Male Lead's Canon Fodder Wife - Chapter 898

Chapter 898: Distribution Day ( 4 )
Seeing the troubled look on the staff’s face, Li Chenmo asked, “Comrade, is there any problem?”

The staff looked at him and said, “Comrade Li, let me tell you the truth. It is impossible to give you so much grain. Your family alone can get about 1,591 kilograms of grain from your work points.”

“Although our brigade has a good harvest, we cannot give you so much. We can only give you 800 kilograms of grain at most.”

When Li Chenmo heard this, he frowned and said, “But this is what the brigade promised me.”

“Yes, but…”

While the staff were racking their brains to think of the solution, there was a commotion in the food distribution area.

Everyone was surprised to see the brigade secretary coming in person. This was the first time for the villagers to see someone in a high position. So, everyone rushed to the front to shake hands.

The brigade secretary was afraid that the children and elderly would be injured, so he quickly said, “Everyone, please stop pushing each other. Don’t get hurt.”

After hearing this, the villagers finally calmed down and stopped pushing. With the help of the production team staff, the brigade secretary finally reached the slaughtering area after twenty minutes.

When the brigade staff saw him, they quickly saluted him and greeted him, “Good morning, sir.”

Li Chenmo also nodded to the brigade secretary and said, “Good morning, Sir. Long time no see.”

The brigade secretary smiled and said, “It’s been a long time indeed. Comrade Li, how are you?”

“I’m doing very well. Thank you for asking, Sir.”

The brigade secretary took a look at the pigs, checked the records, nodded and said, “Indeed, the pigs raised by Comrade Li are of better quality than those raised by our brigade.”

When Li Chenmo heard this, his eyes flickered for a moment before they returned to normal.

He smiled and said, “This is all the result of my wife’s hard work. She often goes to the mountains to collect pigweed. The quality of pigweed in the mountains is much better than that in the foothills.”

The brigade secretary nodded and said, “The soil in the mountains is relatively fertile, and pigweed’s quality is better.”

After a few polite words, he finally asked, “Comrade Li, do you plan to exchange all of your work points for food?”

Li Chenmo had no intention of hiding this matter and nodded, “I do have this plan.”

“With your work points, you will get a lot of food. Even after next summer’s harvest, your family may not be able to finish it. May I know why you want food instead of money?” asked the brigade secretary.

Li Chenmo knew that the brigade secretary might be suspicious of them and thought they wanted to sell grain.

So, he calmly explained, “Sir, in my village and neighboring villages, there are many orphans and old people who do not have enough to eat. The strong people in their families either died in the famine or died of illness and accidents. Some are also listed as soldiers and sacrifice themselves to protect our family and country.”

“With the amount of food my family gets, we can at least help them get through the year without going hungry. Even if we can’t help everyone to have a full belly, at least we can help them eat one or two meals a day.”

“If we exchange work points for money, maybe we can buy good things for ourselves. But many people will die of hunger. For my wife and I, life is good enough now. If we can help others, then it was worth the months of hard work,” he added.

As soon as he said this, everyone was stunned. It wasn’t just the brigade secretary who thought Li Chenmo wanted to sell the grain on the black market. Therefore, they never expected that this would be his reason.

After a while, the brigade secretary finally came to his senses and said, “Comrade Li, is this your real reason?”

Li Chenmo nodded and said, “To be honest, my family still has some leftover grain from last year. We also grew vegetables, potatoes, and beans at home. So, we didn’t need too many grains from the beginning.”

“But if this is not possible, then we will take the money,” he added.

When the brigade secretary heard this, he quickly said, “It’s possible, of course it’s possible!”

He was very willing to let this enthusiastic man help others, so he had no reason to refuse his request. After all, they still need to subsidize those who don’t have enough to eat. Otherwise, if too many people starve to death, everyone in the brigade office will be punished.

“Comrade Li, how about we help you distribute the food? If you do it yourself, it will take a lot of time and energy,” the brigade secretary said.

Now that the reason had been stated, Li Chenmo did not refuse and readily agreed, “Then I will trouble everyone to help with this matter.”

“My family will take 800 kilograms of grain. The rest will be distributed to those who need it,” he added.

Upon hearing this amount, the brigade secretary nodded and said, “Okay!”

After they finished discussing the work points matters, Li Chenmo went to help his wife move the food back home.

Today, his eldest brother went to borrow Zhang Ermu’s bullock cart. They will use it to transport the grains.

When it was their turn, the villagers looked at them with jealousy in their eyes. Other families can only get around 200 kg to 400 kg at most. But his family of four received 800 kilograms of grain.

Raising pigs is indeed a very good deal ah!

After Li Chenmo and Dong Li loaded all the food into the cart, Li Chenmo held the reins while Dong Huang sat on the seat.

Lu Jueyu walked beside her husband, while Dong Li pushed the cart behind to reduce the burden on the ox.