1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 54 Heavy rain is coming
"Chen Cai Nong, are you still watching?"

After a while, Hong Zhong had already loaded the fertilizer and was ready to drive to deliver the goods. Seeing Chen Jiazhi looking at it seriously, he shouted.

Chen Jiazhi put down the book and said, "Boss Hong, can you lend me this book for two days after you finish reading it? I will return it to you after I finish it."

Hong Zhong was stunned for a moment and said, "It's okay. If you are interested, you can take it now. I was just bored and took a look."

Chen Jiazhi immediately picked up the book again: "I won't be polite."

"When have you ever been polite to me?"

After the fertilizer arrived at the vegetable market, Chen Jiazhi and Hong Zhong chatted for a few minutes while unloading the goods, and only then did he realize that Hong Zhong had also filled up the warehouse.

I felt relieved immediately. With this favor in mind, the goods promised to him should be given to him at the original price.

After unloading, Chen Jiazhi also went out to prepare the land.

There are not many vegetables left in the field.

The remaining water spinach is a little old and can only be sold slowly, but with loofah, bitter melon, cowpea and green beans, the basic daily income is still guaranteed.

The most important tasks now are land preparation and sowing, as well as flood prevention and waterlogging prevention.

After a rainstorm, the humidity is too high and it is difficult to plant seeds in a short period of time, so you should plant seeds as soon as possible before the rainstorm.

Nowadays, land preparation is done entirely manually, which is not very efficient.

What's more, Chen Jiazhi also required high-bed cultivation and the cleaning of ditches to ensure that both open and underground ditches were unobstructed.

And after sowing and watering, the small shed will be set up and covered with a sunshade net as soon as possible.

And check whether the nylon ropes are firmly fixed one by one.

The seeds sown a few days ago have already sprouted and should be uncovered in time.

Apply fertilizer to water spinach during its growing period.

One thing after another.

Two or three days passed like this, selling one or two hundred yuan a day, which was actually a good income, but Chen Jiazhi felt a little bored.

The evening of June 5.

There was no sun, but it was extremely hot and stuffy.

"Lao Ao, check again and tighten everything up. The weather is not right. It may rain heavily."

"Well, it's too hot. It's likely to rain."

After harvesting the vegetables in the evening, Chen Jiazhi and Ao Dehai checked the loofah racks one by one to ensure that the bamboo poles were firmly inserted and the ropes were tied tightly.

Then they opened the gap in the ditch that was specially blocked for watering, drained the water, and ensured that all connection points and outlets were unobstructed.

Chen Jiazhi couldn't remember exactly when it rained in his previous life.

Maybe tonight.

Maybe tomorrow during the day.

Chen Jiazhi has to sell vegetables tomorrow morning, so he can only make preparations in advance.

After checking the bracket, Chen Jiazhi called out again, "Lao Ao, put up the sunshade net."

"Build it now?"

"Hey! If it rains heavily tonight, all the vegetables will be ruined!"

The carefully prepared water spinach can be harvested soon. If there is a heavy rain, the branches, leaves and stems will definitely be damaged. Then they can only be harvested immediately and there is no time to wait for the high price later.

There were also newly planted seeds and seedlings, and the heavy rain compacted the soil and basically destroyed them.

Sunshade nets are usually covered during the day, but Chen Jiazhi was certain that a rainstorm was not far away, so he took Ao Dehai to cover all the sunshade nets in the dark and repeatedly tightened the nylon ropes.

After preparing for so long, Chen Jiazhi didn't dare to relax at the last moment.

The two of them were busy until after 10 o'clock before going home.

"Scholar, why are you back so late?"

As soon as he arrived at the door, Guo Mancang called out to him and handed him a cigarette.

Chen Jiazhi took the cigarette and started smoking. "We're putting up the sunshade net. It's too hot and stuffy, and the clouds are thickening. I feel like it's going to rain. Lao Guo, have you opened all the gaps in the ditches?"

"I opened it."

"What about the two plots of land below you?"

"Did not notice."

"Go check it out. If it really rains heavily and the bottom is blocked, you won't be able to escape from the top. It's best to cover it with film as well."

Guo Mancang didn't hesitate and went to the field again immediately.

Li Mingkun and others were taking a shower. After they came out, Chen Jiazhi repeated the same words several times without avoiding other fellow villagers in the vegetable market.

Most people don't say much, just go to the fields to check, and there are usually some signs of heavy rain. Hot and humid weather does not necessarily mean heavy rain.

But in Flower City, it rains a lot, so generally no vegetable farmers dare to be careless. However, there are also some people in the vegetable market who are taking chances.

I vaguely blame Chen Jiazhi for making a fuss.

"Jiazhi, go take a shower first."

Li Xiu had already finished showering and washing her hair, and changed into a short-sleeved shirt and knee-length shorts, revealing a section of her fair arms and calves, which formed a sharp contrast with her neck, hands, and face.

Chen Jiazhi took the bucket and said, "You should stay home for the next two months and do the cooking, washing, cleaning, and so on. Don't do the farm work; it's too hot and too tiring."

"It's okay, I think it's fine." Li Xiu said nonchalantly, "Besides, you can't handle it all by yourself."

"And Ao Dehai and Zhao Yu."

"After all, he is an outsider."

"You have to believe me. I can handle it even if I'm alone. You've seen it all during this period."

"I'm just sitting around doing nothing at home..."

The two were arguing at the door when Yi Dinggan suddenly came out of the room. "Li Xiu, why don't you listen to Jiazhi this time? You're due in two or three months, right? In my opinion, you should just stay home and rest."

"No, I've only contracted four acres of land. It's the busiest time now. I can't stay out."

Li Xiu gritted her teeth and said, "Well, I won't do any other heavy work, just pick the loofahs and cowpeas every day."

"Okay, it's a deal. I'm going to take a shower first."

Chen Jiazhi carried the bucket to the bathroom and thought, after the heavy rain, I should go and pull out the bean melon seedlings.

...

early morning.

After getting up, Chen Jiazhi felt increasingly hot and stuffy, and felt a little irritated.

"Brother Yi, I'll go check the fields again."

Yi Dinggan was surprised: "Isn't it all done? Why are you still going to see it?"

Chen Jiazhi had already walked into the darkness: "Go check again, just in case."

No one else left either.

Guo Mancang thought for a moment and said, "I'll go take a look too."

When he left, Li Mingkun felt a little uneasy: "Wait for me, I'll go too."

Yi Dinggan looked at Qi Yongfeng and, as expected, he also walked towards the field.

"are you crazy!"

He followed.

It took more than half an hour to get there, and when they came back, everyone looked a little unhappy.

It wasn't until they left the vegetable market that they started chatting.

"My gutter is blocked."

"Me too."

"Same."

"If it was just one person, it would be understandable. But if everything is blocked, then someone must have done it on purpose. Who is that bastard? He's hurting others and not benefiting himself. If it's going to be flooded, then everyone will be flooded!"

"Jiazhi, what about yours?"

"My drain is not blocked."

Everyone was surprised, but then they heard Chen Jiazhi say, "But the main ditch next to Plot 6 has been blocked by a dam, and the water in the ditch is flowing into the plot."

"..."

After a while, Yi Dinggan sighed, "As expected, Jiazhi, you are the one who attracts more hatred. We are just jealous of you, but people outside are just hoping you'll die."

Chen Jiazhi wondered in his mind who might have done it, and soon arrived at Luoxi Bridge, where he could only concentrate on climbing the slope.

Because I was delayed for a while at the field, it was already past two o'clock when I arrived at the market.

A flash of lightning suddenly appeared in the dark night, and a moment later there was a loud thunder and heavy rain suddenly came.

All the vegetable farmers looked at Chen Jiazhi.

"Brother Zhi, you are amazing!"

The raindrops were the size of several soybeans, hitting the house with a crackling sound.

Chen Jiazhi looked at the people who had survived the disaster and said, "I'm wondering how we're going to sell this dish tonight!"

(End of this chapter)