Daily Intelligence System: Financial Independence-Chapter 70: Are You Heaven’s Own Grandson?!

When Jiang Tao drove his old Audi A6 back to Xiaoshanhe, it was already past 6 PM in the evening.

Night fell over Beijing, and the city lights began to shine.

People who had been busy the entire day were also getting off work.

Every day at this time, Xiaoshanhe was at its liveliest, filled with the hustle and bustle of life.

The migrant workers in Beijing were like ants searching for food all day.

After earning a meager salary, they returned to their little nests along familiar routes.

Closing their doors, they lived their own small lives.

While passing the lottery shop in the urban village,

Jiang Tao went in and randomly bought 5 bets on the Double Chromosphere.

He also spent 100 yuan on 10 scratch-off tickets worth 10 yuan each, spending a total of 110.

In the end, the scratch-off tickets won him a prize of 150 yuan.

He made a profit of 40 yuan and earned 5 bets on the Double Chromosphere worth 10 yuan in value.

Was it a coincidence, or was it thanks to the Lucky Stone?

In his heart, Jiang Tao leaned more towards the latter.

Everything in moderation; knowing when to step back is a kind of wisdom.

Jiang Tao didn’t keep scratching tickets just because he kept winning.

If he did, he would most likely lose back what he already earned.

No matter how good your luck is, you can’t outsmart those who make the rules.

After leaving the lottery shop, Jiang Tao bought some cooked food and pancakes along the way.

When he passed by Pang Dongdong Supermarket, he turned and walked in.

Today was already the twenty-fifth of the twelfth lunar month.

According to the original plan, he would head home on the twenty-seventh, which was the day after tomorrow.

Every year when he went home for Chinese New Year,

Jiang Tao would buy cigarettes and alcohol for his father and father-in-law at Pang Dongdong Supermarket. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

He’d also buy some preserved fruits, Beijing roast duck, Beijing Eight Delicacies, and other local specialties.

"Master Jiang, are you done with work?"

Yu Dongdong greeted Jiang Tao with a smile when he saw him.

Jiang Tao stepped forward and asked, "Boss Yu, do you still have full cartons of Huazi?"

"Yes, plenty! The cheap smokes around ten yuan are scarce, but there’s lots of Huazi. Need a carton, Master Jiang?"

Yu Dongdong was surprised when he heard Jiang Tao wanted to buy Huazi today.

Jiang Tao had been a regular customer at his supermarket, so he knew his spending habits well.

Jiang Tao usually smoked the ten-yuan Liqun, recently he started smoking the over-thirty-yuan Yellow Crane Tower.

It hadn’t even been a few days, and now he was upgrading to Huazi!

"Could it be that Master Jiang has hit it big?"

As Yu Dongdong cheerfully greeted Jiang Tao, he wondered internally.

"If you have them, great, saves me from looking elsewhere. Give me four cartons, how much is it?"

While talking, Jiang Tao took out his phone and scanned the payment code on the counter.

"Four cartons! Alright! Master Jiang, hold on, I’ll get them for you!"

When Yu Dongdong heard that Jiang Tao wanted four cartons of Huazi, he was even more surprised.

But, despite his surprise, he knew where to draw the line with his questions.

After greeting Jiang Tao, he turned and went to the back room to get the cigarettes for him.

Soon, Yu Dongdong came out with a large plastic bag containing the four cartons of Huazi and handed them to Jiang Tao.

Jiang Tao promptly scanned and paid 2800 before leaving with his four cartons of Huazi.

When he got back to his rental, it was around 7 PM.

The two coconut snails he bought yesterday were still soaking in a bowl.

Luckily, it was winter and the weather was cold.

If it had been summer, the snails would have gone bad in a day.

The two snails had cost Jiang Tao nearly 400 yuan, and they were both quite large.

He definitely couldn’t finish them alone.

So, Jiang Tao tagged Liu Zhiyuan and the others in the group chat named "Sugar Tangerine F4".

He invited them over to his place for dinner.

Within ten minutes of sending the message, Liu Zhiyuan and his crew showed up, all with something in hand.

Liu Zhiyuan brought two bottles of ten-year-old Niulanshan Erguotou.

Shan Yufei bought a fruitwood roast duck and a shredded chicken.

Zhang Chao brought two pounds of braised beef and some marinated chicken feet.

In addition to the coconut snails Jiang Tao stir-fried and the cooked food he bought,

they quickly put together eight dishes.

The feast they had today was quite high-end.

After the coconut snails were cooked, the guys all sat around a small round table in Jiang Tao’s room.

Before this year, Jiang Tao and Liu Zhiyuan’s group didn’t have much interaction.

The three of them didn’t have much respect for Jiang Tao, who was a few years older and from their hometown.

At most, they’d just greet him as Brother Jiang when they met, since they were fellow townsmen, as a gesture of politeness.

Until they started working on the sugar orange project together.

Under Jiang Tao’s leadership, they all earned more money than they previously had in two or three years.

Liu Zhiyuan and the other two’s attitude towards Jiang Tao changed significantly.

For the three of them, the idea was simple: whoever helped them make money was the big brother!

Previously, they were all in similar situations, and they called Jiang Tao Brother Jiang because he was older than them.

Now when they called him "Brother Jiang," it came from genuine respect, because Jiang Tao had more skills than them, and following him meant making money!

"Brother Jiang, the three of us offer you another toast. In the future, if there are any profitable deals, you enjoy the meat, and just let us have a sip of the broth!"

"Brother Jiang, we toast to you!"

"To Brother Jiang!"

Liu Zhiyuan suggested, and both Shan Yufei and Zhang Chao agreed eagerly, their respect obvious on their faces.

"If there’s a suitable opportunity, I’ll definitely call on you guys."

Jiang Tao also cheerfully raised his glass and downed it with the group.

This feeling of being respected was something Jiang Tao had never felt before, and it was indeed very satisfying!

No wonder those bigshots who make it big, like Big Qiang, often think about giving some benefits back to their fellow townsmen.

At their level, money is just a string of numbers to them.

The emotional value of being admired by thousands is far more valuable than that little bit of material wealth!

Moreover, if it weren’t for Liu Zhiyuan and the other two in the previous sugar orange project.

Jiang Tao would probably still be out there working tirelessly from dawn to dusk selling sugar oranges.

He wouldn’t have been able to handle all the subsequent intel in a timely manner.

So in Jiang Tao’s mind, there’s no question of who owes gratitude to whom, nor who owes anything to anyone else.

It’s just a fair cooperative relationship.

Liu Zhiyuan and the others remembering his good deeds shows their good character, and they are worth associating with.

If similar intel comes up in the future, Jiang Tao doesn’t mind calling on them again to work together, to make money together.

The meal didn’t end until after 8 PM.

Liu Zhiyuan and the other two knew that Jiang Tao video-called his wife every night.

After eating and drinking their fill, they smartly bid farewell and left.

Just as the three left, Xu Li’s video call came in.

"Hey, honey, today my mom, Sasha, our daughter, and I went to the hot springs..."

The call connected, and Xu Li appeared on the phone screen in casual home wear.

Xu Li happily reported her day’s experiences to Jiang Tao.

Who she was with, what she did, what she ate, any interesting things that happened, nothing was left out.

Sharing her life with Jiang Tao, who was far away in Beijing, was also a part of Xu Li’s daily routine.

And she never tired of it.

Patiently waiting for Xu Li to finish, Jiang Tao then took out two River Stones and smiled:

"Honey, look at what this is."

Xu Li curiously leaned in close to the phone screen and smiled:

"Just two small stones, what else could they be?"

"No, they are not just ordinary stones."

"I bought them today at the Pan Garden Antique Street; they’re Lucky Stones!"

"Honey, let me tell you..."

Jiang Tao chatted away, picking out things he could share with Xu Li.

Like finding money, getting a free ride, winning an invoice sweepstake when eating out.

And winning a scratch-off lottery ticket, these were all things he could share.

As for spending 120,000 to buy an old Audi and finding four gold bars in the car door.

Jiang Tao hadn’t figured out how to tell Xu Li yet, so he kept that part quiet for now.

"Really? Is it that effective, honey?"

After hearing about Jiang Tao’s lucky experiences of the day, Xu Li had a look of disbelief on her face.

One or two times could be considered normal.

The fact that he had so many lucky occurrences in one day made it sound like he was the favorite grandchild of the heavens!

Moreover, if these Lucky Stones were really that effective, why wouldn’t the seller keep them for themselves, why sell them to him?

"Why would I lie to you? The 500 yuan from the sweepstake is already in my account, I’ll send you a screenshot."

"I also took a photo of the scratch-off lottery prize."

"And this is the wallet I found today, with 66 yuan untouched."

Jiang Tao talked as he sent the screenshots to Xu Li on WeChat, and he showed the wallet he found.

"This is... incredible!"

"Honey, you must be the heavens’ favorite grandchild!"

"Our family’s fortune is really about to change!"

Seeing the concrete evidence on her phone, Xu Li had no choice but to believe it!

As for why the seller would sell such effective stones to her husband.

Only the seller would know, and she had no way to ask.