And such life experiences, in the eyes of Zibao and Lu Huan, might seem like interviews on television, arousing sympathy but not true empathy.
These two young people, unlike their grandfathers who had experienced hardship in their youth, were born into affluent families, unaware of the true taste of desperation.
"The day you suddenly find you can't even afford a bit of meat and you sit on the street corner, drooling over a dog gnawing on a bone, then you'll understand that taste," Manman sighed.
As a child, she had tasted that hardship, having no meat and savoring a bone in her small mouth, chewing it with relish to fill an entire meal, which counted as a feast.
However, if one talks too much about enduring past hardships with young people today, they don't understand. Her brother Lu Huan was a prime example, flicking his hair in a carefree manner and saying, "What's the big deal? If you don't have money, you can earn it!"
