1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 369 Getting rich in silence
He rode his bicycle all the way home, and the two dogs barked excitedly, making a commotion that prompted Chen Jiafang, who was with Dou Dou, to scold them.

"You're such a grown man, yet you're still acting so crazy. Hurry up and wash your hands and eat."

Chen Jiazhi loudly accused, "He took my lighter again. I just bought it yesterday."

Yi Dinggan curled his lip, "It's just a lighter, is it really that big of a deal, Boss Chen? You're acting like you've suffered some great injustice."

"Damn it, then give it back to me."

"No way, it's mine now. The boss is the boss, even his lighter is so high-end."

"Look at your face." Chen Jiazhi said to the two brothers in the room, "Xiaolong and Xiaohu, don't be like your father. You have a lot of bad habits. You're lucky you met me, otherwise you would have gotten a beating sooner or later."

"That's because you spoiled him."

"The enemy."

"If they don't listen, they should be punished."

"Exactly, how can we only punish students?"

"You can't spoil people too much."

"Uncle, you can't possibly lose, can you?"

"..."

Chen Jiazhi turned to look at Yi Dinggan and asked, "Did you beat them up during the New Year?"

"You said it, if kids misbehave, they need to be disciplined." Yi Dinggan sat down at the table and started pouring wine.

Chen Jiazhi raised an eyebrow. "When did I say that I've been unfairly blamed again? Xiaolong and Xiaohu, your old man is trying to shift the blame onto me. Don't believe him."

The Yi brothers, Yi Long and Yi Hu, looked at them mockingly, as if to say, "You two old fools, stop acting."

Chen Jiazhi added, "But it's the same as not fighting at all. Problems should be resolved properly the first time."

Li Xiu also came in. "What are you fighting for? You must be hungry after a long day. Eat something and get some rest."

Chen Jiazhi picked up a piece of chicken and said, "I can't rest anymore. I want to go to the market tonight."

Yi Dinggan: "I've already poured you the wine, why do you still want to go to the market?"

Chen Jiazhi took the wine, "I can take a nap and go over in the early morning."

He doesn't need to sell vegetables himself now, so he's not in such a rush, but he still has to go to the site at times like this.

Yi Long's eyes lit up. "Uncle, there are a lot of vegetables today. I'll go help you sell them. Wake me up when you get up."

Yi Hu: "I want to go too."

Chen Jiazhi asked in surprise, "Didn't school start?"

Yi Long said, "It's a holiday, and I don't have to study tomorrow. I can help you by selling vegetables. I can handle moving and delivering goods."

It seems we don't need you to move or deliver goods now. As Chen Jiazhi pondered, Yi Dinggan said again, "Let them go. They worked in the fields for half a day during the Spring Festival and then ran away, insisting that they prefer selling vegetables. They should experience how difficult it is to earn money!"

Chen Jiazhi was even more surprised.

If the second sister had said this, it would have made more sense. But coming from Yi Dinggan, it was a bit unbelievable. In his previous life, he had let Yi Long play with him for six or seven years.
"Little Dragon and Little Tiger, what have you done?"

"This is a violation of the heavenly rules!"

"?"

Li Xiu's curiosity was piqued, and he waited for the answer. The two brothers didn't say anything and started eating in silence. Dou Dou saw this and also took a spoon and ate his own food.

Chen Jiazhi then asked his second sister.

"They're not Sun Wukong, how could they break the heavenly rules? At most, they'll stay up late playing computer games, and they'll even play computer games while eating. School's about to start, and they haven't done much of their winter break homework yet."

"..."

Never mind, there's nothing to ask.

Chen Jiazhi stopped stirring things up, took a sip of wine, and quietly ate his food.

He bought the computer, and he was the one who suggested that his two brothers learn to use computers. Now that things have come to this, he also bears some responsibility.

The purpose was simply to let the two brothers experience firsthand how difficult it is to earn money at the market today.
Why are you so pessimistic?
After a while, Li Xiu finished eating and asked, "You were busy until so late today, and all the vegetable collectors were working like they were on steroids. How many vegetables did you collect and put into storage?"

As the leader of the vegetable collecting team, Chen Jiafang has a deep understanding of the workers' excitement.

"Including the bok choy, I estimate it will be seventy or eighty tons. Anyway, at this rate of harvesting, it won't take more than ten days for all the transplanted kale to be stored in the warehouse."

Chen Jiazhi doesn't know the exact amount that has been put into storage yet, he only knows that it's a huge number.

In contrast, the outbound volume was much more moderate.

Take it slow. Don't drive down the price yourself. At the same time, try to sell all the goods within half a month.

After finishing his meal and taking a shower, Chen Jiazhi lay down on the bed and tried to fall asleep.

But perhaps because I was a little excited, I couldn't fall asleep for a while.

Li Xiu suggested, "Then why don't you read an English book for a while? You'll fall asleep while you're reading."

"You know what~"

Chen Jiazhi indeed took out his book to memorize vocabulary words, and even got his wife and son to memorize them together. Before long, Li Xiu and Dou Dou both fell asleep, and he yawned as he turned off the light and went to sleep.

...

Around 2 a.m., Chen Jiazhi got up and then woke up Yi Long and Yi Hu.

After washing their faces with cold water, the two brothers were still sleepy-eyed and went back to sleep in the car.

Chen Jiazhi, on the other hand, drove for more than an hour with great energy.

They were woken up when they were almost there.

Yi Long patted his face and shouted, "Get fired up!" which startled Chen Jiazhi.

"Why are you yelling like that?"

“You said it yourself, selling vegetables requires a lot of passion, that’s what you used to shout.”

That shout snapped Yi Hu out of his daze. "Get fired up, get fired up! Uncle, I sold vegetables for you today, you got paid, right?"

Chen Jiazhi raised an eyebrow: "Your dad cut off your allowance too?"

"Let's not talk about the past."

"Yes, we must look forward."

"Tsk, you two are awesome!" According to Yi Dinggan's original personality, he basically let his two brothers run wild, letting them play as they pleased and being very generous with their pocket money.

He feels a little unfamiliar with him now.

It's hard to say whether he raised his two nephews astray, or whether Yi Ding did something wrong, or perhaps both.

They soon arrived at the distribution center, which was brightly lit. Chen Jiazhi glanced inside at the bustling scene and then headed back to the market.

While walking, Yi Long was still instructing Yi Hu on how to deliver the vegetables, and he talked endlessly about past scenes.

The delivery trucks were blocking the road, and shoppers were scrambling to buy groceries. It was so busy they couldn't stop, and they were making so much money their hands were sore!
Both brothers are very passionate.

They have a strong sense of determination to make a big splash.

The stalls were visible from afar, and they looked busy, but not quite.

There were quite a few people unloading and loading goods, but none of them were from the stalls.

Li Cai simply stood on the sidelines and watched.

Chen Jiazhi smiled, not particularly surprised, guessing that the two brothers wouldn't get fired up tonight.

However, the two brothers didn't realize it until they saw Li Cai and ran over to him.

I guess they wanted to help.

But they were quickly dumbfounded and stood there waiting.

Chen Jiazhi slowly walked up and said, "What's wrong? Why are you standing there? Help me out."

Yi Long scratched his head and asked, "What kind of help?"

Yi Hu also said, "Uncle Cai said we don't need to move or receive goods, and that we can have fun."

Selling vegetables has long been a standardized operation, and now that the market is good, it's even possible to do without people to carry and deliver them.

Because most of the people who come to buy groceries bring their own tricycles and their own people.

Once the trucks from the stalls arrive, these people will appear from all parts of the market and then unload and move the goods themselves.

The sales staff's job is to write orders, count items, and collect money.

Chen Jiazhi pretended to be just finding out and said, "Since you don't need to do anything, you can just play here and not go too far."

"An?" Yi Hu asked, "Is there still a salary?"

"Where do you get paid if you don't do any work?"

“Now the procedures for the stalls have been simplified a lot, and you no longer need to do hard labor. As for selling vegetables, can you do it better than your Uncle Cai and me?”

Chen Jiazhi chuckled and pondered for a moment, "Well... you two can observe from here tonight and think about what else you can do?"
"What kind of help can I provide to vegetable vendors? As long as I believe it's effective, I'm willing to pay for your knowledge."

"it is good."

"keep your word?"

"a man of his words."

The two brothers didn't think about moving anything else; instead, they just stayed inside and outside the stall, observing the situation.

The stall now operates on two shifts, starting to stock up in the afternoon and continuing to sell until around 9 a.m. the next day.

With longer operating hours, transactions are less concentrated.

Therefore, it is difficult to reignite the flame on the surface.

When the market is down, this is just an ordinary period.

However, the market is good right now, and both trucks that arrived had people loading and unloading at the same time.

How are the shipments going?

"See? This truck will be empty once it's loaded." Li Cai pointed to the two trucks with only half their cargo boxes remaining. "You're too late. I have to finish my early shift today. The best part is in the afternoon."

The price of kale was 90 yuan per piece, and no one hesitated at all. Some people didn't even bother to ask the price; they just came and started carrying the goods.

You didn't see it, but several customers almost got into a fight over unloading spots.

Only after I told them that I had enough stock did the stall calm down again.

Just by listening, Chen Jiazhi could feel the booming business; indeed, it was a huge boom!
Li Cai handed over another key and whispered closer:

"Some of the money has been put back in the safe, and I'll deposit it into my account tomorrow. The little notebook is in the drawer of my desk."

Chen Jiazhi nodded slightly.

"Don't rush this. Remember the market research we did last time? Let's do it again with a team. We only need to investigate the markets in a few key cities."

Li Caike has a vivid memory of his assessment of the market situation this time.

"Have you discovered another new opportunity?"

Chen Jiazhi shook his head and said, "There are only a few key market points, which I listed last time, but there's no harm in making more trips. You can distribute more business cards for promotion."

Jiangnan is a large wholesale market, and wholesalers from cities such as Foshan, Zhongshan, and Zhuhai can all become our customers.

Li Cai said quietly, "But the current supply is barely enough to sell."

"..."

Chen Jiazhi patted him on the shoulder, "After these two months, we'll have the money to build a new base. Vegetables from Shuidong and Lianzhou will also be available on the market soon, and the supply will increase accordingly."

"it is good…"

At this moment, a customer who had finished loading his car shouted loudly, "God of Wealth, come and count the money!"

Chen Jiazhi was stunned for a moment, then Li Cai replied, "Here it is. Here's the bill. It's 1260 yuan in total."

"And here I am too."

"Let me see, your car costs a total of 1790 yuan."

One after another, a short while later, Li Cai returned with a small stack of four large bills, his whole body reeking of money.

However, the vegetable selling process was only briefly heated during the initial delivery of the goods, after which it stabilized.

Apart from the smell of sweat and vegetable leaves, the once bustling crowds, crowded vehicles, and noisy shouts have all disappeared.

Market focus also disappeared along with it.

Aside from those in the same industry who know about it, few people realize that this seemingly inconspicuous stall is actually making a fortune quietly.

(End of this chapter)