Chapter 101: The Little Movie Begins!
After a hearty lunch.
Jiang Bing drove her two nephews and Jiang Xue to the cinema.
Jiang Tao and Xu Li hadn’t slept all night, so they didn’t go.
After eating lunch, the two of them caught up on sleep at home.
Ring ring ring—
At 5 PM, Jiang Tao’s phone by the bedside rang.
“Honey, it’s Xiao Zheng, the carpool driver.”
Xu Li was woken up by the phone’s ringtone. After glancing at the name displayed, she gently shook his shoulder.
Ring ring ring—
“Who?”
Jiang Tao sleepily asked again after waking up.
When he was in his twenties, he used to play mahjong all night every Spring Festival with a bunch of buddies.
Since getting married and having children, and getting older, he couldn’t stay up late anymore.
He stayed up until after six in the morning last night, and even after sleeping for over six hours today, he still felt very listless.
“Xiao Zheng, the carpool driver.”
“Oh…”
When Jiang Tao first heard the name, he was a little confused. It took him several seconds to remember that this was the driver found for Old Sun!
“My Master must have arrived!”
Jiang Tao exclaimed, then swiped to answer the call.
“Hello, Brother Jiang…”
Indeed, the driver’s voice came from the other end of the phone; he had already arrived at the village entrance.
Jiang Tao directed the driver on the phone to drive the car down the central street of Jiang Family Village.
While doing so, he and Xu Li got dressed.
After getting dressed, the two quickly walked out to welcome Old Sun.
Exiting the main gate and walking out of the alley, they saw the Beijing-licensed BAIC electric car.
The driver was smoking in front of the car.
Old Sun, wearing a Zhongshan suit inside and a mink coat outside, was also standing by the car.
His outfit was quite striking in the village!
“Master! You’re here!”
Jiang Tao quickly walked forward, took Sun Xiao Bao’s hand, and kept winking at him.
“I’m here, disciple. Is this your hometown? Hmm, the Feng Shui here is quite good. No wonder you’re such a once-in-a-millennium genius.”
Sun Xiao Bao looked around, and what he said sounded quite profound.
However…
When Jiang Tao heard Old Sun call him a “once-in-a-millennium” genius, he almost couldn’t keep a straight face.
Master, if you’re going to brag, at least be a little more modest!
“Master, let me introduce you. This is my wife, Xu Li.”
“Lili, this is my Master, the renowned Sun Xiao Bao, Master Sun from the Capital City.”
Engaging in mutual flattery, Jiang Tao also elevated Sun Xiao Bao’s status.
“Hello, Master. Welcome to our Jiang Family Village.”
Xu Li was awestruck by the perfect interplay between the two of them.
At this point, she had become completely convinced of their identities.
Previously, when she and Jiang Tao had a heart-to-heart talk in bed, Jiang Tao attributed the events like him selling Satsuma mandarins and her best friend winning the lottery to his Master Sun Xiao Bao’s calculations.
Each of these events had actually happened and repeatedly confirmed the profound abilities of Jiang Tao’s Master, Sun Xiao Bao.
Therefore, Xu Li looked at Sun Xiao Bao with even greater reverence, and his image became even more imposing in her mind.
While they were talking, Jiang Tao’s parents, who had been called by him, also came out to welcome Sun Xiao Bao.
At the same time, the intelligence group at the village entrance, seeing the situation, curiously gathered around.
Everyone whispered to each other, discussing the relationship between Sun Xiao Bao, Jiang Tao, and his family.
“Buddy, I’ll pay you for the ride first. You can head home now.”
“It’s Spring Festival, thank you for your trouble. Here’s a pack of cigarettes for your journey.”
Jiang Tao said, directly sending the pre-arranged 1000 yuan car fee to the driver via WeChat, and handed him a sealed pack of Huazi cigarettes.
“Thank you, Brother Jiang. Sir, where would you like me to unload the things from the car?”
After receiving the car fee from Jiang Tao, the carpool driver looked at Sun Xiao Bao and asked.
“Just unload them here. We’ll move them into the house ourselves later. Thank you, young man.”
Sun Xiao Bao cheerfully greeted the driver and then explained to a confused Jiang Tao:
“Disciple, this is my first time visiting your hometown, and my first time meeting your wife and parents.”
“Furthermore, at this crucial time during Spring Festival, I couldn’t come empty-handed.”
“So, I brought you some small gifts.”
*Snap!*
The carpool driver opened the trunk, revealing a wine box and a cigarette box so full of Huazi cigarettes that it couldn’t be closed.
“Good heavens, the trunk is full of Moutai! Could this be for Old Jiang’s family!”
“So much Moutai, how much must that cost!”
“It seems that Jiang Wen’s second son has met a benefactor in the Capital City!”
“Look at the mink coat on him, it looks expensive, probably six or seven thousand yuan!”
“I heard Jiang Tao say they are master and disciple? What is he learning?”
“Who knows, but it must be something good, otherwise, why would Jiang Wen’s second son return in a Benz this Spring Festival?”
The moment the trunk was opened, the surrounding onlookers were amazed by what they saw inside.
Some even thought about going home to ask their sons to come and kowtow to Sun Xiao Bao to become his disciples!
This Master, clearly otherworldly and full of wisdom, must be an extraordinary person!
Jiang Tao and the others were equally surprised to see the contents of the trunk!
They hadn’t expected Sun Xiao Bao to bring so many valuable gifts!
“Master, you are too kind. Bringing one or two boxes would have been enough. You’ve brought so much.”
Jiang Tao felt very flattered seeing the several boxes of Moutai Sun Xiao Bao had brought.
At the current market price, one box of Moutai costs about 17,000 yuan!
Six boxes would be over 100,000 yuan!
That box of Huazi cigarettes would also cost tens of thousands!
The meeting gift from Sun Xiao Bao this time was truly too extravagant!
Jiang Tao had invited Old Sun to visit his hometown not for these gifts.
Of course, since Old Sun had traveled so far, the gift was important, but the sentiment was even more so.
Jiang Tao didn’t refuse repeatedly.
He simply exchanged a few polite words with Old Sun and accepted everything.
Jiang Tao called his elder brother to have his two nephews come over to help move the wine.
When Jiang Shijie and Jiang Shaojie saw the six boxes of Moutai on the ground, their hearts instantly filled with excitement!
Looking at the large box of Huazi cigarettes on the ground, the two brothers exclaimed internally, “Second Uncle is awesome!”
The other children in the village had never seen so much Moutai and Huazi cigarettes!
“Let’s go, Master. Let’s go home first. There are too many people here, we can talk when we get home.”
“Yes, yes, Master, please, our home is this way.”
Jiang Wen quickly turned and led the way.
He had completely accepted Sun Xiao Bao’s identity and treated him as a distinguished guest from afar.
The group, under the surprised and envious gazes of the Jiang Family Village intelligence team members, headed towards their parents’ home, carrying six boxes of Moutai and a large box of Huazi cigarettes.
The distance from where Sun Xiao Bao alighted to the parents’ home was less than 100 meters.
They walked and chatted, arriving home in just two minutes.
Jiang Tao first showed Old Sun to his room and asked if he needed anything else.
To welcome Old Sun’s arrival, the heating at home had been turned up several degrees higher than usual today.
The room was as warm as the central heating outside.
“Satisfied, very satisfied! You’ve gone to so much trouble for me, Xiao Jiang.”
When no one else was around, Sun Xiao Bao’s address for Jiang Tao changed back to Xiao Jiang.
Jiang Tao smiled and said, “I’m glad you’re satisfied. Please, make yourself at home.
My wife and I plan to return to the Capital City after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. We can take you back with us then.”
“This, this isn’t good, Xiao Jiang. Won’t it bother your parents too much?”
Sun Xiao Bao had only expected to stay for a couple of days and didn’t realize Jiang Tao intended for him to stay long-term.
Jiang Tao said with a smile:
“There’s no bother at all. My parents are very hospitable. Let alone ten days to half a month, you could stay here for half a year or even a year without any issues.”
“Heh…”
Sun Xiao Bao gave a wry smile; he didn’t have that much time.
After looking at the room, the two returned to the living room to chat with everyone.
In the evening, Jiang Wen personally cooked several of his signature dishes to welcome Sun Xiao Bao.
Sun Xiao Bao and Jiang Wen were about the same age, and they hit it off immediately, chatting about past events.
Feeling the warmth and welcome from Jiang Tao’s family, Sun Xiao Bao was overwhelmed with emotion and felt like crying.
In his sixty-six years of life, he had never experienced such a lively New Year.
After eating and drinking, it was past 9 PM.
Jiang Tao’s family of three chatted with his parents until 10:30 PM before leaving.
As an exchange for arranging for Sun Xiao Bao to stay at his parents’ home, Jiang Bing, as she had wished, moved into Jiang Tao’s home and shared a room with her niece, Jiang Xue.
The aunt and niece had been playing together every day for the past two days, and their relationship had deepened considerably. Jiang Xue was also happy to share a room with her aunt.
While showering, Jiang Bing boisterously suggested drawing straws to decide the order.
As expected, she, the initiator, ended up showering last!
At night—
Jiang Tao and Xu Li, despite their efforts to restrain themselves, couldn’t help but make some noises unsuitable for children.
Jiang Bing, sleeping in the small guest room, waited and waited, even bored enough to take out her phone and open the timer to start timing.
After a full 69 minutes and 19 seconds, the sounds from the next room finally stopped.
“Wow, Second Brother is that energetic…”
“He’s almost like the male lead in a movie.”
Jiang Bing pursed her lips, turned off the timer on her phone, placed it on the nightstand, and closed her eyes, preparing to sleep.
*Creak, creak, creak—*
As soon as she closed her eyes, a faint creaking sound started again, and Jiang Bing felt utterly speechless.
This is just too much!
I’m an unmarried young woman, why do I have to suffer like this here!
Unable to sleep, Jiang Bing sighed and silently opened the browser on her phone.
She clicked on “My” and then “Bookmarks,” and the movie started!
…
1:43 AM.
Old Jiang looked at Xu Li, who was fast asleep in his arms.
With a thought, he opened the Daily Intelligence System to check the intelligence that had been updated for the day.
