They select the best bamboo, clean it, and turn it into a desk accessory. The price is about 30 cents. A carefully hand painted model goes for 60 cents. How would you feel if your share of the sale, about 15 cents when people are buying, wasn't enough by half to buy noodles for lunch? Maybe it's OK. Maybe it's no problem. Maybe you are so advanced in your Buddhist practice that you have realized the unreality of hunger on the days it comes.