Chapter Twenty-Five: Winning the Lottery
The three of them ate and drank all the way, and by the way, they went to the famous scenic spots in the city to go around twice, and the attractions they saw gradually coincided with the memories in Lin Qiu's mind.
As the clock ticked to about six o'clock, the sky began to darken, the street lights began to turn on, and the food stalls on both sides of the road began to shout.
The fireworks in the world reached the peak of the day at this moment.
Lin Qiu saw a small hotel around the corner at this time, which was just enough to provide a place to stay tonight, so he pulled the monkey and Zhou Xiaotong to that side.
"Boss, how much does it cost to open a standard room?"
After Lin Qiu and the others entered the door, they saw the boss standing behind the front desk, holding an abacus to settle accounts there.
The boss looked up and saw that it were three children, and muttered in his heart.
Lin Qiu saw that the boss looked at them for a long time, and he didn't say a word, and estimated that he had misunderstood.
"Let's open a standard room and set it for two days first." He didn't open his mouth to explain, and those who are clear are self-purifying.
"One piece two, pay the money first, and then move in."
Lin Qiu took out two pieces from his pocket and handed them to the boss.
The boss took the money and pulled out a key from the drawer of the front desk desk.
Pick and choose from that bunch of keys, and the ink is half a day.
Zhou Xiaotong waited for a long time, and finally got impatient.
"Boss, can you hurry up, we have other things to do." She said to her boss with a little anger.
"Found it, found it, give you the key." The boss finally pulled out a key and handed it to Lin Qiu.
"Your room is the first room on the left hand side of the third floor, and you can see it when you go up, and the room number is 306."
Zhou Xiaotong saw that the boss finally handed over the key, and after hearing the location of the room, he turned around and walked away with his hands in his hands.
When Lin Qiu saw Zhou Xiaotong's furious back, she knew that she was impatient, and hurriedly ran towards Zhou Xiaotong with the monkey.
"Alas, now this young man is really angry." The boss couldn't help but sigh as he watched these people leave.
After Lin Qiu went upstairs, he saw that Zhou Xiaotong was already waiting for him at the door of the room, and there were only two dimly lit lights in the entire corridor.
Fortunately, there is a window at the end of the hallway, and now it is still bright and you can see clearly.
I'll probably have to bring a flashlight for a while, otherwise I might fall when I come back at night. Lin Qiu thought in his heart as he took out the key and opened the door.
The room is not big or small, the first thing you see is that the two beds are neatly placed in the center of the room, and there is a small table on the opposite side of the bed.
The window of the room was drawn, and the bed curtain fluttered slightly with the wind pouring in outside, the room was not big but it was clean and comfortable, Zhou Xiaotong glanced around, barely qualified.
After she walked into the room, she sat on the bed, Lin Qiu and the monkey followed her in and began to pack up their things, Zhou Xiaotong watched the two of them busy for a while.
"Lin Qiu, why don't you go home with me to live, or I can live in a hotel with you, how convenient is this." When Lin Qiu heard Zhou Xiaotong's words, he felt helpless.
"Xiaotong, you are a girl, and you spend the night alone with our two boys, this is inappropriate, and it will not have a good impact on you, and Uncle Zhou will definitely not agree."
"Besides, it's not convenient for you for us to go to your house to live, so just live outside." Lin Qiu said with good words and persuasion.
Zhou Xiaotong originally wanted to refute something, but seeing the firmness in Lin Qiu's eyes, he had no choice but to swallow back the words on his lips and only said, "Okay." ”
After a few people cleaned up, they chatted in the room for a while, the monkey thought out of the way, and told a lot of interesting things that made Zhou Xiaotong laugh and tremble, and the girl's laughter was crisp and beautiful, and it was infectious.
Lin Qiu couldn't help but be happy when he saw Zhou Xiaotong smiling happily.
The time went all the way to more than eight o'clock, Lin Qiu looked at his watch, estimated that the time for the lottery was approaching, and got up and said to the other two:
"Let's go, it's not early, Xiaotong, it's time for you to go home, and the time for the two-color ball lottery is almost up, just go and see our betting."
Zhou Xiaotong looked out the window, it was almost dark outside, so he quickly stood up and said, "Let's go, let's go, it's too late to go back, my dad should talk about me again." ”
The monkey opened the window wider to ventilate the room and cool down when he came back to rest at night, so he turned off the lights and went out with them.
Zhou Xiaotong walked in front, thinking about the time and said to Lin Qiu: "It's a pity that the lottery is too late, otherwise I want to see if I can win the lottery, it's a pity." ”
Lin Qiu looked at the girl walking in front of him on his left with a look of regret, and couldn't help but say: "It's okay, let's go to the lottery shop when the time is up, and I'll tell you what the lottery number is when we meet tomorrow, okay?" ”
Lin Qiu's tone unconsciously became more and more gentle, and when he said it, he brought a little coaxing meaning to the back, soothing the pity in Zhou Xiaotong's heart.
A few people had dinner on the way home to send Zhou Xiaotong home, but fortunately, the hotel where they stayed was not too far from Uncle Zhou's place, so this journey didn't take much time.
When the few people arrived, Uncle Zhou had not returned, and the lights in the room had not yet turned on. Zhou Xiaotong turned around step by step, and finally returned to the room.
After Zhou Xiaotong's figure left the sight, the two chatted and slowly walked in the direction of the lottery shop in their memory.
"Lin Qiu, do you think we will win the lottery, 1 million, if someone wins the first prize, wouldn't this be a lifetime of worry." The monkey couldn't help but fantasize.
"Maybe." Lin Qiu didn't answer with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.
"1 million, that's a lot of money." The monkey couldn't help but dance with his hands, and it was so beautiful to think about it. Even so, the monkey doesn't have great expectations for such a thing as winning the lottery, after all, winning the lottery is too rare for one in 10,000.
By the time we arrived at the lottery shop, the store was almost packed, and if nothing else, half of the people were betting and half were here to join in the fun.
The uncle who came to gamble saw Lin Qiu and Monkey, the two hairy boys, put ridicule and contempt in his eyes, and looked at them unabashedly.
The monkey shrank his head, a little scared, and Lin Qiu patted him on the shoulder, signaling him to feel at ease.
The clock ticked, and finally turned to half past nine, and the sound in the store gradually became smaller, and the voice of the host began to sound on the screen, attracting everyone's attention.
The person who placed the bet held his ticket in his hand and nervously watched the red ball roll down the screen.
As the red balls rolled down one by one, there was a sigh from time to time in the crowd, and occasionally an exclamation, and finally, the last basketball fell, and tonight's play came to an end.
The monkey was still looking at the ticket in his hand, but as he listened to the numbers coming out of the screen, it became more and more familiar, and he couldn't help but look at Lin Qiu, who was standing beside him and also looked up at the screen.
Isn't this the number that Lin Qiu said at noon today, although the order is different, but most of the numbers are the same, until the end, he couldn't help but snatch Lin Qiu's tickets, facing them one by one, his eyes getting bigger and bigger.
"Lin Qiu! You've won the lottery! The monkey's voice was so loud that it caught everyone's attention, and the monkey puffed out its chest and was elated.
The few uncles who were not kind to the eyes before were also dumbfounded, and of course, there were others who cast envious and congratulatory glances.
The happy monkey finally realized that this had to be hidden, and raised his hand to wave his hand to the person watching them to apologize, and the others withdrew their gaze.