Liaoshi City (8) 4D

4D stands for "Four Digit", which means four numbers. In Singapore, "buying Four D" means buying a lottery ticket that involves betting on four numbers. The lottery is drawn every Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Because you can place a bet with just 1 yuan, it is very popular.

The first time I learned about 4D was when my husband, who was still my fiancé at the time, put our ages together into four characters and placed a bet, and we actually won.

When I settled in Singapore, the topic of 4D came up everywhere.

The most representative one is my father-in-law.

He bought my passport number, the number of my new certificate, the number of my marriage certificate...

After Dudu was born, his birthday and the number on the birth certificate were also given to me. Public bet numbers.

When I give my father-in-law a gift, the first thing he does when he takes it is to see if there is a number on the wrapping paper.

As for my mother-in-law, she didn’t buy anything else but the children’s license plate numbers, the number of the range hood, and the house number.

When Dudu was a toddler, when he attended family gatherings, someone would always tease him to tell him four numbers. Dudu looked at An Ge Andi who was surrounding him with a confused look on his face, and he would tell the numbers casually. Amused everyone.

Some friends from China have lived here for a long time and do as the locals do.

Chen is from Hainan. She is a busy and virtuous woman who manages the house, but she also has a hobby of buying lottery tickets and is therefore particularly sensitive to numbers. One of the things she talked about the most was that she once dreamed that her deceased father-in-law came home. When she woke up, she interpreted the dream and bought the house number of her home, and won a big prize.

Lin is from Chongqing. He is very active in his work and is also a lottery fan. Once, I went to her house for a chat. I didn’t expect that the next day, she called me and said that she regretted not buying the last four digits of my mobile phone number because she had this idea when I walked into her house, and she actually won the lottery. .

This is how lottery players catch numbers everywhere.

When you see an advertisement on the street, first pay attention to whether there is a number; when big news happens in the world or locally, write down the date or the number that appears; when encountering an important event, don’t forget to buy a relevant one. Lottery.

Whichever betting station sells tickets that win the jackpot, there will be long queues at that betting station.

What shocked me the most was a murder that happened in the local area when I first arrived in the Lion City. A Singaporean plumber killed his lover at home and then cut her body into pieces. The girl was from China. Newspapers reported on her in large sections every day. Many Singaporeans sympathized with her plight and went to the mourning hall to send silk money. I feel the kindness and warmth of most people here. But when I saw the news that someone went to the place of the accident to worship at night and asked for his number, I felt incredible.

The somewhat comical incident happened before my father-in-law died.

My father-in-law was a person who looked down upon life and death. When he felt that the candle of his life was about to be extinguished, he arranged all the funeral arrangements. I was arranged to buy a photo frame for the deceased photo, and my husband was responsible for taking the photo for him. The way he looked at the camera with a smile on his face, wearing a layman's t-shirt, touched me very much at the moment.

Before his death, the free and easy father-in-law did not forget to tell the relatives and friends who visited him a set of numbers.

On the day of the cremation, my husband’s cousin said he bought it and drew the lottery.