1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 44 The weather is getting better
The sun rises very early in the Flower City in May. The morning light appears before 6 o'clock and the sky is covered with a light mist.

Dongxiang Vegetable Market is also quietly waking up amid the birdsong and river breeze.

The men went to sell vegetables.

The women lit the firewood early to cook and boil water. Some of them even went to work in the fields while it was still cool.

"Li Xiu, you must have made a lot of money these past two days. I heard from Yongfeng that your vegetables couldn't even fit in two trucks, and they even helped carry a lot of them."

Early in the morning, Huang Juan asked Li Xiu, who was cooking, for news.

Soon, Bai Yan and Zhou Yuqiong also joined in the conversation.

"I heard that the choy sum is sold at Jiazhi for 1.6 yuan per catty, and water spinach is only 6-7 cents. Xiu, your choy sum from one acre should sell for over 4000 yuan, right?"

"And the loofahs. Our two families have about the same area of ​​loofah, but you need to pick ten more pounds every day."

Huang Juan: "My loofah can't compare to Li Xiu's."

Zhou Yuqiong said sourly: "Is the scholar hiding something?"

Chen Jiafang, who had just returned from work, happened to hear this: "Zhou Yuqiong, that's because you and Mancang haven't learned the skills well enough. It's not easy for an apprentice to surpass the master."

"Blame me. Look at my mouth. I said the wrong thing again. Li Xiu, please don't mind it. That's not what I meant."

After apologizing, Zhou Yuqiong and Bai Yan went back to their work. Huang Juan wanted to ask more, but Li Xiu continued to evade the question by saying that he earned more than he spent.

In fact, Li Xiu has become accustomed to the jealous state of women. Not to mention Zhou Yuqiong and others, even her second sister Chen Jiafang feels jealous from time to time.

Recently, he has been cursing Yi Dinggan more frequently.

"Why did these people come back so late this morning?"

"Everyone else has come back. It's impossible that they are the only ones having trouble selling in the market?"

Breakfast was ready and the hot water was boiled, but the person had not returned yet. Chen Jiafang, Huang Juan and Zhou Yuqiong, like Li Xiu, turned into husband-waiting stones and stood outside the door looking at the intersection.

"I heard that things have been pretty rough lately, with a lot of fights and robberies."

"Pah, pah, pah~ What are you talking about? It's already daybreak, and they haven't offended anyone. How can a few grown men get robbed when they're together?"

But everyone was still a little nervous.

It wasn't until the familiar ringing of bells and the sound of conversation came that I breathed a sigh of relief.

Huang Juan shouted, "Why did you come back so late? Are the vegetables not selling well today?"

"It's okay, all the vegetables are sold out." Qi Yongfeng said loudly: "This morning, Brother Zhi treated us each to a bowl of noodles and a bottle of soda, and then went to buy meat, so we came back late."

"Why spend that money~"

"You guys are doing well~"

Huang Juan, Bai Yan and others laughed and cursed, but they also knew that the scholar was just returning a favor.

Huang Juan took the things Qi Yongfeng and Li Mingkun bought and asked, "Are you going to have breakfast?"

"Eat."

"I've been riding for an hour, and I've almost digested it."

Only Yi Dinggan wanted to lie down on the bed. Chen Jiafang asked, "Don't you want to eat something?"

Yi Dinggan said: "I ate two bowls of noodles and I won't eat anymore."

The men all seemed to be smiling, but Qi Yongfeng added, "He even added an egg, which we were too embarrassed to add."

Chen Jiafang instantly transformed into a Tyrannosaurus Rex and angrily cursed: "You can't even work, eating is your top priority, and sleeping is like a chicken, and you stink of sweat!"

Yi Dinggan: "Then I'll go take a shower before going to bed."

"Take a shower and go out to turn the soil. Jiazhi and the others go out to do heavy work in the morning when it's cool, and come back to sleep at noon! You are the only one who wants to be treated specially, right?" Chen Jiafang put her hands on her hips, waved her hand, and was about to get angry if she disagreed with anything.

"Oh~"

Chen Jiazhi thought Brother Yi would make some excuses, but he ended up agreeing honestly. How cowardly!
After returning to the house, Chen Jiazhi took out some money from his bag and gave it to Li Xiu, whispering, "Wife, count it quickly." Li Xiu took the money with a smile and started counting it alone.

Finally got back 726 yuan.

In addition, the six people ate seven bowls of noodles and six bottles of soda, spending almost 30 yuan, which was paid to Liu Minghua as his daily salary of 15 yuan.

The total is more than 770 yuan.

It is higher than Guo Mancang's speculation and has once again created a new high.

But Li Xiu was so excited that she wanted to find someone to share her wealth with, but she felt that she should not show off her wealth, so she could only smile and talk in front of Chen Jiazhi.

In fact, everyone knows how many vegetables were sold, and a simple calculation will give you a rough estimate.

But people are so strange, they always like to hear accurate news~
Chen Jiazhi was also a little proud.

But he was far from being like Li Xiu. In his previous life, he often sold several thousand yuan a day and counted the money until he didn't want to count it. It was not until WeChat payment became popular that he no longer had to count money every day.

After counting the money, Li Xiu took out the previous money and said, "Jiazhi, here's almost 1000 yuan. Why don't you use it to pay the balance?"

I only paid a deposit of 1000 yuan to buy agricultural supplies.

Chen Jiazhi wants to prepare a lot of goods.

First, there is a real need. The newly added land No. 6 has a total of 4 mu, and he plans to use small arch sheds on it. It will cost about 2000 yuan to buy bamboo strips and sunshade nets, as well as pesticides, fertilizers, seeds, etc.

Second, prices are rising rapidly. He remembers that agricultural inputs also rose sharply after the heavy rain, which is also one of the reasons for the increase in vegetable prices this year.

So, if you have money, spend it quickly.

Saving money is the worst way to go.

Chen Jiazhi thought for a moment and said, "Wait a few more days. When I have two thousand, I'll go to the agricultural supply store."

Li Xiu happily put the money away again.

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There is never a shortage of work to do when growing vegetables~
The loofah field has started its second pollination and head replacement. At the same time, the vines of loofah, bitter gourd, cowpea and green bean need to be tidied, branches combed, flowers and leaves picked, and old yellow leaves cleaned up.

Watering
The morning passed quickly.

As a result, there was a sudden downpour in the afternoon. This rain actually came at a very timely moment because the sun had been shining for several days.

Moreover, the rain was relatively mild, which just alleviated the drought in the past few days.

In such weather conditions, leafy vegetables are like primary school students doing exercises during recess, screaming with excitement and trying hard to grow taller.

This also makes Chen Jiazhi dare not relax. If the weather is good, the vegetable prices may come down in a few days.

I could only collect as many vegetables as possible. At night, Liu Minghua and I worked hard to pull them, and asked Qi Yongfeng and others to help bring as many vegetables as possible. I smoked cigarettes more frequently at night, treated a few people to soda during the meal, and treated a few people to noodles in the morning.

After Qi Yongfeng sold vegetables for more than ten consecutive days, the water spinach in the small arch shed had already been cleared out. He had to wait for the water spinach to grow again before collecting the second batch.
In addition, Chinese cabbage was also planted.

The amount of open-air leafy vegetables also decreased slightly.

In fact, Chen Jiazhi wanted him to sow fast-growing water spinach, which grows quickly. If he sowed it now, the price might just reach its highest point after the heavy rain.

Even if Chinese cabbage is not affected by the heavy rain, it will be available on the market seven or eight days later.

Chen Jiazhi said the same thing to other people.

However, the price of Chinese cabbage is high now, and water spinach is showing signs of decline. Chen Jiazhi's reason is mysterious weather.
No one is willing to listen to him.

Qi Yongfeng and Guo Mancang have less food these two days, but they will recover in two days.

So taking advantage of this gap, Chen Jiazhi asked the two of them to help him bring more vegetables.

For two consecutive days, Chen Jiazhi's servings exceeded the upper limit again and again.

(End of this chapter)