1. It takes three years of rotten rice to build a high-rise building, and three years of gruel to buy a cow.
2. Who loves fashion and high style, but pity the frugal dressing up of the times.
3. Love clothes to keep you warm and food to keep you full.
4. One grain of rice takes ninety-nine jobs.
5. Save money on meals, save money on clothes every day.
6. When there is a shortage, save it to save it; when there is a shortage, save it to prepare for it.
7. I forget to hold back my hand when I have enough left behind, but I have no way to look back.
8. It’s noon on the day of hoeing, and the sweat is dripping from the soil. Who would have thought that every meal on the plate is hard work?
9. The drizzle turns into a river, and the grains of rice make up a basket.
10. A porridge and a meal should be thought of as hard-won, and half a thread of constant thought is difficult to obtain.
11. If you cherish your clothes, you will have clothes to wear; if you cherish your food, you will have food to eat.
12. Plan carefully for half a year’s food.
13. When food is put into the warehouse, don’t forget disasters and famines.
14. A good harvest should be celebrated in a lean year.
15. Gold has no seeds, it comes from thrifty families.
16. One or two coals, one piece of charcoal, a little can make a lot of cooked rice.
17. Coarse food and rice, but a steady flow of water.
18. There is storage every year, and there will be no shortage of people in famine years.
19. The family has tens of thousands of burdens, but they don’t take off to mend their clothes or throw away leftovers.
20. When it comes to eating, it’s home-cooked meals, and when it comes to wearing coarse clothes.
21. If the water flows slowly, there will be no worries in case of disaster.
22. Save rice today, oil tomorrow, and buy a big ox next year.
23. If the food is not good enough, it is enough to satisfy the hunger; if the body is not good enough, it is enough to cover the body.
24. Save a mouthful when you are full, and get a bucket when you are hungry.
25. If you plan carefully enough for half a year, you will not suffer in bad years.
26. There are thousands of hectares of fertile land, and one liter of the sun eclipses. There are thousands of rooms in the mansion, and seven feet of sleeping space at night.
27. Every grain of rice is worth the sweat, and you should regret yourself for not sparing food.
28. Bring your own dishes and chopsticks to protect the environment.
29. When there is a shortage, save it to save it; when there is a shortage, save it to prepare for it.
30. Saving is glorious and everyone praises it; waste is shameful and everyone hates it.
31. Cherish food and avoid waste.
32. To cherish food is to love life.
33. Saving food is like saving money. Don’t worry if you have food.
34. Save a mouthful when you are full, and get a bucket when you are hungry.
35. One minute on the plate, more work in the kitchen.
36. When you have enough food, why do you need eight treasures and nine tripods? A body of seven feet can be used for thousands of households?