In addition to rummaging through trash cans on the streets looking for scrap to sell, he would go to the vegetable market every day to pick up discarded vegetable leaves, or squat in the back alley waiting for restaurants to throw out some barely edible leftovers, and then return to the dilapidated shack to depend on his young granddaughter.
For such a pair of grandparents and grandchildren, their monthly living expenses are often less than HK$50.
Her granddaughter is also very sensible and knows the difficulties at home.
All the girls in school had beautiful dolls, and she was so envious of them, but she never asked her grandma for one.
Instead, he buried this wish deep in his heart and did not express it at all.
Until one school activity, the children were asked to write down their wishes and bury them under the wishing tree.
The teacher accidentally opened the girl's note and saw crooked handwriting on it: "I want a beautiful doll. If I can get it, it will be worth it if I get hit by a car tomorrow."
This is a wish written by an eight-year-old girl!
No matter who sees such a wish, they will probably pee their eyes!
After seeing this, the teacher was also very sad. He found the old lady privately and told her everything. He also said that he could buy a doll for the girl with his own money.
The moment she heard her granddaughter's wish, the old lady's heart seemed to be torn apart, and a huge sense of guilt instantly overwhelmed her.
She knew that she really owed her granddaughter too much. Her granddaughter was so sensible and well-behaved, but she was unable to fulfill even such a humble dream of her child.
However, faced with the teacher's generosity, the grandmother refused with integrity and principle. After all, the teacher's salary was not high, and the doll was expensive. More importantly, the grandmother's lifelong moral principles did not allow her to accept the teacher's gift.
She originally wanted to work harder and use the money she saved to buy a doll for her granddaughter.
But the teacher told her that Wellcome Supermarket was having a "zero-dollar purchase" lottery. The old lady, holding on to a glimmer of hope, gritted her teeth and deposited the HK$100 she had saved up for emergencies into her Wellcome membership account.
She didn't even think that she would actually be selected. She just thought of it as doing her part for her granddaughter and buying a slim hope.
As a result, fate really favored her.
Facing the camera, the old lady expressed her gratitude to Wellcome Supermarket, Asia Television, and Mr. Tenno Kobayashi for organizing such great events and programs, which gave her, an old woman, the opportunity to fulfill her granddaughter's wish.
After the old lady finished telling these stories, not only the host Lv Ruirong who interviewed her, but also the audience at the scene and the audience in front of the TV were all moved to tears.
"Grandma, sixty seconds is plenty of time. I believe you can get the doll for your granddaughter. Are you ready? Start the timer!"
Lu Ruirong wiped away her tears and gave an order.
The prepared grandma did not rush to the expensive liquor or appliance section like others.
Just as she had said before, her goal was very clear. She rushed to the toy area at a speed that was inconsistent with her age, almost stumbling. Then she stood on tiptoe and hugged the doll wearing an exquisite gauze dress, which was priced at one thousand Hong Kong dollars, and held it tightly in her arms.
She took the doll and stood there for a second or two.
Then, she scanned the dazzling array of goods around her: rice, oil, canned goods, clothes...
However, she did not take any of the items and went straight back to the cashier, standing there quietly holding the doll.
The 61-second countdown finally ended with her standing quietly holding the doll.
"Grandma, there's still plenty of time. Why are you..."
Lu Ruirong was very puzzled, and then he quickly stepped forward, raising the same question as all the audience.
After all, since the show "Supermarket Wars" started, every challenger has been very pressed for time, walking very fast in the supermarket and not willing to waste a single second.
No one is like this old lady, who was satisfied after getting the doll and watched the game time run out, making the game without any tense atmosphere.
Upon hearing this, the old woman hugged the doll tightly in her arms. Her wrinkled face revealed a satisfied and calm smile as she said, "That's enough, that's enough... My daughter will be happy if she gets it. It's God's blessing that I can have such a good thing. People shouldn't be too greedy. That's enough, it's really good."
In the studio, in the audience seats, and in countless families in front of their televisions, everyone was instantly swept up in a silent feeling of emotion and enlightenment.
No one cheered, only low sobs and warm applause.
This applause is not only dedicated to the old lady's luck, but also to her contentment and dignity tempered through suffering.
Although many viewers in front of the TV knew that the old lady on TV would definitely not be able to hear their applause, they still applauded enthusiastically, as if the applause was also for themselves to hear.
Many people's hearts were touched and they began to re-examine what they had now.
In another episode, a rich young man came up. This "fashionably" dressed young man, Chen Shao, signed up purely for the novelty and excitement, and with a bit of the mentality of a playboy who came to have fun.
After all, this is something that can be on TV!
Everyone in Hong Kong could see it, especially his cronies, who deliberately provoked him at the drinking party, urging him to join the game "Supermarket Wars" if he had the ability.
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