done, Lu Jueyu collected all the sunflowers into her space and went in with her husband. In the space, both of them wore gloves and began to rub the seed heads above the basin to remove the seeds.

Although this process was a bit fun, after rubbing for a long time, Lu Jueyu felt sore in her arm and rested for a while. Because of the amount of sunflowers, it took them three days in space to remove all of the seeds. After that, they use machines to remove debris, clean the seeds, roast them, and package the seeds for storage.

When they reappeared in the bedroom, more than an hour had passed. Before they could tidy up the garden, they heard a knock on the door in the front yard. Judging from the time, it seems that the Dong family brother and sister are coming.

In the past three weeks, the Dong siblings have become accustomed to working at Li Chenmo’s place. They come at seven in the morning and work for three hours. After lunch, they went to collect firewood for Li Chenmo and Lu Jueyu. Then, when they came in the afternoon, Lu Jueyu would give them dinner to bring back or let them stay for dinner.

After three weeks of eating Lu Jueyu’s food, their previous thin, malnourished appearance disappeared. Opening the door, Li Chenmo saw two cute children smiling at him, “Good morning, Uncle Li.”

He stepped aside and said, “Mhmm, good morning. Come in.”

Since the Dong siblings came to help clean up the garden, he went to the pigpen to feed the pigs and clean the pen.

Seeing it was them, Lu Jueyu said, “Both of you are here. Let’s have some breakfast first.”

Dong Li and Dong Huang, who were already very familiar with Li Chenmo and Lu Jueyu, did not refuse. They had a bowl of porridge, a cup of soy milk, and two meat buns for breakfast.

Sitting next to them, Lu Jueyu said, “Next we have to clean the sunflower stems and harvest the vegetables. We also need to harvest the fruits. If there is not enough time, there is no need to collect pigweed today.”

After listening to her words, they both nodded. Dong Huang swallowed the food and said, “Aunt Li, your fruit is so fragrant. I can smell it from outside.”

Hearing her words, Lu Jueyu smiled and said, “If you like it, bring some back later.”

Dong Huang shook her head and said, “Aunt Li, I don’t want to bring it back. I’ll just eat it here.”

Lu Jueyu smiled and said, “Okay, Aunt Li will cut a cantaloupe for you later.”

“Thank you, Aunt Li!”

After breakfast, they started to work. Since pulling out the sunflower stems requires strength, Dong Huang did not join in and was responsible for harvesting the vegetables. While they were working, Li Chenmo returned from the pigpen with Li Lingyun and Li Chenze.

Seeing them coming to help, Lu Jueyu smiled and said, “Elder brother, second brother, you are here.”

Li Chenze nodded at her and said, “Sister-in-law, we come to help tidy your vegetable gardens.”

“Thank you, Elder brother.”

With extra help, they had the garden cleared by noon. Before Li Chenze and Li Lingyun left, Lu Jueyu went to the kitchen to pack some roasted sunflower seeds, fruit slices, ten eggs, and a small bottle of tonic wine for them.

As the weather gets hotter, they are prone to heatstroke. Because they didn’t often eat the food in her space every day, she occasionally gave them some tonic wine to drink. This way, they won’t get sick due to weather changes or overexertion.