Male Lead's Canon Fodder Wife - Chapter 85

Chapter 85: Pig Raising Plan ( 2 )
An adult pig weighs between 50 and 350 kg, depending on feeding. For every kilogram of meat, the brigade will give them 5 work points. That way, if they can raise the pigs to at least 200 kg, they get 1,000 work points. Raising two pigs is equivalent to a half year’s worth of work points for an adult man! What’s more, with her pig feed from space, she believes she can raise the pig to more than 300 kilograms.

After thinking about it, she looked at Li Chenmo and said, “Husband, how many pigs do you want to raise?”

Li Chenmo’s plan is to raise pigs by himself. If she were to take care of the pig, Lu Jueyu would be too tired. Not to mention anything else, the task of cleaning the pigsty alone is not easy. Considering that he needs to work in the fields, he said, “I plan to raise two pigs.”

Lu Jueyu thought about it and said, “Husband, we can build a pigsty similar to a chicken coop, with places for feed and drinking water. With this design, we only need to pour the feed into the feeder, and there will be no mess in the pen. It won’t be too much work to clean out the pigsty and we can raise four pigs.”

Li Chenmo thought for a while and said, “If we raise four pigs, it will take a long time to cook the pig feed. I need to work in the field, so I won’t have enough time.”

“I can collect pigweeds and cook pig feed. As for cleaning the pigsty, you can teach me.” Lu Jueyu said with bright eyes.

Seeing her enthusiasm, Li Chenmo said, “Wife, cleaning the pigsty is not easy and very tiring. What’s more, your body is still very weak. What if you get ill from overwork?”

“I’m not that weak. Husband, I want to help you. Just let me do it, okay?” She said while tugging on his sleeve.

Li Chenmo looked at her and frowned. After a long time, he sighed and said helplessly, “Okay. You will be in charge of cooking the pig feed. As for the rest, I’ll do it.”

“Great! Pig manure can be used to fertilize our vegetable garden. When spring comes, let’s plant some fruit trees and vegetables.” Lu Jueyu said while thinking.

“Alright.”

Seeing her smiling happily, Li Chenmo smiled. As long as she is happy, it doesn’t matter how tired he is. After breakfast, Li Chenmo went to Father Li’s house, while Lu Jueyu went to her space and took some nuts and seeds.

It’s almost New Year, and Lu Jueyu needs to prepare some snacks for the guests. Often, villagers buy raw seeds or nuts from state-owned supply stores and roast them themselves. So it wasn’t surprising when the neighbors smelled roasted melon seeds and nuts.

In addition to melon seeds, Lu Jueyu also roasted some pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds. For nuts, she prepares cashews, almonds, chestnuts, pecans, pine nuts, peanuts and walnuts. Nuts are either roasted or toasted before seasoned with sugar, salt, pepper, or other seasonings. When she’s done, Lu Jueyu stores the nuts and seeds in separate jars. There were ten large jars in total, filled with three kinds of seeds and seven kinds of nuts.

She put the jars away in the cupboard, and then brought out several bags of milk candy, fruit candy, and candied fruit. Lu Jueyu stores them in separate jars with seeds and nuts. Fortunately, Li Chenmo made a huge cabinet and put it in the kitchen to store ingredients. Otherwise, she would have to put the snacks in the bedroom cupboard.

After preparing the snacks, she came to the front yard and saw the peach tree by the well. This peach tree was supposed to be harvested in the summer. But from her observations, the peach tree may not be able to bear fruit because it has been watered with brackish water for a long time.

Thinking about the water in her space, Lu Jueyu came to the backyard and filled a bucket with water from the space. She took it to the peach tree and used it to water the tree. While watering the tree in winter can freeze the root, she is curious about the effect of water on the plants.

Since there are health benefits to humans and animals consuming the water, it should also have some benefits to plants too. So, she used this peach tree as an experimental subject. If the tree can bear fruit next year, she will be able to get better products from her vegetable garden in the future.

After watering the tree, she went to the backyard and filled the tank with water from the space. There are four large water tanks in the backyard near the kitchen and a small water tank in the kitchen. Usually, the water freezes in winter, but placing them near the kitchen will keep the water from freezing.

Not long after Lu Jueyu filled up the water tank, Li Chenmo came back with Father Li and the educated youth who lived with Father Li.

“Husband, Father, welcome home.” She greeted them with a smile.

“Xiaoyu, how are you? I heard from the third son that you are not feeling well.” Father Li asked with a hint of concern.

“I’m much better now, Father. Thank you for your concern. Come in and have a seat.” Lu Jueyu said, gesturing for them to come in.

“Sister-in-law.” The educated youth greeted her as soon as they entered the door.

“Have a seat.” She smiled at them.

Li Chenmo glanced at the educated youth and said, “Wife, I’ll put the old hen at the back of the kitchen first.”

Sensing his gaze, they quickly looked away from Lu Jueyu. Father Li shook his head when he saw his third son’s small movements.

Lu Jueyu nodded to him, and then said to Father Li, “Father, have some tea.”