Chapter 118: A Blue And White Porcelain Bowl Worth 80,000 And A Nephew Who Became A Man!
“What? I’m the farm manager?”
“I just feed cattle, how can I be that!”
Tian Xiaoguang looked flattered after hearing his nephew’s appointment.
Although he secretly wanted to be a leader, to be respected and looked up to,
he was also afraid of causing trouble for his nephew if he couldn’t do a good job, so he instinctively refused.
Old sayings say, opportunities are for those who are prepared.
Ordinary people don’t prepare anything, and even when an opportunity comes, they don’t dare to seize it.
Tian Xiaoguang is 53 years old this year. He entered society before finishing junior high school.
He has worked in all sorts of professions.
Construction worker, kitchen assistant, security guard, factory worker, porter, loader, etc., etc.
It wasn’t until he was in his early forties that he came to the Tian Family Village Cattle Farm and became a cattle herder.
The professions he has engaged in are diverse, but they have one thing in common: they are all at the bottom of the bottom.
Doing the dirtiest and hardest jobs, earning the least salary, struggling at the bottom for decades, and still remaining at the bottom.
Tian Xiaoguang has worked for so many years that he hasn’t even been a team leader.
Let alone the farm manager of such a large cattle farm.
Although the number of people he manages isn’t large, he’s managing hundreds of cattle, so the responsibility isn’t small.
For Tian Xiaoguang, who has never shouldered heavy responsibility, or who is accustomed to lying flat and lacks commitment, the pressure is still immense.
Faced with pressure, the brave will confront the challenge, but ordinary people will instinctively evade it.
Tian Xiaoguang is just an ordinary person, more ordinary than ordinary.
After lying flat for decades, his spirit and confidence are long gone.
“I say you can do it, and you can do it. I’m in charge here at Tian Family Village Cattle Farm now, and you are the farm manager from now on!”
Jiang Tao had a smile on his face, but his tone was one of unquestionable authority, it was a direct appointment, not a discussion with Tian Xiaoguang.
Jiang Tao understood his uncle very well.
He was the type of person who would only move a few steps forward if you whipped him, but wouldn’t move if you didn’t.
Some things just had to be pushed.
He had been working at the cattle farm for over a decade. He knew all that he needed to know and could competently handle the duties of a farm manager.
He just lacked confidence.
If he lacked confidence, he would help him find it!
“Uncle, just listen to my second brother. It’ll be so prestigious when you go out and say you’re the farm manager!”
“Maybe you can even find us an aunt, and have some younger cousins for us, hehe~”
Jiang Bing, while munching on sunflower seeds, didn’t forget to tease her uncle.
But what she didn’t know was that her second brother actually had plans like that!
Although he had received intelligence about Tian Mingrong,
System Brother judged their compatibility to be as high as 95%, making it a sure thing.
However, being a cattle herder definitely sounded less impressive than being a farm manager.
When you’re out in the world, your identity is what you make it.
A more glamorous identity also has a clear enhancing effect when it comes to dating.
Therefore, Jiang Tao planned to package his uncle first, to elevate his “status.”
Then, he would find an opportunity to have him and Tian Mingrong meet, ensuring a perfect outcome!
“Cough, cough, you little girl, don’t joke about your uncle’s matters.”
“I’m already this old, what wife or children do I need!”
Tian Xiaoguang felt a bit embarrassed by his niece’s joke.
Although he vehemently denied it, what man is willing to be single?
It’s all because they don’t have money!
If they could, who wouldn’t want to marry a beautiful wife, have a smart child, and live happily as a family.
Jiang Tao and Jiang Bing, the siblings, stayed at the cattle farm until noon before taking their leave.
When they left, Jiang Tao gave his uncle 100 yuan and asked him to buy 50 lottery tickets for him when he had time.
The address was naturally Tian Mingrong’s lottery shop, which he had already specified.
At noon, Jiang Tao’s family still ate at their mother’s house.
Braised beef, stewed beef, fish, shrimp, it was a veritable feast.
After the meal, Jiang Bing and Xu Li continued to busy themselves with processing orders for the online store.
Jiang Tao, on the other hand, drove out for a spin with his little cotton jacket, and also sneakily went to the police station again to look at the wanted posters on the bulletin board.
Although the highest bounty has already been reported by him, there are still several with a reward of 50,000, and even a little bit of meat is still meat.
The Golden Crow set in the west, and the Jade Rabbit rose in the east. The afternoon passed quickly.
For dinner, they still “mooched” food at their parents’ house.
Tonight was particularly lively; the elder brother and elder sister-in-law brought their two nephews over too.
Plus Jiang Tao’s family of three.
It was a rare occasion for the whole family to gather.
After dinner, the third sister drove Xu Li, Jiang Xue, and their mother to watch Nezha for a second time.
In the past two days, with the box office revenue of 《 Nezha 2》 entering the top 100 global box office charts,
the atmosphere in the country instantly became somewhat ignited.
This was the first domestic film to enter the global top 100 box office charts.
It played a significant role in promoting and disseminating Chinese culture.
Some enterprises in the country, in support of Nezha, started booking entire theaters to treat their employees to watch Nezha.
Many netizens also started watching it for a second or third time.
Some people even watched Nezha ten times alone, contributing a considerable amount to the box office.
The tickets Wang Xiaobai gave to Jiang Tao earlier were not all used yet, so they could go and support it again.
After dinner, their father and Old Sun went next door to play chess with Jiang Tianming.
The three brothers had been inseparable lately, getting along extremely well.
Jiang Tao had watched it once and couldn’t be bothered to go again, so he returned to his own home alone.
He comfortably lay on the sofa and browsed news and information for a while.
While browsing his phone, Jiang Tao was also contemplating something.
Today was already the last day of the Spring Festival holiday, and many people were already returning to their jobs, preparing to start the new year’s work.
Jiang Tao would naturally not go to the Hongxing Secondhand Wholesale Market to haul goods anymore.
But he couldn’t just stay at home idle all day, as it would arouse suspicion.
He needed to find something to do for himself.
At least, he had to appear busy and diligent in his work on the surface.
However, he hadn’t figured out what exactly he should do yet.
There were companies online that allowed you to pretend to be working, but Jiang Tao felt it was unnecessary to deceive himself.
“Forget it, I’ll think about it when I get back to the capital. Renting a place, finding a school for Xiao Xue, settling in first.”
“Now, according to the intelligence provided by the Daily Intelligence System, the income is already quite good, so there’s no need to be too anxious about making money.”
He thought for a long time, but limited by his own knowledge,
Jiang Tao couldn’t come up with any good entrepreneurship projects for the time being, so he had to give up for now.
Projects are something that need to be assessed; just imagining them isn’t enough.
If he couldn’t think of anything for now, Jiang Tao couldn’t be bothered to waste any more brain cells.
His current life was already quite comfortable.
Even if his career didn’t break through in the future and he maintained the status quo, wouldn’t it still be a hundred times better than hauling goods at the secondhand market before?
Thinking this way, Jiang Tao felt more relaxed, and the only bit of anxiety he had disappeared without a trace.
When Xu Li and the others returned from watching the movie, it was already past eleven o’clock at night.
Jiang Xue’s little head was nodding back and forth like a chick pecking rice.
Xu Li simply washed her hands, feet, and little face, then asked Jiang Tao to carry her to her own small room’s bed.
After taking turns washing up, they each went back to their rooms to sleep.
Xu Li had her period for the past two days, and Jiang Bing’s sleep quality had significantly improved, falling asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.
Xu Li was also tired from watching the movie and chatted with Jiang Tao in a low voice for a few words before sleeping.
Jiang Tao still persisted until the intelligence refreshed at midnight.
【Today’s Intelligence 01】:
You visited your elder brother Jiang He’s home yesterday and obtained relevant intelligence:
The Blue and White Porcelain Bowl in Jiang He’s courtyard is an antique from the Qing Dynasty, valued at 80,000 yuan!
……
Seeing the first piece of intelligence refreshed, Jiang Tao was taken aback.
A scene from yesterday quickly flashed in his mind.
Yesterday, when he took Jiang Xue to see his two nephews, he saw them using a bowl to feed the dog under the balcony.
“It must be that bowl!”
Upon seeing System Brother’s hint, Jiang Tao couldn’t help but feel a mix of amusement and exasperation.
A bowl worth 80,000 yuan was casually left in the courtyard to feed dogs, it was truly a waste of a treasure!
“This money should go to my elder brother. It can help their lives to some extent.”
Jiang Tao did not covet the bowl in his elder brother’s courtyard.
It was just 80,000 yuan; he had plenty of opportunities to make money, he wasn’t short of this amount.
After reading the first piece of intelligence, Jiang Tao’s heart stirred, and he refreshed to the next one:
【Today’s Intelligence 02】:
You had contact with your elder nephew Jiang Shijie yesterday and obtained relevant intelligence:
With the help of Wang Xiaohong, Jiang Shijie completed his transformation from a boy to a man.
……
“That kid Shijie…”
“He’s got potential!”
Seeing the second piece of intelligence about his elder nephew, Jiang Tao couldn’t help but feel a mix of amusement and exasperation.
Never mind, as an elder, he wouldn’t fuss over such matters. Sleep!
As usual, he slept until he woke up naturally.
After waking up, the warm family of three, along with Jiang Bing who was freeloading meals, ate the loving breakfast prepared by Xu Li.
Today’s breakfast was a combination of fried dough sticks and millet pumpkin porridge.
The fried dough sticks were made and fried by Xu Li herself that morning, making them cleaner and more hygienic than those bought outside.
They were fluffy, crispy, and fragrant, a great success.
Over the years, Xu Li had gone from being a master of terrible cooking while taking care of her daughter Jiang Xue, to becoming the beautiful little chef she was today, which was not easy.
After breakfast, Jiang Bing and Xu Li continued to busy themselves with processing orders for the Flying Pig Popcorn Bucket.
In the past few days, as the popularity of the 《 Nezha 2》 movie continued to rise, so did the related buzz.
Peripheral products associated with this ID also benefited from this surge, ensuring sales.
However, many merchants, lacking immediate stock, could only resort to pre-orders and advance sales.
Merchants like Jiang Tao and the third sister, who had stock on hand, instantly stood out.
Although the price was several times higher than the original price, they had it in stock!
Faced with a massive customer base, even if only one percent of customers could accept this price, it was enough for Jiang Tao and the others to make a fortune.
Jiang Tao remembered the matter of the bowl in his elder brother’s courtyard and took his little cotton jacket out.
“Daddy~ my legs are so tired, I don’t want to walk, let’s drive to Uncle’s house!”
As soon as they stepped out, Jiang Xue looked at their brand-new and beautiful car and immediately didn’t want to walk.
“Here or here, you choose one.”
Jiang Tao walked to the car door, chuckled, and squatted down, pointing to his back and then to the car door.
“Hehe~ Of course, I choose Daddy~”
Jiang Xue didn’t hesitate at all and ran to her father’s back.
“Is Daddy’s back more comfortable, or is our car more comfortable?”
“Of course~ Daddy’s back is more comfortable~ Hehe, Daddy, are you tired? Let me give you a shoulder massage.”
The father and daughter chatted as they arrived at their elder brother Jiang He’s doorstep.
Upon entering, the house was still eerily empty.
“Second Uncle, Little Xue sister! You’re here!”
Jiang Shaojie, who was playing on his phone inside, heard the commotion in the courtyard and came out.
“Are you home alone today?”
Jiang Tao looked around and noticed that his elder brother’s electric scooter and his elder sister-in-law’s food cart were not there.
Even his elder nephew Jiang Shijie’s mountain bike was missing.
“Yeah, my dad went to work, my mom went to sell breakfast, and my brother stayed at a classmate’s place last night and hasn’t come back.”
Jiang Tao chuckled upon hearing this, playing at a classmate’s place until he was in bed, huh!
After a brief chat, Jiang Tao’s gaze fell upon the blue and white bowl casually placed under the balcony.
Indeed, in Jiang Tao’s vision, the blue and white bowl emitted a dark golden radiance.
Clearly, it was the 80,000 yuan blue and white bowl mentioned in the intelligence.
Jiang Tao strode forward, squatted down, and picked up the bowl from the ground.
“Second Uncle, do you need the bowl? I’ll get you a clean one!”
“That one’s too dirty, just throw it away!”
Jiang Shaojie thought his second uncle wanted to use the bowl for something.
He then ran into the kitchen and brought out a clean bowl, saying obsequiously:
“Use this one, Second Uncle, this one is clean.”
Jiang Tao looked at his young nephew and playfully scolded, “You kid knows nothing, I just thought this bowl looked like an antique.”
“Ah? An antique? Impossible! I picked this up casually from the wild when I was out playing with friends.”
Upon hearing his second uncle’s words, Jiang Shaojie looked incredulous.
If this was truly an antique, wouldn’t it be very valuable?
“I can’t say for sure, but I have a friend who specializes in this. Shaojie, go get me a wet rag, I’ll clean it up properly first.”
“Okay, Second Uncle!”
Jiang Shaojie’s enthusiasm was instantly ignited upon hearing that the bowl he picked up might be an antique, and he ran faster than a rabbit.
“Here you go, Second Uncle!”
Jiang Tao took the wet rag and thoroughly wiped the blue and white bowl in his hand.
He wiped off the dirt, revealing its original appearance.
The rim of the bowl was about 10 centimeters wide, the inside was white, and the outside was white with blue patterns.
Even without knowledge of antiques, one could tell this bowl was old.
However, who in the village didn’t have a few old bowls? No one treated it as an antique.
If it weren’t for System Brother’s reminder, this bowl might have been accidentally broken at some point and thrown into the village trash can.
After cleaning the blue and white bowl, Jiang Tao took out his phone, found Zhang Bo’s number on WeChat, and called him.
Ring, ring, ring—
The call was answered after a few rings, and Zhang Bo’s image appeared on the phone screen.
“Brother Jiang is still in your hometown? Let’s grab a meal when you get back to the capital.”
Zhang Bo saw the rural environment behind Jiang Tao and asked with a smile.
The natural calculus bovis he had bought from Jiang Tao had already been sold by his father for 1.9 million.
In just a few days, he made a profit of 170,000 yuan from a quick transaction. This year had certainly started off well.
The father and son’s level of importance towards Jiang Tao as a client had significantly increased.
“I’ll be back in a few more days. Zhang Bo, help me see how much this bowl is worth.”
Jiang Tao cut to the chase and pointed his phone camera at the blue and white bowl he had just cleaned.
Beside him, Jiang Shaojie pricked up his ears, nervously awaiting Zhang Bo’s response.
“Let me see…”
“Looking at the condition and style, it should be a bowl from the Xianfeng period.”
“Brother Jiang, turn the bowl around, let me see the overall view.”
“What a shame, it’s from a folk kiln. If it were from an imperial kiln, a bowl like this could sell for over a million yuan.”
“The condition is quite good. I estimate it’s worth over 80,000 yuan.”
Hearing Zhang Bo’s quote over the phone, Jiang Tao had to admit that Panjiayuan’s Xiao Ting Quan lived up to its reputation.
Zhang Bo’s valuation was similar to System Brother’s estimate.
“80,000 yuan!”
Beside him, Jiang Shaojie’s eyes nearly popped out of their sockets upon hearing Zhang Bo’s quotation.
A broken bowl he casually picked up from outside was actually worth so much!
This meant he had picked up 80,000 yuan from outside?
Jiang Tao asked Zhang Bo, “Does your family buy it?”
“Yes, of course! Brother Jiang, please bring the bowl over when you have time, and we can discuss it further in person.”
“Alright, I’ll find you when I get back to the capital.”
“Certainly! We await Brother Jiang’s esteemed presence anytime. Please take good care of the bowl, don’t scratch or break it, as it will affect the price.”
“Okay, thanks for the reminder. I’ll hang up for now, let’s chat again another day.”
“Goodbye, Brother Jiang.”
After discussing business, Jiang Tao casually ended the call with Zhang Bo.
“Second Uncle, this bowl is really worth 80,000 yuan?”
Although he had heard it clearly, Jiang Shaojie still found it hard to believe, feeling like he was dreaming.
80,000 yuan, for a common, even somewhat poor family like Jiang Shaojie’s, was definitely a considerable fortune!
Jiang Tao chuckled, “How could it be fake? That friend I just spoke to specializes in this. Where did you pick this up? Do you have any others?”
“No, just this one.”
Jiang Shaojie looked regretful. If he could have picked up a few more bowls, wouldn’t his family have become rich?
Jiang Tao examined the blue and white bowl in his hand again before saying,
“Don’t spread the word about today’s matter. I’ll take the bowl home first. I’ll call your dad later and ask him to come to my place tonight so we can discuss this properly.”
“Oh, okay, Second Uncle. You can take it.”
Jiang Shaojie knew that his Second Uncle wouldn’t covet their small fortune, so he wasn’t worried.
Jiang Tao said, “Go find me some old clothes and a box, and pack the bowl first.”
“Okay, Second Uncle! I’ll go right away!”
Jiang Shaojie nodded in agreement and once again ran back to the main house.
A moment later, he ran out from the house with a piece of autumn clothing and a shoebox.
Jiang Tao first wrapped the blue and white bowl tightly in the autumn clothing, then placed it in the shoebox, which fit quite well.
After all, it was an item worth over 80,000 yuan and was fragile, so packing it carefully was necessary.
