1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 78 Chasing home to get food
Feeling the morning breeze blowing towards him, Chen Jiazhi also felt very comfortable and even couldn't help humming a song.

I am the most handsome guy on this street.
Because of the sincere efforts, the joy of harvest is even stronger.

The rattling sound of the engine did not affect his review of the situation in his mind.

Today's accounts are easy to settle.

I remember the old customer's bill very clearly, about 400 kilograms of ordinary Chinese cabbage and 260 kilograms of choy sum.

The new customer also sold out the "package", about 300 kilograms of ordinary Chinese cabbage, but all at 3 yuan per kilogram.

There are also 51 kilograms of loofah and 53 kilograms of bitter melon, both at 2.3 yuan per kilogram.

In less than a minute, Chen Jiazhi came up with a number: 3039 yuan!
Oh no,

We also need to add the 100 kilograms that will be delivered later, which will be another 300 yuan.

So the total should be 3339 yuan.

Even in later generations, it is an incredible income. Now he has reached this level more than 20 years ahead of schedule.

The Dragon Boat Festival is tomorrow, which is the peak period for vegetable demand.

The Chinese cabbage sown on May 5.20 has a growing period of about 23 days. The yield is not that high, but it meets the harvesting standards. If we harvest another 1000 kilograms from the field, it will be more than enough for one day.

He also has a batch of amaranth planted in late May, although they are still relatively short and the yield is relatively low.

But if we don’t sell some amaranth during the Dragon Boat Festival, I always feel that this festival is missing something.

Some amaranth also needs to be harvested.

...

Chen Jiazhi finished work at around two in the morning and returned to the Dongxiang vegetable market before three.

The vegetable fields were quiet.

Even though Chen Jiazhi was very careful when unlocking the door, he still woke Li Xiu up.

"Jiazhi?"

"Yes, it's me. I came back early today. You should sleep a little longer." Chen Jiazhi groped his way to the bed and hung the waist bag filled with money on the hook of the iron bed.

Li Xiuxiao asked softly, "Don't you want to take a nap?"

Chen Jiazhi leaned close to her ear and said, "There's not enough vegetables today. A customer will come to the field later to pick up 100 kilograms of vegetables. Yongfeng and I will go out to collect them. You can go to sleep."

Although he really wanted to ask about what happened in the morning, Li Xiu suppressed his curiosity, knowing that now was not the time to ask this.

"Then be careful and don't fall into the ditch."

"Ah."

He went out with a knife for cutting vegetables and picked up two baskets of vegetables.

It just so happened that Qi Yongfeng also rode his bike to the yard. Instead of going home, he went directly to the fields with Chen Jiazhi.

Walking in the dark beside the ditch, Chen Jiazhi said, "Next time, remind me to buy a few headlamps. The weather is getting hotter and hotter. Without a cold storage to pre-cool the food, I'll have to collect it in the dark."

Qi Yongfeng: "Brother Zhi, my memory is not as good as yours!"

Chen Jiazhi: “…”

With the help of the faint moonlight, the two of them slowly harvested the vegetables. Because the vegetables were good and there were no yellow leaves at the roots, whether they could be seen clearly or not did not affect the quality of the harvest.

The speed is not slow either.

When the harvest was over, the sky was only slightly brighter, and the vegetable fields were still shrouded in darkness.

After picking up the vegetables, Chen Jiazhi said to Qi Yongfeng, "Go get some sleep."

Qi Yongfeng shook his head: "I can't sleep. I'm going to dig for a while and come back to sleep early in the morning."

Chen Jiazhi was silent, then said, "Then let's go together. I can't sleep either."

The biological clock has been established and is not so easy to change. Moreover, the aftereffects of selling vegetables in the early morning are very strong. Both of them are still excited and it is impossible for them to fall asleep.

It may be a bit unfriendly to Qi Yongfeng.

According to the calculation that workers get paid for their work, he has already finished get off work at this time.

But people nowadays are not very aware of this, and are not afraid of hard work. What they fear is that they will not get any results.

The treatment Chen Jiazhi gave him was not low.

Normal salary + night allowance + vegetable harvest commission + empty bonus~
So he is very motivated.

Don't care about these details.

But for Chen Jiazhi, these are all market management systems that need to be gradually improved in the future.

After two days of intensive vegetable harvesting, Chen Jiazhi has freed up three more plots of land.

2号地的0.25亩菜心，刚好2号地的空心菜也在前两天结束，下一茬2号地就是一个整体0.5亩。

Two batches of Chinese cabbage were cleared from Plot 5, one sown on May 5.9th and the other on May 5.18th, but the harvest was completed within a day. The next batch will also be sown in a unit of 0.5 mu. In short, adjustments should be made based on the actual situation.

Ao Dehai manages both plots of land and uses herbicides.

However, Chen Jiazhi and Qi Yongfeng are plowing No. 7 at the moment. The cowpea seedlings have been in the cultivation for almost 10 days and are about to be transplanted.

The fermentation of pig manure and drying of land at your feet have also been completed.

Now the tillage mainly involves breaking up the clods and mixing the fermented pig manure with the soil, then watering it before transplanting.

Both of them worked silently.

No communication.

I kept recalling the experience of this early morning in my mind, and I couldn't get rid of the excitement.

Only the sound of the hoe hitting the earth echoed in the night.

It was not until dawn that a beige, square, flat-top van drove into the market and the two men stopped.

Vegetable farmers also got up one after another.

I was a little surprised when I saw the van. At first I thought it was the car of my previous company.

It was not until Chen Jiazhi and his companion came back that they realized that it was customers from the market who had come to their house to pick up vegetables.

Another eye-opener.

After weighing the dishes in person, the total weight was 106 kilograms, which was a little excessive, but the young man didn't care. He took out three Four Great Men bills from his bag and gave two 10-yuan bills to Chen Jiazhi.

Chen Jiazhi gave Li Xiu another dollar and said, "Wife, take two dollars and give it to the boss."

There was money to be collected early in the morning, and Li Xiu took it with a smile: "Okay, I'll get it right away."

The young man said: "No need to look for me, Mr. Chen, I am sorry to bother you this time. Actually, my last name is Chen too. You can just call me Xiao Chen. Can I come to visit your vegetable garden?"

"Of course, Mr. Chen."

When we were at the wholesale market in the early morning, Chen Jiazhi said that we could visit at will, so naturally I would not refuse.

Moreover, the restaurant that this person delivers to should be of a high standard.

Seeing the two people walking towards the vegetable field, the vegetable farmers behind them could no longer contain their discussions.

The weighing and collection of money were all done in front of everyone. 106 kilograms of vegetables were sold for 318 yuan, which had a great visual impact.

The women surrounded Li Xiu and asked her questions. Li Xiu said, "I don't know what happened. Jiazhi came home early this morning, but went straight to the fields to harvest vegetables."

Huang Juan also said: "Yongfeng hasn't even returned home yet. I thought there were too many vegetables last night and they hadn't sold out yet. Who would have thought that everyone would come to the market to chase him?"

Li Xiu returned to the room and subconsciously closed the door, and then she saw the waist bag on the iron bed.

Outside the house, Li Mingkun, Guo Mancang and Yi Dinggan sat in a row on the steps, cigarettes in their mouths, staring at the two figures heading towards the vegetable field, no one spoke.

Chen Jiazhi brought people to the location where vegetables were harvested in the early morning at site No. 6, and the sunshade net was still opened.

Rows of green cabbage are connected together.

Chen Jiazhi smiled and said, "Mr. Chen, this piece of choy sum is all mine. I harvested this piece today. In addition, I have several other plots of land, totaling about 17 acres."

Xiao Chen, whose full name is Chen Ze, looked at the piece of vegetable heart in front of him, feeling a little surprised and a little moved.

Due to the last rainstorm, many vegetable markets suffered heavy losses and their supplies were cut off. He was no exception. Then, the goods he ordered from outside were stood up. He has been guerrilla hunting in major markets for the past two days.

I'm so panicked every day.

Then this morning, he met Chen the vegetable farmer, and Chen Ze praised him: "Boss Chen, your vegetables are really beautiful."

Chen Jiazhi smiled and waited for what was to come.

Chen Ze added, "Our restaurant is in Tianhe, and we often get vegetables from Haizhu. Could you also prepare some choy sum for me in the next few days?"

The posture is very low.

Chen Jiazhi smiled and said, "I have absolutely no reason to refuse. Restaurants like yours are the best customers. It would be even better if you could provide long-term supply."

Chen Ze said, "If you want a long-term supply, the requirements may be quite high, but since you helped me this time, I will go back and fight for it."

After a pause, Chen Ze continued, "Your leafy vegetable selection is a bit limited. If you can provide more varieties and offer several types of vegetables at a time, it will be more advantageous."

Chen Jiazhi: "Well, there will be amaranth tomorrow morning, and I will also plan to provide kale and mustard greens on a long-term basis."

Chen Ze nodded and extended his right hand: "Happy cooperation, Boss Chen."

"Pleasant to work with."

Chen Jiazhi was still a little uncomfortable with shaking hands. He only shook hands with people when he was bored selling vegetables at the wholesale market. This Chen Ze was indeed a rookie, and it was easy for him to control him.

However, when Chen Ze left, he ordered vegetables for tomorrow, 200 kilograms of Chinese cabbage and 40 kilograms of amaranth, and he was very generous.

(End of this chapter)