Buy A Hope

Next to the shop and saw a poor old people to buy lottery tickets. He went to the lottery sale window has not yet had time to speak to staff on the deft hands and feet on the computer for his selection of a set of numbers, and then handed him the certificates. He seems homeless, no fixed destination to go to, and after buying a lottery ticket on the side stood blankly. I stand idly by, and he chatted about the days to come.

I asked him: Why do not you choose their own one note?

He said: I own election was. I always buy lottery staff know which set of numbers I want. As long as it is to see me the way, and will beat me.

I said you every time the numbers are the same, oh? He said. I have to buy the same buy four decades, once a week, buy a hope. My quick calculation, a year even if fifty-two weeks, forty years, and that is ... days! I ask you in this?

He becomes coy, and murmured: not Over. But once, awards and I selected and sent a number. I shook my head and said, that is, that after you also buy a set of numbers? He was very firm: choice!

I muffled laugh, and thought, silly old man! Then said: In my opinion, buy a lottery chance like you are walking on the street like the chance to drop by the fall pots, you might as well be re-elected one group got.

He said that you say, but I will not change!

I suddenly froze, his ragged gaunt. Not much money to buy lottery tickets, but buy once a week, to buy four decades, slowly accumulated, is not a small number. Why not use the money to buy himself a winter clothes, so that his good eating one meal? Say, buy the same group of stubborn, never change, it is also wise to take ah!

I do not want to say anything, do not want to break his heart, to remain silent trying to get out. Active opening, you must be curious about what number I bought it? I said, ah!

Some of his shy, looking down, laughing, my first girlfriend's birthday digital. Once a week I will think of her, my heart warm! I say it is not, right? That you did not in time will not be disheartened?

He smiled, to seem unique spirit of the sun shining. He said no, ah, the next issue is there any hope for it! I am poor, belongs to the hope of the poor is very limited. With so little money to buy a week's happy this opportunity, the world is very small. Not to mention, this set of figures sustenance infinite memories. The day I prize, she will be noticed, as it was her birthday, followed, she would wonder who is picking up the prize money, so she can see my name. She will immediately understand that my life did not forget her, and I have so much money, she might come back to find me ...

The elderly Then she turned around and walked slowly.

Later, I tell this story a lot of people listen to. The beginning everyone will say stupid, but after listening to a long silence, and then said: I really wish he hit the jackpot!