So "Brother Number One" was completely broken, completely lost confidence.
He began to ask Tian Mingrong to help him figure out how to sell that ticket, even if it meant losing some money!
Tian Mingrong agreed cheerfully but didnāt really take "Brother Number Oneās" request seriously.
Come on, in a small town like Ping County, whoād be foolish enough to spend 20,000 yuan on a lottery ticket?
Having just one of you is enough, and you want to find a second one?
Besides, lottery tickets are very personal items.
Everyone has their own set of lucky numbers, usually made up of numbers related to their own or their familyās birthdays.
Everyone thinks they are the protagonist of this world.
Fate must have set up an "Easter egg" somewhere intricately linked to their birthdate, waiting for them to discover it.
The ticket you chose, only you think itāll win, others donāt see it the same way.
You think youāre the protagonist of the world, while others think theyāre the protagonist too.
Now you regret it and want to find a fool to take over? Dream on!
The ticket you bought, you can only wait tearfully for the draw.
Ring ring ringāā
Just as Tian Mingrong stepped in and was about to sweep the floor, her phone rang from her down jacket pocket.
She took out her phone, and the caller ID showed "Brother Number One."
Tian Mingrong immediately felt a headache.
This guy calls her ten times a day, asking about the lottery ticket, itās so annoying!
"Hey Da Peng."
Being an old customer of the store, even though Tian Mingrong was annoyed, her tone instantly became enthusiastic when she answered the call.
"Sister Tian, howās that ticket going? Is anyone interested in buying it? Even if the price is slightly lower, itās fine, selling it for around 10,000 yuan would be great."
"Just tell them the winning rate for this ticket is guaranteed to be high. Iām only selling it cheap because thereās an emergency at home, and I urgently need money."
A manās voice came from the other end of the line, and Tian Mingrong just treated it as nonsense and didnāt take it to heart at all.
Young man, you can fool others but donāt fool yourself!
If the winning rate is so high, why donāt you keep it for yourself!
"Da Peng, Iāve been asking around for you, but this ticket is such a large sum, ordinary people really canāt afford it."
As she spoke, Tian Mingrong suddenly glanced over and saw a pitch-black Mercedes parked in front of her shop.
The car door opened, and out came a handsome young man in his thirties.
Tian Mingrong remembered him.
Yesterday, he came into her store with a woman as beautiful as a movie star and bought a pack of 500 yuan scratch-off tickets.
And, they got lucky and won more than 700 yuan!
"Alright alright, Iāll keep asking around for you. Oh, someoneās coming here, hanging up now."
As Tian Mingrong hung up the phone with "Brother Number One," Jiang Tao also pushed the door into the shop.
"Hello handsome, you had some good luck yesterday, want another book today? Maybe you can earn a few hundred more!"
Tian Mingrong looked at Jiang Tao, greeted him with a smile, and spoke some flattering words.
"Do you have a full book of scratch-offs?"
Jiang Tao asked with a smile, not interested in scratch-offs with opened packaging due to the risks involved.
Itās said that if the shop owner finds out the scratch-offs sold earlier they didnāt win much, theyād scratch off the leftovers themselves.
Such tickets have a better chance of earning money than losing.
Winners of big prizes, the shop owner would definitely not touch, because those are sure to lose money.
Jiang Tao didnāt start by asking about the lottery ticket with Tian Mingrong.
He first engaged in casual chatter, waiting for her to bring it up.
A clever hunter appears in the form of their prey.
"Yes, yes, yes, Iāll get one for you! Check this one out!"
Tian Mingrong called Jiang Tao smilingly, then turned to the counter and brought out a pile of scratch-off tickets.
Jiang Tao selected a book with a face value of 20 yuan per ticket.
This kind of book costs 1,000 yuan.
Jiang Tao also wanted to test the "River Stoneās" gold content.
After scanning the code and paying, Jiang Tao took a small shovel from Tian Mingrong and started scratching.
Out of 50 scratch-offs, 28 were empty prizes, and 22 won.
Among them, ten were 20 yuan, neither losing nor gaining.
Seven were 50 yuan, three were 100 yuan, one was 200 yuan, and one was 500 yuan.
In the end, totaling the prize money, it amounted to 1,350 yuan, earning 350 yuan from a book!
"Handsome, your luck is great! Didnāt you earn almost 300 yuan yesterday? Today you earned another 350!"
"Your luck is amazing, very few people can win as often as you!"
While Tian Mingrong helped Jiang Tao claim his prize, she looked incredibly surprised.
"Haha, Iāve had some good luck these past few days."
While chatting casually with the lady, Jiang Tao was inwardly shouting:
Lady, come on, stop beating around the bush, letās get to the point!
"By the way, handsome, one of our regular customers bought a big combination lottery ticket before."
"Heās currently tight on cash, so heās looking to sell it cheaply, are you interested?"
Feeling that the time was right after helping Jiang Tao claim his prize, she finally brought up the lottery ticket.
"Oh? What kind of big combination? How much?"
Jiang Tao feigned nonchalance, asking cooperatively.
Tian Mingrong said, "Itās a big combination ticket with 12 red and 5 blue balls, with a total of 9,240 bets, totaling 18,480 yuan."
"What? 18,480? Wow, thatās almost 20,000 yuan! Quite a big shot!"
Jiang Tao cooperatively put on a look of extreme surprise.
He had never heard of such a high-priced lottery ticket in reality before.
Though online, there are frequent reports of companies embezzling hundreds of thousands to millions to gamble on lottery tickets.