Compare three stores
Qian Xinbao
Once upon a time, there was a very smart father who was always careful in his life and was very frugal. One day, my son was going to the town to get a haircut, and my father said to him, "I haven't eaten meat for a long time. After finishing my hair, you can buy some pork and come back."
The son said, "I have never bought meat before. Which one should I buy it?"
The father said, "The meat quality of each butcher shop is different every day, and the prices change at any time. Don't rush to buy it first, look at a few more butcher shops, compare it before buying it. As the saying goes, ' will not suffer any loss in comparison. '."
After finishing my hair, my son first went to the three butcher shops to carefully observe the quality of the pork, and then inquire about the price of the pork. After repeated comparisons, he chose one of the cheap and fresh pork shops to buy pork. When the father saw his son buy back cheap pork, he was very satisfied and praised him for his shrewdness and competentness.
Which wheat harvest season, the father said to his son: "I will carry all the cut wheat onto the field later. After lunch, go to the town to buy a shoulder pole. It will be much faster for the two of us to carry the wheat together."
The son came to the town and searched for a long time before finding two shops selling shoulder poles. He thought that based on his old experience of "comparing shops without losing money", he had to find a third store. He walked from Zhennan to Zhenbei, and from Zhenbei to Zhennan. He searched three times but did not see a third store selling shoulder poles. Later, he searched in alleys and searched for a long time and finally found the third shop to buy a shoulder pole. After comparing the quality and price of the three shoulder poles stores, he bought a shoulder pole that is both good and cheap.
Summer days change at any time. Sometimes it was clear sky, sometimes it was strong wind and thunder, and it started to rain heavily. The father sighed deeply at his son who was soaked like a chicken. While handing the shoulder pole to my father, my son said proudly: "According to my experience of buying meat last time, I was going to find three shops selling shoulder poles to understand the situation. After searching for a long time, I finally found the third shop selling shoulder poles. This shoulder pole was bought by me after comparing the three shops. The quality is very good and saves money. I am very smart in doing things, right?"
The father shook his head and said to his son: "You saved some money by buying shoulder poles, but because you wasted half a day of precious harvesting time, the wheat in the field did not have time to collect them all. The wheat left in the field will mold after storms, and the losses are huge! You are smart enough to apply your old experience, which is not worth the loss!"
The old experience is precious, but if you don't copy the old experience from reality, you will inevitably do stupid things.
was originally published in "Student World" No. 1, 2012. Selected books such as "Stories of Good Children and Good Characters: Chicken Mom's New House".
