1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 208 Making money

Truck headlights in those days weren't very bright. The headlights on old Jiefang brand trucks were not as bright as flashlights in later years, so the co-driver often had to hold up a powerful flashlight to find the way when driving at night.

However, the Yuejin 131 light truck does not have this problem. It has many flaws, but its headlights are extremely bright, like the brightest stars in the night sky.

This is very helpful for Chen Jiazhi, who often drives at night.

Compared to the Isuzu, its handling is much worse, and the highway conditions are also average, so I didn't dare to be distracted along the way.

After arriving at the Dongxiang vegetable market,
Except for three male workers waiting to load the truck, everyone else was asleep.

I checked the time; it was almost one o'clock.

"Boss Chen~"

"Let's load the truck. How many vegetables are we having today?" Chen Jiazhi asked casually, glancing at the vegetables; they looked quite good.

"Four more items than yesterday, 143 items."

"Hmm~ It's alright."

Two mu of bok choy yielded 4 more pieces, which means the yield per mu increased by 60 jin, reaching more than 2100 jin.

The workers began loading the vegetables, and Yi Long and Li Xiu, still sleepy-eyed, came out one after the other from the doors of the two rooms.

Yi Long went to wash his face with cold water, while Li Xiu came to Chen Jiazhi's side and asked in a soft voice, "Jiazhi, are you sleepy?"

"I'm fine, I'm in good spirits."

Chen Jiazhi pulled him into the night, saying, "I slept quite a bit during the day, and I even took a nap while slacking off in the office."

Li Xiu pressed her body close to his: "Are you very tired?"

Chen Jiazhi smiled and said, "With money coming in every day, it doesn't seem so tiring anymore."

The two were already walking on the gravel road, about fifty or sixty meters away from the car. It was pitch black, and Chen Jiazhi's hands began to wander.

"Hmm~ Stop fooling around." Li Xiu said reproachfully, "I was complaining again during the day, saying you're too tired. You never suffered like this when you were a kid~"

Chen Jiazhi felt the softness of the skin and absentmindedly hummed in agreement.

"My mother said to let him talk, and let my father deal with her."

Li Xiu struggled with both hands, saying, "Dad didn't say anything, but he can't hear me."

Chen Jiazhi feinted with his left hand, then broke through the defense with his right, only to be firmly grabbed again, at which point he gave up.

"I probably won't have time to take my dad to the hospital for a while, Xiu, why don't you take him and ask if he can get a hearing aid?"

Li Xiu paused for a moment and said, "I feel that Dad is very resistant to going to the hospital and doesn't really want to spend the money."

Chen Jiazhi said, "If it doesn't work, we'll just have to wait a while. I've taken him there. He's been deaf for over ten years, so a month or two won't make a difference."

"So this is what a good little boy you are~"

Li Xiu sensed that one hand was starting to act up again, so he remained silent and focused on defense.

"Uncle~ the car is all loaded."

Yi Long's shout startled the two of them. Luckily, there was no moon tonight. Chen Jiazhi responded and then walked back.

"Drive slowly on the road."

"Okay, you should go to sleep early."

Li Xiu entered the house with her head down.

Chen Jiazhi, without changing his expression, checked the vegetables in the carriage under Yi Long's suspicious gaze before getting on the train.

"Xiaolong, have you rested enough? It's just the two of us tonight, and we're going to have a tough battle to fight."

"With only 143 dishes in total, Boss Chen's battle isn't going to be tough!"

Chen Jiazhi glanced at him: "Maybe a little harder than when the rooster crows every night."

Yi Long immediately fell silent, turned his head away, and looked a little embarrassed.

The sound of the engine quickly filled the night before disappearing into the market.

When I arrived at the market, it was almost 2:30 p.m. Yesterday at this time, I had already sold dozens of items.

I thought today would be a little difficult, but as soon as I parked the car, customers kept coming in.

They all brought their own vehicles to haul away the vegetables.

Chen Jiazhi sensed something was wrong and said to Yi Long, "Little detective, should you go, or should I go?"

Yi Long chuckled strangely, "Uncle, did you brush your face until it was completely ruined, or did you brush your legs until they were useless?"

Chen Jiazhi glared at him: "Kid, you need a beating again, don't you!"

Yi Long laughed and ran off to check out the market situation.

One customer said, "Mr. Chen, this kid is quite clever. Is he your younger brother?"

Chen Jiazhi laughed and said, "My sister's son, her nephew, is a bit disrespectful."

"Haha, boys should be a little mischievous. This handsome guy was twisting my arm when I was holding the basket, which made me really angry."

Chen Jiazhi chuckled awkwardly twice, took the customer's money, but was thinking to himself, "You only took one basket of vegetables. Even if you don't sell them all, how much effort does it take you to clear the room?"

Just five or six minutes later, Yi Long ran back, arriving just before Curly Hair, who had come to collect the vegetables.

Yi Long glanced at Curly Hair and lowered his voice slightly: "Uncle, I just asked at a place, and the bok choy is selling for 1.5 yuan per jin outside. I haven't asked about the others yet."

It went up another two cents!
Chen Jiazhi felt a moment of excitement, then exclaimed, "I've lost a lot of money selling those ten or so vegetables!"

He then looked at Curly Hair: "It's 45 yuan per piece today."

Curly-haired guy raised an eyebrow: "Yesterday it was only 35 yuan per piece, and now the price has gone up by 10 yuan? How can the price be raised like that!"

Chen Jiazhi laughed and said, "Yesterday was a perk for our loyal customers. Earning money in one day is still earning money, right? Boss Mao, come on, have a smoke."

Seeing his attitude, Mao Liangcai felt inexplicably more at ease.

"I'm scared of you, take it. I'll take 14 items today." Chen Jiazhi was stunned for a moment, two more than yesterday. "Mr. Mao, your business has really grown big now!"

Mao Liangcai waved his hand dismissively and said, "It's so-so. We've been doing very well in retail lately."

The 14 dishes cost Curly 630 yuan, and he paid very quickly. Chen Jiazhi hadn't received such a large order in a long time, especially from Curly, so he was genuinely surprised.

Curly-haired guy seemed to enjoy his expression, and a slight smile played on his lips as he turned to leave.

Chen Jiazhi then said to Yi Long, "Little detective, go deliver the goods. Fourteen items should be enough for you to make two or three trips."

Yi Long pouted and said, "The little detective is now called a porter."

As the peak season approached, the food was being served very quickly. Even with Yi Long delivering non-stop, he couldn't keep up. Eventually, many customers started bringing their own tools to pick up their orders.

This reduced Yi Long's workload, but he was still exhausted and sweating profusely.

Chen Jiazhi didn't have time to help him either; selling vegetables by himself also requires carrying things up and down.

After a night's rest, Yi Long collapsed onto the vegetable basket, too exhausted to move.

After Chen Jiazhi finished tidying up the rest of the vegetable baskets, he said, "Have you recovered yet, Xiaolong? Let's go back and have some breakfast first."

"Oh~"

Yi Long stood up like a walking corpse and walked towards the driver's seat.

Chen Jiazhi put the last basket down and closed the carriage door. When he got on the train, he saw Yi Long lying half-reclined with his eyes closed.

"Don't sleep! Get up and party! Today, only the remnants of our bodies remain!"

Yi Long opened his eyes, glanced at him, then turned his head to the other side and continued sleeping.

Soon after, snoring began.

It was dawn.

Chen Jiazhi hummed a song as he drove out of the market, bought two servings of steamed buns and soy milk for breakfast, and then rushed back to Jiangxin Market.

The car window was open, and the morning breeze blew in, carrying a faint hint of autumn.

As the sun began to climb the mountain again, we arrived at Jiangxin Market. I was already tired of the tranquil rural scenery, so it was more interesting to play with Yilong.

Chen Jiazhi drove directly into the yard and patted Yi Long on the shoulder.

"Hey, Xiaolong, we've arrived at Jiangxin Market."

The young man groggily opened his eyes. "We're here already?"

Chen Jiazhi laughed and said, "What do you think? It's almost eight o'clock. Why don't you go and see your beloved old man?"

Yi Long nodded slowly, then shook his head: "I'm not going. Where is his bed? I'm going to take a nap first."

You think you can mess with me?!
Yesterday he was full of energy, but today he's all listless. So he didn't bother Yi Long anymore and let him sleep in Yi Dinggan's room.

However, he rode his bicycle to find Yi Dinggan and told him that Yi Long had arrived.

Yi Dinggan pretended not to care, saying that work was more important. After wandering around for a couple of minutes, he still went back to his dormitory.

Looking at Yi Long, who was covered in sweat but sleeping soundly, I couldn't help but feel a little sad.

"You must study hard from now on!"

...

Two or three days passed.

Jiangxin vegetable market has successfully sold four batches of bok choy, with the smallest batch being 3 jin and the largest batch being 3.3 jin in a single day!

The market is gradually recovering, and vegetable prices are rising accordingly. In four days, the total sales revenue reached 23.84 yuan!

The amount received reached 17.23 yuan.

This delighted Xu Yao, who was in charge of finances; it was the first time the Jiangxin Vegetable Market's account had seen such a large sum of money coming in.

Tong Gang was just as excited as he was; it seemed that Jiangxin Market had come back to life!

Only Cheng Tiantian was worried. The things in the warehouse were too heavy for one person to move, and she could only pray that the manager would give her a break.

Compared to the three of them, Chen Jiazhi was very calm. He even bought two books and would occasionally flip through them when he was dozing off.

A book of everyday English conversations, and a book of basic financial knowledge.
Both are his weaknesses.

Finance is even more important nowadays, as it relates to money management. At the very least, you should know a little about it and not be easily fooled.

He wants to keep the full 25% profit share from Jiangxin Vegetable Market!
Spruce,

Huang Jianyuan had just knocked on the open office door when he saw Xu Wenxiang, dressed in white, burning incense and praying to Guan Gong.

"Mr. Xu, if you want a child, you can't worship Guan Gong; you have to worship Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy."

Xu Wenxiang, inside the gate, remained unmoved and quietly completed the worship ceremony. Only when she turned around did she see that the three shareholders, Huang, Li, and Zhang, had all arrived.

Xu Wenxiang sat on the sofa, beaming, "I stopped hoping for children a long time ago."

Huang Jianyuan and the other two entered the office, sat on the sofa, and asked, "So what were you asking for just now?"

Xu Wenxiang raised her head: "Please, Lord Guan, don't let it rain."

The other three shareholders were overjoyed.

"The idea of ​​praying to Guan Gong to stop the rain is quite interesting. Could it be that Guan Gong cleaved the Thunder God and Lightning Goddess in two with a single stroke?"

"Hey, that's quite possible! Manager Chen really guessed the market trend correctly!"

"It's good that it's not raining, because only when it's not raining can vegetable prices continue to rise!" Huang Jianyuan laughed heartily. "This morning, two more people called to ask me to send two truckloads of bok choy!"

Xu Wenxiang smiled and said, "We still have plenty of vegetables in our fields. In a few days, we'll also have water spinach and bok choy on the market!"

After a pause, Xu Wenxiang said in a deep voice, "Everyone, we're going to make money this time. I invited you all here to go to the market together and cheer on Director Chen."

(End of this chapter)