A man was covered with a thick black cloth, and with the support of two subordinates, he walked to the stage and sat on the side of the high platform.

The black cloth covered him so tightly that it was impossible to see what clothes he was wearing.

The guests stared at the man covered in black cloth and exchanged ears.

"Who is this man?" "Guess what, I'll reveal the answer to you after the first lot is out!" ”

Everyone fell silent.

"The starting price is three thousand taels of silver, does anyone want this pot of plain crown lotus top??" Kim Shiro asked.

"Three thousand one."

"Three thousand two."

"Three thousand three."

……

The first round of bidding began, and from time to time someone raised their signs, and everyone bit very tightly.

Jin Shilang glanced at Mrs. Tantai in the audience, and Mrs. Tantai nodded slightly at him.

He stood on the stage, his hand under his sleeve, and made a gesture.

It was an agreed gesture that only the "wealthy businessmen" they had arranged could understand.

That's right, these so-called "foreign wealthy businessmen" are actually the childcare they have arranged.

Those "wealthy businessmen from other places" had been staring at Jin Shiro's hand, and when they saw him make that gesture, they immediately participated in the auction.

"Five thousand taels."

"Five thousand three hundred taels."

"Five thousand seven hundred taels."

……

With the participation of these nurseries, the price of this pot of plain crown lotus top has suddenly risen.

The further back you go, the fewer people are bidding.

After all, although the plain crown lotus top is rare, but further up, the price is too expensive.

Those arranged "wealthy businessmen from other places" also understand the principle of accepting when they see a good one, and the more they go to the back, the less they raise their cards, after all, they don't want this pot of precious orchids to be smashed in their hands in the end.

The price stopped at seven thousand taels.

"Is there anyone else offering a higher price?" Kim Shiro asked.

The audience was silent.

"This is a charity auction, and part of the proceeds will be used to help the poor! You're not buying flowers, you're saving people's lives, as the saying goes, saving people's lives is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter! Your merits will be recorded and will be rewarded in this life and in the next life! Kim Shiro continued.

Another person hesitantly raised the jade plaque and said in a loud voice: "Seven thousand three!" ”

"Good! Someone has come out to 7,300 taels! Is there a higher price? Kim Shiro asked in a loud voice.

No one answered.

The price is already staggeringly high.

If you add more money, it will be a big wrong.

"Seven thousand three hundred and two once!"

"Seven thousand three hundred two times!"

"Seven thousand three hundred two three times!"

"Deal!"

"Please this guest, after the auction is over, go to Tingyu Xiaozhu in Xie Garden with the next person arranged by the auction, take away the lots, and pay both the goods and the silver." Kim Shiro said in an orderly manner.

The auction of the first pot of plain crown lotus roof has come to an end.

As the so-called layman looks at the liveliness, and the insiders look at the doorway, the few flower and herb merchants sitting together suddenly whispered.

"The price is a bit on the high side."

"In previous years, if we had a crown and lotus in our hands, we would have sold five thousand taels of silver at most, where could we possibly sell seven thousand three hundred taels of silver? That's too much higher! ”

"But there is one thing to say, the quality of this pot of plain crown lotus top they took out is a must, I have been engaged in this industry for so many years, and it is the first time I have seen such a good condition, it is a tribute to the plain crown and lotus top of the palace garden, but I am afraid that it is nothing more than that!"

"Even so, it shouldn't have been sold for seven thousand three hundred taels of silver! I look at it, there is still an element of moral kidnapping! The so-called not paying a high price is not doing good deeds, isn't this putting people here? No one else can think of a high price! ”

"This is also someone else's strategy! The household meter is well used, what can be done! We're still missing a brain! ”

……

With the good start of Suguan Heding, Jin Shiro was very encouraged.

He thought that selling flowers would be very profitable, but he didn't expect that selling flowers would be so profitable.

These flowers are all from the Hundred Flower Fairy.

It's just a no-brainer.

"Okay, now we can reveal the mystery, aren't you curious, who is this man covered in a black cloth?" Jin Shiro walked up to the man, put his hand on the top of his head, and lifted it hard, "Now we can reveal the answer!" ”

Under the black cloth was a skinny poor common man.

He had an old face, wrinkled like deep ravines.

His eyes were yellow and cloudy.

His lips were chapped and peeling.

One of his hands was covered in calluses.

He was dressed in a shabby, white, patched outfit.

Under the gaze of all the dignitaries, he looked a little cramped and uneasy, and he lowered his head in inferiority.

"That's one of the people we're trying to save! Some of the 7,300 taels of silver we got from the auction will go to this family! Jin Shilang said, looking at the poor people, "Hello, old man, may I ask what is your name?" ”

"My name is Chen Shuigen, and when I was born there was a great drought, my father named me Shuigen." The old man lowered his head and said.

"Parents are still there? Are there any siblings in the family? ”

"Dad used to be a hunter, and at that time, the family was miserable, and in order to earn some money to subsidize the family, he was eaten by tigers in the mountains. My mother was blind from crying, and within two years she got sick, and her family didn't even have money for food, where could I still have money for treatment? She endured for two months, and died of pain. The old man sighed.

When the guests heard this, they immediately sighed.

This old man is so miserable.

The life he experienced was too far away from them.

They felt pity for the old man.

"What about your children?" Kim Shiro asked again.

The old man sighed: "My mother-in-law gave birth to a girl at the earliest, and that year was not good, there was another bandit disaster, and there was a great drought, and the local area couldn't survive!" There is no food left at home!

"My mother-in-law went to the county, and there was a big man in the county who gave birth to a child with no milk, so my mother-in-law went to be a nurse for others!

"Alas, my mother-in-law doesn't have enough milk, just enough to milk a child!

"At that time, the whole village didn't know how many people starved to death, and the whole family relied on my mother-in-law to earn food alone, and my mother-in-law's milk was given to the old man's children, but she couldn't give it to her own children, and her own children starved to death."

Some of the guests lowered their heads, unable to bear to listen any longer.

"Later, my mother-in-law gave birth to two sons, that year, in order to grow the grain in the field, the village grabbed water in the middle of the night, just for a mouthful of food, the people in my house, and the people in other people's houses, beat to the death! My eldest son was gouged out with a hoe, and he was gone," the old man blinked, "This is also a common thing, you need water in the field, and people also need water in the field, and if there is no water, you can't grow live grain, after all, it's for a bite to eat!" ”

"How's life at home now?"

"It's just a pair of pants, whoever goes out wears it. It's okay in the summer, it's cold in the winter! It's all hard to carry, and if you can't carry it, you will die of illness. ”

"What to cover at night?" Kim Shiro asked again.

"Cover the straw and spread it on the body, it's not warm, but it's not cold."