Stories, as a simple and easy way for children to read early, help to improve children's understanding, expression and memory. Creating a good reading environment and choosing books with strong stories and many illustrations will play a positive role in developing children's intelligence and cultivating their good quality. The following is a story about frugality (6 general stories) that I have compiled for you. I hope it helps you!
The Story of Thrift 1 Queen Elizabeth II
An English proverb often used by Queen Elizabeth II is "Save the penny and the pound will come". Every night, she will personally put out the lights in the halls and corridors of Buckingham Palace, and she insists that all toothpaste used by the royal family should be squeezed. Japan's Toyota Company, known as "there is always a road, and there must be a Toyota car in the road", started from bit by bit in cost management. Work gloves are broken and need to be replaced one by one. If office paper is used in the front, it needs to be used in the back. Put a brick in the water tank of the toilet to save water.
One is the respect of the country, and the other is a world-famous multinational company. It is amazing that the awareness of saving is so strong.
The story of thrift II. The money hangs on the beam.
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.
The story of thrift 3 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 couldn't understand the rest of the song, so they picked it up and put it in their pockets to prepare for their 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 are thin if they ignore others.
He always dislikes others when he visits the whole school every day, but he thinks he is too stingy. So Xu Teli wrote poems to educate students.
Thrifty Story 4 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 would spend some money this time, but he asked me to go to the market this morning to sell dogs and buy things with the dog seller's money. 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. "
The Story of Diligence Season 5 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? This is good for both countries. 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." Considering this, 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.
The Story of Diligence and Thrift 6 Qi Jingtong's Teaching to His Son
Qi Jiguang, an anti-Japanese hero in Ming Dynasty, was born in a noble family. His father Qi Jingtong is very strict with his son's family education. When Qi Jiguang was twelve years old, on one occasion, several craftsmen came to the Qi family to repair the house. Qi Jingtong instructed them to install four carved portals. The craftsmen were puzzled and talked about it one after another: "Such a family can hold twelve carved doors!" The craftsmen's comments were heard by Qi Jiguang. He immediately went to his father and offered to add eight carved doors. Qi Jingtong didn't expect his son to pay attention to vanity and ostentation and extravagance at a young age, so he said with an expression: "You should cultivate a thrifty character from an early age, otherwise you can't even keep these four carved doors."
Qi Jiguang nodded silently. But not long after, he was scolded by his father again. Here's the thing. One day, Qi Jiguang walked through the hall wearing a pair of elegant silk shoes and was seen by Qi Jingtong. Qi Jingtong is very angry. He stopped his son and scolded angrily, "You children wear such exquisite shoes. When you grow up, you will pursue fine silk. " If you become an officer, you can even misappropriate a soldier's salary. The consequences are unimaginable! "
Qi Jiguang listened to his father's instructions and immediately bent down to take off his silk shoes and put on his cloth shoes. From then on, he never pursued luxury again, and still lived a simple life until he became a general in the imperial court.