Chapter 5 : Lotto

Kong Lin’s husband Zhou Jianyong is a local. After the couple got married, they bought a house in Qingyuan Community, Qinghe Road, Hongshan City.

The house has two bedrooms and a living room, and the couple doesn't have any children yet.

However, Kong Lin has a teenage cousin living in her house, so Meng Xin just needs to squeeze in with this cousin at night.

When Meng Hao arrived, it was already past eight o'clock. Kong Lin's husband was still working overtime at the factory and had not returned yet, but an elderly couple was sitting at home.

The couple's surname is Ma, and Kong Lin calls them Uncle Ma and Aunt Ma .

Aunt Ma is in her forties, obese, with a pointed chin and a narrow forehead, and she looks mean.

Uncle Ma was so skinny that he looked like skin and bones, and he didn't look like a kind person.

The little cousin helped Meng Hao open the door, just as Aunt Ma was yelling at Kong Lin.

“I tell you, Kong Lin, even if you say you’re going to spend money today, we won’t leave until you pay us back. My husband and I might as well just live in your house!”

"Uncle Ma and Aunt Ma, how could you do this! Didn't we agree to pay the transfer fee within half a year? But it's only been more than two months and you're coming to collect the debt day after day. You came yesterday and you came again today..."

"Can you see any factory transfer that would delay the payment of the transfer fee for half a year? I can let you delay for two months, which is already the most I can do!"

"But we did agree before..."

Meng Hao walked in at this moment, so Kong Lin had to shut up and walked up to him, calling him "Brother Meng".

Uncle Ma and Aunt Ma cast their eyes on Meng Hao, looking him up and down.

"What's going on, Kong Lin?" Meng Hao asked.

"The small factory we own was taken over from them..."

Kong Lin lowered her voice and quickly recounted the story.

Finally, he said, "Meng Xin came to my place today. I was very happy, but I didn't expect... this to happen! Otherwise... I won't let Meng Xin stay at home tonight. Brother Meng, you take Meng Xin and leave first!"

Meng Xin still owes Kong Lin 50,000 yuan, and someone happens to come to collect the debt tonight.

Kong Lin was afraid that Meng Xin would be embarrassed, and was even more afraid that he and his sister would mistakenly think that she had deliberately colluded with Uncle Ma and Aunt Ma to urge him and his sister to pay back the money .

That's why I told Meng Xin to go first.

Meng Xin was indeed very embarrassed and could only stutter to ask Meng Hao, "Brother, you said... you went out to look for money, did you find it?"

"Change? What change?"

Kong Lin was slightly stunned, and quickly said, "Meng Xin, don't worry..."

"We don't care!"

Meng Hao spoke up and responded to Kong Lin's question, "How about this, Kong Lin? Let me handle this matter!"

"Brother Meng...how do you want to solve this?"

Kong Lin asked carefully.

Meng Hao smiled slightly and turned to look at Uncle Ma and Aunt Ma .

"Uncle Ma and Aunt Ma, right? How much money does Kong Lin owe you? Can I pay it back later?"

"We don't care who pays back the money. If you don't pay back today, my husband and I won't leave!" said Uncle Ma.

“That’s right!”

Aunt Ma immediately responded to Uncle Ma's words, "You don't look like a rich person, do you? Kong Lin still owes our family a full 100,000 yuan. Do you really have the ability to help her solve this problem?"

"I'm not a rich man, but...wait a moment, I will definitely have money to pay you back!"

"Wait a while? How long? If you have money, just give it to us right away. We don't have time to waste ! "

"That's right, if you wait a little longer, can you still poop out money?"

This is disgusting to hear.

Meng Xin had to call out again, "Brother, do you have any money?"

Meng Hao thought about it and simply took out a lottery ticket from his trouser pocket.

"Uncle Ma and Aunt Ma, I bought a lottery ticket today. I estimate that if I don't win the first prize, I will definitely win the second prize! If you two can't wait, how about using my lottery ticket to pay off your 100,000 yuan debt? Then you can go and claim the prize tomorrow. No matter whether you win the first prize or the second prize, you will make a fortune!"

He spoke calmly and indifferently, but everyone in the living room was confused.

Meng Xin's eyes widened, unable to believe that her brother would say such a thing.

Kong Lin was speechless.

I never had a good impression of this Brother Meng in the first place, and now I look down on him from the bottom of my heart.

"Am I deaf or are you stupid? If I heard correctly, you want to use a two-dollar lottery ticket to pay off our 100,000 yuan debt?"

Aunt Ma took a long time to ask the question, looking at Meng Hao as if he were a fool.

"That's right!" Meng Hao nodded.

"Brother, stop talking!"

Meng Xin had no choice but to speak up to stop them, wishing there was a crack in the ground for her to crawl into.

Uncle Ma chuckled, and his thin face looked particularly ferocious.

"You are such a fool, aren't you afraid that your tongue will be blown away by the wind? I think you are deliberately trying to evade the 100,000 yuan from our family, right?"

"Really not, I can guarantee that this lottery ticket will definitely win the prize..."

"enough!"

Aunt Ma couldn't stand it anymore and screamed, "You poor bastard, you really have a lot of potential. You want to use a lottery ticket to pay off our family's 100,000 yuan debt, and you're even giving us first and second prizes. Pah! If you really have such a guarantee, would you be willing to give it to us?"

"...Besides, winning the lottery is a matter of luck. Why can you guarantee it?"

"But I don't want to waste my time talking to you. You're just a bystander!"

"Kong Lin, let me tell you, since this guy said something like that, if you don't pay back the 100,000 yuan tonight, my husband and I will just die in your house!"

As she spoke, she sat down on the floor, acting as if she was a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.

Kong Lin had a terrible headache.

Uncle Ma and Aunt Ma were already difficult to talk to, and Meng Hao happened to cause such a scene.

No wonder people say he is a coward. It seems that he is not only a coward, but also a scoundrel.

"Brother Meng, please leave now! I'm not asking for the 50,000 yuan that Meng Xin owes me, so please don't cause me any more trouble! I hope you win the jackpot with this lottery ticket, but please don't humiliate our IQ anymore, okay?"

Kong Lin has a gentle temperament and rarely says such harsh words.

But now she was really mad at Meng Hao, and she also wanted to make her position clear and tell Uncle Ma and Aunt Ma that she, Kong Lin, was not as shameless as Meng Hao.

Meng Xin blushed with shame, stamped her feet and said, "Brother, what's wrong with you today? Why are you like a madman?"

Meng Hao shook his head, glanced at the wall clock, and lowered his head to ask Aunt Ma, "You really don't want to use my lottery ticket to pay off your family's 100,000 yuan debt?"

"If we agree, we'll be as big idiots as you!"

Uncle Ma said, reaching out to pull Aunt Ma up from the ground.

"But you have to understand that if I win the first prize with this lottery ticket, the prize money will be at least 8 million, and you will make a fortune! Even if I only win the second prize, it will be more than 200,000, and you can also earn more than 100,000!"

"We won't make any money, let you make it! You want to make a fortune? Pah! It's more realistic to expect a poor guy like you to make a fortune by buying lottery tickets than to wait for money to fall from the sky!"

Aunt Ma said this as she and Uncle Ma sat cross-legged on the sofa.

Just at this moment, there were several knocks on the door.

Kong Lin opened the door and was slightly stunned.

" Boss Qiu is here. Jianyong is still working overtime in the factory!"

"Then I'll wait for him for a while and talk to him about something!" said the person outside.

Kong Lin quickly stepped aside and respectfully invited the man into the house.

The man caught sight of Meng Hao and immediately laughed, "It's you, kid. What a coincidence!"

" Boss Qiu knows my brother Meng?" Kong Lin was shocked.

"I can't say I know him! This guy bragged to me in the lottery shop that the lottery tickets he bought would definitely win the first prize. I didn't expect to meet him here! That's perfect. I came here today. I originally just wanted to collect the interest for two months. Since this guy bragged about winning the jackpot, I might as well pay him back with interest!"

Adding insult to injury.

Kong Lin was about to cry. At that moment, she really hated Meng Hao.

But Meng Hao had the audacity to ask Boss Qiu, "How much money does Kong Lin owe Boss Qiu?"

"One hundred thousand. We agreed at the beginning that the interest rate would be 7%. You have to pay the interest every month and repay the principal within two years. But since you have won the lottery, of course you have to borrow and repay it sooner rather than later!"

" Boss Qiu , this... Brother Meng has nothing to do with our family. He just came to our house to visit..."

"I don't care about this. If this kid dares to brag to me, I won't be worthy of the last name Qiu unless I slap him hard in the face!"

Kong Lin was really crying, tears rolling around in her eyes. She stared at Meng Hao, wishing she could bite this murderous thing to death.

Uncle Ma and Aunt Ma became more excited. Uncle Ma laughed and asked, "Boss, do you also think this kid is bragging?"

"I'm not bragging. Who in this world dares to say that they will definitely win first or second prize after buying a lottery ticket?"

"There's something even more disgusting! This guy, with a lottery ticket, wants to pay off our 100,000 yuan debt. How can there be such a shameless person in this world?"

"Is there anything else?"

Qiu looked at Meng Hao in surprise, then at Kong Lin.

"Brother Meng is just joking, Boss Qiu , don't take it seriously!...Brother Meng, can you please leave first? I beg you!"

"There are only twenty minutes left until the prize draw. What's wrong with waiting for those twenty minutes?" Meng Hao insisted.

"Brother, how could you do this!" Meng Xin also shouted.

"Okay, Kong Lin, we will just wait for another twenty minutes!...Boss, you don't know how shameless this guy named Meng is ..."

Uncle Ma and Aunt Ma finally met someone who shared the same ideals as them, and they quickly told her the story of Meng Hao's attempt to use a lottery ticket to pay off their family's debt of 100,000 yuan.

Hearing Boss Qiu nodding repeatedly, the look he gave Meng Hao showed great disgust and contempt.