I had a video call with my wife and kids for over an hour.
The whole family was excited about winning the lottery.
After ending the video call, Jiang Tao started preparing dinner for tonight.
He was alone in beijing, drifting north, and he was very casual about his basic needs, just making do.
He cooked a pack of instant noodles in an electric pot and added a poached egg.
After cooking the instant noodles, he poured them into a retro-style yellow enamel basin that he usually used for meals.
Then, he took down a flatbread from the radiator, where it was being kept warm.
And added some Lao Gan Ma chili sauce.
Simple and easy, dinner was ready, let's dig in!
After a hearty meal, soup and all, Jiang Tao went outside to the public sink to wash the pot and dishes.
Having eaten his fill and finished washing up, Jiang Tao returned to his room and lay down on the bed to listen to audiobooks.
Jiang Tao rarely went out unless it was absolutely necessary.
When he got home from work in the evening, he would first have a video call with his wife and children, and then eat dinner as usual.
After dinner, he would stay at home listening to audiobooks, reading novels, and scrolling through short videos.
Other than that, he didn't have any other hobbies; he was a real homebody.
While listening to audiobooks until almost midnight, Jiang Tao had a thought and opened the Daily Intelligence System to check it out.
[ Time remaining until the next intelligence update: 00:06:51! ]
Seeing that there were only 6 more minutes until the next piece of intelligence would be updated.
Jiang Tao couldn't even focus on the novel he was listening to; his mind started to guess what the next piece of intelligence would be.
Could it be like the first one, a lottery winning information or something?
Or perhaps, it would reveal the winning numbers for the shuangseqiu (double-color ball) first prize!
He stared intently at the countdown on the virtual panel for more than 6 minutes.
When the countdown turned to six zeros, the new intelligence was finally updated[ Today's Intelligence ]: This afternoon, you passed by the xiao shahe village Village Square, you obtained the intelligence —
In the lining of a light green women's down jacket in the first trash can on the west side of the Village Square,
There is a Longines DolceVita Mini series women's watch worth 13,300 yuan!
Seeing that the latest intelligence was again related to a trash can, Jiang Tao couldn't help but feel a little dumbfounded.
Was this system fixated on trash cans!
However, when he saw the women's watch worth more than 10,000 yuan mentioned in the intelligence, Jiang Tao's heart beat faster!
"I'll go take a look now! Time is of the essence, what if someone else snatches it first!"
Thinking of this, Jiang Tao immediately began to put on his clothes and hat.
He put on a long, stained army coat, a turned-up Lei Feng hat, cotton gloves, and grabbed a flashlight.
Fully armed, Jiang Tao pushed open the door and left the room, and after going down the stairs, he pushed open the door of the corridor building and went out.
Whoosh whoosh ~
Snowflakes were flying.
This snow in beijing had been falling from dusk until now, in the early hours of the morning, and the ground had already accumulated six or seven centimeters.
The large work shoes stepped on the snow, making a crunching sound, leaving a string of footprints.
Jiang Tao walked for more than 8 minutes, stepping deep and shallow, and finally arrived at the xiao shahe village Village Activity Square located in the west of the village.
His eyes instantly locked onto the 4 trash cans on the west side of the square.
Jiang Tao strode forward, and the wild cats that were rummaging through the trash cans for food meowed a few times and jumped away.
"The first trash can, is it the first one from left to right, or the first one from right to left?"
"Forget it, I'll look for the one on the right first!"
Anyway, there were only a few trash cans, and there was no one around at the moment, so Jiang Tao didn't need to be too anxious.
Putting on a pair of work gloves, Jiang Tao started rummaging through the trash can on the right first.
From top to bottom, this trash can was full of all kinds of messy garbage, torn clothes, broken cans, bricks, tiles…
He rummaged to the bottom, but he didn't see the light green women's down jacket mentioned in the intelligence.
"Next one!"
The first trash can treasure hunt failed, but Jiang Tao was not discouraged and began to rummage through the next one.
He dug through the express boxes, broken plastic bags, and a pile of leaves on top.
"Got it!"
After removing a black express packaging bag, the light of the flashlight flickered, and Jiang Tao saw a touch of green!
Soon, Jiang Tao pulled out a light green, small women's down jacket from the trash can.
This should be the women's down jacket mentioned in the intelligence!
However…
Jiang Tao searched all two outer pockets and one inner pocket of the down jacket, but he didn't find the women's watch mentioned in the intelligence!
This result made Jiang Tao so anxious that beads of sweat appeared on his forehead!
"It shouldn't be, in theory, this intelligence system shouldn't make mistakes!"
Jiang Tao had a thought and opened the intelligence system, and read today's intelligence word by word again.
This time, Jiang Tao noticed that the intelligence mentioned that the watch was in the lining of the down jacket!
"The lining of the down jacket?"
This time, Jiang Tao not only searched the pockets, but also started to feel along the hem of the down jacket with both hands.
This touch really made him find something!
There was an inconspicuous foreign object at the hem of the left side of the down jacket!
"It should be that women's watch!"
Thinking of the value of this watch, Jiang Tao's mood became excited again!
This is more than 10,000 yuan!
Which spendthrift woman threw it away!
Fortunately, my woman is not so wasteful!
Jiang Tao searched all three pockets again, and found no holes, and his big hands could not reach in.
He didn't have any handy tools in his hand either.
So he simply stuffed the down jacket into his army coat and took it home first!
When he returned to the rental house along the same route, it was already past twelve o'clock in the evening.
Usually, Jiang Tao would have gone to meet the Duke of Zhou's daughter at this time.
But today he was very energetic and not sleepy at all!
After entering the door, he first took off his army coat, took out the green women's down jacket, and then found a pair of scissors from the drawer.Snap, snap, snap…
Without saying a word, Jiang Tao directly cut a hole in the lining of the down jacket near the foreign object.
With a stretch of his hand, he took out a women's watch with a square dial, a red crocodile leather strap, and a delicate look.
This watch looked brand new, almost as good as new!
Moreover, Jiang Tao saw that the hands in the dial were also moving normally.
The time displayed on it was the same as the time on Jiang Tao's phone!
This shows that the watch is not broken and everything is working normally!
Turning it over to look at the back of the watch, the model number written on it was L5.200.
Jiang Tao had lived for thirty years, and except for drawing watches on his wrists with ballpoint pens when he was a child, he knew nothing about watches.
However…
The intelligence system said it was worth 13,300, so it must be right!
"This color should be 98 new or more, right? If I put it on Xianyu, how much should I list it for…"
"See if there are any similar models on Bilibili and refer to the price!"
When it came to fields he didn't understand, Jiang Tao didn't pretend to understand, but checked it many times.
After opening Bilibili and searching for several videos on it, Jiang Tao had a general understanding of the price of the watch he picked up today.
The list price of this mini Longines DolceVita series women's watch is 13,300.
Although this series is a relatively classic series, the resale value of this brand is generally average.
Therefore, selling it second-hand usually requires a 30% discount, or even a 40% discount!
"60% of 13300 is 7980…"
Jiang Tao calculated the price on the mobile phone calculator and found it completely acceptable!
He picked up 8,000 yuan for nothing, what else could he want!
Anyway, he didn't buy it with his own money, so there wasn't much to worry about.
Jiang Tao directly took a lot of photos of the watch.
He directly logged into his Xianyu account and listed it for 8,000 yuan!
After listing it on Xianyu, Jiang Tao looked at his phone and it was already half past one!
"I'm going, it's so late! Sleep, sleep, go to sleep quickly!"
After pouring hot water into the washbasin for a simple wash, Jiang Tao went straight to bed and got into the quilt, turned on the electric blanket and started sleeping!
He fell asleep less than ten minutes after lying on the pillow.