1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 40: Biting the Eggs and Being Stubborn (Please Read! Please Vote!)

After the large-boned water spinach has fully grown, its stems are very thick and tall. Under the protection of the small arch shed, its leaves are shiny green and can be cut quickly with a sickle.

And they are seeds sown manually.

The density is appropriate and the water spinach is of uniform size.

After cutting it, you just need to simply clean up the few old leaves at the bottom, then tie it with a rope, and then use a knife to cut the head neatly, and a bunch of water spinach with excellent appearance is ready.

All four of them were very quick with their hands.

The evening glow gradually faded, and handfuls of water spinach were piled on the ground.

"Li Xiu, you should go back first. There are a lot of mosquitoes at night, and there aren't many left. The three of us can quickly clean them up."

Li Xiu looked at the vegetables in the bamboo basket and nodded, "Okay, then I'll go back and tie up the cowpeas, then boil water and cook."

There are indeed a lot of mosquitoes.

As long as there is an exposed part of the body, it will be bitten immediately. Even if the clothes you wear are thin and soaked with sweat and stick to your body, some long-legged mosquitoes can bite through the clothes, which is painful and itchy.

Fortunately, the food is good and can be harvested in the dark. If you use a flashlight, there will be more mosquitoes.

After collecting the vegetables for a while, Chen Jiazhi asked them to stop when he felt that it was almost done. However, after he turned around and packed the vegetables, he found that the amount collected exceeded the standard.

The harvested vegetables are placed on the ground first and then put into baskets, so Chen Jiazhi estimates how much vegetables to harvest based on the area of ​​the bed.

The yield turned out to be higher than expected.

In the early stage of land preparation for this water spinach field, 1 ton of fermented pig manure and phosphorus and potassium fertilizers were applied per mu, and quicklime was used for disinfection.

Urea was applied again during the process.

The fertility is sufficient.

Moreover, the vegetables were not harvested in advance and had sufficient growth, which caused Chen Jiazhi's expectations to deviate.

We have now estimated that we have harvested 280 kilograms of water spinach.

Adding in nearly 400 kilograms of other vegetables, there are a total of more than 680 kilograms of vegetables tonight.

Originally, Chen Jiazhi expected 600 kilograms of vegetables. He and Liu Minghua each carried 300 kilograms, so there was no need to find someone to help.

Now it's over 80 kilograms.

"I'll have to find someone else to bring the goods tomorrow morning. It's a pity that you can't ride a bike, Lao Ao, otherwise I would give you a whole bike."

Ao Dehai was holding a shoulder pole as he prepared to pick vegetables: "I don't speak Mandarin, so I can't help at the market. Picking vegetables is more suitable for me."

Chen Jiazhi also picked up his shoulder pole and said, "Okay, when I become bigger, you will be the leader of the vegetable harvesting team."

In the dark night, Chen Jiazhi couldn't see Ao Dehai's expression.

"Also, Lao Ao, I'm thinking of changing the composition of your salary, such as how much commission you'll get for every pound of choy sum you harvest.

I've observed that you harvest the vegetables very quickly these days, so your income will be much higher."

Ao Dehai: "The food is good recently."

The implication is that if the vegetables are good, the harvest will be faster.

Chen Jiazhi smiled and said, "Don't worry, I've taken this into consideration. There will definitely be times in the future when we collect rotten vegetables. When setting the commission, it won't be based on the current vegetable standards. However, there will be standards for vegetable quality, and losses caused by manual labor will also be deducted."

"this is necessary."

Harvesting vegetables is troublesome and time-consuming. As the area increases in the future, no matter how capable Chen Jiazhi is, he will not be able to take care of everything.

It is crucial to train vegetable pickers.

Commission is a good way.

Ao Dehai smiled and said, "Then I'd like to thank you in advance, Boss Chen. With your skills, most of the vegetables will surely be delicious. We vegetable pickers can also make a little money with you."

Chen Jiazhi likes this couple very much. Besides being reliable in harvesting vegetables, their words always touch his heart.

Zhao Yu also went back to the rental house to cook.

After Chen Jiazhi and Ao Dehai took the vegetables back, he stuffed a pack of cigarettes into Ao Dehai's hand and continued to do him small favors.

By this time, the food was ready and the whole family was waiting for him to eat.

Chen Jiazhi was already starving, so Brother Yi opened a beer for him and the side dishes were pretty good, with plenty of meat and some spicy clams, which both of them liked to eat with their beer.

"This afternoon, Liu Qirong and Zhou Shijun spread rumors everywhere, saying that you took over Liu Minghua's land just to reap the benefits and had no intention of seriously growing vegetables. You haven't taken care of it seriously in the past few days.

Even if you want to plant it, you don’t have the ability~” After two glasses of wine, Yi Dinggan talked about what he saw and heard in the afternoon.

Liu Qirong and Zhou Shijun were still upset about not being able to take over Liu Minghua's vegetable field, and the water spinach was about to be harvested.

The two of them seemed to be angry and slandered Chen Jiazhi everywhere, with a sour taste in their hearts.

Chen Jiafang coughed and said, "I think what they said makes sense. You should just sit back and reap the benefits. Even if you set the price high, 1700 yuan, after harvesting all the vegetables this time, it's only enough to cover the cost. You can plant whatever you want later, and as long as you can harvest it, it's profitable."

Chen Jiazhi looked at Yi Dinggan.

"I think what your second sister said makes sense. Aside from the high transfer price, you won't get any bargains, but you won't lose anything either."

"I don't think the transfer price is too high. I really plan to farm this land."

Chen Jiazhi raised his glass and said to Yi Dinggan: "Brother Yi, watch carefully and learn well. If you can't make money this year, you should come to work for me in the future."

Yi Dinggan clinked glasses with him speechlessly.

Chen Jiafang was also a little confused. Although Jiazhi’s dishes have been quite aggressive recently, they had not been cooked for more than 20 days before.

Now the land has more than doubled in value, so we can only hire workers.

"Jiazhi, it's not that easy to support workers. Two workers need at least four or five hundred yuan a month, and they don't work hard. I have to do a lot of the work myself.

You have to sell vegetables at night and catch up on sleep during the day, and Li Xiu is pregnant, how can you possibly manage it all by yourself? "

Yi Dinggan also sighed and said, "Brother, your second sister is right. Do you think it's all my management problem? There are so many plots of land, and many times things have to be assigned to the workers, but they can't do the job well at all."

In fact, you can't do it well even if you try it yourself. Chen Jiazhi just thought this in his heart but didn't dare to say it out loud.

"The main issue is the wages. The wages are too low and the workers have no initiative."

"They're only worth this much right now!" Yi Dinggan lowered his voice. "And you have so many vegetables every day, and you let your fellow villagers bring them all to you. It's fine in the short term, but in the long run, even the best relationships will be in trouble."

Today, Chen Jiazhi's dish broke the record again and has already caused a lot of discussion.

Chen Jiazhi said: "I asked Liu Minghua to help me pull the vegetables for a few days."

Yi Dinggan looked shocked, but Chen Jiafang nodded and said, "Okay, you've collected so many vegetables today that I'm shocked. I can help you take some, but if you take too much, the families will definitely complain."

Only Yi Dinggan remained silent.

Liu Minghua!

Who is that?
That's Jia Suzhen's husband. What have they been talking about these days? Who are the men Jia Suzhen has been throwing herself into?

There were many people, including Yi Dinggan, but Chen Jiazhi was not there.

This is definitely intentional!
Yi Dinggan: "You must be under a lot of pressure now, having to pay three people's salaries. By the way, how much do you pay him?"

"15 yuan a night."

"It's too high. Why don't you just return it? We smoked your cigarettes, and it's only right that we help carry your goods for a few more days."

"No, I won't return it. Just now you said that even the best relationships will have problems if you're involved in long-term sales. Why are you changing your mind now? Liu Minghua and you don't have any connection."

"..."

Yi Dinggan thought, damn, am I afraid of bringing in the goods? I'm afraid that everyone will be embarrassed. We haven't even met yet, and you really don't mind making a big deal out of it~
Chen Jiazhi didn't continue to play with fire on this issue. If his second sister really knew about it, the roof would be blown off.

He then mentioned that Ao Dehai and the other man would be charged commission for buying vegetables, just to let everyone know.

The two did not agree so much.

In addition to harvesting vegetables, there are many other tasks to do, such as land preparation, watering, plant protection, thinning, weeding, etc.

It can also affect the quantity and quality of the dishes.

Many workers cannot do these jobs well, even many old farmers are the same.

After all, the two still didn't think highly of him. At first, they wanted him to give up the land. If that didn't work, they asked him to sell the vegetables to make a profit and stop farming.

But there is nothing they can do if they are not optimistic.

Chen Jiazhi insisted, which is commonly known as "yao luan jian" in Sichuan dialect.

Chen Jiafang and the other person didn't have any expectations for Li Xiu. Jiazhi had been doing a good job recently, and Li Xiu listened to him in everything.

As the elder sister, I have no way to deal with this couple.

It’s difficult!
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