The essay describes a vendor selling chicks in front of their gate early one spring afternoon. The children, who loved small animals, were so taken with the chicks that they wouldn't put them down. One after another, they asked their father to buy a chick. But the vendor's price was too high; he had obviously decided to take advantage of the situation.
文章描寫在一個春日午後，家門前來了一個賣小雞的販子，惹得熱愛小動物的眾小孩愛不釋手，紛紛要求爸爸出資買小雞，可是豐子愷發現小販的價錢太貴，明顯有趁機要脅之意，最後，價錢談不攏，小販絕塵而去。