The so-called housekeeping means keeping your family healthy, tidy and full of vitality. The purpose of housekeeping is not necessarily to save money, but to use money more rationally. It is necessary to broaden sources and reduce expenditure, to be scrape up, and to live with quality and taste. If the income of both husband and wife is not very high, and the quality of life and reserves are good, it is really necessary to learn to live at home. For example, you don't have to spend money on flowers to decorate your home every day, but you can do a good cleaning during the rest day of the week, and all the items are placed in an orderly and spotless way. Make your little home neat, clean and comfortable. You don't have to spend a lot of money to decorate the house, but you will make use of the existing resources to make it very comfortable. As described in Sanmao's novels, she can make her own "bird's nest" seat cushion with car tires picked up from garbage dumps in harsh environment, skillfully make her own wind lanterns with iron sheets and glass, sew colorful striped curtains with desert linen ..., and actively and optimistically build an interesting "sand castle" step by step.

Housekeeping depends on hard work on the one hand and wisdom on the other.

Diligence and wisdom can not only save money, but also create a better life. For example, some couples will take their children to McDonald's for a big meal on weekends. Those foreign junk foods cost a lot of money, but they are not good for their health. Especially for children's health. It is really economical, affordable and healthy if you spend some time at home with your children to make sushi, make some jiaozi, cook all kinds of homemade food, and even take these foods to have a picnic in the wild. It also exercises the children's hands-on ability, and the family is happy, which enhances the feelings of the whole family and leaves many good memories for their childhood. A person who can keep a house will arrange his life in order and take care of the family's life. The monthly entry and exit items are recorded, and there is always room for it. When it comes to buying a house, investing in children's studies, and spending money when the elderly are sick, they will not be stretched and borrow money everywhere. When your savings are increasing day by day, your confidence is also growing, which allows you to cope with many outstanding events calmly. At the same time, it also makes you realize that life is so plain that it is true!

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There is a folk story: Once upon a time, at the foot of Funiu Mountain in the Central Plains, there lived a farmer named Wu Cheng. He lived frugally and lived a carefree and happy life all his life. Legend has it that before he died, he gave his two sons a horizontal plaque with the word "diligence and thrift" written on it, warning them: "If you want to be free from hunger all your life, you must do as these two houses do." Later, when the two brothers separated, they saw the plaque in half, and the eldest brother got the word "diligent" and the second one got the word "frugal". The boss hung the word "diligence" respectfully at home, and every day, "work at sunrise and rest at sunset", and harvest crops every year. However, his wife lives lavishly, and the children often take two bites of white steamed buns and throw them away. Over time, there is no surplus food at home. Since the second child was given half a plaque, he also used the word "frugality" as an "Oracle" for nave, but forgot the word "diligence". He neglected farming and refused to cultivate intensively, so he didn't get much food every year. Although a family scrimps and saves food, it is hard to last. This year, when there was a great drought, the home of the eldest brother and the second child was already empty. In desperation, they tore off the plaque and crushed the word "diligence" and "frugality" to the ground. At this time, suddenly a note flew into the house from the window, and the two brothers quickly picked it up-look, it said: "Being diligent and not frugal is like carrying a bowl with no bottom, but always full of dissatisfaction!" "If you are frugal and don't work hard, you must be poor and hungry!" The two brothers suddenly realized that the words "diligence" and "frugality" could not be separated, and they complemented each other and were indispensable. After learning the lesson, they posted the words "thrifty housekeeping" on their doors, reminding themselves to warn their wives and children to live by themselves. Since then, life has been getting better and better. In Fengyang, Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown, there is also a ballad of four dishes and one soup: "The emperor treats you, four dishes and one soup, radish and leek are really sweet; Onion tofu, with profound meaning, is clear and clear, and corrupt officials are flustered. When Zhu Yuanzhang gave the queen a birthday, he only used two bowls of carrots, leeks, green vegetables and bean curd soup with shallots to entertain the officials. Moreover, there are three chapters in the Covenant: No matter who holds a banquet in the future, only four dishes and one soup are allowed, and anyone who violates it will be hell to pay.

Ji Wenzi's story

Ji Wenzi was born in a family of three generations. He was a noble and famous diplomat of Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period and served as an official for more than 3 years.

He lived frugally all his life, taking frugality as his foundation, and asked his family to live frugally. He dresses simply and neatly.

There are few decent clothes except the royal clothes, and every time he goes out, the horses and chariots he rides are extremely simple.

Seeing that he was so thrifty, a man named Zhong Sun advised Ji Wen Zi, saying, "As a senior 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 with food. You don't pay attention to your appearance and clothes yourself. Isn't this too shabby to make people in other countries laugh at you? Doing so is also detrimental to the dignity of our country, and people will say what kind of life Lu Shangqing is living. Why don't you change this lifestyle? This is good for both countries, so why not? " After listening to 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 who are eating coarse food and wearing shabby clothes, and others are freezing and starving; With this in mind, how can I have the heart to add property for myself? If ordinary people are poor in tea and clothes,

and I dress up as wives and concentrate on raising food and horses, there is no conscience to be an official! Besides, I heard that the strength and glory of a country can only be expressed by the noble conduct of its subjects, not by their beautiful wives and horses.

In that case, how can I accept your suggestion? This remark made Zhong Sun look ashamed, and at the same time made him

more respectful to Ji Wen Zi.

Since then, he has followed the example of Ji Wenzi, paying 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 and weeds.

Selling a dog to marry a daughter

There was a great official named Wu Yinzhi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He lost his father when he was a child, and he had a hard time living with his mother, and he developed the habit of thrift 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 only lived in a few thatched houses. Later, when his daughter got married, people thought that he would take good care of it, but on the big day, the Wu family was still deserted. General Xie Shi's housekeeper came to congratulate him and saw a servant coming out with a dog. The housekeeper asked, "Your young lady got married today. Why don't you have any preparations?" The servant frowned and said, "Don't mention it. My master is too frugal. My young lady got married today, and the master ordered the preparations only last night. I thought the owner should spend some money this time, but the owner told me to go to the market this morning to sell the dog and use the money to buy things. You say, how much can a dog sell? I think ordinary people are more elegant than my master when they marry their daughters! " The housekeeper sighed: "Everyone says that Mr. Wu is a rare honest official. It seems that he really deserves his reputation."

Su Shi, one of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties, was a scholar at the age of 21, and worked as an official for 4 years. During his tenure as an official, he always paid attention to thrift and often lived carefully. In 18, Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou. Because his salary was reduced a lot, he was too poor to live. Later, with the help of his friends, he got a piece of land and cultivated it himself. In order not to waste a penny, he also planned to spend: first, calculate all the money, and then divide it into 12 parts on average, one for each month; Each portion is divided into 3 small portions on average, and only one small portion is used every day. After all the money is paid, hang it on the beam according to the amount, and take a bag every morning as the living expenses for the whole day. After getting a small amount of money, he has to weigh it carefully, and he will definitely not buy what he can not buy, only the surplus is allowed, and no overspending is allowed. Su Shi saved the money in a bamboo tube in case of an accident.