one winter night 1 One weekend’s night, I went to wal-mart in xk road to buy some food. Not far from the entrance of subway station, I saw a young man holding a guitar and singing there. He is about 20, thin, and has a good voice. His voice was full of sorrow. I put some small change in his guitar box. My heart was so heavy. I didn’t know if the sadness had always hid inside my deep heart, or just aroused by his sorrowful singing. I feel so powerless, in this cold winter, everybody, as a common people, is so powerless. The restaurant nearby was so bright. Guests said good bye to each other. The singing young man stayed just several meters from the restaurant. He shrink his body, his hand is frozen to red. Every time he finished singing one song, he would put his hand in his mouth to warm up. It is a very strong contract, he and the guests with good dress and rosy face. This scene will not surprise anybody nowadays. People in china will not think it has anything wrong when they see the comparison. But, it still makes me feel a little bit uneasy. Because of my work, I often take part in some kind of entertainment. I eat many things on the dining table, such as saury which is many thousand rmb per kg, bird’s nest which is 1 thousand rmb per cup, and Australian lobster, Dalian sea cucumber, yangcheng lake hairy crabs etc. I almost eat any luxury food. I don’t feel happy for attending the luxury entertainment. Every time, when I attend the entertainment, I feel so guilt. The pictures I saw in the internet which describes the poor condition of west china. Especially, the student has no lunch to eat. Mostly, the cost of our one dinner can cover the poor family’s one year’s living. This is a tragic fact. I just work in a foreign fund or private company. The entertainment I can attend is not so luxury compare with the entertainment attended by the prominent officials and eminent personages. I don’t know if they also would feel a little bit guilty when they waste the big money on luxury dinner. One dinner in Jiangsu province, an official told us they drank more than 10 bottles of maotai liquor one time, about 2 bottles per person. You know, one bottle maotai liquor is about 2000rmb.