1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 29 Yongfeng is a piece of steel
"5 minutes, who are you looking down on?"

"It's only 50 yuan. Is there anyone who drives up prices like this?"

Yi Ding got up cursing and washed his face with cold water. He was no longer sleepy and went out to work.

Not long after he was busy, he happened to see Li Mingkun go to the small shed built behind the side of the house, where there were hoes, crowbars, dung scoops and other worthless tools.

But Jia Sufen also followed him in.

Yi Dinggan counted silently in his mind, and Li Mingkun came out in less than 3 minutes.

"Old Li shouldn't be so weak~"

He let out a light breath, took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, then walked towards Chen Jiazhi.

Chen Jiafang cursed from behind, "You bastard, you haven't done your job for a few minutes, and you're running off again!"

Yi Dinggan: "I'm going to discuss pollination techniques with Jiazhi."

After a while, Chen Jiazhi learned what had happened for most of the day. He was stunned and surprised, "So what happened in my previous life was true."

Yi Dinggan had also told him about this in his previous life, but he always thought that Brother Yi was making up a story.

But there is one difference. In his previous life, Brother Yi also asked Jia Suzhen to get out, but he swore that Li Mingkun had taken care of the matter. This time, it was a bit vague.

"I counted the seconds, it definitely wasn't 3 minutes. Li Mingkun is usually quite honest, but it's hard to say, what if he finished in seconds~"

Chen Jiazhi: “…”

The two of them sat on the ground and analyzed things for a while, and Chen Jiafang actually thought they were exchanging technical ideas.

Yi Dinggan: "When you and Qi Yongfeng sell vegetables, if Li Mingkun doesn't give her money, she might come to you again."

"will not."

It was not just because the two families had fallen out, but also because he and Qi Yongfeng should not have encountered this kind of thing in their previous lives.

Chen Jiazhi: "Besides, if you, Brother Yi, can handle it, I'm sure I can too."

Yi Dinggan: "I'm afraid you've been feeling pent up lately and can't control yourself, so I came to tell you in advance. Even rabbits don't eat grass near their nests. If you really can't hold it any longer, I'll take you out~"

Chen Jiazhi decisively refused: "Brother Yi, I just want to make money now. Please help me pay attention to the land rental. I don't mind a lot, ten or twenty acres is fine."

Yi Dinggan: "You're just bragging. Ten or twenty acres will tire you to death~"

Chen Jiazhi laughed and said, "I just feel like I'm not tired enough. Once I release all my energy, I won't think about sex anymore."

Yi Dinggan: "Okay, okay, you have great ambitions, you are amazing, you are noble, you are clean, and I am the bad guy~"

Chen Jiazhi was not polite either: "Just be aware of it, don't make it so that you lose everything as brothers."

In the blink of an eye, it was May 4th.

In the evening, Chen Jiazhi looked at the growth of the vegetables. A batch of cabbage hearts can be harvested, and the loofah and bitter melon can be picked tomorrow. The green beans and cowpeas will also reach the harvesting standards one after another.

It’s just that the dishes are too diverse, which gives Chen Jiazhi a headache.

With such a small scale, it is actually better to specialize in one or two kinds of vegetables so as to become famous more quickly.

Now it's completely a guerrilla style of play.

We grow all kinds of vegetables, but we don’t grow them well and we can’t maintain a long-term supply. We probably have to accumulate customers again from before.

There is little land~
After this batch of vegetables is sold, we must increase the land area.

Yi Dinggan, Li Mingkun and Guo Mancang had been selling vegetables for three or four days in succession. Water spinach is very resistant to waterlogging, and it was the peak season for it to be on the market. In addition, the water spinach they sold was not particularly beautiful, so the price was far lower than that of Chinese cabbage.

But it also costs 0.6~0.9 yuan per catty.

The most expensive product is still Chinese cabbage. Root rot caused by plum rain has led to reduced production in many Chinese cabbage fields, affecting the supply, and the price has remained stable.

Depending on the grade, good quality Chinese cabbage can be sold at 1.5 to 1.6 yuan per catty, while ordinary ones can be sold at 1 to 1.25 yuan per catty.

Because Chen Jiazhi has a small greenhouse and Chinese cabbage is his specialty, the quality of this crop of Chinese cabbage is very good.

But if you want to sell at a high price, you need to have customers who know the goods, so you can only test the water first.
The loofah and bitter melon are also doing well. The loofah, after pollination and topping, is in great shape, with beautiful, smooth stems. The recent rains haven't been as frequent as they were in April, so we should be able to have a good harvest.

Just watering is hard work~
I have to grope in the dark every day.

After watering the last field of water spinach, Chen Jiazhi walked back exhausted and heard shouts from behind.

"Brother Zhi, I'm going back after I'm done with my work."

Although it was difficult to see the face in the dark, Chen Jiazhi knew it was Qi Yongfeng. When he got closer, he found that Huang Juan was also there. Qi Yongfeng was carrying a load of vegetables, while Huang Juan was carrying a basket of vegetables on her shoulders.

Chen Jiazhi quickly made way for Qi Yongfeng and took the vegetables from Huang Juan's shoulders. The vegetables were not light, weighing about forty or fifty kilograms in a basket.

"We harvested a lot of vegetables today."

Qi Yongfeng's load of vegetables probably weighed over a hundred pounds. After Chen Jiazhi gave way, he walked in small steps.

Huang Juan was the last one to come in. She said, "Today is the day we harvested the most. Yongfeng was very panicked and said he couldn't wait any longer."

Chen Jiazhi: "Yongfeng is right. Let's get over the current hurdle first, and don't try to be too confident."

Huang Juan: "Of course, I'm not Jia Sufen. I clearly don't have that much talent, but I still want to build so many small sheds."

When Jia Sufen was mentioned, Chen Jiazhi thought of what Yi Dinggan said, and his situation changed completely in an instant.

The big-bone green tea grows slowly, and the yield will definitely be higher in a few days. However, it feels bad to run out of food and ammunition. Although Li Mingkun is willing to suffer a little loss first, it will definitely not work in the long run.

Just looking at the daily exclusion that Liu Minghua and Jia Suzhen face, Qi Yongfeng should know what to do.

When you have no money, it seems like everyone is against you.

In his previous life, Chen Jiazhi only had his second sister and brother-in-law to rely on, but in the end they could not hold on any longer and had to send his son back to his hometown and go to work in the factory with Li Xiu.

The situation is much better now.

And the mood is different.

When I went to the dam to put the vegetables down for Qi Yongfeng, Jia Suzhen happened to be carrying a bucket to wash up. She was wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt and her pants were lifted up, revealing her white calves. She had a stern face and held her head high, as proud as a little swan.

If no one knew the inside story, no one would have thought that she wanted to take the initiative to get involved.

Liu Minghua may not know this yet.

Yi Dinggan and Chen Jiazhi also kept it a secret and didn't tell anyone else.

After returning home, Li Xiu and the other two were eating pineapples. "Jiazhi, your pineapple is soaked for you, help yourself."

"Come on, come on, I'll get it for my brother and go outside to smoke a cigarette."

Yi Dinggan took two pineapples and pulled Chen Jiazhi outside. After giving the pineapple to Chen Jiazhi, Yi Dinggan whispered in his ear:
"Jia Suzhen has her eyes on Yongfeng. He was very weak today, and Jia Suzhen came out to check on him at least three times."

"..." Chen Jiazhi: "You pulled me out just for this?"

Yi Ding took a puff of his cigarette and said, "Yongfeng is now following your lead, calling you Brother Zhi all the time. You are quite ambitious, and Yongfeng is not bad either. It would be a shame if Jia Suzhen ruined everything."

"There's nothing to be sorry about. If he can't even control his own thing, it will only cause bigger problems in the future."

Yi Dinggan said disdainfully, "I'll see how long you can keep yourself clean. There's no man in this world who doesn't want to cheat!"

Chen Jiazhi exhaled a cloud of smoke, partially obscuring his vision, and continued with his thoughts: "Compared to Yongfeng, I actually hope that one day, Brother Yi, you can work for me."

"Hey, if you have that ability, it's not impossible, but the area should be at least three to five hundred acres, otherwise it would be embarrassing to tell others about it."

After a pause, Yi Dinggan continued, "Also, let's make it clear between brothers. I have a bad habit of liking to make some money..."

"You really don't hide it at all."

Chen Jiazhi couldn't help but think of his previous life when he was a supervisor at a Shanghai vegetable market. The first time he tried to make money was when he was dragged into it by Brother Yi. Looking back, it was just a small fight.

Yi Dinggan chuckled and said, "Don't worry, I'll be careful with my actions."

Chen Jiazhi: "Then don't worry, Yongfeng is a piece of steel. Some people will only suffer if they run into him."

(End of this chapter)