"I remember now. Your last name is Deng, right? Welcome! "
Everyone who entered the pet shop was a regular customer. Whether Deng Jie bought a pet or not, her appearance at that time was a blessing to the deserted pet shop. Zhang Zian greeted her with much more enthusiasm than usual.
He winked at Wang Qian and Li Kun, who were dumbfounded. Wang Qian brought a chair over, and Li Kun wiped the chair with a rag. They invited Deng Jie to sit down and talk.
Deng Jie declined several times, but still sat down cautiously.
Zhang Zian chatted with her for a while, "It's cold outside today, right?"
"Yeah, I have a bellyful of northwest wind!" Deng Jie replied. She relaxed a little when talking about these trivial things, and her eyes were fixed on the grey parrot on Zhang Zian's shoulder.
It was the first time that Snowy had seen such a big parrot. She was afraid that it would peck or scratch her, so she kept shrinking back. Because she had been shooting with her mobile phone, Richard fell on her outstretched hand and curiously stared at the live broadcast interface on the screen.
The netizens in the live broadcast room were also worried that the grey parrot named Richard would hurt Snowy. However, after waiting for a while, they found that it didn't do anything excessive, so their worries turned into curiosity.
So did Snowy. She pointed her mobile phone camera at Richard and shot it at a close distance.
Only a few bird lovers in the live broadcast room could recognize that it was an African grey parrot, so they introduced some of its habits to other onlookers.
Zhang Zian saw that Richard and Snowy were fine, so he ended the small talk and asked, "Ms. Deng, why did you come here on such a cold day? What's the matter?"
While Deng Jie was chatting, she kept looking up and down at the newly renovated pet shop, which was totally different from the last time she came here. In her memory, this shop was dim and old, which gave her a sense of security, because it meant that the things sold in this shop couldn't be very expensive or high-end. Deng Jie never went to those luxurious and high-end shopping malls, no matter how many times she passed by them, she would never go in, which was obviously beyond her psychological and financial capacity.
If the decoration style of the Amazing Fate Pet Shop was as exquisite as it was now, she would probably turn around and leave.
In addition, the last time she came, there were only a few cats and dogs in the shop, and they were all kept in the display cabinets. Now, the number of pets was more than ten times more than that time, and the kittens were still chasing and playing all over the house, which was very cute to look at. From this, she could guess that Zhang Zian's business was becoming more and more prosperous. She couldn't help but regret her initial decision.
Hearing Zhang Zian's question, she sighed and said, "Sigh! To tell you the truth, I was scammed. If I knew it was more expensive, I would have bought it from you. "
"Oh? What was going on? Can you tell me in detail? "Zhang Zian asked calmly.
Deng Jie's narration was very well-organized. She must have prepared in advance before she came. She said, "After I left your shop, I went to a few other shops, but I still couldn't make up my mind. The cats and dogs in your shop are lively, but they are expensive. In some other shops, the prices are cheaper, but the pets look a bit listless. The staff explained that the pets have just been delivered and haven't adapted to the environment, and they will be happy in a few days … I don't understand, but I don't dare to believe it, so I want to wait and see more before making a decision."
Zhang Zian knew that she was a consumer who was sensitive to price, so it was normal for her to want to compare goods with other shops, but she probably went to more than three shops …
"I also asked my colleagues and neighbors who had recently given birth to a kitten or a puppy. Unfortunately, after asking around, they either had already been booked, or they were ridiculously mixed together …" As if she wanted to defend herself, she hurriedly added, "I want to take good care of them, I don't want to raise one randomly."
Zhang Zian nodded to show that he understood, and didn't say anything. He understood that she wanted a purebred kitten and puppy, which was not good enough for strings, but she didn't want to spend too much money. In fact, this was a very common mentality. People wanted both cheap and good pets. However, there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world. Even if a free lunch fell from the sky, it might not hit you. Moreover, it might be expired, and you would get diarrhea if you ate it …
He could roughly guess what would happen next. She was definitely greedy for a small advantage and suffered a big loss.
Sure enough, Deng Jie continued to recall, "Later, I heard from others that if you want to buy a pet, you can go to the dog market. The pets there are cheaper and in good condition, and the puppies of the pets are sold there after breeding, so the price to performance ratio is very high …"
"Wait a minute," Zhang Zian interrupted her. He thought for a moment and asked, "Dog market? Do you mean the dog market in the Nancheng District? "
He had heard from Guo Dongyue and Sun Xiaomeng that there was a large dog market in the Nancheng District, which was the main distribution center for scattered pets in Binhai City. Guo Dongyue had also gone there to buy parrots, but unfortunately, the red-headed parrots that he wanted were not there. Hearing Deng Jie mention the dog market again, Zhang Zian's interest was aroused.
"Yes, the one in the Nancheng District." Deng Jie nodded to confirm, "There is only one dog market in Binhai City."
"Oh, please go on."
Deng Jie continued, "After I heard that, I discussed it with my husband. My husband told me not to go there, because there are many scammers there. Since I want to buy a pet, I should spend more money to buy it, but I …" She sighed again, "But I still went to the dog market, and I was cheated there!"
On the other side, Richard's obscene poetry had triggered wave after wave of climaxes in the live broadcast room, making the male drivers and some female drivers laugh back and forth. However, Snowy's face was red from listening to it. In the end, under the strong request of some other female viewers, she waved her hand and drove Richard away.
Richard was annoyed. "If I don't want to stay here, I will find another place to stay." It flew back to Zhang Zian's shoulder, not forgetting to turn around and mock the camera. "None of them can fight!"
Richard's performance in front of the audience was amazing, but not out of line. What it said was all a combination of poems, and didn't show any logical dialogue ability. The audience would be envious of it, but they wouldn't doubt it.
Hearing Deng Jie mention the dog market, Snowy walked closer curiously, holding up her mobile phone to listen and shoot. She was very active, so she was very familiar with the city. Of course, she had heard of the dog market and knew that pets were sold there, but she had never been there. Firstly, it was not unique enough, and secondly, she didn't know anything about pets.
Zhang Zian asked again, "How did you get cheated in the dog market? Did you encounter a shoddy dog? "
"Shoddy dog?" Deng Jie laughed at herself, but there was undisguised bitterness in her smile, "I'd rather it was shoddy dog. Then I'll accept it and take it as a lesson! The problem is … Alas! It's a long story! "
She gritted her teeth and clenched her fists so hard that her knuckles turned white. Her pupils were bursting with anger, as if she couldn't wait to bite someone.
"Don't worry, tell me slowly," Zhang Zian said in a calm tone.
He now knew that Deng Jie had been cheated in the dog market, and she had been cheated very badly.
In fact, adding up online and offline transactions, there were at least hundreds of thousands of people in China who were cheated to buy pets every year, and the amount involved was hundreds of millions of RMB, all of which had paid the IQ tax. Especially on a super large website in the same city, five out of ten people who sold pets were cheats, and the other four were agents of cheats. Deng Jie was just one of the victims. It was just that no one could remain calm when it was their turn to be deceived.
Deng Jie took a few deep breaths to calm down a little, and then continued, "In fact, I was cautious at the beginning, and I didn't want to buy anything. After shopping for a while, I saw that it was getting late and wanted to go home to cook, but I saw a stall that was very popular, and a lot of people were surrounding it. I couldn't help but go and have a look. The stall owner was selling Japanese Shiba Inu, and there were six cute yellow puppies in a cage. I thought they were very expensive, but he told me that they were the puppies of his family's Shiba Inu. He couldn't raise so many puppies, so he took them out and sold them for only 3,000 RMB each! "
Zhang Zian couldn't help laughing, "3,000 RMB can buy a Japanese Shiba Inu? You were definitely cheated! Let me tell you, do you know why Shiba Inu is so expensive? Because the rarer something is, the more expensive it is! The breeding ability of this kind of dog is very low, and a purebred Shiba Inu will normally give birth to no more than three puppies. You heard him say that he gave birth to six puppies, so they are not Shiba Inu, at least not purebred Shiba Inu! "
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