1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 30 The output is a little higher than expected
It started to rain in the early morning, bringing a slight chill to the hot and humid air.

Qi Yongfeng was very excited. He brought in more than 200 kilograms of vegetables this morning.

But I was strong in my heart, and when I climbed the Luoxi Bridge, I seemed to be assisted by God. My legs kicked like Hot Wheels, and I got off the bike and pushed it only after I had climbed halfway across the bridge. In the end, I was the first to arrive at the market.

Yi Ding had the most dried vegetables, but he was also the last one to arrive at the market. As soon as he arrived, he laughed and scolded, "Yongfeng, you're as fierce as an animal now that you don't need to pollinate Aunt Juan."

"Fart, I'm the best when I'm pollinating!"

Yi Dinggan had a strange look on his face. Could this be the reason why Jia Suzhen was targeting him?
But Qi Yongfeng didn't notice and continued to fiddle with the vegetables. His water spinach was the best looking among the others.

"Thanks to Brother Zhi, these seeds and the small shed saved my life!"

Yi Dinggan: "You've almost become his lackey. You even refuse to call me Brother Yi, but call me Brother Zhi instead."

"I'm happy to." Qi Yongfeng said, "You're just jealous of Brother Zhi!"

Under the dim light, Qi Yongfeng spoke firmly, and Yi Dinggan was stunned for a moment.

"I'd be jealous of him?!"

"Yeah, that's right. With Zhi's current skills, it's only a matter of time before he surpasses you."

At this time, a customer came to Qi Yongfeng's stall and took a liking to his water spinach at first sight. "This Yongcai is beautiful, it's obviously a local variety."

Qi Yongfeng was the first to open a shop and got busy.

Li Mingkun was quite envious and moved closer to Yi Dinggan. "Jiazhi's vegetables are really good, especially the Chinese cabbage and water spinach. At first glance, his vegetables are the most eye-catching in the whole market."

Guo Mancang said: "The yield should be high, and they are harvesting one batch after another. Once Jiazhi starts harvesting vegetables tomorrow, the harvest should continue for a long time."

Li Mingkun: "I feel that the income from Jiazhi's two or three mu of land must be higher than the income from my five or six mu of land."

Guo Mancang: "It's not a big deal for the two of us. Even if Yi Ding worked ten acres of land, he might not be able to do more than Jia Zhi."

Yi Dinggan: “…”

Didn’t you say that just a few days ago?

In an instant, Yi Dinggan felt that his era had passed.

The vegetables sold very well, and the few of them successfully cleared out the stock before dawn. After returning to the vegetable market, Qi Yongfeng seemed very excited and kept talking to people.

He also bought cigarettes, but waited until Chen Jiazhi got up before distributing them, which made Yi Dinggan, who had been waiting for him all morning, roll his eyes.

At the same time, he noticed that Jia Suzhen was looking at Qi Yongfeng, because Zhou Shijun was mocking her again in the morning.

Yi Dinggan winked at Chen Jiazhi and muttered, "Your little brother is being targeted."

Chen Jiazhi felt his crotch tighten, then realized it was Qi Yongfeng who was talking, and replied, "Just wait and see."

He actually thought about reminding Qi Yongfeng, but after thinking about it carefully, what if Jia Suzhen didn't look for Qi Yongfeng like in her previous life, wouldn't that make things more complicated?

It's best to let nature take its course.

At the same time, let's take a look at Qi Yongfeng's quality. Chen Jiazhi actually agrees with what Brother Yi said: There is no man who doesn't want to cheat, the only difference is whether he has the ability.

But it’s the minimum requirement that a rabbit doesn’t eat grass near its burrow.

Everyone knows that Jia Suzhen and Chen Jiazhi have fallen out. If they can still be together at this time, Chen Jiazhi will have to consider how much value Qi Yongfeng's "Brother Zhi" has.

Chen Jiazhi has been a bit idle recently. He only has a little over two acres of land in total, and even if he manages it carefully, the work is almost done.

So he had time to pay attention to what each family was doing.

It was cool in the morning. Qi Yongfeng worked hard in the fields and took a nap at noon. Everyone was at home. Even if Jia Suzhen had an idea, she couldn't find an opportunity.

It was not until about 3:30 in the afternoon that everyone went out to work at the same time. Chen Jiazhi estimated that Jia Suzhen would have no chance today.

So he also went out with scissors and a vegetable basket, but he first watered the cabbage hearts and water spinach before going to the loofah field with Li Xiu to pick them.

The sun has set, and the vines, which are one meter tall, are full of loofahs.

Because of pinching and artificial pollination, Chen Jiazhi's loofahs are grown very neatly, each one is plump and looks lush and green.

"Jiazhi, this melon is growing so well." Li Xiu snapped off a loofah and carefully put it into the frame. Sweat was running down her face, but she was smiling with joy.

"That's right, don't you see who planted it?"

Chen Jiazhi was very proud of it. The loofah had sharp edges and emerald green skin. One loofah weighed about one kilogram and was a high-quality commercial melon.

Li Xiu smiled and said, "Yes, the loofahs you grow are the best looking, and the yield is also good. Jiazhi, how many kilograms do you think you can pick today?"

In order to prevent the loofah from becoming fibrous and ensure the yield, it needs to be picked every day even if the top is pinched and the head is changed.

Chen Jiazhi surveyed the melon field and said, "We can easily pick over 50 kilograms a day. We can immediately start harvesting, and the next batch will arrive 10 days later. If we manage the field well and are lucky enough, we can harvest for more than 70 days straight."

Li Xiu snapped off another piece of loofah, her eyes narrowed into slits with a smile.

"We have two mu of land, so we have to harvest more than 3000 kilograms of loofah!"

Chen Jiazhi laughed and said, "We'll know after we collect it."

He adopted a sparse planting method, with about 240 loofah seedlings on more than two mu of land. Two melons were left on each vine in each batch, which is about 480 kilograms every 10 days.

If the picking period can be maintained for more than 60 days, there is a chance to harvest 3000 kilograms of melons.

But the picking period is not smooth sailing. There are continuous rain, heavy rain, strong winds... and many unexpected factors.

The feeling of harvesting loofahs is wonderful. Every time the snips fall, I feel a jumping joy all over my body.

The green melon vines are as dense as green waves, and yellow flowers bloom among the vines and leaves, like swaying golden trumpets.

Chen Jiazhi and Li Xiu shuttled between the trellises, cutting one loofah after another. The joy in their hearts was completely different from the joy of harvesting leafy vegetables.

After picking the loofah, it’s time to pick the bitter melon.

The same is true for sparse planting, with more than two mu of land also having 240 bitter melon seedlings, but they were not fertilized and watered in the early stage, and Chen Jiazhi did not know the tricks of growing bitter melon.

As a result, although the size is larger than that of densely planted ones, it does not meet the standards of high-end bitter melons.

But Li Xiu was satisfied.

"Jiazhi, I'm coming."

"Hey, Jiazhi, that bitter melon is so pretty. Let me cut it."

"This one is big, nice."

"Hey~ This one's a little yellowed, Jiazhi, go cut it."

Whenever Li Xiu saw a nice and straight bitter melon, she would compete to cut it with him, and Chen Jiazhi could only cut some crooked and cracked ones.

In the end, I harvested a bamboo basket of loofahs, estimated to be more than 50 kilograms, and half a basket of bitter gourds, nearly 30 kilograms. I picked some leaves from each of them and covered the gourds with them, and placed them under the vines to provide shade.

Then the two of them went to pick the cabbage hearts.

Compared with the small Chinese cabbage in early April, each plant of this batch of Chinese cabbage is smooth and beautiful, tender and strong, without a single yellow leaf at the root.

The smile on Li Xiu's face never stopped. "Jiazhi, how many cauliflowers did you harvest today?"

Harvesting such vegetable hearts is also a pleasure for the people who harvest them.

The two of them harvested very quickly, filling a bamboo basket of more than 40 kilograms in just over 20 minutes. This made Li Xiu very happy, and the nightmare of harvesting Chinese cabbage seedlings a month ago completely disappeared.

Chen Jiazhi stood up and lit a cigarette, every drop of sweat on his body cheering.

Plot No. 5 has a total area of ​​1 mu, which he divided into four parts. He planted four batches of Chinese cabbage and each part had a small shed.

Judging from the situation of the first frame, more than 40 kilograms of vegetables were harvested in an area of ​​more than one and less than two rows. Each row was 1.2 to 1.5 meters wide and 5 meters long.

It is said that 30% depends on seeds and 70% depends on management.

The current Chinese cabbage seeds are actually not good enough. Although the ones used are also 49-heart, they are not the seed brand he is familiar with.

But the yield of this crop of vegetables was a little higher than he expected.

(End of this chapter)