??Chapter 585: 585. Elder Aunt’s Family_1
Chapter 585: 585. Elder Aunt’s Family_1
At that mont, in the suburban fruit wholesale market.
Inside the Dahong Fruit Wholesale Store, the fruit rchant counted the amount, paid promptly, and couldn’t help but look up again at the sign:
“Bro! The na of your sign is lucky! When I first ca here to look at the goods, I couldn’t rember the place after walking around, but ‘Dahong Flood’ was all in my mind!”
That’s why I dove right in!
I didn’t expect the quality of the goods to be good and the prices attractive, and the boss is an honest man; we’ve been doing business for many years…
It’s just that…
“The waterlon market has been doing all right recently, bring in so of those premium waterlons again, will you?”
“Waterlons are back in demand?” Wu Fang asked curiously.
Zhang Hong was also puzzled. “At the beginning of sumr, we brought in a batch of waterlons that took a long ti to sell… This year, it seems like everyone is buying sothing called Yunqiao waterlons, and ordinary premium lons are hard to sell.”
There are only so many people willing to spend money; in sumr, so eat waterlons costing 0.8 yuan per jin while others eat those costing 8 yuan per jin… But ever since that Yunqiao waterlon ca out, it seems like the wealthy just don’t care for the regular premium ones anymore.
The fruit rchant hurriedly said, “That farm can’t keep up with the demand; they’re out of stock now, it will sell!”
Wu Fang and Zhang Hong exchanged a glance, both chuckling, “Alright! We’ll have the stocks the day after tomorrow!”
Zhang Yanping had just returned ho and overheard the couple murmuring, “Can you believe that Yunqiao waterlon sells for 20 yuan per jin? And so many people buy them?”
“Who knows, rich folks have their quirks— if you ask , Tantan’s waterlons are the ones worth 20 yuan each!”
“That’s true, they are delicious— Tantan said Yanping was coming ho today, when will he be back?”
Zhang Yanping, standing at the door, heard these words, his gaze extrely complicated.
Song Tan also had a complex expression, thinking whether she should divide a batch of the late-ripening waterlons for her aunt’s family or not.
Then she heard Zhang Yanping asking, “Mom, the waterlon Tantan sent, you didn’t eat it?”
They were given three, and if they had been eaten, they wouldn’t be talking like this right now, would they? Yunqiao waterlon, Yunqiao waterlon, in fact, the brand na is “Tian Yuan Record.”
But the local waterlons weren’t labeled when sold, and she didn’t know how Old Zhao started calling them Yunqiao waterlons. Song Tan’s village was called Yunqiao Village— hadn’t his mother done so inquiries?
Laughing, Wu Fang looked at her son who just returned and first exclaid, “Oh my, how co you’re so tanned? When I video called you, weren’t you just lazing at ho?”
She knew her son well; he was not one to work the fields, but now, seeing how tanned he was— had he really beco industrious while at Tantan’s ho?
Zhang Yanping felt even more frustrated— it was a genetic mutation, alright!
Right now, he simply couldn’t bear to hear the word “black,” and pressed on, “Did you really eat that lon?”
If they had truly eaten it, then these conversations wouldn’t make sense!
Then he saw Wu Fang and Zhang Hong glance at each other before saying, “We found this waterlon especially delicious and thought it was so rare that, in case you wanted to eat it and couldn’t find any later, we decided to juice it all up and froze it into popsicles. Now that you’re back, Yanping, it’s perfect for you to have so— Tantan, do you want so waterlon popsicles?”
Zhang Yanping: …
He! Knew! It!
This was one of the big reasons he was slacking off at ho!
Really, it was too much pressure.
Feeling so drained at the mont, he simply waved his hand to reply for Song Tan, “Don’t want any, we don’t eat them… Mom, the lon is from Tantan’s ho; I’ve been eating it for months, and sending them back was specifically for you to try.”
“Oh dear, we’ve got so many fruits here, we can eat anything, can’t we? Keep the waterlon for yourself, and take your ti. The popsicles won’t go bad in the freezer anyway.”
Song Tan also felt the pressure was intense, and now she dared not ntion bringing over waterlons to sell—If she really did bring them, she feared her aunt wouldn’t want a single penny and would sell them all on her behalf!
There was no helping it, she was just that tender-hearted towards her children, naturally willing to sacrifice a part of herself, and Uncle Zhang Hong was no exception!
At that mont, she could only give Zhang Yanping a helpless look before she decisively took her leave:
“So, um… Auntie, I need to head over to my aunt’s house soon. I can’t stay any longer, I’m off then!”
“Don’t rush, don’t rush!” Her aunt quickly called out to her. “Have so fruit, eh! I just got these grapes, they’re really expensive! Tantan, take a box back with you…”
Oh dear Mother!
Song Tan ran even faster.
Leaving Zhang Yanping desperately shouting, “Tantan, if you’re too busy at ho, don’t be shy, rember to call for my help at the first instance!”
Song Tan’s ears were sharp, she could still hear her aunt muttering as she got in the car, “Yanping, at the beginning of the year when you were preparing for exams, didn’t you say you were not taking the provincial exam, and that you would take the national exam at the end of the year? Does this an it’s ti to enroll in a class to prepare?”
Zhang Yanping: …Just let
die, then.
…
Xin Jun was at the bus station, all the passengers had been seen off, and Song Tan also arrived downstairs at her aunt’s place, carrying two pounds of dried fish and twenty seasoning packets.
This ti was better, it was too hot; hardly anyone was in the courtyard.
She made a call, and sure enough, her aunt was waiting at ho.
As soon as the door opened, a wave of damp, hot air hit her in the face, almost steaming a person into breaking out in a sweat!
At her aunt’s, an old fan was whirring away, while her aunt, wearing a worn tank top and shorts, greeted her with enthusiasm:
“Tantan’s here? I told you there was no need to bring anything… Keep it to sell for more money—co in, co in, sit by the fan. I just sprinkled so water, it’s cool!”
That’s right, her aunt’s secret to saving money—try not to use the air conditioning!
Who was afraid of a little heat? It was only thirty-six or thirty-seven degrees; she wasn’t scared of the heat! Sprinkling water around the house and mopping the floor was enough! If it got too hot in the afternoon, just wander around the mall for a while, and by 8:30 in the evening, you could even snag so discount vegetables!
Song Tan wasn’t afraid of the heat, but she did feel sorry for the fan—it must have been in service for over twenty-five years! It was bought by her father, Song Sancheng, the year her aunt gave birth.
He ca to visit when the baby was a month old, covered in prickly heat and crying day and night. Song Sancheng gritted his teeth and bought it for them…
So many years had passed, and actually, it was really struggling to spin nowadays, not much cheaper on electricity than an air conditioner!
“Where’s my uncle?”
Song Tan handed over the items to her aunt, who quickly opened the fridge to grab an old ice pop and then shut it just as fast, before handing the ice pop to her. At that mont, unable to refuse such kindness, Song Tan tried to change the subject.
Her aunt chuckled happily, “It’s hot, and there’s a pharmacy that just opened offering free herbal tea! No limits! Your uncle took a jug to fill up… Ah, if only you’d said sothing earlier. If you lined up in the morning, they were giving away three eggs too!”
Song Tan: …
“What about my cousin? He shouldn’t be working; it’s the weekend, right?”
Her aunt didn’t hide it: “Your uncle and I saved up another three hundred thousand. You don’t know, bank interest rates have dropped! I calculated for a long ti and it wasn’t worth it, so I simply added your brother’s two hundred thousand to it, and went to buy a small apartnt—your brother is off to look at properties now.”
Song Tan opened her mouth in surprise—
Her cousin! Working for three years in a governnt job; his first-year trainee salary was only two thousand, right? He managed to save two hundred thousand?
No wonder he’s twenty-seven or twenty-eight, good-looking, and still hasn’t had a relationship; this… finding soone of the sa mind won’t be easy!
Song Tan thought it over and could only say that it was all so characteristic of her aunt’s family!
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