"Snowy, your Uncle Zhou is here to pay New Year's greetings. Come down quickly!"
Her mother's voice came from downstairs. She could also vaguely hear her mother nagging about how her daughter was still young and insensible.
"Got it! Wait a minute! "
Snowy replied impatiently, and then muttered in a low voice, "I just came up … Can't you take care of me … How am I insensible and insensible …"
She closed the laptop while muttering, took Snowball from her lap, and went downstairs reluctantly.
Every Spring Festival was annoying. From morning to night, there was an endless stream of people coming to pay New Year's greetings. They had to call people uncles and aunties until they were dizzy, and they had to wear a fake smile on their faces all the time. Often after a day, the muscles on their cheeks would be sore … Of course, as a price, they would also receive a lot of red envelopes.
Her parents were sitting on the sofa, chatting and laughing with a well-dressed man in his thirties or forties.
Snowy had never seen this man before. He was probably the so-called Uncle Zhou. But this was not surprising. She had never seen most of the people who came to pay New Year's greetings, or she had seen them but had forgotten them.
There were too many people who came to pay New Year's greetings. Every time someone came, her mother would ask Snowy to go downstairs and pay New Year's greetings politely, calling them uncles, aunties, sisters, and brothers. That way, she would receive a lot of red envelopes.
Because she had seen too many New Year's greetings, she could tell at a glance that this man was very humble. He always followed her father's words, and his attitude was a little too humble, just like those young entrepreneurs who longed for her father's investment.
As soon as the man saw Snowy coming downstairs, he immediately stood up and said with a smile, "Is this your daughter? She is so beautiful. People say that the daughter of the Jiang family is born beautiful, smart, and cute. She really lives up to her reputation! "
Snowy's mother liked to hear people praise her daughter. Her face immediately bloomed, and she did not forget to say a few modest words, "Oh, you flatter her. This girl is good in every way, but she is a little naughty."
"She is not naughty, she is lively. After all, she is young. It is better than being depressed all day, don't you think?" The man complimented her at the right time.
"Yes, yes! This child is very lively! " Her mother nodded with satisfaction and accepted this excuse. She turned around and saw that Xue was still dawdling and had not come over. She immediately urged, "Xue, hurry up, what are you waiting for? This is your Uncle Zhou Cheng. Come and pay him a New Year's greeting!"
Snowy smiled as usual, bowed, and said, "Uncle Zhou, Happy New Year! I wish you all the best in the New Year and all your wishes come true. "
"Aiyo, look at this child. He's so obedient and sensible. When he called me Uncle Zhou, my heart melted!" Zhou Cheng said with a red face, "Just because he called me 'Uncle Zhou', I must give him a gift! Come, Xiao Xue, here's a small red envelope. Don't think it's too little! Also, I wish you a happy New Year. May you grow more and more beautiful! "
As he spoke, he took out a red envelope and handed it to Snowy.
Snowy was used to receiving big red envelopes. She thought he was being modest when he said "small red envelopes". She didn't expect it to be a small and thin red envelope.
She was surprised, but she still took the red envelope and squeezed it. The red envelope was very light and thin, and it was soft inside. There were no stacks of banknotes, nor jewelry or bank cards like some extravagant New Year's greeting guests.
Judging from the feel of the red envelope, there was at most a piece of banknote or thin paper in the red envelope. Even if it was a New Year's greeting from an ordinary family, it wouldn't be so shabby. Could it be a very valuable banknote?
If it was a stack of banknotes, it would be fine. But because the red envelope was so thin, Snowy couldn't help but be curious. So, she quickly opened the red envelope and looked inside.
As she expected, there was only a piece of white paper, not even a banknote.
She pinched the white paper with two fingers and took it out. When she unfolded it, she saw that it was a long string of characters that looked like garbled code. She muttered, "3Ztnc5ss3J … Uncle Zhou, what is this?"
Jiang Tianda thought her words and actions were not very polite. How could she open the red envelope in front of him? What if the gift was ordinary? Wouldn't that make him lose face? He glared at her, but when he saw the white paper, he was also a little puzzled.
"Haha!" Zhou Cheng smiled proudly and said, "I think it's too vulgar to give money and gifts. After so many years of giving red envelopes, it's time to change … To be honest, this string of characters that looks like garbled numbers and upper and lower case letters is the private key of a Bitcoin wallet. There are a few Bitcoins in the wallet. Consider it a New Year's gift from Uncle Zhou to Snowy."
As he said that, he also imitated the advertising slogan and said humorously, "No gifts this year, only Bitcoins!"
"What?" Snowy was confused, "How do I use this?"
Zhou Cheng racked his brains to come up with this red envelope. He knew that there would be a lot of people coming to the Jiang family to give New Year's greeting gifts. How could he give something different? He came up with this trick, and it worked.
If it was another gift, he would have left now. But when Snowy asked, he eloquently explained how to use the private key to Snowy. In fact, he was indirectly showing Jiang Tianda his advanced ideas as an IT entrepreneur, hoping to get investment and support from Jiang's Group.
Snowy had never come into contact with this before. After listening for a long time, she still didn't understand. Zhou Cheng generously left his WeChat ID, so that Snowy could ask him if she didn't understand.
When he was explaining, even the Jiang couple felt it was very novel and listened carefully.
Zhou Cheng had established his own persona. Seeing that he had achieved his goal, it would be ungrateful of him to delay any longer, so he took his leave.
Jiang Tianda personally saw him out.
Outside, Zhou Cheng indirectly mentioned the investment a few times. From Jiang Tianda's tone, he heard that there was a way, so he thanked him profusely and left.
Since Zhou Cheng deliberately did not mention how many Bitcoins were in the wallet and how much these Bitcoins were worth, Snowy ran back to the second floor curiously after he left. She turned on the computer and downloaded the Bitcoin wallet according to the method Zhou Cheng taught her. However, she forgot the steps as she tried to download it.
She was about to ask Zhou Cheng on WeChat when she saw that the WeChat public account of Zhang Zian's shop had just sent a group message — "Help! Our shop is in urgent need of fresh Crucian Carps. If there is a great reward, you will get a New Year's red envelope from our shop! "
Crucian Carps?
Snowy's curiosity suddenly shifted from Bitcoins to Crucian Carps. What did Zhang Zian want Crucian Carps for? Was it … food?
But she didn't believe that Zhang Zian would offer a great reward. The red envelope was most likely a small dried fish!
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