remember that he/she/it,
(I must be politically correct here and not leave the
others out), might be considerably more wealthy than you, like
this 79-year-old who spends most of her time begging at a train station in
Hangzhou, China, she was recently ousted as a relatively rich pensioner who
lives in a 5-storey villa and owns several retail stores and rental
properties in the city, the woman’s story made national news headlines last
week, after staff at Hangzhou’s East Railway Station started broadcasting an
unusual message from loudspeakers warning passers-by not to fall for the
granny’s story because she is not what she appears to be, in a surprising turn
of events, even the woman’s son told reporters that their family is
considerably wealthier than the average family in China, they live in a lavish
villa, own several properties, some of which they rent to local business, and
he himself manages a family factory. The man added that he told his mother to
stop begging numerous times, but she refuses to listen, “I told her that
it’s fine if she doesn’t care about her reputation, but we do,” the son
said, “I serve her delicious meals every day, but she just insists on going
out to beg. In terms of money, she is a lot richer than most of the people
here. She has savings in a few banks around here.” Shanghaiist reports that the woman claimed that she
simply doesn’t want to sit at home all day and resorts to begging in order to
make enough money to hire a caretaker for herself when she gets older. But what
about all that money her son said she has in bank accounts?
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