"Oh? Chunsheng's uncle still makes these? Why doesn't he make pancakes anymore?"
Lin Xu said:
"People in the village went out to work, and not many ate pancakes, so business wasn't good. He tried making pancakes in Yinzhou City for a while, but was constantly driven away by the city management, so he stopped."
In earlier years, Chunsheng's uncle traveled far and wide. Though he didn't earn much money, he always seemed to have a bit of fortune on his side.
For example, one year his wheat wasn't growing well, with a very low germination rate, causing the whole village to laugh at him. So, he stopped altogether and replanted all his wheat fields with garlic.
As it turned out, garlic prices soared that year, reaching twenty yuan per jin for fresh garlic. Chunsheng's uncle made a big profit and, with his savings, bought small apartments for his two children in Yinzhou City.
