But Weng refused to leave without
his vegetables and Golden Helper II.

Could he put them on the backseat of Mr. Yi’s big car?

Was there some rope to tie the frame of his tricycle to the roof
of the Rolls-Royce?

In the end, Mr. Yi agreed to buy
all the vegetables for a good price,

and told the crowd of people watching,
Please take free onions and cabbages.

At first they were shy, but after one person
grabbed a bundle, the pile disappeared.

Mr. Yi also pleaded with Fun Weng to let one of his men deliver
the broken tricycle frame to his door as soon as they could get a
truck through the traffic.

The crowd watched as the vegetable seller
was driven away in Mr. Yi’s fancy car.

What good luck, they all said.