1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 213 Jielan is Going Mad
Early morning,

Chen Jiazhi stared intently at the road illuminated by the headlights ahead.

There are usually few people and cars at night, but you never know when a drunkard might suddenly appear.

Glancing at the rearview mirror, he caught a glimpse of Yi Long also staring outside with his eyes open.

"Little Dragon, why don't you take a nap?"

"I slept too much during the day, so I can't fall asleep." Yi Long thought for a moment and asked the question that had been bothering him.

"Uncle, you teach these uncles so well and treat them so well. Aren't you afraid they won't work for you anymore?"

People are selfish. Back in their hometown, Yi Long and his cousins ​​would fight tooth and nail over a few pieces of meat or a bag of biscuits, and fighting was a common occurrence.

Everyone wanted to eat more; there was no room for courtesy.

So he couldn't understand why his uncle would wholeheartedly hand over his money-making skills to others, even at the cost of his own losses, in order to give them high commissions.

Do you think they'll stay with me from now on?

"do not know."

"I do not know either."

"What if they..."

"They'll stay with me, at least for the short term, right?"

"Ok!"

Yi Long knew almost everything that had happened in the past two days. He had also listened to the meeting in the corridor for a long time and knew how agitated those people were at the time.

"That's enough." Chen Jiazhi asked with a smile, "Do you think a vegetable market can grow and thrive by going it alone?"

"No."

"That settles it then. I can bring them benefits in exchange for them helping me for a while, so I actually make a profit."

"So everyone makes money, and there are no losers, right?"

"Haha, it's all about win-win cooperation..."

In fact, Ao Deliang's words, "Boss Chen, I'll follow you from now on," really touched Chen Jiazhi, making all the effort he had put in during this time worthwhile.

But middle-aged people are very rational; they have less passion and more calculation.

Whether it's providing knowledge training and guidance or offering high commissions, his real intention in doing all this is to 'win over' these people; now it's just time to reap the rewards.

But what he gained was far more than that.

Of the more than 100 million yuan in sales revenue at Jiangxin Vegetable Market, he actually receives quite a bit.

In addition, the Dongxiang vegetable market is also making great strides.

Since his daily income broke 10,000 yuan again on October 11, Chen Jiazhi has earned more than 10,000 yuan for five consecutive days, including three days with incomes exceeding 15,000 yuan.

A total income of 10.79 yuan in 10 days!

And it's still growing!

Before they knew it, they had arrived in Dongxiang again. They backed the car into the yard, parked it, and opened the door. Chen Jiazhi saw Li Xiu, his father, mother, and second sister at the door.

Why aren't you asleep?

For ten consecutive days, Chen Jiazhi only returned late at night. Peng Guozhen had a lot to say, but when he actually saw him, he couldn't say many of his words, or he knew that it would be useless to say them.

"I just wanted to see you."

"Hmm~" Chen Jiazhi smiled and asked, "How have you been these past few days?"

"It's alright, Li Xiu took us to buy new clothes again. Don't worry about us. Just eat on time and make sure you get enough sleep during the day. I also boiled two eggs for you and Xiao Long tonight, so you can take them on the road."

"Okay, you'll get used to it."

"Getting used to it, getting used to it~"

Hearing the old lady keep using the word "habit," Li Xiu and Chen Jiafang both turned their heads away, thinking how they had been acting like this all day.

"My dear child, when will you finally stop being so busy!"

"It'll be soon, just a few days. Once I'm done with this, I'll take you all out to play." Chen Jiazhi nodded to his father, Chen Shaochang. "It's still a bit chilly at night, so you should all go back to sleep first."

"It's okay, you go about your business, we'll just look at it and then go to sleep."

Helpless, Chen Jiazhi could only talk to Ao Dehai first. It was very simple; he mainly wanted to discuss the progress of harvesting vegetables.

The harvesting of bok choy has slowed down slightly these days, with the daily output dropping to 220 pieces, but the price is gradually rising.

There aren't many bok choy left in the field.

Ao Dehai said, "Boss, the kale is ready to be harvested. It's growing well, and the yield should be quite high. We can harvest dozens of pieces a day to fill a truck, and we can harvest it all together with the bok choy."

Chinese kale~
I've received quite a few inquiries these past couple of days.

Chen Jiazhi hesitated for a moment: "Can we wait a little longer?"

Ao Dehai asked doubtfully, "Waiting is fine, but I'm afraid the price might drop later."

"Probably not." Chen Jiazhi then asked, "How's the land preparation going?"

"It's halfway done."

"Yes, that's good." Chen Jiazhi said, "Tell the workers that after the vegetables are harvested and the land is turned over to dry, we can give them a few days off at once."

Ao Dehai asked in surprise, "Another holiday?"

Chen Jiazhi patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "Even if you make money, you have to have time to enjoy it."

He estimated that the market might not be good in November, and December might also be average, so he wanted to skip it and prepare vegetables for after the cold wave.

It's a good time to rest for a few days, spend time with family, and balance work and rest to have better energy.

Ao Dehai was excited to have time to rest and readily agreed.

After finishing his conversation with Ao Dehai, the car was almost fully loaded, but Li Xiu was still waiting. He told Yi Long to get in the car and wait, while he took Li Xiu's hand and walked her around the gravel road before escorting her to her doorstep.

"Jiazhi, you haven't seen the kid in ages, do you want to take a look?"

"Just seeing you every day is enough for me~"

Li Xiu watched his departing figure, smiled slightly, and then complained about Xu Wenxiang. If it weren't for her, Jiazhi wouldn't have been running back and forth between the two places.

The weeds at stall number 56 were completely crushed, and the moss had long since disappeared.

It's probably one of the most popular stalls in the entire wholesale market.

As soon as Chen Jiazhi and his light truck arrived at the market, before the tailgate was even opened, customers were already shoving tricycles, flatbed trucks, and wheelbarrows behind it.

"Be gentle, you've wrecked my car!"

"Excuse me, excuse me."

After calling out twice, Chen Jiazhi finally had a chance to open the car door, and Yi Long nimbly climbed into the car.

"Hey handsome, pack me six items first!" A man patted his tricycle and then gave Chen Jiazhi 420 yuan.

"The prices haven't gone up today, have they, Mr. Chen?"

"Not yet." Chen Jiazhi took the money, and then Yi Long handed the vegetables to the man one by one from the car.

I haven't delivered many vegetables these past two days, which has caused some complaints from my regular customers.

But there's no way around it, because new customers are constantly joining the competition. In order to get the vegetables, people have gone from coming early at the beginning, to bringing their own transportation, and now they're even helping to receive the goods.

It can be said that it changes every day.

This also confirms that the market is booming.

"Mr. Chen, do you still have kale today?"

Someone else asked about the mustard greens, and Chen Jiazhi looked up at a regular customer, "We'll have to wait two more days."

The man said, "Boss Chen, two days after two days, I've been waiting for your kale for seven or eight days already. When are you finally going to accept it?"

The man's voice was quite loud, and it immediately drew agreement from the others.

"That's right, I also remember that Mr. Chen mentioned a long time ago that there was kale."

"Why don't you just harvest them and sell them?!"

"Haven't you heard the saying, 'Stall number 56 has never sold vegetables at low prices'?" Old Wu also came to the edge of the crowd and said loudly, "Boss Chen is definitely holding back, waiting to sell at a high price!"

"That's still not enough! Kale is already two yuan and fifty cents!"

Old Wu said, "If you offer Boss Chen 3 yuan per jin, he might sell it."

The man who had spoken first immediately shook his head vigorously: "Three yuan a pound? Do you think another typhoon is coming?"

Chen Jiazhi ignored the teasing from the crowd. The more they teased him, the more he had to hold back. His intuition told him that Jielan might take off.

Chinese kale is a very special product, somewhat niche, but there is a stable demand for it over the long term, only the supply is sometimes extremely unstable.

Sometimes farmers plant vegetables in droves, and sometimes very few people do.

When the market is bad, you can't sell anything; when the market is good, prices skyrocket.

Chen Jiazhi had experienced kale costing five or six yuan per kilogram, seven or eight yuan per kilogram, or even more than ten yuan per kilogram in his previous life.

One year, around 2010, the market for Chinese kale was in a slump. But that year, he spent tens of thousands of yuan to build a small 30-cubic-meter cold storage. He stored the unsold Chinese kale in the cold storage for more than a month. The leaves turned yellow and he was about to throw it away when the market turned upside down. In just two or three days, the price of Chinese kale jumped from four or five cents to five or six yuan!

After cleaning up the yellow leaves and heads of the kale, he sold it all at a high price, making a fortune from that batch of kale!
The reason for this is that too many people planted it in the early stages, which disrupted the market, and then no one planted it anymore, leading to a severe shortage in the market.

Chen Jiazhi felt that this time was somewhat similar.

He had learned in the past two days that in September, kale was one of the vegetables with the worst market price, sometimes as low as one or two cents per kilogram!
The situation didn't recover until early October, and it's estimated that fewer and fewer farmers planted kale during that period.

As a result, prices have recently rebounded, rising all the way to 2.5 yuan per kilogram, but the potential has not yet been fully realized.

Chen Jiazhi planted 10 mu in early October, while Jiangxin Vegetable Market planted 80 mu!
I think I made it in time.

Too many people are asking this!

Throughout the night, Chen Jiazhi heard many people mentioning his kale.

This indicates that there is market demand, but most people in the market cannot buy the goods.

This is a sign of takeoff.

"Pity."

"What's a pity, Uncle? It sold out before dawn. It was so satisfying to sell, and we didn't even have to deliver the goods. It was so easy."

Yi Long was puzzled when he heard his mutterings. The cabbage was 70 yuan per piece, and with 220 pieces, the income for one night would be 15400 yuan.

While his father was still dreaming of becoming a man earning over 10,000 yuan a month, his uncle had already achieved a daily income of over 10,000 yuan.

What's there to regret?

In other words, his uncle wouldn't let him mention how much money he made in the market, otherwise he would definitely do the math!
"It's a pity I didn't come to sell vegetables last month."

Everyone says vegetables didn't sell well last month!

"But you also need to experience a bad market to better understand it."

Let's not talk about his past life. He hasn't achieved much this year, but if the market had been open last month, he might have noticed it earlier and laid a trap for Kailan in advance.

There's no turning back now.

From another perspective, this is a completely unexpected surprise.

The Dongxiang vegetable market has a total of 10 mu of kale. This crop has grown quite well, and the yield per mu should be 2500 to 3000 jin.

The price is relatively stable at 3 yuan; the question is where the peak will be.

Ten acres of Chinese kale are expected to sell for 80,000 to 90,000 yuan. What a pity! It's absolutely fantastic!

(End of this chapter)