It was eleven o'clock in the evening, and there were many people sitting in Ning Junqi's office, all of whom were vegetable collectors, who had been in the township mayor's office for a long time, and had been arguing about ice cubes.

Manager Yang from Bohai City was talking: "Township Mayor Ning, it's useless to say this, what we urgently need now is ice, and this is what the township has promised to fulfill." Assistant Chu made it clear to you on the phone just now, and he is trying to figure out a way, that is, the ice cube has not landed at all now. ”

"Yes, we want exact information, not to listen to the process and explanations. ”

"We're going to sue the township. ”

The people in the house were arguing.

Manager Li stopped everyone's commotion: "The prosecution is a matter of the future, now there are many shopping malls and supermarkets are waiting for our dishes, even if we go to contact now, we will not rush, the top priority is to find ice, otherwise our company's economy and reputation will be seriously damaged." ”

"Township Chief Ning, you just wait for the lawsuit. Manager Wu spoke very impulsively, and then shouted at the others: "It's useless to be noisy here, let's think about it, the township can't be helped, and we have to figure it out ourselves." ”

At this time, Manager Li picked up the phone: "Yes, I am, yes? Let's find a place to talk. ”

After answering the phone, Manager Li said to the people in the house, "Go." ”

"What's the matter?" asked Manager Wu.

"Don't be verbose, talk as you go. Manager Li walked out first, and the others followed.

The vegetable collectors all left, leaving only Ning Junqi with a blank face. She dialed Lei Peng's phone over and over again, and a very standard female voice came out of Mandarin, "The phone you dialed has been turned off." She leaned back in her chair and stared at the roof, wondering what would happen next.

At four o'clock in the morning, the sky was already white, and the earth, which had slept all night, gradually woke up.

The vegetable farmers in Qingniuyu Township got up very early, and today is a special day, the day when vegetables begin to sell.

Chang Hai almost didn't sleep all night, but he was full of energy, shuttling back and forth from house to house, keeping track of the situation at all times.

Agricultural tricycles have been parked in the fields, and people are busy in the vegetable fields, and bundles of celery are neatly placed on the ground.

What are the characteristics of "Organic Celery No. 3", the people can't tell, they only know that this year's celery is green and tender. In the past, once celery grew thick and tall, it would have a lot of tendons or hollows. However, this "Organic Celery No. 3" is bigger and more watery, and the celery stems are as transparent as if they are exposed to the sun.

There are only about 60 households in Gangou Village, and 58 households planted celery this time, and each family planted about three acres. In previous years, the villagers planted corn or millet, and in the end, there was not much to deduct from food and drink, and the family had to rely on raising livestock or going out to work to make money, and the family had only two or three thousand yuan left in a year.

Changhai didn't have much hope for growing celery, it turned out that it was just because planting celery could be matched with interest-free loans, and part of the breeding loans could be repaid. Unexpectedly, now it seems that one acre of land can collect at least 13,000 catties. He inquired that their celery could be sold for at least one dollar a catty, deducting agricultural taxes and all expenses such as seedling, serving, and transportation, and considering a little loss, a catty could make at least two cents a catty.

In this case, three acres of land is more than 8,000 pieces. With so much money earned in just half a year of busy work, and no other work is delayed, the income of every household in the village this year will be at least twice as high as in previous years.

Gangou Village is a poor ravine, the mountains are bare and the land is poor, and they can only rely on a few acres of thin fields to make a living, and the young people have to go out to work to supplement their families.

The girls in Gangou Village want to marry in other places, but the girls from other places are unwilling to marry here, and even if they marry in, the man will pay a high bride price. In order to marry a daughter-in-law, he owed a high amount of foreign debt.

Because of the low income, it is particularly difficult to collect agricultural taxes every year, and there have been cases of farmers drinking pesticides because of paying taxes, but fortunately no lives have occurred.

Chang Hai looked at the green in his eyes, just like he saw a lot of banknotes. As long as there is money, the income of the whole village increases, and the work is easy to do. It's also easier to get results, and if you can't get it, you can still go to the township to be an official for a few days! Chang Hai thinks more about beauty, and his feet are extremely light.

"Uncle, what do you want to do? I see that your jaw is about to drop when you are happy. A fierce voice sounded in Chang Hai's ears.

Chang Hai saw a face covered with sweat, which was the Er Niuzi who worried him the most, he raised his hand and was about to slap Er Niuzi, but Er Niuzi dodged away. This Erniuzi is not worry-free, there are no less demon moths, and he has caused trouble several times just in the township. But now he's changed, he's changed for the better.

"Erniuzi, look at your usual laziness, celery grows pretty well. Chang Hai found out that he had come to the field of Erniuzi's house.

"Uncle, you can't look at people with old eyes. Er Niuzi puffed his chest and said, "In the past, I was a good gambler, often drunk, stealing chickens and dogs, and people looked down on me, even I was a fool." Professor Zhou forgave me for not letting me into the class room, and personally instructed me to grow vegetables. He had gray hair and was still explaining to me with his arms hanging down, and I realized how unhuman I was, and I was determined to learn well. ”

"Yes, Er Niuzi, you have to be upright, look at your current situation, my uncle is happy for you. Chang Hai patted Erniuzi, to be honest, he was still a little excited after listening to this bastard boy's words.

"Uncle, look at how strong celery grows, this is all taught by Professor Zhou. Er Niuzi picked up a celery and put it in front of Chang Hai's eyes, "By the way, uncle, I asked Technician Xiao Li to bring Professor Zhou the mushrooms picked in the mountains, and he also brought me two boxes of good cigarettes." ”

After Er Niuzi finished speaking, he took out a box of cigarettes from his body, took out one and handed it to Chang Hai, and lit a fire.

"You're out of luck, and the professor has given you a gift. Chang Hai looked at the cigarette case in Er Niuzi's hand and said, "Yo, is it still a cigarette?"

Er Niuzi smiled and said, "Uncle, I don't know the foreign code on it, and the cigarettes given by the professor in the province must not be wrong." Usually I don't want to smoke, but today I am not going to the village to sell vegetables? ”

"Alright, you go show off. As he spoke, Chang Hai had already walked away to see the preparation of the farm vehicle. Almost all the villages grow celery, but there are few three-wheeled agricultural vehicles, so the village came forward to rent ten agricultural vehicles from other places, which were arranged by the village, and the cost was shared according to the number of catties of vegetables sold by each family.

The celery has begun to be loaded into the truck, and a layer of vegetables is loaded and watered, which is conducive to the preservation of celery, and all the work is being carried out in an orderly manner.

At this time, there was an earlier than Gangou Village, and Liu Danian of Liulinbao Village organized a farm convoy that had already left the village. Because of the limited number of vehicles, the village also adopted the practice of Gangou Village, and the village unified the use of agricultural vehicles. As for who will sell first, Liu Danian also took a lot of thought, and he made a plan according to the transportation capacity and the forecast sales.

Liu Danian wanted Chu Tianqi's family to sell vegetables in the first batch, but Chu Yuliang rejected his kindness: "Our family grows few vegetables, and Tianqi is still working in the township, so we resolutely can't catch up with this excitement, let's let other people's families sell it first." ”

Liu Danian was not unhappy when he was rejected, but sighed very much: No wonder Chu Tianqi is so promising, you can see from his father why he didn't find out before.

After Liu Danian did the work, he arranged the order of selling vegetables, and the laborers of the whole village got up early in the morning. Families who sell vegetables are busy with their own dishes, and there are no laborers who sell vegetables to help other families with their own vegetables, load vegetables, water them, and so on. Liulinbao is the farthest village from Qingniuyu, and the road is not easy to walk, so I set off first.

Farm trucks are laughing and galloping on the road, and the usually quiet morning is now extremely lively.

At this time, a 212 was speeding on the road, Lei Peng held the steering wheel tightly, his eyes were staring ahead, and Chu Tianqi next to him kept urging, "Hurry up, hurry up." ”

The convoys of Liulinbao and Gangou villages drove into the courtyard of the vegetable market almost at the same time, and the convoys from other villages also arrived one after another.

There were several cars parked in the courtyard, covered with quilts, and under the bodies were patches of water stains.

What made Liu Danian and Chang Hai strange was that it had been an hour since they arrived, and there was no one in the entire vegetable market yard except for these cars. People can't help but feel anxious: nothing will happen, right?

Chang Hai and the others were thinking about whether to go to the township to inquire about the situation, when the vegetable collectors walked in from outside the courtyard, and everyone surrounded them at once.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now you can collect the food. Chang Hai asked.

"Well, you can collect it. Manager Li's words were filled with helplessness.

Everyone heard something different from Manager Li's words.

"It's just that the price has to go down. Manager Wu gave the answer directly, "The first-class dish costs nine cents a catty, and the second-class dish costs eight cents a catty." ”

"Ah, why? Ordinary celery is still six or seven cents a pound?" Chang Hai and the others almost dropped their jaws in shock.

"Why else, the ice cubes promised by the township were not implemented, so we had to buy ice cubes at a high price, so our losses can only be made up by lowering the price of vegetables. "Manager Wu's words are very hard.

"Then, that ......" Chang Hai grabbed his hair anxiously, "I asked Township Chief Wen three days ago, and he also said that he would collect the vegetables on time." ”

"You mean Wen Bin?" Manager Wu felt that he had heard ridiculous words, "He didn't care about it three days ago, and he was replaced by Assistant Chu." ”

Chang Hai let out an "oh", and Liu Danian said anxiously: "Assistant Chu won't ignore us." ”

"Yo, the surname Chu has become what you call a capable person?" said a man in a floral shirt and big flowered trousers with a sharp voice, "He's a fart, he didn't get the ice, he slipped away, and left a stinky old lady in the township." ”

Chang Hai: They don't know this "sharp voice" who is angry.

"Who do you say is the stinky old lady?" Ning Junqi spoke, squeezed into the crowd, and then looked at the vegetable farmers and said, "Don't worry, Assistant Chu will be here soon." ”

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