Chapter 126: Lei Bus’s Stainless Steel Paper Cup And Old Lu’s Pickle Jar!
Saw today’s first piece of intelligence.
Jiang Tao’s heart couldn’t help but surge with excitement.
Finally, another high-value piece of intelligence popped up.
A Patek Philippe Nautilus worth 2.18 million!
This intelligence system is even more outrageous than Zhang Bo’s antique shop.
Half a month without a sale, and one sale lasts a lifetime, is that it!
Jiang Tao used to drive a truck for a living; retiring at sixty wouldn’t have earned him this much money!
Jiang Yi is truly his lucky star.
Jiang Tao picked up his phone again, opened WeChat, and reread Jiang Yi’s Moments post.
Coincidentally, the room currently being rented out was the master bedroom.
However, the gender restriction was a bit strict, only accepting female roommates.
But, this problem wasn’t too big; Jiang Tao had plenty of ways to handle it.
“Contact Jiang Yi tomorrow morning and ask her to reserve that master bedroom for me.”
“The previous owner of the house was also quite peculiar, placing a watch worth over two million on the ceiling, what kind of crazy move is that…”
“And, you’ve already sold the house, why didn’t you take the watch with you?”
“Forget it, I won’t think about these things anymore, that watch is mine now!”
Jiang Tao suppressed his inner excitement and continued to scan the next piece of intelligence.
【 Today’s Intelligence 02】:
When you were browsing Kuaidou yesterday, you saw Lei Bus’s video press conference and obtained relevant intelligence—
The Xiaomi Mall just listed a stainless steel paper cup this morning, which will be sold out at 8 AM today.
The price increase for the stainless steel paper cup is 100%!
It is recommended to stock up and resell at a higher price, with a stocking quantity not exceeding 10,000 units!
…
“Stainless steel paper cup?”
Upon seeing the name of this paper cup, Jiang Tao paused for a moment, feeling a bit confused.
Is it made of stainless steel, or paper?
He quickly downloaded the Xiaomi Mall app on his phone.
After installation, he tapped to log in, then entered “stainless steel paper cup” in the search bar.
A bright yellow water cup appeared on his phone screen.
Seeing the actual product, Jiang Tao finally understood what was going on.
It was a stainless steel cup shaped like a paper cup.
Aside from the rather flashy color, there seemed to be nothing else special about it.
Just for this cup, a 100% price increase? How did it increase?
Never mind, Jiang Tao didn’t bother to rack his brain to figure it out.
Since it’s intelligence provided by System Brother, it’s bound to increase, just buy it blindly!
The selling price of this stainless steel paper cup is 29.9 yuan, a set of two.
Jiang Tao directly increased the quantity to 10,000 and set the delivery address to his hometown, Ping County.
Successfully paid 299,000 yuan, transaction complete!
“Not bad, after dealing with this stainless steel paper cup, I can also make some pocket money.”
“Both pieces of intelligence today are related to making money, it seems my luck is turning around!”
Jiang Tao touched the Heluo Stone on his wrist again and continued to scan the last piece of intelligence for the day.
【 Today’s Intelligence 03】:
You had contact with the landlord Lu Qian yesterday and obtained relevant intelligence—
An old pickle jar in Lu Qian’s kitchen is a special, unactivated item. Binding and activating it will grant special attribute bonuses.
It is recommended to obtain the pickle jar and activate it.
…
“An old pickle jar?”
Upon seeing this unactivated special item, Jiang Tao’s eyes lit up again.
The Money-Attracting Golden Toad he traded from that jerk for a Huazi cigarette last time had gained the 【 All Directions Wealth 】 attribute after activation.
This single attribute could bring him a stable income of 300,000 yuan per month, ensuring his family had no worries about food and clothing.
This time, the special item, although a bit too unusual.
An old pickle jar…
But it’s still a special item, so you can’t look down on it just because it’s a pickle jar.
It’s just that he doesn’t know what attribute this thing can activate.
But it’s likely, perhaps, possibly not too bad!
“These three pieces of intelligence refreshed today are all good, this round I’ll make a fortune again!”
After reviewing the three pieces of intelligence, Jiang Tao checked the time and it was already 12:30 AM.
He put down his phone, hugged his wife, and went to sleep!
The next morning.
Jiang Tao was once again awakened by a chorus of chirping birds.
“Wake up dad~”
“Dad Wake up ~”
Old Jiang opened his eyes and saw his little cotton jacket, dressed in a cute JK school uniform skirt, shaking his head and calling out “Daddy, Daddy” incessantly.
It used to be Jiang Tao waking up Jiang Xue.
After coming to the Capital City, things had truly reversed.
Jiang Xue now ran over every day to wake him up.
“MY daughter, you go out first, Mommy will be up soon.”
“No, waking you up is Mommy’s task, I won’t leave until it’s done, lazy daddy, wake up quickly.”
The little one stood with her hands on her hips, giving him a “I won’t leave until you get up” look.
“Then kiss me and I’ll get up.”
Old Jiang pointed to his face and continued to act shamelessly.
“No way, Mommy said not to casually kiss boys~”
“Your mom is right, but she means boys outside of our family, definitely do not kiss other boys, remember? But kissing Daddy is okay.”
Seeing that his little cotton jacket was still not falling for it, Old Jiang upped the ante:
“Kiss me, and I’ll buy you roast duck from Quanjude tonight.”
“Really!”
As expected, when faced with roast duck, Jiang Xue instantly lost her resistance, almost drooling.
Old Jiang smiled triumphantly: “Of course it’s true.”
Jiang Xue’s big eyes rolled around, and she cunningly asked:
“One kiss for one roast duck?”
“Uh… no…”
“Mwah~ Mwah~ Mwah~ Mwah~~”
“Four kisses! Four kisses!!!”
Before Old Jiang could realize something was amiss, Jiang Xue had already kissed his face four times.
As she was about to go for a fifth kiss, her little head was caught between Old Jiang’s two large hands, her little mouth squeezed into a small trumpet shape.
“Daddy, four roast ducks, no backing out, okay? Teacher Jiang said we should be trustworthy, and without trust, a person is unlucky.”
“What do you mean unlucky, it’s ‘a person without trust cannot stand’.”
“It’s the same thing~”
“You two, hurry up, the school bus will be downstairs soon.”
Xu Li, wearing an apron, called out to the father and daughter from the doorway with a sweet laugh.
Jiang Tao and his little cotton jacket chatted and laughed for a while, then started to get up and put on the clean clothes Xu Li had placed on the bedside table.
The family of five sat around the dining table, which didn’t feel crowded at all; instead, it added a touch of warmth.
After breakfast, Xu Li walked Jiang Xue downstairs to catch the school bus.
Jiang Wen and Tian Xiaomei didn’t rush out today.
They looked at Jiang Tao with conflicted eyes, their faces showing a desire to speak but hesitating.
Jiang Tao noticed the concerns of the elderly couple and asked with a smile:
“What’s wrong, Mom and Dad? Is something on your minds?”
After exchanging glances, Old Mother spoke as the representative:
“Second son, your father and I have been in the Capital City for some time now, and we’ve basically seen all of it.”
“Now that the Spring Festival is over, we’re thinking it’s time to go home and get back to serious business.”
“For us common folk, playing around like this every day isn’t sustainable, don’t you think?”
Jiang Tao actually understood his parents’ thoughts very well.
After all, they weren’t like the elderly people in the Capital City.
Those people receive pensions of seven to eight thousand, or even ten thousand yuan, every month without doing anything, allowing them to live out their retirement years worry-free.
These two, on the other hand, had zero income for the month.
Besides, they were only in their fifties, not yet sixty, so they weren’t of retirement age.
They were still thinking about earning more money for their own retirement.
When they got too old to work, they wanted to cause as little trouble to their children as possible.
“Mom and Dad, I suggest you two stay in the Capital City for a while longer.”
“After working hard for almost sixty years, think of it as taking a short extended vacation for yourselves.”
“How about this, during the Qingming Festival, when Xiao Xue has a holiday, I’ll drive you all back.”
Jiang Tao’s suggestion was, in fact, a tactic to stall for time.
According to the intelligence provided by System Brother, Old Sun didn’t have much time left.
He actually wanted his parents to spend more time with Old Sun, to see out his remaining years.
But of course, he couldn’t say these things directly.
“Qingming Festival? Isn’t that over a month away!”
When Old Mother heard the timing Jiang Tao mentioned, she was immediately speechless.
“It’s just over a month, it’ll pass quickly, blink and you’ll miss it.”
“Mom, I’ll transfer some money to you. You don’t need to worry about money when you and Dad go out to play.”
“Just focus on eating well, drinking well, and having fun. You don’t need to worry about anything else.”
“If you run out of money, just tell me, and I’ll give you more.”
“You and Dad have worked hard your whole lives, this time you should enjoy yourselves.”
Jiang Tao said with a smile, took out his phone from his pocket, found his Mom’s WeChat, and directly transferred 50,000 yuan to her.
“No, no, why are you giving us money! Your father and I have plenty of money! If you’re short on cash, we can even lend you some.”
“50,000! Are you crazy! If Lili finds out…”
Tian Xiaomei exclaimed upon seeing the money her son transferred to her phone, and nervously glanced towards the door.
Jiang Tao said indifferently with a smile: “It’s okay, I’m in charge in our house, and Lili isn’t that petty.”
“After so many years, I haven’t been able to filial to you and Dad, this is just a small token of my appreciation as a son.”
“Didn’t you give me 10,000 during Spring Festival? There’s still plenty left.”
“One thing is one thing, that’s different from this.”
“Second son, you, after all these years, Mom hasn’t doted on you in vain.”
Tian Xiaomei looked at the sincere and pure smile on her son’s face, tears welling up in her eyes.
Old Father Jiang Wen sat silently beside her the entire time, not saying a word, but his thoughts were rich and varied.
Look at his son, how filial, how successful!
That kid Jiang Tianming will only have himself to envy in the future!
If the old men and women in the village knew their son gave them 50,000 yuan pocket money at once, they’d be incredibly envious.
“I should go too. You two continue to have fun, I’ll drive you back home during the Qingming Festival.”
After speaking, Jiang Tao turned to leave, as he had quite a few things to handle today.
Old Mother smiled with relief and said: “Okay, you go do your business, don’t worry about us.”
After Xu Li returned from dropping off Jiang Xue, Jiang Tao said goodbye to her and gave her a loving hug before humming a tune and heading downstairs via elevator.
Today, three high-value pieces of intelligence were refreshed, and Jiang Tao’s mood was as bright as a sunny day after rain, becoming exceptionally cheerful and enthusiastic.
While taking the elevator down, he happened to meet the cold-faced older brother from room 1602 also going downstairs.
Jiang Tao had been neighbors with this older brother for nearly half a month and had seen him a few times going up and down the stairs.
But this older brother always had a cold expression, looking unapproachable.
Jiang Tao was too lazy to go out of his way to greet him.
In a big city, it’s not uncommon to live as strangers for decades.
Whether this kind of ineffective social interaction exists or not is of no consequence.
After going downstairs, Jiang Tao got into his car but didn’t start driving immediately.
He first rolled down the car window, lit a cigarette, then took out his phone and dialed the number of his third sister.
Ring ring ring—
The call was answered in less than five seconds, and Jiang Bing’s weak voice came from the other end.
“Hello, second brother, why are you calling so early in the morning? You’d better have some good news, otherwise, you’re in big trouble.”
Jiang Tao jokingly asked with a smile: “Third sister, why does your voice sound so weak?”
“Who, who’s weak? You’re weak! I’m fine, full of energy, I can run up five flights of stairs without even panting!”
Upon hearing Jiang Tao say she sounded weak, Jiang Bing on the other end immediately became defensive, her voice increasing in volume.
“Alright, stop sleeping. What time is it? The sun is already high up, and you’re still not up. I need to talk to you about something important.”
“I bought 10,000 cups, and I put my home address as the delivery address. Same old rule, you get 20%, I get 80%.”
“What cups?”
“A stainless steel paper cup that Xiaomi Mall launched last night. I just checked, and it’s already sold out.”
“And I estimate they won’t be able to restock for a while, so we can exploit a time difference and make some pocket money.”
“Second brother! You’re my real brother!”
Jiang Bing on the other end of the phone instantly understood what was going on upon hearing Jiang Tao’s words.
She was very familiar with this kind of situation!
Weren’t the Ultraman Hair Clip and the Flying Pig Popcorn Bucket projects like this!
Jiang Tao continued: “My purchase price was 29.9, you sell them directly for 59.9. You can list them now, and I expect search volume to be very high today.”
“Okay, second brother! I’ll complete the mission! I’ll get up right away! Love you, second brother~ Mwah~”
“Disgusting!”
Jiang Tao said in the tone of Ge You, and before his third sister could roar, he casually hung up the phone.
“Second intelligence task completed~”
Jiang Tao mentally calculated the figures.
The profit he would receive from the stainless steel paper cup released by Lei Bus would be at least over 200,000!
In the information society, information is value!
After ending the call with his third sister, Jiang Tao found Jiang Yi’s WeChat contact and sent her a voice message.
“Teacher Jiang, I saw your rent posting last night looking for a roommate. My sister wants to come to the Capital City recently, can she rent with you guys?”
Jiang Tao’s reason was flawless, he even felt quite clever himself.
For that Patek Philippe worth over two million, it was worth paying some rent.
Less than 5 seconds after Jiang Tao sent the message, he received a text reply from Jiang Yi, stating she was very welcoming.
After Jiang Tao inquired about the house’s location and rent, he readily confirmed the master bedroom.
The rent for the master bedroom was 2,000 per month, with one month’s deposit and three months’ rent paid in advance.
Jiang Tao immediately transferred 6,000 yuan to Jiang Yi and expressed his desire to visit the house in person.
He also wanted to buy some daily necessities and bedding for his sister in advance.
Jiang Yi didn’t suspect anything and directly told him to get the room key from her at the school.
“Done!”
Having easily dealt with Jiang Yi, Jiang Tao drove his car, familiar with the route, towards Aidi Kindergarten.
It took less than 15 minutes to reach the vicinity of the kindergarten.
From afar, he saw Jiang Yi waiting for him.
A simple apricot-colored long-sleeved top paired with brown wide-leg pants.
The overall color scheme was soft, giving a fresh and natural feeling.
A light breeze rustled her hair, and a few strands playfully danced about.
Standing quietly there, she was a unique and beautiful landscape between heaven and earth.
“What a stunner, she doesn’t look like someone in her mid-thirties!”
Through the car window, seeing Jiang Yi outside, Jiang Tao couldn’t help but exclaim inwardly.
Outside the car.
Looking at the imposing Mercedes-Benz GLS driving towards her, and at her former student inside the car.
Jiang Yi also marveled silently, thinking her student was truly remarkable.
With no background and no connections.
An ordinary young man from the countryside, driving a Mercedes through his own efforts, and sending his daughter to a prestigious school with tuition of 180,000.
Among the students Jiang Yi had taught before, Jiang Tao was definitely considered outstanding.
She truly didn’t expect to reunite with her student in such a way in her lifetime.
Creak!
The Mercedes-Benz GLS stopped in front of Jiang Yi, the car door opened, and Jiang Tao stepped out and looked at Jiang Yi:
“I’m sorry, Teacher Jiang, for making you wait.”
“Not at all, I just came out a little while ago. Speaking of which, I should thank you for helping me share some of the rent.”
As Jiang Yi spoke, she gently brushed a strand of hair blown by the wind, her every move exuding the charm of a mature woman.
“It was quite a coincidence, my sister called last night saying she wanted to come to the Capital City, and I happened to see your rental ad among my friends.”
Jiang Tao asked without blushing: “Are you comfortable with me going to see the house alone? If not, we can go together after you get off work.”
“What’s there for me to not be comfortable with? My belongings at home probably aren’t anything that would catch your eye.”
Jiang Yi chuckled charmingly, her smile instantly blooming like flowers.
“Here’s another key, take it. You don’t need to return it to me.”
As she spoke, Jiang Yi took a key tied with a red hair tie from the small bag slung over her arm and handed it to Jiang Tao.
“Building 26, Unit 1203, Long Ze Yuan. You can navigate there yourself. I have a meeting later, so I can’t accompany you back.”
“Right, I’ll print out a rental contract when I get back tonight. You can come sign it whenever you have time, or wait until your sister arrives to sign it.”
“Okay, thank you, Teacher Jiang. I’ll ask for your care for my sister when she arrives.”
Jiang Tao took the key, thinking to himself that his sister wouldn’t be coming at all.
“Alright.”
Jiang Yi smiled and nodded, her reply crisp.
Then, she looked at the ladies’ wristwatch she was wearing and said apologetically to Jiang Tao:
“Well, Jiang Tao, I have to go back for a meeting, so I can’t chat with you anymore.”
Jiang Tao smiled and waved: “Okay, then you go ahead and be busy. Let’s chat again another day if we have time.”
“Bye.”
Jiang Yi softly waved goodbye to Jiang Tao and turned to walk back into the school.
After watching Jiang Yi walk a distance, Jiang Tao turned back to his car, turned on the navigation, and drove towards Long Ze Yuan.
In less than 10 minutes, the Mercedes-Benz GLS entered Long Ze Yuan through the West Gate.
He drove around the complex for a while before finding Building 26, where Jiang Yi had rented.
He found a spot by the curb that wasn’t obstructing traffic and parked the car.
Jiang Tao pushed open the car door, entered Building 26, and took the elevator directly to the 12th floor.
“1203, this should be it.”
As soon as he exited the elevator, he was directly in front of room 1203.
Jiang Tao took out the key Jiang Yi had given him and opened the door to enter.
Upon entering, there was a small shoe rack at the entrance.
On it was only a pair of light purple, somewhat cute women’s slippers.
It seemed that Jiang Yi was currently living alone.
On the balcony directly opposite, there was a row of plump and cute-looking succulents.
The not-so-large living room was clean and tidy.
The sofa cover on the sofa was also perfectly smooth, without a single wrinkle.
It was evident that Jiang Yi was a person who paid attention to hygiene and loved life.
After a brief look at the room’s layout, Jiang Tao went directly to the master bedroom door and pushed it open to enter.
Inside the master bedroom, there was only a double bed that looked quite old, and nothing else, making it seem rather empty.
The floor in the room, however, was spotless, having been cleaned very thoroughly.
Jiang Tao closed the door and his gaze immediately scanned the ceiling.
In his field of vision, about 20 centimeters above the window sill, the ceiling emitted a dim golden light, like a breathing lamp.
“Behind the curtain box?”
Jiang Tao approached the window and looked up.
The renovation style of this room was from over a decade ago.
Between the curtain box and the plasterboard above the ceiling was a piece of three-ply board, about 20 centimeters thick.
By removing this piece of board, the situation inside the ceiling could be revealed.
“What kind of eccentric person was the previous owner.”
“What on earth were they thinking, putting a watch worth over two million up there?”
He muttered softly and began to ponder how to retrieve the watch from the ceiling.
There was neither a ladder nor a stool in the room, making it difficult to retrieve.
Although it was less than two meters away from the Patek Philippe Nautilus worth over two million,
Jiang Tao could only look on in frustration.
He took out his phone to check the time; it was only 9:48 AM.
He still had ample time for his operation, or rather, his course of action.
Jiang Tao immediately took the elevator downstairs and found a hardware store near the complex, where he spent over a hundred yuan to buy a small stainless steel step ladder.
To conceal his true objective, he spent another 500 yuan at a curtain shop to buy a new set of curtains.
He returned to Building 26, Unit 1203 of Long Ze Yuan again.
Carrying the small ladder, Jiang Tao entered the master bedroom and closed the door again.
He placed the ladder in front of the window, and after climbing it, his head could just fit into the curtain box.
Click!
With a gentle push, he pried open the piece of three-ply board separating the curtain box and the ceiling.
Jiang Tao swallowed excitedly, his eyes fixed on the ceiling.
Indeed!
Less than 20 centimeters from the curtain box, there was a square box, about the size of a child’s small rubber ball, looking like it was made of rosewood!
“That’s you!”
Jiang Tao reached out and grabbed the box, then got down from the ladder.
He first used the old curtain hanging by the window to wipe off a layer of dust from the box.
The piano lacquer surface of the box instantly regained its luster.
Jiang Tao felt that the box alone was worth a lot of money!
Carefully, he opened the box.
Inside the box was a rose gold wristwatch with diamonds inlaid on its dial.
Although Jiang Tao didn’t understand watches, upon seeing this one, he could feel its overwhelming nobility and luxury!
“Who wears over two million on their wrist?”
“With that kind of money, one could buy two houses outright in Ping County.”
Jiang Tao muttered.
He didn’t understand watches and couldn’t appreciate their quality.
His purpose for opening the box was simple: to confirm if there was indeed a watch inside.
If there was, he would be relieved.
He didn’t even bother to try it on.
With a click, he closed the box again.
As for taking a photo while wearing it and posting it on Moments to show off.
If he were 10 years younger, he definitely would have done that.
Now, it was better not to; it wasn’t interesting.
After closing the box, Jiang Tao went through the motions, climbed the ladder again, took down the old curtain hanging by the window, and replaced it with the new one he had just bought.
After changing the curtains, Jiang Tao used the old curtains he took down to wrap the box, then carried it downstairs and placed it in the trunk of the Mercedes-Benz GLS.
