What are men's three treasures?

A man has three treasures: an ugly wife, a thin field and a broken cotton-padded jacket.

An ugly wife is at home, but a man is at ease. Of course, he is a man. Everyone wants a beautiful wife, but where can I keep a beautiful wife? Before, don't say that men in the same village would covet the beauty of their wives, even some rich people would stare. But an ugly wife is different, and no one will stare, so with an ugly wife at home, men can go out to work with confidence. A wife can wait on her in-laws, take care of her children and go out without worrying about being teased. Therefore, if there is an ugly wife at home, there is a treasure.

Beauty is good, but there is a saying that beauty is a disaster, not to mention that people's looks will change slowly with age, and beauty will eventually grow old. It's better to marry an ugly wife and feel at ease than to be scared. Besides, the second treasure, the thin field, is a barren land, which can't produce much food, but it is not a problem to maintain family food and clothing.

No one will make their own ideas while guarding the thin field. For farmers, fields are life. With fields, there is hope for a family's life. In the past, those big landlords always set their eyes on fertile land. Once a family had particularly fertile land, they would try their best to get it. Farmers won't stop until they drive the family out of their homes, but they don't have much interest in thin land, so the poor can settle down.

Broken cotton-padded jacket is often worn for decades. The warmer you get, the more you feel, and you can't bear to throw it away in the end. Ugly daughter-in-law, thin field and torn cotton-padded jacket are the three treasures that farmers in China valued most in the past.