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At this time, we understood our parents at that time - I was on their "blade", and my daughter was also on our "heart"!
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Text | Ren Jia
I was born in a honey pot since I was a child, my parents hurt, my grandparents loved, my mind was full of innocence, and I never seemed to worry about money. But in fact, my family is digging on barren land, old and young, and my parents have never had money in their lives. "Money has to be spent on the blade", is the wisdom of life that parents have practiced for decades.
When I was a child, my parents used to say "it's time to buy seeds", "it's time to prepare mulch", and "you have to hire a cutter". These agricultural tasks are really the first priority of farmers, and seeds and mulch film are the "blades" that should be used for money. It wasn't until I took my tuition and went to school in other places that I suddenly realized that I was also the "blade" in my parents' mouth.
After graduating from university, I went to work and had an income. Every time before I go home on holiday, I would call my parents and ask what was lacking at home, and they would always say, "Don't spend money indiscriminately, you don't lack anything." "How can it be that there is nothing missing? There are not even many shops in the village, and it is not convenient to send and receive couriers.
So, every time I went to the town closest to my home, I bought everything from rice, flour, grain and oil to tobacco, alcohol and snacks, from daily necessities to standing painkillers, and moved home with big bags and small bags. Mom was busy and muttered: "Spend money cleanly, buy a lot of useful and useless ones." "Mom's nagging never disappointed me. I know in my heart that my parents have been thrifty all their lives, and they feel that they can do everything in their bones.
To be honest, I've never bought anything valuable, just for household needs. Moreover, according to my observation, everything I bought back may not be on the "blade", but it is on the hearts of my parents, and there is nothing they don't like.
Money should be spent on the heart, which is the consumption concept that I slowly realized when I grew up.
On weekdays, whether it is to buy things for yourself, for your family, or for relatives and friends, you are not expensive, but you are satisfied-buying gifts is also to ponder each other's hobbies and needs. Under the guidance of this concept of consumption, I buy things without luxury and simplicity, brand view, from wearing clothes to daily tools, only from the heart, I like to buy. Because I like it, it's worth the money, so I cherish it.
My husband is also a housekeeper, when buying clothes, you have to turn over the tag, look at the price, a little more expensive, even if you like it very much, you will not buy it if you grit your teeth a few times. I told him that in the long run, this kind of consumption habit of buying cheap instead of expensive will suffer sooner or later.
For example, there was a time when the house was dry, and we planned to buy a humidifier. He volunteered to spend dozens of dollars to get one, but it turned out to be heavy and stupid; I went to find it again, but it didn't break down after using it twice. I was blind for one or two hundred yuan, so angry that I went straight to the mall and bought a new one.
Later, my husband slowly accepted my view of consumption. We all believe that spending money should be spent to our satisfaction, and if there are conditions, we will live a better life, and we can't be like some older generations, reluctant to eat, reluctant to spend, "not bitter and hard".
Until the birth of our daughter, we had more worries and plans in our lives. Sometimes, I regret it, "Shouldn't I buy a humidifier on the spur of the moment, save it to buy something for my daughter?" The gentleman said slowly: "This time and that time." ”
Suddenly, at this time, we understood our parents at that time - I was on their "blade", and my daughter was also on our "heart"!
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