After some lingering, Xi Bingxuan still hugged her energetically.
Yu Tianrong looked at him angrily: "Ruier is still waiting for us to eat!"
"Don't worry, ma'am, Rui'er is very patient. You won't get tired of waiting for half an hour longer!"
"Humph, it's not you—"
"Madam, for the sake of tomorrow's auction, I will simply let you go today, otherwise, you will be responsible for the consequences!"
Yu Tianrong was ashamed and angry when he heard this: "You--"
"How is it? Madam, are you not satisfied?" Xi Bing picked up a few strands of hair and sniffed gently: "Madam, you are even more fragrant at this time!"
"Go away!" Yu Tianrong pushed him away with one hand, eyebrows raised: "Xi Bingxuan, you guy, do you know that every time - you become particularly annoying! Like a playboy!"
Xi Bingxuan chuckled: "Don't you like this, Madam?"
Uh...sometimes she likes bad men, but there's no need to say it outright!
Xi Bingxuan hugged her proudly: "Let's go, madam, Rui'er must be hungry."
…
Early the next morning, Yu Tianrong was called out regularly by Xi Bingxuan. After dressing up, she put on a veil and went to the restaurant to prepare for the auction.
Xi Bingxuan hung up the twelve paintings according to her wishes, but they were all covered with gauze before the opening. The looming paintings are even more fascinating like a masked girl...
The people who came originally were some idle young men, young ladies, and some curious people. After all, this was the first time I heard the name of the owner of the auction. If he is not well-known, he would not react much! I know Bai Bai.
The prefect brought a few friends to the venue, which aroused everyone's whispers. I wonder what the relationship between the owner of the auction and Prefect Bai was, so that Prefect Bai, who has always been honest and self-disciplined and loved by the people, took the time to visit.
However, Magistrate Bai did not stay long. He just left a message before leaving: "Very good. It's beyond my expectation. The Yamen is very busy today. When the decision is made the day after tomorrow, I will come back to price the purchase!"
This was spread from person to person, and although only two paintings were shown at the auction in the morning, they were different, with different painting methods and techniques. Therefore, there were only a few dozen people in the venue in the morning, but there were a lot more noises in the afternoon.
More than twice as much.
Yu Tianrong, who was sitting upstairs, glanced at the increase in the number of people and smiled slightly: "Bingxuan, show them two more pictures!"
Xi Bingxuan asked someone to lift the tulle of the other two scrolls, and there was a burst of boos from the audience...
In that painting: a beautiful landscape and pastoral scenery. The rippling Swallow Lake is embedded in a large green field, like a girl's bright eyes full of emotion. The weeping willows on the shore of the lake are caressing the water. A huge water tank
The rotating drum car creaks and shakes the years, and also sings ancient rural songs. Looking around, the mountains in the distance are towering, the village trees are smoking, the streets are crisscrossed, and the houses are scattered, just like Tao Yuanming's "Fragrant grass is delicious,
It is a Taoyuan painting scene with "colourful fallen flowers" and "fertile fields, beautiful ponds, mulberry trees and bamboos".
Many of the visitors were literati. They could see the artistic conception in the painting, and naturally also the skill of the painter. Someone immediately offered to buy it...
However, Yu Tianrong sent word that the bidding started on the morning of the third day. The first two days were just for everyone to appreciate. If you have any advice, you can write it down and give it to the waiter in the restaurant to pass it on to the painter.
In this way, everyone's appetite was whetted, and finally on the third day it was the auction. Early in the morning, one or two hundred people gathered in front of the restaurant to participate in the bidding. With the onlookers, the restaurant was packed inside and outside.
Yu Tianrong is very satisfied with the publicity effect of Bai Zhifu this time. The official family has an indelible influence at all times!
"Ma'am, can we start now?"
"Yeah." Yu Tianrong was sitting in the private room on the third floor, looking at the people downstairs through the curtain.
…
The shopkeeper of the restaurant came forward to host it. Seeing the restaurant full of customers, he was very happy. Even if the auction price was not high, just the drinks these people drank could still make a lot of money, so he was all smiles: "Everyone
, thank you all very much for coming, now we will start the auction of the first painting, the base price is ten taels, each increase in price shall not be less than five taels——"
"I'll pay ten taels."
"twenty,"
"thirty."
"Fifty……"
…
"One hundred taels!"
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There was a moment of silence in the audience. One hundred taels was already a very high price for a landscape painting. Everyone looked sideways at the boy with his hands raised high, "Isn't that the young master of the Wang family?"
"Yes, it seems that no one is fighting anymore."
"Well, the Wang family is a powerful person in this area, so it's hard to offend!"