Reborn in 1940 and survived until the new century

"Since they are not as good as our family, what is there to worry about?"

"How not?"

"That's right, mom. Even though the cakes they make may not be as good as ours, they are cheaper, right?"

“It’s cheap so what!

Don’t you know that cheap things don’t come cheap?”

"How could I not know? I just wonder if this is the case. Can we still sell the cakes we sell?"

"Yes?

Mom, this is the most important thing."

"What's the key point? I should know it even if you don't tell me. Even if the cakes they sell are cheaper than ours, they are probably not as big as ours, right?"

"It's not as big as the pancakes we have."

"Do they sell as many varieties of cakes as we do?"

“No, we have recently launched a new sesame cake. Although it is more expensive, we have more varieties than other stores.

Besides, we always have limited quantities, while even if they can sell out, it will be later than us.”

"Then have you ever calculated whether they earn more like that or we earn more like this?"

"Does this still matter?"

"That's right, of course our family earns more?

But then again, they can't stop selling at a low profit margin, right? "

"That's right. In the end, our family still suffered a loss."

"How can you say I've suffered a loss?"

“Isn’t that a disadvantage?

You can't say that our family still makes money? "

"It's hard to say, but it has to be better than theirs. After all, our prices are there. Even if they sell more at a lower profit margin, I'm afraid they won't make as much as we do."

"How can this be?"

“That’s right, how much do we sell every day?

How much do they sell every day? How is it possible that they don’t earn as much as we do?”

“It’s true that we didn’t sell many, but you also said that the pancakes they sell at the train station are not only small, but also not as delicious as ours.

Others may not care once or twice, but if it happens too many times, do you think everyone is stupid?"

"But people coming and going from the train station can't stay for a long time, so why would they care about these things?"

“They don’t care, so won’t others care?

Also, haven’t you noticed that during this period, there are more and more people selling things near the train station, and a small number of people who come to me to buy biscuits every day are them, otherwise, how could I sell so quickly? "

"is it?"

"That's right. You probably can't even imagine it. I know the situation of those pancake sellers only because the vendors who bought our pancakes told me. Otherwise, how would I know it?"

"Yes, so our pancakes are very popular?"

"Of course, everyone knows that our Guo's pancakes are delicious, affordable, and plentiful.

This alone is something that other sellers cannot compare to, and do you know?

Those who buy cakes keep the price very low, so it seems that we sell a lot, but when you really calculate it, we don’t make as much as our family does.”

“So, if you think about it carefully, it is true.

By the way, Mom, this is the vegetable we bought for a penny when we passed by the market this morning. Do you think we should fry it today or boil it in hot water and dry it to save for winter?"

"It's all right, why are you thinking of going to the vegetable market?

And you bought so many vegetables. Don’t you know that the leaves of these vegetables are most likely to rot in the summer?”

"Mom, do you really think we are?

Didn't I just run into Aunt Chen from the back house when I went out before dawn today? "

"How come I happened to meet her at that time?"

"She said she felt sick to her stomach, but I don't know if it's true or not!"

"That's right, if I really have an upset stomach, how can I care about anything else?

But she just asked my sister and I why we were praising the basket?

Fortunately, it was still dark at that time, and my sister and I were in a hurry to go out, otherwise we would have been discovered by her."

“Just discover it!

We are not the only family selling cakes outside now, if she is envious, she can go and sell them too!"

"That sounds nice, Mom, but don't you think about it? Given their situation, do they have any extra food?"

"That's right. With such a large family, one basket of steamed bread is enough for our family to eat for three days. How can they have extra food to make pancakes?"

"Even if there is, I'm afraid there won't be much. I don't know who will use the extra flour to replenish the body."

"You're saying that like you knew it?"

"Don't say anything. I don't dare to say anything else, but I do know a thing or two about this matter. After all, there are so many people in their family, and most of them are children."

"That's right. It seems that their family is running out of food right now."

"No."

"What does that have to do with you bringing back two baskets of vegetables?"

"Why doesn't it matter, Mom? We brought back two baskets of vegetables just to shut her up."

"That's right, mother. Don't look at it. When we happened to meet, she didn't have time to ask us what we were doing with the basket.

But who knows what he is thinking in his heart?

My sister and I swaggered back from outside with two baskets of vegetables. At least they wouldn't say anything, right?"

"you sure?"

"Is there anything uncertain about this?"

"That's right, are they also envious of the two baskets of vegetables?"

"Not going back?"

"Of course not. If you don't believe me, just listen carefully and you will know what they say."

Then the two children stopped talking and listened to what people were saying outside with their ears perked up, while their hands were no longer idle, picking vegetables from the basket.

"What's going on with the Chen family? Why are the two siblings coming back with a basket of vegetables each?"

"That's right, this delicious vegetable will rot in two days, not to mention the green leafy vegetables will wilt.

You think, the siblings don't know about this, right?"

"How can it be?

We are all college students, don’t you even know this common sense?”

"Yes."

"What about them?"

“Who knows?

They are not our own children, how can we know what they are thinking? "

"That's right, but then again, there are no people like them, who go out with a basket before daybreak, right?"

“It’s not dawn yet?

What do you mean?

"Yes, it's still dark."

"this?

I heard that the siblings have been exercising since they were young, so it’s okay for them to go out before dawn, right? "

"Is it nothing?

Have you ever seen anyone exercising with a basket before daybreak? "

"That's not the case, but don't we all line up to buy food or other things before dawn?"

"I haven't seen anyone so enthusiastic about buying groceries, have you?"

"That is, do you think there will be other things in their baskets?"