While Chen Jianguo was puzzled, both Dong Li and Chen Jianmin understood the underlying meaning of Li Chenze’s words. They glanced at each other but said nothing.
While they busied themselves in the pig pen, Li Chenmo arrived at the mountain. He set down the cart and walked over to check the pits, only to find most of them empty. Out of ten pits, only two contained fertilizer, as the processed fertilizer was taken away already.
Sighing, he poured the fresh pig manure into the empty pits and sprinkled spiritual herb powder over the two that were still processing.
Since increasing the quantity of fertilizer wasn’t possible, he focused on enhancing its effectiveness. This way, even if the brigade diluted the fertilizer excessively with water, it would still boost crop growth.
It took him several trips to transport all the manure. Not long after he finished mixing it with the spiritual herb powder and left it to process, he heard footsteps approaching.
Looking up, he saw the brigade staff and greeted them, "Good morning, comrades."
The staff returned his greeting, and one of them spoke hesitantly while glancing at the empty pits, "Comrade Li, we are sorry for taking all the fertilizer. Yesterday, the brigade leader asked us to bring back all the available fertilizer to transport it to the capital. We wanted to inform you, but you were busy with your family matters, so—"
Li Chenmo nodded and replied understandingly, "It’s okay. Comrade Jiang already informed me, and I understand the brigade’s decision. However, the amount of fertilizer won’t be sufficient, so we will need to dilute it further with water."
Hearing his words, one staff member asked, "Comrade Li, won’t mixing in too much water reduce the efficiency of the fertilizer?"
"It shouldn’t be a problem. My family always adds a lot of water to the fertilizer, and our vegetables grow just fine," Li Chenmo explained.
Recalling the rumors about the exceptional quality of Li Chenmo’s vegetables, the staff nodded in agreement.
"If we can mix in more water, then the fertilizer shortage problem might be resolved," one of them said excitedly.
Another staff member asked, "Comrade Li, can we get more fertilizer today?" ƒгeewebnovёl.com
Smiling helplessly, Li Chenmo responded, "Comrade, it’s not that I don’t want to provide more, but as you can see, the fertilizer isn’t ready yet. You can come back in three days to collect it from these two pits. For the others, you will need to wait at least ten days."
The staff frowned and exchanged uncertain glances before one of them asked, "Comrade Li, is there any other way to get more fertilizer?"
"Comrade, you know my family raises 50 pigs, and the daily manure production is fixed. Even if I wanted to help, there is nothing more I can do," Li Chenmo said firmly.
The truth was, that the fertilizer shortage could be resolved if they used manure from Li Lingyun’s pig farm. However, doing so would risk exposing the farm and endangering his second brother.
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