Chapter 44: System Upgraded To Level 2!
Fate is a truly marvelous and inexplicable thing sometimes.
Some couples, after more than ten years of a long courtship, ultimately succumb to reality.
In the end, each finds a sensible person to settle down with and live an ordinary life.
Others experience love at first sight and begin discussing marriage on their second meeting.
It’s not necessarily true that those who get married within a month of meeting won’t be happy.
Jiang Tao’s elder brother, Jiang He, and his sister-in-law, Zhang Xiaoyan, met through a matchmaker.
The two got married within a month.
The couple has been married for over ten years, has two sons, and their life has been relatively fulfilling.
It’s not that uncommon for people like Landlord and Ma Dongmei to hit it off immediately.
When you like each other, you can talk about anything for hours, with one topic leading to another, no need to force it.
If you don’t like each other, you can sit in silence all afternoon and still not find a single topic.
Seeing how well the two were getting along, Jiang Tao, the “temporary matchmaker,” felt he could retire from his role.
Today’s two tasks were completed surprisingly smoothly.
The lottery ticket in the car has been secured.
And he successfully introduced Landlord and Ma Dongmei.
Just as Jiang Tao was about to leave with He Jing.
Lu Qian, with his lips so purple from the cold that he was struggling to maintain his composure, approached him.
“Little, Little Jiang, you handled today’s matter exceptionally well! Brother won’t treat you unfairly!”
Lu Qian said to Jiang Tao in a pleased whisper, giving him a thumbs-up.
“Oh, right, unit 209 on the second floor, the southwest corner, just had a tenant move out. You can move into that room when you get back.”
“You can stay as long as you want, with all rent and utilities covered!”
Jiang Tao exclaimed in surprise, “Uncle, are you serious?”
“Of course, I’m serious! I was even thinking of giving you a red envelope later! I really like the young woman you introduced me to, brother.”
Lu Qian asked with a smile, “By the way, Xiao Jiang, are you free tonight? If you are, why don’t you join us for dinner?”
“Speaking of which, you were the matchmaker for me and Xiao Mei too!”
“No need, Uncle. I have a dinner party planned with some of my fellow villagers tonight.”
Hearing Lu Qian refer to him as a matchmaker, Jiang Tao couldn’t help but chuckle, though he had to admit it wasn’t wrong.
In this matter, he had indeed played the role of a matchmaker.
“Alright then, we’ll find another opportunity, and brother will treat you! Oh, and from now on, don’t call me Uncle, call me Brother Lu!”
Lu Qian patted Jiang Tao’s shoulder and corrected him with a smile.
“Haha, okay, so I’m leveling up in seniority.”
Jiang Tao smiled; whether it was Landlord or Brother Lu, it was just a name.
Lu Qian suddenly remembered something and asked, “By the way, Xiao Jiang, do you still have any of that Nu’er Hong you treated me to last time?”
Jiang Tao’s eyes lit up at the mention of it, “Yes, I do.”
“Save 5 jars for me! I’ll pay you in cash right now!”
As Lu Qian spoke, he took out his mobile phone, found Jiang Tao’s WeChat, and immediately transferred him 100,000 yuan.
100,000 yuan was an immense sum for elderly folks from the countryside.
Even if they sold everything they owned, it would be difficult to come up with that much money.
However, for people like Lu Qian from the Capital City, it was much easier.
Spending 100,000 yuan for five jars of wine was something he could do without batting an eye.
“Certainly! I’ll set the wine aside for you, and I’ll deliver it to your place tonight!”
After a polite exchange with Lu Qian, Jiang Tao tapped his finger to accept the transfer, adding another 100,000 yuan to his account!
After a bit more idle chat, Lu Qian happily went off to chat with Ma Dongmei and He Jing.
Jiang Tao, on the other hand, boarded a bus back to Xiao Shahe alone.
When he got off at the Xiao Shahe Village stop, it was only a little past 9 AM, still quite early.
He walked for 10 minutes back to his rental room.
After locking his room door, Jiang Tao lit a cigarette and then, with a thought, opened the Daily Intelligence System interface.
【Daily Intelligence System】
【Host】: Jiang Tao（30 years old）
【System Level】: Level 1（Refreshes one intelligence report daily.）
【Today’s Intelligence 01】:
While browsing your phone last night, you came across a used Lavida that Tian Zhipeng was selling.
Inside the car manual in the storage compartment, there is a winning lottery ticket worth 68,996 yuan.
【Remarks】: This lottery ticket will expire in two days and become void if not redeemed.
【Would you like to spend 100,000 yuan to upgrade the system to Level 2? After upgrading, it will refresh 2 intelligence reports daily.】
Looking at the azure virtual system interface before him, Jiang Tao quietly smoked a cigarette.
He then chose to upgrade the system.
The 100,000 yuan that the landlord had transferred to him for the wine could be used to pay for this system upgrade.
【Deduction successful, system is upgrading, estimated completion time 10 hours, please wait…】
Seeing the system begin its upgrade, Jiang Tao let out a long sigh of relief.
Spending 100,000 yuan all at once still stung a little!
However, after the system upgrade, he would receive an additional intelligence report each day.
The sooner this 100,000 yuan was spent, the greater the value it could create!
If he upgraded a month later, it would still cost 100,000 yuan, but he would have missed out on 30 intelligence reports!
Thinking of it this way, Jiang Tao’s heart immediately felt at ease.
Invest early, benefit early!
With the system upgraded, Jiang Tao had nothing else to do, so he went out for a stroll.
It had been over ten days since he bound the intelligence system, and Jiang Tao had gained some understanding of the rules governing the intelligence it provided.
The intelligence the system provided him each day was related to his actions or experiences from the previous day.
Going out more, not only could he relax his mind, but he might also encounter some serendipitous opportunities.
He strolled leisurely through the streets of the urban village.
Jiang Tao’s relaxed expression was noticeably different from the hurried pedestrians on the street.
Today, he had already earned 100,000 yuan.
Tonight, after dividing the profits from the satsuma mandarins, he would get another hundred thousand or so.
Today, he was guaranteed at least over 200,000 yuan in income!
Jiang Tao felt as if he were walking on air, ready to take flight at any moment.
Passing by a lottery shop, Jiang Tao stopped and hesitated for over ten seconds.
In the end, he couldn’t resist the temptation of winning and went in to buy a 10 yuan lottery ticket.
Coincidentally, today was Sunday, the day of the Double Color Ball draw.
In the last few days of the year, he wasn’t sure if the directors were feeling the pressure or what.
News of lottery players winning huge prizes kept breaking out across various regions.
People winning 15 million yuan with 6 yuan, over 30 million with 10 yuan, and even hundreds of millions!
Jiang Tao didn’t aspire to win the first prize; winning the second prize would be enough for him!
He didn’t know if ordinary people could win the first prize, but he was sure he could win the second prize!
After all, he currently had a second prize winning lottery ticket in his pocket!
After buying the lottery ticket, Jiang Tao also spent 20 yuan on two scratch cards, each costing 10 yuan.
As for the results, they were naturally a complete loss, contributing all to the welfare lottery cause.
After leaving the lottery shop, Jiang Tao randomly boarded a bus, trying to expand his range of activities.
He didn’t know if doing this would be effective.
But doing something was definitely better than doing nothing.
He roamed around until 6 PM when Liu Zhiyuan and the others finished their work.
At the usual spot, after everyone had eaten their fill, they returned to Jiang Tao’s place to divide the earnings.
Today, without Jiang Tao as a key player, the sales volume had declined noticeably.
Liu Zhiyuan and his two brothers had sold a total of 156,800 yuan.
Jiang Tao’s 71% share was 111,328 yuan.
Liu Zhiyuan and Shan Yufei each received 21,952 yuan.
Zhang Chao’s fixed salary was still 2,000 yuan.
After the profit sharing, Jiang Tao took 3,000 yuan from his share and gave it to Liu Zhiyuan and his two brothers as their salaries.
He hadn’t contributed any effort today, so it didn’t feel right to take over 110,000 yuan in profit without giving them a cut.
After distributing the salaries, Jiang Tao smiled and said, “By the way, brothers, I need to take another day off tomorrow.”
“Of course, you can!”
“Hahaha, we wish Brother Jiang would take leave every day!”
“We support Brother Jiang taking more days off!”
Upon hearing that Jiang Tao wanted to take another day off, Liu Zhiyuan and his two brothers all enthusiastically agreed and supported the idea!
Regardless of whether Jiang Tao was present or not, their daily workload wouldn’t increase; it remained the same.
But they would earn an extra 1,000 yuan!
They were naturally very happy about it!
