Liu Dagen's words sounded somewhat awkward to the ear.
It always seemed that he was doing this for money, prepared to use face as a doormat.
But upon further consideration, what he said wasn't crudely put but rather made sense.
For people like them, living at the bottom of society, you could cross anyone but never money, otherwise, you'd go hungry and end up destitute.
In real life, there are few poor people who can genuinely "not bow down for five bushels of rice,"—most of those are actors in TV dramas!
Face isn't worth money; if you reject the money that's easily within reach for the sake of that little bit of face, that's truly "dying for face and suffering for life."
Speaking like this might make one seem lowly.
But many things shouldn't be judged merely by appearances.
When Wang Chen was in school, a teacher once told them something.
He said, "When you step into society and learn to set aside face for the sake of making money, it indicates that you have come of age."
