Chapter 1573: Chapter 1573: Consolation Prize
Shu Yu ignored the discussions around her and said to the middle-aged man, “Congratulations on winning the lottery, please follow our staff to claim your prize.”
The first guest was delighted and had taken a couple of steps when he suddenly realized he hadn’t asked what the fifth prize was, so he hurriedly asked, “What’s the prize?”
Shu Yu smiled and walked over to the table with prizes; however, the prizes on the table were covered with a red cloth.
Shu Yu said, “After someone wins, I’ll uncover the cloth covering the prizes, and then everyone will know. For now, a little mystery is kept.”
The crowd was disappointed, how could there still be mystery? They were especially eager to know what the first prize was.
Shu Yu had already approached the fifth prize and lifted the red cloth on the table.
Everyone stared intently, is this… Instant Noodles?
Shu Yu said, “The fifth prize, there are a total of fifty, and the prize for the winners is three packs of Instant Noodles.”
Instant Noodles are solid staple food, and currently, there aren’t many stores selling them; many people have never tried them.
Now they buy two or three hundred coins worth of melon seeds and can get three packs. That’s enough for a family of three for lunch, whereas the cheapest noodles at a stall outside cost five coins, and the ingredients used in these Instant Noodles are of good quality; it seems like they would cost over ten coins in a noodle shop.
Three packs, at least 30 to 40 coins.
Profitable, profitable, the person was very happy, receiving the three packs of Instant Noodles handed over by Ying Xi, and said to Shu Yu, “This lottery is quite genuine.”
Having finished the lottery, he didn’t leave but stood by to see what other prizes there were.
Very quickly, the second person approached, somewhat excited.
She also wanted the three packs of Instant Noodles, having heard that they’re extremely convenient to eat, just needing to be soaked with hot water for a little while without the time-consuming process of lighting a fire, kneading dough, letting it rise, and making noodles.
Now she doesn’t ask for anything else, just the three packs of Instant Noodles.
Her hand reached in, feeling a pile of slips of paper inside, and she picked one after another, unable to make up her mind.
Someone behind urged her, “Hurry up, everyone’s waiting.”
“Okay, okay, almost done.”
Finally, she grabbed one, nervously took it out, then took a deep breath and opened it.
What is this? She didn’t recognize many characters, just saw that the three characters on it seemed very plicated, without any one, two, three, four, five.
She got nervous all of a sudden and quickly showed it to Shu Yu, “Lu Sanzhu, please help me see, did I win anything?”
Shu Yu glanced at it and laughed, “It’s a consolation prize.”
“Consolation prize?” The crowd was puzzled, “What’s a consolation prize?”
Shu Yu went to the prize table, lifted the piece of red cloth over the consolation prizes.
Everyone saw a small… what is this? They’ve never seen it before.
The lottery guest frowned, “The consolation prize is just this one thing? What is it?”
She reached out to touch it, but Shu Yu stopped her, “No rush, this is just a sample. This thing is called popcorn, the consolation prize is a bag of popcorn, just wait a moment, someone will be bringing it out.”
Popcorn… what is it? Is it a flower?
Many people hadn’t seen it before.
Ying Xi went to the backyard, and shortly returned carrying a basket full of oilpaper bags on top.
This wasn’t surprising, but what delighted the crowd was that as soon as this thing appeared, a rich fragrance spread out.
“So fragrant.”
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