1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 65 Let’s Buy a Car Tomorrow

"Sure, come and help me sell vegetables tomorrow morning."

Qi Yongfeng shook his head and said seriously, "What I mean is that I don't want to grow vegetables myself anymore. I want to work for you. I've found that growing vegetables for the two of us is far inferior to working for you."

Things happened a little suddenly.

Chen Jiazhi originally thought that Qi Yongfeng could continue to persevere. After all, Qi Yongfeng and his partner's current situation was much better than in their previous life.

At least a good crop of water spinach was produced in the early stage. Although it ran out after only two harvests, another crop of water spinach will come out in a few days.

Just overcome it and you will get through it.

He must have been stimulated by the 1,000 yuan salary he gave to Ao Dehai and the other man.

There may also be factors such as incorrect pollination of the loofah, the bustling vegetable selling scene just now, etc.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Jiazhi nodded and said, "Okay, if you're willing to come, I'll definitely accept you. But working for me won't be as free as working on your own."

Qi Yongfeng: "It's okay, I'll listen to you from now on. If you say go east, I definitely won't go west."

Yi Dinggan suddenly said, "What about your vegetables and land? Do you want to transfer them out? How about giving the land to me?"

He has been selling vegetables quite a lot recently, and he has been relatively restrained in spending money, so he must have saved quite a bit of money.

"We're all family, so I won't take advantage of you. You harvest the vegetables first, and when you free up a piece of land, I'll give you a piece. What do you think?"

Chen Jiazhi: "That's fine too. If Yongfeng helps me sell vegetables for another two or three days, I'll have enough money to buy a tricycle. Then Yongfeng can process the vegetables in the field and come back to help me after that."

Both of them looked at Qi Yongfeng one after another.

This should be the most friendly option for Qi Yongfeng. The value of the vegetables in the field can be maximized, and he can also earn two or three days' wages and transfer the land.

Three birds with one stone.

But Qi Yongfeng shook his head.

"I won't accept the vegetables. Just give them to Boss Yi. Boss Yi is a man of honor. I won't suffer any loss."

"What's the point of being righteous?" Yi Dinggan said with some resentment: "You even refuse to call me Brother Yi until now."

Qi Yongfeng: "..."

Chen Jiazhi: “…”

The name "Brother Yi" was finally uttered.

Yi Dinggan was satisfied and promised to give Qi Yongfeng a fair price, then looked at Chen Jiazhi.

"Jiazhi, can you buy a tricycle so soon?"

Just two or three days ago, in order to pay the transfer fees to He Qiang and others, Chen Jiazhi borrowed more than 100 yuan from him.

Finally, I have to buy a car.

"Haven't you bought any yet? You still have to wait two or three days. I'll go check it out in the next two days. After Yongfeng comes over, if there aren't many vegetables, I'll have to prioritize working in the fields."

"That's pretty quick. You must have sold a lot today, right?"

A second-hand tricycle would cost at least several thousand yuan, Yi Dinggan guessed in his heart, but it was not easy to ask since they were outside with so many people around, and Chen Jiazhi didn't say anything either.

It was not until they were about to enter the vegetable market that Yi Dinggan asked again and again impatiently.

"Jiazhi, how much did it sell for? Please give me an exact number, so that I can stop thinking about it."

"Go ask Li Xiu later."

Dawn broke through the night sky, and Chen Jiazhi vaguely saw Li Xiu's figure flash by at the door.

After arriving home, he gave the money to Li Xiu and took the bucket of hot water to rinse himself.

Chen Jiafang also brought the bucket over. Yi Dinggan handed over the money but refused to leave. He only went to take a shower in a daze after Li Xiu counted the money.

1216 yuan!
Once again, the daily record was significantly refreshed.

No wonder he dared to say that he could buy a three-wheeled motorcycle in two or three days. His income is too high!
Li Xiu couldn't help laughing while counting the money. Chen Jiafang was also counting the money, but there was always some resentment in her eyes when she looked at him.

Obviously they have more land!
Oh no, there is not much home to worry about now.

It’s hard to imagine if Jiazhi could still be as powerful as he is now!

During breakfast, Yi Dinggan told his second sister about taking over Qi Yongfeng's land. Chen Jiafang was initially against it and didn't want to take it over.

But Yi Dinggan soon involved Chen Jiazhi.

"If I don't take it, the land will definitely be taken over by Jiazhi. He already has 17 mu of land. If he takes over Yongfeng's, it will be 20 mu. We only have a little over 9 mu."

Yi Dinggan has made more than 4,000 yuan in sales in the past seven or eight days, and he still has vegetables in his fields, so he has a lot of capital.

Chen Jiafang finally agreed.

That morning, the two families agreed on the transfer price, and in the afternoon, Qi Yongfeng and Huang Juan went to work on Chen Jiazhi's land.

Chen Jiazhi divided the 5 mu of land at No. 7 to Qi Yongfeng and Huang Juan. The two were only responsible for planting and harvesting vegetables, while Chen Jiazhi was responsible for selling the vegetables. Even so, it was still difficult for the two of them to manage the 5 mu of land, and they needed Chen Jiazhi's full assistance and guidance.

When rushing to complete the work, we have to hire additional temporary workers.

For now, this is the only way to cultivate grassroots management talents. In fact, this method is not the best. The best way is to divide the work into teams, with those who spray pesticides, those who thin out seedlings, and those who harvest vegetables.
This division of labor makes it less likely to make mistakes.

Generally, there will not be situations where the vegetables are directly killed by pesticides, pest and disease control is not in place, and the quality of the harvested vegetables is unqualified.

But the area is still small now.

There is also a lack of grassroots management talent.

Among several suitable candidates, Yi Dinggan is now obsessed with becoming bigger and stronger, and the two veterans Li Mingkun and Guo Mancang have also been selling a small amount of vegetables for a long time. Only the rookie vegetable farmer Qi Yongfeng has fallen.

Cultivate it for now.

After a year of experience and a grassroots team, the expansion speed will be even faster.

Because there is so much land and the weather is hot, the seedlings need to be watered at least twice a day, and there are also tasks such as thinning out the seedlings and harvesting the vegetables. As a result, the reclamation of Land No. 7 has not been fast.

With the addition of Qi Yongfeng and his wife, the two began to turn the soil with a hoe that day.

It all depends on manual tillage, which is not only inefficient but also tiring.

Moreover, with 17 acres of land now, including three couples, Ao Dehai, Ao Deliang, and Qi Yongfeng, as well as him and Li Xiu, there are only 8 people in total.

not enough.

Growing leafy vegetables is different from farming in rural areas, where there are busy and slack seasons. Growing vegetables in Huacheng only has busy seasons and no slack seasons.

One batch of dishes follows another at a very fast pace.

But Chen Jiazhi's pace is even faster, like a storm!
So, manpower is important.

Mechanical equipment is also important.

Digging and watering in the morning,
Take a nap at noon,

In the afternoon, I thinned out the seedlings, watched Li Xiu cut the loofah and bitter melon, and watered them.
In fact, Chen Jiazhi wanted to sow more. The last time he sowed 0.5 acres of Chinese cabbage was on the 2nd. Today is the 4th, and there has been a gap of two days.

Unfortunately, there is no space.

The second batch of water spinach in Plot 5 had not been harvested yet, and a piece had been turned out in Plot 7, but he wanted to dry it in the sun for another day.

Sometimes if you wait one more day, the vegetables you grow will be different.

It was another busy day. The vegetable fields were completely shrouded in darkness. Chen Jiazhi felt that he had become an octave darker and had completely merged with the night.

After pouring the last bucket of water, my palms felt burning and the calluses grew thicker.

After a day, I am so tired that I don’t want to move at all. Only when I lie down on the bed do I feel that my body belongs to me.

But thinking about Li Xiu's joy after cutting a loofah, and the spectacular sight when the water spinach and leafy vegetables were placed together.

The rewards from this effort made him feel that everything was not in vain.

Every bit of effort he puts in will bring him positive feedback on the same day.

Especially the stable and high vegetable prices make Chen Jiazhi excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood every early morning.

Thirty or forty kilograms can be sold for 100 yuan, which has a huge impact in this era.

Every time I pack vegetables and collect money, I can wash away some of the fatigue from the day.

陈家志也在5号下午，在7号地完成了又一批0.5亩菜心播种，6号早上再播种0.5亩。

The choy sum can be recycled.

Moreover, based on the planting cycle of more than 20 days and the estimated daily vegetable output, there must be enough land to grow other vegetables such as kale.

For two consecutive days on the 5th and 6th, Chen Jiazhi earned more than 1200 yuan every day.

The funds in hand expanded rapidly and reached 4926 yuan.

钞票有零有整，以5元和10元面值居多，其次就是50和100元，1元和2元的也不少。

There are several piles of them put together.

He Qiang and others had already moved out, and Chen Jiazhi and Li Xiu also moved out early. Since they had money, they rented a room separately.

The room was large, giving the two of them more space to be alone.

These are also the only two rooms in the vegetable market that are occupied by only one family. Yi Dinggan and Chen Jiafang are forced to live in one room alone, and soon the third sister and Yi Long will also move in.

In fact, no one doesn't want to live in a separate room, but due to various conditions, they have to squeeze together.

When Chen Jiazhi and his friend moved, many people watched with envy in their eyes.

In addition, Chen Jiazhi also rented a small management room in the vegetable market. It was not large, only about ten square meters, but it was completely sufficient to store pesticides and fertilizers.

Therefore, the room no longer has the smell of fertilizers and pesticides, and the space is larger, making it much more comfortable to live in.

It was dark at this moment. Under the light, Li Xiu stared at the money he had counted several times and looked at it for a long time.

"Jiazhi, here you go, go buy a car tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)