"I might know something about that," Shen Zhangming said, touching his nose. "Today at Lao Sun's place, playing cards, his grandson mentioned something. He said the son of the Chang family gave his boss a green peony, and he's going to get a promotion next month."
He paused and then added, "He also said that green peony is a famous variety, costing several thousand to buy if it's even available for purchase. Who knows where the Chang family got it from."
"That must be it, the Chang family's granddaughter-in-law then came to us asking for flowers to sell at the flower and bird market."
"No wonder, grandpa, you were just asking us how many times the Chang family's granddaughter-in-law asked us for flowers," Shen Xiu said, suddenly understanding, and then indignantly added, "So they were taking advantage of our ignorance? We might have given them willingly the first time, but they kept coming back knowing the value of our flowers. Isn't that scamming money?"
