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"Watch your mouth and eat" is our hometown dialect. It is said that when you visit someone else's house, when it's time to eat, the family has started to eat, and you don't know how to leave. You stay there without knowing the etiquette and watch the family eat. , and even consider themselves as outsiders to take advantage of. This kind of behavior is annoying and annoying.

My parents have always been diligent and frugal in running the household, relying on hard work to make a living. They are both farmers who have to do their best. When I was a child, my family had many brothers and sisters. At that time, household responsibility system had just begun to be implemented. Every family has a similar life, but if any family can have a bad meal, if they eat vermicelli dishes with meat, dumplings, etc., it will be very greedy for us children. As soon as school was over, a few of my friends and I threw down our schoolbags and ran crazy on the street. Sometimes we were so full of fun that we even forgot to eat. Every time it’s time to eat, the children who should go home don’t go home. The mother always stands in the alley and shouts. When she hears her mother’s call, each one of them is like a little puppy, running away in a hurry. Went to various houses. My mother always said to me: "When it's time to eat, you have to go home on time. When you are playing at other people's houses, if you see them having dinner, go home quickly. Don't stand next to others and watch them eat. Watching others eat makes you look ugly. If you feel free to eat at other people’s houses, your parents will owe you favors.” I just hummed in agreement and followed my mother’s teachings. As I grow older, I gradually understand my mother's good intentions. Neighbors and neighbors will make fun of the children who want to eat with their mouths, and they will laugh at the parents who do not educate their children.

Later, I gained strength. When I was in junior high school, my neighbors helped me build houses. On Sundays or holidays, I would work with my neighbors, helping them move bricks and clay, and do whatever small jobs I could. Every household is like this. If anyone has work to build a house, just say hello. A group of people gathered together and it was very lively. While working, everyone was talking and laughing. At noon, the builder always has to take care of the food. When eating, everyone was laughing and comparing their eating. Looking at everyone's eating habits, it tasted much sweeter than eating at home. Of course, if you eat someone else's food, you have to work seriously for them. "If you eat someone's mouth, you will be short-handed." If you eat someone else's food, you have to work for them. If the host cooks good food, everyone will enjoy the meal. These helpers have to work even harder. Neighbors should help each other and communicate with each other. This is indispensable for neighbors to communicate with each other. Otherwise, they will be laughed at by the villagers and called "dead disciples".

Later, I started working. I remember my first day at work, my mother told me: "From now on, I will become a public servant, and I have to work hard in the workplace. It is not easy for us farmers to find a job. 'If you serve other people's bowls, you have to listen to others' management.' That's right." Take what you get, and don't take what you shouldn't get. The monthly salary paid to you is what you should get. Don't look at other things, let alone do anything illegal. Just watch the thief being beaten, don't watch the thief eat. "Prosperity is temporary, but talent lasts forever."

In a flash, I have been working in the Rural Credit Cooperative for 20 years. I always follow the teachings of my parents and grasp the bottom line of life. I think being an innocent ordinary person and living a relaxed life is also a kind of happiness. The salary earned from one's own work ability makes one feel comfortable when using it.

As the saying goes: "You will not be rich by looking at your relatives, and you will not be full by looking at your mouth." You will not be rich if you rely on relatives, and you will not be full if you watch others eat and move their mouths. Living your own life is better than anything else. No matter how rich others are, it belongs to others. Counting on no one is better than counting on yourself; your own efforts are the most important. In the long history, how many living beings have left their mark on the sky? Now that I am middle-aged, I often babble in front of my children. The country's good policies have made farmers' lives happier, their living conditions improved, and they no longer have to worry about food and drink, but the principles and bottom line of being a human being cannot be lost. You can throw away anything, but you must not be embarrassed. There has never been a savior in the world. Everything depends on yourself. Don't "take what you say" and don't be the shadow of others. Live an infinitely wonderful life in a limited life.