Stories about hard work and thrift

Stories about hard work and thrift (General 6)

Stories, as an easy and simple way of early reading for young children, help to improve their comprehension, expression and memory. Creating a good reading environment and choosing storytelling and illustrated reading materials have a positive effect on developing young children's intelligence and cultivating their good qualities. The following is a story about thrift and diligence (general 6 articles) that I have organized for you, I hope it will be helpful to you!

The story of thrift and frugality 1

Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II often said a British proverb is "saving pennies, pounds from", late at night every day, she personally extinguish the lights of the hall and corridors of Buckingham Palace. and corridor lights, she insisted that the royal use of toothpaste to squeeze to a little left. The Japanese company Toyota, known as the "car to the mountain, there is a road there will be a Toyota car", in the cost management from the beginning, labor gloves broken to a one for another, office paper with the front side but also with the reverse side, the toilet tank to put a brick used to save water.

A noble country, a world-famous multinational company, saving consciousness is so strong, it is amazing.

Thrifty story 2

Hanging money on the beam

Su Shi, one of the eight great Tang and Song dynasties, was 21 years old, before and after the *** do 40 years of officialdom, during the period of officialdom, he always pay attention to the thrift, often careful calculation of the life. A.D. 1080, Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou, due to the salary reduced a lot, he was too poor to live, and then in the help of friends, to get a piece of land, they plowed up. In order not to spend a penny, he also practiced planned expenditures: first of all the money calculated, and then divided into 12 equal parts, one per month; each divided into an average of 30 small parts, each day only a small part. After all the money is divided into good, according to the part hanging on the beams, every day early in the morning to take down a packet, as a whole day's living expenses.

After getting a small amount of money, he had to weigh carefully, can not buy things resolutely do not buy, only the remaining, not allowed to overspend. Accumulated money, Su Shi put them in a bamboo tube, in case of unexpected needs.

Stories of thrift and frugality 3

Xu Teli's Chalk Poem

Xu Teli, the word Shitao, Changsha, Hunan. He was a proletarian revolutionary and educator. There is a collection of Xu Teli's educational writings. He emphasized on moral cultivation and frugality in his life. When he was the principal of Hunan No. 1 Women's Normal School, he wrote a "chalk poem", which was copied on the blackboard and published on the campus:

Half a piece of chalk is still loved and cherished, and the public objects should always be treasured.

The students did not understand what he was talking about, and picked up the chalk and put it in their pockets for their own use in class. In his years at the Hunan First Girls' Teacher Training Center (also known as the Inada Teacher Training Center), he almost never used a new piece of chalk. Some of the students ignored Yu as a meticulous person.

He always discarded the solution of others when he visited the school every day, but felt that he was too "petty". Therefore, Xu Teli wrote a poem to educate students.

Selling a dog to marry a daughter

The Eastern Jin Dynasty, there is a big official called Wu Yinzhi, who lost his father at a young age, and his mother had a hard time, and developed the habit of thrift and simplicity. After he became an official, he still detested luxury and refused to move into the official residence prepared by the court, and for many years the whole family only lived in a few thatched rooms.

After that, his daughter got married, people thought he must be well organized, but who knows the big day, the Wu family is still cold and quiet. General Xie Shi's butler came to congratulate him and saw a servant walking out with a dog. The butler asked, "Your lady is getting married on this day, how come there is no look of preparation at all?" The servant frowned and said, "Don't mention it, my master is too frugal, the lady is getting married this day, the master only ordered to prepare yesterday night. I thought that my master should spend a little money this time, but my master told me to go to the market this morning and sell this dog, and use the money to buy things. But he told me to go to the market this morning and sell the dog, and use the money to buy more things. You say, a dog can be sold for how much money, I see the common people marrying their daughters also than my master's style ah!" The housekeeper exclaimed, "Everyone says that Lord Wu is one of the few clean officials, it seems to be true to his name."

Stories of Thrift and Frugality 5

Ji Wenzi

Ji Wenzi came from a family that had been a minister for three generations, and he was a nobleman of the state of Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period and a famous diplomat who had been an official for more than 30 years. He lived a frugal life, taking thrift as the foundation of his life, and asked his family to live a frugal life as well. He only wore simple and neat clothes, except for his court dress, and whenever he went out, the carriages and horses he rode were extremely simple. Seeing that he was so frugal, a man named Zhongsun Qi advised Ji Wenzi, saying, "You are a high minister and highly respected, but I heard that you don't allow your wives and concubines to wear silk clothes at home, and you don't use grain to feed your horses. You yourself don't pay attention to your appearance and dress. Doesn't this make you look too shabby and make people from other countries laugh at you? This is also detrimental to the decency of our country, and people will say what kind of life the upper minister of Lu is leading. Why don't you change your lifestyle? This is good for yourself and your country, why not?"

Ji Wenzi smiled bashfully and said seriously to the man, "I would like to furnish my home with luxury and elegance, but look at the people of our country, there are still many eating food too coarse to swallow, wearing shabby clothes, and others are freezing and starving; thinking of all this, how can I bear to go and buy more property for myself? Moreover, I have heard that the strength and honor of a nation is only shown by the noble conduct of its subjects, and not by the fact that they have beautiful concubines and fine steeds and horses.

In that case, how can I accept your advice? Guang's words made Zhongsun it look ashamed, and at the same time made him respect Ji Wenzi even more in his heart.

After that, he followed the example of Ji Wenzi and emphasized on the simplicity of life. His wife and concubines only wore clothes made of ordinary cloth, and the horses in his family were only fed with grain chaff and weeds.

Thrift and frugality story 6

Chi Jingtong's teaching of his son

Chi Jiguang, the Ming Dynasty anti-warmongering hero, came from a family of generals. His father, Qi Jingtong, was very strict with his son's tutelage. Once, when Qi Jiguang was twelve years old, several craftsmen came to Qi's house to repair it. Qi Jingtong instructed them to install four carved portals. The craftsmen were perplexed and commented, "A general's family like this can install twelve carved portals!" When the craftsmen heard this, Qi Jiguang immediately went to his father and proposed to set up eight more carved portals. Qi Jingtong did not expect his son at a young age, to pay attention to vanity and ostentation, so he said in a stern voice: "You have to develop the virtue of thrift and hard work from a young age, otherwise, even these four carved portals can not be saved."

Qi Jiguang silently nodded. But not long afterward, he received another reprimand from his father. The thing is like this. One day, Qi Jiguang walked through the hall wearing a pair of very elaborate silk shoes, was seen by Qi Jingtong. Qi Jingtong was very annoyed, immediately called his son to stop, angrily reprimanded: "You are a small child wearing such elaborate shoes, when you grow up, you will be in pursuit of silk and satin. If you become an officer, you might even embezzle the soldiers' rations. The consequences are unimaginable ah!"

Qi Jiguang listened to his father's teachings, and immediately bent down to take off his silk shoes and replaced them with cloth shoes. From then on, he never pursued luxury again, and until he became a great general of the court, he still led a frugal life.