The Life on the other side of the Wall
... moment, some of these rich people began to recall the past time when living in the courtyard. Now there is something different. Both the rich and the poor live in the cottage. On one hand, the poor have to live there, while the rich long for living in cottage instead of downtown; on the other hand, compared with the simple and crude house where the poor live, the rich live in the gorgeous and resplendent villa, having a body guard. Occasionally, the poor walk by the rich’s houses, they can’t help having a look at the different life divided by high walls. Sometimes they just tiptoe to pay a glance at it, but in most cases, they are scared away by the dog. On the contrast, when the rich walk by the poor’s, they feel extraordinary familiar, because scores years ago, they also lived in this kind of houses without high walls. The rich admire the free manner of talking, too. These all are not belonging to them any more. Though the poor are in poverty, they enjoy their daily life very much. Even though the rich are in wealthy, they guard against others every minute. The poor say that they get up early to irrigate the crops in the field; at noon, the whole family has typical food together; after supper, they get together and share the give-and -take. They all believe they live in a happy life. The rich say that they also have to get up early to their own companies t...