What's the difference between a barrel and nine barrels?

One bucket is poor, two buckets are rich, three buckets are four buckets to sell tofu, five buckets are six buckets to open a pawnshop, seven buckets are eight buckets to be an official, and nine buckets are ten buckets to enjoy the retired life.

1, a bucket and nine dustpans

According to the rural saying, people who own a bucket are not poor, just busy and tired. This is because they spend all their savings on other people's lives, which leads to their inaction, which is exactly what a bucket is poor.

2. Two buckets and eight dustpans

According to the countryside, seven buckets and eight dustpans will make you rich all your life. People who have eight dustpans have a smooth life and a prosperous fortune. Even if you encounter setbacks, you can quickly get out of adversity. This is also the saying of Er Dou Fu.

3. Three buckets and seven dustpans

According to the countryside, such people are often family-centered and have a strong sense of responsibility. They are busy for their children in the first half of their lives, and they are still busy for their children in the second half, just like tofu, so this is the saying that three dozen sell tofu.

4. Four buckets and six dustpans

According to the countryside, the four fighters are very gentle and willing to enjoy their present life, so they are the best wives for women.

Five buckets and five dustpans.

According to the rural saying, people who have the status quo of five buckets of rice are tenacious and stubborn and uneasy about the status quo. So there are many successes in life.

6. Six buckets and four dustpans

According to the rural saying, people with six fights are quick-thinking, diligent and active, and good at doing business. This is also the saying that Liudou opened a pawnshop.

7. Seven buckets and three dustpans

According to the rural saying, people with seven buckets are blessed, who can bring good luck to their families and themselves and live a happy life. This is also what the seven bucket officials said.

8. Eight buckets and two dustpans

According to the rural saying, people with eight fights have strong enterprising spirit and leadership ability, and if they can seize the opportunity, they will certainly soar. This is also the saying that eight fights are officials.

9. Nine buckets and a dustpan

According to the rural saying, people with nine fights are rich and carefree, and they are born with the fate of being either rich or expensive.

10, ten buckets and zero dustpan

According to the rural saying, people with ten fights are enterprising and good at managing money, so they can accumulate a lot of wealth in a short time.

The origin of buckets and dustpans:

Because dustpans and buckets are commonly used agricultural tools, the main purpose is to lift rice to remove chaff and screen out sundries. The dustpan is semicircular with an opening. Another purpose of dustpan is to put garbage, which is called "dustpan" in some places in Sichuan. Fingerprints with flowing lines and bow lines are very similar to the shape of dustpan. Generally, the fingertips are round, encircling inward and diverging in the direction of the palm, so people call this fingerprint shape a dustpan.

In classical literature, we see "one stone meter, one liter meter and one bucket meter", where the stone, liter and bucket are all units of measurement. Linear fingerprints are very much like buckets. They are all round and surrounded, so people call them buckets.