Chapter 155: Old Sun’s Inheritance Distribution
After the excitement.
Xu Li jogged back to the bedroom and took out a bank card.
In her words, bank cards are closely related to money.
If you use a bank card to scratch for prizes, the probability of winning a big prize will also be greater.
Although this has no scientific basis, it has metaphysical!
The scratch card Jiang Tao brought back was called “Good Luck Ten Times”.
The gameplay is also very simple.
In the bottom left corner, there is a “Winning Number”.
Scratch off the cover film, and if any of your “My Numbers” match the “Winning Number”, you can win the prize money indicated on the far right.
If you scratch the number “10” in the “My Numbers” area, you can win ten times the prize money corresponding to that number!
Prizes can be won in addition to each other.
For a period last year, Jiang Tao also placed his hopes of turning his life around on lottery tickets, thinking of getting rich overnight.
When going to the lottery shop to buy tickets, he would sometimes also buy a scratch card to try his luck.
His favorite type of scratch card was “Good Luck Ten Times”.
And he even won a big prize of 500 yuan once.
It’s possible that you can’t win a big prize with Double Color Ball without the director’s involvement.
But with scratch cards, there are quite a few big prizes that have been won.
Of course, whether those previously reported are true or if there’s any inside story is impossible to verify.
But for today’s card, Jiang Tao can be 100% sure it’s real; he’s not a relative of some director.
“Come here, wife, let me bestow some blessings upon you~”
Jiang Tao smiled, took Xu Li’s hand, kissed the back of her hand, and rubbed it back and forth.
“Let’s get started!”
“Mhm!”
Xu Li nervously scratched the “Winning Number” in the bottom left corner, which was “21”.
Then, she started scratching row by row from top to bottom.
The prize money corresponding to the first row of “My Numbers” was 30 yuan; all were lost!
The second row corresponded to 100 yuan; all were lost again!
The third row also had no wins.
Seeing that the corresponding winning amount for the fourth row was 1000, Xu Li instantly felt that this one was also lost.
She had also played scratch cards and knew some of the patterns of this thing.
The larger the corresponding prize money in the later rows, the smaller the winning rate, and vice versa.
If the corresponding prize money in the later rows were all 10 yuan.
Then this scratch card would win at least 100 yuan in prize money!
“Husband, you do the rest… It seems my luck isn’t very good today.”
Xu Li had scratched half of a scratch card and hadn’t even won 10 yuan, so she became discouraged and didn’t want to scratch anymore.
As she spoke, she handed the bank card in her hand to Jiang Tao, wanting him to finish scratching the rest.
“This is just the beginning! There’s still plenty to go, keep going.”
Jiang Tao did not take the bank card Xu Li handed him, but smiled and encouraged her to continue scratching.
“Okay then!”
Xu Li adjusted her mood and started scratching again.
Seeing that the corresponding winning amount for the 5th row was 10 yuan, Xu Li’s eyes lit up!
Maybe this row would win!
The result… was another great disappointment, still no “21”!
The sixth and seventh rows were also complete losses.
Seeing that the winning amount scratched in the eighth row was 400,000.
Xu Li gave up directly, not even bothering to scratch the previous film.
Although everyone wants to win 400,000, when you actually scratch out this prize money, people subconsciously think it’s impossible.
Jiang Tao, however, felt his throat move and swallowed.
It was also the first time he had scratched such a large prize from a scratch card!
Fu Zi is truly giving it!
At this moment, Xu Li’s emotions were all on the scratch card, and she didn’t notice Jiang Tao’s expression change.
She took a deep breath and continued scratching the ninth and tenth rows below.
The result was, as expected, no surprise, another “loss”.
“It’s over, what a waste of my anticipation.”
Xu Li finished scratching the last row without finding a “21”.
Disappointed, she put the bank card in her hand into the pocket of her tight jeans, preparing to end today’s battle.
Jiang Tao looked at Xu Li and said with a smile:
“But there’s still one row left to scratch, maybe you’ll win.”
“Husband, I find you quite daring to imagine such a thing, that’s 400,000.”
Xu Li smiled upon hearing Jiang Tao’s words, the gloom on her face vanished, and her heart suddenly felt clear.
It was just a 10 yuan scratch card.
Even if she didn’t win a single yuan, it was only a loss of 10 yuan.
It wasn’t worth being upset over such a small matter.
“What’s there to not dare to imagine? You can’t just throw it away without scratching it.”
“It’s better to be safe than sorry, what if you win.”
Jiang Tao looked at the scratch card in his hand, which was emitting a dark golden light, his gaze gradually becoming fiery.
“Yes, then you scratch it.”
Xu Li said, handing the bank card in her hand to Jiang Tao.
“Let’s scratch it together, combining our luck.”
Jiang Tao did not reach out to take the bank card, but directly grasped her slender and fair hand.
The moment Jiang Tao held her hand, Xu Li looked at him, her face smiling even more brightly and charmingly.
“Mhm, okay!”
Xu Li chuckled and nodded, and they started scratching from the front.
The first number scratched was “23”, no win.
“Oh no! So close! If it were just 2 points smaller! Our family would be rich!”
23 and 21 are very, very close, but also very, very different.
After a sigh of regret, Xu Li continued scratching further.
Soon, the second to last number was also scratched.
“21!!!!”
Seeing the scratched number, Xu Li exclaimed.
Her peach blossom eyes widened, and she covered her mouth with her hand, looking incredulous!
“Husband, we, we really won the jackpot!”
“Oh my god! I, am I dreaming!”
Xu Li closed her eyes, rubbed them hard, and opened them again!
Not dreaming!
Really won!
And it was 400,000!!
An ordinary person might not save this much in ten years!
And she had just scratched it out so easily!
Excited, thrilled, joyful!
At this moment, it was hard to describe Xu Li’s mood with a single word!
“My wife is amazing! Her luck is unbelievable!”
Although Jiang Tao already knew the “plot”, he also played along and feigned surprise.
“This, this, this…”
“Oh my god, am I seeing things!”
Xu Li rubbed her eyes again, opened them again, her gaze darting between the “Winning Number”, “My Numbers”, and the prize money below!
“Won, it really won, husband, we, we really won! 400,000!!”
After confirming repeatedly, Xu Li hugged Jiang Tao’s head and kissed him a lot!
Xu Li was excited for a while, and then her mood slowly calmed down and returned to normal.
Jiang Tao suggested: “We don’t have anything else to do this morning, let’s go claim the prize, and have it in our hands.”
“Mhm! Only when the money is in hand is it reassuring!”
Xu Li also smiled and nodded in agreement with Jiang Tao’s suggestion.
The two hit it off and immediately went downstairs with the winning scratch card.
They drove directly to the welfare lottery prize redemption center in the Capital City.
Along the way, Xu Li chattered incessantly, expressing her joy and being extremely happy.
At 10:46 AM, Jiang Tao and Xu Li arrived at the welfare lottery redemption center in the Capital City.
Both of them wore baseball caps, sunglasses, and masks, fully armed like celebrities going out.
Under the guidance of the staff, they successfully completed the prize redemption.
They immediately paid 20% income tax, and the after-tax prize money was 320,000 yuan!
When they returned to the car after redeeming the prize, Xu Li once again excitedly hugged Jiang Tao’s neck and kissed him a lot on the face.
“Husband, you’re amazing! Today, our family earned 320,000!”
“If every day were like today, we could buy our villa sooner!”
“You think too beautifully, but things like this don’t happen every day.”
Jiang Tao started the car and joked with a smile.
“Husband, do you think this is also related to our lucky stone?”
Xu Li reached into her collar and pulled out the “lucky stone” she wore on her chest, looking at it more and more fondly.
“It should be very related, I said, our lucky stone is very effective.”
“Mhm! I believe it, I believe it! After the Spring Festival, our family’s financial luck has been too strong!”
Xu Li now had a general understanding of the lucky stone’s effect and felt its unusualness.
By the time they returned to Bai Ge Zhuang Residential Area after redeeming the prize, it was already noon.
Father and Mother had gone to Old Sun’s place and hadn’t returned.
Xu Li originally wanted to prepare something at home.
Jiang Tao suggested ordering takeout, as Father and Mother probably hadn’t eaten yet.
Without even returning home, the two drove directly to Building 79 and knocked on the door to enter Old Sun’s house.
Originally, Jiang Tao thought the atmosphere at home would be very somber facing separation and death.
But upon entering, he found that Old Sun was chatting happily with Father and Mother, and they all had smiles on their faces.
“Disciple, Lili, you’re here, please sit down.”
Sun Xiao Bao’s smile softened even more upon seeing Jiang Tao and Xu Li.
“Master.”
“Master Sun.”
After greeting Sun Xiao Bao, Jiang Tao and Xu Li sat on two high-legged stools by the bed that looked quite old.
After a short chat, the takeout Jiang Tao ordered arrived.
It was all simple, convenient, and healthy food like home-style stir-fries and rice.
He also ordered a bowl of preserved egg and lean pork congee suitable for him, and a steamed sea bass.
Terminal liver cancer consumes a lot of energy and requires more high-quality protein.
Father and Mother had also bought a lot of nutritional powder and protein powder at the supermarket this morning.
Speaking of lucky draws, their luck was far inferior to Jiang Tao’s; they only drew a few bags of salt.
After lunch, they waited for a while longer.
Around 2 PM.
Two new guests arrived at the house.
One of them was a lawyer from Jingcheng Ziqian Law Firm, named Zhang Yingjie.
And another woman from the same law firm, named Liu Qiao, who looked to be in her thirties, was a witness.
A week ago, Zhang Yingjie had received Sun Xiao Bao’s will entrustment, assisted him in making his will, and finalized his asset distribution.
Upon arriving at the house and seeing Jiang Tao and others inside, Zhang Yingjie and Liu Qiao couldn’t help but feel envious!
To receive a huge inheritance from the client without any blood relation.
This family’s luck is too good!
What’s the difference between this and picking it up for free!
Sun Xiao Bao had a total of five houses in the Bai Ge Zhuang New Village Residential Area.
The one he was living in was the largest, with a north-south facing layout, and an area of 120 square meters.
Another one was on the 15th floor of the adjacent Building 78, with an area of 110 square meters.
The three interconnected units in Building 103 were three-bedroom apartments, each 100 square meters.
In total, there were 5 houses, with a total area of 530 square meters.
Sun Xiao Bao gifted the house he was currently living in and the two houses in Building 78 to Jiang Wen and Tian Xiaomei’s couple.
The three houses in Building 103 were each gifted to Jiang Tao’s family of three.
Of his 2.32 million yuan in deposits, he gave 1 million yuan to Jiang Tao’s couple.
The remaining 1.32 million yuan was gifted to Jiang Wen and Tian Xiaomei’s couple.
Sun Xiao Bao’s actions left Jiang Tao’s family somewhat overwhelmed with gratitude.
The 530 square meters of real estate in the Capital City plus the 2.32 million yuan in cash.
The total value was approximately 30 million yuan!
“Old Sun, this gift is too generous, how can we possibly accept it…”
Jiang Wen held Sun Xiao Bao’s hand, feeling dizzy from the sudden enormous windfall!
Before today, Jiang Wen was just an ordinary elderly man from the countryside.
Before the Spring Festival, he worked odd jobs for a contractor, earning only 150 yuan a day for all his hard work!
He never dreamed that he would one day own two houses in the Capital City and over a million yuan in savings!
For him, this was simply a step into heaven!
Tian Xiaomei beside him was also stunned.
She really didn’t expect that Old Sun would prepare such a generous gift for her family before his passing.
“Old Jiang, meeting your family at the end of my life and finding such a good friend in you, my life has been worthwhile.”
“You don’t need to be polite with me. These things cannot be taken to the grave, and if not given to you, they would revert to the state.”
“From now on, remember to burn some paper for me during Qingming Festival and Spring Festival.”
Sun Xiao Bao patted Jiang Wen’s hand, a smile of relief on his face.
“Sigh!”
Jiang Wen let out a long sigh and looked at Sun Xiao Bao with eyes full of sympathy.
“Don’t worry, Old Sun, from now on I will treat you like my own elder brother!”
This was the last promise Jiang Wen could make to Sun Xiao Bao.
Under the witness of lawyer Zhang Yingjie and witness Liu Qiao.
Sun Xiao Bao’s will was formally signed and became legally effective.
5 days after signing the will,
That is, on March 11th, Sun Xiao Bao passed away at home at the age of 66.
Sun Xiao Bao had no relatives and lived a lonely life. Jiang Tao, his parents, and Xu Li handled his funeral arrangements.
They bought a high-grade tomb in Longquan Cemetery in Nanxing Shou for 260,000 yuan.
And paid 20 years of service fees upfront.
On March 18th, after the cremation, his body was moved to the cemetery.
The heavens did not cooperate; it was drizzling today.
Jiang Tao and his father Jiang Wen, mother Tian Xiaomei, wife Xu Li, sister Jiang Bing, and daughter Jiang Xue.
Each family member held a black umbrella.
The group stepped forward one by one, and each person placed a bouquet of yellow and white carnations in front of Sun Xiao Bao’s tombstone.
“Master, rest in peace. I wish you a reunion with your loved ones and happiness in the afterlife.”
Jiang Tao also had genuine feelings for this “fake master”.
Old Sun left tens of millions of assets to his family, a kindness worth remembering for a lifetime.
“Brother Sun, if there is a next life, I hope my brother and I can meet sooner and be brothers again.”
“Master Sun…”
“Grandpa Sun…”
After bidding farewell to Sun Xiao Bao one by one, they turned and left.
On the tombstone, Sun Xiao Bao’s smiling portrait looked at the retreating figures, as if smiling even brighter.
His life’s script had thus completely concluded.
After a few days of low spirits, Jiang Tao’s family gradually emerged from their grief and gradually returned to their normal work and life.
After Du Ennan put in a word with acquaintances, the trademark for Jiang Family Food Co., Ltd. was officially registered, and the company’s various procedures were also completed.
Jiang Tao is the chairman, the legal representative is his father Jiang Wen, Jiang Bing is the second largest shareholder, holding 10%.
The standardized operation workshop of the processing plant has been put into use, and the stall in the vegetable market has also completed its renovation.
After paying respects to Old Sun in the morning, in the afternoon, Father and Mother started business at the vegetable market stall, officially selling Jiang Family Eight Treasures Pickles.
“Jiang Family Eight Treasures Pickles, delicious and tasty, come and take a look, have a taste.”
A small loudspeaker was placed on a small table in front of the Jiang Family Eight Treasures Pickles stall in the vegetable market.
Xu Li’s clear and pleasant voice was constantly coming from inside.
A large plate of Jiang Family Eight Treasures Pickles was also placed on the table as a sample display, covered with a transparent glass dome.
“The color of these Eight Treasures Pickles looks good, quite appetizing! Old Liu, do you want some?”
“It does look good! Let’s get some! My Old Kang loves this kind of thing!”
Two aunts, shopping together, saw the Jiang Family Eight Treasures Pickles displayed on the small table and entered the shop together.
However…
As soon as the two entered the shop and saw the price list posted on the wall, they immediately felt as if they had gone to the wrong place.
Without a word, they turned around and left.
“Good heavens! A whole pound of Eight Treasures Pickles for 99! Isn’t that robbery!”
“They can rob you, but they also give you a pound of Eight Treasures Pickles!”
“Too expensive, do they think they are Liu Bi Ju! They really dare to charge that price!”
As the two elderly ladies left, they were still murmuring and complaining in low voices, leaving the slightly awkward Jiang Wen and Tian Xiaomei looking at each other.
This afternoon, throughout the afternoon, they had heard too many complaints about Jiang Family Eight Treasures Pickles.
They both knew that the current selling price was very high, but anyone who had tasted it would definitely feel it was worth it!
“What should we do, dear? Customers seem to find our prices a bit unacceptable…”
As the afternoon was drawing to a close, the sales in the store had not yet exceeded 0 yuan.
Tian Xiaomei also showed a slight look of anxiety.
A price of 99 yuan per jin for Jiang Family Eight Treasures Pickles was indeed very effective in deterring customers!
“Let’s take it slow! It takes time for people to accept this price.”
“You know the quality of our Eight Treasures Pickles; it’s even better than Liu Bi Ju’s Eight Treasures Pickles, and it’s definitely worth the price.”
“Even if we haven’t opened up sales yet, we can’t lower the price.”
Although Jiang Wen felt a bit discouraged, he had absolute confidence in the quality of Jiang Family Eight Treasures Pickles.
Their family had been eating Jiang Family Eight Treasures Pickles for more than half a month, eating it every day, for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
They didn’t get tired of eating it three times a day.
Such delicious Eight Treasures Pickles, anyone who tasted it would definitely fall in love with it and become a loyal customer of Jiang Family Eight Treasures Pickles.
It wasn’t until 6 PM in the evening that the shop was still deserted, with not a single order sold.
The elderly couple had no choice but to pack up and close the shop, to try again tomorrow.
The vegetable market was only two to three hundred meters away from Bai Ge Zhuang Residential Area.
The couple also bought the vegetables they would stir-fry tonight at the vegetable market.
They returned home at exactly 6:30 PM, and Jiang Tao and Jiang Bing also got off work one after another.
At 7:30 PM, a sumptuous dinner was served.
A dish of stir-fried firm tofu with celery, a dish of braised prawns, a dish of stewed beef brisket with tomatoes, and a dish of fish-flavored shredded pork.
Of course, there were also the Jiang Family Eight Treasures Pickles, which were now a must-have with every meal at the Jiang family’s home!
Eating noodles, eating rice, eating steamed buns, any staple food could be perfectly paired with Eight Treasures Pickles!
“Dad, it’s a shame you’re not opening a restaurant with your cooking skills! This fish-flavored shredded pork is amazing!”
“It tastes like childhood!”
Jiang Bing ate her meal, smiling, and gave her father a thumbs-up, praising him.
“Heh heh, eat more if it’s delicious.”
Jiang Wen smiled, and seeing that everyone enjoyed his cooking, he felt a sense of accomplishment.
While one person spoke carelessly, another listened attentively. Jiang Tao thought of the intelligence about his father that had been refreshed earlier.
“Once everything is on track with the Eight Treasures Pickles, we’ll open a restaurant for Dad and Mom, to fulfill their long-cherished wish.”
Jiang Tao shoveled rice into his bowl, still thinking about opening a restaurant for his father.
“By the way, Dad, you and Mom went to the vegetable market to sell Eight Treasures Pickles this afternoon, how were the sales?”
Jiang Bing picked up a piece of pickled cucumber from a plate and asked casually.
“Uh…”
Hearing his daughter’s question, Jiang Wen’s old face turned slightly red, feeling quite embarrassed!
Having not sold a single jin all afternoon made it somewhat awkward.
“We haven’t opened for business yet this afternoon. As soon as customers came in and saw our price, they were scared away.”
“Second and third siblings, should we think of another way?”
Tian Xiaomei didn’t feel embarrassed about it; everyone present was her son, her family.
Things are what they are, there’s nothing to hide or be ashamed of.
“What do you think, Third Sister?”
Jiang Tao looked at Jiang Bing and asked for her opinion.
“Like this… it’s easy to say!”
Jiang Bing had a sudden inspiration and said:
“We can give everyone a free taste first! Anyone who has tasted our Eight Treasures Pickles will definitely repurchase!”
Tasting before buying is a very common promotional method.
Many businesses selling various snacks and foods often have very strong promotional activities when they first open to build their reputation.
For example, on a certain delivery app, you can buy a fried chicken leg for a few cents, or a roast duck for a few yuan.
While the merchants seem to be losing money to gain publicity, they are actually not foolish at all. They are simply using the advertising money to benefit the customers.
This way, they achieve the effect of publicity, benefit the customers, and gain a good reputation, which is a win-win-win.
This simple and direct promotion method would also be suitable for Jiang Family Eight Treasures Pickles.
Jiang Tao directly made the decision:
“Third Sister’s idea is good. Tomorrow, we’ll start by giving them away as she suggested.”
“We’ll give each person a small box to try, and we’ll give them away for three days. After three days, we’ll officially start selling.”
“There’s no problem with our Jiang Family Eight Treasures Pickles. We will definitely open up the Eight Treasures Pickles market in the Capital City; it’s just a matter of time!”
Jiang Tao said, picking up a piece of radish and chewing it with relish.
