Chapter 70: You’re God’s Favorite Grandson!!
Jiang Tao was driving his old Audi A6 back to Xiao Shahe when it was already past 6 PM.
The night sky over the Capital City was descending, and the lights were coming on.
People who had been busy all day had also gotten off work.
Every day at this time, Xiao Shahe was the liveliest and had the most human touch.
The “Beijing drifters” who had worked all day were like ants who had gone out to forage.
After earning their day’s humiliation fee, they returned to their small nests along familiar routes.
They closed their doors and lived their own small lives.
When passing the urban village lottery shop.
Jiang Tao went in again and randomly bought 5 sets of Double Color Ball.
He spent another 100 yuan to buy 10 scratch cards worth 10 yuan each, for a total of 110 yuan.
In the end, the scratch cards won a bonus of 150 yuan.
He earned 40 yuan and 5 sets of Double Color Ball worth 10 yuan.
Was it a coincidence, or the merit of the Heluo Stone?
Jiang Tao still leaned more towards the latter.
In anything, too much is as bad as too little; knowing when to stop is also a form of wisdom.
Jiang Tao did not continue scratching tickets after winning repeatedly.
If he had, he would have likely lost what he had already won.
No matter how good your luck is, you can’t beat those who make the rules.
After leaving the lottery shop, Jiang Tao bought some cooked food and baked flatbread along the way.
When he passed Pang Dongdong Supermarket, he turned and went inside.
Today was already the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month.
According to the original plan, he was to depart for his hometown on the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, which was the day after tomorrow.
Every year at the end of the year when returning home for the Spring Festival.
Jiang Tao would buy the tobacco and alcohol to give to his old father and father-in-law at Pang Dongdong Supermarket.
He would also buy some preserved fruits, Beijing roast duck, and other local specialties of the Capital City like the “Eight Delicacies of Beijing.”
“Master Jiang is off work.”
Yu Dongdong greeted Jiang Tao with a smile after seeing him.
Jiang Tao stepped forward and asked, “Boss Yu, do you have whole cartons of Huazi cigarettes?”
“Yes! Plenty! Small cigarettes worth ten yuan are hard to find, but there are plenty of Huazi. Master Jiang, would you like a carton?”
Yu Dongdong’s expression remained the same when he heard Jiang Tao was going to buy Huazi, but he was a little surprised inside.
Jiang Tao was also an old customer at his supermarket, so he was very clear about his consumption level.
Jiang Tao usually smoked Liqun cigarettes worth ten yuan, and recently started smoking Huanghelou worth over thirty yuan.
Now, in just a few days, he had upgraded to Huazi!
“Could Master Jiang have suddenly gotten rich!”
While Yu Dongdong greeted Jiang Tao with a smile, he was also wondering endlessly in his heart.
“That’s good, saves me from looking elsewhere. Give me four cartons, how much?”
Jiang Tao said as he took out his mobile phone and scanned the payment code pasted on the counter.
“Four cartons! Got it! Master Jiang, please wait a moment, I’ll go get them for you right away!”
Yu Dongdong was surprised again when he heard Jiang Tao was buying four cartons of Huazi at once.
However, despite his surprise, he knew not to ask what he shouldn’t.
After greeting Jiang Tao, he turned and went to the back room to get the cigarettes for Jiang Tao.
Soon, Yu Dongdong came out with four cartons of Huazi in a large plastic bag and handed them to Jiang Tao.
Jiang Tao also paid 2800 yuan promptly via scan and left with the four cartons of Huazi.
It was around 7 PM when he returned to his rental room.
The two conch he bought yesterday were still soaking in the basin.
It was fortunate that it was winter and the temperature was low.
If it were summer, the conch would have spoiled in a day.
The two conch, which cost Jiang Tao nearly 400 yuan, were not small in size.
He definitely couldn’t eat them all by himself.
So, Jiang Tao tagged Liu Zhiyuan and the other two in the Satsuma Mandarin F4 group chat.
He invited them to come over for dinner.
Less than 10 minutes after sending the message, Liu Zhiyuan and his two brothers arrived, and they didn’t come empty-handed.
Liu Zhiyuan brought two bottles of ten-year-old Niulanshan Erguotou liquor.
Shan Yufei bought a fruitwood roast duck and a hand-shredded chicken.
Zhang Chao bought two jin of braised beef and some pickled chili chicken feet.
Coupled with the conch that Jiang Tao stir-fried and the cooked food he bought.
They easily put together a meal of 8 dishes.
The quality of the food and drinks for this table was quite high.
After the conch was stir-fried, the group of friends sat down at a small round table in Jiang Tao’s room.
Before this year, Jiang Tao had not interacted much with Liu Zhiyuan and the other two.
The three of them didn’t have much respect for Jiang Tao, their fellow villager who was a few years older than them.
At most, they would call him “Brother Jiang” when they met, out of politeness because they were fellow villagers.
It wasn’t until they cooperated on the Satsuma Mandarin Project.
With Jiang Tao leading the way, they all earned money that they wouldn’t have earned in two or three years previously.
The attitude of Liu Zhiyuan and the other two towards Jiang Tao changed significantly.
The three brothers had a simple idea: whoever helps them make money is their big brother!
Before, they were all in similar situations, and they called Jiang Tao “Brother Jiang” because he was older than them.
Now, calling him “Brother Jiang” was with genuine respect, because Jiang Tao was more capable than them, and following Brother Jiang meant making money!
“Brother Jiang, the three of us would like to toast you again. If there are any more profitable businesses in the future, you eat the meat, and let us have some soup!”
“Brother Jiang, we toast you!”
“Toast to Brother Jiang!”
Liu Zhiyuan proposed, and Shan Yufei and Zhang Chao also chimed in, their respect for Jiang Tao evident on their faces.
“When there’s a suitable opportunity, I’ll definitely include my brothers.”
Jiang Tao also smiled, raised his wine glass, and had a drink with his brothers.
This feeling of being respected was something Jiang Tao had never experienced before, and it felt great!
No wonder those successful and prominent figures, like Da Qiangzi, often think of giving benefits to their fellow villagers.
At their level, money is just a string of numbers for them.
The emotional value derived from being admired by thousands of people is far greater than the material value.
Furthermore, for the previous Satsuma Mandarin Project, if it weren’t for Liu Zhiyuan and his two brothers.
Jiang Tao would probably still be working hard from dawn till dusk selling satsuma mandarins.
He wouldn’t have been able to process much of the subsequent intelligence in a timely manner.
So in Jiang Tao’s heart, there was no such thing as who thanked whom, nor who owed whom.
They were simply in a relationship of fair cooperation.
Liu Zhiyuan and his two brothers remembering his kindness meant they had a conscience and were good people to associate with.
If there were similar intelligence in the future, Jiang Tao wouldn’t mind including them in cooperation again and making money together.
The meal lasted until past 8 PM.
Liu Zhiyuan and the other two knew that Jiang Tao had video calls with his wife every night.
After eating their fill and drinking, they tactfully took their leave.
As soon as the three left, Xu Li’s video call came through.
“Hello, husband, my mom took me, Sasha, and our daughter to a hot spring today…”
When the phone connected, Xu Li, dressed in home clothes, appeared on the phone screen.
Xu Li happily reported her day’s experiences to Jiang Tao.
Who she was with, what she did, what she ate, what interesting things happened, all in great detail.
Sharing her life with Jiang Tao, who was far away in the Capital City, every day was also a part of Xu Li’s life.
She did it with great pleasure.
After patiently waiting for Xu Li to finish, Jiang Tao took out two Heluo Stones and said with a smile:
“Wife, look what I have.”
Xu Li leaned closer to the phone screen curiously and said with a smile:
“They’re just two small stones, what else could they be.”
“No, they are not ordinary stones.”
“They are lucky stones I bought today at the Panjiayuan Antique Street!”
“Wife, let me tell you…”
Jiang Tao chattered about what he could tell Xu Li.
For example, finding money, getting a free taxi ride, and winning prizes by scanning receipts from meals.
Also, winning prizes from scratch cards at the lottery shop, these were things he could talk about.
As for spending 120,000 yuan on an old Audi and finding four gold bars in the car door.
Jiang Tao hadn’t yet figured out how to tell Xu Li, so he decided to keep it a secret for now.
“Ah? Really, husband? Are they that effective!”
After listening to Jiang Tao’s account of his lucky experiences today, Xu Li had an expression on her face that clearly conveyed “I’m smart, don’t lie to me.”
Once or twice would be considered normal.
To trigger so many lucky events in one day, did he think he was God’s favorite grandson!
Moreover, if these lucky stones were really that effective, why would the owner sell them to you instead of keeping them themselves!
“Why would I lie to you? The 500 yuan from scanning the receipt at the restaurant has arrived. I’ll send you a screenshot.”
“I also took pictures of the bonus won from the scratch cards.”
“This is the wallet I found today, it had 66 yuan in it and I didn’t spend a single cent.”
As Jiang Tao spoke, he sent the screenshots to Xu Li on WeChat and showed her the wallet he had found.
“This is… too amazing!”
“Husband, you really are God’s favorite grandson!”
“Our family is really going to have a turn in luck!”
Looking at the concrete evidence on her phone, Xu Li had no choice but to believe it!
As for why the boss sold such effective stones to her husband.
Only the boss who sold the stones would know, and she had no way to ask.
