What do you mean by poor, rich, rich, three, four, five, six, seven and eight?

A snail is very poor. This means that people with only one "snail" in ten fingerprints are born poor.

Two snails are very rich. This means that ten people with two "snail" fingerprints are born rich.

Three snails and four snails sell tofu. This means that ten people with three or four snail fingerprints are born with a hard life. There is an old saying in the countryside of the old society: "If you want to be rich, you must grind tofu brain to make wine", and there is another old saying in the countryside: "There are three difficulties in the world, while the iron is hot." . It can be seen that in the old society, rural areas thought that grinding bean curd was a good way to get rich, although its profit was still low, and it was also the most difficult way for the poor to make money. Most rural people who sell tofu go to bed at five in the middle of the night. After making tofu, they have to carry the burden of tofu and sell it in the village.

Five snails and six snails open a pawnshop. This means that people with five or six fingerprints in ten people are snails. Although they did not have a high social status (the social status of businessmen in feudal society was not high), they had money at home and lived a good life. A pawnshop refers to a family that has the capital to do business. In the past, people thought that only people who made money in business could afford pawn shops. Generally speaking, this refers to people who are well-funded and have shops to do business in towns. If you are a businessman, it is a small business, and it is also carrying goods from village to village, or running around the country, which is very unstable and hard.

What does the rural saying "one snail is poor, two snails are rich, and three snails and four snails sell tofu" mean?

Seven snails and eight snails are officials. There is also a place where it is said that "seven snails and eight snails are the best in the exam", which also means this. In ancient China, rural people were only qualified to be an official if they passed the fame test, otherwise they were not even qualified to be an official. Seven out of ten fingerprints have eight "snails". People think that they were born to be officials. In the past, the biggest wish of rural people was to bring up their older children at home, be the number one scholar and honor their ancestors. In the concept of rural people at that time, "official" and "expensive" were equivalent, and being an official meant having money, which was called "both rich and expensive".

Nine snails and ten snails are enjoying a happy life. In some places, it is said that "nine snails and ten snails can't get into the field", which is a typical peasant saying and has the same meaning as "enjoying one's old age" People with nine or ten fingerprints are snails and live a relaxed, rich and comfortable life.