The dried bonito can't be eaten on the same day, and the roasting process takes at least two days, or even more, but the essence of the bonito gravy comes out, and Qin Shiou uses it to mix cold dishes at night to eat, and the taste is much better than what light soy sauce and dark soy sauce vinegar is.

The snowflakes kept drifting, Qin Shiou looked at the world outside that was completely deduced into pure white and sighed, this time it was really a snow disaster, although his hometown belonged to the north, it was relatively far south, so he had never seen such a big snow.

Qin Shiou had nothing to do, so he drove a snowplow to clean the passage of the fishing ground after a while, and there were also unpleasant places when the family was big, such as clearing the snow was a big problem.

On the fourth day of snowfall, Qin Shiou's mobile phone rang, and when he saw that it was a call from Hamley, he answered it and asked what was wrong.

Hamlet asked him about his current condition and Winnie's health, and then said, "St. John's has a traditional project, which is to hold a Four Towns charity auction after a natural disaster, this time this Saturday, is there any interest?" ”

Qin Shiou is actually not very interested, he does not have a strong sense of belonging to Canada, and he feels that he is done with the three-acre land of Farewell Town.

However, the focus of this kind of small-town charity auction is not how much money to donate, but everyone shows their love, so although he is not interested, he still said that he will participate on Saturday.

As for what he was going to auction, what else was there besides the black pearl? He chose six black pearls the size of soybeans, which were worth a lot of money, because they were all top-quality black pearls, and even if they were small, one would be worth more than 10,000 Canadian dollars.

When Auerbach learned that he was going to participate in the Four Towns Auction, he explained to him the origin of the auction, saying that it was really appropriate for him to go because of this charity auction. In fact, it was initiated by his second grandfather, Qin Hongde.

The charity auction took place in 1980, the year St. John's was hit by a once-in-a-decade typhoon. There are countless people affected by the disaster, and the city government is somewhat powerless to rescue. Reconstruction has been slow.

Even cities have been unable to receive rescue, and remote towns have naturally been unable to receive relief resources, and many people's houses have been destroyed, and many people have been left homeless and have to hide in public places such as stations and cafes after the typhoon.

So Qin Hongde called on the bourgeoisie in Farewell Town to hold a charity auction to rescue the homeless, at least to ensure their accommodation and food.

After Qin Hongde issued an appeal, he immediately received a response from some rich people in Farewell Town, and his appeal was quite large, except for Farewell Town. There were also some capitalists in Maika, Teide, and Cubs.

This is the origin of the Four Towns Charity Auction, because the people who participated in the auction were from these four towns in the first place.

"Your grandfather auctioned the yacht he just bought, and I still remember his words at the auction at that time, 'How can I still sail a yacht to the sea to have fun if someone can't even drink hot soup', which is really moving." Auerbach sighed.

Later, the Four Towns Charity Auction became bigger and bigger, and whenever there was a more severe natural disaster in St. John's, someone would launch the auction, and the number of participants grew from four towns to six towns and eight towns. Then the whole city, and now the whole province.

After figuring out the situation of this auction, Qin Shiou thought about it for a while, so that he was actually the protagonist. The four black pearls were not very good, so he replaced them with seven, and gave the black pearls a name. Monday to Sunday, with Sunday being a large black pearl the size of a peanut. The total value is more than $100,000.

Auerbach said it wasn't necessary, as long as he could show his love.

Qin Shiou said: "It doesn't matter. I should accumulate virtue for my child, and I hope that before he is born, he and Winnie will be safe. ”

The snow lasted long enough, and by Saturday there were still small snowflakes falling, and the snow was already more than half a meter thick, the airports in Newfoundland were closed, and the highways were 90% closed!

Qin Shiou watched the news at night, and saw that the roofs of some slum houses were crushed by snow, and a birch tree in front of the city hall of St. John's was also dumped by snow, Qin Shiou was also drunk, the power of this snow was too strong.

On Saturday, Qin Shiou and many people went to St. John's by boat, and this charity auction was for the whole people, and Shaq and others were also invited, of course, it was not Hamlet who invited them. There were more than 100 people in the town, some of them were going to take pictures, and some were taking pictures with them.

The Canadian people have a strong sense of charity, for example, Hughes Jr. belongs to the kind of anarchist supporters, who usually giggle and laugh and don't have a proper line, this time to participate in the charity auction, he brought a thick belt in the style of the Soviet people, and the belt buckle is gold.

Qin Shiou had seen this belt in the grocery store before, and Little Hughes didn't put a price on it, he just showed it and had already collected it himself.

The auction was held at the Basilica of Christ the Baptist in St. John's, the most spectacular and magnificent church in the whole of Newfoundland, perched atop a hill overlooking the city.

Founded in 1855, the church resembles an Italian Romanesque church in appearance, with limestone and granite as a whole, with twin spires, a luxurious interior, and 65 glass panels are all colored, each painted with a biblical classic story.

The ceiling is beautifully carved in gold, maroon and dark green, and the interior is tall and empty, full of majesty.

Qin Shiou came for the first time, and there were already many participants waiting inside, some priests in black robes acted as service staff, guiding some interested people to visit the tour, and some people were providing hot drinks and snacks.

After Auerbach appeared, an old priest in his seventies and eighties greeted him with a smile and said, "Old man, it's such a pleasure to see you here, how long have we not seen each other?" ”

"Five years, right?" Auerbach smiled, he affectionately pulled out Qin Shiou, and said, "This is Bishop Cabert Saranaha, the brother and father of God's pious servant and believer, and he is a good man. ”

Qin Shiou was in awe and bowed to Cabot.

Cabot looked at Qin Shiou carefully and said, "You are, oh God, I guessed right, you are a descendant of Ade, right?" ”

Qin Shiou estimated that Ade was his second grandfather Qin Hongde, and he nodded and said, "Yes, Bishop, I am the grandson of Mr. Qin Hongde." ”

Cabot stepped forward and held his face with both hands to take a closer look, and sighed: "Actually, you are very similar, really similar, I didn't even recognize it at first sight!" I'm old, my memory is decaying, and when I first met Ade, he was a big boy like you. ”

Qin Shiou smiled awkwardly, he was almost middle-aged, why was he still called a big boy? However, the old people in front of him are all seventy or eighty years old, and it is no problem for people to say that he is a big boy. (To be continued......)