After a sumptuous lunch.
Jiang Bing drove two nephews and Jiang Xue to the cinema to watch a movie.
Jiang Tao and Xu Li didn’t sleep at all last night, so they didn’t go along.
After lunch, the two of them went ho to catch up on sleep.
Ring ring ring—
At 5 p.m., Jiang Tao’s phone on the bedside table rang.
"Honey, it’s the ride-share driver Xiao Zheng."
Xu Li was woken up by the phone’s ring, glanced at the displayed contact na, then gently shook his shoulder.
Ring ring ring—
"Who?"
Jiang Tao woke up groggily and asked again.
Back in his twenties, he used to play mahjong all night with his buddies when he went ho for Chinese New Year.
Since getting married and having children, and as he’s gotten older, he can’t stay up late anymore.
Last night he stayed up until after six in the morning, and even though he got more than six hours of sporadic sleep today, he still felt quite lethargic.
"Ride-share driver Xiao Zheng."
"Oh..."
Jiang Tao was confused when he first heard the na, but it took him a few seconds to rember that’s the driver he arranged for Old Sun!
"I guess my ntor has arrived!"
Jiang Tao exclaid in surprise and finally swiped his finger to answer the call.
"Hey Brother Jiang..."
Indeed, on the other end of the call was the driver’s voice, saying he’d arrived at the village entrance.
While instructing the driver over the phone to drive the car along the main street of Jiang Family Manor into the village,
Jiang Tao and Xu Li dressed and got up together.
After they were dressed neatly, the two walked quickly out the door to welco Old Sun.
Outside the gate, stepping out of the alley, they saw the Beijing-plated BAIC electric car.
The driver was smoking in front of the car.
Wearing a Zhongshan suit inside and a mink coat outside, Old Sun also stood by the car.
His modern attire was quite striking in the village!
"Master! You’ve co!"
Jiang Tao quickly walked up, grabbed Sun Xiaobao’s hand, and kept giving him winks.
"Yes, my disciple, is this your hotown? Hmm, the feng shui here is quite good, no wonder it produced a rare genius like you."
Sun Xiaobao glanced around as he spoke, sounding quite convincing.
Just...
When Jiang Tao heard Old Sun praise him as a "once-in-a-millennium" genius, he almost couldn’t hold it together.
Co on, let’s not exaggerate this much!
"Master, let introduce you, this is my wife, Xu Li."
"Lili, this is my master, known as Sun Xiaobao, the all-knowing master of Beijing."
Reciprocal flattery is a thing, so Jiang Tao elevated Sun Xiaobao’s status.
"Hello Master, welco to our Jiang Family Manor."
Xu Li was completely taken in by the duo’s flawless performance.
At this mont, she had no doubts about their identities.
Previously, while Jiang Tao and Xu Li were having a heart-to-heart under the covers, Jiang Tao credited Sun Xiaobao’s calculations for inspiring the sugar mandarin oranges business and advising Xu Li’s best friend on the lottery among other things.
Each of these events had actually happened, repeatedly confirming the profound skills of Jiang Tao’s ntor, Sun Xiaobao.
Hence, Xu Li’s gaze at Sun Xiaobao beca more reverent, and his image grew more grand in her mind.
While they were speaking, Jiang Tao’s parents, who received his call, also ca out to welco Sun Xiaobao.
anwhile, the village’s intelligence squad, seeing the situation, curiously gathered around.
Everyone whispered among themselves, discussing Sun Xiaobao’s relationship with Jiang Tao and his family.
"Bro, I’ll settle your fare first. You can head ho."
"Sorry for the trouble during the New Year’s, here’s a pack of cigarettes for the road."
While speaking, Jiang Tao sent the driver the agreed-upon 1000 yuan fare via WeChat and gave him an unopened pack of Huazi cigarettes.
"Thank you, Brother Jiang. Sir, where would you like your stuff unloaded from the car?"
The ride-share driver, after receiving the fare from Jiang Tao, looked at Sun Xiaobao and asked.
"Just unload it here. We’ll move it ho ourselves later. Thanks, young man."
Sun Xiaobao cheerfully said to the driver, then turned to Jiang Tao, who looked puzzled, to explain:
"Disciple, this is my first ti visiting your hotown and eting your wife and parents."
"Also, considering it’s a big New Year’s occasion, I couldn’t co empty-handed."
"So, I’ve brought you so small gifts."
Clack!
The ride-share driver opened the trunk, revealing boxes of liquor and a case of instant noodles packed so full with Huazi cigarettes that it wouldn’t close.
"Wow, the trunk is full of Moutai! Could this all be for Old Jiang’s family?"
"So much Moutai, how much would all that cost!"
"Jiang Wen’s second son must have t an important figure in Beijing!"
"Did you see the mink coat on him—it looks so high-end, it must cost six or seven thousand yuan!"
"I heard from Jiang Tao that they’re in a ntor-ntee relationship. What are they teaching and learning?"
"Who knows, but they must be learning good stuff, otherwise, how would Jiang Wen’s second son co ho in a big Benz this year?"
The mont the trunk was opened, the onlookers around were buzzing with conversation, each astonished by the contents.
So people even wanted to go ho and call their sons over to bow and beco disciples of Sun Xiaobao!
This master, with just one look, seed otherworldly, full of an ethereal aura, definitely a sage!
When Jiang Tao and his group saw the items in the trunk, they were equally astonished!
They hadn’t expected that Sun Xiaobao would bring so many, such valuable gifts this ti!
"Master, you’re too kind, just a box or two would’ve been enough, you didn’t have to bring so much."
Seeing the few boxes of Maozi brought by Sun Xiaobao, Jiang Tao felt a bit overwheld with surprise.
At the current market price, a box of Maozi costs about 17,000!
Six boxes are over 100,000 yuan!
That box of Huazi is also worth several thousand!
Sun Xiaobao’s present this ti is truly too generous!
Jiang Tao invited Old Sun over not because of these things.
Of course, Old Sun brought them from afar, making the sentint behind the gifts even more valuable.
Jiang Tao didn’t refuse repeatedly.
He just exchanged a few polite words with Old Sun before accepting everything straightforwardly.
Jiang Tao made a call to invite his two nephews from his elder brother’s house to co and help carry the wine together.
Jiang Shijie and Jiang Shaojie, upon seeing six boxes of Maotai on the ground, were instantly thrilled!
Seeing a big box of Huazi as well, the two brothers couldn’t help but ntally cheer for Uncle Jiang!
The other kids in the village have never seen so much Maozi and Huazi!
"Let’s go, Master, let’s head ho first. It’s noisy here, we’ll chat more at ho."
"Yes, yes, Master, please, our ho is this way."
Jiang Wen quickly turned around to lead the way.
He had fully accepted Sun Xiaobao’s identity, treating him as an honored guest from afar.
The group walked towards the direction of the parents’ ho with six boxes of Maotai and a large box of Huazi, under the surprised and envious gazes of the Jiang Family Manor intelligence team mbers.
The spot where Sun Xiaobao got out of the car is less than 100 ters straight from the parents’ house.
Chatting as they walked, they reached ho in just 2 minutes.
Jiang Tao first took Old Sun to see the room, asking if there was anything else he needed.
To welco Old Sun, the heating in the house was turned up several degrees warr than usual today.
The warmth inside wasn’t much different than the central heating outside.
"Very satisfied, very satisfied! You’ve gone to so much trouble, Xiao Jiang."
When no one else was around, Sun Xiaobao reverted to calling Jiang Tao Xiao Jiang.
Jiang Tao laughed: "If you’re satisfied, then make yourself at ho.
My wife and I plan to return to Beijing after the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, and we can take you back then."
"This, this might not be good, Xiao Jiang, would it be too much trouble for your parents?"
Sun Xiaobao thought he was just visiting for a couple of days, not realizing Jiang Tao intended for him to stay longer.
Jiang Tao laughed heartily and said:
"There’s nothing troubling about it, my parents are very hospitable. Staying ten days or half a month is no problem, even if you stayed here for a year or so, it wouldn’t be an issue."
"Hehe..."
Sun Xiaobao gave a bitter smile, he didn’t have that much ti left.
After checking the room, the two returned to the living room to chat with everyone else.
In the evening, Jiang Wen cooked several of his special dishes to welco Sun Xiaobao.
Sun Xiaobao and Jiang Wen were of similar age, and when they talked about the old days, they really hit it off.
Feeling the warmth and welco of Jiang Tao’s family, Sun Xiaobao couldn’t help but feel a surge of emotion, almost moved to tears.
In his sixty-six years, he’s never had such a lively New Year before!
After eating and drinking, it was already past 9 PM.
Jiang Tao and his family chatted at his parents’ house until around 10:30 PM before leaving.
Since Sun Xiaobao was arranged to stay at the parents’ house, as a trade-off, Jiang Bing was more than happy to move into Jiang Tao’s house, sharing a room with her young niece Jiang Xue.
Aunt and niece had been playing wildly every day, and their relationship had improved, Jiang Xue was also happy to sleep with her aunt.
While bathing, Jiang Bing loudly suggested drawing lots to decide the order.
As expected, she, the organizer, ended up going last!
At night—
Jiang Tao and Xu Li, despite trying very hard, couldn’t help but make so inappropriate noises.
Sleeping in the small guest room, Jiang Bing kept waiting and waiting, even getting so bored that she pulled out her phone and started the stopwatch on it.
Finally, after 69 minutes and 19 seconds, the noise next door stopped.
"Oh my, is my second brother really that vigorous..."
"Almost like the male leads in those little movies."
Jiang Bing pouted, turned off the stopwatch on her phone, placed it on the bedside table, and closed her eyes to sleep.
Creak, creak, creak—
Just as she closed her eyes, a faint creaking sound started again, leaving Jiang Bing speechless.
Oh dear!
Why did I, an untouched young lady, have to suffer this!
Unable to sleep, Jiang Bing sighed, quietly unlocked the browser on her phone.
Clicked "My" "Bookmark Favorites", and started a little movie!
...
At 1:43 AM.
Old Jiang looked at Xu Li, who was already asleep in his arms.
He had a thought and opened the Daily Intelligence System to check the latest intelligence for today.
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