Chapter 1362

"Thank you, Grandpa Chen. What's the present?" Qin Shiou said.

The veteran muttered to himself, "how many years, how many years, I have kept it. When I was practicing together in Vancouver, brother Qin took good care of me. Unfortunately, wow, when I came back from Nanyang, I never contacted him again. Unexpectedly, he came to Newfoundland to raise fish. "

Then he looked at Qin Shiou: "if it hadn't been for the invitation of St. John's city government, I might have seen brother Qin underground before I could know his news."

Yan Donglei regretted and said, "yes, there was no telephone, no network, and it was an era of war. Once you cut off contact, you will never see each other for a lifetime."

Qin Shiou said, "I didn't expect grandpa Chen to remember my grandpa all the time, mainly because of the war. Maybe my grandpa didn't expect that an old comrade in arms would miss him."

The veteran sighed, "of course I remember brother Qin. I still remember his unique hobby. Ha ha, this brother likes to eat gray amber."

Yan Donglei looked at Qin Shiou with strange eyes. Qin Shiou was also a little confused, but he thought of the name of grey amber. Then he was shocked and said in surprise: "do you mean ambergris?"

There is no specific answer to what ambergris is. It is only known that it is produced in the deep sea. Now a representative saying is that it is the secretion of sperm whales. Because it fails to digest the beak bone of squid and octopus, it will form a solid with the secretion in the intestine and spit it out.

But Qin Shiou knows that some people call this grey amber

The veteran nodded and smiled, "yes, when we were training in Vancouver, he brought a piece with him and ate a little before going to bed every day. He said there was something wrong with his body. This kind of grey amber belongs to medicinal materials and can cure his problems. "

Qin Shiou was overjoyed. He didn't know how grandpa two absorbed the energy in this thing, but he could just touch it. Of course, these are not the key points. The key point is: "Grandpa Chen, do you keep that gray amber all the time?"

The veteran smiled and said, "yes, it's like a stone. It won't break. I've always kept it. I want to see brother Qin as a gift in the future."

Qin Shiou asked, "how did you get it?"

The veteran frowned and said in a nostalgic tone, "that's a long time ago. About 42 years ago, I happened to get one when I was fighting in Singapore. Later, I brought it back to my country, but I couldn't find brother Qin."

After listening to their words, Yan Donglei asked strangely, "is there any story about this kind of gray amber? I think you seem to attach great importance to it. "

Qin Shiou was very cold in his heart and understood that his attitude was a little too fierce. He smiled and whispered, "talk with the old man. Besides, the old man has prepared gifts for more than half a century. Don't you think it's very legendary?"

Yan Donglei raised his right wrist, pointed to his watch and said, "it's legendary, but we'll be late if we stay any longer."

Qin Shiou nodded, and Yan Donglei helped the veteran to the church hall, which was the activity center.

Chinese veterans sit in the chief, and there are several old ladies. They also wear old-fashioned military uniforms with more or less medals on them.

Qin Shiou, a Chinese representative, sat down at the second seat. After finding Weini and Auerbach to sit down, he asked strangely, "those old ladies, are they female soldiers who participated in World War II?"

Winnie said, "no, they are the widows of veterans. They come to the memorial for their husbands every year. Look over there, those are the brothers and sisters and children of World War II veterans. "

Qin Shiou looked at Auerbach around him and said, "my second grandpa is also a meritorious veteran. Why don't you invite father Auerbach to sit over?"

Auerbach was complacent. He smiled and said, "those veterans are registered. Your grandfather is not registered. I don't know why. Father Qin rarely mentioned World War II and participated in World War II activities. Maybe the war left him some trauma."

The highlight of this commemorative activity is the auction. The United States and Canadians like to arrange an auction after the event, and the rich people who participate in the event never save their money at this time.

The funds obtained from the auction are useful in two ways: one is to improve the lives of veterans and widows, and the other is to provide maintenance funds for history museums or military cemeteries.

Qin Shiou thought he was coming for a show. After all, he is considered to be the Chinese representative of St. Johns. His second grandfather also made contributions to World War II. This kind of activity really should be attended.

As a result, at the auction, it was Winnie who presided over the auction.

Qin Shiou was a little confused and asked, "are you the host? Why don't I know? "

Winnie shrugged and said, "the city government invited me. I think it's a small matter. It has nothing to do with you. I didn't tell you."

Qin Shiou showed his dissatisfied expression and said, "what does it mean has nothing to do with me? It matters a lot! "

Winnie smiled and patted the back of his hand, then stepped on the stage in applause. Hamley introduced her identity, and then the auction began.

In this way, as the host of the auction, Qin Shiou has to take the auction seriously, at least not cold.

When the first auction item was presented, Winnie said, "today we have learned that Canadian women have made great contributions to supporting the Second World War. In those years, they supported the hardships of taking care of their families and raising their children alone, and endured the anxiety in their hearts alone. At that time, they were afraid that one day they would receive a telegram or an uninvited guest would come to the door, because that probably meant that the person they were waiting for would never come back... "

"Women's support for the war is not only that, but also raised a lot of funds for the war. The first item on display is called "war savings stamps". Since 1939, countless mothers, sisters and daughters have stood on the streets selling these stamps, raising $500 million in war funds for our army... "

With winie's introduction, a set of stamps with a denomination of 5 points to 25 points appeared on the big screen. In addition, there were a series of photos of some women selling such stamps to pedestrians in a uniform apron.

After briefly showing this set of stamps, Winnie began to offer: "the starting price of this auction is 4500 yuan, and each increase is 100 yuan. Please bid!"

Qin Shiou took the lead in raising his introduction book and said, "4600 yuan!"

Winnie smiled at him sweetly and reached out to him: "the gentleman offered 4600 yuan for the first time..."

"4700 yuan." Another quoted price.

"4800 yuan." The voice of the quotation is continuous. I don't know if there is a bonus to wini's beautiful appearance and elegant temperament. Anyway, the auction was very fierce at the beginning.