The family left the jewelry store and got into their car. As they drove past a square in the center of the county town, the place was unusually lively today. Many brand-new red cars were parked there, as a large-scale lucky draw was being held.
Fang Lin found a place to park, and the family got out of the car and walked towards the square.
They walked into the square. Today's prizes were extraordinary: the first prize was a red car worth 80,000 yuan, the second prize was a women's scooter, the third prize was an air conditioner, the fourth prize was a refrigerator, and the fifth prize was a color TV, among others.
The lucky draw just started this morning, and I heard that two cars have already been drawn.
This year's prizes are unusually big, so Fang Lin said, "Let's buy a few lottery tickets and try our luck."
The father said, "Stop throwing money away. A big prize could attract countless people to pool their money for it. Let's go."
My father was telling the truth. The odds of winning in these welfare lotteries are extremely low. It's basically a waste of money. If you don't win, you don't even get a commemorative prize. Even a towel is a prize.
Fang Lin said with a smile, "Let's buy a few tickets. Even if we don't win, it's still a contribution to welfare."
Don't get your hopes up too high with these kinds of lucky draws; just buy a few tickets.
After Fang Lin finished speaking, she took out twenty yuan and handed it to her younger sister, asking her to go and buy lottery tickets.
Fang Hui took the money from her sister and went to buy lottery tickets, returning with the tickets shortly afterward.
A lottery ticket costs two yuan, so twenty yuan would get you ten lottery tickets.
Fang Lin smiled and said, "Why don't you scratch the lottery ticket, little sister? I hope you'll win a big prize as your dowry."
Fang Hui smiled after hearing this. She also longed to win a big prize, but she couldn't believe she had such good luck.
Fang Hui scratched one ticket and threw it away, scratching eight tickets but seeing nothing.
Fang Hui said, "Sis, your sister doesn't have that kind of luck. Why don't you scratch these two lottery tickets?"
Fang Lin took the lottery ticket from her sister and scratched it open. The moment she scratched it open, the whole family was stunned. It was the first prize!
Fang Hui happily hugged her sister, smiling as she said, "Sister, you're amazing!"
Fang Lin laughed and said, "It's not that I'm so lucky, you're the one who won this big prize. If you had kept scratching, you could have won too. It's just that I'm the one with better luck."
Fang Lin still had a lottery ticket in her hand, but after scratching it, unsurprisingly, there was nothing there.
Little Fang Lin went on stage to receive her prize ticket.
Fang Hui was stunned when she received the prize. The grand prize was subject to personal income tax, and the personal income tax for the first prize was 100 yuan. Where would she get so much money?
After stepping down from the podium, she explained the situation regarding her personal income tax, saying, "My family doesn't have that much money."
In those days, very few people in mountainous rural areas could come up with more than 10,000 yuan at once.
"Wait, I have money, I'll go back and get it for you."
Fang Lin has no problem coming up with 100,000 or 80,000 yuan now, especially since Dong Qing gave her 50,000 yuan when she came back, which is still in the car.
Fang Lin returned to the car, quickly retrieved 20,000 yuan, and handed it to her younger sister, saying, "Second sister, after paying your personal income tax, consider the rest as your dowry."
Fang Hui never expected her sister to be so rich now. She had just bought her some jewelry and could casually take out 20,000 yuan.
In those days, there weren't many people in the entire county who could easily come up with 20,000 yuan.
The person most moved was the stepmother; the second child was her biological daughter. How could she not be moved?
The more she felt she had for her eldest daughter, the greater her guilt became.
Fang Hui went on stage, showed her ID card, paid her personal income tax, and completed the award claim procedures.
Fang Lin came to the city with a car, but her younger sister couldn't drive, so she paid some money to have the organizers send a driver to take her home.
Back home, the drawing of such a large prize attracted a large crowd of villagers.
The village party secretary also arrived. Looking at the two cars parked in the yard, he said, "Linlin, you've truly brought honor to our village."
When Fang Lin came back, she bought a lot of candy and put it in the trunk of her car. It was wedding candy for her younger sister. She thought that since she had won such a big prize today, and the villagers came to her house to see the car, she should give them some candy.
Fang Lin took two boxes of candy out of the trunk and distributed them to the villagers who came to her house.
After the villagers left, Fang Hui said, "Sister, can you teach me how to drive?"
The mother said, "How can you be so insensible? Your sister just got back and you haven't even had a break yet. You can study again tomorrow."
Fang Lin was indeed very tired. She said, "Mom is right, my sister is really too tired. Can I teach you how to drive tomorrow?"
Fang Hui said, "Your sister is so inconsiderate. Let me take you back to your room to rest for a while."
Fang Lin left her two daughters with her stepmother and went upstairs with her younger sister.
Fang Lin woke up around 10 p.m. and saw her stepmother sitting by the bed. She sat up and asked, "Mom, why aren't you asleep yet?"
The stepmother said, "Mom wanted you to sleep a little longer, so I didn't call you for dinner tonight. Are you hungry? Mom will cook for you."
It turned out that her stepmother was waiting to cook for her. Fang Lin was really hungry at this moment. She said, "I am indeed hungry. Thank you, Mom."
This "thank you" was probably the most sincere thank you she had ever given her stepmother since she entered the family, and it was something she had earned through her own hard work.
Fang Lin went downstairs, and her stepmother quickly prepared a late-night snack. She made fried rice with eggs, stir-fried cured pork with green peppers, and finally cooked a bowl of glutinous rice balls. Even if her biological mother were alive, she wouldn't have prepared anything better.
Fang Lin finally received the warmth of maternal love, which she had nurtured with her own heart.
You reap what you sow; what you give will eventually be rewarded. Wasn't everything she did for this family that had already fallen apart?
For the sake of her elderly father and half-siblings, she ultimately saved the family and awakened her inhuman stepmother with her heart.
Fang Lin said, "Mom, it's getting late, you should go to sleep. I'll wash the dishes myself after dinner."
The stepmother said, "Eat quickly, Mom isn't sleepy, Mom will watch you eat."
"Mom Watches You Eat".
A woman once said this to Fang Lin, who was her biological mother. More than 20 years have passed, but it still seems to echo in my ears.
Fang Lin's mother was very young and beautiful when she was a child.
Life was very difficult in the 1960s, and she went to bed early on the night of the 26th of the twelfth lunar month.
She clearly remembers her mother waking her up from her sleep.
After finishing his meal, his mother started cooking meat for the New Year. Once the meat was cooked, she prepared half a bowl of braised meat for him with garlic.
Her mother woke her up from the bed, and she sat on the bed with her upper body bare. Her mother then draped a cotton coat over her shoulders.
Her mother handed her the bowl and chopsticks, saying, "Daughter, the meat is delicious right after it's cooked. It tastes even better while it's hot. Eat up!"
Fang Lin said, "Mom, you should eat too."
My mother said, "I've already eaten, you can eat."
Fang Lin was too young at the time and believed it to be true that her mother had actually eaten it.
She said, "Mother, it's getting late, you should go to sleep."
The mother said, "I'm not sleepy, I'll watch you eat."
As Fang Lin thought of this, tears unconsciously streamed down her face.
Her stepmother wiped away her tears and said, "My dear girl, why are you crying all of a sudden?"
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