Chapter 65: A Heluo Stone With Luck Value 3? System Brother Is Using Old Jokes!
During the video chat, Jiang Tao casually transferred 52,000 yuan to Xu Li.
Xu Li was super happy tonight, in a great mood.
First, the lottery ticket worth over 30,000 yuan was recovered after being lost.
The Melo Pearl that her husband found while eating at a restaurant sold for another 120,000!
Adding these two incomes together, their small family’s total income today reached 150,000!
“Husband, can I discuss something with you?”
“Mm, go ahead.”
“Now that we have some money, should we pay for the renovation and the air energy system first?”
“Oh, that. I’ve already paid for it, using the money earned from selling satsuma mandarins.”
“Really! Why didn’t you say so earlier! Fortunately, I asked you, or I would have paid it again.”
“I also just paid today and was planning to tell you tonight…”
“So, the money I have in my hands now is all mine?”
“Yes, it’s all yours.”
Seeing the look of a little money-lover on his silly wife’s face, Jiang Tao smiled.
When he gives Xu Li money, he never worries she’ll spend it recklessly.
Based on his many years of understanding Xu Li, she would most likely deposit this money into the bank for a fixed term, not spending a single cent unnecessarily.
The couple chatted for over two hours, back and forth.
It wasn’t until Jiang Xue got sleepy and wanted to sleep that Xu Li reluctantly hung up the phone and took her to wash up.
After ending the call with Xu Li, Jiang Tao leaned against the headboard and browsed Moments for a while.
Zhang Bo didn’t lie; he had indeed posted a Moment about the Melo Pearl that morning.
Besides the Melo Pearl, he also posted photos of other collectibles like ancient coins, banknotes, and stamps.
There was even a used 2013 Audi A6 for sale.
The items he was selling were incredibly varied.
Jiang Tao was completely ignorant of antiques and ancient artifacts and wouldn’t easily venture into that industry.
He always adhered to the principle of only looking, never buying.
His sole purpose was to trigger intelligence from System Brother.
Xu Li spent the day out with her mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and daughter Jiang Xue.
She also posted photos from their lunch that day.
Her sister-in-law Xu Sha posted a photo of her manicured nails.
Lu Qian’s photo was one of him and Ma Dongmei climbing the Great Wall.
If you didn’t look at his ID card, you wouldn’t believe this elder brother is already 71 years old!
After browsing today’s Moments, Jiang Tao opened Kuaidou for a bit of Aesthetic Improvement Training.
Soon, the time came to midnight.
Jiang Tao closed his phone interface, plugged his phone into the charger, and with a thought, began to connect with System Brother.
【Today’s Intelligence 01】:
You sold the Melo Pearl at Boyaa Auction House yesterday, obtaining related intelligence—
Near the Chaobai River Tongzhou Section where Boyaa Auction House Boss Zhang Long was fishing yesterday, there are two Heluo Stones that can bring luck!
【Note】: Carrying Heluo Stones increases Luck Value by 3!
【Today’s Intelligence 02】:
You browsed Zhang Bo’s Moments yesterday and obtained related information—
Inside the four car doors of an Audi A6 that Zhang Bo is selling, there is a 100g gold bar from the Bank of China placed in each.
The total value of the four gold bars is 275,280 yuan!
【Note】: The four gold bars were placed by the car’s deceased third owner and are currently ownerless.
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“Heluo Stones…”
“System Brother, you’ve changed. Are you starting to use stale memes too?”
Seeing “Heluo Stones” mentioned in the first piece of intelligence, Jiang Tao was a bit speechless.
However…
Since System Brother said those two Heluo Stones have the attribute of +3 Luck Value.
It’s likely these Heluo Stones are not simple, and it’s still very necessary to go to the Chaobai River tomorrow!
It’s better to believe it exists than not to believe it doesn’t.
If I go check it out, at most I’ll lose some time.
After reading the first piece of intelligence, Jiang Tao’s gaze shifted to the second one.
His eyes were instantly drawn to the enormous sum of 275,280 yuan.
“275,280! 270,000!”
“System Brother, give me more intelligence like this in the future, it’s too awesome!”
This piece of intelligence, worth 270,000 yuan, was one of the highest value ones since Jiang Tao bound to the intelligence system.
Although not as valuable as the satsuma mandarins, it had the advantage of being much simpler to execute.
All he needed to do was buy the used Audi A6 that Zhang Bo was selling and then dismantle the car doors to get the four gold bars!
“What kind of normal person puts these things inside car doors? Is there some special reason…”
Jiang Tao was too lazy to waste brain cells on things he couldn’t figure out.
He picked up his phone again, opened WeChat, found Zhang Bo in his contacts, clicked on his Moments, and soon saw the Audi A6 that was for sale.
The exterior was the classic black, registered in 2012, with 100,000 kilometers driven, full 4S shop maintenance, no accidents.
The specific price wasn’t stated.
But as long as it didn’t exceed 270,000, he would be making a profit!
Although Jiang Tao didn’t know much about used cars, he figured such an old Audi with 100,000 kilometers wouldn’t be too expensive.
He needed to get those two Heluo Stones and Zhang Bo’s old Audi!
Jiang Tao also happened to be in need of a personal car for getting around.
His 4.2-meter truck was fine for hauling goods, but it was too shabby for visiting relatives and friends during the Spring Festival.
Using this old Audi as a temporary vehicle wouldn’t be a bad choice.
Once he had more money, he could consider getting a new car.
After analyzing both pieces of intelligence, Jiang Tao glanced at his phone; it was already around 12:30 AM.
He had already showered, so he went straight to bed and into his quilt to sleep!
The hotel room was much warmer and more comfortable than his hovel.
The 198 yuan spent tonight was truly worth it!
The next morning at 7 AM, Jiang Tao was woken up by his phone’s alarm.
After getting up, he washed his face and brushed his teeth in the bathroom, got dressed neatly, and then went downstairs to check out.
He went to a nearby Qingfu Baozi shop and ordered a steamed bun and a bowl of wonton soup.
After eating his fill, it was only 7:30 AM.
At this hour, young people with rich nightlife like Zhang Bo were definitely still asleep.
Jiang Tao didn’t rush to contact Zhang Bo; instead, he hailed a taxi and headed straight for the Chaobai River Tongzhou Section.
Sitting in the car, he opened the first piece of intelligence about the “Heluo Stones.”
A virtual 3D map of the Capital City appeared on Jiang Tao’s retina.
On the map, two small dots, one red and one green, flickered intermittently, and Jiang Tao could hear a beeping sound in his ears.
“Okay driver, this is it. Pull over to the side.”
It took about half an hour. As the ride-sharing car approached the two flickering dots, Jiang Tao directed the driver to pull over.
“Driver, are you sure you want to get off here? It’s in the middle of nowhere.”
The driver, seeing where Jiang Tao was getting off, asked with some confusion.
“Yes, my friend is fishing nearby, I’m going to see him.”
Jiang Tao casually made up an excuse, and after the payment was successful on the ride-hailing app, he got out of the car.
As soon as he got out, a blast of cold wind hit his neck.
Jiang Tao shivered and quickly put his hands into his down jacket pockets.
Where he got off was desolate, with the Chaobai River flowing through the capital and into the Hebei province just below the road.
There was only a low barrier about a meter high along the roadside. Jiang Tao stepped over it easily, jogged down the road, and went to the riverbank.
From a distance, he could see the ice surface was chiseled like a chessboard, densely covered with round holes drilled by fishing enthusiasts.
It was just past 8 AM, and there were already seven or eight fishermen on the ice.
Jiang Tao followed the “navigation map” he saw on his vision and walked along the riverbank for more than ten minutes.
Beep beep beep beep—
The beeping sound in his ears grew louder.
It indicated he was getting infinitely closer to the two Heluo Stones.
