1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 134 It's time to get intense again.
Da da da da~
The three-wheeled vehicle seemed light and agile, its speed varying from fast to slow, and Yi Dinggan and his companions could see it just by looking up.

Not only did the person feel lightheaded, but the car also felt lightheaded.

But thinking of those four fingers, Yi Dinggan felt that it wouldn't be long before Jia Zhi changed cars.

But he might not be qualified to take over the tricycle. He has enough money, but not enough vegetables.

Will it just gather dust after I buy it?

Speechless all the way.

When I arrived at the market, it was not yet five o'clock, and only the chirping of birds and crowing of roosters could be heard.

When the tricycle stopped, the lights in the room came on, and Chen Jiazhi saw Li Xiu sitting up as soon as he entered.

"It's still early, sleep a little longer."

As Chen Jiazhi approached and put down his satchel, Li Xiucai lowered his voice and asked, "How much did you make this morning?"

"You, just for this?" Chen Jiazhi smiled and held up four fingers: "It should be 4306 yuan."

Li Xiu happily took the handbag, unzipped it, looked at it again and again, and then started tidying it up.

Chen Jiazhi didn't try to persuade him any further; in fact, he was quite agitated himself.

You reap what you sow. After preparing so carefully for so long, isn't it all for this little bit of money?

Counting and organizing them is a way to show respect for this harvest.

He quickly washed up, and when he returned, the money had been neatly arranged, and Li Xiu was already dressed.

"Jiazhi, you take a nap, I'm going to cook."

"It's still early."

"It's almost five o'clock, it's about time to start the fire and cook."

"Yeah, it's not even 5 a.m. yet. Are you too excited to sleep again?"

Li Xiu glared at him, knowing he was still talking, then turned and went out the back door. Chen Jiazhi quickly followed him in to help with the fire. This time, Li Xiu didn't chase him out again.

It was still early, so Li Xiu looked at the ingredients she had bought that morning. There was fish and shrimp, so she decided to make seafood porridge.

The two first prepared the ingredients, peeling shrimp and slicing fish, before starting a fire. They chatted occasionally, and when the porridge was almost ready, the second sister, Chen Jiafang, also got up.

"You two are really energetic; I've heard you've been up for a while now."

"..."

The seafood porridge was thick and delicious, and it tasted great with some pickled vegetables. Chen Jiazhi drank two big bowls before going out to inspect the fields.

It gets light early, and the sky is so clear and refreshing.

The two dogs dashed ahead again, having grown quite a bit in just one month.

He's a bit wild, always catching grasshoppers and frogs in the vegetable field, and he even caught a swallow the other night!
The shade netting was still up, and after drying overnight, every leaf of vegetable was a bright green, giving it a refreshing feel.

There are quite a few vegetables in this batch.

There are 4 to 5 mu of Chinese cabbage.

The remaining portion of the 1 acre of land sown on June 6.14th and 6.15th was cleared out yesterday.

One mu (approximately 6.16 acres) sown on June 6.17th and 1th;
One mu (approximately 6.19 acres) sown on June 1th;
6.26~6.30，除了6月29日没移栽，四天移栽了2亩菜心。

Even with a lower yield, including this morning's harvest, Chen Jiazhi estimates the total yield to be 11250 catties, and plans to finish harvesting in 8-9 days.

Therefore, he envisioned producing 1250 catties of bok choy per day, which would barely be enough to catch up with the bok choy planted on July 1 by July 20th.

However, there are still 7 days between July 7.3rd and July 7.10th when sowing was not done, so there is a possibility of crop failure during this period.
However, there was also a lot of mustard greens.

6.13-0.5亩；6.15-0.5亩；6.17-0.5亩；6.19-0.5亩~
It's a pity there wasn't enough open space to transplant them at the time, otherwise there could have been even more.

60~70天充分生长的芥菜亩产可达5000~7000斤，按现在的价格，价值最高超过4万元。

However, this doesn't apply to those who are extremely wealthy and have livestock; the same principle applies to agriculture.

It's best to secure your profits early.

The current yield per mu is estimated to be 2,000 jin, which is 4,000 jin for two mu, so the income is not bad.

The area sown with Chinese kale is the same as that of mustard greens, and the vegetables are also 10-15cm tall, but you have to wait a while longer.

Because there are now more mustard greens, and each basket is relatively light, there are too many baskets, and the truck can't fit them all.

If you want to buy Chinese kale, you can only pack each basket of vegetables a little heavier, but it will easily rot by the time it reaches the customer, which will damage your reputation and word of mouth.

There always has to be trade-offs.
Just like when we removed the shade netting last night, it allowed for ventilation and reduced the breeding of diseases, but it also gave pests the opportunity to migrate.

After looking at the harvestable vegetables, there are quite a lot. The cultivation time is quite long, but the harvest period is also not short.

Next, the cowpeas were slightly more damaged, so we needed to promptly remove the dead branches and diseased leaves, and then spray them with pesticide again.
After lingering for a while, we continued on our way.

The two dogs suddenly became cheerful and started trotting rhythmically. There was only one piece of land left, which they knew well.

Good morning, boss.

"Morning~"

At this moment, Ao Dehai, Zhao Yu, Ao Deliang, Lai Guihui, Huang Juan, and Qi Yongfeng, who was still putting on his clothes at the door, all rushed to the vegetable field. The four temporary workers also lagged behind.

Chen Jiazhi looked down and saw that it was almost 6 o'clock, which was quite early.

So they waited there for a while longer, and then arranged the work after everyone had arrived.

Covering the nets is the top priority. In addition to shade nets, insect nets must also be used, and once the insect nets are in place, they should not be removed.

Next, remove the withered branches and leaves from the cowpeas.

And tidying up the open space: clearing away any remaining vegetable roots and leaves after harvesting, draining stagnant water, sprinkling lime and spraying disinfectant...

Finally, there's the task of harvesting crops, which has increased compared to yesterday.

After arranging the work, Chen Jiazhi went to check on the loofah and bitter gourd seeds that had been saved for propagation.
There's also Big Bone Green.

If we're not saving it for seed, the large-stemmed green berries will be ready to harvest in a few days. We should be able to harvest 2,000 jin (1,000 kg) from 0.5 mu (0.067 hectares), which can be sold for 5,000 yuan.

It really does look tempting.

However, the vehicle wasn't big enough. There were cowpeas and kale behind him, and the Shifeng tricycle couldn't accommodate the small water spinach. He decided to save the seeds.

After inspecting the fields, Chen Jiazhi silently praised himself, saying that he was not only long-lasting, but also occasionally so vigorous that it was unbearable, and now it was time to be vigorous again.

The two dogs darted back home in a flash; patrolling the fields every day seemed to be just a routine for them. Yi Dinggan, Li Mingkun, and Guo Mancang also came out to cover the fields with shade netting, but not much; they went home as soon as they finished.

Most of the other vegetable farmers haven't left their homes yet, and probably haven't gotten up yet either.

The open-air vegetable field was washed away by the torrential rain. What can you do after getting up?
I've long lost all motivation.

...

Huang Juan and two temporary workers were pulling up the vegetable heads, which are the root parts left after the heart of the vegetable has been pinched off.

Because there are more yellow leaves at the base, the remaining vegetable heads after harvesting are also tall, and they need to be pulled up before the land is prepared.

He seemed completely unconcerned that his hands were stained with green pulp, engrossed in pulling the plants.

Suddenly, the sun blazed fiercely, its rays so dazzling that it was impossible to look directly at it.

She could no longer concentrate on pulling up the vegetable heads, and would occasionally glance at other people's vegetable fields, causing the already swaying vegetables to no longer be able to stand upright.

In just one morning, the entire army was wiped out.

The stems softened and turned into sap in the middle; touching them was even more disgusting than pulling up a turnip.

Such scenes are commonplace, and anyone who sees them would feel heartbroken.

Huang Juan was somewhat relieved that she and Qi Yongfeng had started working early, otherwise they would have been unable to escape such a fate.

Behind the soaring vegetable prices often lie one tragic story after another.

...

On the other side, after Li Mingkun and Bai Yan finished covering the shade net, they still had a glimmer of hope and stayed in the field to tend to the dilapidated vegetable garden.

But when the scorching sun rose, both of them stopped in their tracks.

The same scenario happened at the end of May: rain followed by a sudden burst of sunshine, and there was no hope.

Li Mingkun stood up and sighed deeply: "Bai Yan, let's go back. Continuing like this is futile."

Bai Yan was also very upset.

On the way, the two ran into Guo Mancang and Zhou Yuqiong, who were also heading back. The two families greeted each other listlessly.

I walked in silence for a while.

"Old Li, are you planning to buy more shade netting to cover the rest of your vegetable fields?"

"No, it's not easy to save up some money."

"Jiazhi is making a fortune with his small greenhouse and shade netting. We can't even keep our vegetables alive."

"We're not cut out for that, Lao Guo. Shade nets aren't a panacea. Jia Zhi also has insect nets, but can we afford those? We finally managed to get a taste of success with him, and I don't want to throw it all up."

In short, Guo Mancang lost all remaining hope and took out a cigarette, offering one to Li Mingkun.

They stared into each other's eyes, which seemed to be streaked with tears.

"The sunlight is too harsh, it's blinding."

"Yes, it's blinding."

The two of them actually earned a decent income in the morning, but after a couple of days, there was no further news.

...

Chen Jiazhi spent the whole morning working in the fields.

Ao Dehai spent half an hour cleaning up diseased leaves in his field, then went to Qi Yongfeng's field to spread quicklime, and then went to help Ao Deliang clean up diseased leaves.

We'll move it wherever it's needed, and we'll also chat with a few people to discuss some details.

Since there are many workers now and the land cannot be plowed and sown, he doesn't need to spend time on these miscellaneous tasks.

When he got home, as soon as he entered the door, Yi Long exclaimed, "Uncle, we've been waiting for you! There's a big feast for lunch today, it's like celebrating the New Year!"

"Haha, there are only four dishes in total, and you're already this happy."

Chen Jiazhi smiled. The table was already set with food, including prawns, crabs, fish, and vegetables.

After he sat down, the five of them started eating. As long as they didn't mention the vegetables in the field, they chatted and laughed.

It was impossible not to talk about this, and after only a few words, the conversation turned to this morning's income.

This is a topic of conversation almost every day.

Yi Long also liked to ask this question. Every day after hearing about Chen Jiazhi's income, he would be surprised and shocked, leaving an indelible impression on the young man's mind.

They also talked about the third sister, Chen Jiaying, and Xue Jun. If the two of them are going to come back, it will probably be within the next day or two.

After cleaning up the dishes, Chen Jiazhi and Li Xiucai returned home, and Li Xiucai took out an envelope.

"Jiazhi, I've bought the envelopes and stationery. Write something when you have time. Li Bin came this morning and said he might go back to his hometown in the next couple of days."

"So urgent?"

"There are no more vegetables in the field, are there?"

"Oh..." Chen Jiazhi took the letter. "Then I'll write it now. Remember to give Wu Qin her salary, okay?"

"I've planned it out, I'll give it to her tonight."

"Have it."

Chen Jiazhi picked up his pen again and pondered at the table. How should he write this letter to get his father to come over?
Write it truthfully?
With Li Bin delivering the message, even if the old folks and villagers didn't believe it, there was still some truth to it.

Exaggerate the difficulties even further, saying they're too busy and Li Xiu will soon have to take care of the baby again; add a touch of metaphysics, saying they consulted a fortune teller who said it's definitely a son...

After thinking for a while, Chen Jiazhi began to write, swishing line after line.

at the same time,

Xu Wenxiang walked around the hotel lobby, saw the dishes on the tables, and received feedback from the guests.

Overall, people are satisfied.

Even the vegetables that were constantly criticized recently are now free of complaints.

This puzzled her a bit. How long had it been since Xu He found a new source of goods?

(End of this chapter)