Hard-working folk stories

Hard-working folk stories (5 selected stories)

Folk stories are oral literary works in the form of fictional prose created and disseminated by working people, which are the general name of all folk prose works, and some places also call them "lies", "old sayings" and "ancient classics" and so on. The following are the thrifty folk stories (5 selected stories) I compiled. Welcome to read the collection!

Hard-working folk stories 1 Ji Wenzi

Ji Wenzi was born in a family in it runs in the family. He was a famous minister of Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period and served as an official for more than 30 years. He has been frugal all his life, based on frugality, and also asked his family to be frugal. His clothes are simple and neat, and he has almost no decent clothes except imperial clothes. Every time he goes out, the horses and chariots he rides are extremely humble. Seeing that he was so frugal, a man named Wang advised his son, "As a minister, you are highly respected, but I heard that your wives and concubines are not allowed to wear silk clothes at home, and you don't have to feed horses and food." You don't even pay attention to your appearance and clothes. Is it too shabby to let people in other countries laugh at you? This is also detrimental to the dignity of our country, and people will say what kind of life Lu Shangqing leads. Why not change this way of life? It's good for you and your country. Why not? "

Hearing this, Ji Wenzi smiled indifferently and said to the man seriously, "I also hope to decorate my home luxuriously and elegantly, but look at the people in our country. There are still many people eating coarse grains, wearing shabby clothes, and others are freezing and starving." With this idea, how can I have the heart to add property to myself? If ordinary people are poor in tea and clothing,

And I pretend to be a wife and concubine, raising food and horses, and I have no conscience to be an official! Besides, I heard that the strength and glory of a country can only be expressed by the noble behavior of its subjects, not by their beautiful wives and horses.

In that case, how can I accept your suggestion? This sentence made Zhong Sun look ashamed, and at the same time made him respect Moon Hee more.

After that, he took Ji Wen Zi as an example and paid great attention to the simplicity of life. His wives and concubines only wear clothes made of ordinary cloth, and the horses at home are only fed with chaff.

Diligent folk stories 2 Lenin's coat

Vladimir ilych Lenin, a Russian, is the mentor and leader of the world proletarian revolution. Thrift accompanied his legendary life. He was often seen wearing a faded old coat at that time. There are three bullet holes in this coat.

19 18, Lenin wore this old coat to give a speech at the factory. He was assassinated by opposition forces, leaving three bullet holes in his coat. He refused to change his new coat after leaving the hospital, and patched up his old coat before wearing it until he died in June 1924+0.

His motto is: "Save every penny for the socialist revolution and construction."

Hard-working folk story 3 selling dogs and marrying women

In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was a great official named Wu Yinzhi. He lost his father when he was a child and had a hard time with his mother. He has developed the habit of frugality and simplicity. After becoming an official, he still hated luxury and refused to move into the government office prepared for him by the court. For many years, the whole family lived in only a few thatched houses. Then his daughter got married and people thought he had to take care of it. But on the big day, the Wu family is still deserted. General Xie Shi's housekeeper came to congratulate him and saw a servant coming out with a dog. The housekeeper asked, "Why didn't your young lady look prepared for her wedding this day?" The servant frowned and said, "You're welcome. My master is too frugal. My young lady is getting married on this day, and the master ordered the preparation only last night. I thought the owner should spend some money this time, but the owner asked me to go to the market this morning to sell the dog and use the money to buy things. Tell me, how much can a dog sell? I think ordinary people marry their daughters more elegantly than my master! " The housekeeper sighed, "Everyone says that Mr. Wu is a rare and honest official. It seems that he really deserves his reputation. "

Diligent folktales 4 Xu Teli's chalk poems

Xu Teli, word teacher Tao, is from Changsha, Hunan. Proletarian revolutionist and educator. There is an anthology of Xu Teli's handed down education. He pays attention to moral cultivation and lives frugally. When he was the principal of Hunan No.1 Women's Normal School, he wrote a poem "Chalk Poetry", copied it on the blackboard and published it on campus:

Half chalk should be cherished, and public property should be cherished forever.

The students don't understand Yu Zhongqu, but they think Yu is a good man.

When he visits the whole school every day, he always picks up the discarded chalk heads and puts them in his pocket for his own class. In the years of Hunan No.1 Women's Normal School (also known as Paddy Field Normal School), he hardly used a new piece of chalk. Some students don't understand, but think he is too stingy. So Xu Teli wrote poems to educate students.

Hard-working folktales 5 hexagrams of money

Su Shi, one of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties, is 2 1 year old and a scholar. He has been an official for 40 years. During his time as an official, he always paid attention to thrift and often lived very carefully. In 1080, Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou. Because his salary has been reduced a lot, he is too poor to live. Later, with the help of friends, he got a piece of land and cultivated it himself. In order not to waste a penny, he also plans to spend: first calculate all the money, and then divide it into 12 shares on average, and use one share every month; Each serving is divided into 30 small portions on average, and only one small portion is used every day. After all the money has been distributed, it is hung on the beam, and a bag is taken down every morning as a whole day's living expenses. After getting a small amount of money, he should weigh it carefully. If he can't buy it, he will definitely not buy it. Only surplus is allowed, and overspending is not allowed. Su Shi keeps money in a bamboo tube in case something goes wrong.