"This brand of cement does have a lot of counterfeits. Su Changlong nodded, "But I'm very sure that the brand I bought is not a counterfeit, it's genuine, and every time I bought cement before, it was this brand, it was ten yuan a pack, and it hasn't changed much in the past year." ”

"You're a bit joking, so tell me where you can buy it so cheaply, and I'll go over and buy it next time." Jiang Tao didn't believe it at all.

"I bought it at the cement factory you were talking about. Su Changlong said, "The boss's surname is Kong, and he is from a nearby village. When I didn't do renovation before, I took over the work in the village, so I pulled cement from his factory, and more than a month ago, I bought cement from him, which was also ten yuan. A few years ago, cement was cheaper, and you could get it for eight or nine yuan, but in the past year or two, the price has risen, and you have to ask for ten yuan a pack. ”

Jiang Tao's face changed: "How is this possible, I went with the decoration master, and after talking to him for half an hour, the price was only five cents cheaper, and it cost 12 yuan, why did he sell it to you for ten yuan as soon as you passed?"

"You ask me this question, and I don't know. Su Changlong smiled and did not speak.

Jiang Tao no longer had the excited look he had when he came in just now, and asked Su Changlong again: "How many tons of sand did you use to decorate this room?"

"The floor is covered with tiles, and there is more sand, about four tons. Su Changlong said, "If it is a wooden floor, then it will not require so much sand, maybe about two tons is enough." ”

"Wake up, your house is 138 square meters, right?" Jiang Tao turned his head to look at Su Xing.

"That's right, 138 flat, three bedrooms. Wake nodded.

"My house is smaller than yours, so why do I need more sand? six or seven tons. Jiang Tao was a little puzzled, and looked at Su Changlong again, "Is it possible that the sand will be consumed so much?"

"How is this possible? Even if you beat all the walls in the house and do it all over again, it won't take so much sand, and your house is not as big as the house of the awakening, and three tons of sand will reach the sky, and maybe you won't need so much sand, about two and a half tons will be enough. Su Changlong said.

Jiang Tao's face darkened, and he didn't ask anything more, turned around and went out the door, and went back to his house.

"He's been cheated. Su Xing said.

"Someone must have cheated you. Su Changlong nodded, "The same factory, the same brand of cement, the packaging weight is the same, I buy ten yuan, he goes to buy 12 yuan, that's not a pit, what else can it do? Even if an unfamiliar person buys it, it won't be as expensive as 12 yuan, at most 11 yuan, if you can bargain a little more, 10 yuan 5 may be able to buy a pack." ”

"He bought a bag of cement for 12 yuan, or brought a knowledgeable master to go over, this is greasy, I am an outsider can't say, but he can also understand that he was pitted. In addition, there is the problem of sand, if it is in the countryside, six or seven tons of sand is definitely not enough, but in the city, such a house will definitely not need so much sand. When I came here yesterday, the door next door was not closed, and I glanced at it, and there were three tons of sand at most, and absolutely no six or seven tons. ”

"He's been deceived. Xiong Bing also said, "There is a familiar master who can buy things expensively with him, and if he buys too much, he will decorate it to the back, and he doesn't know what it will look like." ”

Su Xing also understood that Jiang Tao must have been cheated, this kind of thing is too common, using information asymmetry to make money and get kickbacks is a very normal operation for some people.

If there is another layer of acquaintances in this to cover up and gain trust, it will be easier to operate.

But this kind of normal operation is not a good thing for the victim, and Jiang Tao happened to encounter it.

After only staying in the house for a while, there was a quarrel next door, which was very intense, and it took nearly twenty minutes before stopping.

The door next door opened, and Jiang Tao left angrily.

When Su Xing took Su Ran and Su Jin back on a bicycle, he passed by the cement factory and saw Jiang Tao standing outside the cement yard, arguing with the boss of the cement factory.

"Wake up. Jiang Tao also saw the awakening and immediately greeted, "Come here, do me a favor, and help me testify." ”

Su Xing stepped on the car and turned around, and asked with a smile, "Why did you run here?"

"It's so annoying, those people have gone too far, when I was an idiot, I treated them as acquaintances, as friends, and specially invited them to eat before the renovation, a pack of cigarettes per person, and served with delicious food and drink, but did such a thing. Not to mention that the cement is two yuan more expensive, even the sand deceived me, saying that I bought six or seven tons of sand, but in fact it was only about three tons of sand. Jiang Tao was so angry that his chest rose and fell violently, "How can people be so shameless?" When I was eating, he patted his chest and assured me, saying that he would help me decorate the house well, and would not let me spend more money in vain. ”

"These shameless guys, just bought the materials, the decoration has not been a few days, immediately play tricks, the materials bought are not only expensive, the number of materials is also false, what if the decoration continues? ”

Jiang Tao was very angry, turned his head and said to the boss of the cement factory: "How can you say one thing and do another, saying that the cement sold to me is the cheapest, but what is the result?"

Jiang Tao pointed to Su Xing: "The house he bought and the house I bought are next door, and the cement he bought at your house is ten yuan a pack, and the cement you sold me costs 12 yuan a pack, is this cheap? It is two yuan more expensive, how can you explain it to me?"

"It's not my fault that it's two dollars more expensive. The boss of the cement factory said bitterly, "You have to ask the master who decorated you, don't look for me about this matter, I don't actually make much money." Sell him ten yuan, sell you 12 yuan, and the income is actually the same, not much. ”

"You're talking nonsense, thinking that I didn't go to school and can't count? One is ten yuan, the other is 12 yuan, why is it different? The weight of the cement is different, or the quality of the cement is different?" Jiang Tao asked the boss of the cement factory, "The cement you loaded for him is actually not real cement, it is fake, and there is a fake packaging on the outside? The more expensive cement you sold me is of better quality?"

"No, no, this will never happen, the water in my factory is genuine, and I will not sell fakes, you can rest assured that I am still reputable. The owner of the cement factory patted his chest and said

"Then tell me, the same cement price is different, what's going on?" Jiang Tao almost pinched the boss's neck and asked.