Chapter 7: It’s All A Scheme!
Checked the mobile phone, no issues.
Jiang Tao put the mobile phone into the black backpack he usually carried home.
After putting the phone away, he glanced at the time and it was around 5 PM.
The car at the auto repair shop was probably fixed by now!
Jiang Tao went downstairs again and took the bus to the auto repair shop to pick up his car.
“Master Jiang is here, have a cigarette. The car is fixed for you, it’s over there, go take a look.”
The boss of the auto repair shop greeted Jiang Tao with a smile upon seeing him and tossed him a Hongliqun cigarette.
“I naturally trust Master Tian’s skill! Otherwise, I wouldn’t have come all this way to have you fix my car.”
Jiang Tao took the Hongliqun cigarette tossed to him by Master Tian, reached into his pocket, pulled out a lighter, and lit it, taking a puff.
The taste of these fifty to sixty yuan cigarettes and ten yuan cigarettes is really different.
Jiang Tao couldn’t help but sigh in his heart, fixing cars is really damn profitable.
The boss smokes Hongliqun, which is several grades higher than mine!
Why didn’t I learn auto repair when I was young!
After a brief chat with the auto repair shop boss, Jiang Tao went to his car to inspect the newly replaced windshield.
After a thorough inspection, he found no issues and drove away.
After driving the car back to the Xiao Shahe Village Entrance and parking it in yesterday’s spot, Jiang Tao turned off the engine, opened the door, and walked into the village humming a tune.
Although he missed a day of work due to the car repair, he earned an iPhone 15 and 8,000 yuan.
Today can be considered Jiang Tao’s best day this year!
A daily income of over ten thousand is also a highlight moment in his life!
The last time he earned over ten thousand in a day was three to four years ago when he was hit by a BMW while riding his bike and cracked his head.
The other party, in a hurry and unable to go through insurance, directly gave Jiang Tao 10,000 yuan for medical expenses.
Jiang Tao spent 2 yuan at the pharmacy to buy a box of bandages, and the rest became his nest egg.
Passing by Pang Dongdong Supermarket, Jiang Tao thought he only had one box of cigarettes left at home, so he turned into the supermarket.
“Boss, do you have a carton of Hongliqun today?”
As soon as he entered, Jiang Tao smiled and greeted the boss behind the counter, a fair-skinned and plump man who was calculating on a calculator.
The boss is named Yu Dongdong, he is also 30 years old this year, the same age as Jiang Tao, but with a different fate.
Yu Dongdong is from Xiao Shahe village. This supermarket is over 200 square meters and it’s their own property.
Xiao Shahe is not large, with less than 1,000 villagers, but it hosts over 50,000 renters like Jiang Tao from other places.
The businesses in the village, such as supermarkets and restaurants, are all doing pretty well.
Yu Dongdong’s small supermarket looks unremarkable, but it is said to earn over ten thousand a month, a model of quietly making a fortune.
“Master Jiang is off work, I specifically saved a carton for you, buddy, that’s thoughtful!”
Yu Dongdong stopped calculating when he saw Jiang Tao enter.
While greeting Jiang Tao with a smile, he bent down and took out a carton of Hongliqun from under the counter and placed it on the counter.
In the last two years, tobacco control has been strict, and cigarettes like Hongliqun, which cost around ten yuan, are very scarce and increasingly difficult to buy.
Unless you know someone well, you generally can’t buy a whole carton.
“Thanks, and give me another bottle… give me a bottle of 10-year Bai Niu Er!”
Having earned over 8,000 yuan today, Jiang Tao wanted to splurge a little and have a slightly better liquor.
He usually drinks 15 yuan Bai Niu Er, but a bottle of 10-year Bai Niu costs 95!
“Wow! It looks like Master Jiang had a good business day today! Made a lot of money!”
Hearing that Jiang Tao wanted to buy 10-year Bai Niu, Yu Dongdong teased him with a smile.
Jiang Tao smiled and said, “We drivers only earn hard-earned money, we can’t compare to bosses like you who run supermarkets and easily earn a million annually.”
“Hey! It’s not easy for anyone! I’m tied here like a donkey all day long.”
“I’m stuck in this small area behind the counter all day, I can’t go anywhere.”
“It’s more fun than you guys running around outside all day!”
Yu Dongdong chatted with Jiang Tao while taking a bottle of 10-year Bai Niu from the shelf behind him for Jiang Tao.
“By the way, Master Jiang, it’s the end of the year and Qinghua Lang is having a promotion, want to try your luck with a bottle?”
“If you’re lucky and win the second prize, this bottle is free, and you get another one.”
“If you’re extremely lucky and win the first prize, you get a higher-grade Hongyun Lang directly!”
“A bottle of Hongyun Lang sells for 2500! You can even profit 1000 yuan!”
Yu Dongdong said, taking a bottle of Qinghua Lang from the shelf and starting to promote it to Jiang Tao.
Jiang Tao curiously asked, “How much is this bottle of liquor?”
Yu Dongdong: “1499!”
“So expensive! Almost like Moutai! Boss Yu, you think too highly of me, my palate isn’t worthy of such expensive liquor!”
Jiang Tao was instantly deterred by the price of Qinghua Lang after hearing Yu Dongdong’s quote.
As for winning a prize…
Heh.
If winning prizes were that easy, Yu Dongdong wouldn’t be here promoting it, it would have been snatched up long ago!
These liquor company promotions are like carrots dangled in front of a donkey.
You can see them, but no one can get them!
It’s all a scheme!
“The winning rate for this liquor is 100%! At the very least, you’ll get a trial size bottle like this small one.”
Yu Dongdong said, picking up a 100ml trial size bottle from the counter and showing it.
Jiang Tao remained unmoved and smiled, “I don’t have that kind of luck, I’ll leave this good fortune to others. Boss Yu, please calculate how much it is.”
Yu Dongdong calculated on the calculator and said, “251 yuan in total. Are you sure you don’t want to try, Master Jiang?”
“No, I don’t have that luck!”
Jiang Tao smiled and shook his head, scanned the code, paid 251 yuan, and left with the cigarettes and liquor.
After leaving Pang Dongdong Supermarket, passing by the Steamed Bun shop, Jiang Tao bought a freshly baked baked flatbread.
Passing by the cooked food store, he bought 9 yuan worth of cold dishes and half a catty of pig head meat.
After shopping, Jiang Tao returned to his rental room with several bags in his hands.
Ring ring ring—
As soon as he entered, his wife Xu Li’s video call came through.
Jiang Tao swiped his finger to answer the call.
“Husband! Has the phone you won yesterday been shipped yet?”
After the video call connected, Xu Li immediately asked about the phone from yesterday.
“It’s already in my hands!”
“So fast!”
“Of course! Express delivery within the Capital City is very fast.”
“I checked online, and the model you won has dropped in price to just over 4300 yuan. If we sell it, we can probably get 3800, maybe 3900! Let’s sell the phone!”
“Okay, I’ll take it to the village phone store tomorrow if I have time and see how much they offer. If the price is right, I’ll sell it.”
“God has truly opened his eyes, letting you win such a big prize when our family needs money the most!”
“Yeah…”
The couple chatted aimlessly for about an hour before hanging up.
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Tao finally started to eat dinner.
Baked flatbread rolled with pig head meat, Bai Niu Er with small cold dishes and yesterday’s leftover roasted peanuts.
A simple yet incredibly sumptuous dinner.
Full and satisfied, Jiang Tao had no other entertainment activities in the evening, so he washed his feet and face, got into bed, and listened to audiobooks.
He is currently listening to a book called “Opening an Inn on Sanqing Mountain, Weekly Check-in for Random Rewards.”
This book is quite interesting and good for passing the time.
While listening to the audiobook, Jiang Tao was also thinking about the next piece of intelligence.
What will the next piece of intelligence be?
If only there was another piece of intelligence about making money like yesterday and today!
A few more times like this, and maybe he could pay off the family’s external debt before the Spring Festival!
Then, free from debt, he could spend a good Spring Festival with his wife and child this year!
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