1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 86 The Unreachable Gap
Chen Jiazhi: "Don't drink and drive, don't drive after drinking. I have a plan. I will definitely buy a van before the end of the year, and then I can sell you this tricycle at a low price.

If you want a car, you have to stop drinking, right? "

"..." Yi Dinggan: "Is there such a rule when driving?"

Chen Jiazhi said calmly, "Yes, drinking and driving is unsafe. Besides, you don't even have a tricycle license. If something happens, you'll get a heavy sentence. So, it's better to quit as soon as possible. There's no need to rush. Just start by quitting little by little. I'll be with you, brother."

Yi Dinggan: “…”

For the sake of the car, Yi Dinggan reluctantly agreed.

After drinking two bottles of wine and chatting for a while, Chen Jiazhi's eyelids began to droop and he prepared to go back to his room to sleep.

The two puppies followed behind him, hopping on their short legs and holding their heads high, like black and white guards.

I slept for a long time.

When he woke up, Chen Jiazhi felt refreshed.

There was no one in the house, it was dark outside, the two puppies were nowhere to be seen, and the room was silent.

Chen Jiazhi got up in a hurry and washed his face with cold water. Under the eaves, he saw the busy figures of vegetable farmers in the vegetable fields, like industrious bees.

Li Xiu was cutting loofahs in the loofah field, and two little ones were running around and biting each other beside her.

Others were busy, even Qi Yongfeng got up to water the plants. Chen Jiazhi felt that he had overslept.

But no one blamed him, no one called him out, everyone thought that without him, there wouldn't be so many dishes now.

And the work had already been arranged in the morning.

But Chen Jiazhi had no intention of being lazy.

The ambition is his own.

Others can only be followers.

After washing his face, Chen Jiazhi returned to the house and took out the kale and mustard seeds that he had been germinating since early morning from the corner.

The seeds are already slightly white.

He took out a plastic basin specially used for sowing seeds, gently poured the kale seeds into the basin, and then went to field No. 2 to sow the seeds.

A total of 0.5 acres.

After disinfecting and drying the land for several days and then shallowly plowing it, it can be sown directly.

Some people like to add some fine soil to the seeds when sowing to make it easier to spread them. They also bend over and sow the seeds slowly, for fear that they will sow too densely or too sparsely.

When Chen Jiazhi sowed seeds, he stood up straight, holding the basin in his left hand and a handful of seeds in his right hand, swinging them back and forth.

The seeds will only be scattered into the ground through the gap between the thumb and index finger.

His feet moved back and forth in the furrows.

The whole set of movements looks very rhythmic, melodious and beautiful.

The efficiency is 2 to 3 times that of bending over to sow seeds.

The emergence of seedlings is also very uniform.

Chen Jiazhi felt that his skills should be able to suppress the world.

Just look at Yi Dinggan and you will know. He is also a veteran. If he sows seeds a little faster, all kinds of strange problems will arise.

After sowing the kale seeds, I went back to get the mustard seeds and sowed them in the 0.5 acres of land at 5-1.

The whole process takes less than an hour.

Ao Dehai and his three companions were already harvesting Chinese cabbage. As the amount of vegetables decreased, the two families decided to harvest them together. Chen Jiazhi didn't care, as he got his commission based on the amount of vegetables harvested.

Huang Juan is picking amaranth.

Li Xiu was thinning out the seedlings, and the two puppies followed him around, running around and occasionally rolling over, causing the Chinese cabbage seedlings to fall all over the place. Li Xiu was so angry that he scolded them several times.

Chen Jiazhi took Qi Yongfeng to water the plants again. When it got dark, Ao Dehai and Ao Deliang also joined in.

It's rare to get off work early in the evening.

Well, two or three hours early, go back to drink some wine, eat a good meal, chat, and rest early. This is the vegetable farmers' festival.

The vegetables in the dam were not as spectacular as last night, but there were still quite a lot. The vegetable farmers kept looking at them as they walked back and forth, and also greeted Chen Jiazhi.

He could feel that these people had changed.

Become more respectful towards him.

I will also observe his movements in the field.

From time to time, I would ask him some management and technical questions.

Li Mingkun and Guo Mancang come most frequently.

That night, the two chatted with Chen Jiazhi again in the dam. They saw that Chen Jiazhi had sown seeds today, and the area was not small.

So I came to find out the news.

Chen Jiazhi did not hide the fact that he had sown Chinese kale and mustard greens, and even mentioned the sowing frequency of Chinese cabbage.

Both were greatly surprised.

I didn’t expect that Chen Jiazhi was still sowing leafy vegetables on a large scale.

According to common sense, June, July and August can barely be considered as the slack season for farming, because vegetable farmers "generally recognize" that it is difficult to grow leafy vegetables, especially in Huacheng.

The high temperature and strong sun are not friendly to people either.

Therefore, vegetable farmers usually sow the last crop of leafy vegetables, or other fruits and vegetables with a long picking period, in late May or early June.

In July and August, leafy vegetables will be planted less or not at all, so take this opportunity to slow down.

The high-altitude vegetables in Chongqing, Hubei and other places, and the plateau summer vegetables in Yunnan, Guizhou and the Loess Plateau have developed step by step by taking advantage of the summer window period.

Because this is the case in most plain areas of the country in summer.

In the future, this group of vegetable farmers will call this period "threshing".

Because it happens to be the rice harvest season, there will be a vegetable market every year without fail. If you come across one or two batches of vegetables, you can make a stable and big profit.

For many years in his previous life, Chen Jiazhi's threshing had always hit a good market.

The same thing happens in winter.

During the first two years after returning to Chengdu, I thought that the winter was cold and there were no greenhouses, so I couldn’t grow leafy vegetables, so I would take a break for one or two months in winter.

But after planting it, I found that there is a way~
Anyway,

God is crazy. If he is happy, he will sun you to death. If he is angry, he will soak you to death. If you are not careful, he will freeze you to death.

However, vegetable farmers are also going against the trend.

High temperatures, heavy rain, typhoons, cold waves, frost~
There has never been any difficulty that can stop them from moving forward and towards money.

The industry is extremely involuted.

The vegetable market was destroyed.

But the vegetable farmers ahead did not stop. When the vegetables were rotten in the market, they would not cry for help in front of the media, but would simply pull out the vegetables in the fields and then seize the next opportunity.

When there are very few opportunities, he will lie dormant again.

On the one hand, they say the market is failing and there are no opportunities, but behind the scenes they start to squeeze varieties, quality, and channels.
The few medium-sized and large vegetable markets that have been doing well all have their owners cultivating vegetable seeds themselves over the years, or have their own unique formulas of soil, substrate, nutrient solution, etc. At the same time, their sales channels are also keeping pace with the times.
In his previous life, Chen Jiazhi had always been a small vegetable farmer and fell behind. In the end, he worked himself to death and only earned a little hard-earned money, so he simply started preparing for retirement early.

And now,
There is still one month left before entering the Voodoo.

Faced with questions from Li Mingkun and Guo Mancang, Chen Jiazhi had only one answer.

This is nothing difficult, just do it.

...

After listening to Chen Jiazhi's words.

Li Mingkun and Guo Mancang looked at each other.

A little confused.

They didn't know where Chen Jiazhi got his confidence from.

July and August in Huacheng are not suitable for growing leafy vegetables.

Chen Jiazhi ignored them and assigned work to Ao Dehai.

"Dehai, you need to transplant cowpea seedlings in Plot 1 tomorrow. Plant them in the morning and afternoon. The row spacing is 70 and the plant spacing is 30. I estimate that 900 seedlings will be enough for Plot 1. After planting Plot 1, go to Deliang's place~"

"Deliang and Yongfeng's families should also come together to hurry up with the seedling planting work."

"It's still up to you and Deliang to pick the vegetables."

Ao Dehai nodded and said, "Okay, boss."

After arranging his work, Chen Jiazhi went to take a shower.

The three veterans, Li Mingkun, Guo Mancang and Yi Dinggan, sat in a row again.

The three people listened to the songs coming from the radio in the house and looked at the baskets of vegetables in the dam with empty eyes.

The three of them were still sitting there until Chen Jiazhi came out of the shower.

Chen Jiazhi still ignored them.

I returned home alone.

After turning on the fan and chatting with Li Xiu for a while, he picked up the book he had taken from Hong Zhong and started reading.

Some of the technologies in the book corroborate his memories, allowing him to understand the current state of technological development.

He can then take appropriate measures.

There are indeed many blind spots in his knowledge. After all, after he felt that he had mastered the technology in his previous life, he never read a book again.

Combining my experience and knowledge, I have gained a lot.

Guo Mancang, who was sitting outside the house, accidentally turned around and saw Chen Jiazhi reading a book again.

He patted Li Mingkun and Yi Dinggan on the shoulders, and they both looked back with surprised expressions.

Is the scholar learning technology again?
But the three of them didn't move. Reading is not as interesting as listening to the radio.

...

at the same time.

Ah Hao found Hong Zhong again.

"Uncle Zhong, I'm going to get some food again, do you want to come with me?"

Hong Zhong: "Go ahead, just tell him my name, he will definitely give you face."

Ah Hao said, "Okay, Uncle Zhong, I'll go then."

Next to Hongzhong, there was a middle-aged man with a rough face and dark skin.

He is Hong Biao, Hong Zhong’s cousin.

Hearing the conversation between the two, Hong Biao asked curiously, "What vegetables are you buying? Is it the choy sum for lunch?"

Ah Hao nodded.

Hong Biao also turned his head to look at Hong Zhong and asked, "The choy sum we had at noon was indeed delicious. Where did you buy it? Are there still many vegetables in the field?"

Ah Hao said, "It was the vegetable farmer introduced by Uncle Zhong. It looks like there are quite a lot of vegetables. You can ask Uncle Zhong. He is familiar with them."

"Oh."

Hong Biao looked at Hong Zhong meaningfully, and from the latter's equally meaningful eyes, he already knew the answer he wanted.

"I'll go with you."

"Uncle Biao, what are you going to do?"

"Just curious."

Hong Zhong did not stop him either. It was he who told Wang Biao the information about Chen Cainong.

The village was still bustling with activity, and no one noticed that Hong Biao and Ah Hao had left together. They were neither far nor far away.

It only took them more than ten minutes to reach the vegetable market.

The baskets of vegetables in the dam immediately attracted Hong Biao's attention.

Especially the exquisite choy sum that is neatly handmade.

Next to the baskets of vegetables, there were three men sitting in a row.

Just by looking at their dark and plain faces, Hong Biao knew that the three men were veteran vegetable farmers.

But Ah Hao asked the three people, "Where is Chen Cainong?"

"at home."

One of them turned around and shouted, "Jiazhi, your customers are here to buy groceries from you again."

As soon as he shouted, people came out from every door to watch the fun.

Is there anyone coming to buy groceries late at night?
Everyone once again felt that Chen Jiazhi was different.

Hong Biao looked at the young man who walked out of the house and was slightly surprised.

How can someone be so dark and yet still so handsome?

Is this handsome guy the owner of these dishes?

Hong Biao was a little unconvinced.

The veteran vegetable farmers who work in the row seem to be much more reliable than him.

But Ah Hao's words confirmed this.

"Boss Chen, your dishes are good. I need another 80 kilograms of choy sum."

Chen Jiazhi looked at the newcomer and asked, "Is the Dragon Boat Feast not over yet?"

Ah Hao: "There are other gatherings tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

"Oh, go ahead, it's still three yuan a pound."

"no problem."

"By the way, why didn't Boss Hong come tonight? I was thinking of asking him for help. Can you give him a message for me?"

Chen Jiazhi took out the scale. After Ah Hao picked two baskets of vegetables, he started weighing them again and asked about Hong Zhong at the same time.

"I need to buy some insect netting, but it's hard to find. I need him to keep an eye out for it."

"What is an insect net?"

“An insect net is an insect net.”

Ah Hao: “…”

Just when Ah Hao was confused, Hong Biao spoke up: "How big a goal do you want? How much do you need?"

Chen Jiazhi looked in surprise at the man whom he had ignored at first.

He has a rough build, dark skin, and a gangster vibe.

The mesh count of insect-proof mesh refers to the number of holes per unit area. The larger the mesh count, the finer the holes, and the smaller the pests it can block.

Most people don’t understand.

Especially in this era.

The main pests to be prevented from Chinese cabbage are aphids, flea beetles and whiteflies, which are medium-sized pests.

Chen Jiazhi looked at him and said, "At least 40 mesh. You don't need much, 300-400 square meters."

"What are you going to do with it?"

"What else can I do? Plant some vegetables!"

Hong Biao was a little surprised. Insect-proof nets are not cheap and few people use them in China.

This Chen vegetable farmer is indeed the same as what Ah Zhong said, very interesting.

"Give me half a month and I can get you some Japanese products. The price is not much more expensive than domestic ones, 12 yuan per square meter."

After a pause, Hong Biao added: “Even if you look for Ah Zhong, he will come to me.

You can also buy domestic insect-proof nets at the supply and marketing cooperatives, but you need a letter of introduction from the township, and I don’t think you can get one, so it’s better to just use imported ones.”

The meaning of the words is very clear.

It is most likely parallel import.

Neither of them pointed it out, but Hong Biao knew that Chen Cainong should have no difficulty guessing it.

Chen Jiazhi did guess it.

He also guessed that the previously imported pesticides were also obtained by this person.

But why is he so active?

After thinking for a while, Chen Jiazhi asked tentatively: "Boss, are you also in the vegetable business?"

Hong Biao smiled and said, "If we do it occasionally, maybe we can cooperate soon."

Chen Jiazhi: "There are some things I dare not do."

Hong Biao: "You don't have to do anything. Just sell the vegetables to us and make your money."

Qi Yongfeng helped pack the vegetables, and Ah Hao paid for them, 240 yuan. Hong Biao then asked, "Have you considered it? Do you want an insect net?"

"Yes, why not?"

Hong Biao smiled, got the answer he wanted, and was very satisfied with their first meeting.

Yi Dinggan and others were confused. Chen Jiazhi did not explain or say anything more.

Looking back on your contact with Hong Zhong, what is your biggest doubt?
It’s true that Hong Zhong doesn’t really know much about the agricultural supplies industry.

It doesn't look like someone who went into business from the agricultural supplies system.

Everything is unfamiliar.

So you can see various industry books in his shop, and he is also learning.

So what did he do before opening the agricultural supply store?

You can guess that from the large number of foreign products.

He and Hong Biao came from the same background.

Hong Zhong had previously mentioned the vegetable business.

The domestic market is definitely not what can interest him, the closest one is only Hong Kong.

It's not a formal channel either.

No wonder I had that dream. It turns out there is God’s will in everything.

As for the risks of cooperation?
He's just a vegetable seller.

It doesn't matter who you sell it to.

He doesn't know what others buy it for.

And the quantity is not large.

Just look at how Hong Zhong cleaned up his act and opened a farm supplies store. You can tell that they are not very strong and can only do small things.

In Hong Kong, there are many gangs that run smuggling stalls. The big food stalls may not even pay attention to the small amount of their goods.

Moreover, Chen Jiazhi will not continue to supply them with goods.

What he wanted was to open up supply channels to Hong Kong through formal means. Everything was about to return, and these few years were the last madness of Dacailan.

Hong Zhong and Hong Biao wanted to make some money through him, and Chen Jiazhi also wanted to use them to get a feel for the situation of the Hong Kong vegetable market.

In his previous life, it was two thousand years later that he came into contact with the exit.

I'm not that familiar with the situation in recent years.

He doesn't even know the current vegetable prices in Hong Kong; he's too isolated from information.

After seeing off Ah Hao and Hong Zhong, Yi Dinggan and the other two were still sitting in a row. Seeing him come back, they asked, "Jiazhi, why did you buy the insect net?"

"Do you even need to ask? The name speaks for itself. July and August are hot and humid, and there are a terrifying number of pests and diseases. Using insect nets combined with pesticides is much more effective, but it's too expensive. You can't afford it."

"..."

Heartbroken.

But it's also true.

12 yuan per square meter.

Even though Chen Jiazhi did not dare to cover the entire area and only planned half an acre, it would still require an investment of more than 4000 yuan.

Each batch of vegetables should be covered for a few days during the critical period.

Combined with sunshade net.

It is estimated that 30% to 40% of pests and diseases can be reduced.

The rest are controlled chemically.

If pesticides are used alone, leafy vegetables may still not be preserved and pesticide residues may exceed the standard by a large margin.

It would be much better if there is an insect net.

After explaining a few words to the vegetable farmers who gathered around, several of them now believed him completely.

It's just that I really can't afford it.

There was no way they could invest because they didn't have the capital. Yi Dinggan, Li Mingkun and Guo Mancang felt deeply powerless.

They had already made up their minds to learn from Chen Jiazhi and imitate his management, technology, and so on.

But once it comes to investing in facilities, there is no way to imitate without money.

How can we catch up with this?
The gap is likely only to grow.

And I saw it with my own eyes.

The three old birds suddenly became weak and sat listlessly on the steps, smoking intermittently.

After returning to the house, Chen Jiazhi saw Li Xiu holding a bag containing money and put the 240 yuan he had just received into it.

Seeing him come in, Li Xiu said, "Jiazhi, I heard what you said just now. If we want to buy an insect-proof net, we may not have enough money at home."

It is certainly exciting to sell 10,000 yuan in three days.

But the planned investment also gave Li Xiu a headache. After calculating, he found that the money was not enough.

The newly acquired 10 mu of land needs to be used to ferment pig manure and build a small shed. The shade net and bamboo strips for the small shed have not been delivered yet, and the money for the pig farm has not been settled yet, so this will cost seven or eight thousand yuan.

Plus the water pump, water pipes and wires will cost more than a thousand.

Now comes the insect net.

It takes three days to become a millionaire, but you can also become a poor person in an instant.

Chen Jiazhi looked back and saw Yi Dinggan and others outside the door who had also heard the conversation between the two and were looking at him.

The meaning in his eyes is very clear, it turns out that you are not good enough either!

Chen Jiazhi smiled and said, "It's not like we need it right now. Others said half a month. Just imagine how much it can sell for in half a month."

He has less food today.

But this is only relative to yesterday, the income for one night is also very considerable.

The three old birds just mustered some energy, but then became listless again. The gap between them was out of reach.

(End of this chapter)