326. Shot (win alliance +4)
The auction is divided into two halves, with the first half ending with a ten-minute break in between.
Li Du and Sophie were about to go out for some breath. At this time, Maratai blocked them and said, "Man, are you here to participate in our charity auction today?"
"Of course, you've seen it, I've been sitting here all the time." Mr. Li didn't know what he was going to do, but he knew he was planning to do something wrong.
Maratai smiled contemptuously and said, "Oh, is that right? I thought you were here to have our event lunch."
As he said that, he shrugged again and made an understanding expression, and continued, "Of course, it doesn't matter if you have an event lunch, because today's theme is charity."
After hearing what he said, Sophie said dissatisfiedly: "Malate, pay attention to your wording. You are here to provoke on purpose, right? I don't understand why you are so ungraceful?"
It’s not that Maratai likes to provoke people, but that’s what American culture is like.
American men, especially young people, like to label themselves as tough guys. They will exercise their bodies very strongly, they will love barbaric sports, and they will bully people who are weaker than themselves.
Bullying the weak is the survival rule of American young people. You can also know that when watching American TV series and Hollywood movies, the handsome and elegant protagonists must have been bullied by campus bullies in their school days.
Not to mention that Li Du once made Maratai shame and won Sophie's favor, even without this relationship, Maratai would dislike him.
Racial discrimination is a problem that Americans have always emphasized and the biggest problem in society.
Li Du has been abroad for more than a year and a half. What I feel most deeply is that Chinese people have a low status in the United States and everyone wants to step on them.
Maratai is a very conceited person, which is what Sophie doesn't like.
He thought that showing muscles and toughness in front of Sophie could win the other party's heart. In fact, this trick was useless to Sophie. The female doctor had come into contact with many violent incidents because of her work, and the one she hated the most was this kind of person.
Such a simple question, Brother Li Du, the love scene, saw it as soon as he met Sophie, but Maratai never saw it.
Even if he can see that he will not change himself, because toughness, rudeness and toughness are his own male charm, and he is proud of his personalities.
Therefore, after being criticized by Sophie, Maratian started to say, "No, I am not without demeanor, I am not weak or cowardly, Sophie, you have never known me correctly, which makes me feel very sorry."
Sophie smiled and said, "Oh, maybe that's it, but it makes me feel grateful."
Maratai left angrily, glared at Li Du before leaving, and said, "I'm glad to help you, man, eat more for lunch later."
When he left, Sophie said, "Sorry, Lee, Maratai is so naive. I don't understand why he has not matured as he grows older?"
Martin smiled and said, "Don't all young people in Flagpole City do this? Time will teach them the right attitude towards life."
Li Du nodded with a wry smile. He was really suffering from an undesirable disaster.
However, the things taken before were really useless to him. When some valuable things appear, he will not hesitate to use the little flying insect to check the situation.
Unfortunately, those things just look valuable, and he can only throw them away when he buys them. In this case, how can he take action?
The second half of the auction started, and the first lot to appear was very interesting, with more than a dozen heavy books.
The auctioneer introduced that these books are the 1990 version of the Encyclopedia of Bible Interpretation, donated by Martin and his wife, and are well preserved, with a starting price of 440 yuan.
This set of encyclopedia is of great value to believers. It interprets the Bible from all aspects such as life, science, education, culture, customs, etc., and is very interesting and suitable for believers to watch.
Li Du shook his head, it was something useless to him, so he didn't need to make a quote.
Sophie offered a price once, which was to give her parents a face and make the bidding look more intense.
Maratai took action again, and he chased and beat the price tightly. In the end, the encyclopedia fell into his hands, and the transaction price was 860 yuan.
When the goods were sold, everyone applauded. Li Du heard Martin whisper: "What a pity, this set of books will be put aside in the future. It would be better to get Sophie 440 yuan."
Mrs. Martin glared at him and said, "Don't do this, it's so bad to be heard? But it's really a pity. We have carefully preserved this set of books."
Li Du laughed secretly, the old couple was very interesting.
The latter items were taken out and all were taken off. Nothing failed to be sold. Regardless of the price, the believers were bidding enthusiastically.
Halfway through the auction, a girl brought out a small green box, which looked a bit like a makeup box for girls.
Seeing this box, Sophie smiled happily, "Look, this is the lot I donated, a lipstick box. This thing is very beautiful. I don't know how much it will be photographed."
The green box is only half the size of a palm, and the whole thing is made of jade or jade. The edges are wrapped in black enamel and are inlaid with red and blue gems, which looks very beautiful.
Li Du asked, “How much did I buy this lipstick box?”
Sophie said: "100 yuan was bought from a decoration store that was about to go bankrupt when I was in Phoenix. The boss said it was Burmese jade, but it was obviously fake. How could the jade box be so cheap?"
The auctioneer also began to introduce, emphasizing that the authenticity of the jade and gems on the box was unknown, and then quoted the price as 50 yuan.
Li Du looked at the big screen with a close-up of a small box on it. When he saw the red, green and blue gems on the box, he thought of a jewelry culture he had seen in the book before, so he moved his heart and released the little flying insect.
The little flying insect was not attracted by the box, so it should not last long since it existed.
Li Du let it fly over and use the ability to reproduce the old days. The reason for doing this was that he felt that the box was not made of shoddy artificial jade, but more like it was real.
Xiao Feizeng's superpowers were used, and scenes of old days were reproduced.
The first thing that appeared was someone polishing the box and writing the name under the box. The surrounding environment was very exquisite, with complex instruments and exquisite design drawings.
There were also some large or small jade pieces on the table where the box was located. I continued to look down and someone opened the safe and took out some crystal-clear pieces of gem from it.
After carefully polishing these gem pieces, they were finally inlaid on the box, which was wrapped in soft deer skin and sent to the plane.
Seeing this, Li Du became excited.
What was so excited that he was not that he had discovered something valuable, but that his vision had improved!
During his usual time, he has been working hard to read books and materials while attending auctions. Obviously, this is the right thing to do, which can make him stronger.
The auctioneer started to shout for a price, Li Du relaxed his body, and he was ready to take action.
Chapter completed!