Chapter 961: First Prize

"Bang!" Ma Xiaotong slammed her hand heavily onto the table, slapping the slip of paper down. She said excitedly, "Yuyue, we won! We won! It's the first prize."

Jiang Yuyue snatched up the slip of paper in a flash, checking the numbers one by one. Then, she tilted her head back, the expression on her face shifting from disbelief to surprise, and finally to excitement.

"We bought so many between the two of us, and we only won a rice cooker. Xiaoju only bought one bottle and won the first prize. What kind of god-tier luck is this?"

"Hahaha..."

Ma Xiaotong laughed excitedly, "Hurry up and call Xiaoju. Tell her this good news."

"Let's try our luck."

Jiang Yuyue checked the time, grabbed the phone on the desk, and dialed the number for the village brigade office where Yang Xiaoju lived.

Under normal circumstances, there wouldn't be anyone at the village brigade office unless there was something important.

Even if someone was on duty, it was only in the morning; once noon passed, the office would be empty.

If the villagers had an emergency, they would go to the village cadres' homes to find them.

Since graduation, Jiang Yuyue had called Yang Xiaoju several times, but only got through once in the morning.

This time, their luck was good; it rang twice before the other side picked up.

"Hello, my name is Jiang Yuyue, I'm a classmate of Yang Xiaoju. Could you please notify her to come and take the call?"

Upon hearing that it was Yang Xiaoju's classmate, the person on the other end was very polite: "Hello, hello. I'll go notify Xiaoju right away. Call back in half an hour."

"Okay!" Jiang Yuyue hung up the phone.

The reason for calling back in half an hour was that Yang Xiaoju was at school.

The school was halfway up the mountain, and it took half an hour to go back and forth from the brigade office.

Ma Xiaotong still hadn't calmed down, pacing back and forth in the office.

"I think Xiaoju will sell the car for the money."

Jiang Yuyue nodded: "If she trades the car for money, she can do a lot of things."

Ma Xiaotong suddenly stopped, leaning her hands on the desk, looking at Jiang Yuyue with burning eyes.

"Yuyue, what do you say we buy the car?"

Jiang Yuyue was stunned, then immediately felt tempted. To be honest, the company had made quite a bit of money since it was founded.

But the company was in a development phase—signing singers, buying copyrights, recording songs, and so on—there were too many places to spend money.

She had been hesitating about setting up a recording studio, so the company didn't even have a single car yet.

Seeing Jiang Yuyue was tempted, Ma Xiaotong continued to entice her: "If we buy it, we can give Xiaoju the market price. If she sells it to someone else, she'll definitely get a lot less money."

Jiang Yuyue didn't agree, but she didn't deny it either: "Let's wait until we ask Xiaoju. What if she doesn't want to sell it and wants to keep the car as her dowry?"

Ma Xiaotong laughed: "If that's the case, we won't force it. We'll just go to the trade center and buy one then."

"Ding-a-ling..."

The phone suddenly rang. Jiang Yuyue picked it up; it was Guan Li calling.

After graduation, Guan Li stayed in the capital and joined the News Bureau.

"Yuyue!" As soon as the call was connected, she heard Guan Li shouting excitedly: "Did you guys win?"

Jiang Yuyue asked back: "Did you win?"

Guan Li said very excitedly: "I won! A refrigerator."

"..."

Jiang Yuyue really wanted to hang up the phone: "Did you call me just to rub salt in my wounds?"

"Ah?" Guan Li didn't react for a moment, then said with great surprise: "You didn't win anything at all?"

Jiang Yuyue said gloomily: "I don't want to talk to you anymore."

"Hahaha..." Guan Li laughed: "The event isn't over yet, keep trying."

Jiang Yuyue asked: "You won a refrigerator, aren't you very happy?"

"Of course!" Guan Li said proudly: "I was planning to buy a refrigerator anyway, now I don't have to. I saved half a year's salary."

"Let me tell you," Jiang Yuyue said: "Xiaoju won too."

"Really?" Guan Li was very surprised: "What did she win? Don't tell me it's a refrigerator too. Xiaoju bought one bottle and won too, her luck is really good."

Jiang Yuyue's mouth curled into a smile: "Xiaoju won the first prize—a car!"

"Stop joking!" Guan Li didn't believe it at all.

"Why would I lie to you?" Jiang Yuyue's smile became even brighter, "I just called Xiaoju's village brigade office to notify her of this good news."

"Really?" Guan Li still didn't quite believe it.

"Ask Xiaotong, she's right here beside me." Jiang Yuyue handed the phone to Ma Xiaotong.

Ma Xiaotong took the phone: "It's true. You know I copied down the number inside Xiaoju's bottle cap. After I checked the number just now, I couldn't believe it either, I checked it several times."

"Ah!" Guan Li shrieked, not with jealousy, but with joy: "Really? Xiaoju's luck is just too good."

"So," Ma Xiaotong said with a smile: "Don't go showing off that lousy refrigerator you won."

"Fine, fine. Compared to Xiaoju, my luck is way worse. But..."

Guan Li laughed: "I'm luckier than you two, right?"

Ma Xiaotong's face darkened: "I don't want to talk to you anymore."

"Don't hang up!" Guan Li couldn't help but laugh again: "After you call Xiaoju, tell her not to go anywhere. I'll call her in half an hour."

"Okay!" Ma Xiaotong put down the phone and sighed: "Our luck really isn't that great, huh."

After saying this, the young woman looked left and right, acting like a thief, leaning forward: "Yuyue, why don't you talk to your brother-in-law? We'll go buy a few more bottles, give him the numbers, and when they draw again..."

Saying this, Ma Xiaotong kept winking at Jiang Yuyue: "You understand, right?"

Jiang Yuyue blinked, pretending to be deep in thought: "Your method is feasible. I'll go find him in the next few days."

These two women were chatting wildly and unrealistically about how to win, and time passed quickly.

Jiang Yuyue picked up the phone and dialed. Soon, Yang Xiaoju's cheerful voice came through the receiver.

"Yuyue!"

Jiang Yuyue smiled: "When we graduated, we bought Very Cola together, and you bought a bottle too. You still have the cap, right?"

"I still have it!"

Yang Xiaoju was very surprised. Jiang Yuyue called just to ask this? She didn't think she would win; that was too remote.

The reason she kept the bottle cap and cherished it was because it was the last time they had all gone shopping together after graduation. Everyone would go their separate ways, and it would be hard to meet again.

Especially since she was back in her hometown in the mountains; after many years, they might lose contact. Keeping this bottle cap was a way to remember them.

"You called specifically to ask this, you didn't really win, did you?"

In just an instant, Yang Xiaoju reacted, and her heart couldn't help but jump wildly twice.

If it were a small prize, like a rice cooker or a bicycle, Jiang Yuyue definitely wouldn't have called specifically to notify her.

Because the distance was too far and transportation wasn't convenient, it was impossible for her to go collect the prize.

Not to mention the wasted time, the round-trip travel expenses and food money would be enough to buy one locally.

So, she guessed it should be a television or a refrigerator. ===== CHAPTER 962 =====