1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 98 Selection (ask for monthly ticket!)

After the rain, rainwater kept dripping down the asbestos roof, and the streets in the market were filled with puddles of water.

But the amazing thing is that there are no vegetable leaves on the ground.

Occasionally, they will be picked up by vegetable vendors who are trying to make up the weight. Some vegetable farmers even deliberately pour some water into the plastic bags because the weight is not enough.
When the market is booming, there will be chaos among all kinds of people.

But there is no worry about selling.

What hindered Chen Jiazhi from returning home was not that he did not sell fast enough, but the packaging of small orders.

He also wanted to get big orders like those from Heshang, Chen Ze and Lao Wu, which would bring in a lot of money, involve little trouble and be clean and efficient.

However, the main force in the market is purchases made up of small orders like 377 and various retail vendors.

Big orders are hard to come by, and there is a possibility of losing them. Most people in this world are ordinary people.

It was pitch black outside the market, and the lights of the wholesale market were dazzling in the dark.

The corner became quiet again, and all the vegetables were cleared away.

Qi Yongfeng also went to deliver the last batch of goods, while Yi Dinggan and the other two went to buy meat and vegetables.

Chen Jiazhi leaned on the tricycle, holding a notebook and pen, and roughly calculated today's income.

The densely packed small orders are constantly aggregated and eventually added up.

A total of 961 kilograms of Chinese cabbage, 11 kilograms of loofah, and 9 kilograms of bitter melon were harvested, with a total income of 3200 yuan.

1400 yuan less than yesterday.

But it was still a rather exaggerated income, and the originally empty bag was once again stuffed with banknotes.

After calculating the income, he began to think about the remaining vegetables in the field.

He lit a cigarette for himself, thinking while looking at the water stains in the alley.
In order to ensure that the supply continues, we have to slow down the harvesting process after two days.

At this time, Qi Yongfeng also came back after delivering the last batch of vegetables. He walked on the wet street, seeming a little uneasy.

Chen Jiazhi noticed it.

When Qi Yongfeng approached, he also gave Qi Yongfeng a cigarette, and the two leaned on the tricycle waiting for others to come back.

Chen Jiazhi said: "Yongfeng, don't you think it would be more comfortable for you to do it yourself?
Vegetable prices are so good now, if I can easily sell 70 or 80 kilograms a day, I can earn more than 200 yuan. At the end of the month, it’s much better than working a part-time job.”

Qi Yongfeng exhaled a cloud of smoke. He didn't expect Chen Jiazhi to directly say what he was thinking.

“If I say I’m not jealous, I’d be lying. But I also know my own limitations. If I can’t grow vegetables, no matter how good the price is, it’s all in vain. I’ll still have to worry every day.

Working for you is different, it's a stable income every month."

Chen Jiazhi: "Well, it's best if you can think this way, but if you want to come up with it and do it yourself, I support you."

Qi Yongfeng was surprised for a moment: "I feel that my skills are not mature enough. I don't have such an idea now. I will learn from you for two more years."

Chen Jiazhi: "Don't worry, when your skills mature, it will be the same. If you want to go out and work on your own, I will support you."

Qi Yongfeng was really surprised this time. When Chen Jiazhi was working in the fields, he never hid anything.

"Thank you, Zhi-ge."

The two of them just smoked and chatted casually.

Qi Yongfeng knew how much money Chen Jiazhi made every day, and also knew how much Yi Dinggan and several others earned.

Having seen vegetable farmers from the same hometown earning hundreds or even thousands of yuan a day, it is very difficult to expect him to work steadily growing vegetables and earn only a few hundred yuan a month.

The threshold for growing vegetables is very low.

As long as you are willing to work hard, explore for a year or two, and suffer some losses, you will basically get started, and supporting a family will not be a problem.

Then it is about accumulating experience and personal creation~
If you can hold on for a dozen or twenty years, be a little bolder, and catch the ride of the times, you can live a decent life.

If you are a little luckier, or if you are willing to study and learn, you will reach a higher level.

It's just really hard work.

Most people can’t stick to it.

But more people do not have the courage to go out on their own, and even if they do, they cannot make it big and always stay around three or five acres of land.

I don’t know how to sell vegetables.

Even after more than ten years, there will still be vegetable farmers who dare not learn to drive.

First, I am afraid of the hard work of growing and selling vegetables. Second, I am afraid of the investment. Both driving license and buying a car require money, and I can only be sucked dry by the middlemen for a long time.
To what extent is the blood sucked?

Because they have no idea about the market conditions, Chinese cabbage may be sold at 3 yuan per catty in the market, but the vegetable vendors who buy it from the fields only give the farmers 1 yuan per catty.

There are even cases where kale is sold for 7-8 yuan per pound, but the vegetable vendors deceive the farmers by saying that the market is bad and only give them 80 cents per pound.
This is not an exaggeration.

Because the person whose blood was sucked was none other than Li Mingkun, who had returned chatting and laughing with Yi Dinggan and Guo Mancang.

He was sucked dry by the middlemen for two years.
At that time, they all returned to Chengdu. Chen Jiazhi and Yi Dinggan were in the north of the city. Many people knew that to get to Erxianqiao, one had to take Chenghua Avenue, but at that time Chenghua Avenue was still farmland.

Li Mingkun's family lives in the south of the city.

In those years, Cantonese dishes such as choy sum were not so popular in Sichuan Province, and were generally only used in restaurants and hotels.

So I can only go to a few large wholesale markets in the city to sell vegetables.

Yi Dinggan asked his son Yi Long to learn to drive and buy a van;

Chen Jiazhi had just built a new house in his hometown at the time and didn't have much money, so he could only afford a tricycle.

Only Li Mingkun found a middleman. It was fine at first, but after a while, Li Mingkun was fooled around.
The mystery was not solved until the three families gathered together to chat after an elderly person in their hometown passed away.

Two years have passed by now~
Chen Jiazhi and Li Xiu grow vegetables. They have already changed to vans and are planning to buy their first house.

Li Mingkun's family has more people. He, Bai Yan, his son and daughter-in-law, a total of four people, grow vegetables. The elderly also help with cooking and washing clothes. However, after two years of growing vegetables, they cannot even afford to buy a van.

It's just outrageous.

Li Mingkun and Bai Yan were so angry that their blood rushed to their chests.
Then he kicked the middleman out.

He gritted his teeth and let his son Li Jun learn to drive, and borrowed money from Chen Jiazhi to buy a van. Only then did he start on the right path.
Therefore, Chen Jiazhi is not worried that Qi Yongfeng will go it alone.

There is no need to worry that Li Mingkun and others will continue to work on their own after making money. These people still have many detours to take.

The reason why I can make money now is largely due to Chen Jiazhi.

What's more, the gap is widening.

When he left Dongxiang Vegetable Market, the few of them had no one to imitate, and it was hard to say whether they could survive.

Even if you can just get by, the possibility of becoming big in the short term is very low.

In the future, as long as the income he provides to a few people is much higher than if they work alone, and management is also easier than if they work on their own, he is confident that he can attract a few people to join him.

Yes, he has always been thinking about these few people, and they are also suitable candidates for base management.

In the original time and space, Yi Dinggan was adept at handling large bases, Li Mingkun had been growing vegetables as steadily as an old dog all his life, and Guo Mancang was also an experienced vegetable farmer.

Although Qi Yongfeng was a bit lacking, he could still be trained. Ao Dehai, the unexpected surprise, also had great potential. However, there was no need to rush at the moment. He didn't have enough capital, and the others hadn't experienced much.

Let's walk together and let the three old birds feel the difference between him and them~
Experience the cruelty of society~
Looking at the three people coming towards him, Chen Jiazhi couldn't help but smile.

"Jiazhi, your smile is so creepy."

Yi Dinggan said, and put the vegetables he bought into the tricycle. Li Mingkun and Guo Mancang followed suit.

"Really? I'm not allowed to laugh even after I've sold it. That doesn't make sense."

Chen Jiazhi suppressed his smile, put out his cigarette, and said, "Let's go. We can get some sleep if we go back early."

The rain was still falling. Several people watched Chen Jiazhi light the fire. The tricycle made a rattling sound and walked out of the market first, and they followed.

Chen Jiazhi didn't drive fast.

The few people behind also followed slowly, chatting as they rode.

Yi Dinggan asked Qi Yongfeng: "Yongfeng, what did Jiazhi talk to you about just now? He looked at us strangely."

Qi Yongfeng: "Nothing. Brother Zhi said that if I wanted to start farming on my own again, he would support me. I said I haven't had such an idea yet, and he said it would be the same in the future."

"Did he really say that?"

"Ah."

Yi Dinggan was a little suspicious.

This is a bit unlike Jiazhi. He brags all day long about asking me to work for him, so why would he say this to Yongfeng?
Am I too good?

It must be.

...

After arriving at the vegetable market, the rain not only did not stop, but it was getting heavier.

Chen Jiazhi was even more grateful that he had sown the seeds in advance last night.

After parking the cars one after another, Yi Dinggan said, "It's raining so hard that we can't work during the day. We can only sleep a little longer. How about playing cards later?"

Chen Jiazhi took out the vegetables and meat from the carriage and said, "This rain can only be considered moderate, which is suitable for applying fertilizer to the vegetables and saving the effort of watering them."

Yi Dinggan: "Jiazhi, you really know how to plan things. At this rate, we won't even have any time to rest."

Chen Jiazhi laughed and said, "You think you are a civil servant and you want to rest on time."

Li Mingkun and Guo Mancang also heard that it was time to apply fertilizer after the rain, but they pursed their lips and did not participate in the topic.

Chen Jiazhi was not doing this without any purpose, he really intended to chase after Fei.

Generally speaking, if the base fertilizer is applied enough, there is no need for top dressing, especially after two months when there are many pests and diseases. In the later stage of leafy vegetable growth, the shade net should be kept as much as possible, let alone top dressing.

But now we have to connect with the batches of vegetables that will be sown after May 5.30, and it just happened to rain, so we can apply some urea appropriately.

After putting their things away, they went back to their homes to take a nap.

It rained in the morning, and Chen Jiazhi had also passed the excitement brought by the income, so he slept more comfortably this time.

It wasn't until after seven that I slowly got up.

Chen Jiazhi took out his shoulder bag. Li Xiuren was not in the room, but she had already sorted out the money and classified the bills of various denominations.

I have more than 3,000 yuan again.

Adding the 16,000 in the bank, it’s almost 20,000.

In his previous life, he had to wait until he went to Shanghai to save his first ten thousand yuan, but now it’s seven or eight years earlier.

Life is completely different now.

He took out his notebook and looked at it for a while.

"Jiazhi, come and eat."

Li Xiu's voice came from the next door.

"Here we go."

Chen Jiazhi replied, then picked up the radio. After arriving at his second sister's house, he turned on the radio and listened to the news.

Maybe it was because it rained today and I was a bit free, so my second sister made meat buns again. Chen Jiazhi ate one in two bites and drank some porridge. He was so happy.

Occasionally, I would use meat buns to tease the dog.

After a while, the information on the morning news caught his attention.

"This morning, heavy rain hit northern Flower City, Dongguan, Qingyuan and other places again..."

Chen Jiazhi was stunned.

"Where else has the rainstorm moved?"

You know what, it’s really a good thing.

A little rain here is good enough, as all vegetable farmers do. I hope the heavy rain will fall elsewhere.
Yi Dinggan: "It seems that vegetable prices will continue to rise for a while. Jiazhi, you are really rich now."

Chen Jiazhi smiled and said, "I've noticed that you have some vegetables growing in your fields."

Yi Dinggan: "I can't compare to you. How much did you sell today? Three thousand yuan, right? I guess you'll have to go to the bank again in a couple of days. Li Xiu, you have to keep a close eye on Jiazhi. The last time I went to deposit money, the girls at the bank had their eyes sparkling when they saw Jiazhi."

Chen Jiazhi: “…”

Is there? How come he didn't notice it?

Li Xiu smiled and said, "Jiazhi is either working in the fields or selling vegetables in the market in the early morning. If the little girl wants to see him, she can only come and bask in the sun with him."

Yi Dinggan wanted to say something, but Chen Jiafang stuffed a bun into his mouth.

"You can't even control your mouth when eating. You should learn more from Jiazhi. You're always at the market. But you, on the other hand, run out for a stroll from time to time. Who knows where you go? It's raining today. Are you thinking of running out to fool around again?"

Chen Jiazhi was eating quietly, but he couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

Yi Ding glared at him and said quickly, "I'm not going anywhere today. I'll just play cards at home. I'll call someone over later!"

Chen Jiafang: "Can't you just be quiet? Why do you have to make the house a mess?!"

Both of them were talkative, one faster than the other, while Chen Jiazhi and Li Xiu were secretly laughing beside them.

...

After breakfast, Chen Jiazhi took an umbrella and prepared to go patrol the fields. The two puppies saw him go out and wanted to follow him.

"Hey, white dog, black dog, hurry back! It's raining! You'll get covered in mud soon! Go back!"

No matter how he shouted, the two dogs would not listen. Instead, they took a detour and rushed to the front, leaving plum blossom prints on the muddy road.

He was walking in the direction he usually went.

It's only been a week, and the dog hasn't learned how to guard the house yet, but has learned how to patrol the fields instead.

What a gift!
(End of this chapter)