novelraw Chapter 548 - 259: Thank Him for Eight Lifetimes!
Chapter 548 - 259: Thank Him for Eight Lifetimes!
Yuan Mengjie also persuaded, "Brother Jiang, just listen to my mom, I’ll go call a car at the door, it won’t cost much."
Yuan Mengqi also said, "The minority should obey the majority, just listen to my mom."
"Alright then."
Jiang Tao saw that the whole family of three disagreed, so he stopped insisting.
Yuan Mengqi continued:
"Jiang Tao, I’ll treat tonight. First, to celebrate my mom’s discharge from the hospital, and second, to see you off."
"Third, to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to you, you..."
Before Yuan Mengqi could finish, Jiang Tao interrupted with a smile:
"Cut the third one, otherwise, I won’t join the dinner."
The other three smiled knowingly at his words.
Yuan Mengqi also smiled and said:
"Alright! Let’s drop the third one, just the first two."
"Tonight at our place, Xiao Jie, Ranran, and I will cook. You must come."
Jiang Tao laughed, "Haha, sure, no problem. Tonight I’ll also evaluate Xiao Jie’s culinary skills."
"Brother Jiang, just wait and see! You won’t be disappointed!"
Yuan Mengjie was quite confident in his culinary skills.
Since he started working at Qiao Claypot, he worked his way up from a prep cook to sous chef and then to head chef.
During work, he always thought about how to make dishes more delicious.
Others returned home after work to watch TikTok and Bilibili, spending time on short videos.
Yuan Mengjie, after work, watched only culinary-related videos.
His motto is about quietly competing!
This was also a key to his culinary progress.
When he resigned from Qiao Claypot, the boss tried hard to keep him.
Even offering him an extremely high salary of ten thousand yuan a month.
In a place like Ping County, a job with a ten thousand yuan monthly salary is incredibly rare.
However, compared to Jiang Tao’s 15K salary and the pension and social security in Beijing,
even with a ten thousand offer from the former boss, it didn’t attract Yuan Mengjie much!
Of course, although salary is an important factor, it’s not the whole story.
The main reason Yuan Mengjie agreed to start from scratch with Jiang Tao
was gratitude for his help to the family, driven by a heart full of thankfulness.
After chatting for about an hour, Jiang Tao decided to say goodbye.
The whole family, along with Lin Ranran, escorted Jiang Tao to the elevator.
Yuan Mengqi even accompanied Jiang Tao downstairs.
"I’m leaving now, Squad Leader Yuan, see you tonight."
Standing by the Mercedes G-Class, Jiang Tao turned to wave goodbye to Yuan Mengqi.
"Mm, see you tonight."
Yuan Mengqi smiled and waved goodbye to Jiang Tao, watching him get into the car and seeing the Mercedes G-Class disappear down the road.
...
After leaving the hospital, Jiang Tao drove straight towards the West City Hua Fu District.
In less than 10 minutes, the Mercedes G-Class arrived at the bottom of Building 8.
The house that Bai Yulan’s mother gifted Jiang Tao, not only had a large area, luxurious decoration, but also generously came with 4 parking spaces!
Even if all three in Jiang Tao’s family had a car, they wouldn’t worry about parking spaces.
After parking the car in the space, Jiang Tao opened the door and got out, heading towards the corridor.
For building 8, Jiang Tao had spent over 3000 yuan two days ago, hiring a cleaning company for a deep clean.
After cleaning, he bought some bedding and moved in right away.
Ding~
The elevator door opened on the 16th floor, Jiang Tao stepped out and headed to the door of 1601.
had a solid bronze security door, which seemed high-end and grand.
Bai Yulan mentioned that the door cost over 30,000 when they bought it.
The spending habits of the wealthy are truly beyond the understanding of ordinary people.
For someone of Bai Yulan’s standing, 3,000 and 30,000 don’t actually make much difference.
When they shop, it isn’t about the price or cost-effectiveness; it’s all about liking it or feeling connected to it.
If it resonates, the price or cost-effectiveness is irrelevant, they just buy it.
Just like some spend eighty or ninety thousand on a bag.
Spend hundreds of thousands or even millions on a watch.
Spend tens of millions on a car.
To an average person, this seems like foolish spending, that money could ensure a lifetime of good food and drinks.
But from a wealthy perspective, even after spending hundreds of thousands or millions, they still have money left unspent.
Moreover, it won’t take long to earn it back.
Money, if left unspent or not used, remains just numbers in a bank account.
When someone’s wealth reaches a certain level, money as a concept becomes demystified for them.
Money becomes just a tool to please themselves and fulfill emotional value.
Of course, Jiang Tao’s current wealth hasn’t remotely reached that stage.
He’s still quite interested in making money, and constantly devises ways to earn it.
Beep~
Entering the correct password, the security door opened.
Jiang Tao opened the door and walked inside.
He placed his shoes in the shoe cabinet by the door.
Walking barefoot on the soft carpet towards the sofa in the living room.
Ringing——
As Jiang Tao sat down on the sofa, his phone in his pocket suddenly rang.
Taking out the phone, he saw that the caller ID was "Liu Yuan."
"Hello Liu Yuan, is there good news?"
Jiang Tao swiped to answer the call, teasing Liu Yuan on the other end with a smile.
"Haha, I knew you’d do a great job handling this."
"You’ve already cultivated seedlings? That was fast."
"Please stay vigilant on this, those strawberries were acquired by my buddy for a hefty price."
"Haha, definitely, once you nail this, there will surely be bonuses for you."
"Mm, thank you."
"I plan to return to Beijing tomorrow, maybe the day after, I’ll come over to take a look."
"You’re the expert, do what you think is best, the cost doesn’t matter, the seedlings are precious."
"No problem."
"Okay then..."
Jiang Tao chatted with Liu Yuan for about ten minutes before ending the call.
He had entrusted the "Rainbow Strawberry" he picked from the Veteran Farm to Liu Yuan, who was experienced in modern agriculture, for cultivation assistance.
After ten days of cultivation, the seeds of the strawberry had started to germinate, growing into new seedlings.
If all goes well.
According to Brother Tongzi’s intelligence, the strawberries from these seedlings would be the very rare "rainbow-colored" strawberries.
Brother Tongzi had estimated the value of these "Rainbow Strawberries" to be as high as 5 million!
Therefore, Jiang Tao was pretty invested in this, frequently calling Liu Yuan to keep track of the progress.
Today, he finally received the good news report from Liu Yuan.
Ringing——
Just after hanging up with Liu Yuan, another call came in, this time it was a video call from Xu Li.
Jiang Tao swiped to answer, and the video screen showed a chubby little baby’s face.
Ever since his Little Cotton Padded Jacket grew up, Jiang Tao rarely got to see small babies.
Upon seeing his goddaughter, she indeed tugged at his heart.
"Honey, Little Grape is so adorable, she’s smiling at me!"
Xu Li’s clear and pleasant voice came from the other end, evidently visiting Du Enan to see their goddaughter again.
"Really, she can smile already at such a young age."
"Mm-hmm, Little Grape, give goddad a smile~ just a smile~ a smile, please."
In the video, Xu Li playfully coaxed their goddaughter, and with her persistent effort, the little one actually smiled.
Old Jiang was nearly melted by the little one’s cuteness.
"Hubby, when are you coming back to Beijing tomorrow? Both our daughter and I miss you."
"Honey, what did you have for lunch?"
"Stand up, let me see what you’re wearing today."
"Hehe, my husband is really handsome~ looks good in anything."
"If you went into male modeling, sales would surely increase several times over~"
"Honey, you..."
In the video, Xu Li babbled away as they chatted.
Caring about his daily life and voicing her longing.
The call lasted more than an hour.
Xu Li and Du Enan were about to take the little one for a bath, so they hung up.