Chapter 1565: The Eldest Aunt Arrives

Seeing everyone's reaction, Song Tan couldn't help but be caught between laughter and tears.

In fact, the sweet zongzi only had a little of the Old Song family's rice mixed into the glutinous rice, and they were still raw; aside from the ordinary candied dates and mung beans, they really weren't that fragrant.

Moreover, she hadn't dared to mix in too much rice, otherwise, once they boiled and expanded later, they would squeeze the zongzi out of shape.

But then she thought about it—everyone had been working since early morning.

So, she looked at Master Jiang: "How about we just make them something simple to pad their stomachs?"

Who would have thought that as soon as she said this, everyone became instantly resolute:

"Don't make any for me, I can hold out!"

Just kidding!

Lunch was going to be the boss's proper meat, vegetable, egg, and milk dishes; the ingredients had been prepped and put in the kitchen early this morning.

If they were to pad their stomachs now and end up eating one bowl less than everyone else at lunch, they'd have to wake up in the middle of the night and slap themselves twice!

Don't eat! Absolutely don't eat!

There wasn't any heavy labor this morning anyway; they weren't hungry at all.

Everyone protested strongly, and the matter was dropped once again.

Liu Liu, however, was holding this small reed-leaf zongzi at the moment, feeling a bit embarrassed: "Should this one I wrapped be alright?"

The zongzi was no bigger than a cigarette case, just a bit plumper, and inside, besides the glutinous rice mixed with some rice, there was also a piece of pork belly with a uniform size and a good ratio of fat to lean.

You couldn't see how it looked inside now, but Grandpa Qi took one look at the exterior: "If all 20 can meet this standard, it's a first-place prize, for sure."

The employees participating in the competition today each had to wrap 20; Grandpa Qi and Master Jiang were each leading a group to wrap them, but they weren't participating in the judging.

This portion was for the fans' lucky draw, or for the family to eat or give away.

Good heavens! That's 200 yuan!

Once everyone heard this and looked at the crooked, ugly things in front of them, they hurriedly started working hard too!

The top-ranked fan was clumsy, and at this moment, he made a final struggle: "That third-place prize zongzi, can it really not be swapped for this kind of meat zongzi?"

Song Tan thought for a moment: "Why don't you ask the netizens in the livestream?"

It was already nearing lunchtime, and many fans in the livestream had already been called to the dining table, so the number of viewers was much lower than before.

But even so, those remaining were still watching without missing a beat, and at this moment, the public sentiment was indignant, focusing on "kicking the ladder away after climbing up":

【In your dreams! Aren't 5 zongzi worth more than 200 yuan?】

【Exactly, exactly! Absolutely not!】

【How about this, you send one to me to taste first, and then I'll tell you which zongzi is suitable.】

【Me too, my mouth is the most objective; send it over for me to taste, and I'll know how to vote for you.】

The top-ranked fan said bitterly: "These fans are too ignorant; in other people's livestreams, the top-ranked fan is always pampered."

However, the fans were even more proactive:

【I'm pampering you, brother; why don't you give your position to me, and I'll do the work for you.】

【Exactly! Why is Teacher Qiaoqiao like this? Only paying our top-ranked fan a salary of over 1000.】

【Top-ranked fan, why don't you spread some wealth? Give everyone a zongzi.】

【Exactly, exactly!】

Alright, the top-ranked fan retreated, and at this moment, he could only change the subject: "Is it time for the lucky draw?"

Song Tan checked the time: "Yes, everyone is probably waiting for this; draw it quickly so it doesn't affect their family gatherings."

Qiaoqiao hurriedly added: "The little friends are starting the lucky draw, but our delicious zongzi include braised pork zongzi, egg yolk zongzi, and braised meat zongzi; it will be random later!"

Yang Zhengxin happily took the phone: "Then I'm starting—everyone send 【Dragon Boat Festival Peace and Health】, and I'll take a screenshot!"

In these short two minutes, the number of viewers in the livestream suddenly surged by another 300,000; it turned out that many people had hurriedly switched in from small windows, and at this moment, they were rubbing their hands—

The screenshot was random; it wasn't about who was fast.

It didn't consider internet speed, nor did it need cheats; whether one was a loser or a winner depended on this one moment!

……

On the other side, just in time for noon, the relatives had also arrived.

Song Youde was waiting at home today specifically; the first to arrive was his daughter, Song Tan's eldest aunt Song Hongmei's family of three.

The reason they arrived so late was that she was still running her stall early in the morning; when the three of them got out of the car, they didn't bring anything, each carrying a large water bottle first—

Her son Zhu spiritual energy even brought two!

The eldest aunt got out of the car carrying two sets of clothes: "Dad, I bought you two a set of new clothes, made of pure cotton, breathable—huh, the clothes you are wearing are quite good-looking; did Tan Tan buy them?"

She muttered: "This child, should have said so earlier! Now it's hard to bargain for clothes during the holidays..."

Song Youde really couldn't bear to look; he snorted at this moment and straightened his crisp, short-sleeved Zhongshan jacket: "Lu Chuan bought them; these clothes are soft and cool, very comfortable to wear."

He looked at the clothes his daughter bought with disdain; every year it was that old cotton silk cloth. When they were young, they knew how to chase fashion and buy polyester. They had worn cotton cloth their whole lives; what was so strange about it? He just loved industrial cloth!

He raised his foot: "See? Mesh sports shoes!"

The couple was old, and Lu Chuan was afraid of buying something too expensive that they wouldn't feel comfortable wearing, so these shoes were marked-down items with clear prices, costing a few dozen yuan.

But that didn't hinder the soft soles and the breathable, lightweight upper.

Song Youde kept saying he wasn't used to wearing them, wasn't used to wearing them... but once he put them on, he couldn't bear to take them off.

His original intention was to lecture his stingy daughter, but he didn't expect Song Hongmei to immediately say happily: "That's perfect, I didn't bargain the price down for these clothes; I told the boss I'd return them if they didn't fit. I'll return them this afternoon."

But after saying that, she immediately felt pained, reluctantly took 500 yuan out of her pocket, and added another 200: "Here, I give this to you every year; I didn't buy clothes this year, so I'll give you 200 more."

Song Youde:...

Anyone who didn't know would think your life was very difficult right now!

He snorted and took the money, turned his head, and saw Zhu spiritual energy holding two large water bottles in his hand, the family of three holding four, and couldn't help but open his mouth:

"Are you here to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, or to fill up water bottles?"

Speaking of this, Song Hongmei became radiant: "Oh! Your eldest grandson recently started dating someone; he was too embarrassed to come to the old home with us, so spiritual energy thought about bringing her a cup of tea to taste."

Although this girl could spend money, she came over every month to eat durian, which was very expensive fruit, but when she heard that the tea at the relative's house was good, she also bought a water bottle like spiritual energy and sent it over...

This was great! This was meant to be their family's daughter-in-law!

Hearing that there was a granddaughter-in-law, Song Youde was immediately happy: "Good, good, good! Bring her back to see in the summer. I'll weave a straw mat for that child too..."

With this, his speechlessness toward his eldest daughter vanished, and he hurriedly told them to go up the mountain: "Tan Tan's factory is holding a zongzi-wrapping competition today; she doesn't have time to pick you up. You guys just go up and join the fun; I still have to wait here for her maternal grandparents and the others."

Wrapping zongzi?!

Oh, the eldest aunt was very skilled at this; at this moment, she picked up her water bottle: "Let's go! We'll go help too!" ===== CHAPTER 1566 =====