Did you win?

No, what about you?

"Hehe, I'm pretty lucky, I got a rice cooker, so I can make back the money I won in the lottery."

"Won't this year's grand prize go to waste?"

"Several first prizes have not yet been drawn this year."

"Did you see those people?"

"I saw it, so what?"

“They were ahead of me in line before, and I heard they had already bought more than 20,000 yuan worth of goods.”

"Why would they buy this thing when they're so rich?"

"That's two million! Who wouldn't be envious! Besides, the deadline is today, everyone wants to take a gamble, what if they win!"

"Yeah, I'm planning to buy five more tickets. Do you want to come?"

"I'll buy ten tickets, and I won't smoke this week."

Xia Minmin and Xia Xiaomei were shocked by the comments of the people around them as they stood in line. "Auntie, they are so rich!"

Xia Xiaomei chimed in, "Yes, I also need to work hard to earn money! I'll try to buy a house as soon as possible."

"That person seems to have bought 5000 yuan worth of items!"

Which one?

"The person wearing a blue shirt."

Xia Minmin also stood on tiptoe to watch the excitement, but her view was blocked by the crowd.

Xia Minmin looked around the square and saw children picking up lottery tickets on the ground.

"Auntie, look, that kid is picking up lottery tickets from the ground. I'll go ask him why he's picking them up."

Xia Xiaomei said sternly, "Xiaomin, don't run around here! It's a mess! If you get lost, how am I supposed to explain it to your parents!"

This was the first time in Xia Minmin's two lifetimes that she had seen her aunt so serious. "Aunt, it's only a meter away. I promise I'll just go ask and I won't run away. I promise I won't run out of your sight!"

Seeing Xia Minmin's determination and considering the short distance, Xia Xiaomei agreed.

Xia Minmin skipped over and squatted down to look at the lottery ticket, just like the little boy. "Brother, why are you looking at the lottery ticket on the ground?"

"Little sister, when did you come out? You scared me to death!" The little boy seemed quite frightened by Xia Minmin, and kept patting his chest.

Xia Minmin blinked innocently, "Brother, what are you doing?"

“My friend picked up a lottery ticket on the ground yesterday. He drove a mountain bike and I wanted to look for some too, but the most common lottery tickets on the ground are handkerchiefs and bowls.”

After the little boy finished speaking, he took out a stack of lottery tickets from his pocket, which were probably handkerchiefs and bowls.

“Brother, go and see that man in the blue shirt. I heard he just bought five thousand yuan worth of lottery tickets.”

"Thanks, little sister." The little boy then ran off.

Xia Minmin picked up the lottery tickets on the ground as she walked back, trying to see if any had slipped through the net.

Xia Minmin gestured for Xia Xiaomei to lower her head, "Auntie, let me tell you, there's a lottery ticket on the ground that won a prize! Someone picked up a lottery ticket on the ground and won a mountain bike."

When it was Xia Minmin and Xia Xiaomei's turn, they already had a stack of lottery tickets in their hands.

"Brother, give me a lottery ticket." Xia Minmin imitated the people in front of her who were buying lottery tickets, handing two yuan to the salesperson, who then gave her a lottery ticket.

Xia Xiaomei also got a lottery ticket as she wished.

They didn't give up picking up the lottery tickets on the ground. By the time they met up with Xia Jianguo and Li Chunmei, Xia Xiaomei already had a large stack of lottery tickets in her hand.

"Where did you two get this lottery ticket?" Li Chunmei was shocked.

The couple, standing here, had heard quite a bit about the lottery. They could only say that the lure of money was truly immense, and there were always plenty of people queuing up to buy lottery tickets.

"Mom, you don't know about this, do you? There are some lottery tickets on the ground that weren't scratched off or were thrown away without being looked at carefully. Actually, there are prizes inside. A little boy found a mountain bike."

Xia Jianguo looked incredulous. "Really? How could I possibly lose a prize?"

"Second brother, some big bosses buy a lot of tickets, and many of them are thrown away before they're completely scratched off. This stack that Xiaomin and I picked up is full of them, at least a hundred or so."

"Alright, your second sister-in-law and I will help you too. Let's finish quickly, we still need to find a guesthouse!"

Xia Jianguo took out four coins and handed them to everyone.

…

"I have a bowl here."

"Handkerchief".

"Handkerchief".

"bowl."

“All you’ve picked up here are bowls and handkerchiefs,” Li Chunmei said.

"Mom, that guy said he gets the most bowls and handkerchiefs!"

Xia Minmin picked up the last lottery ticket she found and started scratching it. It looked like a rice cooker! When Xia Minmin had scratched it all off, she exclaimed, "A rice cooker! I found a rice cooker!"

Xia Minmin handed the lottery ticket to everyone to see, and everyone confirmed that it was indeed a rice cooker.

"Kids, did you find a rice cooker among the discarded lottery tickets you collected?"

"What incredible luck! Even something picked up from the ground can win a rice cooker."

"It makes me want to go pick it up myself."

"I'm so embarrassed. I'm a grown man, and I just picked up a discarded lottery ticket from the ground."

"What's the big deal? I'm lucky to have found it. I'm going."

When they were scratching up the lottery tickets, a lot of people gathered around and said, "Yes! Uncles, you should go and try it!"

"Then I'll give it a try."

"I'll go too."

The crowd that had been watching the lottery tickets scattered, and everyone went to pick up the discarded tickets from the ground.

Xia Jianguo tidied up the pile of discarded lottery tickets on the ground, preparing to throw them in the trash can before getting on his bus.

Xia Minmin pulled another lottery ticket from her pocket. "Wait a minute, Dad. My aunt and I bought our own lottery tickets, but we haven't scratched them yet."

Xia Xiaomei also took out her lottery ticket, and the two of them held their breath as they scratched off one after another.

Looks like I won the lottery!

Xia Minmin stood there, staring intently at the lottery ticket.

When Xia Jianguo returned after throwing out the trash, he saw Xia Minmin staring blankly and asked, "Xiaomin, what's wrong?"

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