1994: Vegetable farmers strike back

Chapter 59 Another person transfers land
It drizzled all morning, but the rain was not heavy, which was good news for Chen Jiazhi.

The vegetables grow faster, the newly planted seeds can take root faster, and the cabbage hearts do not need to be watered after being fertilized.

Chen Jiazhi spent the whole morning applying fertilizer, even to the Chinese cabbage seedlings, just to save time on watering.

"Lao Ao, today is the same. We'll harvest 30 kilograms of choy sum and 270 kilograms of water spinach. Your wages will be calculated tonight after the harvest, and I'll give you the money tomorrow."

"okay!"

When finishing work in the morning, Chen Jiazhi and Ao Dehai talked about the task of harvesting vegetables and mentioned the salary. Ao Dehai seemed very excited.

The initial overtime pay, the subsequent change to commission for harvesting vegetables, and the verbal promise of red envelopes all made Ao Dehai and his wife full of expectations. They were still discussing it on the way home.

"Dehai, how much can you earn this month?"

"We came to help Boss Chen on the 6th and worked for 26 days in total. Including the red envelopes, each person probably earned 400 yuan."

"so much?!"

"We harvested quite a lot of vegetables. Boss Chen made quite a bit of money this month."

"It's just that he spends money so quickly. A few days ago, I was worried that he wouldn't be able to pay the wages, but these past two days, I heard that vegetable prices have suddenly increased again. People say that Boss Chen can make 600 to 700 yuan a day."

“The investment is also high!”

Investment does not necessarily bring returns. There are many vegetable farmers in the vegetable market, but only a few of them can still sell vegetables when the price is high.

After Chen Jiazhi returned home, he happened to hear Yi Dinggan showing off at the back door with Bai Yan, Huang Juan and others next door.

Sometimes he talked about how well the vegetables sold, and sometimes he talked about the benefits of eating pomfret for women. My second sister would curse from time to time.

Chen Jiazhi smiled and did not go to the back door to join in the fun. Instead, he took out the Guangdong Agricultural Science and continued reading.

I am usually busy and only have time to read at times like this.

The content of this book is very diverse, including cultivation techniques, breeding, industry information, pests and diseases, new varieties and other aspects.

Chen Jiazhi only picked out the content related to vegetables. In fact, there were only a few articles, and the content about vegetables was very little, most of which were grain crops such as rice.

This led him to speculate that this might be related to the relatively few achievements in vegetable breeding in China today. The vegetable basket project was only started in the past two years, and the degree of seed commercialization is still extremely low.

It seems that it is necessary to save seeds and select them by yourself.
"Scholar, are you reading again?"

A voice coming from outside the door interrupted Chen Jiazhi's thoughts. The person who came in had already walked in. It was He Qiang's wife Luo Xiaoyu.

"What's the matter, Sister Luo?"

"I want to ask if you still want the land. He Qiang and I don't plan to farm anymore, but we still have six months left on the lease, so we're thinking of transferring the land. It's three mu in total. If you want it, I'll transfer it to you. You can decide how much to pay."

Chen Jiazhi closed the book and pondered it in his mind. Seeing that he didn't refuse outright, Luo Xiaoyu knew there was a chance and added, "You don't have to give it all at once."

After Chen Jiazhi thought about it, he was about to speak when Chen Jiafang at the back door had been paying attention to what was happening since Luo Xiaoyu entered the room. Seeing that Chen Jiazhi wanted to agree, she walked in with an angry look on her face.

"What are you giving us? We won't take this land! We can't take that much land."

Luo Xiaoyu smiled awkwardly: "How can you not take it? You are all bosses."

Chen Jiafang stared at her and said, "If you can't plant it, then you can't plant it. How can Jiazhi manage so much land by himself? Find someone else."

Luo Xiaoyu still refused to leave and waited for Chen Jiazhi to reply. Chen Jiafang said again, "Jiazhi, you'd better think it over carefully. You've only taken over 4 mu of land and haven't even started to produce vegetables yet. If you take over another 10 mu, it will be almost 10 mu. Li Xiu is going to give birth in two or three months!"

Yi Dinggan was staring at the pot at the back door and also stuck his head out at this time.

"Brother, be careful. If you want to take it, wait until these four acres of land produce vegetables."

Li Xiu looked at Chen Jiazhi and seemed to be hesitant to speak. Everyone was waiting for Chen Jiazhi to speak. Qi Yongfeng, Li Mingkun and other families nearby also heard the noise and came to watch the show.

"Second sister, Brother Yi, I know what's going on." Chen Jiazhi first appeased the people at the back door before turning back and saying, "Sister Luo, you don't have any vegetables left in your field. The maximum remaining value is a six-month lease. The most I can give you is 400 yuan."

"Ok, Ok."

Luo Xiaoyu nodded quickly, fearing he'd change his mind. She was incredibly lucky to get 400 yuan. Not only were the vegetables gone, but a heavy rain had killed off the seedlings. It just so happened that He Qiang had already found another way out and had long since persuaded her not to farm, so this was the perfect time to let it go. Despite Chen Jiafang's frantic attempts to dissuade her, Chen Jiazhi and Luo Xiaoyu agreed to re-sign the contract that afternoon, and the latter happily left.

"Jiazhi, you're too impulsive. You have to sell vegetables tonight, and you have three more acres of land. How can you handle it during the day?"

Chen Jiafang cursed angrily and went to the kitchen again. She kept talking to Bai Yan and Huang Juan in the back and was very angry.

Li Xiu took two steps forward: "It's okay, I support you, Jiazhi, I can go to work at home during the day."

Chen Jiazhi smiled and said, "You don't need to go to work. Just help me record the work, supervise occasionally, and be your good wife, Boss Chen."

"What's this about Boss Lady Chen? It's so funny to tell anyone about it."

Li Xiu laughed, and her laughter spread to the back, causing Chen Jiafang and the others to quiet down their conversation.

Huang Juan whispered, "Did Jiazhi drug Li Xiu? How can she still be laughing? These few hundred dollars are probably wasted."

With the current efficiency, it is relatively comfortable for a couple to grow two or three acres of leafy vegetables. Three or four acres will make them very tired, and five or six acres will make them work very hard. If they want to grow more than that, they will have to hire people, and the wages will be calculated based on 8 hours of work.

If Chen Jiazhi takes over these 3 mu of land, he will have 10 mu of land. Li Xiu is about to give birth, so he may need to hire four workers.

The monthly salary is nearly a thousand yuan.

It’s hard to say whether an average person can earn that much money in a month.

Huang Juan began to murmur, and was very puzzled as to why Li Xiu could still laugh so happily. When she spoke, Chen Jiafang fell silent.

Bai Yan joked, "Aunt Juan, do you know how much Xiucai has sold recently? Even though he only sells one cart of vegetables a day, he can make six or seven hundred yuan a day. With the four hundred yuan transfer fee, Xiucai can earn it back in half an evening."

Zhou Yuqiong, who was a little further away, followed suit, saying, "There's more than that. Xiucai still has so many vegetables in his field. He still has over 2,000 kilograms of water spinach, which can still be sold for 4,000 to 5,000 yuan. After the water spinach is sold, there are still vegetable hearts to be harvested. With the current income, it won't be a problem to hire two more workers."

Huang Juan was stunned by what she heard.

Qi Yongfeng had no vegetables to sell in recent days, so Huang Juan only had a vague understanding of the market situation.

I just know that everyone has less vegetables recently, and there are only a few families selling vegetables.

Even the scholar who used to eat 700 to 800 kilograms of vegetables a day some time ago now only eats 200 to 300 kilograms of vegetables a day, which is not particularly eye-catching.

But when Huang Juan heard what Bai Yan and Zhou Yuqiong said, she was shocked. Then she remembered that the current vegetable prices had skyrocketed.

Although it may seem like there are only two or three hundred kilograms of vegetables, the income is no less than when there were seven or eight hundred kilograms of vegetables, and may even be higher.

Six or seven hundred yuan a day!

Even in Huacheng, many people's monthly salary is less than this amount, and the lower-level staff may only earn half of this amount per month.

Huang Juan felt both jealous and regretful. She remembered that Chen Jiazhi had reminded her more than once to plant more water spinach, but she chose Chinese cabbage, which was more expensive at the time. As a result, a heavy rain killed all the Chinese cabbage grown outdoors, leaving only a small piece of Chinese cabbage in the small shed, but it was not time to sell it yet.

Chen Jiafang looked at the jealous people and said, "Jiazhi earns a lot and spends it fast. His salary is coming soon, and he found that he has nothing left after counting the accounts."

Bai Yan: "The scholar has bought everything he needs to buy. All the money he makes now is net profit. If he can keep selling like this for 20 consecutive days, he will be a millionaire in no time."

Chen Jiafang: "Now he has an extra three mu of land. He just wants to make a fuss now that he has money. He lives in fear."

Zhou Yuqiong said, "Jiafang, you guys have been making a lot of money lately, right? Yi Dinggan also ships a truckload of vegetables every day. I've seen you guys eat really good food these past two days. Yesterday it was prawns and hairtail, and today it's oysters and pomfret. Li Xiu has been looking much better lately."

Chen Jiafang immediately fell silent.

Both families have indeed made a lot of money recently. For some time ago, Yi Dinggan planted batches of water spinach, which stunned her and she even had several arguments with him. Now it seems that he was right.

She never thought that the wholesale price of water spinach could be sold for more than two yuan per pound. Last year, it was almost as expensive as meat.

Fortunately, they caught up.

Forget it, let men do whatever they want. Anyway, they have been very outstanding recently.

Yi Ding was burning the fire and smelling the fragrance from the pot. Suddenly, he felt that Chen Jiafang's eyes looking at him had softened a lot.

(End of this chapter)