Chapter 141: Bursting With Luck, Two Special Items Refreshed In One Day!
*Ring ring ring—*
Jiang Tao and Jiang Jiaqi were just about to leave when the phone in Jiang Tao’s pocket suddenly rang.
He pulled out his phone and saw that the caller ID displayed “Li Ming”.
Seeing Li Ming’s name, a smile appeared on Jiang Tao’s lips. This kid was probably here to give him money.
According to the intelligence from System Brother, he would receive a gratitude fee of 200,000 for warning Li Ming about the car dealership fire.
This money would directly cover his expenses for the day.
“Hello, Li Ming.”
With a swipe of his finger to answer the call, Jiang Tao greeted Li Ming with a smile.
“Brother Jiang, where are you right now? I’m coming to Bai Ge Zhuang New Village to mooch a meal from you.”
Li Ming’s voice came from the other end of the phone.
Jiang Tao laughed heartily, “Why didn’t you let me know beforehand when you decided to come, kid? You’re launching a surprise attack!”
“Haha, I wanted to give you a surprise! How about it, surprised?”
“Stop joking around, kid. What if I had plans with someone else? Where would I leave you? Where are you now?”
“I’ve just pulled over on the road at the entrance to the residential area.”
“Alright, wait for me. I’ll be home soon.”
After a brief conversation on the phone, Jiang Tao hung up and turned to Jiang Jiaqi, saying:
“Let’s go, Jiaqi. We’ll have dinner together tonight to celebrate our company’s establishment in advance.”
Jiang Jiaqi’s expression was a little anxious.
“Uncle Tao, isn’t it a bit inappropriate for me to go see my uncle and auntie empty-handed?”
Jiang Tao laughed, “What’s inappropriate about it? Our relationship doesn’t care about that.”
“It’s like visiting neighbors in the village. When you come to my house, do you bring anything?”
“Hehe, then I’ll just come with my mouth to mooch a meal!”
Jiang Jiaqi chuckled twice and followed behind Jiang Tao to the door, getting into the Mercedes-Benz GLS.
In less than 10 minutes, Jiang Tao drove back to the Bai Ge Zhuang Residential Area.
As soon as he entered, he saw the black Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon parked by the roadside.
Li Ming had driven this car yesterday when they went to eat.
Jiang Tao drove his car next to the G-Wagon, stopped, rolled down his window, and honked twice.
The window of the G-Wagon was also lowered, and Li Ming smiled and greeted Jiang Tao.
“Brother Jiang! You’re finally back, I’ve been waiting so long my flowers have almost wilted.”
“Haha, who told you not to report your arrival in advance, kid!”
Jiang Tao laughed heartily, waved, and called out to Li Ming.
“Let’s go. I’ll take you to my place to get acquainted first. I’ve booked a private room at a hotel next to the residential area for 7 o’clock, we’ll head over later.”
“Okay! I’ll do whatever you say, the guest follows the host’s lead!”
“Let’s go.”
Jiang Tao waved to Li Ming, and the two cars drove one after another to the downstairs of Building 28.
Jiang Tao rented a place here and didn’t have a parking space.
Fortunately, the roads inside the residential area were wide enough, so parking by the roadside didn’t affect traffic.
Many residents in the complex had multiple cars but only one parking space.
With insufficient parking, everyone parked on the roadside. As long as it didn’t impede traffic, no one would complain about the other.
After getting out of the car, Li Ming opened the trunk of the G-Wagon and took out seven or eight bags and packages.
Jiang Tao took a quick glance and saw cigarettes, alcohol, nutritional supplements, and cosmetics. He was surprised and said:
“You didn’t have to bring so many things, kid, just coming is enough.”
Li Ming smiled, “It’s my first time visiting Brother Jiang’s home, I couldn’t come empty-handed! That would be too embarrassing!”
“…”
Jiang Jiaqi, who was following Jiang Tao, heard Li Ming’s words and her expression became a little awkward.
If she hadn’t known Li Ming wasn’t doing it on purpose, she would have suspected he was mocking her!
She wasn’t visiting for the first time either, and she had come empty-handed!
“Haha, alright, alright! It’s a shame not to take advantage of a rich second-generation like you!”
“Since you’ve already bought them, Brother won’t be polite.”
“Let’s go, let’s go upstairs, upstairs.”
As Jiang Tao spoke, he took a few bags from Li Ming to help him carry some of the load.
“Jiaqi, this is Li Ming. He’s a rich second-generation from a car dealership. If you need to buy a car in the future, you can find him.”
“Li Ming, this is a grandniece from my hometown, a distant relative of the same clan.”
As they went upstairs, Jiang Tao introduced Li Ming and Jiang Jiaqi to each other.
“Hello.”
“Hello, nice to meet you.”
Jiang Jiaqi and Li Ming simply nodded and greeted each other.
It was their first meeting, so they didn’t have much to talk about.
Jiang Jiaqi wasn’t the kind of gold-digger who would jump at any rich man she heard about.
Li Ming looked at Jiang Jiaqi with clear eyes as well.
Although he liked to party and go to nightclubs, he wasn’t the kind of player who would want to sleep with any pretty woman he saw.
*Ding~*
As they were talking, the elevator doors opened on the 16th floor.
Jiang Tao led the two out of the elevator and knocked on the door of 1601.
Soon, the sound of running footsteps came from inside.
The door creaked open, and Jiang Xue, wearing a JK school uniform skirt, appeared at the doorway.
“Dad~ Huh? Do we have guests today?”
Jiang Xue’s large, dark grape-like eyes rolled as she looked at the unfamiliar man and woman behind Jiang Tao.
“Xiao Xue, this is Sister Jiaqi, don’t you remember her?”
Jiang Tao smiled, ruffled Jiang Xue’s hair, and first introduced Jiang Jiaqi to her.
After entering the house with Jiang Tao, Jiang Jiaqi crouched down and looked at Jiang Xue with a gentle smile.
“Don’t you remember Sister Jiaqi, Xiao Xue? I even bought you roasted sausages and sugar-coated hawthorn berries.”
“Oh~ I remember! Sister Jiaqi! You’re in the capital city too!”
As soon as Jiang Xue thought of food, her memory of Jiang Jiaqi was instantly triggered.
“Little beauty, I’m your dad’s friend. This is a gift for you, I hope you like it.”
Li Ming said, handing Jiang Xue a pink shopping bag with a cartoon logo.
Jiang Xue didn’t immediately reach out to accept Li Ming’s gift. Her gaze turned to Jiang Tao, seeking his approval.
Jiang Tao introduced Li Ming, “Xiao Xue, this is Uncle Li Ming. Thank you for the gift, Uncle.”
“Thank you, Uncle Li Ming~ What is this? Wow! It’s a watch with Princess Elsa’s collaboration! Several classmates in my class have this!”
After thanking Li Ming, Jiang Xue eagerly took out the box from the shopping bag.
Upon seeing the children’s watch logo on the box, she instantly recognized what it was.
This children’s watch, a collaboration between Xiao Tiancai and Frozen, cost nearly 4,000 yuan.
It was considered a high-end product among children’s watches.
As they were talking, her father, mother, and Xu Li also came to greet them.
After Jiang Tao introduced everyone to each other, Li Ming also presented the gifts he had prepared for everyone.
His gift for Jiang Dad was two bottles of Moutai and two packs of Soft Zhonghua cigarettes.
For Jiang Mom, he bought a box of cordyceps supplements.
For Xu Li, it was a set of Estee Lauder cosmetics, which also cost around four to five thousand yuan per set.
After giving gifts to everyone, there was still one last bulging bag remaining.
“Brother Jiang, this is for you.”
Li Ming smiled and handed the last bag to Jiang Tao.
“Wow, there’s one for me too. You’ve really prepared everything, kid.”
Jiang Tao didn’t stand on ceremony with Li Ming and took the bag, feeling its weight.
He was a little curious about what was inside but didn’t open it in front of everyone.
They chatted idly at home until around 6:30 PM, then everyone took the elevator downstairs together.
They took two cars and drove to the Wanlong Hotel near the residential area.
Jiang Tao had already booked a private room and ordered food on his phone in advance.
After the group entered, they spoke to the front desk staff and were led upstairs by a waitress.
They entered, sat down at the dining table, and within 10 minutes, dishes started being served one after another.
A total of 18 dishes, both meat and vegetarian, filled the table.
“Today, first, we welcome Li Ming for coming all the way to our home as a guest.”
“Secondly, we are celebrating the establishment of our company in advance, and also welcoming our new employee, Jiaqi.”
After all the dishes were served, Jiang Tao raised his wine glass and said to everyone with a smile.
Li Ming raised his glass in congratulation, “I wish Brother Jiang prosperous business~ Oh, and when you leave, be sure to bring me some of your Eight Treasure Pickles.”
Jiang Tao laughed heartily, “Haha, definitely, definitely. If it’s delicious, help me introduce more clients in the future.”
“Definitely, definitely! You don’t even need to say it, Brother, of course!”
After last night’s events, Li Ming now considered Jiang Tao a good older brother with whom he could confide.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have brought so many gifts to visit and thank him today.
“Brother Jiang, I’m borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha by using your wine to toast you. If you hadn’t warned me last night, I would have worked for several years in vain.”
Li Ming’s words confused everyone. Only Jiang Tao knew what he was talking about.
Jiang Tao said, “It’s okay, we’re all brothers. There weren’t any major losses, right?”
“Three cars were burnt, a loss of 500,000 to 600,000. This loss is bearable.”
“If a few more cars had been burnt, my dad would have skinned me alive.”
Li Ming had an expression of immense relief on his face, and his eyes were filled with gratitude as he looked at Jiang Tao.
Jiang Tao said, “Based on the lessons learned from this incident, your car dealership should pay more attention to safety in the future.”
“Yes, Brother Jiang. Today, the car dealership has made many adjustments and conducted training. Such incidents will never happen again.”
Li Ming’s face showed a serious and relieved expression.
He had paid over 500,000 yuan in tuition for this lesson. If he didn’t learn from it, he would be too insensitive.
Xu Li and the others, listening to the conversation between Jiang Tao and Li Ming, had a general idea of what had happened and looked at Li Ming with sympathy.
500,000 to 600,000 yuan could buy a decent house in Ping County. That was indeed a considerable loss!
After discussing Li Ming’s car dealership incident, the conversation shifted back to the matters of starting a company and setting up a factory.
Strictly speaking, this was Jiang Tao’s first venture into entrepreneurship.
However, with the secret recipe for Eight Treasure Pickles, which had been analyzed and optimized by the system, and the “Delicious Pickled Vegetable Jar” as his trump cards.
Jiang Tao was full of confidence in this entrepreneurial endeavor!
His parents had also tasted the Eight Treasure Pickles and had great confidence in their son.
Xu Li unconditionally supported Jiang Tao in whatever he did and believed in him.
The meal lasted from around 7 PM until about 9 PM.
Jiang Tao called a designated driver for Li Ming and a special car for Jiang Jiaqi.
Xu Li drove the family back to the residential area and took the elevator upstairs.
After returning home, his parents were playing with Jiang Xue in the living room.
Xu Li walked up to Jiang Tao, her expression surprised.
“Husband, I just checked. This set of cosmetics Li Ming gave actually costs over 5,000 yuan!”
“Is it inappropriate to accept such an expensive gift from someone on the first meeting?”
“It’s not too expensive. Don’t be too polite with Li Ming. He’s a genuine Beijing Master, a rich second-generation.”
Jiang Tao smiled, “A gift of this price means nothing to him.”
“Oh… Right, husband, what did Li Ming give you?”
Xu Li said, her gaze falling on a shopping bag that Jiang Tao had casually placed on the coffee table.
“Why don’t you go and see for yourself?”
Jiang Tao sat on the sofa, appearing as steady as Mount Tai.
When he received the bag from Li Ming earlier, he had already felt its weight.
Combined with the information mentioned in the intelligence, he had already roughly guessed what was inside.
But he still pretended to be unaware.
Letting Xu Li “open a blind box” to give her a little shock and surprise would be good.
“You’re lazy.”
Xu Li gave Jiang Tao a charmingly coquettish glare and walked a few steps to the coffee table, picking up the shopping bag and bringing it to Jiang Tao.
In front of Jiang Tao, she took out a package tightly wrapped with transparent tape.
The cover of the package was a piece of white cardstock, and the contents inside were not visible.
“It’s wrapped quite tightly.”
Xu Li said as she opened a drawer on the coffee table, took out a pair of small scissors, and began to “unbox.”
After cutting the tape on one side of the package, she tore a small opening in the cardstock, instantly revealing red banknotes inside.
“This is…”
Seeing the banknotes, Xu Li’s eyes lit up, and her breathing quickened slightly.
When she tore open the package and took out a stack of neatly bundled banknotes, she was instantly stunned.
“Money? Could it be that this is all money!”
Xu Li’s exclamation also attracted the attention of her parents.
Both of them looked at Jiang Tao and Xu Li, then at the bundle of money in her hand.
The old couple also wore expressions of surprise.
*Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle~~*
Xu Li quickly tore open the entire package and revealed twenty bundles of bright red hundred-yuan banknotes.
Looking at the piles of cash on the coffee table, everyone except Jiang Tao was dumbfounded.
“Husband, Li Ming, what does Li Ming mean by this?”
Recovering from her surprise, Xu Li looked at Jiang Tao with a mixture of astonishment, excitement, and a hint of confusion and worry.
“What else could it mean? It’s to thank me.”
Jiang Tao sat on the sofa with his legs crossed leisurely, a relaxed and contented expression on his face.
His parents and Xu Li and the others knew about the conversation he had with Li Ming during dinner at the hotel.
Because of a phone call Jiang Tao made early this morning, Li Ming’s family car dealership avoided significant losses.
Li Ming had specifically brought gifts for the family today to express his gratitude to Jiang Tao.
The matter was as simple as that, not complicated.
“This, this is 200,000 yuan, husband!”
Xu Li moved closer to Jiang Tao, her expression a little excited as she hugged his arm.
Although the money in Xu Li’s card had reached one million yuan at its highest,
she had never seen so much cash before.
It was still a little bit shocking!
Jiang Tao smiled, “You can take this money as your pocket money.”
“Oh, I didn’t mean that. I meant, is it appropriate for us to accept this money from Li Ming?”
Xu Li said with a hint of playful indignation, hugging Jiang Tao’s arm even tighter!
“What’s inappropriate about it? We didn’t steal or rob anyone. If someone gives us money, why shouldn’t we take it?”
Jiang Tao smiled and patted Xu Li’s back, saying:
“Don’t worry, take it. This money is very clean, there are no issues.”
“Mmm! Then I’ll take it! Hehe~ Another 200,000 earned! We’re one step closer to buying our villa!”
After hearing Jiang Tao’s explanation, Xu Li no longer worried.
She quickly put the scattered banknotes from the coffee table back into the shopping bag.
“Mom and Dad, I want to go to the zoo tomorrow. Can we go to the zoo?”
Jiang Xue suddenly ran up to Jiang Tao and Xu Li, looking at them with hopeful eyes.
Tomorrow was the weekend, so Jiang Xue didn’t have to go to school.
Jiang Tao had originally planned to take her to “move” from Jellycat.
Jiang Tao had already obtained the lucky star logo from the belly of the Jellycat bunny that Du Ennan had given her.
He hadn’t rushed to claim the prize, waiting to surprise Jiang Xue on the weekend.
“Husband, do you have time?”
Xu Li didn’t immediately agree to Jiang Xue’s request, but looked at Jiang Tao.
She knew that Jiang Tao had been busy preparing for the company and pickling Eight Treasure Pickles these past two days.
If Jiang Tao didn’t have time, she could take Jiang Xue to play by herself.
Jiang Tao looked at his daughter and smiled.
“Xiao Xue, Daddy will take you to a place that’s even more fun tomorrow, it’ll definitely be more fun than the zoo.”
“What place? Dad, tell me quickly! I want to know now.”
When Jiang Xue heard Jiang Tao mention a place more fun than the zoo, she immediately became interested.
She also hugged Jiang Tao’s other arm and began to act spoiled.
It had to be said that this little cotton jacket had inherited her mother’s true skills in acting spoiled.
“If I tell you, it won’t be a surprise anymore. You’ll know when we get there tomorrow.”
“I guarantee it will be much more fun and interesting than the zoo.”
“If you really want to go to the zoo, I can take you on Sunday as well.”
Jiang Tao ultimately withstood his little cotton jacket’s charming assault and resolutely refused to reveal any information.
“Hooray!”
Hearing that there was another surprise and that it wouldn’t affect her trip to the zoo, Jiang Xue was so happy that she spun around on the ground several times.
“Husband, what’s the surprise? Can you tell me?”
Xu Li was also a little curious about the surprise Jiang Tao had prepared for their daughter and asked in a low voice.
“No, you’ll find out tomorrow.”
Jiang Tao smiled, adopting an attitude of “even if you squeeze me dry, I won’t tell.”
“Hmph~ If you’re not going to say it, then keep it to yourself. Whoever tells is a dog.”
Xu Li snorted coquettishly, picked up the shopping bag containing the 200,000 yuan in cash from the coffee table, and went into the bedroom to put the money away.
Jiang Tao chatted with his parents for a while longer about the Eight Treasure Pickles.
Around ten o’clock at night, the family took turns washing up and went back to their respective rooms to rest.
“Dad, are you sure tomorrow’s surprise will be a surprise and not a scare?”
After getting into bed, Jiang Xue blinked her eyes and looked at her father, who had just finished telling her a bedtime story, her face full of anticipation.
“Haha, who taught you all these nonsensical things? Of course, it’s a surprise, how could it be a scare?”
Jiang Tao was amused by his little cotton jacket’s words and said:
“Dad guarantees you’ll definitely like it, and you’ll become someone everyone in your class envies.”
“Become someone everyone in our class envies? I’m so looking forward to it!”
“Then, goodnight, Dad. I need to sleep early so I can come earlier tomorrow!”
After speaking, Jiang Xue closed her eyes, a smile from ear to ear on her small lips.
“Sweet dreams.”
Jiang Tao gently stroked Jiang Xue’s forehead, smiled, got up from her bedside, and turned towards the door.
He turned off the light in Jiang Xue’s room at the door and gently closed the door before leaving.
Upon returning to the master bedroom, Xu Li was still sitting at the dressing table, blow-drying her hair.
Jiang Tao, with his usual perceptiveness, stepped forward, took the hairdryer, and took over.
Initially, Jiang Tao’s hands were honestly moving her hair, helping Xu Li blow-dry it.
Midway through, his hands started to become less honest.
Before her hair was even dry, Xu Li was made to gasp for breath by Jiang Tao’s hands, and she directly turned around and hugged his neck.
Half an hour later…
The two tiptoed out to wash up again before returning to bed.
Xu Li, feeling both sleepy and tired, fell asleep first.
Jiang Tao waited until midnight for the intelligence to refresh.
【Today’s Intelligence 01】:
You had contact with Jiang Jiaqi yesterday, and obtained related intelligence—
The salary card that Jiang Jiaqi lost last night, which was processed by her previous company, has been cancelled and is a special item.
Upon activation, you can obtain a random attribute!
【Note: 】There are 5 hours and 44 minutes remaining until the bank card is cleared by sanitation!
……
“Salary card? Another special item!”
Seeing the first piece of intelligence refreshed today, Jiang Tao’s heart leaped with joy again.
He now had two special items in his possession.
【Money-Attracting Golden Toad】 brought him a passive revenue of 10,000 yuan every day.
【Delicious Pickled Vegetable Jar】 could help him produce Eight Treasure Pickles with a better taste, its value equally immeasurable.
Now a third special item, “Salary card,” had been refreshed.
According to the usual pattern, the attributes of this “Salary card” wouldn’t be bad either!
Jiang Tao naturally would not and could not miss it.
He must get his hands on this salary card.
As for Jiang Jiaqi, the original owner who discarded it…
It could only be said that they were fated to be apart!
Special items refreshed in the intelligence could only be successfully bound with the assistance of the Daily Intelligence System.
In other words, whether it was the Money-Attracting Golden Toad, the Pickled Vegetable Jar, or the current Salary card.
In other people’s hands, they were just ordinary objects.
Only in Jiang Tao’s hands could they exert their maximum value.
So…
When it came to picking up the salary card discarded by Jiang Jiaqi, Jiang Tao wouldn’t feel any guilt towards her.
There were still more than 5 hours left before the salary card was cleared, so there was no need to rush.
Jiang Tao continued to read the second piece of intelligence for the day.
【Today’s Intelligence 02】:
You had contact with Li Ming yesterday, and obtained related intelligence—
A BAIC EU5 new energy electric vehicle for sale at Li Ming’s car dealership is a special item.
Upon obtaining ownership, you can activate it and gain special attributes.
……
“Another special item!”
“Is the luck so good today!”
Seeing that the second piece of intelligence also related to a special item.
While Jiang Tao was inwardly delighted, he raised his hand and glanced at the Heluo Stone worn on his wrist.
Could it be that the Heluo Stone had taken effect again, leading to such good luck?
