In order to wait for the first and second prizes to be announced, many people do not leave after shopping in clothing stores, but wait at the door to watch others draw the prizes, looking forward to the moment when the answers are revealed.

When you reach into the cardboard box and take out the things, some people are happy while others are sad.

There are only six grand prizes among the 200 lottery tickets. You have to be very lucky to win one...

"Ahahaha, I got it, I got it!" Some lucky person won the second prize. His excited howling was like a speaker installed in his ears, and it temporarily drowned out the music in the radio.

The activity lasted until 5:30 in the afternoon. At 3 o'clock, a wealthy man came and insisted on drawing the first prize, a Plum Blossom watch.

I asked my wife to buy five 30-yuan clothes at once, and she ended up drawing five bottles of soybean oil! I was almost upset...

Looking at his wife, she could barely hold the paper bags in her hands! She was so happy that she was laughing!

Probably because I wanted the watch so badly, I made up my mind and drew twice more. I won a bottle of soybean oil and the third prize... Well, I felt a little comforted.

Finally, this is really the last time!

The eighth time!

"Miao Miao, help daddy with the cigarette!" Good guy, if I can't do it, I'll let my daughter do it instead. It's really funny.

For a moment, the atmosphere was so tense that the air seemed to freeze into ice. No one dared to speak and stared at the rich man's little daughter.

I saw her slowly put her little hand into the lottery box, and then she casually took out a bunch of small notes and handed them to the rich man: "For Dad~"

The rich man took it tremblingly, and after taking it, he didn't know what he was thinking about. He wiped the sweat on his forehead and said, "Miao Miao, help Dad open it."

The little girl looked about three or four years old, innocent and did whatever her father told her to do. After opening the note, everyone was instantly worried.

The truth was revealed in just one or two seconds. Finally, the little girl looked at the paper ball, then smiled brightly and spoke excitedly:

"Dad, I can't read!"

puff--

The rich man thought his daughter had done it when he saw her laughing excitedly, but he never expected...

I had to take it myself and open it.

A drop of sweat slid across his forehead and landed on the lottery paper with a plop. Then, the crowd burst into loud laughter.

“Hahahaha——First prize! First prize! Hahahaha——Plum watch, Plum watch! Who else, who else, hahaha——”

In excitement, he picked up his daughter, kissed her hard twice, and threw her into the sky, scaring the little girl so much that she screamed.

"Miao Miao, Daddy will take you to a restaurant! Take you to a big meal!"

When I heard about going to a restaurant, I became perturbed.

"Great! Dad, I want to go to a restaurant. I want to eat fried shrimps and braised pork!" She even knew what going to a restaurant meant, and it seemed like her father often took her there.

The family of three held hands and smiled as they said goodbye to Purple Dragonfly. The little girl walked in the middle, held by her parents. Her father held a Plum watch tightly in his other hand, and her mother carried a full paper bag in her other hand, returning home with a full load...

Winning the first prize brought the atmosphere of the event to a climax. Now there are two third prizes left in the grand prize, with 61 soybean oil vacancies.

Don't be in a hurry, take your time.

It was five o'clock in the afternoon, lunch time, and everyone went home to eat, so the flow of people in the store became less and less.

Purple Dragonfly is open from 9am to 6pm, and provides a lunch package. We have signed an order with the small restaurant next door, and they deliver the meals to us every day at a discounted price. It is a little more expensive than cooking at your own expense, but it is within an acceptable range.

The clerk began to clean the shop under Qiao Lu's instructions, mopping the floor, sweeping the floor, arranging the shelves...all in an orderly manner.

Maybe it's because the environment is too luxurious and grand. You can occasionally see one or two pieces of trash in a department store, but there is none in Purple Dragonfly, just more footprints. Fortunately, it is not a rainy day today, otherwise the white tiles would be really horrible.

"One hundred, two hundred, three hundred... four hundred, six hundred, one thousand, sixteen... two thousand six... three thousand..." Qiao Lu didn't have any use for an abacus, so she counted the numbers one by one on a piece of scratch paper. It took her twenty minutes to finally finish the calculation.

When I calculated it for the first time, I thought I had made a mistake, so I calculated it again. After calculating it again, I still found it unbelievable, so I handed the account book to Xu Haizhou and asked him to do it.

The final answer was indeed correct: 4,110 yuan!

After deducting costs, labor costs, and prize fees, the profit is at least two thousand and two hundred!

I made a fortune!

Why is it that every inch of land in the city center is worth a lot of money? The income cannot be compared with Baiyun Street.

Even at its peak, Baiyun Street never exceeded 1,500!

She continued to count the money happily, and when she was done, she put it in her small bag and quickly deposited it in the bank.

"After cleaning, go home and have a rest. You've worked hard today. At the end of the month, everyone will get an extra twenty bucks."

"Thank you, boss——!"

After these words were spoken, the employees became full of energy. Even if they were exhausted after standing for a whole day, when they thought they could earn an extra twenty dollars at the end of the month, what was the harm in standing for two more days?

"Sister Qiao Lu, I'm leaving first."

"Sister Qiao Lu, it's time to get off work."

"Okay, everyone go home, you've worked hard."

"It's not hard—"

After everyone left, Qiao Lu looked at the time. It was about half past six. It was time to leave. Qiaoqiao was still at Qiao Yan's house, and An An was probably out of school for a long time at this time.

"You said you wanted to buy a car. Today's sales are so good. Even if it drops tomorrow, it's still no problem to make 8,000 to 9,000 yuan or even 10,000 yuan a month. Our factory has received orders for 30,000 yuan now, right? I feel like in a few months, buying a car won't be a problem..."

In the 1980s, cars were expensive, and imported cars were beyond the reach of domestic consumers.

Domestic car brands are few and expensive. A Jiefang brand costs 60,000 yuan, a Beijing Jeep costs more than 50,000 yuan, and a Shanghai sedan is as expensive as 80,000 yuan!

Money is so valuable these days that I always feel like I’m at a loss if I spend 60,000 or 70,000 yuan to buy a car.

Think about it, cars in the 1980s were all manual transmission. How would it feel to drive them? Would they be as comfortable as automatic transmissions? Would they be as comfortable as the ones after the millennium?

It’s better to buy a house instead of an antique that will be discarded in two years and wait for its value to appreciate. The cost of buying and renovating a house is only about 10,000 or 20,000...

Yes, it’s better to buy a house. Buying a house is too cost-effective!

However, this did not prevent Qiao Lu from starting to fantasize about the happy life after buying the car.

"Car? If you need it urgently, you can buy one now, but it doesn't seem cost-effective. I asked around and it costs 20 or 30 yuan to fill up the gas tank a month." In the 1970s, oil prices soared, and gas cost 0.1 cent per kilogram, and you needed a gas ticket, which was really troublesome and expensive.

This is one of the reasons why not many people can afford cars.

"No, no, no, I suddenly thought that if we have money, we should save it up and buy a house instead of wasting it on buying a car."

"Okay, houses are cheaper than cars, let's buy a house, one for An An and one for Qiao Qiao." The old father said proudly.

Puff——

I don’t ask for my two children to be successful, I just want them to grow up safely and healthily and do what they like.

Qiao Lu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "How old are the two children? You are already thinking about buying a house for them? It's really..."

Riding his bike against the wind, Xu Haizhou had a beautiful fantasy in his mind: "If I have money, I can buy two more houses, one in the south and one in the north of the city, to see where they like to live."

There are two and three primary schools in the south of the city and one primary school in the north of the city. They are all good.

"Okay, okay, stop talking and work hard to make money. By the way, don't forget to ask the driver to deliver the goods to my new store tomorrow morning."

"Yes, Boss Qiao!"

Qiao Lu laughed so hard that her body shook with laughter. She patted him on the back and said, "Don't tease me."

After saving up some money, I went to Qiao Yan's house to pick up Qiaoqiao. This child was very outgoing. After staying at Qiao Yan's house for a few days, she seemed to be even closer to her than Zhiwei. When she was hungry, she would drink the bottle of milk left by her mother. When she was sleepy, she would curl up in bed and fall asleep. She was very well behaved and didn't make any noise.

Whoever teases her will make her laugh, and her laughter can melt your heart.

Qiao Yan's mother-in-law even joked that such a pretty and cute child couldn't be Zhiwei.

Qiao Yan got off work early today. She came back and played with her son for a while. Then she hugged the cute little baby and didn't want to let go. She rubbed her non-stop, inhaled the scent of milk on her body, and rubbed her little hands.

Suddenly, the little guy's eyes lit up, his body twisted excitedly, and he raised his little hands, pointing behind Qiao Yan, babbling, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't, and the child was so anxious that his saliva was flowing.

Qiao Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She took out a cotton towel and wiped her. After that, the child continued to be excited.

Qiao Yan was puzzled, and when she turned around, she saw her sister standing behind her with a smile on her face and no words.

Patting his chest, he said, "I was so scared. Why were you walking so quietly? I was wondering why the child was suddenly so excited. I think you are the one who caused the trouble."

"What bad things have I done?" Qiao Lu laughed twice, picked up her daughter, kissed her hard on the face, and nudged her neck with her head, making the little girl giggle.

"Qiaoqiao, do you miss me? Do you miss your mother?"

The little guy babbled and pinched Qiao Lu's ears, then quickly looked at the man behind her and opened his arms for a hug.

"Mom just held you in her arms, and you want to find daddy already? No."

Qiao Lu said jokingly, and the little guy didn't know if he understood or not. He clapped his hands happily and looked at his father. His eyes were watery and his red mouth was oozing with water, making him look like a little water person.

What does this mean? Women are made of water!

Xu Haizhou took two steps forward, impatiently taking Qiaoqiao away from his wife's arms, hugging her and kissing her. The little girl's clear, bell-like laughter was even louder than when she was held by Qiao Lu just now.

"You little ungrateful bastard, your mommy feeds you milk every day, why don't you kiss me?"

This time it seemed like it really understood, or maybe it heard the complaining tone in its mother's mouth. It turned around, twisted its little butt and asked her to hold it again.

Qiao Lu took it and gave Xu Haizhou a provocative look: See, my daughter still likes me more.

Xu Haizhou felt that his wife seemed to have regressed in age after giving birth and became more and more childish... But this is also good, as it shows that her mentality has become younger!

"Sister, was Qiaoqiao well behaved at home today? Did she not make any noise?"

Qiao Yan smiled and patted the little guy's butt: "This little one is not well behaved one day? You worry about nothing, our Qiaoqiao is the best, right?"

Not only is she well-behaved, but she is also pretty and lovable. With the contrast of Qiaoqiao, I suddenly feel that the fat son in my hands is not so attractive anymore.

A son is not as good as a daughter. He is a soft ball. When he is close to you, it is as if he turns into a pool of soft water on your body, soft and milky.

It’s different with my son. He was fine before he was one year old, but after that, when you hold him in your arms, his body spins like a ball. He is nowhere near as sweet as your daughter.

"Qiaoqiao, look at your second aunt who likes you so much, let her and your second uncle have another baby right away, a daughter who will be exactly one year younger than you. When you two grow up, you will be close relatives and sisters, how wonderful is that, isn't it?"

"Go!" Qiao Yan glared at her unhappily, "Give birth as soon as you say so? You think giving birth is easy, right? Besides, nowadays we have family planning. How dare I give birth to a second child when I already have a son?"

"Yeah, forget it. Let's just find another girl to be Qiaoqiao's girlfriend." He sighed with pretended regret.

After chatting with Qiao Yan for a while, Yuan Jianghe came back and was talking about the factory with Xu Haizhou.

It seemed like men always talked about cold topics, unlike her and her sister, who always talked about children or family.

"I thought you would come back to see her at noon. Why are you so busy today?" Qiao Yan looked at her sister. She was wearing makeup, a winter skirt and a coat. She looked radiant and beautiful.

If she were Qiao Lu's man, she would definitely not let her show up in public to do business.

After weighing Qiaoqiao who had fallen asleep in her arms, Qiao Lu nodded: "Yes, it's a new store opening, so we have to be busy. We have activities and big sales on the first day. If we're not busy now, we won't be busy in the future."

"Oh." Qiao Yan nodded and smiled happily: "I also want to tell you a good news."

"What?" Qiao Lu withdrew her gaze from her daughter's face and asked in confusion.

Qiao Yan: "Do you have a truck? Can you help us move?"

"Moving? You..." Looking at her in confusion, Qiao Lu suddenly had an idea: "Sister, have you finally got the welfare housing in your unit?"

The couple has been waiting for a welfare housing allocation for many years. Her brother-in-law is a senior director, and their child is almost two years old!

Fortunately, although it was a little slow, at least the result was satisfactory.

"Yes! It's finally been distributed! You have no idea how many people were eyeing it. Even your brother-in-law is the director, but it's still difficult for him to get it. It's really hard for us!" Qiao Yan said thankfully. She was exhausted trying to grab this house some time ago, and she still feels scared when she thinks about it now.

"Oh, sure. It's fine as long as I can get it, no matter how difficult it is."

According to Yuan Jianghe's qualifications, he should have been allocated a house a year or two earlier.

Unfortunately, there are too many employees in the factory, and a family of six or seven people lives in one small house. Compared with Yuan Jianghe's small family of three, it is obvious that other "big families" need a bigger house more urgently.

The factory was very cautious about allocating rooms and held countless meetings. After much hassle, in the end, Qiao Yan and her team got the rooms. As for the rest, no one cared.

House, house, how important is it to Chinese people?

Even if you don’t understand it now, you will definitely understand it in twenty years.

Especially for urban residents, a house not only means a stable place to live, but is also an important certificate for children to go to school and for medical and social security!

"Okay, sister, are you in a hurry now? If not, I'll go and help you tomorrow. If there's a free driver, I'll ask him to come and help you move."

"It's a bit urgent. The Spring Festival is coming soon. I want to move in quickly, take good care of the house, and prepare for the New Year. Jiang He and I haven't had our holiday yet, so I'll go after get off work to clean up. We don't have much time."

It's not a bare house, but a house painted white. It doesn't need to be decorated as luxuriously as Qiao Lu's house. You can just move in the furniture and live in it.

"Okay, I'll make arrangements tomorrow morning."

"Excuse me."

Qiao Lu laughed: "What trouble? You are embarrassing me. When did you become so polite?"

Staring at her teasingly.

Qiao Yan's pretense was exposed within two seconds, and she laughed: "It's rare for me to be polite to you, but you think I'm pretending."

"Ha ha."

The wind was still cold, and there were few pedestrians stopping on the empty streets in the evening.

Riding on the wide road, because there are few people and cars, you can ride comfortably and casually.

With her husband in front to block the wind and her daughter in her arms using the automatic heater, Qiao Lu never felt cold. Instead, she felt warm and comfortable with a happy heart.

Feel the cold wind of late winter, mixed with the gentle beating of snow particles, and ride your bike slowly towards the lights of thousands of homes.

…

I have been so busy lately that I am dizzy. I finally managed to stabilize the factory, but then a new store opened. After a few days of hard work, I have to start preparing New Year's goods and get ready for the Spring Festival.

The days go by so fulfillingly!

When I got home, Qiao An had already finished her homework. She was sitting on the sofa with Li Jiahao upstairs watching TV. Their postures were weirder than each other.

Qiao An was lying on the sofa with a pillow under her belly, her legs raised and swaying. Next to her was Li Jiahao, who was lying on his back, leaning against two pillows, with his legs crossed and swaying, looking very carefree.

This little brat never stays at home all day and likes to come to Qiao Lu's house.

He had a Toshiba color TV at home, but he refused to watch it. He always came downstairs to watch the black and white TV with Qiaoan. He also said that their sofa was too soft, while his own mahogany sofa was not comfortable at all.

After Qiao Lu came back, the little guy put down the TV and greeted her enthusiastically as before: "Mom, you are back! Mom, I am so hungry, shall we go out to eat today?"

"There are biscuits at home, why don't you eat some to fill your stomach? We're not going out to eat today. Your dad bought some brined beef and made beef noodles for us tonight. Can I put more beef in it?"

"Okay! I like eating beef!" After saying that, she stood on tiptoe and looked at Qiaoqiao in her arms: "Where's my sister? Is she asleep? I want to see her."

I carried the child to lie on the sofa. Actually, he should have woken up by now. After hearing his brother's voice, he woke up slowly.

Her lips became even redder after sleeping. She yawned with her mouth wide open, looked at her brother sleepily, raised her little hands and scratched his face.

Qiao An leaned over, approached her, and let her grab it.

Perhaps Qiaoqiao knew that the person in front of her was her brother and she couldn't hurt him, so she touched her brother's face with her little hand and yawned after that. She didn't grab him or nudge him, but just gently stroked his soft skin. The atmosphere between the brother and sister was very harmonious.

"Li Jiahao! Go home for dinner!" Wang Qi opened the door upstairs and shouted. The genes engraved in his bones made Li Jiahao tremble and he jumped up from the sofa.

"Uncle and aunt, Qiao An, I'm going home first. My mother called me to eat!"

Qiao Lu watched him leave: "Okay, walk slowly, and be careful on the stairs."

"Yeah!" He ran upstairs in a hurry without any hesitation.

I sit on the sofa with my two little babies in my arms and watch TV. I can’t concentrate on watching TV, so I just play with my daughters.

"Qiaoqiao, my little darling, do you miss mommy? It will be easy if you go there today. Mommy will take you to work with her in the future, okay?"

When Qiaoqiao has nothing to do, she likes to bite her hands and put her hands in her mouth as if she is tasting something delicious.

After listening to my mother's words and looking at my brother, I opened my mouth and sneezed without any warning.

She had not expected this, and coincidentally, her hand was still in her mouth. When she sneezed, Xiaomiya hit her finger hard. She was stunned for two seconds and then burst into tears.

The old mother laughed unkindly, but her brother quickly touched her fingers, kissed her little face and comforted her: "Don't cry, don't cry, it won't hurt, it will be fine in a few minutes, don't cry, sister, brother will blow for you~"

“Huff—”

I have to say that the brother's warm caress was effective. The child stopped crying after two minutes. She stared in a daze at her brother blowing her fingers. She thought it was fun and stuffed her fingers into his mouth, signaling her brother to blow.

Blow a few more times, it feels good!

Qiao Lu pinched her little feet wrapped in cotton socks and said, "Baby, you are so cute. Come on and call me mommy. I will kiss you and it won't hurt anymore."

The child was laughing, babbling and drooling with joy.

How can a five-month-old baby call mom? Although she can't call mom, she is getting better and better at expressing her love for mom and dad.

Apart from the most exciting meal time, the rest of the time, whenever he sees Qiaolu, he wants her to hug him. He also likes to play games with his parents, the kind of masked games.

Dad covers his face with his hands or with something like a pillow. When he suddenly appears, the little girl will be startled. She will be stunned for a moment, then laugh crisply, then turn around and run away. Dad will chase her, scare her, and make her giggle.

Sometimes she would cry for no apparent reason, and her dad would blow air on her belly, and she would giggle when he did so. She was so happy.

"Call me mom, mom~"

"Call daddy, call daddy." Noodles were cooking in the pot. In his spare time, Xu Haizhou suddenly ran to the living room and asked his daughter to call him daddy.

"Trojan horse~Trojan horse~" The little guy didn't shout to anyone, but made a not very clear sound.

Qiao Lu laughed and rubbed her head: "Who are you calling, baby? There is no Trojan horse in our house."

"Call me brother, sister, please call me brother!" Qiaoan bent down and snatched Qiaoqiao from her mother's arms, and put her face close to hers: "Qiaoqiao, it's been so long, please call me brother, brother."

"You can't even call me mom, so how can you call me brother?" Qiao Lu was helpless and amused.

"I play with my sister every day, so you should call me first." Sometimes when my mother was making clothes in the living room, he was responsible for playing with his sister, and his sister was very friendly to him.

Qiao Lu chuckled: "I feed her milk every day, why didn't you call me first?"

Qiao An was stumped by the question and scratched his head, not knowing how to respond.

Then, something incredible happened.

Just as Qiao An was calling out "Brother, Brother", the little baby in his arms suddenly uttered a small voice: "Gaga~"

"What?" Gaga, what gaga?

"Qiaoqiao, you called me wrong. It's brother, not Ga Ga. You're not a duck, why are you calling me Ga Ga?" Qiaoan corrected.

"Haha~" The little girl still shouted like this, without changing: "Haha~Haha~"

The more he shouted, the more excited he became. He fluttered his hands and kicked his feet, as if he was addicted to it: "Gaga, gaga~ Gega~!"

It was just that simple, and the gaga that didn't look so much like his brother made the old mother and old father look at each other, and they both saw expressions of disbelief in each other's eyes!

The first thing the child called out was not "Dad" or "Mom", but "Gaga/Brother"?!

The final winner, Joan, was so excited that he danced with joy and almost asked his mother to buy some firecrackers to celebrate.

He held his sister's little head and kissed it again and again.

Shouted excitedly: "Sister loves me the most, sister likes me the most!"

…

Due to their busy business this year, Xu Haizhou and his wife really cannot spare the time to return to the north.

The old couple Xu's father and mother couldn't stand the crowded and tiring train and chose to live in the north.

So the day before New Year's Eve, the couple took Qiaoan and Qiaoqiao to the post office, preparing to make a long-distance call to their grandparents who were far away in the north.

Last month, Xu Haizhou sent two thousand yuan and a letter back home, and they planned to have a long phone call the day before New Year's Eve.

"Hello, hello?"

"Grandma, I'm An An~" The sweet voice immediately melted his grandma's heart.

He smiled happily, and even through the phone, I could feel the old man's warm love: "Hey, An An, my eldest grandson! How are you doing recently? Are you doing well? Are you listening to your parents?"

"I'm doing well. I'm obedient, and An An has always been obedient." He couldn't wait to tell his grandmother the good news: "Grandma, do you know that I'm going to primary school this year!"

After thinking for a while, Qiaoan corrected the mistake in time: "No, it was last year. I was in primary school last year. The teacher also made me a study committee member!"

"Oh, you're in primary school now? And you're a study committee member?" Turning his head and looking at the old man, his grandmother smiled and said, "You're so amazing, so you must be a good student?"

"Well, grandma, I took the third place in my class during the final exam. The first place was Sun Xiaoxiao. Xiaoxiao is amazing. Both her parents do research. I don't know what kind of research they do. Her father said that she is amazing at research. She is amazing at studying. I don't know if she is amazing in other areas. So, Xiaoxiao's grades are very good."

"Oh, who is the second place?" the old lady asked following the child's words.

"The second place is Liu Zhaodi. I'm not familiar with her and I don't know why she got such good grades. I just know she's quite good."

"Our An An is also very good, that's great, did dad reward you?"

Qiao An shouted excitedly: "Dad rewarded me by buying me a toy car!"

"Okay, what about my sister? Can she speak now?"

"My sister can speak, but she can only say one sentence!" She raised her little head with great pride.

"What?" asked grandma.

"She can say brother! She only knows how to call me brother, she can't even call dad and mom." Although her grandmother couldn't see, the child still held her head high, so proud.

"Oh, it seems that you often take her out to play, otherwise why would she only call you and not your parents?" Grandma chuckled.

"Well, I often play with my sister. My sister always plays with me. She is very young and she can't go out all the time. If she goes out, she has to be with mom and dad, otherwise it will be dangerous." If he is kidnapped like he was before, it will be a big trouble!

After saying that, she remembered something: "Grandma, where is grandpa?"

"Grandpa is right next to you. Chat with grandma for a while, and I'll give the phone to your grandpa."

"Okay~"

I didn't realize this kid has a talent for talking on the phone for a long time. He held the phone and talked to his grandmother for a long time. His grandma is such a thrifty person, but she was reluctant to hang up this long-distance call, which made the couple laugh and cry.

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I will update immediately after I finish coding this chapter, and I will try to update again in the afternoon.