1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 27: I won’t let them have their way

The sky was clear one moment and overcast the next.

At noon, Chen Jiazhi and his expected small team sat on the small steps at the door and worried.

"I just took the medicine, God, please have some shame."

"Hahaha, Jiazhi, you've finally met your end. Even God won't help you this time."

"If it weren't for the fact that you're my brother Yi, I definitely wouldn't give you this cigarette."

Seeing that Chen Jiazhi started smoking again, Qi Yongfeng also came over happily.

"Brother Zhi, give me a cigarette. I guarantee the rain won't fall at noon. Maybe it won't rain until night."

"Okay, just for what you said, I'll light this cigarette for you."

Chen Jiazhi first gave the cigarette to Qi Yongfeng and then lit it for him. He really hoped that the rain would fall in the evening so that he would not have to spray the pesticide again.

Qi Yongfeng exhaled smoke with a look of enjoyment, "And I brought you some vine vegetables when I came back. I guarantee you'll become more and more handsome after eating them."

Chen Jiazhi: "Yongfeng, if anyone dares to call you stupid from now on, I will beat his mother up."

Li Mingkun asked suspiciously, "Eating vine vegetables really makes you look more handsome, why don't I believe it?"

Chen Jiazhi glanced at him and said, "You can eat it, but you're already old. Wanting to age faster is a bit of a pipe dream. This is a habit I've developed since I was a child, which is why I have such a handsome face. It's a little darker, but the foundation is still there. It will be back in two months. Otherwise, how do you think I managed to win over Li Xiu?"

Several of them looked at Yi Dinggan with a bit of contempt, and then they all looked at Yi Dinggan at the same time.

After Xiucai harvested the vegetables early, his shamelessness has become closer and closer to Yi Dinggan, and he may even be better than him.
"Stop bragging and come back for dinner!" Chen Jiafang shouted, and the small group dispersed.

At noon, I stir-fried some vine vegetables and made lean meat and water spinach soup. It was relatively light. These heat-clearing and detoxifying vegetables are suitable for eating in hot and humid weather.

Moreover, the stems of the Daguqing variety are crisp and tender without residue, and the leaves are smooth. It has a slightly sweet taste when stir-fried or cooked in soup.

There is a reason why the locals of Huacheng have loved this variety for so many years.

Chen Jiazhi really liked eating water spinach since he was a child, and he never got tired of it, so Qi Yongfeng's words "If you want to be handsome, eat water spinach" made him feel very comfortable.

He himself can testify that this is indeed the case.

Chen Jiazhi and Yi Dinggan couldn't help but eat an extra bowl of rice. Just as they were sipping some soup, they heard what seemed to be a quarrel coming from a house on the left.

Several people listened attentively.

"I can't slow down. I've already slowed you down for so long!"

"It's been half a month, a full half a month, and you haven't paid a cent, haven't bought any food, and have been eating for free every day. Who the hell can stand this?"

"Liu Minghua, I've done my best, but your wife insisted on showing off. She even had no money and still wanted to build a small shed halfway through. Now you are suffering the consequences of your own actions!"

"If you don't pay, you won't be allowed to eat at home!"

It’s Liu Minghua again.

Everyone understood the reason. Liu Minghua also built a small shed, but it was much later, and the seeds were sown later, so the vegetables might be produced even later than Chen Jiazhi.

But no one knew before that he had no money, and no one knew that he built the small shed because Jia Suzhen wanted to do it.

This only made myself embarrassed.

Yi Dinggan and Chen Jiazhi listened intently. Chen Jiafang slapped the table and said, "Eat, don't meddle in other people's business."

Liu Minghua and they were from the same county but different townships, so they lived quite far away from each other.

Jia Suzhen and Chen Jiazhi are from the same village. Jia Suzhen is relatively pretty, but her reputation is average, so she married far away.

However, the two were about the same age as Chen Jiazhi and Li Xiu, only about 21 or 22 years old. Chen Jiazhi and Liu Minghua had a good relationship before, but it ended after the incident of blocking the door to repay the debt. Chen Jiafang was worried that Chen Jiazhi would lend money to Liu Minghua.

So his eyes were always fixed on Chen Jiazhi.

"You buy cigarettes every day, meat every now and then, and some agricultural supplies. Don't forget that Li Xiu is pregnant."

"Second sister, I know my limits."

It's hard to say what favors are. He had previously reminded Liu Minghua to spread the leafy vegetables in the vegetable basket on the ground to dissipate the heat, which was considered as repaying the favor.

After dinner, the small group gathered together again and talked about Liu Minghua, feeling sorry for him.

Qi Yongfeng was still apprehensive: "Thankfully, Brother Kun and Sister Yan were supportive. I was able to put up my small greenhouse early, and I borrowed the vine vegetable seeds from Brother Zhi. If I work hard, I can start harvesting in a day or two. I can then continue the work."

Judging from Qi Yongfeng's performance, he may not be able to get rid of the title of Brother Zhi. In fact, Chen Jiazhi doesn't like others calling him that.

But now there is no way~
Whether it's acting or he really means it, Qi Yongfeng's current behavior shows that he admires him so much.

Guo Mancang took a puff of his cigarette and said, "I want to get on with it too. Things will get better soon."

Li Mingkun: "I plan to collect some vine vegetables to sell tonight."

Yi Dinggan also said: "I have to collect it at night. I smoke Jiazhi's cigarettes every day and I have no confidence to speak. If I continue like this, I will be completely controlled by your second sister."

Chen Jiazhi: "It's better to harvest the vegetables early, otherwise you guys will pollinate every night and I won't be able to sleep well."

...

Maybe God was kind and the sky was overcast all afternoon, and the rain didn't start until the evening.

Chen Jiazhiye took this opportunity to pick the flowers and leaves of bitter melon, cowpea and green beans. They have all borne fruit and the first batch can be harvested in a few days.

Bitter melon is monoecious, while cowpea and green bean are self-pollinating, so artificial pollination is generally not required, and the yield increase from assisted pollination is not obvious.

After finishing the work in a few steps, I went to plant the Chinese cabbage seedlings with Li Xiu for the whole afternoon. When it was getting dark, the rain suddenly came.

Li Xiu wants to cover the film.

Chen Jiazhi took her hand and walked back, "Let's not cover it anymore. I was too lazy to water it today, so the rain just saved us the trouble."

Li Xiu suddenly felt a little embarrassed. She forgot that she hadn't watered the plants yet. It would have been fun if she had just covered them with plastic film. It was clearly raining outside, but the plants in the shed were thirsty.
There was only rain but no wind, and the raindrops were not heavy. This kind of rain was just right. Chen Jiazhi felt that the weather had been a little bit nicer recently.
...

A light rain was falling in the dark ground.

"Liu Minghua, are you blaming me again?"

Liu Minghua, who was walking with his head down, paused for two or three seconds and then continued walking forward. He heard Jia Suzhen's voice behind him.

"I insisted on spending money to build the small shed. I will find a way to pay for my living expenses myself!"

Liu Minghua: "What can you do? We're all from the same village. Brother Zhou is just being harsh. He won't really chase us out. Let's just hold on a little longer."

"What do you know!" Jia Suzhen growled, like a dull thunder. "Everyone is waiting to see us laugh! You don't know anything at all!"

"You're overthinking it. You won't see me if you look up, but you'll see me if you look down..."

"Haha, what a wonderful coincidence! Liu Minghua, you really are resentful of the falling out between Chen Jiazhi and me!"

Liu Minghua stopped in surprise and turned around. Even in the dark, Jia Suzhen's figure stood out. In the end, he chose to endure it a little longer.

"I didn't. I went there that day too."

"Just so you know. They want to see me laugh, but I won't let them have their way!"

(End of this chapter)