A month later, the auction was held as scheduled at Zhen Shu's tavern. Jian Shuangshuang had prepared a total of thirty books, each roughly eighty thousand words-long stories.
Such a word count in a storyteller's mouth would be enough for two months of storytelling. If more books could be auctioned, one could have a year and a half worth without repetition, definitely earning a lot of money.
Auctions are not unfamiliar to people in this world, particularly common in major cities, although usually attended by aristocrats and wealthy merchants.
This was the first time Jian Shuangshuang auctioned storytelling stories, breaking new ground, so those attending the auction were quite curious.
Jian Shuangshuang entrusted everything full-heartedly to Zhen Shu to handle, and Zhen Shu did a respectful job of it, clearing out the entire tavern hall, with the stage for opera and storytelling transformed into an auction platform.
