1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 71 Da Da Da Da
The trees on the roadside are lush and green, and the bicycle is speeding along.

When Chen Jiazhi left the house, he took all his family assets with him, a total of 7400 yuan.

It was a very thick stack. Because he was worried about his safety, he went to Hongzhong's store first and gave Hongzhong 3400 yuan to order fertilizers, pesticides, seeds, etc.

He planned to buy fertilizer until the Spring Festival, and owed Hong Zhong 1000 yuan for it.

The seeds are basically enough to last until the Chinese New Year.

Later you just need to buy pesticides according to the situation.

Then he left to find the lychee orchard owner to pick up the car. Hong Zhong looked at Chen the vegetable farmer's hurried back, then looked at the small bag of cabbage hearts he brought, and muttered to himself.

"interesting."

The process of getting the car was smooth, but the sun was quite scorching on the way back.

The Shifeng three-wheeled engine made a rattling sound all the way, and Chen Jiazhi also felt the most primitive "car sex".

There were no traffic police checking cars along the way. He slowly familiarized himself with the car's temperament, which was quite interesting.

The vegetable farmers have also finished work at this time.

Yi Dinggan also took the radio that Chen Jiazhi bought and placed it on the dining table.

The women were cooking at the back door, and the men were sitting in a row on the steps outside listening to the radio.

da da da da~
The vegetable farmers looked up and saw a blue tricycle driving in. They all stood up at once.

"The scholar is coming back in his car."

Someone shouted, and more people came out of their homes and looked at the oncoming tricycle.

Getting off the car facing everyone's gaze, Chen Jiazhi felt very cool and handsome.

In rural areas these days, even a second-hand three-wheeled vehicle is rare.

Regardless of the scorching sun, vegetable farmers came to the front of the car to look at it, and sighed from time to time.

Li Mingkun touched the frame and said, "This car is good. It can carry both cargo and people."

Guo Mancang also loved it: "It can carry a lot of vegetables. Now the scholar doesn't have to worry about how to transport the vegetables."

The women also came up and looked at the car again and again. Zhou Yuqiong asked, "Isn't this car cheap?"

"4000 yuan, all the money I earned was spent again."

Chen Jiazhi didn't want to accompany a group of people to bask in the sun, so he parked his car in the corner and got out and walked towards his door. Li Xiu stood there with a bottle of water, looking at the tricycle with a smile in her eyes.

Chen Jiazhi shouted, "Hey, wife, give me some water. I'm thirsty."

Li Xiu finally came to his senses and handed over the water bottle: "This car looks really nice."

Chen Jiazhi took a big gulp of cold water, leaned against the wall, looked at the little tricycle that had become the center of the crowd, and said with disdain:

"It's just a broken tricycle. Not only is it noisy, but it also shakes when you sit on it. It's very dangerous. Next year I'll buy a van. It will be much more comfortable to sit in."

The vegetable farmers had seen enough and came under the eaves. Li Mingkun said, "Jiazhi, as long as you can maintain your current income, you can buy a car this year instead of waiting until next year."

Chen Jiazhi laughed and said, "You know what, that makes some sense."

He stood at the door and joked with the crowd for a while until the women called for dinner and the crowd dispersed.

The lunch was very sumptuous, a big pot of potatoes and pork ribs, accompanied by a pot of loofah and egg soup, which smelled very delicious.

Estimating the time, Chen Jiazhi fiddled with the radio and said, "Let's listen to the news."

The singing suddenly disappeared, and Yi Dinggan said, "It's so relaxing to listen to some music. Why listen to the news?!"

Chen Jiazhi: “I bought it.”

Yi Dinggan: “…”

Accustomed to the dense information in the information age, Chen Jiazhi has always felt unfamiliar with this era and is eager to know the situation in the outside world.

After tuning in for a while, there was no news broadcast during this time period.

Finally, I managed to find a program that broadcast agricultural technology and market information, and the content being broadcast was related to Shenzhen.

"The conflicts of interest among producers, operators, and consumers in the price of vegetables are becoming increasingly prominent, and the phenomenon of 'two ends complaining, while the middle laughs' is becoming increasingly prominent..."

After listening for a while, Yi Dinggan became a little impatient, "Brother, what's so good about this?"

Chen Jiazhi ignored him and continued to listen attentively.

The gist of the broadcast was that vegetable prices have risen sharply recently, and Shenzhen has done a relatively good job in controlling vegetable prices.

Simply put, Shenzhen officials will supervise the wholesale and retail markets, control the wholesale-retail price gap, and prevent vegetable prices from becoming too outrageous.

There are no price limits on vegetables in Huacheng.

Chen Jiazhi couldn't remember whether Huacheng had taken similar measures in his previous life, mainly because he didn't care about it at that time.

More importantly, there are no vegetables to sell.

Whenever I recall this time in my previous life, I think of how cowardly I was. I get so angry at myself that my liver hurts, so I simply stop thinking about it.

Only after hearing this did Chen Jiazhi say to Yi Dinggan, "Vegetable prices may be reaching their limit and won't go up any further. Huacheng may not allow prices to rise any further."

Yi Dinggan curled his lips and said, "You still want to raise the price? The price is almost sky-high now."

Chen Jiazhi replied, "I'm still thinking about buying a car, but I can't count on vegetable prices to continue to rise. Brother Yi, you should also work harder. When I change my car, I'll sell you this tricycle." Yi Dinggan was tempted: "Okay, it's a deal. Give me a discount then."

"no problem."

Chen Jiafang cursed, "The cabbages in the field have all been killed by the herbicide, and you still want to buy a car? You might as well buy a mirror to look at yourself."

Yi Dinggan was speechless. When he talked about Cai Xin who was beaten to death, it brought back the pain in his heart.

Chen Jiazhi said, "What's past is past. Second sister, take care of the rest. There's still a great chance."

Chen Jiafang said: "The weather has been good recently, and the vegetables are growing fast. When the rest of the vegetables grow, everyone will have vegetables."

Chen Jiazhi: "The weather won't always be good. After a few heavy rains, the film and sunshade net will come into play."

There has been no heavy rain recently, so the effectiveness of the prepared films and shade nets has been greatly reduced by half, and everyone's vegetables are growing well.

But the rain will always come.

June is also the rainiest time of year in the Flower City, but the weather this year is a bit abnormal.

After the heavy rain at the end of May, there has been no heavy rain in the past ten days or so. Something is wrong.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter day by day, as if a new storm is brewing.

There can be no carelessness in management.

After dinner, Chen Jiazhi also talked to Qi Yongfeng and Huang Juan about precautions against heavy rain.

Then he listened to the radio for a while and started to take a nap. Even with the fan on, it was still very hot and stuffy. Li Xiu, who had a cold constitution and was not afraid of heat, felt a little anxious because of the heat.

Chen Jiazhi muttered to himself, is it really going to rain?

When he was half asleep, Hong Zhong's voice rang out from outside the door, "Chen Cai Nong, I've delivered something to you."

Chen Jiazhi opened his eyes and complained, "Damn it, Boss Hong, it's so hot and sunny in the middle of the day, why are you delivering goods?"

Hong Zhong: "The seeds have arrived. There are dark clouds coming, and it might rain. I also need to rest for the next few days to prepare for the Dragon Boat Race. I thought you might be waiting for the seeds, so I rushed to send them to you."

When Chen Jiazhi opened the door, he saw that the light outside had dimmed a lot. The sky was filled with thick dark clouds that swallowed up all the sunlight.

However, the air was so dull and depressing.

This is not a dark cloud at all!

This is clearly a sign of rain!

The sunshade net in the field was covered. Chen Jiazhi was not panicked at all, but he shouted loudly.

"It might rain heavily, so everyone should be careful."

After a while, the vegetable farmers who were taking a nap opened their doors and saw the dark clouds in the sky.

Before everyone could hesitate, a strong wind blew again, blowing up the fallen leaves.

The vegetable farmers followed him to the fields.

Some people’s ditches are not open;

If there is a film, it should be covered. If the heavy rain is just a bluff, it must be quickly removed. This is not as good as the sunshade net, which can be covered all day long.

Hong Zhong laughed and said, "The dragon boat rain is coming. It hasn't rained heavily in more than ten days, and the river isn't even full yet."

Dragon Boat Rain, which is the rain before the Dragon Boat Festival, usually comes with heavy force and intensity.

All I can say is that people have different fates.

The locals are still worried about the Dragon Boat Rain, but the vegetable farmers from outside are worried about it.

After Chen Jiazhi saw that all the vegetable farmers had left, he took Qi Yongfeng and Huang Juan to start unloading the goods.

The Nongyou brand broccoli and snow pea seeds he ordered arrived and were placed directly in the house, while the remaining fertilizers and pesticides were placed in the small management room.

There is plenty of fertilizer, so you don’t need to buy more until before the Spring Festival.

When he was unloading the seeds, he realized that he had forgotten to tell Hongzhong to take the mustard seeds.
Depend on!
Hongzhong has been busy with the Dragon Boat Festival these days, so it's not easy to find seeds, so he can only put them aside for now.

At the same time, he was worried that the fertilizers and pesticides stored in the management room might be stolen, so Chen Jiazhi planned to get two more ferocious dogs.

Hong Zhong took on the task immediately: "I know a fellow villager whose family just gave birth to puppies recently. I'll get them for you later."

Chen Jiazhi smiled and said, "Thank you, Boss Hong."

Hong Zhong waved his hand and walked towards the field, saying, "You're welcome. I ate your food, so it's only natural that I get you two dogs."

The direction he was heading was clearly the vegetable field.

Chen Jiazhi opened his mouth but didn't say anything. Why are there so many shameless people around him?

I just gave Hongzhong a small bag of Chinese cabbage this morning, which was quite a lot. Why are you giving me another one now? Do the vegetables I pick myself taste better?

He also went to the field to check if there were any hidden dangers.

Snap!
Da Da Da~
Big raindrops hit the ground, and heavy rain suddenly swept across the sky and the earth.

Looking at Hong Zhong who was also soaked, Chen Jiazhi suddenly felt better.

(End of this chapter)