Time Travel: Brothel Maid

Chapter 38 Redemption of Prizes

Tang Jingchen usually does not look weak, but a handsome man. But now with his eyes covered with a black cloth, he actually looks a little sickly and fragile, which makes Xiao Guoer feel itchy.

Tang Jingchen raised his sleeves and was about to reach into the wooden box.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Tang Jingchen's hand.

Xiao Guoer was close enough to see clearly that under Tang Jingchen's bony wrist, there was a scar that was almost scabbed on the slender finger.

Xiao Guoer was stunned and suddenly remembered the seal that Tang Jingchen asked Shuner to give her yesterday.

It turned out to be the case.

No wonder……

My heart felt like it was being hit by a drumstick, making a "boom, boom, boom" sound so loud that it drowned out all the noisy sounds in my ears.

The only thing left in his eyes was the slender, beautiful hand with the wound on it.

The hand reached into the wooden box and quickly picked up a numbered ball.

It was not until people saw clearly that the number on the ball was "Shiqi" that they began to exclaim in admiration.

"It's Shiqi. I chose Shiqi. Hahaha. There is hope."

"Oh, I didn't choose Shiqi, damn it."

"Don't worry, this is just the first one, there are four more to come."

Xiao Guoer came back to her senses when she heard the discussions behind her.

She announced loudly, "The first lucky number is seventeen."

Tang Jingchen was still blindfolded and placed the numbered balls in the concave container prepared on the table.

The concave container is right next to the box, out of sight and out of the way.

Tang Jingchen did not take the second number ball immediately. Instead, he picked up the wooden box and shook it, allowing each number ball to roll evenly back and forth in the box. Then he put the wooden box on the table and took the second number ball.

Everyone who watched his every move felt that this was indeed fair and just, and they couldn't find any fault with it.

The second one was quickly taken out.

Xiao Guoer announced loudly, "The second lucky number is Lu."

Repeat the same action five times, and there will be five numbered balls in the concave container.

"The third lucky number is eight."

"The fourth lucky number is seven."

"The fifth lucky number is eleven."

After that, Tang Jingchen untied the black cloth covering his eyes. The first thing he saw was Xiao Guoer, who was closest to him in the audience, smiling at him.

Tang Jingchen couldn't tell what was different about her smile, but it was different from usual, and it made him feel his heart beat slightly faster.

All five numbers came out, and the noisy discussions in the crowd became louder, buzzing in my ears.

Even Xiaoguo'er's thanks were drowned out.

Tang Jingchen saw her lips moving, but he didn't hear what she said clearly. He walked down from the platform to her side, leaned over and whispered, "What did you say?"

Xiao Guoer looked at the elegant man in front of her who suddenly approached her from a short distance, and a feeling she had never felt before arose in her heart. Her body slowly heated up, and even her cheeks felt a little hot.

He opened his lips again, "I said, thank you!"

Tang Jingchen heard it clearly and stood up, smiling and said, "We are friends, no need to be polite."

Xiao Guoer was stunned. Is it... a friend?

At this moment, there was a small commotion among the noisy crowd.

"I won! I won! I got all five numbers right! The hundred taels are mine, hahahaha."

Everyone looked towards the voice, wanting to see which lucky person had won the hundred taels.

Xiao Guoer secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She had been worried about the first lottery draw. If no one won the first prize, it would greatly dampen people's enthusiasm.

Now, everyone has witnessed that someone around them has won 100 taels of silver. While they are envious, they also want to win the jackpot themselves, and they will buy lottery tickets again next time.

The winner raised his arm high, holding the winning lottery ticket in his hand, and walked through the crowded crowd to the front.

The man was wearing a grey coarse cloth robe. It was obvious that he was not a rich man. He had an ordinary appearance, but his face was filled with joy and he looked very energetic.

"This is my lottery ticket, please redeem the prize for me."

Xiao Guoer took it with a smile, "Congratulations, I will verify it and redeem the prize for you immediately, please wait."

Xiao Guoer looked at the line of small words above the lottery ticket in her hand, which was numbered 1087. She took out the remaining lottery tickets that covered the entire table and found 1087 in order.

After verifying that everything was correct, he took out a silver note worth one hundred taels and handed it to the man with both hands.

"Here is your bonus, take it."

The man took it with a smile on his face and nodded happily, "Okay, okay."

When everyone watched him leave, envy flashed in their eyes.

Someone immediately clamored to buy the next lottery ticket, "This time, I want to buy five tickets."

"I want to buy too! I want to buy ten bets. I don't believe it won't be my turn!"

Xiao Guoer was delighted when she heard the noise coming from the crowd.

"Hey, I'm just one number short. Doesn't that mean I can win the second prize?"

Xiao Guoer took it and looked at it. "Congratulations, it is indeed the second prize, fifty taels."

As he spoke, he searched again, and after confirming, he took out another fifty taels and gave them to the man.

For a while, Xiao Guoer was surrounded by a crowd of people. Many people who won the third prize came to her to claim their prizes.

Tang Jingchen watched her search for the prize and redeem it in an orderly manner, and he couldn't help but feel happy for her.

There was a strange symbol on each lottery ticket. At first he didn't understand it and asked Xiao Guoer.

She said they were Arabic numerals, used for counting, easy to search, and anti-counterfeiting.

He became even more curious about her. How could she know these strange things that he had never heard of?

Xiao Guoer was very busy that day. She redeemed the prize money and sold many lottery tickets.

The turnover from the lottery has dropped a bit.

Everyone wants to win a big prize so that they won’t have to worry about food and drink for a few years.

The perfect success of the first lottery draw made Xiao Guoer full of hope and expectations for the future.

The day of financial freedom is just around the corner!

On this day, as soon as night fell, Xiao Guoer packed up her things and went back to Zhuxian Lane.

These days, she has been working day and night, and has been worried about the lottery business not going well.

Now she's going to take some time off and celebrate.

At Jinxianglou, I packed up some braised pork elbow, five-flavor apricot cheese goose, and braised chicken.

When passing by Tang Ji Dim Sum Shop, I bought two pounds of jade bean cake and lotus cake and went home happily.

As there were quite a few people on the street, Xiao Guoer was not afraid and did not let Tang Jingchen follow her.

Yesterday, the owner of Jinxianglou wanted to see Tang Jingchen about something and said he wanted to go to the Tang Mansion on Shangpin Street.

She realized that Tang Jingchen walked with her to Zhuxian Lane at night not just because it was convenient for them, but just to protect her.

How could there be such a gentleman? In this era, such a person is especially rare.

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Zhuxian Lane.

These past few days, Xiao Guoer went out early and came back late every day. She had very few opportunities to talk to Yueya and Mrs. Zhou, let alone Yingniang.

Today, I came back early, which is a rare occasion, and brought back so many delicious foods from Jinxianglou.