Chapter 994

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

All the furniture and appliances have been bought.

It's also time to set a date for the housewarming.

Previously, Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan had only roughly agreed to restock before the Spring Festival, without setting a specific day.

So after finishing breakfast today, the two of them took out the almanac together to study it.

Which day before the Spring Festival would be better.

Wang Zhanggen wore his old flower glasses, flipping through the almanac with a serious face. Before turning each page, he would habitually lick his thumb.

The almanac was originally a thick volume, as thick as a Xinhua Dictionary.

But one page was torn off each day, and now the Gregorian year was almost over, so only a thin volume remained.

At the same time, because of frequent flipping, the almanac had curled edges and become worn-out.

When he reached the end, Wang Zhanggen discovered that this almanac didn't even reach the Spring Festival period yet!

"We have to go buy a new almanac!"

Wang Zhanggen kept a straight face:

"This one only goes to December; the Spring Festival isn't until January next year."

Li Xiulan said:

"Then we'll go to Town to buy a new almanac in a bit."

So the two immediately rode the motorcycle to Town.

Anyway, there's nothing much to do right now, just some farm work and housework that can be done or not.

The two arrived in Town, found a stall selling almanacs, spent 15 yuan, and bought a new year's almanac.

This almanac sells quite well, because on it you can not only check the calendar, check clashes, check zodiac signs, but supposedly also see the Liucun winning code information for each phase.

In recent years, Liucun has swept the rural areas.

Many people go play it.

Fortunately, Wang Zhanggen doesn't have this hobby.

Others urged him to spend two yuan to play, but he just waved his hand.

"Wanting this thing to win a prize, you might as well burn more incense and worship gods, let the ancestors protect you!"

Wang Zhanggen sneered at those people who delusionally buy codes hoping to get rich overnight, finding them very laughable.

Especially that Yang Xiaocai, recently obsessed with studying code reports, whether he has business or not he holds a "White Lady" sheet at the door, crosses his legs, and studies it.

Back when he was studying, he was never seen this serious; now he barely recognizes a few big characters, yet puts on a very diligent studying appearance, spending day and night researching code reports.

Just now, Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan returned from Town and happened to run into Yang Xiaocai and several other villagers obsessed with Liucun, gathered at the door of Zhong Jianguo's Health Clinic studying code reports.

"Heard it or not, watching 'Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Son-in-law' can hit the code?"

Yang Xiaocai smoked a rolled cigarette, grinned revealing brownish-yellow teeth, and laughed as he said this sentence.

The other villagers were all very curious:

"True or false?"

Yang Xiaocai said with a straight face:

"Of course it's true! Last phase opened a Chicken; in the episode of 'Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Son-in-law' that aired, the Kang family talked about Dragon Phoenix Stew!"

A villager laughed:

"Dragon Phoenix Stew is Dragon, but it opened Chicken, that's not accurate either!"

Yang Xiaocai said:

"The ingredients of Dragon Phoenix Stew are Chicken and Snake; it opened Chicken, how is that not accurate! Also, there was a phase before that opened Rat; in that episode of 'Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Son-in-law', a Cat appeared!"

"They opened Rat, what does a Cat appearing have to do with it?"

"Cats eat Rats, you can't even make that association? With imagination this poor, how can you hit the code?"

Yang Xiaocai spoke firmly.

Everyone talked one after another.

Quite a few villagers actually believed Yang Xiaocai's nonsense!

Most importantly, Yang Xiaocai himself believes the nonsense he speaks.

Otherwise, such absurd words, he couldn't possibly say them with a straight face and firm conviction.

Zhong Jianguo inside the Health Clinic heard it too, and was laughing uncontrollably.

"Xiaocai, you study code reports all day, but we never see you hit the code!"

Zhong Jianguo loudly asked Yang Xiaocai this sentence.

Making Yang Xiaocai a bit embarrassed.

But he still hardened his mouth and retorted:

"Didn't I hit once half a year ago?"

A villager laughed:

"That time you only bet two yuan!"

"Two yuan isn't money? Win two yuan, lose forty yuan!" Yang Xiaocai's words carried momentum, "You all rest assured, I have a strong premonition I'll hit the code again tonight, so I plan to go find the Baldy Boss later and directly put down 20 yuan, single-hanging one number!"

"What number are you going to single-hang?"

A villager asked curiously.

"I won't tell you, if I tell you it won't be accurate!" Yang Xiaocai hmphed coldly.

That villager laughed and said:

"Don't worry, you tell me and I still won't go buy the same number as you, I just want to avoid the number you bought!"

"Hahaha!"

Everyone laughed heartily.

"But then again, I've also heard others say, watching 'Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Son-in-law' can reveal the zodiac, tonight I'll go watch and see if it's really true!"

"I used to watch this show before, but didn't watch carefully, looks like I'll have to pay more attention from now on too."

"Right, anyway it's all watched during dinner time, paying a bit more attention won't cause any loss!"

The few of them spoke one sentence after another.

At this time, Yang Xiaocai said to Zhong Jianguo:

"Doctor Zhong, why don't you buy a hand too?"

Zhong Jianguo laughed heartily:

"Better not, I don't understand that stuff!"

"Just buy one hand, it's only two yuan, purely for entertainment, you guard the shop all day, how boring is that!"

Zhong Jianguo was persuaded, and actually felt a bit tempted.

The main thing is, he really was very bored.

Especially at night, no one came to the Health Station side anymore.

He sat alone in the shop, spacing out for one or two hours at a time.

The TV turned on in the shop kept playing, playing all night.

Not for anything else, just to have some noise and movement.

So it wouldn't be too desolate and quiet.

In the blink of an eye, evening arrived.

Wang Changgen and Li Xiulan had already flipped through the almanac and chosen the day for the new house fire.

So they came to find Zhong Jianguo:

"Doctor Zhong, coming to let you know, we plan to do the new house fire on the twenty-third of the twelfth month, remember to come eat then!"

Zhong Jianguo laughed cheerfully:

"Good, good, I'll definitely be there then!"

Wang Changgen saw Zhong Jianguo was closing up shop, and couldn't help but ask curiously, gossiping a sentence:

"You didn't used to close this early, why so early today?"

Zhong Jianguo laughed and said:

"Well there's no customers anyway, I'm going to Baldy's place to take a look! Lots of people there, lively!"

Wang Changgen was surprised, he knew who Baldy was.

He was a village tyrant from the neighboring village.

This village tyrant opened a Six-Color Lottery private bank, specially doing Six-Color Lottery business.

Several nearby villages, including Shangou Village's villagers, many people all went to his place to buy numbers.

"Doctor Zhong, you're going to buy Six-Color Lottery?"

Wang Changgen was somewhat surprised.

Zhong Jianguo laughed and waved his hand:

"How would I know how to play that, just going to join the fun!"

Wang Changgen kindly reminded:

"You better not play that stuff, it's illegal to begin with, and hitting the number is really too hard, I've never seen anyone get rich buying Six-Color Lottery!"

Zhong Jianguo laughed and said:

"Don't need you to remind me, I know too, I'm just going to watch the fun, even if I buy, just a few yuan for entertainment, who would smash the pot and sell the iron to mess with this stuff!"