爷爷是一个勤俭节约的人，如果没有爷爷的勤俭节约，就没有我现在这样优越的生活。
Grandpa is a thrifty man, if there is no grandpa's thrift, there will be no such superior life as I am now.
为什么不说是爸爸给了我优越的生活，而说是爷爷给了我优越的生活呢?爸爸曾经告诉我说：“穷不过三代。”指的就是一家人如果都努力的话，最多经历三代人就可以过上富裕生活。而我们家的好日子就要从爷爷的勤俭节约说起。
Why not say that my father gave me a superior life, but that my grandfather gave me a superior life? My father once told me, "Poverty is no more than three generations." What I mean is that if a family works hard, they can live a wealthy life after three generations at most. And our family's good days should start with Grandpa's thrift and diligence.
爸爸告诉我说，在他还小的时候，家里特别穷，就连爸爸出生时(当时刚开始搞计划生育，多生一个孩子就要交罚款，爸爸是家里的老二。)的罚款都交不起，还是借的钱交了罚款，才保住了爸爸的性命，后来为了还债，爷爷起早贪黑的工作和忙地里的农活，油都吃不上。我看过爷爷当时的照片，那时候的爷爷瘦的跟竹竿似的。
My father told me that when he was young, his family was very poor, even when his father was born (when he started family planning, he had to pay a fine for one more child, and his father was the second in the family). ) The fine could not be paid, or the money borrowed to pay the fine, to save his father's life, and later to pay off the debt, grandpa got up early greedy work and busy farm work, oil can not eat. I've seen pictures of Grandpa at that time. Grandpa at that time was as thin as a bamboo pole.
到爸爸四岁的时候，爷爷四处奔波，才给受冤屈的曾祖父平了反，爷爷也顺理成章的接了曾祖父在铁路上的班，这也是我们家好日子的开始，不过爷爷依然坚持的勤俭节约。当时爷爷刚接班，每个月的工资只有几十块钱，在我们那一片虽然算是不错的，不过爷爷坚持省吃俭用，别人家在吃菜油和猪油的时候，爷爷和爸爸他们却在吃便宜的牛油。爸爸现在想起来，都说他再也不想闻到牛油炒菜的味道了。
By the time my father was four years old, Grandpa was running around, and he was able to get rid of his wronged great-grandfather. Grandpa accepted his great-grandfather's work on the railroad, which was also the beginning of our family's good days. However, Grandpa still insisted on thrift and diligence. At that time, Grandpa had just succeeded, and his monthly salary was only tens of dollars. Although it was good in our area, Grandpa insisted on thrift. While others were eating vegetable oil and lard, Grandpa and Dad were eating cheap butter. Dad remembered now that he never wanted to smell butter fried vegetables again.
经过九年的努力，爷爷和爸爸他们终于要告别他们住了十几年的那一间一下雨就漏的半边瓦房和四人挤在一起的一米五床了。这一年爸爸十三岁，爷爷带领家人在我们村的楼区盖起来了一座两层的楼房，家里也买了冰箱，爸爸说他第一次吃到自己家冰箱冻出来的加糖冰块的时候，开心的不得了!
After nine years of hard work, Grandpa and Dad finally said goodbye to the half-tiled house where they had lived for more than ten years and the one-meter-five-bed where four people were crowded together. This year, when my father was thirteen years old, my grandfather led his family to build a two-storey building in the building area of our village. My family also bought a refrigerator. My father said that he was very happy when he first ate the icicles frozen from his refrigerator.
现在经过爷爷和爸爸的努力，我们家已经有了两座楼房和两户单元房，代步工具也已经从自行车变成了现在的小汽车。我生活在环境这样好的条件下，可以说都是来自于我的爷爷，就是他的勤俭节约，才慢慢的改变了我们家，让我的童年变得富足而快乐，谢谢您,我亲爱的爷爷!
Now, through the efforts of Grandpa and dad, our family already has two buildings and two apartments, and the vehicle has changed from bicycle to car. I live in such a good environment, can be said to come from my grandfather, it is his diligence and thrift, slowly changed our family, let my childhood become rich and happy, thank you, my dear grandfather!
