Chapter 51: Is This Buddy A Lottery Ticket Winner Or The Director’s Nephew?!
After finishing the chat with Xu Li.
Jiang Tao put on his clothes, went downstairs, and ate a bowl of lamb soup on the street in the urban village.
A bowl of milky white lamb soup, paired with half a golden, crispy baked flatbread, warmed him all over after eating.
Full and satisfied, Jiang Tao went out and lit a cigarette.
He sauntered over to the lottery shop where he had sold a winning lottery ticket yesterday.
He arrived at about the same time as yesterday.
Around 8 o’clock in the morning, the lottery shop was quiet and deserted.
Only the boss was there, holding his mobile phone and printing tickets for some regular customers on WeChat.
“Boss, please pick five sets of numbers for Double Color Ball for me.”
Jiang Tao walked in and went straight to the glass counter, saying this to the boss who was printing tickets inside.
“Hey, buddy, it’s you!”
When Zhao Feng looked up and saw Jiang Tao, he recognized him immediately.
Yesterday, that lottery ticket of Jiang Tao’s had helped him a lot.
Although the prize redemption time was a bit tight, it was still enough, and the recipient of the ticket successfully redeemed the prize.
“If you have any more big winning lottery tickets in the future, you can bring them to me, so you don’t have to run to the Welfare Lottery Center yourself.”
Zhao Feng said to Jiang Tao with a smile. He had said this to many customers; it was just a polite remark.
“Sure, that’s what I was thinking too. I can get more money and less hassle, why not.”
As Jiang Tao spoke, he took out his mobile phone and scanned the QR code pasted on the counter.
At the same time, Zhao Feng quickly selected five sets of numbers for Double Color Ball on the lottery ticket machine and asked Jiang Tao if he wanted to see them or replace them.
“No need to look, just print the tickets.”
Hearing Jiang Tao’s words, Zhao Feng pressed the ticket printing button on the ticket machine, and a lottery ticket costing 10 yuan was printed with a sizzling sound.
Jiang Tao took the lottery ticket from the machine, slipped it behind his phone case, and turned to walk towards the door.
After walking a few steps, Jiang Tao suddenly stopped, hesitated for a few seconds, and then returned to the counter.
This series of actions by Jiang Tao had all been planned in his mind before he entered the store.
He portrayed the emotions of a customer who wanted to buy a scratch card but was hesitant, very vividly, with no trace of acting.
In life, aren’t we all actors?
Aren’t we all playing roles such as employee, husband, wife, son, etc.?
Only when we are alone can we put down those identity labels and look directly into our hearts.
“Boss, what kinds of scratch cards do you have here?”
“They are all here, buddy, take a look yourself. There are 5 yuan ones, 10 yuan ones, and 20 yuan ones, three types in total.”
As Zhao Feng spoke, he opened the glass counter and casually took out several stacks of scratch cards of different denominations.
“Let me see which one to choose.”
As Jiang Tao spoke, he gently shuffled through the seven or eight types of scratch cards that Zhao Feng had taken out.
Soon, Jiang Tao found a 10 yuan scratch card with a faint golden glow around the edge.
The name of this scratch card was “Dragon and Phoenix Bring Auspiciousness.”
The gameplay was also very simple: if you could scratch out the character “Dragon” or “Phoenix”.
The prize amount corresponding to the two characters would be the winning bonus.
“Boss, check how many are left, I’ll take them all.”
Jiang Tao pointed to the few remaining “Dragon and Phoenix Bring Auspiciousness” scratch cards, preparing to buy them all.
“Let me see, there are 1, 2…”
“There are 12 left, 120!”
“Buddy, maybe you’ll really scratch out a big prize. This whole book of lottery tickets hasn’t produced any big prizes yet.”
Zhao Feng said to Jiang Tao with a chuckle, telling a white lie.
In fact, this book of “Dragon and Phoenix Bring Auspiciousness” had already produced a prize of 500 yuan, which was displayed on the wall behind Zhao Feng.
Lottery shop owners like Zhao Feng usually kept track of how much prize money had been awarded from a book of scratch cards.
If a book of scratch cards was almost sold out, and no big prizes had been awarded yet, they would scratch the rest themselves.
After scratching, they usually wouldn’t lose money and could even make a small profit.
If a big prize had already been awarded, they would definitely not touch the remaining ones, as they were likely to lose money!
Like this book that Jiang Tao was buying now, a big prize of 500 yuan had already been awarded.
The probability of winning a prize from the remaining ones was very low.
“Okay, give them all to me.”
Jiang Tao didn’t waste any more words with Zhao Feng. He promptly scanned the code and paid 120 yuan, successfully purchasing the 12 scratch cards, including the one with the faint golden glow.
After the money and tickets were exchanged, Jiang Tao took the scratch cards and sat on a nearby stool, beginning to scratch.
The first card was a complete loss, no prize.
The second card, still no win.
The third card also didn’t win.
Seeing Jiang Tao lose three times in a row, Zhao Feng felt a bit gleeful.
Jiang Tao was not discouraged; he intentionally saved the scratch card with the faint golden glow for later.
It didn’t matter if he lost all the previous ones; he could still turn things around with that one!
He had only spent 120 yuan on these scratch cards in total.
The intelligence provided by System Brother indicated that the prize amount for this scratch card was as high as 20,000!
For the fourth card, Jiang Tao scratched out a “Dragon” character, with a prize of 10 yuan below it.
The fifth card was a blank, the sixth won 10 yuan, the seventh was blank, and the eighth was blank.
The ninth card was still blank, the tenth was blank, and the eleventh card revealed a “Phoenix” character, winning another 10 yuan.
In less than five minutes, Jiang Tao had scratched 11 scratch cards and only won 30 yuan.
This record was definitely a loss to his grandmother’s house!
Zhao Feng looked at Jiang Tao with no sympathy, only indifference.
After running a lottery shop for a long time, Zhao Feng had seen all sorts of customers.
There were too many young people like Jiang Tao who would impulsively buy a dozen or even a whole book of scratch cards to challenge the odds.
But less than one-tenth of them ended up winning.
The vast majority ended up losing money.
Scratch cards are designed to make money, not to give it away.
Jiang Tao took a deep breath and started scratching the last card. He soon revealed a “Dragon” character.
He scratched off the amount covered by the “Dragon” character below – 20,000!
“I won!”
Although Jiang Tao had expected it, he still feigned surprise!
“How much did you win, buddy?”
Seeing Jiang Tao’s excited expression, Zhao Feng asked curiously.
“20,000! I won 20,000!”
“Holy crap!! 20,000!!”
Zhao Feng jumped up from his chair as if he had springs under him, looking at Jiang Tao in disbelief.
This buddy had just brought him a Double Color Ball second prize ticket yesterday that won over 60,000, almost 70,000.
And today he scratched a 20,000 winning scratch card!
Is this guy naturally gifted with winning luck, or is he the director’s nephew?
“Boss, are you interested in buying this kind of scratch card?”
Jiang Tao showed Zhao Feng the freshly won 20,000 scratch card.
System Brother was as reliable as ever!
120 yuan had turned into 20,030 in a matter of minutes!
Zhao Feng looked at Jiang Tao and said, “Can I see it first, buddy?”
“Sure.”
Jiang Tao walked a few steps to the counter and handed the winning scratch card to Zhao Feng.
There were surveillance cameras in the shop, so he wasn’t worried about Zhao Feng snatching it for such a small amount.
“It really is 20,000! Buddy, you’re so lucky!”
Zhao Feng looked at Jiang Tao with envy. He had been running the shop for six or seven years, and this was the first time anyone had scratched such a big prize!
Jiang Tao didn’t waste any more words with Zhao Feng and urged again, “Are you buying this scratch card?”
“Yes, yes, yes!”
Zhao Feng was also very straightforward. He took out his mobile phone and transferred 20,000 yuan to Jiang Tao’s Alipay.
Seeing the transfer arrive in his Alipay, Jiang Tao finally relaxed.
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