Nine Hundred and Twenty. The Auction Begins (Five/Ten)

Qin Shiou was sitting in a daze in his seat when suddenly someone patted him on the shoulder.

He was startled, and subconsciously hugged the statue tightly. Looking back, it turned out to be an acquaintance, the new mayor Hamlei.

There was a polite middle-aged man beside Hamle, and that middle-aged man was carrying a bag. Qin Shiou ignored the mayor and said to the middle-aged man first: "Sir, may I lend you your bag to me?" Shall I use it? I'll pay you back tomorrow."

The corner of the middle-aged man's mouth twitched, looked at Qin Shiou with strange eyes, and said hesitantly, "Sorry, buddy, I don't think this is very convenient."

Hamley helped Qin Shiou, and said, "No, Slavic, we all know that there are only a few irrelevant documents in the bag, you take it out and put it in Little Ika's bag, and lend this bag to Qin Shiou Well, I guarantee he'll give it back to you."

The middle-aged Slavic is obviously a civil servant. What can he do if the mayor speaks? Then he took out the documents in the backpack and gave it to Qin Shiou.

Qin Shiou put the statue in his bag, and the temptation finally eased a little, allowing him to communicate with people normally.

Hamre sat with him and said happily, "How long has it been since we saw each other? God, you guy only stays in the fishing ground to enjoy your own good life, why don't you come to the city to participate in some activities?"

Qin Shiou said: "You know, Wei Ni is pregnant, and I have to take care of her all the time."

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Hamley nodded and asked, "Where's Winnie? Is she here today?"

Qin Shiou said that he didn't come, the traffic on the road was inconvenient, and the weather was cold. Let Winnie stay at home. He asked Hamley what he was doing here, was he here to preside over the auction?

He said this as a joke. The mayor must not be able to host a charity auction for the people, not a matter of status. It's that he's one of the most unpopular people on the scene right now.

When the Canadian government does self-promotion, there is a sentence that often appears, which means that the government's primary responsibility is to maintain social fairness and justice, and to ensure that socially disadvantaged groups are not eliminated.

What is the purpose of charity activities like this one? Naturally, it is to help the vulnerable groups. But according to the government, shouldn't this be the responsibility of the government? Besides, taxpayers pay taxes every year, so where does the tax go in the end? Why does the government not solve the funding problem when people in its jurisdiction are affected by disasters, but still needs taxpayer donations?

Sure enough, after hearing what he said, Hamley smiled wryly. Reluctantly said: "The government is not omnipotent,

Qin, you don't know how bad the business I took over is. I don't want to complain to you, I can only say that this time I came to participate in the charity auction in a private capacity. "

The two were communicating. At this time, a white glove in a suit and leather shoes came to the stage, knocked on the table to signal everyone to be quiet, and then waved his hand. Some children came out and distributed the brochures to those present.

This brochure introduced the area affected by the snowstorm and the destructive power it produced. Naturally, it called on everyone to actively participate in the auction to help the victims.

Only after reading the brochure did Qin Shiou know that this charity auction in the four towns was organized by the congregation of the Baptist Basilica. And Cabot is one of the leaders. The manual specifically mentioned his second grandfather, Qin Hongde, and introduced the origin of the Four Towns Charity Auction and the results of several previous ones.

After the auction started, White Gloves took out the auction items one by one. There are many things to participate in the auction, even including stick figures drawn by children.

Start for a while. All auction items start at ten yuan, which is of little value. Most of the people who took out the auction items took them back by themselves, just taking the opportunity to donate a small amount of money.

Qin Shiou raised his cards a few times and took down some small things. These things are useless to him, but as he said before, he can accumulate virtue for the child because it doesn't cost much, and he is not short of money now.

In particular, this time he participated in the auction and got the unexpected joy of the statue of Long Danxiang. According to the tradition of his hometown, he also had to spread some money. He couldn't get all the good things in the world.

Moreover, Qin Shiou feels that everything in the world is destined by God. The ambergris he got is almost all related to kind behaviors. The last time he got the ambergris bracelet was because he graciously gave up pursuing garbage Responsibility of the ship owner.

The white gloves raised another sculptured tiger. Qin Shiou is very sensitive to wood carvings now. He didn't know if this little thing had something to do with ambergris from too far away, but it was dark, so he simply raised his hand, rather wrong Don't let it go.

As a result, just as he raised his hand, Hamley next to him also raised his hand. The two looked at each other, and Qin Shiou asked in a low voice, "Are you interested in this?"

Hamley said helplessly, "Man, this is the auction item I took out. It is a small toy that my sister and I carved out of oak when we were young."

Qin Shiou rubbed his nose. Since Hamley said that the thing was carved from oak, it obviously had nothing to do with him, so he took the opportunity to go downhill and didn't continue to bid.

But someone got on Hamley, and that person had something to do with Qin Shiou—Nelson.

The white gloves shouted: "oak tiger toy, two hundred Canadian dollars - ok, the gentleman offered 200 Canadian dollars - 300 Canadian dollars, oh, thanks to our Mr. Mayor, he offered - ok, the gentleman increased the price At $500 CAD…”

Hamley looked at Nelson strangely. The two knew each other naturally. He asked, "What is this guy Nelson doing? How could he be interested in such a small toy?"

Qin Shiou gave Hamre a malicious look. He would not tell this guy about Paris. It is estimated that Mr. Mayor was too busy after taking office and did not pay attention to his sister's emotional problems.

Nelson got impatient and started a tug-of-war with his uncle, and the next price increase directly mentioned 1,000 yuan.

There was an exclamation for the first time at the scene. Everyone didn't understand how such a pile of broken toys that could be bought for five yuan on a street stall could be sold for a high price of 1,000 yuan. But this is a charity auction, and everything cannot be measured by common sense. .

Hearing the price of '1000' shouted by the white gloves, Hamley whispered: "This bastard will definitely regret it, did he think it was made of gold? Well, well, since he wants it, let him take it! "

Qin Shiou thought to himself, you unlucky uncle, what Nelson wants to take away is not only a toy, but also your precious sister.

In the future, the value of the things that appear is getting higher and higher. There are auction treasure experts invited by the church in the background. They urgently evaluate the items participating in the auction. , it must be carefully evaluated.

The auction will not be completed overnight, but will be divided into several time periods. The first part of the auction is coming to an end. At this time, a Chinese painting is taken out. It is a super long scroll. The name of the scroll is impressively "Along the River During Qingming Festival" "! (To be continued..)

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