She saw that not far away, beneath the pedestrian overpass, there was a vendor at a street stall holding a large loudspeaker and loudly hawking his goods.
Beside the vendor were several simple tables and chairs.
It was a scorching summer day.
She had not felt thirsty just now, but after hearing the vendor’s hawking, she suddenly felt that her mouth was a little dry.
And she was also a little hungry.
She walked toward the area beneath the pedestrian overpass.
“Beautiful lady, what would you like?” Seeing a customer, the vendor immediately greeted her enthusiastically.
Jiang Ruanning glanced at the small table in front of her. The food placed on it actually looked quite clean, “One bowl of cold noodles, one bowl of ice jelly, and a bowl of mung bean soup too, ba.”
“All right! Beautiful lady, go sit over there for a bit. It’ll be ready soon!”
Jiang Ruanning went over and sat down.
Soon, the vendor brought the snacks she had ordered to the table.
Jiang Ruanning ate while scrolling through short videos on her phone. When she was free and bored, she liked watching all kinds of short videos to pass the time.
After eating, while scanning the code to pay, she saw that a black phone stand more than one person tall had appeared in front of the stall.
There was a phone placed on the stand, and the vendor was fiddling with something there.
“Boss, are you livestreaming?” Jiang Ruanning asked.
“Yeah, these days everyone is livestreaming, so I have to keep up with the trend, too. Beautiful lady, can you give me a follow? I’ll give you a serving of mung bean soup. How about it?” the vendor said with a chuckle.
It was something she could easily do in passing, and she could get a free serving of mung bean soup.
Jiang Ruanning naturally would not refuse. She nodded and said, “No problem. What platform do you livestream on, and what is your account called?”
“Cat Paw Shua-shua.[1]Cat Paw Shua-shua (猫爪刷刷, māo zhuǎ shuāshuā) – a fictional livestreaming platform. “Shua-shua” conveys the repeated action of scrolling or browsing. jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3229460_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3229460_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], }); Search 【Overpass Cold Noodles Ge[2]Ge (哥) – shorter, more casual/familiar, often used when referring to or nicknaming an older male jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3229460_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3229460_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });】.”
Jiang Ruanning happened to be browsing Cat Paw Shua-shua, and very quickly, she found the vendor’s livestream account.
Jiang Ruanning clicked into the account and discovered that the vendor actually had quite a lot of followers, with more than five thousand people following him.
The videos he posted also each had several thousand likes.
As she scrolled through Cold Noodles Ge’s videos, a flash of inspiration suddenly came to her mind, and an idea arose.
She urgently needed merit points and faith power to extend her lifespan. Originally, she had been thinking of finding a place to set up a stall and tell fortunes, but a fixed stall did not have much foot traffic. How could it compare with these livestreaming platforms that faced the whole country?
She could completely do as Cold Noodles Ge did and start a livestream to tell fortunes. If she was lucky enough, one livestream could earn more than setting up a stall for a month.
“Boss, today is auspicious for gaining wealth. You can buy yourself a lottery ticket. Perhaps there will be an unexpected surprise.”
Jiang Ruanning took the complimentary mung bean soup from the vendor and casually said this.
The vendor was adjusting the lighting and filters in the livestream room, preparing for the livestream later.
Hearing this, he could not help but be stunned. He raised his head and looked at her, “How did you know I wanted to buy a lottery ticket today?”
He normally did not buy lottery tickets.
This morning, while scrolling through videos, he saw a vendor who also set up a stall like him actually win five million by buying a lottery ticket. He could not help but entertain the thought, planning to buy a lottery ticket today as well and try his luck.
But he had only been stimulated by it at that moment and had such a thought.
Afterward, once he had calmed down, he had dismissed the idea.
He had never had any windfall luck from childhood until now. Buying lottery tickets was purely a waste of money.
Jiang Ruanning slightly curled her lips, “Don’t you think your current two-bedroom apartment is too small? Aren’t you afraid that when the two children in your family grow up, they won’t have separate rooms, and you want to change to a larger three-bedroom apartment? Buy a lottery ticket and try your luck ba. Maybe a pie will fall from the sky, and what you want will soon be realized.”
After saying that, she turned around and left unhurriedly.
It was only after she had already walked out from beneath the pedestrian overpass that the vendor belatedly widened his eyes, looking in utter astonishment toward the direction in which she had left.
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