1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 182 Continuous Daily Tens of Thousands
Chen Jiazhi slept until evening, when Yi Dinggan came to wake him up.

"Jiazhi, dinner's ready. It's stir-fried loach with chives. I cooked it myself; it's good for your health."

Li Mingkun joined in the fun, shouting, "That's right, get up and eat more. Just being strong isn't enough, but you said it has to be both intense and long-lasting."

For a moment, Chen Jiazhi felt as if the sky had fallen and his lifelong reputation had been ruined in an instant!

We've compared the two of them so many times.

You really need to practice shooting more!

No matter how awkward it was, he had to get up. Chen Jiazhi washed his face as if nothing had happened, and then ate his stir-fried loach with chives and rice without any expression.

Yi Ding chuckled dryly, "The taste is alright, my cooking skills haven't gone bad."

Chen Jiazhi ignored him and said to Yi Long, "Xiao Long, when did you go catch loaches?"

Li Xiu said, "It was specially delivered by the elders. He and Lao Guo are free these days."

Chen Jiazhi curled his lip, shoveling rice and eating loach with gusto. He'd never won against Li Mingkun in a contest of size, but he'd let him gloat for a while, and then he'd see how he regained his former glory.

After dinner, Chen Jiazhi prepared to harvest the vegetables again, and then drove to buy ice.

With the temperature high and prices good, Chen Jiazhi doesn't need to skimp on ice packs; having ice packs will also allow him to harvest vegetables sooner.

Even so, they still have to harvest crops until late at night every day to complete the task.

After buying the ice, Li Xiu went to work in the fields, leaving Yi Long alone at home to take care of the child. He kept pushing the cradle, and the little guy would cry as soon as he stopped.

Yi Long exclaimed that this was too shameless.

But we still have to obediently push it.

However, as the sound of ice being smashed rang out, the little guy stopped sleeping and watched the temporary worker smashing ice from a distance.

With so many vegetables, breaking ice was no easy task, and the harvesting work was also heavy, so Chen Jiazhi hired a few temporary workers to do odd jobs.

After reminding Yi Long to take his son away from the ice and be careful of broken ice, Chen Jiazhi followed him out.

The three groups were scattered throughout the vegetable field.

Today was another 5,000 jin (2,500 kg) of vegetables to harvest. The vegetable workers swung their arms rapidly, with no time for idle chatter.

Chen Jiazhi also joined the team.

Another night, vegetable farmers scattered across the fields, the starlight twinkling around them, as one by one, the vegetables slowly filled the cargo bed of the light truck.

Ao Dehai set foot in the wholesale market for the first time, full of ambition before setting off.

But once I arrived, I felt awkward, stiff, and apprehensive.

Listening to dialects from all over the country made me feel a little flustered, which led to frequent mistakes and made me feel particularly tired.

Chen Jiazhi and Yi Long kept wiping his bottom. By the end of the night, just by looking at the area of ​​his clothes soaked with sweat, you could tell it wasn't easy.

But that was still relatively mild, until one day, Ao Deliang came to the wholesale market with him, and that was when the real torment began.

This is no longer just awkward.

Rather, they are simply not suited for doing business or dealing with strangers.

I was already panicking, and when things got busy at the wholesale market, everyone was so impatient, talking like they were firing guns, and I might not even understand them, which made me even more panicked, and I was sweating profusely.

Forget about delivering goods, it would be a blessing if I could just avoid getting lost.

In this environment, Yi Long actually made progress.

He may be small in stature, but he is naturally outgoing and fearless in the face of adversity. If he doesn't understand the dialect, he will just make things up to avoid being taken advantage of.

Ao Deliang followed him, mainly responsible for providing the physical labor, while Yi Long pointed out the directions and locations, and then retrieved the vegetable baskets.

At such a young age, he has shouldered a lot of pressure, but the vegetable basket is still inevitably left behind.

After cleaning up the battlefield once again, Yi Long started complaining.

"I'm so angry, Uncle. There's this guy who drives a double-cab pickup truck. He took four baskets of vegetables yesterday, and he asked for four more today. When Uncle Deliang was delivering the vegetables to him, he tried to take the baskets back, but the guy wouldn't let him."

I went up to him and argued with him. Guess what he said? He said he didn't want the deposit back, and that he would consider the vegetable basket as something he had bought.

I said I wouldn't sell, and he called me a little brat whose word doesn't count, saying I'd better get revenge for him tomorrow!

Chen Jiazhi asked, "Is it that old man with slightly gray hair?"

"it's him."

“Okay, I’ll talk to him about it tomorrow.” Chen Jiazhi smiled. “I know him; he’s a procurement officer for a government agency.”

Yi Long paused as he put down the vegetable basket. "Maybe we should just forget about it. The common people can't fight against the officials, especially since they've already paid us."

Chen Jiazhi smiled and said, "Where did you learn that? 'The common people shouldn't fight with the officials.'"

Yi Long said, "Just read martial arts novels, that's how it's written there."

Chen Jiazhi: "It's alright. He can buy the basket if he wants, and he can sell it if he wants. But he can't say that your decision doesn't count. You're a key member of stall number 56 now, so your words still carry weight."

"really?"

"Without you these past two days, stall number 56 would be completely paralyzed."

For a moment, Yi Long's upturned lips were harder to suppress than AK's. He felt extremely happy, busy, tired, and fulfilled, but he wanted to keep going.

After Chen Jiazhi returned home, there were stacks of loose cash in the house again; saving money can be addictive.

Especially more than 10,000 a day!

That felt so exhilarating!
August 26, 13610 yuan!
August 27, 13190 yuan!
In just two days, plus what we had left over from before and the 2500 yuan my second sister gave us for buying a car, the family's cash balance once again reached 3 yuan!

There was no reason to hesitate. Keeping the money at home would be too conspicuous. Chen Jiazhi took the money to the bank and gave the tellers a little more intense talking-to.

After several days of intensive harvesting, the bok choy that had been harvested earlier but whose growth period had been slow has been completed. The remaining growing period is mostly 22-24 days, resulting in a lower yield, but Chen Jiazhi still hasn't stopped.

The market for this typhoon is not as good as the last one, and prices are not as high as before.

It could fall at any time.

When the time is right, you have to act. Even if the yield per acre is a little lower, as long as the price is right, you'll definitely make a big profit!

8 month 28 day,
The cowpeas have completed their final harvest, which began on July 24th and lasted for 36 days.
2.3 mu of land, total yield 6875 jin, average yield per mu 2989 jin, total income 1.25 yuan!

The ending wasn't perfect.

But this is his way of making an explanation for his past life.

In his previous life, thanks to this lucky crop of cowpeas, he and Li Xiu survived the most difficult month of their lives.

Therefore, in this life, he also planted a crop of cowpeas.

Production was higher than in the previous generation.

However, the unit price is lower; in his previous life, he sold it for as high as 3 yuan per kilogram.

This time the timing was slightly off, and the highest price was only 2.5 yuan per jin.

But he doesn't rely on this income too much.

On this day, the cowpeas only sold for 320 yuan, a mere fraction of his daily income of 12345 yuan, marking his farewell.

For the fifth consecutive day, he earned over 10,000 yuan!
...

Every time Xu He saw Xu Wenxiang, it seemed like she was always busy.

"He's here, have a seat. What did he say?"

Xu He shook his head: "Boss Chen said it's not time yet. Today is only the 28th. He's busy and doesn't have time to think about it in detail."

Xu Wenxiang raised an eyebrow and asked, "How busy can he be? Surely he doesn't have time for this? Or is he making excuses and doesn't want to come?"

“It shouldn’t be,” Xu He pondered. “He’s been really busy lately. Every day he’s been working on a huge truckload of vegetables, probably over 5,000 jin (2,500 kg), and he can’t stop all night. He hasn’t had time to talk to me.”

Working at the market must be tough.

"More than 5,000 kilograms of vegetables every day?!"

Xu Wenxiang unconsciously raised her voice, thinking she had misheard. How much land did he own?!

Xu He nodded affirmatively.

"You've seen his truck. It can carry more than half a height of vegetable baskets every day, which should be about 5,000 jin (2,500 kg)."

Xu Wenxiang asked in surprise, "How much are vegetables now?"

"2.5 yuan/jin to 2.8 yuan/jin," Xu He said with a trembling voice, "His daily income recently has been at least 13,000 to 14,000 yuan!"

Not to mention him, Xu Wenxiang's chest pounded with shock after hearing this.

Is growing vegetables really that profitable?!
This is only 30 mu (approximately 2 hectares) of land!
Xu He paused for a moment and said, "Sister, I feel that with his current income, it's unlikely that he will come. Besides, as you said before, he's too busy and tired. Even if he wanted to, his wife probably wouldn't let him come."

“No!” Xu Wenxiang pondered, “His wife can’t make decisions for him, and the more she does, the more likely he is to come!”

Xu He asked in confusion, "Why?"

Xu Wenxiang smiled and said, "He and I are the same kind of people, pursuing higher profits, while I provided him with a bigger stage."

Xu He didn't know where she got her confidence from. If he were Boss Chen, he would definitely continue to steadily develop his small base and grow stronger step by step. Why would he take the risk at Jiangxin Vegetable Market?

After Xu He left, Xu Wenxiang made herself a cup of tea, went to the window, and looked at every plant and tree in the hotel.

For various reasons, she is now not only a major shareholder of the hotel, but also a major shareholder of Jiangxin Vegetable Market.

But Jiangxin Market has become almost an empty shell.

Besides Liu Feng, who was driven away by her, most of the other managers also left, along with a number of vegetable workers.

If production continues to stop, the remaining workers may also perish.

What use is such a major shareholder?
Therefore, she needs to resume production as soon as possible. Chen Cai Nong is the straw she is hoping for now, but she has no idea whether she can grasp it or not, and she can't help but feel anxious.

Chen Jiazhi was unaware that someone was eyeing him; instead, he was calculating whether there would be a chance to fill the truck with vegetables from the field.

His car has been criticized a lot.

Even with so many dishes these past two days, Lao Wu kept asking: "Is it okay, Mr. Chen, can you fill the truck up completely at once?"
That's so cheap~
But after taking a quick look at the vegetables in the field, Chen Jiazhi decided to give up.

If it's not full, it's not full.

There's no way around it; he has plenty of money, so he likes big things and naturally chooses the biggest car he can get.
There's definitely enough food to fill a truck, but it's unnecessary. It might actually drive down the price of vegetables, which would be counterproductive.

Old Wu wanted to do something bad and drive down vegetable prices, but we wouldn't let him have his way.

In just a few days, Chen Jiazhi has already recouped the cost of buying the car.

If things stay stable for a few more days, we can earn enough for one more car.

However, Chen Jiazhi also had to save face, so he increased his output again that day, collecting a total of 210 dishes.

The number of bok choy pieces reached 90, kale pieces 70, and mustard greens pieces 50.

If you pack it a little looser, wow, it looks like a whole truckload of vegetables!

Prices stabilized, except for a slight decrease of 5 yuan per piece for kale. Overnight, the total came to a round number: 16,000.

It would be even better if daily omnipotence became the norm.

(End of this chapter)