According to our information, a Zhang couple from Shuangqiao spent only one day transforming from laid-off workers to millionaires. They won the first prize in last Thursday's Double Color Ball lottery draw in our city, with a prize of up to 9.98 million yuan. The first thing they did after becoming wealthy overnight was to take out 50,000 yuan as a donation, specifically for children's welfare institutions.
Yesterday morning at around 10 o'clock, the Zhang couple arrived at the municipal welfare lottery center to handle the procedures for claiming the prize and making the donation.
"We are originally from the main urban area, but had no choice but to move to Shuangqiao after being laid off," said Mr. Zhang, wearing a pair of large sunglasses. He stated that he and his wife were both laid off several years ago. They wanted to start a small business, but due to the high rent for storefronts in the main urban area, they had to go to Shuangqiao to make a living. Their combined monthly income was only about 1,500 yuan. Mrs. Zhang mentioned that they have always placed high hopes on buying lottery tickets and almost buy them every period, but each time their investment would never exceed 20 yuan.
Mrs. Zhang recalled that last Thursday at around 11 o'clock in the morning, she and her husband bought a total of 8 lottery tickets for 16 yuan while on their way to buy groceries at a betting station in Shuangqiao. Unexpectedly, the next day when they passed by the same betting station, they unexpectedly redeemed two first prizes worth 9.98 million yuan - this is almost equivalent to over 550 years of their income! Despite trying hard to contain their excitement, they rushed home and repeatedly verified the numbers online before finally believing that it wasn't a dream.
What will they do with the prize money? The Zhang couple indicated that it is not convenient to disclose. It is reported that even their children are unaware of their winning news.
However, the first thing they decided to do after collecting the award was already agreed upon - donating 50,000 yuan to children's welfare institutions. "We've become rich, Sogou Space, we should try to help them as much as possible."
By reporter Tujing and intern Zeng Mi