1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 74: The First Appearance of Popularity (Please Read!)
The Shifeng tricycle was packed full.

The outside was also tied with belts twice to prevent the vegetables from falling off the cart.

Qi Yongfeng followed behind on a bicycle, and with an empty bicycle, he was not much slower than Chen Jiazhi.

But when they arrived at the market, the tricycle had been surrounded by buyers, and only Chen Jiazhi's shouting could be heard.

"Come one by one!"

"Don't worry!"

"How can I unload the car if you keep squeezing me?"

Qi Yongfeng quickly locked his bicycle aside and used his tall stature to push through the crowd and protect the bicycle.

The crowd was now a little more orderly, but some people were still shouting.

"Handsome boy, load it up for me first. 80 kilograms of Chinese cabbage and 50 kilograms of water spinach!"

"Put mine first, 70 kilograms of choy sum!"

"Damn it, you idiot, don't cut in line, first come first served, understand?"

After hearing a few words from the purchasing manager, Chen Jiazhi knew that there were not enough dishes to go around today and the reserved dishes could not be released.

He was prepared when the vegetables were loaded onto the truck.

With Qi Yongfeng protecting him, Chen Jiazhi began to unload the goods, but he only unloaded the outermost layer, which was about 200 kilograms of ordinary Chinese cabbage and 100 kilograms of water spinach.

The rest should still be placed in the car.

Chen Jiazhi shouted, "Chinese cabbage is 2.8 yuan per catty, water spinach is 2.7 yuan per catty, if you want it, place your order quickly!"

He raised the price by another ten cents.

Some buyers hesitated for a second, but others placed orders decisively and directly stuffed four hundred-dollar bills into his hands.

"Pretty boy, take the money!"

"80 kilograms of choy sum and 50 kilograms of water spinach! Just the vegetables in these two baskets!"

Chen Jiazhi recorded the information in his notebook and moved the roughly corresponding number of dishes behind him, indicating that they had been sold.

The others suddenly woke up and placed orders again.

In just a few minutes, Chen Jiazhi had unloaded 200 kilograms of Chinese cabbage and 100 kilograms of water spinach.

"No more, no more, the vegetables are sold out, go find them somewhere else!"

Someone shouted, "Where are the people in the car?"

"Damn, there's still so much in the car, take it down and sell it!"

Chen Jiazhi replied: "The ones on the bus are reserved and not for sale!"

One of the buyers asked unwillingly, "Handsome boy, there are so many vegetables, can you give me some?!"

"I'm not selling it anymore. I'm worried there won't be enough left!"

Chen Jiazhi kept repeating it, and the crowd dispersed, and the hot opening ended in an instant.

Because the festival is approaching and the supply of vegetables in the market is tight, many purchases come earlier than usual.

Even if you place an advance order for vegetables, you are still worried about being snatched away by others.

Many of Chen Jiazhi's old customers also came early and noticed the bustling scene here from a distance.

But after standing outside for two minutes and seeing that there were still vegetables on the truck, he felt relieved and left first to buy other vegetables.

When I came back, Chen Jiazhi and Qi Yongfeng were already busy packing.

"Chen the vegetable farmer, check out."

"Handsome boy, check out."

"Handsome boy, take the money!"

Old customers lined up to pick up their vegetables and pay. Everyone was very satisfied with the quality of the Chinese cabbage and they were all very quick to pay.

Even the curly cabbage was very neat and tidy, with no faults at all, and even the way he walked was much more pleasing to the eye.

The monk ordered 120 kilograms of Chinese cabbage today, and each person contributed 360 yuan.

At the same time, when this guy ordered tomorrow's dishes, he added another 80 kilograms of cabbage hearts, a total of 200 kilograms!
Chen Jiazhi couldn't help but wonder, how good this business must be!
He also sensed the market would be busy tomorrow, so as he checked out, he kept telling regular customers to come early, worried their vegetables would be snatched away. The vegetable sale was over in about ten minutes, and the rest of the time was spent packing and delivering the vegetables.

Both of them were sweating profusely.

But the emotions were high.

After going to stall No. 18, getting a pallet truck, and delivering the Chinese cabbage in plastic baskets, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Mingkun and Guo Mancang went back early. With Qi Yongfeng's help, Yi Dinggan also left early today.

He would feel uncomfortable if he stayed for one more minute. In his own words, "Look at you making money, brother. I might as well go back and dig some more fields!"

Chen Jiazhi took out a cigarette and the two of them leaned against the tricycle and smoked.

Qi Yongfeng said: "This is the first time I feel that selling vegetables can be so tiring."

Chen Jiazhi exhaled smoke and said, "In the next two days, there will be more vegetables, so I will have to work harder for a few more days. I plan to buy some vegetable baskets later. In the future, customers with a lot of vegetables can just send them in baskets without having to separate them."

Qi Yongfeng was surprised and said, "Baskets must cost a lot of money, and they are easy to lose and difficult to recycle."

A good plastic basket costs twenty yuan.

Chen Jiazhi replied: "Buy some plastic baskets and bamboo baskets. Use plastic baskets to put the choy sum. The standard net weight of each basket is 30 kilograms.

The rest of the vegetables are packed in bamboo baskets and recycled as much as possible, and the loss is acceptable if lost."

In the past, when we used bicycles to load vegetables, we could only use iron frames. Now that we have tricycles, the vegetable baskets also need to be upgraded.

The plan is clearly stated in just a few words.

Qi Yongfeng once again felt the gap between the two, and the gap was getting bigger and bigger.

He quickly calculated today's income from selling vegetables and understood Yi Dinggan's mood, a feeling that he could not catch up even if he tried his best.

"Let's go. We won't eat noodles today. Let's go buy some bamboo baskets and go back first."

There was too much money in the bag and he was worried about being robbed, so Chen Jiazhi asked Qi Yongfeng to go to remote places to deliver vegetables today.

He always stayed in crowded places.

Qi Yongfeng also knew the importance of the matter. He put the bicycle into the empty tricycle, secured it with a belt, sat on it, and went to buy eight second-hand bamboo baskets. Then the two of them drove home again.

When we arrived at the market, it was just dawn.

After not having to pedal, I felt the rare refreshing breeze of the morning.

Chen Jiazhi suppressed the passion in his heart and calmly handed the newly bought bag to Li Xiu.

Li Xiu entered the house, half-closed the door, unzipped her wallet, and saw layers of messy banknotes. She smiled beautifully.

Then he started counting them one by one.

Chen Jiazhi took out his notebook nonchalantly, but his eyes couldn't help but glance at Li Xiu.

Although he knew the approximate number, he still wanted to wait for her to say it herself.

After counting again and again, the banknotes were neatly sorted. Li Xiu looked at him with a frown, "Are you curious?"

"Heh~" Chen Jiazhi patted the notebook in his hand and said, "How could I not know the money I collected?"

Li Xiu smiled and said, "Okay, I won't tell you. You already know it anyway."

"..." Chen Jiazhi said, "It doesn't matter, as long as it's roughly the same."

Li Xiu stared at him suspiciously, but couldn't contain his joy and lowered his voice, "A total of 2754 yuan!"

"Is that correct?"

"How is that possible? I've been counting for so long that my fingers are sore. There's no way I can be wrong. It's 2754 yuan!"

Chen Jiazhi chuckled and said, "Well, I told you to count the money until you don't want to count anymore. Now it's almost done, right?"

Li Xiu: "How could I not want to count? If you can sell this much every day, I will count it every day!"

Chen Jiazhi: "Okay, you'll be the one counting these few days. I don't want to count anyway, so I'll leave the counting to you."

You reap what you sow. I get up early and go to bed late every day just for these stacks of money.

At this moment, no matter how tired I am, it feels worth it.

(End of this chapter)