Chapter 21: Crazy Bidding
Wu San'er went in to report, and after a while he turned back, "My young master is up, you can sit under the locust tree in the yard first."
After hearing this, Mr. Xu walked in. The courtyard was indeed very quiet. In the middle was an old locust tree. The gray-brown branches stretched high towards the sky, just pressing against the roof of the wing room. The dense branches and leaves stretched to all sides, like a large green umbrella. Under the umbrella was a stone table with a stone pier on both sides.
"If it weren't for painting, this house would be pretty good. It would be great to buy it for eighty kilns and make a living." Mr. Xu thought to himself, and suddenly an idea came up. As long as this matter was done for the boss, the boss could get the painting, and he might ask the boss to give the house to himself as a reward.
He sat on the stone pier, enjoying the afterglow of the morning light that shone from the branches and leaves. A voice came from the wing room on the left: "Wu Saner, Wu Saner, where is this young master's fan? Where is it?"
Wu San'er went in and said, "It's on the head of the bed."
The voice said again: "I came to buy a house early in the morning. Is it that girl again? Didn't I say that? My sister refused to do so, and the house could not be sold."
Wu Saner said: "It's not that girl, she is a scholar, she looks like a scholar."
"Scholar!" The voice was a little annoyed: "What I hate most is Zhihuzheye's scholar. Let's go out and go out with me."
After the words came, a man came out of the wing room with a handsome face, with a slanted smile on his face, wearing a round-necked satin dress, shaking his fan, looking up slowly at the sky: "Oh, the weather is not good today, it seems that it will rain. San'er, go buy pancakes, I'm hungry."
Wu Saner followed behind and followed: "Young master, the money is at the lady's place. The lady hasn't washed it yet, so it's so inconvenient to go in."
Shen Ao smiled and said, "I am her younger brother, I'll go and have a look." He put his fan together, ignored Mr. Xu under the locust tree, and rushed into the wing room on the right in a hurry.
Bang, bang, the door couldn't be knocked open. It turned out that it was tied with a wooden bolt inside. Shen Ao was very depressed and patted the door and said, "Sister open the door."
The sound inside was very annoyed, and it was a crisp girlish voice: "Get out!"
"Wow... I'm your brother." Shen Ao was so angry that he was angry: "Why do you ask your brother to get out of here as a sister? It's so outrageous."
He walked to the big locust tree awkwardly, glanced at Mr. Xu, and said, "Brother, the surname is noble?"
Mr. Xu quickly stood up and said, "The last name is Xu."
"Oh, it's Brother Xu, come and sit down. Does Brother Xu have any advice?" Shen Ao sat down and shook the fan.
Mr. Xu said: "That's right. I plan to take the exam, so I need a quiet place to study. I like this house very much and plan to buy it."
Shen Ao shook his fan and said, "This house cannot be sold, I'm afraid it will disappoint Brother Xu."
Mr. Xu said: "I plan to offer a price of 300 guan."
Mr. Xu heard that the buyer offered 200 coins the previous time, so he added 100 to this basis. He didn't believe that this devastating young master was not moved.
Shen Ao smiled bitterly: "My sister won't agree, Mr. Xu would rather ask him back."
Mr. Xu had no intention of leaving, and hesitated for a moment: "If you bid 400 yuan, will the young master sell it?"
Shen Ao looked very hesitant and moved, and hesitated: "We have to ask my sister if she agrees first."
Just at this moment, Zhou Ruo came out of the wing room. She used to be quiet and reserved, but today she looked a little more arrogant on her face and said, "If you don't sell it, don't sell it, sir, let's go."
Mr. Xu smiled bitterly and said in his heart: "Women are indeed women. They don't care about the price of 400 yuan for a house worth 700 yuan. The sage once said that only women and villains are difficult to raise, and it is indeed the truth."
"Then I offer a price of 500 jin. As long as Mr. Chen and Miss Chen nodded, I will withdraw the money immediately." He gritted his teeth. No matter what, he must buy this house. If he delayed it, another buyer might seize the opportunity.
Chen Ao's eyes were green and he said pitifully to Zhou Ruo: "Sister, with these 500 stakes, wouldn't it be better for us to buy a bigger house? Since Brother Xu likes it, let's just regard it as a beauty of adulthood."
Zhou Ruo was unmoved and sneered: "Will you buy a house if you exchange it for money? I'm afraid that it will be your unscrupulous hand and I'll greet those friends tomorrow. Don't sell it, don't sell it."
Seeing this, Mr. Xu continued, "Eight hundred guan, eight hundred guan bought this house, but the utensils and everything in the house needs to be kept. Except for the clothes for changing, all of them are mine. How about it?"
Chen Ao Chicken nodded with a pecking rice: "Brother Xu is so happy, good, only 800 guan."
Even Zhou Ruo began to hesitate, and hesitated without saying anything, then said, "I promised in advance that even if this house is to be sold, I will have to hand over the money."
Chen Ao hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, it's no problem. Who are you and my brothers and sisters? Eight hundred guan, haha..." He shook the paper fan excitedly. He didn't expect that a house with seventy or eighty guan could take action at a price of ten times. He was a little unbelievable and asked Mr. Xu, "Brother Xu, don't regret it. When will you come, I will get the house deed immediately."
"Let's wait!" At this time, a girl walked in with a treacherous face and said, "My son liked this house first, and my son bought it."
Mr. Xu looked at the girl, and felt clever and said in secret that he was not good. It seemed that the buyer had come again last time. Unfortunately, it was a pity that he was still one step late, so don’t make any mistakes. He sneered: “What are you saying? Did your young master establish a deed with Mr. Shen?”
The girl said, "Not yet."
Mr. Xu smiled even colder: "That's it. Since there is no transaction, how can it be your son's. I have bought this house for 800 yuan, so please ask the little girl to go back."
"Haha, Miss Chun'er is here too. Don't blame me, don't blame me, this house already has a master." Chen Ao said dashingly, shaking the fan.
Chun'er crossed her hands and stared at Mr. Xu and said, "My son has paid a thousand stakes, and my son is going to settle for this house."
"Ah? One thousand guan!" Chen Ao's fan could not be shaken anymore, and he was stunned for a long time and said, "Okay, One thousand guan, I'll sell it to your young master."
Mr. Xu sneered: "I paid 1,200 stalemates."
Chun'er walked to Chen Ao with a handkerchief in her hand, and was very proud. She twisted her slender waist and said to Mr. Xu: "Two thousand guan, I advise you to leave quickly. No one can get involved in the things my young master likes."
"Chun'er, is it two thousand guan? Don't regret it, okay, let's sign and write it now." Chen Ao blushed excitedly, throwing the paper fan aside, forgetting it.
Mr. Xu hesitated that his boss must take over the house, and the paintings in the house are worth more than 10,000 yuan. He seemed to be able to compete for a price. He weighed for a moment and said, "Two thousand one hundred yuan."
Chun'er glared and said, "Three thousand guan."
"You, you..." Mr. Xu's expression changed and pointed at Chun'er and couldn't speak for a while. This girl was too fierce and arrogant.
Chun'er crossed her hands and said with her chest out: "What's wrong with me? If you can't afford this house, leave quickly."
Mr. Xu's chest was undulating and he gritted his teeth and said, "Four thousand guan, I must have this house."
Chun'er looked at Mr. Xu contemptuously and said, "Five thousand guan!"
"Five thousand! Wow... Cute Chun'er, you are so good. Call your young master soon. I'll sell it now and never sell it to anyone else!" Chen Ao was so happy that he was about to faint, and he almost pounced on him and hugged Chun'er in his arms and kissed him a few times.
Mr. Xu's forehead was already filled with cold sweat. He thought that within a thousand cents, this house would definitely be able to be won. Unexpectedly, Cheng Yaojin came out halfway, and now the price has been raised to 5,000. Should this house be not?
He looked at Chun'er and saw that the girl looked at him proudly, with a strong sense of provocation. After a glance, Mr. Xu suddenly realized that the girl's hand holding a handkerchief was trembling slightly.
What does this mean? Could it be that she is bluffing, five thousand guan is her limit? She is already guilty.
"Okay, then bid again." Mr. Xu said with difficulty: "Five thousand five hundred coins!"
Chun'er's face showed disappointment, she snorted coldly, then stopped talking and turned around and left.
Chen Ao, who was stunned, said to Mr. Xu: "Brother Xu, do you say it again? Is it 5,500 jin?"
Chapter completed!