Chapter 10: Doubling the Funds

Chapter 10: Doubling the Funds

Dad Ming felt the same way, truly believing that having a good daughter was a blessing.

Dad Ming himself worked in interior decoration, while Mom Ming worked at a factory nearby, enjoying the convenience of a shuttle service.

Ming Yue sent over the architectural plans. Dad Ming could understand them, marveling nonstop about how professional designers were indeed professionals, their designs truly beautiful.

With all the recent commotion at home, Dad Ming didn’t bother hiding anything. The villagers soon found out that Ming Yue had won the lottery in Yanjing, claiming a prize of one million yuan.

"Liang Zi, Moon really is a golden phoenix, the first from our village to be admitted to Yanjing University, and now she’s even winning the lottery."

"That’s right."

Dad Ming said with a chuckle.

"Winning so much from the lottery, I should buy a ticket sometime too."

Some people got the idea to buy lottery tickets.

"Little Jun, don’t dream of getting rich overnight. It’s not realistic."

"Aunt Liu, how isn’t it realistic? Didn’t Moon win? That’s one million yuan, more money than I’ve ever seen in my life."

A craze for buying lottery tickets swept through Li’ao Village. Whenever they went to the county town, they would always buy a ticket, but unfortunately, none of them won.

They harbored hopes of striking it rich through the lottery and changing their circumstances, but repeated disappointments made them realize that not everyone had such good luck.

"Did Little Jun buy a lottery ticket today? Did he win?"

The villagers asked with a smile.

"Brother Gang, stop teasing me. I’ve bought so many and only won ten yuan once, barely covering the cost."

"Hahaha, I told you you wouldn’t win. Cut your losses and don’t buy any more."

Thus, the basic structure of the Ming family’s house began to take shape.

Ming Chen, Ming Yue’s younger brother, was attending junior high school in town as a boarding student, returning home once a week.

He only discovered the drastic changes at home when he came back on holiday, learning that his sister had won the lottery.

Ming Chen was also happy for his sister.

Grandma Ming and Mom Ming prepared a table full of delicious food for the workers at home.

"Liang Zi, building this house according to the plans must cost quite a bit, right?"

The workers were familiar faces, chatting over dinner and beer.

"It’s a 230 square meter foundation, with a budget of 400,000 yuan for construction and another 600,000 yuan for decoration. This new Chinese-style villa looks best as a two-story building. The inner second floor will be bedrooms, while the outer area will have an open-air greenhouse. The first floor will have a courtyard, paved with bluestone paths and planted with greenery. It’ll be beautiful."

"I agree. If I had the money, I’d build something like this too. Our old houses were really not attractive at all."

"In those days, we just wanted to build Western-style houses, without thinking about aesthetics or practicality."

Dad Ming said with a smile.

"Liang Zi, these design plans are really good."

"They were specially drawn up by someone in Yanjing for Moon."

Dad Ming spoke proudly of Ming Yue.

"Come, come, let’s drink."

Meanwhile, Ming Yue wasn’t idle either. During this time, she exercised, learned makeup, and after moving into her new home, she started studying cooking.

Scanning the current situation of the host:

Charm: 70 (100) "Pure and Delicate"

Career: 0 (100) "Unemployed"

Assets: Yuan "Sufficient for Basic Needs"

Skills: Business Administration (Beginner), Cooking (Beginner), Makeup (Intermediate) "Shallow Skills"

Ming Yue looked at the page before her, truly delighted.

[Upgrade to Charm Tag and upgrade to makeup skills earn two random asset rewards.]

Ming Yue claimed them immediately.

[Ding—Congratulations to the host, you have received two rewards of doubling your funds. Current funds: Yuan.]

Ming Yue could hardly count the zeros in her account anymore.

She lay on the rocking chair on the balcony, looking out at the blue sky, white clouds, and sun.

Swinging gently, she felt particularly relaxed.

As the weather turned cooler, Ming Yue needed to buy some warmer clothes.

This time, she didn’t rely on Yuan Bao, but chose and matched them herself.

She also bought a large shoulder bag and a small square bag.

For future outings, it would be convenient to match them with her clothes.

She bought a pair of high heels and a pair of sneakers.

In one outing, she spent over three hundred thousand, something she would have never dared to dream of before.

"Ming Yue, be bold. Over three hundred thousand is really nothing."

Ming Yue laughed at the words.

The women around watched as a woman in a black dress, carrying shopping bags from luxury stores, stood by the roadside.

Under the sunlight, her figure was fully displayed, her hair gently tousled by the breeze, capturing the attention of those around her.

"Miss, need a ride?"

A luxury car pulled up, and the young man inside rolled down his window.

"No, thank you!"

Ming Yue wasn't interested in dealing with strangers.

"Miss, I'm not a bad person."

"People don't write 'bad person' on their faces."

Ming Yue said, staring straight into his eyes.

"Hah"

The man burst out laughing,

"You're quite interesting. Would you like to make friends? My name is Li Yu."

"Yu-ge, Da Peng and the others are still waiting."

The man in the passenger seat reminded him.

"In that case, we'll be off. Maybe we'll meet again if fate allows."

Ming Yue watched as the sports car drove away.