Needless to say, Niu knew that the Chinese Knotweed was genuine, but maintained that it was home-grown to cheat the poor young man.
Chen Xiaobei felt disgusted, but he was no saint either – he therefore decided not to interfere.
Furthermore, the rule was that traders could use their own circumstantial judgement to examine the authenticity of Chinese medicinal ingredient on a case-by-case basis. In short, you're skillful if you get a real deal, and simply out of luck if you were swindled.
As the saying goes, 'interfering others from earning money is no different from killing their parents'– Chen Xiaobei would cause a huge storm if he meddled. And that was one giagantic taboo.
"Sir, five hundred Yuan is too little! How about one thousand Yuan? I'll agree to it immediately!" The young man was ready to compromise.
