solarly

Despite making a small profit of thousand dollars a year ago, for Wendell and his mother Helen, they were only briefly happy for days. By the time the evening of New Year's Eve came, although Helen still had a smile on her face, there was a hint of sorrow hidden deep in her eyes that could not be erased.

Wendell knew that his mother might have remembered those sad things from the past again. Perhaps, she was remembering her father whom she had never met before, or maybe. Wendell was a little curious and wanted to know about him, but didn't dare to ask questions easily, in case it would be bad to make his mother sad again.

So, Wendell was trying his best to joke with his mother while thinking about how to make her cheer up as soon as possible.

Suddenly, Wendell's eyes lit up and he came up with a great idea – a lottery ticket!

To be precise, it should be a scratch-off lottery.

After all, there were too many uncertainties in lotteries, plus there were some shady practices, so it was really hard for ordinary people to win the lottery. But scratch-offs were different.

Wendell had the ability to see through the silver pulp covering the scratching area easily, and winning the prize was just a matter of handy. You know, Wendell still has 60, 000 in Helen's card right now, and this is the best proof.

Thinking of this, Wendell then secretly calculated that it was already New Year's Eve, and even if there was a lottery shop outside, the owner must have closed down and gone home for the New Year. If you want to buy a scratch-off lottery, you still have to wait until they reopen.

Thinking about Helen, Wendell couldn't help but have a headache again. Ever since he had humiliated Larry in the billiard room, Helen had never bothered with herself again, leaving straight after cla_s every time, without even a smile on her face.

This made Wendell can't help but regret a little, perhaps, he shouldn't have humiliated Larry so fiercely for that spirited argument.

Did he really just want Helen to see Larry's true face clearly?

Wendell couldn't help but shake his head, he didn't dare to think much about this question because he was afraid that the answer he came up with would make him all but powerless.

Because, Tami had already revealed her heart, but she just couldn't say it directly due to certain reasons. However, is it not clear enough that Tami wants Wendell to make sure that he gets into a university in Granola?

Although Wendell was vaguely aware of his inner feelings for Helen, he did not dare to go any further.

This year's New Year was spent uneventfully under Wendell's tangled mindset. These slums became very cold during the New Year's Eve because no matter how well those people were doing outside, they always had to go home during the New Year.

Perhaps, Wendell and his mother and son were the only homeless people here!

Looking at the snow sprinkling in the courtyard, Wendell's face was expressionless.

"It's time to think about the way forward!" Wendell secretly thought, "These children's love affairs are just the spice of life, without enough strength, they won't make it to the stage after all."

In this snowy New Year, listening to the deafening sound of firecrackers outside, Wendell, who was feeling more and more lonely, finally began to think about his life.

The New Year pa_sed quickly and in the blink of an eye it was already the fifth day of the New Year. At this time, most of the people in the slums had returned from their hometowns; after all, for them, a day's delay in business was a great loss, and a family might be waiting for the 30 or 40 they earned every day to live on.

At this time, the shops on the street were also opening one after another.

"mum, let's not stay at home all the time, let's go for a walk on the street!" Wendell said with a smile. These days at home for New Year's Eve, my mother had hardly shown a smile, obviously, she had remembered something sad.

Helen nodded and laughed, "OK, it's just as well that you're about to start school, let's go to the street and buy you pieces of clothes!"

Wendell smiled and nodded, if it was in the past, he would have objected to his mother buying him clothes, because he knew very well how much money his family could actually earn.

But now, he wouldn't think so because, the reason why he was going out with his mother today was actually to find an opportunity to let her see him earn money with her own eyes, so that she wouldn't worry about it.

With Wendell's hearing nowadays, he could often hear the sound of sighs coming from his mother's room at night, and before that, every time it was about Wendell going to university.

So Wendell knew very well that his mother seemed to be very worried about the tuition fees for university.

Although Tafator County had a large population, because it was located in the central plains, or inland, the economy was not very developed. Although there are a few brand name shops on both sides of the street, there are only a few in the entire county, and outside of the county, there are more wholesale departments and other shops, and almost no brand name shops.

Wendell seemed to be walking casually beside his mother, but his eyes were constantly scanning the sides of the street. However, what made Wendell scratch his head was that the busier the street was, the less lottery shops there were.

Actually, come to think of it, lottery shops were no more than other shops and did not necessarily have to be in the busiest areas.

Finally, at the entrance of a small alleyway, Wendell saw the words welfare lottery and he couldn't help but smile.

"mum, there's a lottery shop over there, let's go take a look!" Wendell said with a smile, "It's the New Year, buy a lottery ticket, it's a lottery!"

Helen wanted to refuse, after all, winning a lottery ticket still seemed a bit far away for the common people in the slum area. However, when she saw the excited and expectant look on her son's face, her heart softened and she couldn't help but nod her head.

"You kid, you just have a big heart for fun!" Helen couldn't help but shake her head and laugh as she walked towards the lottery shop.

Wendell smiled in his heart, it was a done deal!

As long as his mother was willing to go into the lottery shop, Wendell would be sure to scratch out the prize, so that he wouldn't have to lie to his mother about the scholarship and scholarship at school, in case she asked about it later, it would be a trouble if he let slip his mouth.

Perhaps it was because the shop had just opened after New Year's Eve, it was already past ten in the morning, but the lottery shop was still very cold, which was just convenient for Wendell.

"Boss, a few scratchers!" Wendell greeted the boss with a smile.

The boss was a man in his thirties, but somewhat bald, which made Wendell think of the words ‘smart as a whip' and couldn't help but pull a smile at the corners of his mouth.

When the bald boss saw Wendell and Helen walking in, his eyes lit up and his eyes were fixed on Helen's body with a flash of greed.

Wendell's expression suddenly went cold, a cold aura flashed in his eyes.

To be fair, Wendell admitted that although his mother was dressed very plainly, just an ordinary cotton jacket and coat, her beauty was not something that could be covered up by these clothes. There was a noble aura in the way she moved her hands and feet, especially that mature charm that was very attractive to men.

If this were not the case, there would not have been anyone trying to molest Helen in the slums back then.

However, as Wendell grew up, no one dared to make a move on Helen anymore, after all, having a man in the family was different.

Wendell, however, did not expect that this balding lottery shop owner would be so H__ny that he dared to stare at his mother with such eyes in front of himself.

"Bang!"

Wendell slapped the table violently, instantly causing the balding boss to jump in shock, "Boss, didn't you hear me?!"

"Ah? Wh, what?" The bald boss snapped, panicking.

"Take a few scratchers!" Wendell's expression was cold, and a regal aura emanated from his body as he said in a deep voice, "Are you deaf, how many times have you said that and not heard?!"

"Oh, fine!" The bald boss nodded in a panic and then hurriedly bent down to get the scratchers from under the counter.

Helen's eyes couldn't help but flash a hint of laughter as she gave her son a scornful look. She naturally knew that her son was taking it out on himself, but while she was relieved to see him strutting his stuff, she couldn't help but be a little angry.

After all, mothers don't want their children to be too overbearing.

Wendell smiled faintly and said, "mum, let's try our luck!"

Saying that, he snapped his head around and drank, "Boss, what are you dawdling about, hurry up!"

"Hey, it's coming! Here it comes!" The balding boss, who was in his thirties, replied in a panic, surprisingly not feeling the slightest bit offended by being chided by a ten__ year old teenager.

"This…… little brother, this box is ten dollars a piece, this side is five dollars, and the far right is dollars!" The boss put the three boxes of scratchers on the counter and said with a smile, "Which one do you want, little brother, take your pick!"

"Alright, just watch from the side and count the money according to the number of sheets!" Wendell glared at him, and only when he saw that he no longer dared to look at his mother did he hum.

Helen looked on from the side with a faint smile, but her eyes were filled with a strong sense of relief. Her own son, finally, had grown up and could protect himself like a man. Looking at Wendell's familiar face, Helen seemed to see another person.

"mum, try your hand!" Wendell smilingly picked out 4 or five scratchers from the ten dollar a piece box and handed them to Helen.

"You kid, I don't have any luck, it's better for you to scratch!" Helen said with a smile. This smile was instantly a hundred times more charming, causing the bald boss next to her to steal a few more glances, but when he saw Wendell's stern gaze, he subconsciously hurriedly averted his gaze.

Only then did Wendell coldly snorted and turned to his mother, Helen, and instantly revealed a smile, "mum, you try it too, it's only ten dollars anyway!"

Helen hesitated for a mument, seeing her son's high interest, she could not bear to reject him and nodded her head.

Wendell smiled faintly and said, "mum, hurry up and scratch it open, maybe there's really a prize inside!"

He had already used his perspective to see that there was a hundred dollars in this scratch-off, so letting his mother scratch the prize would also dispel her doubts and make her happy at the same time, so why not!

"You child, it's not that easy to win a prize!" If it were normal, Helen would not have been able to give up the ten , knowing that she usually only earns thirty to forty a day, so how dare she spend it casually!

However, today Helen saw her son so happy, so she also looked away, slowly scratching the scratch-off lottery, seeing the bonus numbers on it, she immediately froze.

"This, this is……?" Helen couldn't help but shake her head, "I can't believe it, I really won the prize!"

What surprised her was not the hundred dollar bonus, but the fact that she really had this luck to win the lottery. She knew that ever since that man had left, she had never had great luck again.

Looking at the scratch-off in her hand, she couldn't help but smile.

"mum, you really won the lottery?" Wendell said in a sudden ‘surprise', "I told you, I must have great luck during the New Year. Mum, there are a few more here, let's scratch them all off!"

Helen laughed, "It's better for you to scratch them, mum can't be so lucky all the time."

"That's great, Ma, maybe I'll have better luck than you!" Wendell smiled faintly and scratched off one of the scratchers in his hand as well, "1 thousand !"

Helen was stunned, and then looked at the lottery ticket in her son's hand, it was really a thousand .

"It's really evil!" Helen secretly said, she is not an ordinary citizen who knows nothing, naturally she knows that everything that has to do with money, there will definitely be shady things in it, but today consecutive lottery tickets have won, this can't help but make her a little surprised.

As for the prize money…… judging from Helen's expression, she didn't seem to care about the amount of the prize money.

"My luck is pretty great!" Wendell chuckled, casually took out a few more lottery tickets from the box and continued to scratch them.

"Another hundred won!"

"mum, this one is for thousand."

"Ee? It's a five thousand?"

……

As Wendell's voice kept ringing out, the gazes of both Helen and the lottery shop owner were drawn over, especially the lottery shop owner, who looked at Wendell, who kept scratching out prizes, with shock and envy in his eyes.

The bald boss knew that these ten dollar tickets did have a lot of prizes, but the probability of winning was too small to be true.

Helen also looked at her son in amazement and said in her heart, "Could it be that the New Year can really be a lucky break?"

As Wendell scratched off the raffle tickets one by one, the number of prizes kept climbing until Wendell could no longer find any raffle tickets with more than a hundred dollars in the box, and then he gave up.

"Boss, count how many prizes we've won in total!" Wendell pushed all the lottery tickets in his hand over and took another look at the three boxes, unable to help but shake his head in his heart. There were at least 10, 000 raffle tickets in these three boxes combined, but only a few dozen of them actually had prizes, and moreover, a few of them were small prizes of three or five dollars, which was really a one in a hundred chance!

The boss came back from his shock and fumbled with the lottery tickets, using a calculator to do the math.

"This, this little brother, the total is…… seventy-three thousand five hundred dollars!" The bald boss's voice was trembling a little. He had seen people who had won hundreds of thousands of dollars by buying lottery tickets, and at most he envied their luck, but it was the first time he had seen someone who could win tens of thousands of dollars just by playing scratch-offs.

"This little brother is no ordinary person!" The bald boss said secretly, remembering Wendell's stern eyes, he was suddenly a bit scared again, secretly regretting that he shouldn't have stared at other people's mothers so lustfully.

To be continued....