A peddler sold earthen basins in the wayside, he chanted as knocked :"Earthen basin is round, beautiful and solid, judging by the sound, they are all good." At the time of his knocking, that earthen basin was broken into pieces with a crack(爆裂聲) . Lookers-on burst into the roars of laughter. He threw the fragments(碎片，殘片) without extra trouble into paddy(稻穀，稻田) field, but an experienced peasant from the crowd did not let him off(放過，不懲罰) easily:" How the deuce (強式特指問句) can you throw them into my field? They’ll impede (妨礙)my growing crops!" The peddler who sold earthen basins tried to explain it away promptly:" Nothing, the fragments will be converted into powder as soon as they absorbed water ."
一個小販在路邊賣瓦盆，他一邊敲一邊唱：“瓦盆圓又圓，結實又好看，光聽這聲音，就知不一般。”敲著敲著，“啪啦”一聲，把盆敲爛了。圍觀的人一陣鬨笑。他順手把碎片扔進了稻田裡，誰知人群中一個老農不幹了：“你怎麼能往我地裡扔?這不影響我種田嗎?” 賣瓦盆的小販連忙辯解：“不要緊，瓦片見水一會兒就粉了。”