Back to the 1970s: Building My Fortune Through Time Trading

Chapter 218: Lottery Drawing

Generally, unless someone is interested in this aspect, very few will pay attention to related reports in the newspaper.

Su Xiaoxiao felt a bit embarrassed when she saw Lu Zhenxing looking at her with admiration: "Just a bit curious, so I took another look."

Lu Zhenxing perked up at her words: "You don’t often see young girls your age interested in this. What do you think about our country’s current aircraft development?"

Su Xiaoxiao didn’t expect him to ask this question, and she answered truthfully: "Engineer Lu, I’m just a salesperson and not very knowledgeable in this area. But I did see a news report before saying that foreign technology in this area is quite ahead of ours. As our ancestors often said, ’Learn from the barbarians to compete with the barbarians’. I think that’s a wise saying. Since we know the gap with foreign countries, it’s always good to learn more and introduce more."

"Learn from the barbarians to compete with the barbarians..."

Lu Zhenxing repeated this phrase and laughed heartily, "Well said."

Recently, due to the weight issues of newly developed aircraft, the entire project has come to a halt. This led to a split within the aviation research institute, with one faction believing in learning from foreign advanced technology, and another insisting they should not bow down to foreign countries that look down on them, as it would bring shame to their ancestors.

Su Xiaoxiao’s words touched him deeply, and Lu Zhenxing couldn’t help but ask, "But wouldn’t that mean bowing down to those countries that ridicule us, bringing shame to our ancestors?"

"In ancient times, King Goujian of Yue endured hardships, and Han Xin endured humiliation. Temporary patience and bowing down do not mean permanent submission. Those who achieve great things must endure what ordinary people cannot. As long as we can surpass them in the future, all the ridicule and disdain will be temporary."

Su Xiaoxiao spoke from the heart. Later, Hua Country became one of the world’s strong powers from an agricultural nation because of its strong military foundation.

It seemed like Lu Zhenxing suddenly understood something and laughed: "Yes, that’s how it should be."

Then he turned to Yan Guohua and said, "This young comrade of yours is quite interesting and talented."

Even though they had known each other for a long time, it was the first time Yan Guohua heard him praise someone, which was unusual.

He immediately laughed and said, "You have a good eye. Comrade Su is the best among our new salespeople."

Zhang Dongmei rolled her eyes and thought, "The best my ass! All she does is flatter people."

The two chatted happily and left, while Zhang Dongmei gave Su Xiaoxiao a glare and walked away angrily.

Su Xiaoxiao was packing her things and preparing to leave when she suddenly saw a message pop up in the game store.

Red letters appeared before her: Congratulations to the player for successfully completing the sponsorship task with the clothing factory, earning a chance to participate in a raffle draw.

Su Xiaoxiao rubbed her hands eagerly. Finally, this raffle had appeared again.

She stared at the refrigerator on the screen with an expectant expression.

After being unlucky so many times, it should finally let her have a good turn of luck, right?

After work, Su Xiaoxiao hurried home, quickly ate dinner, washed her hands carefully with soap, and overheard her two younger brothers muttering beside her while drying her hands.

Su Jianwu: "Has our third sister gone crazy? Not eating meat tonight and obsessively washing her hands now?"

Su Jianwen: "Maybe we should have mom call Liu Po at the head of the village to check on her?"

Their conversation was loud, without any attempt to avoid Su Xiaoxiao, the subject of their discussion.

After drying her hands, she was about to give each of them a flick on the forehead but realized she had just undertaken a purification of her hands, and now her fingers smelled fragrant. She couldn’t risk contaminating them by hitting someone.

If she were to hit them, it would have to wait. She would settle scores after drawing the prize.

Indeed, Su Xiaoxiao believed the reason she hadn’t drawn anything good in the past was because of her bad luck, so she made sure only to eat vegetarian food tonight to fast, making her whole family think she was in a bad mood.

She ignored the pair of little troublemakers and mysteriously entered her room, locked the door, then sat cross-legged on the edge of the kang, clasped her hands together sincerely, and frantically began to pray: "God of Wealth, please bless me with better luck this time and let me win something decent..."

Saying important things thrice, she was sure the God of Wealth would hear her. After rubbing her hands, she opened the lottery wheel and excitedly clicked to draw.

Whether it was the effect of fasting or prayers, this time, after wildly spinning several circles, the pointer slowly stopped in the refrigerator section.

Su Xiaoxiao was thrilled, but just then the screen suddenly seemed to malfunction, flickered for two seconds, and when she looked again, she almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

Dammit, the pointer that should have stopped moved forward a little, landing precisely on "fake wig."

Su Xiaoxiao was so angry she wanted to throw something, but looking around and remembering she paid for everything here, she couldn’t bring herself to break anything and just ground her molars in frustration.

She vowed to find out who made this lousy raffle and vowed to never reconcile!

Just as she thought of this, a "ding" sound echoed, and a wig fell right onto her head.

You have to admit, it looked pretty natural.

Pfft! Natural, my ass! Ahhh, that’s not what she wanted!

Su Xiaoxiao roared in frustration for half a day and finally accepted reality. She casually threw the item into the corner of her storage space.

Right after she threw it, she suddenly saw a purchase request on the interface.

"Looking to buy vintage enamel mugs, red floral hot water bottles, and other nostalgic items, willing to pay top dollar."

Su Xiaoxiao glanced and saw the enamel mug and water bottle on her table. She quickly added the requester as a friend, snapped a photo, and sent it over, all in one go.

Soon, she received a reply.

Old Wang the antique collector: Where did this stuff come from, girl? The condition looks good.

Chased by the God of Wealth: Passed down in my family.

Old Wang the antique collector: Great, hot water bottles three hundred each, enamel mugs one hundred each. What do you think, girl? This is the best offer in the industry.

Su Xiaoxiao calculated in her mind and agreed happily.

At their department store, enamel mugs cost only eighty cents each, and hot water bottles cost two yuan each. This was a guaranteed profit, and she would also receive one-to-one cashback.

She immediately completed the transaction happily with the other party.

Listening to the sound of money coming in, Su Xiaoxiao went to bed cheerfully.

Early the next morning, Su Xiaoxiao was awakened by a knocking sound outside the door before she even had a chance to wake up fully.

She reached for the alarm clock by her bed and saw it was only five-thirty in the morning. Who was knocking so early? Are they sick?

Liu Cuilan also heard the "bang-bang-bang" of knocking and immediately got out of bed, put on some clothes, and went to open the door.

She was a bit surprised to see the few people standing outside.

At the door, the villagers, neighbors from the nearby streets, were peering inside expectantly.

"Cuilan, is Xiaoxiao up? We have something to ask for her help with."

"Yes, yes, it’s important. Cuilan, hurry and call out your third girl."