Daily Intelligence System: Financial Independence-Chapter 162 - 123: Golden Toad in Hand!

First of all, the tobacco store business is protected by a solid moat.

Tobacco cannot be purchased online, so smokers can only buy it from offline tobacco stores.

How much a seasoned smoker smokes in a month is basically fixed.

After running the tobacco store for a long time, it has a group of regular customers.

Every month, there’s a guaranteed income coming in.

The profit from alcohol is multi-faceted too.

On one hand, they earn the branding fees from suppliers, and on the other, money from customers, benefiting from both ends.

Besides, retail alcohol sales only make up a small portion of a tobacco store’s alcohol sales.

Corporate team-building events and large banquets like weddings and funerals are the bigger deals.

In a big city like Beijing, there are weddings and funerals every day.

New companies establish and host team-building events and anniversary celebrations every day.

Maybe not every day they get a big order, but getting a banquet order every now and then adds up to a good income over a month.

When Jiang Tao walked in, he saw only a middle-aged man in his forties with a big belly in the tobacco store.

"Boss, do you have a full carton of Hua Zi?"

"Soft or hard ones, which price range are you looking at?"

"Classic soft Zhonghua."

"700 a carton."

"Okay, give me one carton."

Jiang Tao exchanged a few simple words with the boss, then happily scanned the 700 yuan with his phone, took the cigarettes the boss handed him, and walked out.

"Buddy, here’s your Hua Zi. I’m taking that Golden Toad with me."

Jiang Tao returned to Huang Mou and handed him the Hua Zi with a grin, not leaving him a chance to change his mind.

"Of course, I’m Huang Mou. I pride myself on integrity, a deal’s a deal! Take it,"

Huang Mou accepted the cigarettes from Jiang Tao with a smile, hardly even thinking about regretting it.

Exchanging a piece of junk decor for a carton of Hua Zi was an excellent deal!

"Thanks, buddy. I’m going to take it now. Also, I wish you success in selling your store soon."

Jiang Tao smiled and said to Huang Mou, then directly went into the store.

Amidst the puzzled gaze of an aunt sweeping the floor, he picked up that Golden Toad and left.

The aunt saw that the Young Master was right outside, and it seemed like he agreed, so she didn’t meddle and stayed silent.

Jiang Tao suddenly stopped, turned to the sweeping aunt, and asked:

"Auntie, could I have a bigger trash bag to pack this thing?"

"Oh, sure, wait a moment, I’ll get it for you."

The sweeping aunt was pretty helpful, turning to a small room nearby to fetch a rather large black disposable trash bag and handed it to Jiang Tao.

"Thanks, Auntie. Here are some coins for you, I hope you have a pleasant day."

While taking the trash bag, Jiang Tao grabbed a handful of one yuan and fifty-cent coins from the toad’s mouth and gave it to the aunt.

After packing the Golden Toad into the trash bag, he carried it out the door.

"I’m leaving, buddy, see you."

"Bye-bye."

Huang Mou tossed the Hua Zi in his hand up in the air, accurately catching it back, and muttered under his breath as he watched Jiang Tao’s back disappearing into the distance, "What a fool!"

That Golden Toad was actually something he bought for 80 online for his parents.

He claimed 800 from his parents for it.

Just now, exchanging it with Jiang Tao for a box of Hua Zi, he made several times the profit!

How smart he must be!

Born to do business and make big money!

"Lucky to meet a dimwit like that, getting it was such a cinch."

Jiang Tao, carrying the Golden Toad, quickly vanished from Huang Mou’s sight, as if afraid he might regret it and chase after him.

That thing was actually a "special item with attribute bonus" hinted by Brother Tongzi.

Don’t say 700 yuan, even if Huang Mou asked for 7000, 70,000, or even 700,000, Jiang Tao would grit his teeth and pay.

Just two small "River Stones" had already given him many little surprises.

This Golden Toad’s attributes couldn’t be too bad either.

Its value absolutely can’t be measured by money.

On the big road, Jiang Tao, suppressing his excitement, first went to buy breakfast for Xu Li and his parents.

Four drawers of buns, both meat and vegetarian, four servings of tofu pudding plus sweetened soy milk, then five tea eggs, and a few fried dough sticks.

When he returned home with bags in hand, it was just before eight.

Upon reaching home, Jiang Tao found everyone was already up.

Xu Li and his parents were chatting on the sofa, while braiding Jiang Xue’s hair.

"Dad, you’re back~ Do I have soy milk?"

Jiang Xue sweetly smiled when she saw her dad coming in, a deep dimple appearing on the left side of her face.

"Honey, what’s in that bag?"

Xu Li curiously asked when she saw that besides a bunch of breakfast items, Jiang Tao was carrying a black trash bag.

"Bought a little something at the morning market; Mom, Dad, come over for breakfast first. My master will come to visit you later."

Jiang Tao greeted everyone with a smile, then went directly to the dining table to place the breakfast he bought.

"Son, once your dad and I get familiar with this place, we’ll handle breakfast buying. You young folks should sleep a bit more."

"Hahaha, how could I refuse that?"

"Silly boy, what’s there to be shy about with your mom?"

"Alright! It’s good for you and Dad to walk around and explore too."

Jiang Tao didn’t reject his mom’s kind offer.

With how much he knew his mom over the years,

Living here without something to do, without finding a sense of purpose, she wouldn’t live comfortably.

Only by finding her own value could she feel at ease living here.

Xu Li finished braiding Jiang Xue’s hair, and the mother and daughter also came to the dining table.

Luckily, the dining table was big enough that even with five family members dining together, it wasn’t cramped.