Chapter 658: Lottery
Seeing Tang Tang run over and hop onto someone else's scooter, Mao Sanmei knew for sure that Tang Tang really liked this little vehicle.
During these days together, she had come to understand her daughter better. Usually, Tang Tang was quite well-behaved, which was likely due to the environment she grew up in.
Normally, if children see something new, whether they like it or not, they will reach out to touch it. This is actually a way for them to understand and explore the world.
For example, some children like to bite or lick things, which is also a form of understanding the world.
But Tang Tang wouldn't. If the adults didn't say anything, she would never reach out. It's not her nature; it's related to the environment she grew up in.
Whether it was the welfare home or Rainbow House, they were good places, but they weren't home, not her parents, so the nannies or volunteers were naturally a bit rough in teaching children these things.
This had developed a rather introverted character in most kids, not wanting to trouble adults. Tang Tang was naturally the same.
However, in the past few months, with Mao Sanmei and Shen Siyuan pampering her, her personality had changed slightly, and when confronted with something she truly liked, she would directly go and take it.
That's why when Tang Tang ran over and climbed on, Mao Sanmei immediately knew that Tang Tang truly liked it.
At this moment, Tang Tang was picked up by a supermarket employee standing nearby.
"This is a prize. You can't play with it, okay?"
The supermarket employee was a middle-aged auntie. Seeing Tang Tang looking round and cute, her voice softened considerably.
"han~"
Tang Tang flashed a naive smile at the lady.
This instantly melted the employee auntie's heart, so she put her back on it.
"You can sit on it, but don't ride it away."
"han~han~"
Tang Tang, as if she had springs in her bottom, wriggled back and forth on the scooter, utterly delighted.
At this moment, Mao Sanmei walked up and handed the employee in charge of the prize draw a text she had typed out.
"Ah ah~"
Mao Sanmei gestured, pointing to her throat, which made the other person immediately understand that Mao Sanmei couldn't speak, so they looked at the text on her phone.
It turned out Mao Sanmei was inquiring about the price of the scooter.
"This is not for sale," the prize draw employee said.
Mao Sanmei pointed to her ear.
The other person suddenly understood, glanced at Tang Tang, showing a hint of pity, and then typed a reply for Mao Sanmei.
After reading the reply, Mao Sanmei looked disappointed.
The prize draw employee couldn't help, so they handed a promotional flyer to Mao Sanmei and pointed inside the supermarket, suggesting that she could buy something and try her luck in the prize draw.
Mao Sanmei glanced at the flyer; the threshold for entering the draw wasn't very high.
Spending ninety-nine yuan allowed for one draw, and it scaled up from there, but once the purchase reached five hundred yuan, there was a jump; it should have been five chances but became seven, which meant they gave two extra chances. This was a little trick by the store to make customers spend more money.
Mao Sanmei sighed after seeing it.
If Shen Siyuan were home, spending five hundred, even a thousand, wouldn't be a problem. After all, Shen Siyuan had a large appetite, spending a lot on meat daily.
Moreover, it wasn't just about pork; beef and seafood were also a significant expense.
Honestly, if it weren't for Ruan Hongzhuang, Shen Siyuan's little salary wouldn't even cover his meals for a few days.
Now that it's just her and Tang Tang at home, two hundred yuan would be the most they'd spend, and it would still last them a few days.
"Let's go,"
Mao Sanmei beckoned Tang Tang, who, though reluctant, finally moved her little bottom away.
This supermarket was quite big; otherwise, they wouldn't carry out such activities. Another reason was its proximity to a high-end residential area, so the people who came to shop weren't poor, which made the prices relatively higher.
Mao Sanmei drew beef, eggs, milk, and a soy sauce bottle on her phone.
These were the things she planned to buy today, drawing them out for Tang Tang to see.
Ever since Shen Siyuan mentioned that Tang Tang had great drawing talent and what he called "Four-dimensional Vision," she enjoyed communicating with Tang Tang this way.
Mao Sanmei was quite bad at drawing; they were just outlines. Tang Tang could barely make sense of them.
But this didn't prevent Tang Tang from coloring them. The colored drawings were a delight to the eyes.
Although the beef turned into a wobbly orange sun, the egg into an eye, the milk carton into a little house, and the soy sauce bottle into a long-necked monster…
Mao Sanmei pushed the shopping cart with her, looking for the needed items, while she sat in the cart, fully engaged in coloring, appearing extremely well-behaved.
Until they passed by the snack area, she was like a little cat catching the scent of fish, instantly putting down her phone and trying to climb out of the shopping cart.
"Oh~ oh~"
She pointed at rows of snacks, her face full of excitement.
Mao Sanmei laughed and lifted her down, then raised one finger.
Tang Tang immediately shook her head like a rattle, eventually stretching out her hand with all five fingers open.
Mao Sanmei indicated they could only buy one, Tang Tang said, she wanted a handful.
Mao Sanmei shook her head and held up two fingers.
Tang Tang, hands on hips, looked at Mao Sanmei angrily.
So Mao Sanmei switched the two fingers; initially, it was the index and middle fingers, now it's the thumb and pinky, making a 'six' gesture.
But just this change made Tang Tang immediately nod happily.
Mao Sanmei's mouth curled into a faint smirk, showing a hint of pride, though mostly holding back laughter.
The reason was that the thumb and pinky apart covered more distance, making Tang Tang think it was more.
And so, Tang Tang carefully selected a bag of potato chips and a lollipop from the snack shelves.
Although she felt something was off, she was still very happy.
Mao Sanmei quickly finished shopping, but it wasn't enough to reach two hundred yuan, so Mao Sanmei bought Tang Tang a box of chocolate sticks.
This was a pleasant surprise, making Tang Tang so happy she almost wiggled her bottom to dance a bit.
After paying at the checkout, Mao Sanmei took the receipt and found the employee in charge of the prize draw.
"Two hundred yuan, two chances to draw."
The prize draw employee took back the receipt, handed a small hammer to Mao Sanmei, and there was a row of golden eggs on a table beside them, which were actually plaster coated with gold powder.
Holding the hammer, Mao Sanmei didn't think twice and smashed one of the golden eggs.
The reason she didn't let Tang Tang smash was because the hammer was a bit heavy and also considered a "weapon," so it was best not to let a child handle it, which is why she didn't think of Tang Tang first.
"Lucky! You won the fifth prize."
The prize draw employee opened the note that fell out of the golden egg, congratulating Mao Sanmei with a wide smile.
Seeing Mao Sanmei looking puzzled, she realized and handed the note over.
Only then did Mao Sanmei realize she had won, and her face couldn't help but show excitement.
And then the prize draw employee handed over two eggs.
Mao Sanmei: …
That was the fifth prize reward.
What a letdown.