There’s a saying in Chinese that goes “Never forget how much rice you eat.” It’s a reminder to stay humble, to stay real. Just because you have an important job doesn’t mean you’re better than everybody else. You still eat rice, like the rest of us. Well, that security guard, he definitely forgot. He let the power of his position go straight to his head, and he used it to do horrible things. I wondered if that’s what happened to Uncle Zhang’s boss too when he took away everybody’s passports. At the thought of Uncle Zhang, I felt the stirrings of hope. Did he give the letter to his boss yet?
