1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 88 Transplanting Cowpea Seedlings and Irrigation Equipment
As dawn was about to break, several figures were standing or bending over in the vegetable fields.

When she got closer, she saw that the seedbed was soaked with water. Huang Juan dug out the cowpea seedlings covered with soil, and their roots were strong.

After being packed in bamboo baskets, Qi Yongfeng transported them to Site No. 1.

Ao Dehai, Zhao Yu, Ao Deliang and Lai Guihui have already planted the seedlings.

"Good morning, have you eaten yet?"

Hearing the sound, the four of them looked up and noticed that Chen Jiazhi and the other man had come out.

Zhao Yu was the first to greet them, "Good morning, Boss and Madam. We've already had breakfast, and the boss is back early. It looks like today's vegetables are selling well. It's true that good vegetables are popular."

Chen Jiazhi laughed and said, "Not bad. Anyway, you will get a commission this month."

After a few greetings, none of them stopped moving. It wasn't particularly fast, but the rhythm was steady.

Chen Jiazhi took a quick look and felt that there was no big problem. Everything was done according to his requirements.

The small shed was not demolished.

After transplanting, cover with shade net for at least 7 to 10 days.

At the same time, the long cowpea variety used is a climbing type, which requires a trellis, so it can only be covered for seven or eight days.

The ridges are also very high, which is conducive to drainage and waterlogging prevention.

The spacing between rows and plants is very wide to prevent diseases and pests, including the early drying and disinfection of the land, etc., all of which are preventive measures.

In addition, there are several types of medicine that can be used alternately and reasonably, so Chen Jiazhi feels good.

It doesn’t make sense that I was able to grow vegetables by luck in my previous life, but I can’t make vegetables by relying on skills in this life.

Soon after, Chen Jiazhi and Li Xiu also joined the seedling planting team.

The morning is cool, which is a good time to plant seedlings.

Two people dug up and transported the seedlings, and six people planted them. They divided the work and cooperated with each other, and the work was very fast.

The 0.3 acres of land in Plot No. 1 was planted after 6 o'clock and just after dawn.

Ao Dehai and his wife stayed behind to water the plants and cover them with shade nets, while the rest of the people moved to Ao Deliang's plot No. 8.

When raising seedlings at the beginning of the month, Chen Jiazhi sowed a total of about 6 kilograms of cowpea seeds.

The emergence is not bad.

所以他计划了1号，8-1，8-2，一共2.3亩地用来移栽豇豆。

By eight o'clock, the sun was hanging halfway up the mountain. Chen Jiazhi and several men began to water the plants and cover the sunshade nets, while the women continued to plant seedlings.

Around nine o'clock, the sun was getting a little scorching, so Qi Yongfeng and Huang Juan, who were digging up the seedlings, came to help plant and water them.

At nine o'clock, they stopped planting the seedlings and put up the last shade net. Chen Jiazhi shouted, "Done. Come back in the afternoon when the sun is out."

Several people also felt relieved.

Transplanting the cowpea seedlings in the morning felt like I was racing against time.

8-1的1亩地没栽完，但加上1号地，也栽了有1亩多。

However, we have to harvest the vegetables in the afternoon, so the cowpea seedlings can only be transplanted tomorrow morning.

Generally speaking, seedlings transplanted in the evening have a higher survival rate because the seedlings will be moisturized by dew overnight.

The survival rate of seedlings planted in the morning will be much lower even with a shade net.

Fortunately, he has a lot of seedlings, so if one dies, he can just plant more.

After planting the seedlings, each family went to water the Chinese cabbage seedlings again before going home. They did not go out again until four o'clock in the afternoon.

First thin out the seedlings and weed.
Then harvest vegetables, sow seeds, water and spray pesticides~
I have sown 0.5 mu of Chinese cabbage in plot 8-3, and plan to sow another 0.5 mu tomorrow.

Do one by one.

Mm, very sour~
His pants got wet again, but fortunately, experience told him that it would not affect the function of his little brother.

The weather is still crazy. If it doesn't rain, it's scorching hot. If it rains, it's a torrential downpour.
When the seedlings were being removed in the evening, Chen Jiazhi went to the small arch shed to check on the condition of the kale and broccoli.

There are some extra spaces in the seedling holes in the plug tray, mainly because some broccoli florets died.

It's normal.

A germination rate of more than 85% and a final emergence rate of 80% are within Chen Jiazhi's acceptable range.

But it’s still early to transplant.

We cannot be careless in subsequent management.

When it got dark, Chen Jiazhi also put on a headlamp and joined the team transplanting cowpea seedlings. In fact, there were only three of them: him, Qi Yongfeng and Huang Juan.

Even though it was very hot, the three of them still wore long sleeves and long pants. There were many mosquitoes at night, and wearing headlamps attracted even more mosquitoes. Those who dared to wear short sleeves and shorts were warriors.

They don't want to talk either, because if they do, mosquitoes will fly into their mouths.

Although I'm very hungry, no one wants to eat this stuff!

In short, it's very uncomfortable.

Chen Jiazhi also sent Li Xiu back early. Even if he was busy, he would not let her suffer at this time.

When Ao Dehai and the other three finished collecting the vegetables, Chen Jiazhi also asked everyone to finish their work for today.

"Call it a day, call it a day, go back and have some rest."

Although there is a commission for harvesting vegetables, Chen Jiazhi is reluctant to ask people to work overtime, after all, there is no overtime pay.

"Okay, Boss, we'll come early tomorrow morning and we can finish it in an hour at most."

"Okay, you've worked hard today, go back and take a shower and go to bed early."

Ao Dehai and his three companions disappeared into the night.

Chen Jiazhi and Qi Yongfeng and Huang Juan also returned home, and they were the last ones to return.

When they came back, Yi Dinggan and his friends had already eaten, taken a shower, and sat in a row on the steps, listening to the radio. It was still Teresa Teng's songs, as if they never got tired of listening to them, and they listened to them over and over again every day.

In front of them were still baskets of vegetables, most of which belonged to Chen Jiazhi, and a small portion belonged to the three of them.

Seeing him come back, the three of them greeted him one by one.

Chen Jiazhi's stomach was already rumbling with hunger. He simply responded and went back to Yi Dinggan's room to eat.

He thought about it and decided that enduring it until the evening every day to eat wasn't an option. He remembered someone in the village riding a bicycle and selling steamed buns and other snacks every day. If he saw that next time, he would ask him to go to the market every afternoon.

Buy a few steamed buns and use them as a cushion and it will be much better.

After dinner, Chen Jiazhi didn’t clear the dishes. He went back to the house and told Li Xiu about the steamed buns, then took his clothes and went to take a shower.

He was the only one who hadn't showered yet, and with no one to compare himself with, he felt a bit like an invincible hero.

After washing, he turned off the radio under the almost "cannibalistic" gazes of Yi Dinggan and others.

Chen Jiazhi said in a master's tone, "Don't listen. Go back to bed early. We still have to sell vegetables tomorrow morning."

Yi Dinggan said: "We don't have much food."

Chen Jiazhi: "You have little food and you are so confident. Don't wait until I can buy a van. If you still can't afford a tricycle, then I will have no choice but to sell it to someone else."

"I……"

Yi Dinggan wanted to refute. If it was before, he would not be at a disadvantage. After all, he had sold it for several thousand yuan.

But he took over Qi Yongfeng's land.

You also need to buy fertilizers, pesticides, etc.

Coupled with Chen Jiazhi's abnormal speed of making money, he really has no confidence. Recently, he has been defeated in front of him and can only go home to sleep.

Become bigger and stronger in your dreams~
The next day, in the early morning of the 15th, Chen Jiazhi earned another 2250 yuan, which was about 100 yuan less than yesterday.

There is no shortage of food, but the price is too high.

Another truckload of Kunming vegetables arrived at the market. When Chen Jiazhi delivered the vegetables, he took a look and found that there were quite a lot of goods.

In addition to Chinese cabbage, there are other leafy vegetables such as bok choy and lettuce.

And it should be delayed again, and they were afraid of it rotting, so the price was very low. When it was first sold, the price of Chinese cabbage was two yuan per catty.

Chen Jiazhi believes that his vegetables are fresher and the price of Chinese cabbage has not dropped at all, so most of his old customers still buy from him.

However, the prices of loofah, bitter melon and amaranth have been lowered.

When Chen Jiazhi finished selling, it was almost the end of the market. He went to the stall to take a look and happened to see the cabbage head picking up the vegetables.

Chen Jiazhi didn't avoid him either, and took the initiative to greet him, asking, "How much is the choy sum?"

Being caught in the act, Curly Cabbage Head felt a little embarrassed, but judging from Chen the Cabbage Farmer's expression, he didn't seem to mind.

"One dollar and five cents a pound."

"It's quite cheap. Okay, cherish the opportunity to make money right now."

After leaving a message, Chen Jiazhi said nothing more and drove straight home.

Mao Liangcai felt a little puzzled. Chen Cainong didn't show any signs of being angry. Instead, he felt something was weird.

As if looking forward to it?
What to expect?
Yi Dinggan and the other two were actually a little confused, as they had also noticed the problem discovered by Ao Dehai.

There are actually a lot of vegetables in the field, but Chen Jiazhi deliberately suppresses them just to sell them at a high price?

It should be impossible.

If the Chinese cabbage sprouts, you can’t sell it at all, let alone at a high price. You can only save the seeds and collect them for oil extraction.

When Chen Jiazhi understood what they were thinking, he couldn't help but smile.

In his previous life, he had actually used cabbage seeds to press oil, which he ate as rapeseed oil, and was also very delicious when stir-fried with cabbage.

But it's not possible now.

Chen Jiazhi also once again put forward his metaphysical theory, saying that it was time for a heavy rain.

As a result, it really started to rain at noon on the 15th, but the rain was not heavy, which was like a blessing from heaven for vegetable farmers.

They all praised God for opening his eyes.

Chen Jiazhi also felt very good, because after this rain, the survival rate of cowpea seedlings would be greatly improved. It seemed that his luck had indeed improved.

At the same time, he also took the opportunity to sow Chinese cabbage on the remaining 0.5 acres of 8-3.

By the afternoon, the sun still hadn't come out, so I saved a lot of watering work, which was really wonderful.

At the same time, Hong Zhong also delivered most of the supplies he needed in the afternoon.

10 acres of bamboo sheets and shade nets;
Water pump, water pipe and cable.

There are also some miscellaneous things.

For example, the small piece of steel pipe that Chen Jiazhi requested was about 40cm long. One end of the steel pipe was flattened, leaving only a thin gap, and the other end would be fixed on the water pipe.

Once the power is turned on and the water pressure increases, the water will shoot out from the long and narrow gap at the other end.

It can shoot very far and can easily cover a four or five meter wide area.

Moreover, the water is dispersed. As long as you pay a little attention, it will only make the seedlings fall all over the place, but it will not be washed out of the soil.

Generally, all the seedlings will stand up after one night, but you have to be careful with the vegetables that are close to being finished. If they are too crooked, they may not stand up.

Just like morning erections, when you are young, they are strong and last long, but when you get older, you are no longer able to do so.

In short, watering in this way is not only much easier, but also many times more efficient than using a dung scoop.

The watering equipment costs about 1600 yuan in total, and is also a more suitable alternative at present.

Including the bamboo strips and sunshade nets, Hong Zhong paid a total of 6100 yuan.

Even without other factors, Chen the vegetable farmer's spending power alone is enough for Hong Zhong to pay attention to him.

Most of the money had been spent. It happened to be raining and Chen Jiazhi had some free time, so he went to the pig farm again to pay off the remaining 3000 yuan for fermenting pig manure.

The pig farm was also very friendly to him.

Although fermented pig manure is a good thing, not many farmers are willing to spend money on it.

Chen Jiazhi bought nearly 20 tons in two months, and he almost emptied the factory's inventory.

If there were anyone who wanted him to become bigger and stronger, Hong Zhonghe and the pig farm owner would definitely vote for him.

When small vegetable farmers make money, they also make money.

(End of this chapter)