How does the selected article describe the meanness of the thrifty old man? What description method is used?

Author

Yan Jiansheng

Original text

There were people in the Han Dynasty who were old and childless. Rich family, frugal nature, bad clothes and vegetables. Invade the morning and get up, invade the night and rest, run the industry, gather together, and dare not use it for personal use. Or people who beg beggars from it (3) have to go in and withdraw money (14) and come out of the hall, and reduce it (5) with each step. Compared with the outside, I am only half there, and I close my eyes to give it to the beggar. Xunfu told the cloud: "I have spent all my family to support your husband. Be careful not to let him say that I have come after the reunification!" When the old man dies in Russia, Tian Zhai has no official ⑦, and the goods and wealth are filled in the internal Tang.

Note

① Bad clothes and vegetables: poor food and clothing. 2 invading the morning: when it is dawn. Invasion: approaching. 3 or person: someone. 4 money ten: ten copper coins. ⑤ Step by step: Deduct while walking. 6 support: support. ⑦ No official: Confiscated by the government. ⑧ Internal treasury (t m 4 ng lying down): It used to refer to the national treasury. Treasury: gold and silk hidden in the state treasury.

Translation

In the Han Dynasty, there was an old man who had no son. The family is very rich, but he is very frugal and stingy, and his food and clothes are very simple and economical. He gets up before dawn every day and doesn't go to bed until midnight. He manages his own industry carefully, and he is never satisfied with saving money, and he is reluctant to spend it. If someone begs him and he can't refuse, he goes to the house to get ten pence, then goes out, reducing the amount of money he is going to give away while walking, and when he goes out, there is only half left. He closed his eyes distressfully and handed the money to the beggar. Repeatedly told: "I gave you all the money at home, so don't tell anyone." Even beggars followed suit and asked me for money! " The old man died soon. His land and house were confiscated by the government and the money was turned over to the state treasury.