Chapter 85 Auction

The host looked at the list of bids in his hand, opened it in front of everyone, and began to read out the numbers: "No. 490 bid 198 silver dollars, No. 458 bid 230 silver dollars..."

Liu Cheng'an listened to these bids, which varied in level, but no one bid exceeded theirs.

He couldn't help but turn his head nervously and glance at the people from the Si family next to him.

But he was a little dumbfounded when he saw it.

None of the four people cared about the quotation. They were all watching Juanjuan scribbling on paper.

Si Tian was not afraid of people finding out what Juanjuan had written. After all, which child would write one as a candy cane and two as a duckling?

So even if this piece of paper is placed in front of someone else, some people will just think it is a child's graffiti.

Only those who knew Juanjuan knew that what she wrote was a number.

"Okay, now this is the final offer in my hand. Who will get this store in the end?" The host deliberately kept the audience in suspense.

The highest price on site now is 372 silver dollars, which is the offer made by Liu Cheng'an.

The host opened the note in his hand and said, "No. 402 bid is 372 silver dollars. Congratulations to Mr. Liu Chengan for winning the first shop."

Liu Cheng'an stood up excitedly, clenched his fists and pulled them down hard in a celebratory gesture.

The host raised his hand and applauded him. Others expressed envy, while others thought he was lucky.

"Okay, let's move on to the next shop auction."

Si Tian didn't even listen to what the place was, he just gave Liu Cheng'an a number when quoting the price.

Occasionally he would just casually write a number on it.

Since they are here, it seems unreasonable not to participate, so we have to put on a show.

These shops were eventually bought by him and Liu Cheng'an's department.

Everyone who came to participate in the auction was confused, but they couldn't accuse the two of cheating.

After all, the quotations were written in full view of everyone and collected together, and they never left everyone's sight at all during the entire process.

This also made people in the Beiyang City business circle realize one thing: Si Tian and Liu Cheng'an's investment vision was really sharp.

They played the psychological game very clearly, and each time the price they offered would only be one or two silver dollars higher.

It makes them feel very powerless.

Juanjuan was a little bored waiting for Sitian to finish the post-auction procedures: "Grandma, the auction place is not fun at all."

Madam Si put away the numbers she had written and said, "Today was quite boring. Next time if they have an interesting auction, grandma will bring you over."

"Does the place that sells rackets also sell fun things?" Juanjuan asked, tilting her little head.

"Of course, there are still a lot of interesting things here." Mrs. Si smiled and touched her head.

"Mrs. Si has raised two good sons. One of them is already very outstanding. I didn't expect that the second master also has such an excellent business acumen."

"They really didn't give anyone else any chance. We were just running along."

"Could it be that there is some trick here that we don't know about?"

A male voice came from beside them, with a hint of sarcasm in the voice.

"So it's Mr. Lu. I didn't expect you to come to the auction. Are you planning to buy a few shops for the Liu family?"

"That's really unfortunate. Liu Cheng'an has bought a lot of this shop, but I'm afraid he won't give it to the eldest wife of the Liu family."

"As for the tricks you mentioned, with so many people watching, and you guys are unwilling to pay a high price in the hope of getting a bargain, then I can only blame you for not having the ability."

"Do you think I'm right, Mr. Lu?" Madam Si said the last three words with great emphasis.

"The Liu family has nothing to do with our Lu family now, and my daughter has already divorced Liu Jingcheng. Madam Si, please don't say such things in the future." Mr. Lu looked a little unhappy.

"Mr. Lu is quite resourceful. He previously built up his business by relying on the Liu family. Now that the Liu family has collapsed, he won't even leave his daughter to them?"

When it comes to sarcasm, Madam Si is really not afraid of it.

Juanjuan looked at Master Lu for a while, then turned around and whispered to Si Jinchen: "Brother, Juanjuan doesn't like this grandfather!"

Si Jinchen looked at Master Lu who was walking away: "Brother doesn't like him either."

"Yeah, yeah." Juanjuan nodded her head vigorously.

"What are you two whispering about?" Old Madam Si looked at the two children whispering to each other.

Si Jinchen leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Juanjuan said she doesn't like the grandfather just now, and Achen doesn't like him either."

Madam Si smiled and touched the two children's heads, then bent down beside them and whispered, "Grandma doesn't like it either."

All three of them had smiles on their faces.

"Ouch!"

"Hurry up! Mr. Lu was hit on the head by a flowerpot that fell from upstairs."

There was a lot of noise outside the hall, and it was now in chaos.

Si Tian and Liu Cheng'an did not communicate with each other throughout the whole process. They just wrote all the deeds in the name of the Si family when they went to handle the deeds.

"What happened outside? Why is it so noisy?" Liu Cheng'an looked outside.

"I heard that when Mr. Lu was out, a flowerpot fell from the upstairs and hit his head." Old Madam Si recounted the story calmly.

"He's also here to buy the Liu family's shop?" Liu Cheng'an has always known that the Lu family is snobbish and a typical fence-sitter.

"Your sister-in-law went back to her parents' home to borrow money, and the condition was to divorce your elder brother." Si Tian revealed a little news to him as if chatting casually.

"So now she and Liu Jingcheng are divorced?" Liu Cheng'an asked.

"From the way he spoke, it seemed so." Old Madam Si looked at the chaos outside and left in no hurry.

Liu Chengan: "The Liu family mansion has been sold, but they wanted to hold a funeral for the old man there, but the buyer didn't want to and told them to move out today."

"Before I left, they called me and wanted me to help them find accommodation, but I refused."

"Now they can only bury the old man hastily and then look for a place to live."

"I heard that the old house was sold for a few large yellow croakers. Now I want to buy a smaller house. I'm afraid there won't be much left after I buy it."

"It would be better to rent a house and save some money. Otherwise, what can they do with the little money they have?" Si Tian thought it was quite funny.

Is the Liu family still thinking about turning things around, or what else does it want to do?

"Whatever, it has nothing to do with me now." Liu Cheng'an looked at the crowd outside and said, "Let's go. I'll take care of the store and give you an account every month."

After he said that, he walked straight out of the hall, openly drawing a line between himself and the people of the Si family.