This is a common phrase used by the elderly in rural areas in the past. What I remember most clearly is that when neighbors quarreled, one party didn't want to quarrel with others, so he left such a sentence and entered the house. The other party seems to be touched, no longer insists, and leaves thoughtfully. A quarrel broke up in discord.

In the small society where rural people lived together, parents were smart and capable, and their children and grandchildren were not so good. They even embarrass themselves, which is tantamount to hitting themselves in the face directly. I have been arrogant for most of my life. When you are old, you can only shrink your head and "lift your head" in the village.

It can be seen that this old saying was of great warning significance at that time, focusing on "the children and grandchildren of the younger generation are not as good as people", which is unpredictable for everyone, and even more unpredictable.

In retrospect, there are a long list of similar old sayings in rural areas, such as "You can only touch the back of your head, but you can't see it", "Don't overdo it, don't overdo it, don't eat children's food", "Eat with your mouth full, don't talk with your mouth full" and so on.

This sentence is a good interpretation of "very clever use of seven points, leaving three points for children and grandchildren, if exhausted, the children and grandchildren of the younger generation are not as good as people." The mentality of people in that era.

In the past, people emphasized doing good deeds and accumulating virtues, such as building bridges, roads, temples and giving alms. Its purpose is not only to get a good ending, but also to protect future generations and grandchildren and their accumulated negative merits.

In the past, people were influenced by feudal thoughts or religious thoughts. Most of their lives are not for themselves, but for future generations. What they consider most is how to make future generations stronger than the next generation, and how to make their children and grandchildren endless.

From the perspective of idealism:

In the past, influenced by religious thoughts and feudal superstitions, people thought that what ancestors planted and what future generations undertook would be rewarded with good and rewarded with evil. As the old saying goes, "good is rewarded with good, evil with evil, and you can't do it without reporting." Everything will be reported at that time. "

For example, ancestors were too cunning when they were alive, and descendants were stupid or cowardly; The ancestors were rich and the descendants were poor; The ancestors bullied others, but the descendants were bullied by others. And so on, people think that the fruits of these "children and grandchildren" are all caused by ancestors, which is a kind of "karma".