1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 14 Make a good relationship
The two vegetable workers were named Ao Dehai and Zhao Yu, respectively. They were both in their twenties. They were both Miao and had very tanned skin.

In Chen Jiazhi's memory, both of them were good at work.

However, not long after, the two no longer worked under Brother Yi, but went to other vegetable markets.

Because Brother Yi is a bit cunning and deceitful. His vegetable market has always been mediocre, with unstable management and inability to offer high salaries, so naturally others have to leave.

Just like the idea of ​​harvesting the vegetables early, Chen Jiazhi felt that with Brother Yi's experience, he must have understood it, but he was just too lazy and didn't want to work.
However, Brother Yi is also very good at working for the boss. When he was at the Dongxiang vegetable market a year or two ago, he said that during the peak season of vegetable sales, his monthly salary plus bonus and commission could reach 5,000 to 6,000 yuan, which was unique in the vegetable market at that time.

That's why he has the confidence to buy so much land.

However, when Brother Yi was his own boss, things were always difficult to describe. It is still the same now. Being a boss is not as good as working for others before.

So a few years later, he went to Shanghai to work. He managed the vegetable markets covering hundreds of acres in an orderly manner and helped people earn a lot of money.

Then he returned to Chengdu to work on his own, but after another ten years, he had not made any money in his life.

In fact, in the past ten to twenty years, cities such as Huacheng and Shanghai have had vegetable workers from all over the country.

But when it comes to the most reputable vegetable workers, many bosses will vote for Guizhou vegetable workers because they are stable, hardworking, and, in this period, they are also brave and capable of fighting.

In contrast, vegetable workers in other provinces either choose to work in factories or work on their own as a couple. However, vegetable workers in Guizhou have been one of the main forces in large vegetable markets until thirty years later.

Some Guizhou vegetable workers can even work with the same boss for twenty or thirty years.

Therefore, Chen Jiazhi naturally had a good impression of Ao Dehai and the other man.

Plot No. 1 is already empty, and only a few small boxes of Chinese cabbage are left in Plot No. 2. Today, the main vegetables harvested are Chinese cabbage, Chinese cabbage and lettuce in Plot No. 5.

After taking the two to site No. 5 and arranging their work, Chen Jiazhi went alone to site No. 2 behind the dormitory to harvest cabbage.

Plot No. 2 is about 0.5 acres, with only two small boxes of Chinese cabbage left in the corner. The stems are very thin and not very tall, so it takes a long time to harvest them.

After the harvest, Chen Jiazhi estimated that there were about 60 kilograms, which was shockingly low per mu. Fortunately, the unit price was high, so he definitely made a profit.

At this time, Chen Jiazhi came to site No. 5 again. Ao Dehai and the others also harvested Chinese cabbage, and the amount they harvested was almost twice as much as his.

Chen Jiazhi was very satisfied with this.

First of all, you can't expect the workers to work as hard as the boss. Once you understand this and look at the efficiency, you will know that both of them are very responsible.

Seeing Chen Jiazhi looking at the dishes, Ao Dehai said nervously: "Boss Chen, these dishes are too small and can't be put away quickly."

"It's okay, it's pretty quick."

In terms of age, the two are three or four years older than Chen Jiazhi. During the conversation, I learned that Ao Dehai and his wife already have two children, both in their hometown in Guizhou.

The two have been working in Dongxing Vegetable Market for several years. After the original company went bankrupt, they stayed to work for Yi Dinggan.

The salary is still 7.8 yuan a day.

Chen Jiazhi felt that the salary should be increased. It was too low. If it didn't increase, even the most stable workers would want to leave.

The rain gradually got heavier and didn't stop all afternoon, hitting the urea 'raincoat' with a crackling sound. The three of them stopped chatting and concentrated on harvesting the vegetables.

According to Chen Jiazhi's plan, they wanted to harvest 500 kilograms to sell today, but the vegetables were small and it was raining, so Li Xiu couldn't help. The three of them couldn't finish the job in an afternoon.

So when it was almost time to get off work, Chen Jiazhi asked the two if they wanted to work overtime, which was 1.5 yuan per hour, 50% higher than the normal salary.

Ao Dehai agreed.

At about 5 o'clock, Chen Jiazhi began to carry the vegetables back in baskets. The vegetables were heavier after being wet by the rain, so he could make a lot more money just by selling the "water" in the evening.

After arriving home, Chen Jiazhi asked Li Xiu to cook more food in the evening. He wanted to keep Ao Dehai and the other person for dinner and work overtime in the evening.

In one afternoon, the three of them harvested more than 300 kilograms of vegetables. After dinner, they harvested more than 100 kilograms of vegetables in the dark at night.

When Chen Jiazhi and Ao Dehai returned, they were already soaked and had to take a hot shower quickly.

While Chen Jiazhi was taking a bath, many vegetable farmers were looking at the vegetable baskets placed in the dam, all of them were a little stunned.

Li Mingkun said: "This is the most vegetables I've ever harvested personally since I leased the land, right?!"

Guo Mancang, who was smoking nearby, sighed, "No doubt about it, this is the most ever. Even Yi Dinggan has never harvested so many vegetables in a single day!"

Yi Dinggan, who was still playing cards with others in the house, felt a little embarrassed when he heard this. Most of the vegetable farmers here were brought out by him from his hometown in the beginning.

"Jiazhi is truly heartless!" "The way he's harvesting, we'll have two days at most. Except for the two plots of cowpea and loofah, the rest of the land will be empty. We won't have any vegetables to sell for at least twenty more days!"

Everyone started discussing again, but looking at the changeable rain, no one dared to guarantee that Chen Jiazhi's approach was not correct.

At least, he sold the vegetables and had the money in his hands. At this moment, many people changed their minds.

Li Xiu also heard everyone's discussions in the room, but he felt more at ease.

No matter how hard the rain falls, I have more than a thousand yuan on me, which gives me confidence.

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early morning.

God did not give Chen Jiazhi any face.

The rain started again two hours after it stopped, and it was really difficult for him to transport these hundreds of kilograms of vegetables to the market.

Fortunately, there were many people there, and Yi Dinggan, Li Mingkun, Guo Mancang, Qi Yongfeng and others all helped him bring some.

Among them, Yi Dinggan and Qi Yongfeng were selling vegetables for the first time recently. Qi Yongfeng said frankly that he couldn't bear it anymore after watching the scholar eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks every day, which made Aunt Juan, who was sleeping in the house, cough.

After filing into the outskirts of the wholesale market, Chen Jiazhi noticed at a glance that there were far fewer temporary vendors today.

Not only did he notice it, but the old vegetable farmer Guo Mancang also noticed it: "Scholar, how much to sell today, you have the final say."

The others were also looking at him, obviously agreeing with Guo Mancang's statement. When it came to raising the price, they all acknowledged Chen Jiazhi's strength.

Moreover, he had the most dishes, so there was no reason for Chen Jiazhi to ask for a high price, and they didn't dare to follow suit.

Chen Jiazhi thought about it and realized that the price had actually been raised again two days ago. The price of lettuce was 1 yuan, the price of Chinese cabbage and Shanghai greens was 1.15 yuan, and the price of Chinese cabbage was 1.2 yuan. Today, Yi Dinggan also collected some amaranth.

However, before Chen Jiazhi could answer, some vendors who had arrived earlier noticed the group of vegetable farmers and surrounded them.

Chen Jiazhi simply shouted, "Cao Xin is 1.3 yuan, Bok Choy and Shanghai Greens are 1.25 yuan, and Lettuce is 1.1 yuan!"

The overall price increased by another cent.

The price increase is quite severe. In the less than 10 days since Chen Jiazhi was reborn, the price of vegetables has increased by 3 to 4 cents, which may be equivalent to the increase in the past year.

However, the vegetable vendor was even crazier. After bargaining for a while without any effect, he started placing orders directly. There were several large orders of 70 or 80 kilograms, most of which were for Chen Jiazhi.

Because he had the most vegetables, the people who helped him carry the vegetables put them together in a pile. Generally, the vendors who took more goods would give priority to his pile.

"I picked this basket first. Go pick the others. Come on, weigh the vegetables for me."

"Pretty boy, call me first."

"Damn it, I'll go first."

After a while, it became a bit chaotic. The vegetable vendors picked out the vegetables themselves, and some even asked for plastic bags to pack the vegetables themselves.

"Jiazhi, how much is the amaranth?"

It was Yi Dinggan who was asking. Chen Jiazhi had no idea. He hadn't paid attention to amaranth these days, but it was even more impossible for Brother Yi to know. He casually said, "One dollar and twenty cents."

After saying that, he ignored the others. There were too many people gathered around, and there was no time to use the beam scale to weigh, and there was no chance to lend a hand.

So, Chen Jiazhi said hello to Li Mingkun next to him and went to the stall in the market to borrow a platform scale calibrated with a sliding weight.

After being rejected twice, a boss finally agreed to lend it to him temporarily.

After getting them back, Chen Jiazhi asked a few big buyers to weigh the large orders first, settle the bill, put the vegetables aside, leave the delivery address, and then pack them in bags for delivery later.

Afterwards, Chen Jiazhi quickly returned the scale. When he gave a cigarette to the boss, he took another look at the stall. They were selling winter melons and vegetables sent from other places.

"Boss, it's hard to grow vegetables this year, so you can stock up on some winter melons in the next two months."

The boss smiled and didn't answer.

Chen Jiazhi didn't care. It would be best if he could make a good connection, but it didn't matter if it didn't work out.

(End of this chapter)