1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 109 An unexpected large order

The breeze smells the rustling of vegetable stalks, and farmers are busy on the ground.

Busy in the morning and busy in the afternoon.

It was not until evening that, apart from the noisy calls of magpies and birds, the figures of farmers working in the vegetable fields began to appear.

There are also two dogs, one black and one white, chasing sparrows, butterflies, and dragonflies.
Chen Jiazhi and his six permanent workers and four temporary workers also arrived at the fields one after another.

"Qi Yongfeng and Huang Juan are harvesting~"

"The rest of us went to water, dig up the seedlings, and transplant the choy sum~"

Following Chen Jiazhi's order, all ten people got busy.

The team transplanting Chinese cabbage seedlings was the largest, with a total of 8 people.

The vegetable patch where the seedlings are to be transplanted was watered thoroughly last night and this morning, so they can be transplanted now just by watering it again.

Then transport the seedlings, and each person uses a small hoe to transplant them.

One link after another.

Planting seedlings is very important, as it determines how much vegetables can be produced when the threshing season starts in mid-July.

Naturally, the more intense the better.

Heavy rain can delay his sowing time, but it cannot prevent him from producing vegetables at the expected time!

Not long after, Li Xiu also came out for a stroll wearing a small straw hat, watching the seedlings being transplanted and planting, and occasionally helping out.

Chen Jiazhi took a hoe and went to dig at site No. 3, which he planned to use for breeding water spinach.

The large-bone greens selected earlier are also planned to be sown.

First, plow the nursery ground, level the soil, and disinfect it with carbendazim solution;

Cover it with the film used in spring, expose it to high temperature for two days to kill pathogens and insect eggs, then remove the film, turn the soil and let it air dry.

Chen Jiazhi had only dug half of the field when darkness began to descend upon the vegetable field.

He carried a hoe and walked towards the seedling field. The people who were doing the seedling work were Ao Deliang and his wife, as well as two temporary workers from Guizhou Province.

There was no problem with digging up the seedlings. The four people also had to complete thinning out the seedlings while digging up the seedlings.

The speed is not fast.

It was just enough for Ao Dehai and his wife, Hu Chunmei and Wu Qin to plant seedlings.

But the quality is ok.

Li Xiuzhe ran back and forth from time to time, occasionally transporting seedlings and taking into account the quality of the seedlings.

Chen Jiazhi also used his headlamp to check the condition of the planted seedlings for a while. At first, everything was fine.

However, just when he was about to water the plants, he saw the problem. He did not let it go and asked in a cold voice with a stern face.

"Who planted these vegetables?"

The voice was serious.

The four people who were still planting seedlings immediately turned around, a little nervous, but no one responded.

Li Xiu moved over to take a look.

Chen Jiazhi didn't ask any further questions, but just pulled out a seedling and talked about the problem.

"Be careful when planting the seedlings. This one has broken in two. How can it survive?"

"Dehai, come check this section. Keep an eye on the back too. Planting them in your field affects your yield."

Ao Dehai replied: "Okay, I'll follow and check."

He walked over and took a look at the situation. The more he looked, the darker his face became. Many seedlings were broken, which meant that all the planting was in vain.

Chen Jiazhi added, "Come and take a look. I won't ask who it is anymore, but I won't be so easily fooled next time."

After getting angry, he left with a sullen face.

Li Xiu followed closely, and when they were a little further away, she said, "Jiazhi, I was negligent and didn't see it."

Hearing her self-blame, Chen Jiazhi smiled and said, "It has nothing to do with you. It's the workers' fault. They wanted to fish in troubled waters, thinking that if a large number of seedlings fail to survive in a few days, they won't be able to find out who is responsible.

Also, it was hot at night with lots of mosquitoes, and I was irritable, so I naturally didn't hold back."

Li Xiu asked, "What should we do then?"

Chen Jiazhi thought for a moment and said, "We need to plant seedlings these days. Let's each buy a bottle of floral water. Occasionally, we can get some watermelon and popsicles to cool down. I'll leave this to you."

"Me?" Li Xiu was surprised.

Chen Jiazhi laughed and said, "I'll be the good guy and scold them, so you have to be the good guy and comfort the workers. Or do you just want to be the good guy and scold them for your own fun?"

"Ah~ I don't know how to curse, you do it." Li Xiu said.

Chen Jiazhi: "So, if you find any problems, tell me first and let me handle it. Don't get into conflict with them and just be the good guy."

"Wouldn't that be unfair to you?"

"Just compensate me more."

"Ah~"

"Ah, what? It's about time you go back. I'll be watering the plants here and I can keep an eye on them."

"I'll wait a moment~"

...

On the other side, Qi Yongfeng and Huang Juan were also chatting.

"Yongfeng, why aren't the vegetables we grow ourselves this good?"

Huang Juan was both happy and depressed.

The good thing is that the vegetables are in good condition and can be harvested quickly. The two of them start harvesting at 6pm and finish at 12pm when Boss Chen sets out to sell the vegetables.

There is no mandatory requirement to charge a certain amount.

Well, it’s only six hours anyway, so I’ll collect as much as I can.

Naturally, the two wanted to collect more.

I estimate that I can harvest 600 to 700 kilograms of vegetables and earn a commission of about 20 yuan, which is pretty good.

But when he thought about the fact that he was helping others grow vegetables, he could roughly calculate Boss Chen's income, which was completely different from theirs.

Suddenly, I felt depressed.

Qi Yongfeng held a cigarette between his lips and said, "Don't think about it. There are differences between people. Didn't you see that Lao Li, Lao Guo, and Yi Dinggan have been plagued by insects again recently?
He was smiling and showing off a lot a few days ago, but he hasn't been able to smile at all these past two days.

It’s fine as it is now.”

He also knew clearly that only by following Chen Jiazhi could he quickly master these techniques. …

The seedling planting team starts work at 5 pm and finishes get off work at 9 pm.

As soon as it was time to get off work, the two temporary workers, Hu Chunmei and Wu Qin, left and went back to work in their own fields.

The two temporary workers from your province worked overtime until 10 o'clock and earned an extra yuan.

Before finishing work, Chen Jiazhi handed over the task of plowing Plot No. 3 to Ao Dehai.

It was past 10 o'clock before they went back to take a shower, have some midnight snack, and rest for a while before Qi Yongfeng and his wife picked up the dishes and brought them back.

"Sure, I've collected so much."

Chen Jiazhi looked at the baskets of vegetables, estimating that they weighed about 700 kilograms.

Qi Yongfeng wiped his sweat and said, "Hey, thanks to the good quality of the vegetables, we can harvest them quickly. Brother Zhi's vegetable growing skills are amazing~"

Chen Jiazhi laughed cheerfully and said, "Alright, alright, hurry up and load the car. Once it's loaded, you can take a shower and rest early."

It's hot in the summer, so we go out early and come back early in the morning, and go out late and come back late in the afternoon. The rest time at noon is the longest.
After loading the car in a few minutes, Chen Jiazhi set off. Yi Dinggan and the other two had already set off for a while.

But it doesn't matter how early the three of them go.

Chen Jiazhi sells out fast!
Because Qi Yongfeng was taking time to collect the vegetables, it was already past 1 a.m. when Chen Jiazhi arrived at the market.

The wholesale market was brightly lit, and it was bustling inside and outside the side door, with traffic jams.

As you can imagine, there are more dishes.

But it had no effect on Chen Jiazhi. Before he even entered the door, he saw Chen Ze waiting outside the market.

"Hey, Mr. Chen, I'm a little late. Sorry."

"It's okay, I just got here too, give me the food."

It’s still 100 kilograms of Chinese cabbage, the quantity remains the same, but the price has been reduced to 2.8 yuan, a total of 280 yuan.

After loading the three plastic baskets of vegetables onto the van and recycling the three plastic baskets from yesterday, Chen Jiazhi entered the market.

Yi Dinggan and two other people found a seat for him, but it was a bit small and just barely enough.

As soon as we stopped, customers arrived.

"Chen, the vegetable farmer, how much are the choy sums for today?"

"Ordinary choy sum is two dollars and fifty cents."

“The price hasn’t dropped yet.”

"Look at how beautiful my vegetables are, so tender and free of insects. How wonderful! You'll be proud to take them to the delivery office."

"Okay, pack the vegetables. Three 5-jin (approximately 10 jin) and two 10-jin (approximately 10 jin) vegetables. Hmm, rounding it up, I'll give you 87 yuan."

"Shouldn't it be 88 yuan after rounding off?"

"Hey, just 5 cents~"

The customer cheated and put the money on the vegetable basket and left. Chen Jiazhi didn't mind. After taking the money, he made a note of it.

While he was loading the vegetables, a stranger came to the stall and looked at his cart, but before he could speak, another voice came from far away.

"Chen, the vegetable farmer, have you lowered the price?"

"No."

"Damn, take the money and deliver the goods sooner."

Old Wu came, left two hundred yuan, and left. Chen Jiazhi didn't even see whether he washed his face today.

Now that he is familiar with the place, selling vegetables is so simple. Just give the money and leave, and then wait for him to deliver the vegetables.

When he looked up, the stranger asked in a Cantonese accent, "You want a lot of choy sum? Is the price any lower?"

"No, it's a flat price. Regular choy sum is 2.5 yuan, and choy sum in a row is 2.8 yuan."

Although Chen Jiazhi will follow the market to lower prices, he is not worried about selling. Today is not the time to lower prices yet.

He thought the other person would leave, but the person hesitated for a moment and then said, "Then give me all five baskets of vegetables."

Chen Jiazhi looked up in surprise and saw that there were five bamboo baskets, which contained more than 200 kilograms of vegetables.

He hesitated for a moment and glanced at his notebook. The quantity from old customers should be enough.

He smiled happily and stood up to weigh the food. "Okay, boss, how do you want to deliver the food?"

"I'll have someone drive in later."

"Let me take it to you. There are so many people here right now that it's inconvenient for the car to drive in. It will take a long time to get stuck."

"Then send it right away. I'll meet you at the side door later."

"After I weigh the food, I'll go borrow a rickshaw."

"Okay, weigh it."

Chen Jiazhi brought down the dishes that the visitor liked and weighed them one by one.

"Including the bamboo basket, it weighs 253 kilograms. If you take the basket with you, I'll charge you 250 kilograms, for a total of 625 yuan."

The man didn't say much, he just counted the money and handed it over. When he got closer, Chen Jiazhi could see his face clearly.

He was a middle-aged man with a dark complexion, and he almost thought he was also a vegetable farmer.

He took the money, and the man mentioned delivering the food again and then went to drive away.

Chen Jiazhi went to stall No. 6 to borrow a rickshaw, asked Yi Dinggan to help watch the car, and then went to deliver the vegetables.

He saw a white van at the side door. The man had opened the van and was waiting. When he saw him coming, he greeted him and started moving the vegetables.

The fifty-jin basket of vegetables seemed like nothing in his hands. When Chen Jiazhi started to move them, he had already moved the third basket.

In the end, he only moved one of the five baskets of vegetables, and the remaining four baskets were moved by the middle-aged man.

This is a little different from ordinary grocery shopping.

"Okay, vegetable farmer, if everything goes well, we'll need this much vegetables tomorrow, so try to come early."

"If you want it early, you can wait for me on the side of the road. I'll install it for you when I get there."

"Okay, it's settled."

Hearing this suggestion, the middle-aged man laughed happily twice, waved his hand and left.

Chen Jiazhi felt that he was a little lucky today.

Large orders of more than 200 kilograms are relatively rare, and they may appear every day.

It was a good sign, and he even started humming again as he returned to the market.

Forgive me for my unruly and free love in this life
I'm also afraid that one day I will fall.
(End of this chapter)