Chapter 1573 Consolation Prize

Ignoring the chatter of others, Shu Yu said to the middle-aged man, "Congratulations on winning the prize, please follow our staff to collect it."

The first guest was delighted, but after taking a couple of steps, he suddenly remembered that he hadn't asked what the fifth prize was, and hurriedly asked, "What's the prize?"

Shu Yu smiled and walked to the table where the prizes were placed, but the prizes on the table were covered with a red cloth.

Shu Yu said, "Once someone wins the prize, I'll lift the cloth covering it, and then everyone will know. For now, let's keep it a little mysterious."

Everyone was disappointed. Why was it still kept a secret? They were especially curious about what the first prize was.

Shu Yu had already arrived in front of the fifth prize winner and lifted the red cloth on the table.

Upon closer inspection, everyone realized it was... instant noodles?

Shu Yu said, "The fifth prize has fifty winners in total, and the winner will receive three packs of instant noodles."

Instant noodles are a real staple food, and there aren't many shops selling them now, so many people have never tried them.

These days, they can get three packs of sunflower seeds for two or three hundred coins. That's enough for a family of three to have lunch. The cheapest noodles at a noodle stall outside cost five coins, and these instant noodles are made with good ingredients. They would probably cost more than ten coins at a noodle shop.

Three packages, at least thirty or forty coins.

"I've made a fortune!" the man exclaimed happily. He took the three packets of instant noodles handed to him by Ying Xi and said to Shu Yu, "This prize draw is really generous."

After he finished drawing the prize, he didn't leave. He just stood there watching, wondering what other prizes were available.

Soon the second person arrived, and this person was somewhat excited.

She wanted three packs of instant noodles too. She'd heard they were incredibly convenient to eat; all you had to do was soak them in boiling water, cover them for a little while, and they were ready to eat. It didn't require her to spend so much time kneading, proofing, and frying the dough.

Now she doesn't ask for anything else, all she wants are three packs of instant noodles.

She reached in and found it filled with slips of paper. She picked through them one by one, but couldn't make up her mind.

Someone behind her urged her, "Hurry up, everyone's waiting."

"Okay, okay, almost done."

Finally, she grabbed a card, nervously took it out, took a deep breath, and opened it.

What is this? She doesn't know many words, but the three characters on it look complicated, and there's no number one, two, three, four, or five.

She immediately became nervous and quickly showed it to Shu Yu, "Master Lu, please help me check if I won the lottery."

Shu Yu glanced at it and smiled, "This is a consolation prize."

"A consolation prize?" Everyone was confused. "What's a consolation prize?"

Shu Yu walked behind the prize table and lifted the red cloth covering the consolation prize.

Everyone saw a tiny... what was that? They'd never seen anything like it before.

The customer who was drawing the prize frowned. "A consolation prize of just this one little thing? What is it?"

She reached out to touch it, but Shu Yu stopped her. "No rush, this is just a sample. This is called popcorn, and the consolation prize is a bag of popcorn. Just wait a moment, someone will bring it out soon."

Popcorn...what is that? Is it a flower?

Many people have never seen it before.

Yingxi went to the backyard and soon came out carrying a basket full of oil paper packages.

This was not surprising, but what surprised everyone was that as soon as this thing appeared, a rich fragrance wafted out.

"It smells so good."

(End of this chapter)