To put it bluntly, this is a typical psychology of taking advantage.
On the one hand, when the aunts were young, their living conditions were relatively difficult, and they were used to saving, so even if they lived well later, this long-term habit of saving could not be changed.
On the other hand, it is not excluded that some aunts bargain with vegetable farmers to show their eloquence. They don't lack a few cents, but they can boast to others (maybe neighbors or family members) that they have found a bargain and bought a dish with less money than others, which is very fulfilling.
Either way, I don't think it is advisable.
It may be that the face is thin after 90, and it is almost no bargain to go to the vegetable market to buy food. On the one hand, I really don't think a few cents cheaper is much of a discount. In other words, you can't buy meat with a few cents saved by bargaining; Secondly, it is not easy for some old people to earn some money by selling vegetables, so there is no need to covet that petty gain.
However, I have also seen some women haggle with the grandmother who sells vegetables for 50 cents for three or four minutes with a bag of 10 thousand yuan. Finally, grandma really didn't want to continue arguing, so she gave up fifty cents. The woman who bought food immediately changed her face and smiled.
I don't understand. You said you didn't feel bad about buying a bag of tens of thousands of dollars, but you were so haggle over every ounce for food. Why bother?
There is a saying that some people are more careful with their money, which may be true.
I think of Yan Jiansheng in The Scholars, who obviously has a lot of money, but he has to dig to death. I was worried about wasting a few wicks when I died.
I really don't think it's necessary. Money, whether alive or dead, can't be generous to yourself and others?