148: Chapter 148: Informing the Family that the Wife is Pregnant – Different Reactions from Both Sides

Chen Sheng was worrying about whether Liu Quan would ask him specifically who it was, but it turned out he blurted it out himself. Chen Sheng quickly nodded and said, "Yes, yes, yes, it's Boss Tang."

Seeing that it was an acquaintance, the wariness in Liu Quan's eyes instantly diminished, and he asked in a low voice, "How much are you planning to buy?"

"Twenty thousand, I've lost quite a few times already."

For this kind of "mark six lottery," because of the payout mechanism, twenty thousand is actually quite common. Some people buy many zodiac signs, and it can be tens of thousands at once.

This is also why the "mark six lottery" gets cracked down on... Uh! That's not right either. Those who bet on soccer sometimes bet hundreds of thousands or millions at a time. It should, probably, maybe... be because this doesn't belong to the public sector.

"Which numbers, and how much for each?" Liu Quan rummaged through a drawer to find a notebook and picked up a gel pen, clearly preparing to write the numbers down in the notebook.

"Number 2, number 13, number 26, number 38, five thousand for each number."

These numbers correspond to the Monkey zodiac sign.

(PS: Purely fictional.)

"What?" Liu Quan had been a big bookie for many years, and this was the first time he had seen someone buy like this, all in one zodiac sign. Wasn't this clearly being a sucker? Sure enough, if you don't lose, who will? He reminded him, "Are you sure you don't want to choose others?"

It wasn't because he was kind-hearted.

After all, this was his first time coming here. If he lost everything on the first try, he felt that this young man in front of him might not necessarily come to him in the future.

He did get a commission, after all.

Although twenty thousand wasn't much, just like how even thin mosquito legs are still meat, he wouldn't turn his nose up at it.

"No need, just like this." Chen Sheng said decisively.

"Alright then! I'll mark it down for you." Having tried to persuade him once and seeing it didn't work, Liu Quan pulled out a QR code from under the counter. "Scan this, twenty thousand in total, pay first."

While scanning the code, Chen Sheng asked casually, "By the way, how are your odds here?"

"Hong Kong lottery, odds are 1:46. You can rest assured about this, the odds are all standard."

Chen Sheng smiled and didn't speak.

These words were just for listening to. Since bookies running away with the bucket happened often, tampering with odds was something anyone could do.

Confirming that the odds matched the Intelligence System, Chen Sheng said, "46 times the odds, if I win, that's 230,000, right?"

"Yes! That's right, if you win, it's 230,000."

After confirming the information, Chen Sheng entered the amount of 20,000 on the transfer interface, then entered his password. With a "ding" sound, the phone popped up a payment success text message.

At the same time, a notification sound for the funds arriving also rang out on the other side.

"Transferred to you."

"Mm, received." Liu Quan took out his phone and opened green bubble. "Scan me, let's add each other as friends. After the drawing at 9:30 tonight, I will send you the winning numbers."

"Okay!"

"By the way, if you want to buy in the future, just send it directly in green bubble, no need to make a separate trip."

"Understood, I don't want to either, this is just the first time." Chen Sheng shrugged helplessly. "By the way, if I win, how do I redeem it?"

"You can rest assured about this. Since you played at Old Tang's before, I believe you have an understanding of our reputation." Suddenly remembering that Old Tang had run away with the bucket because he couldn't pay out, Liu Quan hurriedly changed the subject and said solemnly, "That, my process here is, after the drawing, if you win, I will transfer the money to the account you provide within one hour."

Chen Sheng nodded, "Understood!"

Bidding farewell to Liu Quan, Chen Sheng drove to A Small Shop Here again. Although he had handed the shop over to Mei Xue entirely, he hadn't come for three days, and he always felt a sense of anxiety in his heart.

After roughly flipping through the bills at the cash register, Mei Xue had not betrayed his trust—at least not in these three days—and had managed A Small Shop Here in an orderly manner.

So he decided that when Mei Xue came to work tomorrow, he would officially appoint her as the manager of A Small Shop Here, and also give her the treatment corresponding to a manager.

Commonly known as a raise.

After finishing the business at A Small Shop Here, Chen Sheng found a clean hot and sour rice noodle stall on the commercial street and ordered a luxury version of hot and sour rice noodles with extra minced meat and pork intestine as his dinner for today.

After finishing dinner, Chen Sheng returned home directly.

Upon returning home, seeing An Xiaonuan lying on the sofa playing with her phone, Chen Sheng asked, "Have you eaten?"

"I ate, I had some braised duck at the entrance of the residential complex."

"What, isn't there only one Caos Braised Duck at the entrance of the complex? The boss was arrested, where did the braised duck come from?"

"It's right where the original Caos Braised Duck was. They changed owners. Maybe to save on renovation costs, they just changed the name and continued making braised duck."

"Good grief." Chen Sheng couldn't help but laugh, "This owner isn't afraid of bad luck."

Generally, for shops where the previous owner had trouble, the person taking over, if they were particular, would have to hire a professional to fix the feng shui. Even if they weren't particular, they would still have to redo the renovation. This was the first time he had encountered such a fierce person who started working in the original shop like this.

"Someone helped you ask about this. The owner said that in the catering business, what matters is the craft; they don't care about other things."

"Whoa! What an attitude." Chen Sheng couldn't help but click his tongue, "Then after you went to eat there today, how did you feel about their craft?"

An Xiaonuan thought for a moment before giving her evaluation, "As for the taste, I personally feel it's about the same as Boss Cao's, but the portion is definitely smaller than Boss Cao's, and the price is also a bit more expensive. Overall, although the cost-performance ratio is not as high as Boss Cao's, in Shu City, it's still acceptable."

Chen Sheng nodded. This evaluation was absolutely fair, "I'll go try it another day. By the way, the fetus is stable now. Shouldn't we tell Mom and Dad about your pregnancy?"

"Sigh~ Let's tell them. The sooner we say it, the sooner we get it over with." An Xiaonuan sat up cross-legged and rubbed her hair in a somewhat frantic manner, "Let's do this, call now. You notify your parents, and I'll notify my parents."

"Okay! Then let's call now, I'll go to the balcony to call."

Chen Sheng took his phone and went to the balcony. He first lit a cigarette for himself, then dialed his mother's number and told them the news of An Xiaonuan's pregnancy.

The subsequent development was exactly as imagined. First, regarding An Xiaonuan's pregnancy, The elderly couple's faces blossomed with smiles after the initial shock, followed immediately by all sorts of precautions during pregnancy—what to eat, what to drink, what to use...

Listening to it, Chen Sheng just felt his head buzzing.

Finally, the thing Chen Sheng was most worried about happened after all, "Forget it, I can't explain it clearly to you. Looking at you like this, I can't count on you to do anything. How about this, I'll prepare some things tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, I'll have your dad drive, and I'll come to Shu City."

"Alright, alright, that's it then. Give the phone to Xiao Nuan, let me talk to her."

Looking at his mother's mouth and eyes full of disdain, Chen Sheng... alright, he was used to it. After all, love won't disappear, but it will shift.

Glancing at An Xiaonuan in the living room who was also on the phone, Chen Sheng shrugged helplessly, "She's reporting this to her mom, she doesn't have time right now."

"You didn't say so earlier, you're useless. That's it, hanging up."

Beep beep~

"Whew~" Chen Sheng let out a long sigh of relief.

He had finally completed a difficult task; at this moment, he felt relaxed all over.

As for having the phone hung up on him so suddenly, he could only say he was used to it. Women in Shu Province, men in Shu Province, those who know, know.

Didn't you see just now while on the phone, Father Chen, who was full of things he wanted to say, could only interject a sentence during the gaps when Mother Chen was speaking.

After waiting for another twenty minutes or so, An Xiaonuan finally put down the phone. Seeing this, Chen Sheng also returned to the living room from the balcony.

"What did they say?"

"What did your side say?"

"My mom said she's going to the countryside to collect some free-range eggs, old hens, and such, and will have my dad drive them over in a couple of days."

"Whoa~ Both sides actually thought of the same thing. My dad also said he was going to the countryside to get some free-range eggs and such, but he just said that when he gets them, he'll call me and have you go pick them up."

"That's no problem." This result also didn't exceed his expectations, "I'll drive, and we'll go back together then."

The people on his father-in-law's side didn't really like him, and as for him... it was the 21st century, damn it. They didn't like Chen Sheng, so of course, Chen Sheng wouldn't shamelessly go up and look for trouble, so if An Xiaonuan wasn't coming along, Chen Sheng generally wouldn't go to his father-in-law's side.

"By the way, that Old Witch at your company hasn't been giving you any trouble, right?"

"Hehe~ She would like to, but I'm a special person now. At most, she'll just be snide with me a few times; she hasn't gone too far otherwise." Speaking of this, An Xiaonuan waved her fist at the air, "If she dares to be like before, at worst I'll go down with her, making her jump straight from menopause into old age."

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