Quotations from the handwritten newspaper on saving food

1. Don’t throw away the grains of rice even though they are small. Diligence and thrift will leave you with a good reputation.

2. One minute on the plate, more work in the kitchen.

3. Food is the most important thing for the people.

4. When eating, you should remember the kindness of cows and horses, and when wearing silk, you should remember the silkworm breeders.

5. Plan carefully for half a year’s food.

6. Every meter and every grain is the harvest of sweat in spring, summer, autumn and winter, please cherish it!

7. Save rice today, save oil tomorrow, and buy a big ox next year.

8. A porridge or a meal should be thought of as hard-won, and half a thread of constant thought is hard to come by.

9. Save a mouthful when you are full, and get a bucket when you are hungry.

10. The family has thousands of stones of food, but the pile will not grow long.

11. A porridge or a meal should be thought of as hard-earned, and half a strand of persistent thoughts are hard to come by.

12. The world belongs to us, and food belongs to the world!

13. When it comes to eating, it’s home-cooked meals, and when it comes to wearing coarse clothes.

14. One porridge and one meal are exchanged for beads of sweat.

15. Saving is glorious, and everyone praises it; waste is shameful, and everyone hates it.