Chapter 148: Wang Cai’s Yellow And Gold Attributes Are Emerging!
5 PM.
A Mercedes-Benz GLS drove in from the east gate of Longzeyuan Residential Complex.
Before coming, Jiang Tao had called Jiang Yi and learned that she was not home today, as she was accompanying her niece Jiang An’an at the hospital.
Fortunately, she had given Jiang Tao a spare key, so Jiang Tao could let himself into the house.
He parked the car on a curb downstairs where it wouldn’t cause any obstruction.
Opening the trunk, Jiang Tao took out a large suitcase more than a meter tall.
“It’s so heavy, did you put someone inside?”
Jiang Tao’s physical strength had clearly declined from not hauling goods for over a month.
He used to be able to carry one of these suitcases in each hand with ease, but now even carrying one felt a bit strenuous.
“Tsk, what’s heavy? You’re just weak. By the way, has your sister-in-law been giving you supplements recently? How’s the effect?”
Jiang Bing playfully teased her second brother, took a backpack out of the trunk, and put it on her shoulder.
Jiang Tao closed the trunk and retorted with a smirk:
“The effect is quite good. I’ll have your second sister-in-law give you some too another day.”
“I don’t need it~ You can keep it for yourself!”
Jiang Bing looked a bit proud, she wouldn’t admit she was weak too.
“Let’s go, upstairs first.”
Jiang Tao stopped arguing with his third sister about who was weak and who was strong.
After calling out to her, he dragged the large suitcase towards Building 26.
“Second brother, you’re really giving me this water ghost?”
Along the way, Jiang Bing gleefully admired the green water ghost on her wrist for the thousandth time, loving it more and more!
Even though the Rolex was a bit dated now, and its price had plummeted.
A green water ghost still cost tens of thousands.
Jiang Bing naturally wouldn’t buy such an expensive watch herself.
Since someone was giving it to her for free, she might as well take it!
“Of course! Just tell me, does your brother spoil you or not!”
Jiang Tao had a smile like an unscrupulous merchant on his face.
He understood the principle of “to make a horse run, you must first feed it.”
In the next few days, his third sister would be busy with the blueberry potted plant project, so he’d give her a taste of sweetness first.
Seeing the “cunning” expression on her second brother’s face, Jiang Bing looked suspicious.
Could her second brother have really bought a replica from Pinduoduo to fool her?
But looking at the watch’s material and exquisite craftsmanship, it was definitely not something that could be faked.
The two chatted as they entered the hallway.
Ding~
As they spoke, the elevator doors opened.
“Let’s go upstairs. I’ve prepared bedding and toiletries for you too. Let me know if you need anything else.”
What Jiang Tao had used as a pretense to get close to Jiang Yi earlier now all became bargaining chips for him to take credit with his third sister.
“Are you sure your sister-in-law didn’t prepare it? By the way, where are my sister-in-law and Xiao Xue? Why aren’t they here, just you?”
Jiang Bing said, stepping into the elevator.
“They went to a friend’s house. Besides me, no one knows you’re coming today. We’ll give them a surprise tonight.”
Jiang Tao said, pressed the button for the 12th floor, and closed the elevator door.
As the elevator ascended, Jiang Bing couldn’t help but ask:
“Second brother, what does our company do? How many people are there now?”
“Food processing. Currently, it’s just our parents, an assistant, you, and me.”
“Ah? Just, just two people? That means, you and I, two managers, are managing one employee?”
Hearing her second brother’s words, Jiang Bing instantly felt like she had been tricked onto a pirate ship!
“Hahaha… What do you mean, ‘you and I manage one employee’?”
Jiang Tao was amused by his third sister’s remark.
Jiang Bing said indignantly, “In the whole company, besides our family, there’s only one little assistant!”
“For now, for now. Once our company grows, we’ll definitely hire more people.”
Ding~
As the siblings spoke, the elevator doors opened, and they stepped out.
Jiang Bing said speechlessly, “You better not be lying to me, I can leave at any time!”
“Why would I lie to you? Is your second brother someone so unreliable!”
“By the way, before you officially start at the company, there’s an even more important job for you.”
As they spoke, they arrived at the door of 1203.
Jiang Tao took out the key Jiang Yi gave him from his pocket and opened the door to the room.
“What important job?”
Jiang Bing’s interest was piqued by her second brother’s words.
“To help you make money. It’s the same rule as before, 20% for you, 80% for me.”
“You’re such a good second brother! A real second brother!”
Hearing that her second brother wanted to help her make money, Jiang Bing happily stepped forward and hugged his arm, her eyes narrowing into crescents.
Jiang Bing had made hundreds of thousands with Jiang Tao during this time, so she had tasted the benefits.
She guessed this time it would be the same as before, selling some kind of goods, right?
As they spoke, they walked to the sofa in the living room and sat side by side.
Jiang Bing eagerly asked, “Second brother, what are we selling this time?”
“Blueberry potted plants. I’ve noticed that discussion about blueberry potted plants has been very high on Kuaidou and Little Red Book recently.”
“I predict there might be a wave of trending searches for this in the near future, and we can take advantage of it to make some money.”
“Blueberry potted plants?”
Hearing her second brother’s words, Jiang Bing was very surprised. She couldn’t have guessed that this would be the product this time.
“Yes, I’ll send you the photos, product data, and price list. Get the products listed as soon as possible in the next couple of days.”
Jiang Tao said, reaching into his pocket for his phone and forwarding the data Liu Yuan had sent him directly to Jiang Bing.
“I’ve already bought the blueberry potted plants and put them in a greenhouse in Cui Village. I’ll also find some temporary workers from the surrounding villages for you.”
“Your primary job for the next few days is to help me sell these blueberry potted plants.”
“By the time you’re done with this, the company’s procedures should be almost complete.”
“Then you can officially start at the company.”
With a few words, Jiang Tao pushed all the work of selling blueberry potted plants onto his third sister.
“Okay! No problem, I guarantee I’ll complete the task!”
Faced with the heavy responsibility her second brother had given her, Jiang Bing was not only not resentful but was actually excited and full of fighting spirit!
After discussing work matters, Jiang Bing got up and looked around the room.
“It’s so clean, and there are so many flowers on the balcony. My roommate must be someone who loves life!”
Jiang Bing stepped into the room and looked at the layout and cleanliness, her good impression of her yet-to-be-met roommate growing.
Jiang Tao said with a teasing smile, “After you move in, pay attention to your personal hygiene, don’t turn it into a pigsty.”
“You stinky second brother! Am I that messy! I’m also diligent and love cleanliness!”
After looking around, Jiang Bing gave her second brother a look and plopped down on the sofa, doing the Beijing slump.
“Comfortable, it’s so comfortable on the sofa. My butt is numb after sitting in the car all afternoon.”
In front of Jiang Tao, Jiang Bing didn’t manage her image at all, doing whatever was comfortable.
Jiang Tao was also used to his third sister’s carefree nature and said with a smile:
“My roommate is a former university teacher of mine, and now she’s Xiao Xue’s teacher.”
“She’s even from our clan and has the same surname, Jiang Yi.”
“Jiang Yi has a very good temper and is a nice person, easy to get along with.”
“You two should get along well and you’ll probably become friends soon.”
“The place I’m renting now is a bit small, and it’s inconvenient with more people. You’ll have to make do here for a while.”
“When your brother gets rich and buys a bigger house, there will definitely be a room for you.”
“Okay, okay, I know, I know. Am I that petty person~”
Jiang Bing said, half-slumped on the sofa, without even opening her eyes, waving her hand to indicate she didn’t mind.
Jiang Tao’s current three-bedroom, two-living room, two-bathroom house was already a bit crowded for a family of five, making things like washing up inconvenient.
Adding Jiang Bing would make it livelier, but also more inconvenient.
Fortunately, the two residential areas weren’t too far apart, about a twenty-minute drive, which was very convenient.
Jiang Bing genuinely didn’t mind, and she actually preferred living alone to avoid listening to her parents nag every day.
After resting in the house for a while, Jiang Bing got up and made her bed in the master bedroom. Then the siblings went downstairs together.
5:30 PM.
Jiang Tao drove Jiang Bing to Bai Ge Zhuang New Village Residential Complex.
“Third sister, why are you here!”
As soon as her mother, Tian Xiaomei, opened the door, she saw her unexpectedly appearing daughter, surprised and delighted.
“What, you don’t want me to come? I missed you, can’t I come visit?”
Jiang Bing said, smiling, and hugged her mother’s waist.
“Oh my, this is incredible, Ms. Tian. Your food in the capital city is good! I can barely hold onto your waist anymore.”
“Heh, your food is good too. You’ve got a double chin now.”
Her mother also pinched her daughter’s double chin. They primarily engaged in mutual teasing.
After a few laughs and playful exchanges, the family sat together on the sofa in the living room.
Jiang Tao also truthfully told his father and mother about his plan to have his third sister manage the finance department at the company.
His parents naturally supported it wholeheartedly.
Such an important job as finance was naturally best entrusted to family.
Although his third sister was a bit carefree, she was quite reliable when it came to work.
Around 6 PM, Xu Li and Jiang Xue returned with Wang Cai.
“Xiao Bing~ Why are you here! You didn’t call me in advance before coming! If I had known you were coming, I would have returned earlier!”
Xu Li saw her sister-in-law Jiang Bing and excitedly went forward to hold her hand.
The sisters-in-law had been like real sisters for many years. Meeting again in the capital city, Xu Li was truly happy from the bottom of her heart.
Jiang Bing chuckled, “I wanted to give sister-in-law a surprise! Surprised, aren’t you!”
Xu Li smiled, “It is quite a surprise and unexpected! We have nothing prepared at home. Let’s have your brother treat us at a restaurant outside.”
“By the way, we didn’t have time to prepare bedding for you either. We’ll have to go to the supermarket to buy some new ones later.”
Hearing her second sister-in-law’s words, Jiang Bing looked at her second brother with a hint of confusion.
Previously, Jiang Tao had said that the apartment and the toiletries inside were all prepared by him, and Jiang Bing hadn’t quite believed it.
Now, hearing her second sister-in-law say this, it was indeed true!
Jiang Tao smiled and explained:
“I wasn’t busy this afternoon. I rented a place for my third sister and also bought bedding and such.”
“You bought them? Oh, that’s great.”
Xu Li heard Jiang Tao’s words and didn’t think too much of it, nodding with a smile.
“Daddy, Daddy, look what this is!”
As soon as Xu Li finished speaking, Jiang Xue ran up to Jiang Tao and held out her palm.
“Hmm? Where did this come from?”
Jiang Tao reached out and picked up the golden bean from Jiang Xue’s tender palm.
He had just handled gold today and was naturally familiar with this item.
This little bean looked like a gold bean!
Jiang Xue pointed at the little Bichon Frise wagging its tail by her leg and explained in a childish voice:
“I found it when I was playing with Wang Cai, stuck between the toes of its right front paw.”
“Second brother, take a look, this looks like a gold bean!”
Jiang Bing took the bean from Jiang Tao’s hand, a happy expression on her face.
“A gold bean? Let me see.”
Xu Li also took the bean and looked at it, pinching it. It indeed looked like it was made of gold.
Then the parents and Jiang Bing passed it around. Everyone agreed it was a gold bean.
This gold bean was very light, weighing only about 3 to 5 grams.
But at the current market price of gold.
Even if it was only 3 grams, its value was close to 3,000 yuan!
“Wang Cai, Wang Cai, you truly live up to your name, you’re really auspicious! You brought back a gold bean just by going for a walk!”
“Husband, your naming skills are superb~”
Xu Li smiled at Jiang Tao and gave him a thumbs-up, praising him.
“That’s enough for tonight’s dinner, and we can even add a chicken leg for Wang Cai!”
Jiang Tao squatted down and picked up Wang Cai from the ground. Others only knew it was called Wang Cai.
Only Jiang Tao knew that Wang Cai truly had the attribute of Auspicious Wealth!
On the first day, it brought back a gold bean from outside.
The attribute of Auspicious Wealth had already manifested!
“Husband, do you think this gold bean might have come from Nannan’s place?”
Xu Li frowned slightly as she thought of a possibility.
If this gold bean belonged to Du Ennan, she would feel embarrassed to keep it.
“Then call her and ask. If it’s hers, we’ll return it to her another day.”
Jiang Tao had an indifferent expression.
Such a small gold bean was not enough to arouse his greed.
He had obtained 4,000 grams of gold today, which was equivalent to over 1,000 gold beans. He didn’t lack this one.
Subsequently, Xu Li took out her phone from an LV bag that Jiang Tao had bought for her, found Du Ennan’s number, and called to inquire.
Du Ennan was also very surprised to hear that the little Bichon Frise had brought a gold bean home, but she said it wasn’t hers.
Her family didn’t have any gold beans.
The little Bichon Frise had gone to many places with Xu Li and Jiang Xue today, so it was hard to say where it got it from.
“In just one day, Wang Cai has almost earned its own redemption fee. This is too lucky.”
After hanging up the phone, Xu Li looked at Wang Cai, feeling even more affectionate towards the little guy.
Her parents and Jiang Bing also marveled, finding the matter quite novel.
After chatting at home for a while, around 7 PM, everyone went out and downstairs together.
They booked a private room at a restaurant called “Golden Ladle” outside the residential complex and ordered ten dishes.
When the Big Plate Chicken was served, Jiang Tao picked out a few pieces and threw them to Wang Cai as a reward.
The meal lasted from around 7:30 PM until 9 PM.
After eating their fill, everyone first returned to the residential complex where Jiang Tao and Xu Li were renting and chatted until around ten o’clock.
Jiang Tao and Xu Li drove Jiang Bing downstairs to Building 26 of Long Ze Yuan.
It was very late, so they didn’t go upstairs and returned directly to the Bai Ge Zhuang Residential Complex.
“Husband, today…”
Along the way, Xu Li chattered about the interesting things that happened when she took Jiang Xue to Du Ennan’s house during the day, her face beaming with a happy smile.
Jiang Tao was also happy for Xu Li that she had made a good friend so soon after arriving in the capital city.
By the time they got home, it was past eleven o’clock. Everyone was tired, and after taking turns washing up, they went to their respective rooms to rest.
Xu Li went to sleep after their marital duties, while Jiang Tao, as usual, waited for the intelligence to refresh at midnight.
Today’s Intelligence 01:
You had contact with Liu Yue from Lianjia Real Estate yesterday and obtained related intelligence—
Liu Yue is currently involved with Manager Song and colleague Gao at XX Hotel. A raid will occur in 21 minutes.
Timely notification will earn you the gratitude of Liu Yue and Song.
……
“…”
Upon seeing the first piece of intelligence for the day, Jiang Tao was wide-eyed.
People in the city really know how to have fun!
At the same time, he recalled Liu Yue’s invitation to see her bedroom at her villa yesterday.
It had to be said, this woman was quite wild and adventurous.
“Forget it, respect everyone’s fate!”
Jiang Tao had only met Liu Yue by chance, and he couldn’t be bothered whether she would be caught in the raid or not.
With a thought, he continued to browse the next piece of intelligence.
Today’s Intelligence 02:
You had contact with He Jing yesterday and obtained related intelligence—
He Jing’s landlord installed hidden surveillance equipment in her rented bedroom yesterday.
Timely notification can prevent He Jing’s privacy from being leaked.
……
“Damn it, these perverted landlords…”
Seeing the second piece of intelligence for the day, Jiang Tao was speechless.
Things he often saw on the news were happening right beside him!
Although Jiang Tao and He Jing hadn’t known each other for long, they had gotten along very well in their few encounters.
Besides being fellow villagers, they were also good friends.
Learning that she was being spied on by her landlord, he naturally couldn’t stand by and do nothing.
“Good thing He Jing is staying at her older cousin’s place tonight, otherwise that perverted landlord would have gotten away with it!”
“How should I warn He Jing tomorrow? Calling her directly would be too abrupt…”
While thinking about how to warn He Jing, Jiang Tao’s mind moved, and he continued to the next piece of intelligence.
Today’s Intelligence 03:
You purchased blueberry potted plants from Xinlei Nongye Co., Ltd. yesterday and obtained related intelligence—
Among the 100,000 blueberry potted plants you purchased, 4 have undergone genetic mutation, and their fruits turn a rare rainbow color when ripe.
The Academy of Agricultural Sciences is willing to acquire them at 200,000 yuan per pot for research purposes!
……
“4 pots of genetically mutated blueberries? Acquired at 200,000 per pot?”
Seeing the third piece of intelligence refreshed today, Jiang Tao’s smile stretched wide.
He had spent 800,000 yuan on Xu Xinlei’s 100,000 blueberry potted plants today.
Tomorrow, he only needed to find those 4 genetically mutated blueberry pots, and he would have recouped his investment!
It was equivalent to getting 100,000 blueberry potted plants from Xu Xinlei for free!
Fortunately, the System Brother reminded him, otherwise, these 4 pots of genetically mutated blueberries would have gone to someone else!
“The first thing tomorrow is to go to the greenhouse and find those 4 genetically mutated blueberry pots!”
“I hope they’re not too hard to find!”
“Sleep, sleep!”
After reviewing the three pieces of intelligence for the day, Jiang Tao closed the system interface with a thought and began to sleep, starting by embracing Xu Li’s waist from behind.
Spend 66 yuan to activate Sleep Mode for yourself?
“Yes!”
Jiang Tao activated Sleep Mode for himself without hesitation.
Through recent experiments, Jiang Tao found that sleeping in Sleep Mode made him sleep more soundly.
He felt more energetic after waking up the next day, with no side effects.
The only downside was that it cost 66 yuan each time!
“Huhu huh…”
Less than a minute after activating Sleep Mode for himself, Jiang Tao was fast asleep.
8 AM the next day.
As soon as Jiang Tao opened his eyes, he saw that Xu Li was no longer beside him.
“So refreshing!”
After more than 7 hours of high-quality sleep, he slept soundly until dawn.
Jiang Tao sat up in bed and stretched, feeling full of energy!
The Sleep Mode that came with the System Brother was really profitable if developed properly!
Early in the morning, Jiang Tao’s mind was quite active.
He felt that if he used Sleep Mode to open a guesthouse specifically for insomniacs, the business would surely boom!
“After I’m done with the company matters and it’s on the right track, I can consider developing in this direction.”
Putting aside the guesthouse idea for now, Jiang Tao’s mind turned to the intelligence about He Jing that had refreshed last night.
Directly calling or texting her to say that her landlord had installed a camera in her room would be very inappropriate.
How would he know? It would be hard to explain.
Ring ring ring—
Just as Jiang Tao was thinking about how to warn He Jing, the phone on the bedside table rang.
He picked up the phone and saw that the caller ID was a harassing call starting with a 170 prefix, labeled as a virtual number.
“Virtual call…”
Seeing this virtual call, Jiang Tao’s eyes lit up, and he thought of a good idea!
Virtual phones were essentially virtual numbers that could be activated without an ID card.
Currently, there were dozens of operators running virtual phone services online.
Jiang Tao used a China Unicom number and directly downloaded the “China Unicom Small Number” App.
Then he spent 48 yuan for a year-long subscription and quickly obtained a virtual phone number.
He switched the phone’s number to the virtual number on the App.
Jiang Tao found He Jing’s number and sent her a message, revealing the information from last night’s intelligence.
Whether she believed it or not, Jiang Tao couldn’t control that.
This was all he could do for He Jing.
“Husband, get dressed quickly, it’s time to eat.”
Just as Jiang Tao finished sending the message to He Jing, the bedroom door creaked open slightly, and Xu Li, wearing an apron, called out to him with a smile.
“Okay, coming right away.”
Jiang Tao nodded with a smile and picked up the clothes Xu Li had placed on the bedside table and started putting them on.
After getting dressed, he first opened the safe and collected the 10,000 yuan produced by Money-Attracting Golden Toad yesterday.
Buzz~
The phone vibrated, displaying a message of 10,000 yuan deposited.
Jiang Tao deleted it after reading it. This money went into his personal nest egg.
It felt incredibly good to have 10,000 yuan credited as soon as he opened his eyes!
After collecting the money, Jiang Tao walked out of the bedroom.
Dad Jiang was already sitting at the dining table.
Mom and Xu Li were carrying plates and bowls to the dining table.
Wang Cai, wagging its little tail, followed them in and out, looking lively and cute.
