1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 119 Trouble

At noon, a group of people returned to the vegetable market chatting and laughing. Those who drank too much, such as Yi Dinggan, lay down directly on the bed. Yi Long, who had been running around for several days, also lay down and fell asleep.

"Hey, Jiazhi, how much did your lunch cost?"

"The boss rounded off the amount, so the total was 600 yuan."

"Wow, this is really expensive!" After satisfying his curiosity, Li Mingkun exclaimed.

"There are more than 20 people, and the wine alone costs a lot of money." Chen Jiazhi said that he ordered five boxes of wine and did not return a single bottle, so he drank them all.

"Thank you. I've been in Huacheng for so long, and at least I got a good meal."

"There will be opportunities in the future."

The two chatted for a while, and when the others arrived, they thanked each other before going home to rest.

Li Xiu also brought Chen Jiafang into the house, while Chen Jiazhi and Xue Jun were smoking outside.

"Third sister, this is your bed. You can only make do with it for now."

Chen Jiaying sat on the bed. "Hey, it's okay. It's good to have a place to stay. Speaking of which, Jiazhi has changed a lot!"

Li Xiu smiled and said, "Yeah, they say he got it all at once~"

Chen Jiafang: "It's good that you've come to your senses. You're going to be a father soon. You've suffered a lot following him. I'm sorry for what you've done."

Li Xiu said: "It's not bad, I chose them all myself."

Chen Jiazhi was smoking outside and could hear the conversation in the house. He felt that the two people were a little unfamiliar, as if they were forcing the conversation.

He put out his cigarette, went into the house, poured himself a glass of water, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Third sister, do you have any plans now?"

Chen Jiaying shook his head: "I haven't decided yet. Your eldest sister wants me to go to her place. Xue Jun and I will discuss it."

Xue Jun also walked in: "I think growing vegetables is a good idea. Why don't you stay and grow vegetables? There are many people here and they are all familiar with each other."

Chen Jiaying was very troubled. Seeing this, Chen Jiazhi smiled and said, "There's no rush. Let's stay for a few more days and see how it goes."

His elder sister was also in Huacheng at this time. Was she still helping people plant flowers, or had she already joined the factory?
I can't remember clearly.

"Take a break. It must be tiring to come all the way here by train."

"Well, you stayed up late selling vegetables tonight, so you should go to bed soon."

Polite, but a little unfamiliar.

The market became quiet again.

After a good rest, they started a new busy schedule. This is how vegetable farmers always treat their guests to a meal.

No matter how important the banquet is, the dishes must be collected every day without any delay.

It was considered good for him to eat out. For many years afterwards, he would cook at home when entertaining guests, and have two meals a day, lunch and dinner, but he still had to collect and sell the dishes.

When Chen Jiazhi got up, there was no one in the room. He washed his face in the dam and went to the door of Yi Dinggan's house to check. The father and son were still sleeping soundly, and no one else was there.

“It really looks like it~”

With a chuckle, Chen Jiazhi went back into the house, took out the seeds he had soaked yesterday, and went out to get busy.

The seeds sown are cauliflower seeds~
The pace has been fast recently. I transplanted four batches of Chinese cabbage and sowed seeds immediately. At the same time, I am transplanting Chinese kale today, all in anticipation of the post-typhoon market.

There is enough space in the field. Today I planted a piece of Chinese cabbage and transplanted a piece of Chinese kale, and there are still three pieces of space left.

Hey, this rhythm is more comfortable.

He also saw Chen Jiaying and Xue Jun, both in his second sister's field.

Where is Li Xiu?
He looked around before he spotted her among the group transplanting Chinese kale seedlings. She was holding a small hoe and planting the seedlings.
Forget it, forget it, just let her be. If she keeps yelling at her every day, not only will Li Xiu be annoyed, but Chen Jiazhi will also be in trouble.

...

"Third sister, Xue Jun, if you want to stay and grow vegetables, I'll go talk to Jiazhi. He still needs people."

Chen Jiafang and Chen Jiaying were also chatting while working.

Chen Jiaying said hesitantly, "I-I feel a little awkward. Jiazhi has changed so much now that I almost can't recognize him."

Chen Jiafang sighed. "Forget about you. I see him every day, and I still haven't gotten used to it. But isn't this a good thing? He's successful now, so what's wrong with me getting a little bit of his fame?"

“Some of the things I said before were not nice to hear.”

"Hey, what's the big deal between siblings? Who among you scolded him as harshly as I did? And yet, that's how it all came to pass."

"Think about it again, my elder sister also asked me to go over and plant flowers~"

"Growing flowers is also working for others. You might as well stay and help Jiazhi. Jiazhi pays his workers well. You just can't let go of your pride."

"Different."

In the past, the three sisters were very disappointed with Chen Jiazhi and scolded him more harshly than the other. Although Chen Jiafang scolded him the harshest, she also brought Chen Jiazhi and Li Xiu out and always took good care of them.

Chen Jiaying thinks about himself. Most of the time he is disgusted, disgusted, and disgusted again.
It's really embarrassing to ask him to work for my younger brother suddenly.

Xue Jun suddenly said, "Can we rent some land to grow vegetables?"

Chen Jiafang shook her head and said, "You think growing Cantonese vegetables is easy? We were forced to rent land to grow vegetables because our company's vegetable market couldn't continue to operate. We could barely make a living. It was only in the last two months that Jiazhi suddenly came to his senses and our lives have improved.

You guys just arrived and can't even tell what Cantonese food is. How can you grow it? You can't grow it!"

The three of them chatted for a while but couldn't come to any conclusion.

Chen Jiafang looked around and started cursing again, "Yi Ding is such a lazy bastard! He said he'd quit drinking, but he drank too much at noon. Jiazhi has already come out, but he's still sleeping in the room~"

Chen Jiaying and Xue Jun also saw Chen Jiazhi sowing seeds. Wearing a straw hat, he scattered the seeds with an elegant posture. He was completely different from the image of a young master who didn't know the difference between grains. He was just an authentic vegetable farmer. Xue Jun stood up and said, "I'll go talk to Jiazhi."

Chen Jiazhi had sown one-third of the seeds when he heard Xue Jun's call.

"Come and smoke, bro."

"Hey, Wuniu, you have to have one."

Wuniu is a brand of cigarette that is particularly familiar to smokers in Sichuan Province. It is affordable and difficult to buy in the Flower City.

After placing the seed pots on the bed, they both lit cigarettes and started chatting.

Xue Jun is about the same height as Chen Jiazhi, both are tall, but Xue Jun has broad shoulders and back, big arms and a big waist, and is very strong.

Chen Jiazhi smiled and asked, "Have you discussed it? Do you want to grow vegetables?"

"I wanted to grow vegetables, but your third sister..." Xue Jun shrugged, "maybe she's a little embarrassed."

Chen Jiazhi said: "I am fine with either. It depends on you. You can help me for a while, or I can grow it myself later."

Xue Jun: "Do you think your third sister and I can do it?"

Chen Jiazhi: "At first, the income will definitely not be as good as working, but as long as you are willing to learn and put in a little more effort, you will have no problem supporting your family."

"I'm just stupid."

Xue Jun paused, then said, "How about I go with you to sell vegetables? You'll need someone to look after the place, right? I can help you move the goods, or even fight or beat people up."

"..."

Chen Jiazhi's face was filled with black lines. "Do you know why you didn't get it in your previous life? It was because you were too ruthless in a fight and got killed."

When he traveled back in time, Xue Jun had been dead for more than ten years. His grave was next to his father's, and every year they would burn incense and paper together.

But after not seeing each other for many years, we are actually very unfamiliar with each other. Xue Jun is indeed good at fighting and dares to fight.

When Li Xiu gave birth to her second child in her hometown, the Family Planning Bureau came to her house and Chen Jiazhi was stabbed in the back. When Xue Jun arrived, the two of them beat the man away together.
Maybe it was because of Yi Dinggan’s bragging at noon that Xue Jun had the idea of ​​going to the market.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Jiazhi said, "There's no need to fight. You can help me sell vegetables. The market does need help carrying goods, but you'll have to stay up late for a long time."

"Staying up late is no problem. Let's go to the market tonight and take a ride on your tricycle."

"Okay, I'd be happy to help if you're willing to~"

After finishing a cigarette, Chen Jiazhi got up and started sowing again. Xue Jun also went back, looking quite looking forward to going to the market.

It has been more than ten days since the summer solstice, and the beginning of the dog days of summer is not far away.

As the saying goes, the hottest time of the year is the dog days. Mid-July to mid-August every year is the most difficult period.

Starting from the beginning of July, the local production of leafy vegetables will become less and less.

But there is no shortage of vegetable farmers like Chen Jiazhi who continue to sow seeds. 'Sijiuxin' is such a high temperature and humidity resistant variety.

Like Daguqing, Sijiuxin is also a local vegetable variety grown in Huacheng.

To date, dozens of different branches have developed.

What Chen Jiazhi is most familiar with are several 49-heart varieties from the Vegetable Research Institute of Huacheng Academy of Agricultural Sciences. In his previous life, when he returned to Chengdu, he still received seeds from Huacheng for a long time.

The seeds I have now are pretty good, so I will continue to use them. I will also look for seeds from the Vegetable Research Institute later.

After sowing the cabbage seeds, Chen Jiazhi made a note in his mind.

This era is good and there are many opportunities for him, but there are also many things that he is not used to.

Not only is there a lack of various tools, but finding good seeds is also not an easy task.

...

It was a dark and windy night, a night of murder and arson~Pooh, pooh, pooh, what was he thinking about? He must have been led astray by Xue Jun.

Just selling vegetables~
But he felt that the place where Heiwaer parked his car tonight was dozens of meters farther away from the market than yesterday.

"Yesterday we agreed on 2.7 yuan, 304 kilograms, a total of 820 yuan."

After weighing each basket of vegetables, Heiwa would put the vegetables on the cart, weigh them, and then call it a day and pay the money. He did it quickly and seemed sneaky.

Heiwa gave the money and looked at Xue Jun twice.

"Chen, the vegetables are going to be more, and I've found a helper. If there are too many vegetables, I'll need to add more."

"We'll have to wait a little longer if there are more dishes. This is my brother-in-law, come and see~"

Heiwaer and Xue Jun both nodded. They were both very strong and had a sense of mutual understanding.

At this time, a motorcycle drove towards them. It was very conspicuous late at night and actually stopped right next to them. It turned out to be Old Wu.

"Chen, the vegetable farmer, don't go to the market today. Someone is trying to cause trouble for you, a small vegetable farmer. There's already a commotion at the door."

"What's the matter?"

Old Wu said, "It's just a few stall owners who have recruited some people and are planning to cause trouble tonight."

Suddenly, Chen Jiazhi thought of the middle-aged couple at the end of last night's show.

"Then I have to join in the fun."

Coincidentally, I brought Xue Jun with me tonight, and Lao Wu’s steel pipe has not been returned yet. The incident may have been caused by him, so there is no reason to be cowardly.

Old Wu was anxious: "No, give me my food first."

Chen Jiazhi was amused and jokingly said, "Old Wu, it's just a few baskets of vegetables. Do you think you've betrayed your class?"

(End of this chapter)