Xiao Chen has been really unlucky in the past two years. He has not been able to find a job since he graduated from university, and his family had to invest again to send him to a technical school for another year to learn motorcycle repair. After graduation, he finally had a skill, but Xinhe City, a small city, also followed the provincial capital in banning motorcycles. The more than 10,000 yuan in technical school tuition was wasted again.
Fortunately, there is always a way out. Xiao Chen is a young man with a flexible mind. He turned to studying the structure and repair of electric vehicles, which was very handy. He couldn't help but feel that he was wasting his talent. Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long. After working for less than half a year, an accident happened in the electric vehicle store where he worked. Boss Liu had a traffic accident the night before yesterday. Ghost story QQ group: 34356744 three four three five six seven four four. Now of course, the store can no longer be opened. Xiao Chen's three months' salary is still in the hands of the boss. It may not be easy to get it back now. Boss Liu's family has suffered such a disaster. Only one daughter is now hospitalized. It will definitely be a failure if he goes now. However, Xiao Chen is really short of money!
Anyway, it has been more than half a year since I graduated. Including college and technical school, I have spent all my money in five years. My stepfather complained when he took the technical school tuition, so Xiao Chen said that he would not go back to continue to embarrass his mother. But now where does he need to spend money in Xinhe City? It is not so easy to find a new job immediately. Although the guys in the electric car dealership around him usually eat and drink with him, they look like they share the happiness. But if I go to their store to grab a job, let alone whether the boss needs people, it will be difficult to pass these "brothers". Thinking of this, Xiao Chen couldn't help but sigh-it's all my fault for spending money lavishly. The credit card I opened in college was overdrawn. Now if I don't pay back the money every month, I will be urged by the bank one after another. This bank is really abominable. I didn't expect that once I lose my job, I will be penniless immediately. Thinking of this, Xiao Chen opened his wallet and searched all his pockets, and only found 210 yuan in cash in total.
If I had known earlier, I should have kept all the 100 yuan that Xiao Liu's boyfriend gave me when I was assembling an electric car the day before yesterday. But I only took the 50 yuan one because I wanted to save face and show off in front of the boss's daughter. Otherwise, the extra 50 yuan could have helped me survive for a few more days, right? Thinking of this, Xiao Chen couldn't help but feel annoyed, and unknowingly walked to the nearby lottery betting station.
There is no need for advertising. Every time a small betting station writes the winning information on the blackboard, it attracts more people to stop and buy. Although this betting station has never won a prize of tens of thousands of yuan, there is a big red announcement on the door today saying "This station is lucky to win the third prize of 8,000 yuan", which still stimulates Xiao Chen's brain. Suddenly, his brain paused – 8,000 yuan, that is more than half a year's salary. If I have this 8,000 yuan, this predicament can be solved immediately. If I live frugally, a year is enough. Now even if you give me a month, I will definitely be able to find a new job. No, no, just give me 4,000 yuan, and all problems will be solved…
There is no need for advertising. Every time a small betting station writes the winning information on the blackboard, it attracts more people to stop and buy. Although this betting station has never won a prize of tens of thousands of yuan, there is a big red announcement on the door today saying "This station is lucky to win the third prize of 8,000 yuan", which still stimulates Xiao Chen's brain. Suddenly, his brain paused – 8,000 yuan, that is more than half a year's salary. If I have this 8,000 yuan, this predicament can be solved immediately. If I live frugally, a year is enough. Now even if you give me a month, I will definitely be able to find a new job. No, no, just give me 4,000 yuan, and all problems will be solved…
Xiao Chen secretly pinched his wallet: "Don't buy all, I'll just buy those worth 100 yuan, no, 50 yuan will be enough, just in case I'm so lucky…" Thinking of this, he opened his wallet and was about to take out the money.
"Young man, please have mercy on me…" A ragged beggar came over holding an enamel pot.
Xiao Chen was disgusted: "Go, go, go, don't bother me, can't you see that I am almost the same as you! And you still want to offend me, go away! Do you think I don't know that people like you are all liars? I won't give you money even if I have it, go away!"
The beggar still didn't leave, and waved the huge enamel pot in front of Xiao Chen: "Please have pity on me, I'm over 60 years old…"
Before the beggar could finish his words, Xiao Chen waved his hand in disgust and swept the enamel jar aside. The beggar's hand tilted and the coins in it spilled out, making a loud noise that attracted everyone's attention. People who were buying lottery tickets nearby all looked at him sideways, which made Xiao Chen feel uncomfortable. He simply turned around and walked home.
"Why is there such a thing as this, young man? You might have nowhere to spend the money if you keep it…" The old beggar's voice floated behind his ears. Xiao Chen didn't even turn around, and of course didn't notice that the old beggar didn't pick up the change on the ground. He just looked at his back and shook his head, then sighed, and slowly disappeared in the strange gazes of everyone.
After returning home, Xiao Chen felt aggrieved. On the one hand, he blamed the beggar for interrupting his plan. On the other hand, he was troubled by his current predicament. He was so bored that he simply turned on the TV to watch a movie on the video channel. It was a movie with no beginning or end. It was said to be a classic horror movie from Hong Kong and Taiwan, but from the director to the protagonist, he had never seen any of them. The movie was boring. Xiao Chen could not help but continue to dream – he must buy a lottery ticket tomorrow and he must win the prize!
A sinister voice came from the TV, and a person who looked like a fortune teller was educating the male protagonist: "If you see a car accident scene where someone died suddenly, remember the license plate number and buy lottery tickets. You will definitely make money from the dead, hehehehe…"
"What's going on! It's such a rubbish movie, but the dubbing is quite scary. Why does it sound so familiar?" Xiao Chen was about to change the channel to a super scary ghost story when he suddenly remembered something and took out a fifty-dollar bill from his wallet.
"Well, I'll spend all the 50 yuan on lottery tickets tomorrow." Thinking of this, Xiao Chen couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in his excitement. The movie was almost over, and the poor man was also tired, so he fell asleep while watching… Of course, he slept so deeply that he didn't notice what the sinister woman's voice said in his dream. The only words that were mentioned repeatedly in the dream were: "Hehehehe, money to buy life, money to buy life…"
Two days later, Xiao Chen finally waited in front of the old TV and waited for the exciting moment of the lottery announcement. Damn! I won! It was really 4,000 yuan!
Xiao Chen excitedly called his good friend: "Hello, is that Datou? Datou, I won the lottery, 4000! How evil is that? The day before yesterday, I watched the horror movie on the movie channel at around 10 o'clock. According to what the people in the movie said, the number I bought was the number that would cause a car accident. Yes, guess what? I really won… What? What? The Huang Feihong series was played for 4 consecutive days? Fuck you, you are confused, kid, I think you have a girlfriend who has lost you recently, right? How about you come over on Sunday, I will treat you to a big meal at KTV to celebrate No problem, bring her along, I'll be kind enough to give you the big bed and I'll sleep in the small living room… What, hot pot? Damn, you've got nothing to show for it, it's just hot pot, no big deal, come on. Huh? Borrow money? Go to hell, I won 4,000 yuan with great difficulty, I'm counting on it to pass the exam, I'm going to treat you to a meal, if you don't come, there won't be any hot pot… Well, then it's a deal, come to my house on weekend night, I'll go buy the ingredients, we'll use my induction cooker to cook, it's much more comfortable than outside Super scary ghost story , OK, that's it…"
The phone calls seemed to be endless. While Xiao Chen was talking, his hands were not idle. He randomly changed the channel, and it was the movie channel again. The host was introducing the plot and related movie information of the fifth film in the Wong Fei Hung series, "Dragon City Overlord". "Please continue to enjoy the movie," the host said with his signature smile, and the movie went on. While Xiao Chen was on the phone, he vaguely felt that something was wrong. He stared at the TV screen and was a little inattentive when talking.
Huang Feihong's signature kung fu had not yet been used up when the picture suddenly began to distort. The ghost movie from that day appeared on the screen again, and the voice came from it: Money for life, money for life…
On a weekend night, Datou and his girlfriend called the police and reported that Xiaochen had died in his rental house. As Xiaochen's only friend in Xinhe, Datou assisted Xiaochen's mother in handling his funeral. In the end, 4,000 yuan was just the right amount.