Daily Intelligence System: Financial Independence-Chapter 68: Made 400 Eating Lunch!

Gurgle gurgle gurgle——

The protest from his stomach pulled Jiang Tao back to reality from the euphoria of acquiring four gold bars.

He pulled out his phone to check the time, and it was already past 2 in the afternoon.

After having breakfast early in the morning, he went to the riverbank to collect stones, and then to the second-hand car wholesale market to buy a car.

Busy until now, he hadn’t even managed to have a bite for lunch.

"Let’s eat first. After lunch, I’ll check the gold shop for the recycling price."

Jiang Tao carefully kept the four gold bars close to his body, started the newly bought old Audi A6, and headed towards Huilongguan.

In Huilongguan, he found a Northeastern small restaurant that didn’t close at lunch.

A serving of chicken stew with mushrooms, a serving of boiled pork slices, along with a large bowl of rice.

Looking at the steaming hot dishes in front of him, Jiang Tao couldn’t help but feel a bit emotional.

Life is getting better!

In the past, when pulling jobs at the Red Star Second-hand Furniture Market.

His lunch was either fried pancake or noodles, never exceeding 15 yuan.

Today’s meal, just the chicken stew with mushrooms alone cost 39 yuan.

Adding a 48 yuan boiled pork slices, 3 yuan rice, and 10 yuan sour plum drink.

Today’s meal totaled precisely 100 yuan, almost matching Jiang Tao’s past one-week food budget.

Of course, his earning capability now is incomparable, so vastly improved compared to before!

A 100 yuan lunch isn’t considered extravagant; life will keep getting better!

After sighing with emotion, Jiang Tao started to dig in.

The chicken in the chicken stew with mushrooms was tender and springy, the mushrooms fresh and tasty, and the wide noodles had absorbed the flavors well.

The boiled pork slices were spicy and flavorful, also one of Jiang Tao’s favorite dishes.

After eating and drinking to his fill, Jiang Tao drank the last mouthful of sour plum drink, stood up, and went to the service counter to pay.

"Hello sir, that’s exactly 100 yuan for your table. Here is your invoice, please keep it safe."

"Our invoices can be scanned via WeChat for a chance to win a prize."

The cashier lady smiled and handed Jiang Tao an invoice printed from their store.

"This invoice can enter a lottery?"

Jiang Tao rarely visited such proper restaurants in a year, not really knowing you could win a prize while having a meal.

He usually just dined in Xiaoshanhe Urban Village, never encountering things like invoices.

"Yes, sir. It’s very simple; just open WeChat and scan it."

"This is a year-end feedback activity from the Beijing Taxation Bureau, with high winning rates."

"Prizes range from a few yuan to tens or even hundreds."

"Someone even won more than 50 yuan."

The cashier lady was quite talkative, smiling and informing Jiang Tao about the invoice scanning activity.

"Really? I’ll give it a try."

Jiang Tao first scanned to pay the 100 yuan meal cost, then opened WeChat’s ’Scan’ function and scanned the QR code on the invoice.

Ding!

Scanning completed, a cheerful red interface appeared.

"You really can win a prize!"

Seeing the prize interface displaying a big "500 yuan," Jiang Tao laughed.

Goodness, spend 100, win 500.

A meal netted him 400 yuan!

While feeling joyous, Jiang Tao quickly thought of the image of the two "River Stones" in his pocket.

"Could it be that winning the 500 yuan prize was thanks to the River Stones this time?"

"The Luck Value +3 attribute of the River Stones doesn’t seem much but works pretty well!"

"Sir, how much did you win?"

Seeing Jiang Tao’s excited expression, the cashier lady also curiously asked.

"Pretty lucky, won 500."

Jiang Tao turned his phone screen towards the cashier lady, smiling as he spoke.

"500! Sir, you’re really in great luck! This event has been going on for several months, and I’m seeing someone win 500 for the first time!"

Seeing the winning interface and amount on Jiang Tao’s phone, the cashier lady couldn’t help but show a face of envy.

Several waitstaff nearby heard their conversation, looking at Jiang Tao with envious eyes.

Right after Jiang Tao left, the small restaurant suddenly buzzed with chatter, as waitstaff and the cleaning lady began gossiping.

Leaving and returning to his old Audi A6, Jiang Tao couldn’t resist taking out the two "River Stones" from his pocket for another look.

Originally he just thought of using these things to "fob off" Xu Li, to explain why he’s been so lucky recently.

But after today’s bizarre experiences of finding a wallet, free rides, and having a meal net 400 yuan.

Jiang Tao had to reassess the weight of these two "River Stones."

[Luck Value +3] attribute’s performance greatly exceeded Jiang Tao’s expectations.

"I’ll call you Lucky Stones from now on!"

"When there’s time, I’ll find someone who makes jewelry and ask if they can turn you into jewelry to carry around."

"The flat one is suitable for a pendant, the round one seems nice to make into a bracelet too."

Carefully examining the two "River Stones," Jiang Tao quickly formed a plan.

The pendant he’ll keep for himself, the bracelet for Xu Li.

Although the lucky events triggered by the River Stones weren’t highly valuable.

Adding some little surprises to life is nice too.

"Oh right, the gas station also gave out invoices, haven’t scanned that yet!"

Suddenly Jiang Tao remembered the invoice given while refueling today.

He opened the armrest box and found the invoice.

Sure enough, there was a QR code for the lottery activity at the top left.

Ding!

"88 yuan!"

Though not as surprising as the 500 yuan won at the restaurant.

Evidently, 88 yuan is also considered a sizeable amount.

If everyone could easily win 88 or 500 yuan prizes.

The Beijing Taxation Bureau would soon be bankrupt.

After several experiments, Jiang Tao started to value the "River Stones" effect more seriously.

He even thought, without Brother Tongzi, just relying on these two "River Stones" could lead him to a good life!

In a day, he picked up 66 yuan by the river, saved nearly 100 yuan on transport fees, won 500 yuan dining, and 88 yuan refueling.

All together, the unexpected windfall was as high as 754 yuan, almost equal to two days’ worth of jobs at the wholesale market!

Jiang Tao felt these two River Stones were practically heirlooms to be passed down generations!

In the car, he smoked a cigarette to calm his excited mood, then carefully put the heirloom back in his pocket.

"Let’s find a gold shop to ask about prices, if it’s suitable, sell, if not, keep it for myself."

Having made a plan, Jiang Tao started the car and drove towards the city center.

After driving around for more than ten minutes, Jiang Tao arrived near a mall named Wanxianghui in the vicinity of West Sanqi.

He directly drove the car to the mall’s underground parking lot.

Wanxianghui opened more than a year ago and is one of the larger malls near the North Fifth Ring Road.

The building scale is about 130,000 square meters, with 4 underground layers, 7 aboveground layers, some parts having 8 layers, totaling a building area of 129,000 square meters.

It offers a one-stop solution for eating, drinking, playing, and shopping.

Jiang Tao sometimes received orders from Wanxianghui to help deliver goods.

He knows that the first floor of Wanxianghui not only has Zhou Liu Fu but also Lao Fengxiang.

Banks also offer gold buyback services but require a reservation made in advance and providing relevant documents.

Jiang Tao’s four gold bars don’t have any documents, so he can only try the gold shops to see if he can sell them.