Chapter 1579

Although Yang Zhengxin hadn't been here long, he was seriously managing Qiao Qiao's career.

He even pulled fan demographics from the backend data; among Qiao Qiao's fans, those over 40 only accounted for 11%, while the 24-40 age bracket accounted for 60% combined.

What difficulties do most young people of this age face?

No money.

Work is hard, the city is big, but they can't save money. They eat takeout for three meals a day, and even when their health breaks down, they haven't managed to save any money.

Therefore, he was sincerely seeking advice from the eldest aunt.

However, the eldest aunt's money-saving path was a bit difficult to implement—because going to the supermarket every night from seven or eight o'clock until nine o'clock, many young people didn't have that kind of time.

Moreover, many contemporary young people are thin-skinned; if they do this in a small supermarket, people will say it to their faces. If they do it in a big supermarket, they can't get past their own psychological barrier first.

After asking about some more details, he could only give up dejectedly.

"The method is quite good, but Qiao Qiao has too many fans now, and doing this easily invites criticism."

After the eldest aunt understood, she couldn't help but be happy again: "Oh my, how simple is that!"

You don't have to go to the supermarket every day, the eldest aunt understood sustainable development very well.

"You just tell the young people to wear a hat and a mask. If no one recognizes them, won't they be thick-skinned?"

This made a lot of sense. Young people wearing mascot costumes are simply invincible and can do anything.

By the same token, if you wear a hat and mask, who knows who is who?

From personal disguise to the target, the eldest aunt had a detailed process.

"Then choose a large vegetable market nearby and go whenever you have time—many people pick off the leaves of vegetables, and if you tell the boss you're taking them home to compost or feed chickens, you can pick and choose enough to fill a big bag."

The outer stalks of celery are old, and people throw them away, but you can take them back, pick and choose, and chop them into small pieces to stir-fry with meat. As long as you tear off the fibers, they don't feel old at all.

People only want the bamboo shoots and not the leaves, but those bamboo shoot leaves are clearly also edible.

Tomatoes that grew twisted, peppers that weren't sold the day before and are a bit wilted, green onions and garlic heads cut by the staff in the preparation area... how can you not put together a meal for one person?

"There are also some bosses who will pick out the ones that aren't fresh. What was originally 5 yuan is now sold for one yuan—oh my, I know this is definitely not as good as fresh ones! But as you said, young people eat takeout every day and don't even know what's in it, so at least they can see this for themselves, right?"

"We can't pick up meat, but if you look at the fish and shrimp that just died, they definitely have to lower the price!"

"If you really have no money, buy a small piece of fatty meat, just about two yuan, and render the oil out before stir-frying the vegetables, then take it out and use it for the next dish."

"Finally, after the vegetables are stir-fried, the meat becomes dry and fragrant pork lard residue. Pork lard is also nourishing!"

The eldest aunt talked eloquently, clearly a veteran of many battles.

Although according to her, their family's diet was still very fresh and healthy, but looking at the proficiency with which she described this process, Yang Zhengxin was skeptical.

But it must be said, this trick looked much simpler!

He let out an "Oh my": "Then next time I come, Aunt, can we go to the vegetable market and film it?"

The biggest advantage of this trick is saving time.

The first time you might be secretive, but the second time you might be familiar with the process.

Walking around half the vegetable market to pick and choose really doesn't take 20 minutes.

Those who have the leisure to cook must also have these 20 minutes. If they don't even have this time, then any money-saving is useless; just honestly eat takeout.

The eldest aunt's life hacks had supporters, so she naturally patted her chest:

"Twenty years ago, CCTV had a program where housewives would make a meal for one or two yuan—money was a bit more useful then, but not that useful. I didn't miss a single episode and watched them all."

It's a pity that there are no such practical programs now.

The two of them were chatting enthusiastically on the side; those who didn't know would have thought they were some kind of poverty-stricken household!

In reality, one family had several properties and two employees in the family.

The other had experimental farms, and who knew how many, not to mention those large-scale industries!

Qiao Qiao also listened carefully and said to Chen Chi: "If you had known my aunt earlier, you wouldn't have had to be so pitifully hungry at home."

Chen Chi nodded repeatedly, not expecting that there was such a life where one could be full without spending money.

Although his family was in the village and couldn't practice this vegetable market life, this didn't prevent him from now admiring the eldest aunt immensely.

Let alone the two of them, even the eldest uncle's wife was staring blankly.

She secretly whispered to Wu Lan: "If Leilei had had this spirit of saving when he was working, he wouldn't have ended up not saving a penny after two years of work."

In the end, when he went out, he didn't even have the travel money to come back and had to ask someone to drive him back.

Lingling, on the other hand, had this potential.

After breaking up, she worked especially hard, determined to earn back the money she had lost because of the relationship.

—Raising children is really hard.

Lu Chuan came down from the mountain and asked: "Officer Xiao Yang, does your training dormitory have a balcony? Is the lighting good?"

Officer Xiao Yang was confident: "I asked! There is sunlight! The lighting is good!"

Lu Chuan nodded: "Then I'll transplant some vegetables for you today, and when I drive to Beicheng, I'll send them directly to the dormitory, okay?"

How could that not be okay? That would be perfect!

It was just that in the high-temperature weather, the greens and lettuce weren't as sweet and crisp as in the cold weather.

Lu Chuan thought about it and finally only moved three big pots of water spinach: "You can cook noodles with this in the dormitory, and if conditions permit, you can take it to the cafeteria and stir-fry it."

"Amaranth doesn't taste good when cooked in noodles, so I won't transplant it."

"Cucumbers, tomatoes, peaches, watermelons, etc., I'll pick a batch in two days and put them in the car, and I'll mail them to you after you finish eating them."

"And the vacuum-packed zongzi..."

"Do you eat dried fish? They were just caught from the ground cage, and Master Qi cleaned and dried them."

Every item was very detailed, clearly treating him as one of their own.

Yang Zhengxin emphasized loudly: "I want sauce!"

"Green pepper beef sauce, chili oil, and dry-fried diced chicken, spicy dried radish!"

Green pepper beef sauce was the sauce that the Song family sold exceptionally well last year, costing 100 yuan per jin. This year, the chili production increased, and the machines in the factory were running back and forth, so they managed to supply a small amount online.

Whether it's mixed with hot rice, stuffed into a white and fluffy steamed bun, or rolled into a simple pancake... this thing is impeccably delicious.

If you have to say there's a drawback, it's that the chili is really too spicy.

Yang Zhengxin boldly made a request: "I want ten bottles!"

Lu Chuan couldn't laugh or cry: "If you want so many, won't you get internal heat every day there? Do you still want the chili oil?"

The hot red oil mixed with the chili flakes at the bottom, and you could smell an exceptionally alluring fragrance as soon as you opened the lid. How could Yang Zhengxin resist the temptation? He nodded repeatedly:

"Yes!"