1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 94 Sunny Day

Li Xiu tossed and turned in bed.

Calculations unconsciously began in my mind.

It was 2246 yuan yesterday and 4599 yuan today, which adds up to more than 6800 yuan in two days.

If I sell another 3000 yuan tomorrow morning, I will almost have collected 10,000 yuan.

Plus the 9500 yuan I collected two days ago~
Almost 20,000.

As I thought about it, I thought about the vegetables in the field, there are quite a few~
How much can this sell for?
She didn't know how long it took before she gradually became drowsy. In her daze, she felt the person behind her get up.

She also opened her eyes, and Jiazhi's face came into view: "You sleep a little longer."

"Ah."

Last night I was first scared, then excited and unable to sleep, so I was really sleepy.

When I opened the door, it was almost dawn and a gust of morning breeze blew, making the air incredibly fresh.

It feels like a sunny day.

Chen Jiazhi changed into yellow rubber shoes and walked towards the vegetable field, with the two dogs following closely behind him.

After a few days, the two dogs became bolder and the vegetable fields became their place of fun.

Along the way, he would occasionally meet vegetable farmers who also got up early to go out to work, and they all greeted him.

Occasionally, someone would ask about the early morning vegetable sales situation, and Chen Jiazhi would talk about the market conditions, but otherwise he would just smile and remain silent.

No one else asked any further questions.

But from the information revealed in their eyes and body language, you can tell that some people can guess roughly.

Don't show off your wealth, but if you live in a place, everyone basically knows how much food you have produced.

Chen Jiazhi also understood this truth, but speculation and facts are different things.

Since he and Li Xiu didn't tell anyone, no one else knew the details.

But leaving it at home all the time is not a solution.

Not safe.

Chen Jiazhi was also thinking about what to do with the money, should he continue to spend it or deposit it in the bank?
It’s still a bit early to switch to a van or truck.

First, I haven’t gotten my driver’s license yet, and second, there’s quite a bit of empty space on the land, and third, money isn’t enough.

There is no other major investment.
Uh……

Where's my amaranth?
When Chen Jiazhi was inspecting the fields, he came to plot No. 3, but it was empty. Only a few remaining red leaves proved that amaranth had been planted there.

Just food?

He clearly remembered that there were still quite a few?

Stolen?
Chen Jiazhi stood there in a daze for about seventy to eighty or ninety seconds before he realized that it seemed like the room had been cleared out last night.

Plot No. 3 is 0.3 acres.

The sale started on June 6.13th, the Dragon Boat Festival. On that day, it sold 180 kilograms, and since then, it has been just over 100 kilograms.
Chen Jiazhi calculated in his mind for a while and realized that he might have sold more than 400 kilograms of amaranth last night.

He once again realized the value of "taking whatever you can get."

He didn't participate in harvesting the vegetables last night. Huang Juan was the one who harvested the amaranth. She had to pull the vegetables out, bundle them, and clean the roots. The process was tedious.
Even if Qi Yongfeng helped, he could only pull out all the amaranth in the field.

It's really cruel~
He plans to sell it slowly.

Luffa and bitter melon are almost gone, and for a while there will be only vegetables like choy sum left, until kale and mustard greens come on the market.

After leaving Site No. 3, Chen Jiazhi went to see the seedling trays in the small shed.

The soil is moist enough and does not need watering, but it needs to be sprayed with pesticides to prevent diseases and pests.

I also went to see a few vegetable fields that were planted a few days ago, and they all sprouted successfully.

The other seedlings are in good condition, but the humidity is high, so disease prevention is also needed in advance.

Although there was no problem with the vegetable leaves, Chen Jiazhi felt based on his experience that the flea beetles had already hidden in the roots and were eating them.

In his previous life, he fought flea beetles, aphids, and whiteflies all his life.

It is clear that if problems really occur with the leaves of Chinese cabbage, it means that the problem is already very serious, and prevention and control are more difficult. Using heavy pesticides can only reduce the damage.

But now it’s just the larvae that are boring into the roots, so prevention is simple and effective.

He also prepared many kinds of medicine.

There are domestic and imported products with different ingredients and dosage forms. I take turns taking several of them to keep you going all summer long.

I just hope today is a good weather~
Then he went to site 6, where there was another vacant lot.

The first batch of Chinese cabbage sown on May 5.23 has been cleared, and some of the second batch has also been moved.

The workers under me are all animals~
Each one is more hardworking than the other.

He's the boss~
The boss went home early last night, shouldn't you guys be having some fun?
Logically speaking, he is the one who should be most active in harvesting the vegetables. Although it is hard work every day, he can see the harvest on the same day.

I work during the day and collect money at night, and the total amount I collect is three to four thousand yuan.

Hard work pays off, and this is reflected to the extreme in him.

It was this feeling of having a stable income every day in his previous life that made him and Li Xiu work hard day after day, year after year, and grow vegetables for a lifetime.

Deposits are visibly increasing.

Very addictive.

Once the market is good, people become addicted to working like taking drugs, and they stay in the fields and refuse to go back.

Is it myself who has fallen?

No, he was sure not. He went back to bed early last night because there was not much work to do in the fields due to the rain.

Even including selling vegetables, he is still the hardest working.

Although he had various high-income experiences in his previous life and had sold tens of thousands of yuan a day many times, he knew that the current 4,000 yuan a day was of very high value.

So there is full of passion and no possibility of slacking off.

But he may have underestimated its value.

In order to earn a few more dollars in commission a day, vegetable workers will work hard to harvest vegetables. You can imagine how rare it is to earn 4000 yuan a day.

Thinking of this, Chen Jiazhi had already made a decision to deposit the money in the bank in the afternoon. It was too dangerous to keep it at home.

There are four vacant plots in Lot 6. Lot 3 is also vacant.

There is also a 1-mu vacant land on No. 7 and No. 8, which has been plowed, but after a heavy rain, it has become hardened again. After it has dried, it needs to be plowed shallowly.
After patrolling the fields for about twenty minutes, the sky was still just getting light, and the air was fresh and cool.

Chen Jiazhi also had a clear idea of ​​today's work arrangements.

It just so happened that Ao Dehai and his four companions also arrived at the vegetable field wearing straw hats and holding large water bottles, and Qi Yongfeng and his wife also went out.

Several people also saw him coming back from the vegetable field.

They all came to him one after another.

Zhao Yu greeted him from more than ten meters away, "Morning, Boss Chen. Are the dishes selling well this morning? Are they all sold out?"

The car full of vegetables in the early morning also made Ao Dehai and his friends feel scared.

Although it was a task assigned by the boss: collect as much as you can.

But they were indeed a bit cruel.

It was so fast that I didn’t finish until my boss woke up…

It had indeed rained the day before, and they had heard about it on the radio, but they couldn't help but feel worried.
In case it’s not sold out...

Facing the four people's somewhat nervous expressions, Chen Jiazhi smiled and said, "You know you're afraid, don't worry, it's sold out, and it's selling well. But you don't have to work so hard. Sooner or later, you will be the one to harvest the vegetables, and you can't escape the commission and bonus."

The four of them breathed a sigh of relief and laughed. Qi Yongfeng and Huang Juan, who knew the situation, also laughed.

Ao Dehai said: "I heard some news these days that the boss made a lot of money, so I was a little excited~"

"..."

"It's indeed okay." After a pause, Chen Jiazhi began to arrange the work.

"Pick up less vegetables today, and collect them steadily. Then let you pick as much as you can. I think we'll run out of vegetables in two days. Uh... the amaranth is gone."

Huang Juan was choked up. Yesterday, Qi Yongfeng wanted to rest early, but she pulled him out.

After a pause, Chen Jiazhi continued, "The premium choy sum is still 260 kilograms, and the ordinary choy sum is about 700 kilograms. Clear out this batch of vegetables and we won't accept any more."

Also a lot.

The remaining choy sum on 5.23 may not be enough.

Ao Dehai nodded.

Chen Jiazhi looked at Qi Yongfeng and Ao Deliang again and said, "The weather is expected to be good today. We'll spray pesticides after the dew has dried up in the morning. The Chinese cabbage seedlings in plots 7 and 8 need to be sprayed with flea beetles to prevent diseases. I'll take you with me to spray two doses."

In the afternoon, wait for the ground to dry out a bit, then turn the soil over a bit and sow the seeds quickly. You never know when it might rain again."

They are all seedlings.

Some of the seeds have just been planted, but they still need to be sprayed with pesticides. If not, they may be eaten by flea beetles as soon as they sprout.

Some novice vegetable farmers may think it is a problem with the seeds.

In fact, the seeds germinated, but they were not preserved and were eaten by flea beetles along with the leaves and rhizomes.

Especially in summer, the peak season for flea beetles, more and more seeds are sown, but the seedlings emerge sparsely.

It looks simple, but if no one teaches, many people will be troubled by this problem for years.
A busy day starts in the morning.

From the gentle breeze to the scorching sun, it seemed like just a moment.

The work in the fields is progressing in an orderly manner.

Thinning and weeding
When Chen Jiazhi and Ao Deliang finished the last bucket of medicine, their clothes were soaked with sweat.

"Call it a day~"

With his loud shout, it was as if the troops were called off. The busy vegetable farmers all stood up and went home one after another.

Two puppies who had been hiding somewhere to cool off also ran out and followed Chen Jiazhi happily.

I ran into Yi Dinggan head-on.

"Jiazhi, have you finished taking the medicine?"

"We're done. It's quick when three of us fight. Brother Yi, are you done?"

Yi Dinggan shook his head and looked at Ao Deliang who had walked a little further ahead.

"I can't be as fast as you guys if I'm alone. Aren't you worried that they'll kill the vegetables?"

It had only been a short time since his workers beat Cai Xin to death, and he was still frightened.

Chen Jiazhi: "If you want to grow bigger and stronger, you have to overcome this hurdle. If you want to be a boss, you can't do everything yourself. You have to cultivate talent!"

Yi Dinggan: "If we train them, what will happen if they leave and start their own business?"

"That depends on the boss's ability to retain employees and his personal charm." Chen Jiazhi said with a smile: "Brother Yi, do you feel my personal charm now?"

Yi Dinggan: “…”

He really wanted to say no, but he did feel that Chen Jiazhi was very different now.

Whether it is growing vegetables or selling vegetables, he feels inferior.

He has always been optimistic about Chen Jiazhi and hoped that Chen Jiazhi would get better, but he got better too quickly.

Every time he thought he had accepted and gotten used to Jiazhi's growth, he would immediately make a new breakthrough.

He was so shocked by the client's performance last night that he kept thinking about it when he was sleeping and working, wondering if he could be the protagonist.

unfortunately,

If he had continued to grow vegetables in such an ordinary way, he might never have such a highlight moment in his life.

Yi Dinggan asked: "Jiazhi, do you still plan to acquire the land?"

"Not yet."

Yi Dinggan had just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Chen Jiazhi say, "The land hasn't been sorted out yet. We'll have to wait at least another month."

"..." Yi Dinggan said slowly, "Is it because no one wants to transfer the land that we have to wait for a month?"

"more or less."

Chen Jiazhi said again: "Brother Yi, why don't you go to the bank this afternoon to deposit the money? It's not safe to keep it at home."

Yi Dinggan thought for a while and nodded. "That's fine. I've saved about three or four thousand, so I can save some. By the way, how much do you plan to save?"

(End of this chapter)