Why do some people say that there is a historical reason for being poor in the east and rich in the west?

Once upon a time, there were two adjacent villages separated by a river. The rich man in Hedong is called Hedong Zhuang. This rich family owns land, cars and horses. They are very powerful. The poor in Hexi are called Hexi Zhuang. The poor live in thatched cottages, while the common people wear cloth. Those who have no land and land can only take long-term and short-term jobs for the rich in Hedong. Hedong people pretend to be rich and look down on Hexi people. Hexi people firmly believe that there are five kinds of wealth, and wealth does not fall from the sky. So we attach great importance to educating children to go to school and study hard.

Thirty years later, the children of Hedong people were idle, refused to sell their property and land, and fell into poverty. Some children in Hexi became famous, even if they had no land, they built houses on the land, and the village soon prospered and became rich.

An old man sighed: "Richness is not an evergreen tree, and poverty cannot be poor to the end." In 30 years, the rich east has become a poor east, and in 30 years, the poor west has become a rich west. " Later, people often used "thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi" to describe the replacement of the rich and the poor, and the ups and downs were impermanent.