A coin dealer and a vendor selling clay oven rolls were trapped on a hill by the flood. Two days later, the coin dealer ate up the food he brought, only leaving a bag of money. The vendor still had a bag of clay oven rolls.
The coin dealer put forward a proposal that he would use a coin to buy a clay oven roll. The vendor thought the chance to make a fortune had come, so he put forward to trade a bag of clay oven rolls for a bag of coins. The coin dealer agreed.
Day after day, the flood did not recede . When the coin dealer was eating the clay oven rolls bought from the vendor, the latter was as hungry as a wolf. At last he couldn't stand it, so he proposed buying back those rolls he had sold. The coin dealer didn't fully accept his condition, only promising him to trade 5 coins for a roll.
After the flood receded, all the clay oven rolls had been eaten up while a bag of money went back to the coin dealer again.
一个钱币交易商和一个卖烧饼的小贩被洪水困在了山上。两天过去了，交易商吃光了随身带的干粮，只剩下一袋钱。小贩却还有一袋烧饼。
钱币交易商提议，他出一个硬币买一个烧饼。小贩觉得发财的机会来了，就提议用一袋烧饼换一袋子钱币。交易商同意了。
一天天过去了，洪水还是没有退去。交易商每顿吃着从小贩手里买来的烧饼，小贩却只能饥饿如狼。终于，小贩忍不住了，他提议要把卖出去的烧饼买回来。交易商没有完全答应他的条件，只是同意一个饼得用5个钱币来换。
洪水终于消退，烧饼被吃了个精光，那一袋子钱还是回到了交易商的手里。
-vendor [ˈvendə(r)] n. 摊贩
-recede [rɪˈsiːd] v. 后退；减弱
财富诚可贵，变通价更高。