There are many popular sayings in China, all of which are the truth and experience summed up by our ancestors. Although these proverbs sound tacky, it is reasonable to study them carefully, and some proverbs also reflect the cultures of different periods. Today, a common saying shared by Xiang Xiao is: If you die of poverty, don't plow, and if you starve to death, don't enter the radish garden. These two sentences don't seem reasonable? But if you understand the background of these two sentences, you will feel that these two sentences are really reasonable.

Let's start with the poor and the dying. At that time, the income of rural families almost depended on a few acres of thin land, unlike now, they can go out to work to earn extra money, and even some courageous people will go out to do business. Then, in the past, people were basically self-sufficient, almost all of them grew their own food and even knitted their own clothes, so people in the past attached great importance to their fields, which was the hope of family survival.

In the past, son preference has always been a social norm. There is also a saying that the married daughter becomes an outsider as soon as she is married, and she is not expected to bring anything to herself at ordinary times, and the man does not want her to bring anything to his family. At that time, almost every household was like this. So once in a while, my daughter goes back to her parents' home, and my parents' aunts and aunts will polish their eyes for fear that she will take something away from home.

If a daughter-in-law comes to her husband's house to plow the fields, she is asking for it. Although you have tried your best, her brother-in-law's daughter-in-law is afraid that you will take something with you when you leave. It's really embarrassing. Therefore, there is a saying "Don't stop until you die". It is easier to starve to death if you don't enter the radish garden. Now there is a scientific explanation. Radish is generally cool and appetizing, and the oil scraping effect is very good. When you say a starving person, don't say that there is oil and water in his stomach, and he probably doesn't even have roots. Didn't eating fried radish kill him?

There is some truth in these statements, otherwise they will not be circulated for thousands of years. However, with the development of society, some proverbs are no longer applicable, but we still have to remember these proverbs, because they are all experiences and truths summed up by our ancestors. He can warn us not to forget the past, but to learn from it in order to live happily. Bian Xiao thinks that most proverbs are still good, and we should continue to pass them on.