Daily Intelligence System: Financial Independence-Chapter 97 - 96: Joyful New Year’s Eve! (Double-Length - , Second Update)

Chapter 97: Chapter 96: Joyful New Year’s Eve! (Double-Length Chapter, Second Update)

Xu Li happily cupped Jiang Tao’s face, planting several kisses on his lips.

The feeling of being pampered by her dear husband, day and night, made Xu Li feel like the happiest woman in the world.

"Let’s go, let’s buy some fireworks~ Is your cousin still selling them this year?"

Jiang Tao reached out and playfully slapped Xu Li’s firm, bouncy backside, and the two of them got up from the sofa together.

"Yeah! He’s still selling them!"

"My brother makes over a hundred thousand a year from this; there’s no way he wouldn’t sell them!"

"Buying from him definitely won’t be expensive."

The couple hit it off and decided to head out.

Jiang Bing and Jiang Xue got excited and wanted to join in when they heard about the fireworks.

"Daddy, I want to go too, I want to go too~"

"Second Brother! Second Brother! I want to set off a Gatling! I want ten of them!"

Jiang Bing clung to Jiang Tao’s arm, more excited about the fireworks than his little niece, Jiang Xue, beside him.

Jiang Tao laughed, "You can set off 100 if you like, just buy them yourself."

"No, Second Brother~ My good Second Brother~ You are the most handsome Second Brother in the world~"

Jiang Bing tried to act cute like Xu Li, but the effect was more like an awkward imitation, making Jiang Tao’s skin crawl.

Third Brother had a loud voice since he was young, completely incomparable to the soft, gentle voice of his sister-in-law!

"Auntie, shame on you! Grandma says you’re already an old maiden, and you’re still acting cute with my dad~"

Jiang Xue jumped around, making faces in front of Jiang Bing.

"Tch, what do you know, kid? This is my true Second Brother~ Right, Second Brother?"

"Nope."

"Second Brother, you’ve changed, you don’t love me anymore! Boo hoo, you’re not my Second Brother, you must have been possessed!"

"Possessed my foot, you’ve been reading too many novels!"

The group left amidst laughter, with Xu Li driving, Jiang Tao in the passenger seat, and Jiang Bing and Jiang Xue, the aunt-niece duo, in the back seat.

Amidst the chatter of the lively big-and-little duo in the back, the Mercedes GLS headed toward the town.

Xu Li’s cousin, Xu Jiantao, ran a mid-sized supermarket in town, with an annual income of around 300,000.

Plus, by secretly selling some fireworks and firecrackers during the New Year, he could earn an extra hundred thousand or so.

This income ranked as high among many relatives and friends.

The supermarket was not far from Jiang Family Manor, less than a 10-minute drive.

Xu Li drove the car directly to the back door of the supermarket, where several other vehicles were already parked.

Presumably, they were all here to buy fireworks and firecrackers.

Due to the ban, buying and selling fireworks felt like some secretive underground deal.

Jiang Tao and the others walked to the back door of the supermarket, entering the courtyard through a half-open blue iron gate.

In the backyard, a chubby man, probably over 200 pounds, was checking inventory and settling accounts with a few customers.

"Lili, you’re here! Pick whatever you like; I’ll be done shortly."

"When did Jiang Tao come back from Beijing, and when are you leaving?"

Seeing his cousin and her family arriving, Xu Jiantao greeted them with a smile.

The customers in the yard, buying fireworks, were both male and female.

They all seemed like couples or spouses who came together.

Upon seeing Xu Li walk in, both men and women couldn’t help but take another look.

Tall at 1.72 meters with looks that surpassed even big stars on TV.

Xu Li’s presence instantly outshone every other woman there.

The men looked at Jiang Tao with such envy!

Same wives, how could there be such a big difference!

The combined looks of several women couldn’t match Xu Li’s.

Feeling everyone’s envious gazes, Old Jiang also felt a sense of achievement, his spirits soaring.

"Go ahead and pick what you like."

With Jiang Tao’s command, Xu Li, Jiang Bing, and Jiang Xue each took a box and went to select fireworks.

After the other customers settled their accounts and left, Xu Li and her group had also finished their selection.

The fireworks they chose filled an entire large box!

This stuff is very profitable, but the cost isn’t small either.

Xu Jiantao didn’t pretend to give them for free but instead decided not to make a profit, just doing a small favor.

Otherwise, his wife, known for her loud nagging, would scold him from New Year’s Eve to the fifteenth.

The large box of fireworks ended up costing Jiang Tao 3,000 yuan.

Jiang Tao didn’t object to the price at all, happily scanning to pay, after which Xu Jiantao helped him carry it out to load in the car.

Outside, they saw the shiny, top-notch Mercedes GLS that Xu Li drove over.

Xu Jiantao’s expression was just like that of Jiang Tao’s father-in-law, Xu Wencheng.

With Xu Jiantao’s financial capability, he could afford a Mercedes GLS, but he couldn’t bring himself to buy one!

After all, he was tied to the supermarket like a donkey, rarely leaving for more than a few times a year.

Buying such an expensive car that would just sit and gather dust was pointless.

Better to place the money in the bank for interest.

Xu Jiantao looked at Jiang Tao and was shocked, asking:

"Jiang Tao, did you buy this new car? How much does this run for?"

"A bit over a million."

Jiang Tao wore a nonchalant expression.

After all, he hadn’t paid for this car himself, so there wasn’t that sting of seeing his savings drop by a million suddenly, thus it didn’t hurt him at all.

"Over a million! You’re really something, Jiang Tao! Such guts!!!"

Xu Jiantao looked at Jiang Tao, only now realizing a detail.

The Jiang Tao of today had noticeable differences from the Jiang Tao in his memory.

Both his aura and his manner of speaking were no longer of the poor, destitute farmer he once remembered.