11.Happiness and Money（191）

Happiness and Money

There were two neighbors, one was rich and the other was poor. The rich man was curious about why the poor man and his family seemed so happy all the time. They were always laughing loudly from morning until night, and he could hear them through the wall.

So, the rich man decided to take action. He threw a bag filled with gold coins over the wall into the poor man's yard.

After that, things changed. The area beyond the wall became quiet, and the sounds of laughter disappeared. This made the rich man feel satisfied with himself.

However, in his own home, the rich man and his family couldn't stop talking about what they did. They whispered about it every day and often burst into laughter, which the neighbors could surely hear.

About a month later, the poor man's yard became lively again, and the rich man could hear laughter coming from their side of the wall once more.

It wasn't until later that the rich man found out what happened. He learned that someone had anonymously donated a bag of gold coins to the local charity.