1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 56: Initial Market Test (Please read! Please vote!)
In the early morning of the 26th, there was a sigh in the market.

A large number of vegetable farmers were forced to harvest vegetables early, but the quality of the vegetables was poor, with the stems and leaves severely damaged.

Chen Jiazhi's vegetables became eye-catching again, and selling vegetables became easy again.

At the same time, there were few dishes, and he had a group of old customers who took care of his business, so he sold out the dishes earlier than others.

Then he went to stall No. 6, where he had sheltered from the rain last night, and asked the boss for the money he had earned from selling on his behalf yesterday.

The dishes were sold out successfully.

The boss was also very quick with the bill.

Generally speaking, there are often conflicts between cargo owners and selling stalls due to price and other reasons.

But this is just a temporary collaboration.

Moreover, the boss may have stockpiled a lot of winter melons because of his casual remark at the beginning, so he can make a fortune after this rainstorm.

He went back and distributed the money to the vegetable farmers. Some of them had not sold all their vegetables, so he had to go back alone.

As soon as we arrived at the vegetable market, a red sun slowly rose from the horizon.

This was less than 24 hours after the flood.

For vegetable farmers whose fields have been flooded or washed away and who have no shade nets, the outcome will be cruel.

After giving the money to Li Xiu who came out of her house, Chen Jiazhi said, "I'll go put up the sunshade net first."

Li Xiu also saw the sunlight: "I'll go with you, it'll be faster for two of us."

Chen Jiazhi smiled and said, "No need, Ao Dehai and Zhao Yu are here."

At the end of the month, when payday was approaching, the couple seemed very active. They knew how well prepared Boss Chen had been.

As long as you keep this crop of vegetables, your future income will not be bad.

The sunshade net was removed yesterday at noon.

The leafy vegetables were buffered for an afternoon and evening, but they had just been flooded. If they were directly exposed to strong sunlight, they might still rot.

By the time Chen Jiazhi had finished covering the sunshade net, other vegetable farmers had also arrived home one after another, and the sun was rising higher and higher.

But most people can only watch.

Without a sunshade net, it is difficult to do anything. Covering it with film at this time is like saying that the vegetables are not dying fast enough.

"One step slow, every step slow."

"The sunshade netting that the scholar invested in is now paying off."

"It's not just the shade nets, but also the fertilizers and the choice of varieties. If you plant more water spinach, the results and returns will be much better now."

When Guo Mancang said this, he couldn't help but look at Yi Dinggan again. Although the latter also did not have a shade net, the area of ​​water spinach he had was no less than that of Chen Jiazhi.

Even if the output is affected, it will not affect his ability to make money.

After this experience, Guo Mancang became more convinced of Xiucai's market sense and decided to visit Xiucai's land more often in the future.

Before 10 o'clock, the scorching sun was high in the sky, shining on the earth.

By two or three in the afternoon, large swathes of leafy vegetables had collapsed, and most of them were unable to recover.

When harvesting vegetables in the evening, many vegetable farmers were gloomy.

Chen Jiazhi silently lifted the sunshade net again. The loss was very small, but he had not harvested much vegetables for two consecutive days and could only sell 170 to 180 yuan a day.

One is to wait for the vegetable price to ferment, and the other is to let the water spinach grow for another two days.

During this period, I was also busy spraying mancozeb on Chinese cabbage seedlings, loofah, cowpea, etc. to kill bacteria and prevent diseases.

Early morning on the 28rd.

The number of vegetable farmers selling vegetables in wholesale markets has decreased significantly, and the amount of vegetables, especially leafy vegetables that are not resistant to storage, has also decreased significantly.

The price of vegetables was raised in an instant. When the market opened, the price of water spinach rose to 1 yuan per catty, and then quickly climbed to 1.3 yuan per catty. Compared with before the heavy rain, the price of vegetables almost tripled.

Chen Jiazhi's vegetables were sold out very quickly. Although there were fewer vegetables, he made more money.

That night, the customers waiting in line for Chinese cabbage at stall No. 18 spoke a few more words to Chen Jiazhi.

"Chen Cai Nong, are there any more choy sums to go? If not, I can prepare them in advance."

“Others may not have it, but your Pai Choy Sum will definitely have it.”

The owner of stall No. 18 was a slightly plump middle-aged man wearing a shirt and trousers with a tight belt. After hearing Chen Jiazhi's assurance, he laughed twice.

"Okay, I have a new big order around the Dragon Boat Festival next month, and I'll come to you to get the goods then."

"Row."

In fact, Chen Jiazhi's own Chinese cabbage has been out of stock for several days. He bought the goods these days from other vegetable farmers. He did not make any money and even lost money in this business.

It seems worth it now.

In addition to stall No. 18, other customers who frequently buy vegetables also asked him about the later situation of vegetables.

Chen Jiazhi mostly gave positive responses, and he even gave direct guarantees to customers who received goods steadily every day.

After four o'clock in the morning, Chen Jiazhi was about to leave when he unexpectedly saw the curly cabbage head.

Chen Jiazhi took the initiative to speak: "You came so early today, are you also looking for a bargain?"

It is impossible to find bargains in the current market conditions. If you come too late, there will be no vegetables to buy.

The cabbage head was furious. This Chen farmer was clearly mocking him. He thought for a moment and said, "They're all sold out so early. It seems there aren't many vegetables. The heavy rain the other day must have caused a lot of damage."

Chen Jiazhi laughed again and again, his laughter revealing ill intentions: "You can come earlier tomorrow and see if I have enough dishes."

Curly Head was stunned for a moment and wanted to continue asking, but Chen Jiazhi didn't give him a chance and rode away on his bike.

"What the hell? I don't believe that with such heavy rain, how many vegetables can you produce?"

Curly Cabbage Head complained a few words on the spot, feeling a little disdainful. The heavy rain had been going on for two or three days, and the radio had been reporting the disaster situation every day. Countless vegetable fields had been flooded, and even the big vegetable markets had suffered heavy losses. He didn't believe that Chen the vegetable farmer would be an exception.

Yi Dinggan saw this scene and thought to himself that you might have really hit a wall.

At around four or five in the afternoon on the 28th, Chen Jiazhi decided to start harvesting a new batch of water spinach in Plot No. 5.

The growing period of only 18 days meant that the yield of water spinach did not reach its optimal level, but it still met the harvesting standards.

Also harvested at the same time are the Chinese cabbage sown on May 5.9th. It has only a 21-day growth period, and not many meet the harvesting standards, but if you pick them out, it is easy to collect 30 kilograms of Chinese cabbage.

However, Chen Jiazhi gave the task of harvesting water spinach and Chinese cabbage to Ao Dehai and his wife.

First, there's no need to rush to sell the vegetables; one person can carry two to three hundred kilograms a day. Second, it gives them the opportunity to earn commissions.

In addition, there are many other tasks, and the work of growing leafy vegetables is very dense and intensive.

In addition, the next crop of cowpeas is reserved, and it is time to raise seedlings in advance.
It's early morning again.

Among the vegetable farmers in the same market, Chen Jiazhi's vegetables became the most, followed by Yi Dinggan, whose water spinach was also harvested today.

Li Mingkun and Guo Mancang both had very little vegetables, only a few dozen kilograms each.

As for Qi Yongfeng, he once again had no vegetables to sell. In the afternoon, when Chen Jiazhi was busy working in the fields, Qi Yongfeng came to visit several times.

There was envy in her eyes and her words revealed that she regretted not listening to him.

At this point, Chen Jiazhi didn't have many good solutions. As the saying goes, one step slow, all steps slow. If Qi Yongfeng wanted to recover from his vegetable fields, he would have to wait for some time.

When we arrived at the market, there were not many people selling vegetables, and even fewer vegetable farmers setting up shop at makeshift stalls.

As soon as Chen Jiazhi entered the market, the full load of vegetables on the back seat of his bicycle attracted the attention of two or three vegetable vendors, who immediately surrounded him.

Chen Jiazhi didn't rush to unload the goods. He first called out the price: "Come one by one. Water spinach is 1.6 yuan per pound."

Immediately someone said it was too expensive and the price was too high, and they said a lot of things, but no one left.

Chen Jiazhi repeated, "One dollar and sixty-five cents per pound. No less. There aren't many left. Act quickly if you want to."

He noticed that all three men were strangers.

After hearing what he said, a man shone a flashlight on the water spinach and said, "Pack 20 kilograms of water spinach."

At the same time, he handed over the money.

After Chen Jiazhi received the money, he began to unload and load the vegetables. The other two purchasing agents also checked the quality of the vegetables.

The leaves and rhizomes are intact, without mechanical damage, and are very tender.

It is a rare good product on the market in recent days.

Then the two of them no longer hesitated and bought 15 kilograms and 20 kilograms of water spinach respectively.

In just ten minutes, Chen Jiazhi sold 55 kilograms of water spinach and earned 88 yuan, which was close to half of his daily income in the previous few days.

It’s really fun to sell vegetables when the price is high. The amount of vegetables isn’t much, but the money earned is constantly increasing.

When he finished packing the dishes for the third customer, Chen Jiazhi happened to look up and saw Curly Cabbage Head standing two or three meters away from his stall. He looked at him somewhat embarrassedly. He had asked him to come early this morning yesterday, and he actually came.

Seeing the situation, Curly Head had not yet planned to leave. He calmed his expression and took two steps forward.

“How much is water spinach?”

Chen Jiazhi raised the corners of his mouth slightly, looked around at Yi Dinggan and the others, coughed twice, and then they also noticed the figure of Curly Cabbage Head.

Chen Jiazhi then said slowly: "It's a bit expensive, you may not be able to afford it, water spinach is 2 yuan per catty."

At this time, the third customer who was still waiting for Chen Jiazhi to serve the dishes changed his expression slightly, but did not say anything, because he had already paid. At the same time, the dishes were handed to Chen Jiazhi. He hurriedly took it, and when he turned around, he looked up and down at the curly cabbage.

After hearing the offer of 2 yuan per catty, Curly Cabbage Head walked away with a look of anger on his face.

So wonderful!
Yi Dinggan was serving his food, but he also noticed the movement on Chen Jiazhi's side.

"It's a relief, Jiazhi. I've finally gotten my revenge from the past few days. You should feel relieved now, right?"

"You have to be a scholar."

Chen Jiazhi: "How can there be any hatred when selling vegetables? When will the cycle of revenge end? In fact, I still hope that he can become my customer."

Yi Dinggan: "Just pretend, your mouth is almost up to the sky."

Chen Jiazhi was surprised: "Is it that obvious?"

"Have!"

The sound is very neat.

Chen Jiazhi turned his head and saw that Li Mingkun and Guo Mancang also expressed their agreement.

After waiting for a while, some old customers came to get their food.

The 30 kilograms of Chinese cabbage on the 18th remained unchanged, and there are only 30 kilograms of Chinese cabbage today.

The rest are all water spinach.

Vegetables such as loofah and cowpea were picked two days ago. They were unable to recover from the rain and their growth and development has not yet started.

But just water spinach is also very popular.

The price of 1.6 yuan per catty is rising quickly.

Many customers place an order for tomorrow's dishes while taking today's dishes, with the quantity prepared based on that day's needs.

By four o'clock, there was not much water spinach left of Chen Jiazhi, and Li Mingkun and Guo Mancang had sold out early and went back.

When leaving, I looked at Chen Jiazhi and Yi Dinggan who were constantly loading dishes, and I was extremely envious.

What's in it is not food, but money!

"Pack the remaining water spinach for me."

A familiar voice was heard. Chen Jiazhi turned around and saw that Curly Cabbage Head had come again, looking at Chen Jiazhi with a painful expression.

"Just like you said, two yuan a pound, pack it all for me."

Chen Jiazhi: "Sorry, the remaining water spinach is reserved for old customers and is not for sale!"

The curly cabbage head raised his voice and said, "I said two yuan a pound! Buy your water spinach!"

"I said I won't sell it!"

Chen Jiazhi chuckled and called after her, "Sister Zhang, I thought you weren't coming. I almost didn't manage to keep this little water spinach."

Sister Zhang vaguely overheard the conversation and laughed, "Handsome boy, it's worth it that I take your vegetables every day. I went to the market to buy some more today, so I'm late. Hurry up and pack the vegetables for me. I want them all."

The cabbage head was so angry that his teeth were itching. He really wanted this vegetable. The cheap ones he bought two days ago had badly damaged leaves and stems. When he arrived at the cafeteria, they were completely unusable. The loss was as high as 60% to 70%. He was scolded badly, so he wanted to buy some good vegetables.

But after walking around the market, I found that there were no bargains at all, and the quality of each one was worse than the other. The best quality products were actually sold by the small vegetable farmers in front of me.

He had no choice but to come back, but he was fooled again. He was so angry!

When he left, he muttered to himself that he would never buy his vegetables again!

(End of this chapter)