Chapter 4: Lady’s Wristwatch In The Down Jacket Layer!
Had a video call with my wife and kids for over an hour.
The whole family of three was very excited about winning the prize.
After ending the video call, Jiang Tao began preparing tonight’s dinner.
He lived alone in the capital city, drifting north, so his food, clothing, housing, and transportation were all very casual; he made do with what he had.
He cooked a packet of instant noodles in an electric pot and added a fried egg.
After cooking the instant noodles, he poured them into a vintage-style yellow enamel basin he usually ate from.
He then took the baked flatbread, which had been warming on the radiator, and placed it on top.
Add some Laoganma.
Simple as that, dinner was ready, let’s eat!
With soup and all, after a satisfying meal, Jiang Tao went to the public sink outside to wash his pot and bowl.
Full and clean, Jiang Tao returned to his room after eating and washing, lay on the bed, and started listening to audiobooks.
Jiang Tao rarely went out unless it was absolutely necessary.
After getting off work and coming home in the evening, he would first have his usual video call with his wife and kids, then eat dinner.
After dinner, he would stay home listening to audiobooks, reading novels, and scrolling through Kuaidou.
Besides that, he had no other hobbies or interests; he was quite the homebody.
While listening to audiobooks close to midnight, Jiang Tao had a thought and opened the Daily Intelligence System to check it.
【 Time until next intelligence refresh: 00:06:51! 】
Seeing that the next piece of intelligence would refresh in just over 6 minutes.
Jiang Tao could no longer focus on the novel; his mind began to guess what the next piece of intelligence would be.
Would it be like the first one, some kind of winning information?
Or perhaps, it would reveal the winning number for the Double Color Ball first prize!
He stared intently at the countdown on the virtual panel, watching for over 6 minutes.
When the countdown hit six zeros, the new intelligence finally refreshed!
【 Today’s Intelligence】: This afternoon, you passed by the village square in Xiao Shahe Urban Village and obtained intelligence—
Inside the interlayer of a light green Women’s Down Jacket in the first trash can on the west side of the village square,
there is a Longines Mini DolceVita Series Women’s Watch worth 13,300 yuan!
Seeing the latest refreshed intelligence, which was again related to a trash can, Jiang Tao couldn’t help but feel amused and frustrated.
This system is really set on trash cans!
However, upon seeing the women’s wristwatch mentioned in the intelligence, valued at over ten thousand yuan, Jiang Tao’s heart rate quickened again!
“I’ll go check it out now! The longer I wait, the more likely someone else will snatch it!”
With that thought, Jiang Tao immediately started getting dressed.
He put on a long military coat with noticeable stains, donned a turned-up Lei Feng hat, put on cotton gloves, and grabbed a flashlight.
Fully equipped, Jiang Tao pushed open his door, went down the stairs, and pushed open the gate of the dormitory building to go outside.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh~
Snowflakes fluttered.
The snow in the capital city had been falling from evening until this late hour, already accumulating six to seven centimeters on the ground.
His sturdy work shoes crunched on the snow, leaving a trail of footprints.
Jiang Tao trudged through the snow for over 8 minutes, finally arriving at the Xiao Shahe Village Community Square on the west side of the village.
His gaze immediately locked onto the four trash cans on the west side of the square.
Jiang Tao strode forward. A few stray cats that had been rummaging for food in a trash can meowed and then jumped away.
“The first trash can, is it the first from the left or the first from the right?”
“Never mind, I’ll check the ones on the right first!”
There were only a few trash cans anyway, and no one around, so Jiang Tao wasn’t too rushed.
He put on a pair of work gloves and began searching the trash can on the right.
From top to bottom, this trash can was filled with all sorts of garbage: torn clothes, broken jars, bricks, tiles…
He reached the bottom without finding the light green Women’s Down Jacket mentioned in the intelligence.
“Next one!”
Failing to find the treasure in the first trash can, Jiang Tao was not discouraged and began searching the next one.
He dug through the express delivery boxes, plastic bags, and a pile of leaves on top.
“Found it!”
After moving aside a black express delivery packaging bag, the flashlight beam swept across, and Jiang Tao saw a touch of green!
Soon, Jiang Tao pulled out a small, light green women’s down jacket from the trash can.
This must be the women’s down jacket mentioned in the intelligence!
But…
Jiang Tao searched both outer pockets and the inner pocket of the down jacket, but he couldn’t find the women’s wristwatch mentioned in the intelligence!
This outcome made Jiang Tao break out in a sweat!
“It shouldn’t be like this, the intelligence system shouldn’t be wrong!”
Jiang Tao had a thought and opened the intelligence system again, rereading today’s intelligence word for word.
This time, Jiang Tao noticed that the wristwatch mentioned in the intelligence was in the interlayer of the down jacket!
“The interlayer of the down jacket?”
This time, Jiang Tao didn’t just search the pockets; he began to feel along the hem of the down jacket.
As he felt, he actually found something!
On the left side of the jacket’s hem, there was a not-so-obvious foreign object!
“It must be that women’s wristwatch!”
Thinking about the value of this wristwatch, Jiang Tao’s mood became excited again!
This was over ten thousand yuan!
What kind of prodigal woman threw this away!
Fortunately, his own wife wasn’t so wasteful!
Jiang Tao searched the three pockets again and found no holes, so his large hands couldn’t reach in.
He didn’t have any suitable tools on hand.
So, he simply stuffed the down jacket into his military coat and decided to take it home first!
When he returned to his rental room the same way, it was already past midnight.
Normally, Jiang Tao would have been off to dreamland with his daughter by this time.
But tonight, he was full of energy and not tired at all!
After entering the room, he first took off his military coat, took out the green women’s down jacket, and then found a pair of scissors from the drawer.
Snip, snip, snip…
Without a word, Jiang Tao cut an opening in the down jacket’s lining near the foreign object.
Reaching in, he pulled out a small, exquisite women’s wristwatch with a square dial and a red alligator leather strap.
The watch looked brand new, almost like it was just bought!
Furthermore, Jiang Tao saw that the hands on the watch face were moving normally.
The time displayed on it was the same as the time on Jiang Tao’s mobile phone!
This meant the watch wasn’t broken; everything was functioning normally!
Turning the watch over to look at the back, he saw the model number L5.200 written there.
Jiang Tao, having lived for thirty years, knew nothing about watches other than drawing one on his wrist with a ballpoint pen when he was a child.
However…
The intelligence system said it was worth 13,300, and it wouldn’t be wrong!
“With this condition, it should be 98% new or above, right? How much should I list it for on Xianyu…”
“Let me see if there are any similar ones on Bilibili to reference the price!”
When it came to an area he didn’t understand, Jiang Tao didn’t pretend to know; instead, he conducted multiple checks.
He opened Bilibili and searched for several videos. Jiang Tao gained a general understanding of the price of the watch he had found that day.
The official price of this mini Longines DolceVita Series Women’s Watch was 13,300.
Although this series was a relatively classic one, due to the brand’s average resale value.
So, when selling it second-hand, it would generally go for 70% or even 60% of the original price!
“60% of 13,300 is 7,980…”
Jiang Tao calculated the price on his phone’s calculator. It was completely acceptable!
Getting nearly 8,000 yuan for free, what more could he ask for!
Since he didn’t pay for it himself, he didn’t overthink it.
Jiang Tao immediately took several photos of the wristwatch, clicking away.
He logged into his Xianyu account and listed it for 8,000 yuan!
After listing it on Xianyu, Jiang Tao looked at his phone and saw it was already 1:30 AM!
“Holy crap, so late! Sleep, sleep, hurry and sleep!”
He poured hot water into the washbasin for a quick wash, got into bed, pulled up the quilt, and turned on the electric blanket to sleep!
He fell asleep less than ten minutes after lying on his pillow.
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