Chapter 164 - 164: Free Of Charge

Kate smiled, "You're so diligent, Pearson. There are not many boys who can work as well as you nowadays."

Albert smiled, "I'm flattered... I have nothing to do right now anyway. I'll help you clean up."

Sophia didn't want to bother him and wanted to say no, but Kate had spoken, "Well, thanks. I'll go shopping when I pack up and treat you to dinner tonight."

Albert kept nodding, "That's great. I'm worried about dinner now. Then I can have a taste of your cooking."

Kate smiled, "My cooking is so-so. I hope you like it."

Sophia was packing in silence, and there was no room for her to interrupt when the two were talking.

Kate asked, "What do you do, Mr. Pearson?"

Albert helped unpack the cartons and said, "I do business, all kinds of business."

Kate asked again, "Did you earn your house?"

Albert nodded, "Yeah."

Kate praised him, "Most young people depend on their parents to buy a house. You're quite capable, Mr. Pearson."

Albert smiled, "I will be proud if you continue to praise me. Well, you haven't changed a bit these years, Mrs. Green. When I saw you, I thought I was in middle school."

Kate was very happy. "You are so sweet. I'm old now. Look at the wrinkles…"

***

By the time they finished packing, it was dark. Albert offered to drive them to the supermarket, Kate agreed.

Sophia thought that after spending the afternoon together, Kate had taken Albert as her blood son... With Albert there, she was left entirely out.

There were many things they needed to buy. Kate had made lists in advance. Each of the three pushed a shopping cart and took a page of the list, which would be more efficient.

Sophia shuttled back and forth between the shelves according to the items on the list. It wasn't long before everything on the list was in her shopping cart.

Then, Sophia went to Kate with the shopping cart. On the way, she met Albert, who was talking to a salesgirl and looked embarrassed.

Sophia went over and heard the sales girl's voice, "Does your girlfriend use it?"

Albert said, "Yes."

The salesgirl said, "Didn't you ask her what type she liked? Some people are allergic to mesh sanitary napkins. How about I get you a cotton sanitary napkin?"

"Yeah."

"For daily use or night use?"

"I don't know."

Sophia was a little embarrassed. It seemed that Kate mistakenly gave Albert the list of women's items, so he came to the section. Each page of Kate's shopping lists contains various types of stuff. She might give the page to Albert by accident.

She left the shopping cart, walked to Albert, and said, "I'll choose."

The sales girl's eyes lit up, "Your girlfriend comes. Great! I told you she should choose things like this herself. Miss, what kind would you like, mesh or cotton, thick or thin, daily use or night use?"

Sophia ignored the word "girlfriend" and said, "Daily use, cotton, thin."

She spoke quickly. With Albert beside her, she felt a little awkward.

The salesgirl gave her a bag of sanitary napkins and introduced it to her, "This is a new one. It's very comfortable, and the price is very affordable…"

Sophia grabbed it and shoved it into the cart. She didn't want the salesgirl to sell her feminine products in front of Albert.

Seeing Sophia buy it at once, the salesgirl thought it was her chance to sell and immediately picked up another one. "You can try this one. It's a good deal. You can hoard it..."

Sophia shook his head and pushed the cart. Buying these in front of Albert was embarrassing enough, hoarding it...

The salesgirl didn't give up and pulled Albert, "Sir, would you like to buy some for your girlfriend? It is very good."

Sophia turned back, grabbed Albert, and sped away from the women's section.

Kate had her shopping done and got together with Sophia and Albert. Then they checked if anything was missing. When they made sure everything was there, they came to the cashier.

As they left the cash register, Albert pointed to the front and said, "There seems to be a lucky draw!"

"Forget it," Sophia said, without looking. "The odds of winning a prize are very low. If you're lucky, you get a packet of tissues."

But Kate said, "It says customers consuming twenty dollars here can take part in the lottery. We spend three hundred dollars here. What if we win? It's better to have a packet of tissues than nothing."

She looked at Albert. "Pearson, take the receipt, try it out. Let's see your luck."

Albert took the shopping receipt and lined up at the lottery. The way to draw was very simple. The customer drew a card from the box and could see the prize by scratching off the coating.

There were lots of people, but after a while, it was Albert's turn. Albert drew a card, came back, and gave it to Kate.

Kate scratched off the coating. She didn't think she would win any prize. If it weren't for free, she wouldn't have let Albert draw.

But as soon as the coating was scraped off, she was stunned.

"It's… the second prize," said Kate. "What's the second prize? Laundry detergent? Toilet paper?"

She glanced up at the lottery note and was excited.

According to the lottery note, there was one first prize, and it was a washing machine, worth about three hundred dollars; there were five second-prize, it was … free of charge.

In other words, everything she bought was free of charge.

She bought a lot of things, which cost more than three hundred dollars, worth more than the washing machine. There was a washing machine at home, so Kate didn't need one. For her, the second prize was much better than the first prize. 

At this time, another customer also got the second prize. "Why did I buy so little? What a waste! I would have bought more if I had known."

Kate was excited, "You're so lucky, Pearson. You save me more than three hundred dollars. Wait for me, and I'm going to cash the prize.. I'll make you something delicious when we get back."