Chapter 126: Winning the Lottery

Just as her future self said, the time progression between the two spaces and times differs greatly.

"About nearly two months have already passed on my end."

Si Rong asked the question in her heart, "By the way, last time Jiang Zhi said you told her not to go abroad, is she taking care of you by your side?"

"Yes, she is my goddaughter."

The voice on the other end suddenly quickened, "Time is up. Our calls require an opportunity each time, and there is a time limit."

"I am calling this time to tell you a welfare lottery number, AD058..."

After the call hung up, Si Rong immediately found a pen to write down that string of numbers first.

She had heard of the welfare lottery.

It generally sold for two yuan or one yuan per ticket.

People in the city with some spare money all liked to play it.

She had played it before, the sports lottery, the kind where you scratch off patterns.

But she had never played this kind of numerical size-based code.

However, the person on the phone did not make it clear which draw this winning number was for, so Si Rong decided to buy this number for every draw starting from today.

Lottery sellers were generally on the street, driving a large truck.

Various prizes were displayed on top of it.

The top prize included a Santana, and there was also a special prize of 600,000.

Smaller prizes included motorcycles, televisions, air conditioners, and washing machines.

Every time they were sold, many people would line up to buy them.

"Why did you suddenly want to play the lottery? Is Jiang Cheng really so stingy that he doesn't give you money to spend?"

Fang Ting was puzzled.

Si Rong was worried that the number she wanted to buy would be taken by someone else, so she pulled her hand and moved forward, "He gave me money, I just want to play for fun. Is there any way to buy it faster?"

"Cut in line."

However, Fang Ting had principles, "I am a soldier, I won't cut in line. You go cut in line yourself!"

Si Rong:...

Then she had better honestly wait in line!

She was worried that if she went to cut in line, she would be beaten to death.

The sweltering climate caused an unpleasant odor to permeate the crowd.

Half an hour later, it was finally their turn, and Si Rong reported the number she wanted to buy.

"Does this lady have a lot of research on the lottery?"

The lottery staff member couldn't be bothered to look for it and wanted to just hand Si Rong any random ticket.

"Playing the lottery is entirely a matter of luck."

"That's for sure!" Li Xuan hadn't expected the eldest daughter of the Si Family to also descend to earth to buy the game that ordinary people like them used to gamble on luck, "If everyone could get whatever number they wanted, I'm afraid we wouldn't know how long the line would be!"

Slap—

Si Rong didn't say a word before giving her a slap.

"I know you have a mouth, but when I am not talking to you, please do not let me hear your voice."

Li Xuan clutched half of her face.

Si Rong actually hit her again? Was she addicted to hitting people?

Did she really want to hit her for the rest of her life?

She raised her arm high, but before it could get close to Si Rong, it was held up.

It was a short-haired woman who was with Si Rong.

Her strength was immense; she pressed on her arm so hard it was almost dislocated.

"Do not fight in the street!"

Li Xuan:...

Fighting?

She remembered now, this woman seemed to be a soldier.

But was she blind?

Was she the only one fighting here?

Si Rong was the one who hit her first just now.

While she was being restrained, Si Rong handed the two yuan to the young man selling the lottery, "Sorry to trouble you, that number is my lucky number."

Seeing that this woman hit people at the drop of a hat and was not someone to be trifled with, the young man thought to get rid of her quickly and rapidly found the number she wanted and handed it over.

The drawing time was at the same time tomorrow.

Si Rong returned home, having no heart for anything else, and would take out the lottery ticket to look at it from time to time.

She wondered how big the prize would be.

If she won the prize, she would continue to buy houses.

During this period, one could see from the newspapers that housing prices in Jing Shi had risen again.

From this, it was clear that she should place her real estate investments in Jing Shi.

Location was still very important.

As soon as Li Xuan got home, she started burning incense and praying to Buddha.

She had truly gone crazy for money during this period.

Her husband, daughter, and son all looked down on her, and she had no status to speak of in the family.

She wanted to have a career of her own.

A dance studio like Rongzi.

Besides teaching students to dance, she didn't know how to do anything else.

Her detestable maternal relatives had been quiet for a while, but then they entangled her again.

This time they came directly with knives, wanting to fight her to the death.

Playing tough was no longer of any use.

Everything required money to settle.

So Li Xuan set her sights on the lottery.

If she could win a prize, even a third prize, it would be enough to temporarily resolve her current predicament.

Moreover, Shen Lan also supported the idea of buying lottery tickets.

Li Xuan knew that as a man who had once almost become a County Magistrate, he was simply unwilling to do his current job; Shen Lan also wanted a chance to turn his life around.

When the results were drawn, Li Xuan specifically wore a bright red outfit.

The grand prize was 660,000 yuan.

Li Xuan looked on with burning eyes; if she could win this grand prize, not only would it solve her current predicament, but from then on she would also become a wealthy person, no worse than Si Rong.

At this moment, not only Li Xuan, but everyone holding a lottery ticket was excited.

Fang Ting was not very excited.

The lottery ticket in her hand was one Si Rong had bought for her on a whim.

Could it really win?

If one could win just by buying some lucky number without doing any work every day, then why would anyone be willing to work hard at a job?

"I'm telling you, don't get your hopes up so high."

She reminded Si Rong, "Lottery tickets are all scams; it's fine to play occasionally, but you aren't allowed to buy them next time."

With this time, it would be better to practice boxing.

Si Rong's punches were soft and weak, like dancing; she needed to practice more.

"Now announcing the grand prize winning number:"

The man holding the microphone on stage shouted, "Let us congratulate the holder of number AD058, you have won the grand prize!"

"AD058?" Fang Ting scoffed, and then she watched in shock as Si Rong raised the number in her hand, "It's me."

Amidst the envious, jealous, and hateful gazes of everyone, Si Rong claimed the grand prize of 660,000.

After paying taxes, there was still over 500,000 left.

But this was already a super huge surprise.

Even for someone like Si Rong who didn't lack money, holding the check for over 500,000.

She also felt it was heavy.

Fang Ting was stunned.

She looked at the small piece of paper in her hand and confirmed with Si Rong repeatedly, "Your Si Family didn't rig the lottery numbers, did they?"

"No."

Si Rong blinked, though she had other means.

Li Xuan felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

She had always known Si Rong was lucky, but she never imagined Si Rong's luck would be this good.

It was one thing to be born into a good family, but what kind of deity was helping her win this 660,000 grand prize for no reason?

Money flowed to those who didn't lack it; Li Xuan was swept away by a deep sense of powerlessness and simply wanted to die.

However, she wouldn't die; if Si Rong could win, she surely could too, and from now on she would buy lottery tickets every day.

Si Rong hummed a song as she returned home.

Wang Ma saw at a glance that she was in a good mood.

"What good news is there?"

"Wang Ma!" Si Rong hugged her, "I'm going to give you a raise!"

After saying that, she went upstairs.

She couldn't wait to tell Jiang Cheng this news, but Jiang Cheng wouldn't be off work for a while yet.

Si Rong decided to tidy up the room.

Deep inside the wardrobe, there was a wooden box.

Si Rong remembered that Jiang Cheng had specifically brought it when they moved.

Perhaps it was Jiang Cheng's personal item, and Si Rong had no intention of peeking.

However, Xiao Bai jumped up mischievously, and the wooden box rolled onto the floor.

Looking at the things that fell out, Si Rong's expression slowly turned cold.