Wisdom story: The case of the missing pouch full of gold coins

There was once a village that was very well-known for growing only rice and people in the village had been doing so for generations. All of the villagers worked for the richest family in the village, which owned all the land near and far. The villagers would mostly get paid in rice, but a little bit of their wage was in coins so that they could buy what they didn’t grow in the faraway villages. As you can imagine with conditions like this most of the villagers stayed poor most of their lives and felt like their lives depended on the rich family and their generosity. Things didn’t change much in this village, but one day the owner of the rice fields had an accident. Traveling on his horse while crossing a bridge the old man’s horse got scared and in a moment of fear threw the old man off its back. The old man fell into the river and had a hard time swimming as the current was strong. As all of this was happening there was a worker nearby walking home from a long day of work. The worker recognized that the man who fell into the river was the owner of the rice fields and without hesitation jumped into the river to save him. As the two were carried down the river more and more people saw them in trouble but no one was willing to jump in the river to help them. The villagers quickly notified the landlord’s relatives and they organized a rescue party. But…