What does the rural saying "fifty don't build a house, sixty don't plant trees" mean?

"Don't build a house after 50" mainly means that the energy and physical strength of people after 50 are reduced, which is not enough to bear the fatigue of building a house. Before family planning was implemented in the past, people in rural areas married earlier, usually at the age of 20. Due to lack of daily necessities, men work hard and have limited energy. Moreover, at the age of 50, he is already "old", and it is not worthwhile to say that he has a life to build a house or a house. Moreover, repairing the house will damage the "backbone" of the family, and it will not be worth the candle.

We all know that 60-year-olds are in their prime of life, and they are all retired in rural areas. If you don't pay retirement labor insurance, you can also enjoy a subsidy of 100 yuan. 60 is a day of enjoyment, that is, they don't need too much fatigue. In their thirties and forties, they are the backbone of all units. Realize your own life value and be a person who contributes to the country and society. When you reach the age of 60, you will live a quiet life. Don't be unrealistic.

In the past, rural people got married relatively early, and generally children in their twenties were in droves. At this time, the house was built. But by the age of 50, Cang Sang was stormy and didn't have much energy and physical strength to build a house. Anyone who plants trees will know that in rural areas, if you plant a tree, it will grow up, unlike raising chickens and ducks, it will grow up in a few months. Some trees take years to grow into towering trees. The economy has developed and the living conditions have been greatly improved. People who are 50 years old are not very old, with curly black hair. It can be said that it is in its prime, and there are not a few people building houses. In the past years, the old saying often said, "Life is seventy years old.

Now forty or fifty years old is the prime of life. At the age of 80 or 90, I walked with great courage. It is not uncommon to live to be over 100 years old. As long as you are alive, you must create income for your family and contribute to society. In rural areas, a rare life can't be handled, and then there are old people who can live for several years or even more than ten years. Old people in rural areas, really, live to death and work to death.