Manager Li from the auction house called Rong Shichu and wanted to invite her to go to the auction in person, but Rong Shichu had no money on her and would not be able to buy anything good if she went, so she refused.
Manager Li could only say regretfully: "Then Miss Rong, you can watch the live broadcast on our auction house's official website. In this way, you can still understand the situation in time without coming to the site."
"Okay, I'll take a look." Rong Shichu agreed immediately. She wanted to know more about the market.
"Then I won't bother you anymore. If you have any more plants to auction in the future, you can contact me directly. I will serve you throughout the process and save you those unnecessary steps." Manager Li said humbly. When he saw Rong Shichu's pot of vibrant strawberries, he knew that there must be an outstanding grower behind this customer, or she herself is one, so he wanted to establish a good relationship with the distinguished grower in advance.
Rong Shichu agreed. After all, this was the most reputable auction house on the Capital Star. If she continued to auction plants in the future, she would definitely choose it.
At eight o'clock in the evening, Rong Shichu opened the live broadcast room of the auction house on time. The host had already begun to introduce the first auction item. It was an extremely gorgeous dress with some kind of jewels stuck on it, so bright that it could blind people.
Rong Shichu had no interest in the skirt, so he focused his attention on the comments that were flooding the live broadcast room.
"Wow, this is the work of fashion designer Liu Ying. This dress is so beautiful! I want it!"
"Don't think about it. Didn't you see that the hem of the skirt is inlaid with moon diamonds from the Guanghan Star? Moon diamonds are so expensive, not to mention that there are so many of them. Not everyone can afford it..."
"It's sparkling. Every girl wishes she could have a dress like this, right?"
"Eight million six hundred thousand star coins! Oh my god, there are still people bidding... Amazing, Liu Ying is indeed a fashion design master in our galaxy who combines talent and beauty. Only the clothes she designs can be auctioned for tens of millions..."
When Rong Shichu saw this, she was immediately envious. Millions of star coins! If she had so much money, she would have planted all kinds of plants everywhere in her ancestral home.
The Moon-shaped Diamond Dress was eventually auctioned off by a noble lady, who was said to be giving it as a coming-of-age gift to her 18-year-old daughter.
After that, several items were auctioned one after another, all of which fetched very good prices. Rong Shichu suddenly became confident about his strawberries.
"This is a strawberry pot plant that a respected grower entrusted to our auction house for auction. This pot of strawberries is growing vigorously, with beautiful green leaves and blooming flowers. It also has several strawberries that are growing well. Two of them are ripening. Customers can pick and eat them immediately after buying them. They are guaranteed to be the freshest and most perfect in soothing effect. There are three that are not yet ripe, but as long as they are taken back and taken care of by our grower every day, they will continue to grow and mature...
If it were just strawberries, people might not think it was precious, after all, it is not too difficult to buy a few strawberries. But we don’t just have strawberries, we sell the strawberry plants together, which means that customers can get a steady supply of fresh strawberries after buying them, and even continue to have them for years to come. Isn’t this very attractive…”
The auctioneer's language was very provocative. He praised the pot of strawberries to the heavens, and the audience couldn't wait to buy it.
The audience in the live broadcast was also shocked by the fresh strawberries:
"Wow! It's actually a complete strawberry seedling, and it's even bearing fruit! I've never seen what a strawberry seedling looks like in my life, so this is really an eye-opener."
"Me too. I used to think strawberries grew on trees, just like apples. Who knew they looked like this? So cute and small..."
"What fresh strawberries! I used to buy them one by one after picking. These are so beautiful, big and red, just like rubies. They must be very effective in calming the mind, right?"
"The guy above has bought a whole strawberry before? I'm so envious that tears are streaming down my face. I buy strawberries piece by piece... I'm too poor to even buy one, let alone a whole strawberry."
"Girl from the slums, I've never eaten strawberries... I can only buy leaves to eat..."
"Vegetable leaves are so unpalatable, it's better to buy fruits. Although they are a little more expensive than vegetable leaves, they taste good and have stronger effects."
"Well, I just don't want to eat vegetable leaves, so I buy fruit slices. Even though the quantity is a little less, at least I can taste the flavor."
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The audience in the live broadcast room were still discussing how hard it was to buy whole fruits, and Rong Shichu was stunned when he saw what they were saying. Although the original owner had the concept of "fruits are very precious" in his memory, Rong Shichu had never thought that they were so precious. Ordinary people bought strawberries by cutting them into slices, and the price was set according to the size of each slice...
This is really an eye-opener. Rong Shichu silently sympathized with the ordinary people of this era.
"Guest No. 22 bid 10.1 million star coins... Guest No. 3 bid 11 million star coins... Guest No. 15 bid 13 million...
Customer No. 3 bids 27 million! Is there anyone else who wants to raise the price? 27 million! Okay, Customer No. 1 bids 28 million...
Twenty-eight million once! Twenty-eight million twice! Twenty-eight million three times! Deal! Congratulations to customer No. 1 for successfully buying the strawberry potted plant! "
As the auctioneer's hammer struck, Rong Shichu's strawberry pot was successfully sold. She was extremely happy. She suddenly went from being penniless to a multi-millionaire. She could now buy the watermelon seeds, tomato seeds and other plant seeds she liked.
I didn't expect that this small pot of strawberries could be sold at such a high price. Rong Shichu suddenly had a true understanding of the value of plants in this world, and he also knew more clearly how precious growers are.
It turns out that considering the original owner's ability to grow a radish or a cabbage every month, her talent for planting is actually quite good. If she hadn't been in love and gave all the plants she grew to the scumbag, she would definitely have lived a good life. After all, there is no poor planter.
After deducting Rui's money and the auction house's handling fee, there was still more than 25 million yuan left from the auction price of the strawberry potted plants. After Rong Shichu received the money, he quickly bought the seeds that he liked.
Before the seeds were delivered, she bought a special planting robot. It cost two million yuan, but it was very versatile and could take care of all the work except inducing growth and planting, including loosening the soil, watering, catching insects, harvesting and other labor.
It was a bit expensive, but Rong Shichu didn’t want to be too tired from farming by herself, so she gritted her teeth and bought one. This way she would feel much more relaxed from then on.
After the planting robot was delivered, Rong Shichu immediately put it to work, turning over the soil in the vacant space in the yard and exposing it to the sun. After all, the land here had not been planted for decades, and it needed to be reclaimed before planting again.