Chapter 1578: Eldest Aunt's Life Tips

The employees were discussing enthusiastically, Master Jiang was walking around the courtyard shaking his fan, and when he heard everyone talking, he couldn't help but shout again:

"Are you all leaving tonight!"

Men and women in the dormitory poked their heads out:

"I am!"

"Me too!"

Why are they all leaving at night?

One is to go home early, so as not to toss for most of the day when departing during the day.

Second, such a good watermelon, they are reluctant to leave it for one more night, of course, they want to hurry back!

Master Jiang asked about the approximate time again, those far away plan to take the bus for most of the night, and those close for two or three hours, but basically they all chose after six or seven o'clock.

Since this is the case—

"Then let's wrap buns now."

Master Jiang shook his phone: "The boss said it's hard to have a holiday, tonight the opera singers, and our employees, all eat their buns."

"But I calculated that you can eat three, and she probably doesn't have enough, so I applied to use the new wheat flour harvested this year to wrap them myself. What filling do you want?"

"Once they're wrapped, put them in the steamer. Those who aren't leaving can stay and eat slowly, and those who are leaving can stuff two or three into their bags; it won't affect their travel..."

Master Jiang watched this group of young men and women working diligently here. Although they each had their own little thoughts, not a single one of them was causing trouble, and he felt quite fond of them in his heart.

Naturally, he was now thinking more and more thoughtfully.

This arrangement of his made everyone in the dormitory happy:

"Any filling is fine! As long as it's a bun from the boss's place, it's all good!"

Some were already rubbing their hands and rushing downstairs: "Master Jiang, I have a big appetite. Is it okay if I take 5 with me tonight?"

Others who hadn't planned on returning to their hometowns tonight also hurried to tell their team leader, and then followed suit to rush and buy tickets.

In short, except for those on duty patrolling and some who were picking vegetables, everyone was going back.

Master Jiang listened to the busy, chaotic scene and said unhappily: "What do you mean eat 5? I think you just want to stuff them in your pockets and take them home!"

The employees chuckled and looked at him without saying a word.

Master Jiang:...

He only said: "Then hurry up, otherwise the dough won't rise later."

And so, another cheer erupted in the dormitory building!

While the mountain was busy, the opera troupe down the mountain wasn't slacking off in the slightest.

The eldest aunt's family had made up their minds to get their money's worth of opera tonight. Now, sitting in Song Tan's house blowing the air conditioning and drinking hot tea, she couldn't help but feel smug:

"Our family's total grocery bill for this month was only a few dozen yuan!"

Wu Lan was greatly shocked: A few dozen yuan?!

Even in the countryside, many vegetables aren't grown at home, and if you buy a little extra yourself, I'm afraid it would cost more than that!

She couldn't help but frown: "Big sister, did you go to the supermarket to catch the clearance sales again?"

You bet!

The eldest aunt didn't hold back at all, and at this moment, she was sincerely imparting her experience:

"Go to the supermarket around seven or eight in the evening, and first pick out the vegetables and fruits you want to eat in the fresh produce section."

There are still quite a lot of people at this time, and many young people have just gotten off work, so there are plenty of things in the supermarket!

But there is a technique to catching clearance sales: "After you've picked out the items, don't weigh them first; just keep browsing the supermarket. Anyway, you have to turn on the air conditioning when you get home, so you might as well enjoy the cool air in the supermarket!"

"Wait until the supermarket's closing broadcast sounds, then go to the entrance to weigh them. At this time, everything is calculated at the clearance price. That day, I bought two jin of grapes, and it only cost 1.98 yuan in total..."

The eldest aunt spoke with extreme pride: She wasn't the type to be stingy and ruin her health; she was clearly saving money while keeping her family's nutrition balanced. Most people didn't have her level of skill!

Song Tan couldn't help but be greatly shocked: "Aunt, the green onions for your egg pancakes..."

The eldest aunt let out an "Oh my," feeling quite regretful.

"When making egg pancakes, the chopped green onions have to be displayed on the counter! Customers can tell at a glance if they are fresh or not."

"If I use ones that aren't fresh, they definitely won't buy them. It wouldn't be worth the loss!"

Of course, sometimes their family's green onions didn't cost money either.

The eldest aunt cleaned up a few oil drums, cut several holes in them in a staggered pattern, filled them with soil, and then stuck the green onion bulbs inside.

After waiting for a period of time, except for the bottom where green onions couldn't grow, the four sides and the top were densely packed!

She lined up three or four rows on the living room balcony, and every month she could always save a few grocery bills.

The Song family was speechless for a moment.

Song Youde couldn't help but want to go and find a cigarette to smoke.

Really, he admitted that he was a bit biased and hadn't been as devoted to his daughter as he was to Dafang.

But no matter what, the family hadn't skimped on food!

How did she develop such a stingy personality—the Song family didn't have anyone like that!

Only Qiao Qiao and Yang Zhengxin opened their mouths wide. Qiao Qiao thought about it and could only sincerely praise: "Aunt is amazing!"

Yang Zhengxin was much more direct: "Holy crap!"

Then he hurriedly leaned forward: "Aunt, why didn't you come sooner? If you had told me about this a few days earlier, I would have made an appointment with you and Qiao Qiao to go to the supermarket at night, and the two of us would have livestreamed it!"

"By the way, I could teach this method to the fans. This would definitely blow up!"

Now that he was leaving soon, time was clearly running out.

But this didn't stop Yang Zhengxin from continuing to ask: "Aunt! You are so good at living. How much did the three of you spend on the most frugal meal you ever made?"

The eldest aunt was beaming with pride from the praise.

Why didn't any of her relatives know how to praise like little Yang? Every sentence hit the mark.

Qiao Qiao had a pure heart, but his vocabulary was clearly much smaller, and if he wanted to praise, it was very direct.

Unlike now, with little Yang's few words, the eldest aunt was already grinning from ear to ear!

At this moment, not only did she promise that everyone would go to the supermarket together when he returned, but she also earnestly recalled her glorious history of cooking—

"I can't remember clearly from before, but the most frugal time in the last few months, the three of us had four dishes and one soup, and it seems it cost a little over two yuan?"

"But that has to be calculated as the price per share. If you only spend that much at a time, you can't buy many varieties."

The eldest aunt began to count: "For one yuan of water spinach, I bought a huge bundle and ate it for three meals!"

"The red amaranth was also a huge bundle."

"And the cut watermelon, I chose the ones they had already cut, which had the time of cutting on them. I went to ask right before they closed, and it was fifty cents!"

"Finally, do you know that the supermarket now has a vegetable cutting and preparation service? But some people don't pay after they've been cut and prepared, so those things are returned to the shelf and sold at a discount—we just look for the discount and wait until the evening to grab them!"

Mentioning this, the eldest aunt was clearly exceptionally proud:

"I didn't spend much money that time, but I bought all the ingredients for a whole steamed turbot for 8 yuan!"

She was beaming: "How about that? Am I amazing!"

This was more than just amazing; Yang Zhengxin was even more pained: "Aunt, if I had known one day earlier, I would have taken Qiao Qiao to follow you to the supermarket last night!"