Lucky Money, Because It’s Fake (YAP 20)

I met this old man many years ago, in one of my midnight dreams. I do not know why he did not come to reality to make the truth I am going to state below truer. He was not prepared to do that, maybe, or, he just want to turn me into a prophet.

Let me describe his characters first. He was a lovely old man, a very lovely old man. I can say his loveliness was beyond compare without any exaggeration. He was childish in many things; his childishness was often the biggest laughter for a three-year-old child. But he was a distinctive man who would grab any chances flew by him as the last straw.

Then here comes some basic information about him. He was suffering somewhat from pulmonary disease. He was not a rich man. Actually, he got subsidies from the government. But he was a distinctive man who loved cigarettes deeply under those conditions.

One day, he got a ten-Yuan forged note by accident. He imagined buying two packages of three-Yuan cigarettes and one package of four-Yuan cigarettes in his great mind, using his wonderful computing skills. “It means I earn ten Yuan!” He thought happily. But a foolish shopkeeper saw through him at once. Then he gave back the packages in his hand, reluctantly and firmly, to the shopkeeper, saying: I won’t buy it! Then he went away, happily. Why was he happy? It is because he was heading to another shop hopefully.

After many attempts in many different shops, he turned out to be the most foolish person ever existed on the earth. He felt very sorry for this truth, but he was still happy and kept trying to buy those three imaginable packages. I have said, he was distinctive, he would not let any chance pass by, and he loved cigarettes deeply.

At last, he got rid of the unhealthy habit of smoking. Then he found he was the luckiest person in the world. Let me help him give his thanks to the maker of that ten-Yuan forged note.