1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 5: God Who Can't Stop Urinating

In his previous life, after staying in Huacheng for a few years, Chen Jiazhi went to work in the Shanghai vegetable market. Because he had some cultural knowledge, he was appointed as a supervisor by the boss, managing more than 100 acres of vegetable fields.

It was also at that time that I came into contact with export vegetables that had very high quality requirements, and the pesticides and fertilizers used were all high-end products.

After I started working on my own, I got used to using good agricultural inputs, and later even developed the use of tools such as insect-proof nets to reduce the use of pesticides.

After looking at the pesticides and fertilizers, Chen Jiazhi really wanted to throw away the methyl parathion because there was a pregnant woman in the room.

But I am still living here for the time being. I have to throw it away, but I can't rush it in the next one or two days. If I throw it away now, Li Xiu and my second sister will definitely explode.

If you don’t have money in your pocket, you won’t have the energy. It’s right to sell the vegetables in advance.

After reading about pesticides and fertilizers, Yi Dinggan wanted to ask Chen Jiazhi to play chess again, but Chen Jiazhi refused. Instead, he took out a slightly old notebook, a book on vegetable planting, and a pen from the bedside, intending to make a simple plan.

Yi Dinggan had no choice but to go out and find someone to play cards with, muttering, "A scholar is a scholar. Can you learn to grow vegetables by reading a book?"

Chen Jiazhi didn't care. Thanks to his strong learning ability, he was able to quickly become an excellent vegetable farmer within a few years in his previous life.

In the notebook, Chen Jiazhi numbered the five existing plots of land from 1 to 5.

No. 1: 0.3 mu of pakchoy;

No. 2: 0.25 mu of Chinese cabbage, 0.25 mu of Shanghai green;

No. 3: 0.25 mu of beans, 0.25 mu of cowpeas;
No. 4: 0.25 mu of bitter melon, 0.25 mu of loofah;
No. 5: 0.4 mu of Chinese cabbage, 0.3 mu of Chinese cabbage, and 0.3 mu of lettuce;

合计约2.8亩地，其实没这么多，2、3、3号实际都差点才有0.5亩地。

After writing it down, he also wrote down the subsequent planned crop cycles, the required agricultural supplies, materials, etc.

After a while, the second sister asked where Brother Yi had gone, and then went out to watch her brother-in-law play cards. Li Xiu sat down next to him and watched him write and draw.

"Li Xiu, I plan to start harvesting vegetables to sell in two days. If it keeps raining like this, the vegetables won't be able to withstand it. The leaves might turn yellow and the roots might rot."

Chen Jiazhi put down the pen in his hand and said to Li Xiu, he thought Li Xiu would scold him, but Li Xiu simply agreed, but for a different reason.

"How long has it been since you bought meat and vegetables? You haven't paid Brother Yi the rent yet! You owed them another 50 yuan yesterday. They don't care, but we can't just ignore it."

Whatever the reason, the two eventually reached an agreement.

After staying for a while, Li Xiu felt bored and went out to find someone to chat with.

When Chen Jiazhi had almost finished writing, Li Xiu, Chen Jiafang and Yi Dinggan all came back to wash up and go to bed.

The vegetable farmers who have vegetables to harvest have already collected them and are going to the wholesale market to sell them in the early morning, so they all go to bed early.

Chen Jiazhi stayed up all night and was extremely sleepy. After a while, he began to snore.

However, Chen Jiazhi had not fallen asleep yet. This was the most painful thing. Both his second sister and brother-in-law were snoring, one high and one low, in a quite rhythmic manner.

Sensing that Li Xiu was also not asleep, Chen Jiazhi whispered in her ear: "When we have money, we can rent a room separately."

"Go to sleep first, don't think about anything else."

Thinking about his performance today, Li Xiu thought to himself that as long as he could maintain the same diligence as today, there would still be hope for the future.

After a good sleep, he found that his second sister had already prepared breakfast, thick porridge with pickles. After eating, Chen Jiazhi went out to clean the ditch.

It was still cloudy today, but it didn't rain. Li Xiu also went out to plant Chinese cabbage seedlings. At noon, after taking Chen Jiazhi to look at the vegetables, she hesitated again.

"Jiazhi, if we just put the vegetables away like this, our second sister will scold us to death." "Let her scold me, I'm just a spendthrift, but this isn't the only time I've been a spendthrift."

After he said that, Li Xiu became even more hesitant. If the vegetables were harvested like this, the yield would be reduced by half. At the current vegetable prices, the loss would probably be several hundred yuan.

Chen Jiazhi held her hand, feeling her smooth skin, and said seriously, "We have to harvest these vegetables. I have a legitimate reason. The rain won't stop, and if we don't harvest them, they'll all rot in the fields."

Sometimes things are so uncertain. Just as he finished speaking, it started to drizzle again.

For three or four days in a row, it rained for a while and then stopped. It seemed like the weather was like an old man who couldn't stop peeing.

Fortunately, there was no scorching sun in the middle of the process, otherwise, more than half of the leafy vegetables would have died.

After a few days, the seedlings grew a little bigger. Chen Jiazhi felt that he could not wait any longer, as he would suffer the consequences if he did not make a decision.

It was cloudy in the afternoon of March 30th.

Chen Jiazhi took a small knife for cutting vegetables, carried two vegetable baskets, and walked towards the fields with Li Xiu. As soon as they went out, they were seen by Chen Jiafang.

"Jiazhi, what are you doing with the vegetable basket?"

Chen Jiazhi turned around and said, "Second sister, I plan to harvest some pakchoy and bok choy today and sell them tomorrow morning."

Chen Jiafang frowned, with a hint of anger in her eyes, "Your vegetables are still too small. It would be a waste to harvest them. The yield will have to be reduced by at least half. This is all money!"

"Li Xiu, why don't you try to persuade Jia Zhi?"

Chen Jiazhi: "Second sister, you've seen it these past few days. The rain doesn't stop for a day and it starts again. The temperature is still high. If we don't harvest now, it will be too late. If you have any vegetables, you should harvest them early. We'll get busy first."

Li Xiu didn't say anything in front. Chen Jiazhi turned around and let her go, then walked forward silently.

Seeing the two of them like this, Chen Jiafang kept muttering on the eaves, and Chen Jiazhi vaguely heard some of it.

"This is harmful!"

"It's all because of my parents. They insisted on having a youngest child even when they were forty. Now they gave birth to a wasteful child!"

Arriving at the No. 3 cabbage plot in the corner of the vegetable market, the cabbages here were only slightly bigger than seedlings. Li Xiu sat on a small stool and felt a little distressed after picking only two.

"Jiazhi, why don't you wait a few more days? In this weather, vegetables grow fast, changing every day. We can harvest a lot more!"

"We can't wait any longer. We have several plots of leafy vegetable fields. Some of the seedlings at the back look small, but they're growing every day. We'll start harvesting from today. Even if we sell over 200 kilograms a day, we might not be able to sell them all."

Chen Jiazhi squatted on the ground, picking vegetables without stopping: "Xiu, you are at this critical moment, I will definitely not do anything rash."

"Okay, I can't beat you anyway."

Chen Jiazhi was impressed by how easily she persuaded Li Xiu. At this time, Li Xiu really listened to her.

For the next few decades, he was the one who made the decisions at home. Although Li Xiu was nominally in charge of the money, all the bank cards were in Chen Jiazhi's name.

The two of them did not have a marriage certificate until they bought their second house, and then they hurriedly got one due to policy requirements.

After making up their minds, the two of them started picking the vegetables. In fact, they could also use a blade to cut them, but it would be much slower.

Therefore, most vegetable farmers who are in a hurry just pinch the cabbage with their fingernails, arrange them in a row on their hands, and then cut the cabbage heads with a knife.

This way, the vegetables can be harvested quickly and neatly.

(End of this chapter)