对于这个我觉得有两个原因，一是村民没有很深的城府去嫉妒或讨厌那些爱炫耀的人；

To account for this, I attribute two reasons. One, the villagers were not sophisticated enough to envy or hate someone who showed off;

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要么是他们持有错误的谦逊观(“我不需要开奔驰，我并不是一个爱炫耀的人”)，这是自负的表现，是与生俱来的恐惧。

They're operating under "false humility" (saying, "I don't need to drive a Mercedes, I'm not a" show-off ") which is a form of pride, which is birth from fear."

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他不是一个爱炫耀自己成就的人。

He is not one to parade his achievements.

《牛津词典》