After waiting for a long time, the call was finally connected. At this time, Zhang Rao's palms were full of sweat.

"Hello? Is this Brother Wang? I'm Zhang Rao."

"Look, I always hear you talk about how great the Mark Six lottery is, don't I?"

"I bought a ticket on a whim a couple of days ago, but I can't watch the live broadcast of the lottery numbers on TV."

"I just want to ask you, have the winning numbers for this period been announced? I want to see if I have the luck..."

"Hahahaha... yes, yes, the most important thing is to participate..."

"This is... my first time buying one, so I'm a little nervous..."

"Okay, you read it and I'll listen..."

Zhang Rao rubbed his palms hard on his pants several times to wipe off the sweat from his palms.

Then he carefully took out the lottery ticket from his chest pocket.

Read the numbers one by one and compare them with what the other person says.

"5, 13, 20, 27, 36..."

When he read the fourth number, Zhang Rao's hands began to tremble, and beads of sweat appeared on his head and neck one after another.

When the other party finished reading the last number, Zhang Rao's breathing almost stopped.

At this time, the other party's laughter came from the microphone.

"Hahaha...how was it? Did you win?"

"My luck is bad. This time, I failed again."

"But I heard that a high jackpot of 20 million was drawn this time. Damn, I wonder which bastard has such good luck?"

Zhang Rao raised his hand nervously, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and bit his lower lip hard to stop his trembling.

Try to sound natural and regretful, and say into the microphone:

"Alas... I didn't win either. It seems I don't have that kind of luck. Don't get discouraged, brother Wang. Maybe it will be you next time."

"Hahahaha... I'll treat you to a meal next time you come to Hong Kong City."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Wang. Sorry to bother you. That's it for now. We'll talk next time we meet. Bye!"

"Okay, bye!"

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Rao suddenly relaxed and fell onto the plastic partition of the public telephone booth.

With a clanging sound.

He even got scared himself.

He quickly came to his senses and looked around nervously.

At this time, the roadside was extremely quiet and there were almost no people in sight.

Zhang Rao let out a breath and carefully put the lottery ticket into his chest pocket.

Damn it.

This is not just a thin piece of paper, this is a huge sum of 20 million!

What era is this, 1982, what does 20 million Hong Kong dollars represent?

Zhang Rao didn’t dare to think too deeply!

He stood up straight, clasped his hands together, looked up to the sky, and thanked every god he had just worshipped.

Finally, they also thanked the ancestors of the Zhang family.

I thought to myself that I should buy some good wine and food for the New Year this year and pay more tribute to my ancestors.

Of course, in the end, the people who should be thanked the most are Cha Jiuzhang and Jiang Tiantian.

Zhang Rao bowed deeply towards the direction of the train station.

Zhang Rao will repay this friendship with his entire life!

After returning to the rental house.

Zhang Rao found a plastic cover for photos and carefully stuffed the Mark Six lottery ticket into it.

I chose a newer book and stuffed the plastic cover containing the Mark Six lottery ticket into it.

After thinking for a long time, he was still worried, so he took out a piece of kraft paper and wrapped the book tightly like a gift box.

Until now.

His heart finally settled down.

He leaned back and fell limply onto the bed.

It feels like today was a dream.

“Hehehe…”

After a while, Zhang Rao suddenly laughed softly.

As she laughed, tears flowed from her eyes like a line, forming a small stream at the end of her eyes, which soon wet the pillowcase.

Zhang Rao raised his arms and pressed them heavily against his eyes, hiding in the darkness and letting his tears flow freely...

Tonight, let him vent.

No matter how many grievances and hardships he suffered over the years, he never cried.

But tonight, he just couldn't help it.

This is not sad, this is happy!

It is a kind of happiness that is full of infinite hope for the future!

No one knew that on an ordinary night, a tough guy in his 30s burst into tears in a simple rental house.

*

On the train.

In the sleeper car.

Jiang Tiantian sat at the small table on the lower bunk and took out a book of college entrance examination sprint questions to practice.

Ever since she set the goal of getting admitted to Tsinghua University, she has strictly adhered to the daily review plan.

Cha Jiuzhang sat next to her, leaning against the wall of the carriage, with his legs stretched out into the aisle, staring at her back with a calm gaze.

I feel like I can never get tired of watching it!

The other men in the carriage, as well as a strange lady, all kept silent, not daring to disturb her.

Tan Zhilin was lying on the lower bunk opposite, within Cha Jiuzhang's sight. He felt uncomfortable all over, but he didn't dare to turn over frequently for fear of making noise and disturbing Jiang Tiantian's thoughts.

Moreover, as soon as he moved, Cha Jiuzhang's gaze would shoot over to him, making him nervous.

Finally, he couldn't stand it anymore. He couldn't sleep and didn't dare to move.

He simply reached out quietly, picked up a copy of Jiang Tiantian's review materials from the small table, and slowly flipped through it.

After a while, he actually saw into it!

Moreover, he can actually answer all these questions?!

Tan Zhilin wondered why he didn't take the college entrance examination?

That’s right!

It’s because there are only him and his grandfather at home. When he went to college, his grandfather was left alone at home.

He was worried, and his grandfather was also worried about him going out alone.

At that time, I thought that he would inherit the family's herbal medicine shop in the future, so whether he went to college or not didn't seem to make much difference.

And so he gave up the college entrance examination.

In fact, his grades are usually pretty good, so if he wants to take the exam, he can really pass it.

When he decided to give up, he seemed to regret it for a few days.

But soon, I felt relieved.

To him at that time, nothing was more important than his grandfather.

But now, grandpa is gone, so he...

Tan Zhilin continued to look through the review materials in his hand and found that he still remembered these knowledge points.

He glanced at Jiang Tiantian secretly and thought, I'll find a chance to ask her later.

Now she is my boss and has the power over my life and death. It is only right that I go to her if I have any problems.

A Ku crossed his hands, placed his hands behind his head, and lay on the middle bunk above Tan Zhilin, closing his eyes to rest.

I went over in my mind the things I needed to do after arriving in Chengdu.

Zou Guohua was lying on the upper bunk and glanced down at Jiang Tiantian quietly.

I feel a little uneasy.

Originally, Jiang Tiantian should have successfully taken the college entrance examination this year and would have had a bright future.

But it was ruined by him and Jiang Hongmei with malicious intentions.