Before liberation, especially during the Japanese and puppet rule, under the small-peasant economy, the living standards of the majority of farmers were very low. They depend on the weather for food. Unless there are any natural or man-made disasters, they can only make ends meet. Farmers work hard all year round. In addition to paying public grain, paying grain, and renting land, they also have seeds and feed. If they keep the production expenses for the next year, they will not have enough food rations. In this way, one-third of farmers need to borrow grain loans every year to plant crops in the coming year. Year after year, they are never able to recover. Orphans and widowed mothers live an even harder life without a normal income, so they have to rely on relatives and friends to solve temporary difficulties. Due to low income, most farmers have to live a tight diet and wear very simple clothes. Those who have cotton clothing for one or two seasons all year round are considered to be upper-class households. Most farmers have one set of clothing for winter and summer, made of blue coarse cloth or " It is made of "outhe cloth". Add some cotton to the single clothes worn in summer and use it as a cotton-padded coat for winter. Because it cannot be replaced or washed after being worn for a long time, it will break quickly. Most of the workers and peasants wear clothes with patches on top of each other. If there is a disaster, people's lives will be even more miserable. According to the historical records of Xin'an Township, there is a folk saying in Paoshan Tun: "Paoshan Tun is a light-hearted village. If you can't afford to wear cotton trousers, go to the leather store." Farmers have three meals a day of corn noodles, corn buns or millet. Drink dilute in the morning, dry at noon, and eat "muddled" at night. Many people eat bran vegetables for half a year, and most people eat "winter sauerkraut, summer wild vegetables, and old pickles all year round." The poultry raised by farmers cannot lay eggs for themselves, so they must be brought to the market to exchange for urgently needed daily necessities, such as kerosene, matches and salt. Living conditions are even worse. A few relatively wealthy farmers can live in thatched mud houses, but they usually have east-west rooms, north-south Kangs, and a kitchen in the middle. They are narrow and small, and it is very inconvenient for three generations of old and young to live together. Most people live in small shacks and horse racks. Daily necessities are scarce, and some families even lack the pots, ladles, basins, etc. necessary for daily life. It’s not uncommon for families of four or five to have one bedding. Some households even have no bedding. At night, I can only carry two sacks. Some households cannot afford kang mats, so they have to sleep on grass. Poor farmers look forward to having children, but they are also afraid of having children. The wife of Li XX of the Jianxing Brigade of Deshan Commune gave birth to a son in the 9th year of Pseudo-Kant (1942) and had no clothes to wear, so she had to put the baby in his mother's pants to feed him. Before liberation, the life of workers, handicraft workers and small clerks was also low. The salary income is very low, except for food, clothing, clothing, and necessities. Once there is a disaster, they will be exploited by loan sharks like farmers. Some even lose their entire family and have their wives and children separated. Especially after the Japanese militarism invaded and occupied this county, the lives of the broad masses of the people became even more impoverished. The puppet government at that time exploited the economy as much as possible, and the working people had endless taxes and voluntary labor to pay. At that time, the Japanese invaders, in order to meet the needs of the war of aggression against China, expanded the national army, captured laborers, sent out hard-working people, and forced the people of the county to build airports, forts, and dig trenches for them. All those who were arrested were forced to engage in high-intensity labor and were not given enough food or clothing to wear. Those who were sick were not treated and were thrown into a pit of the dead while still alive. Before liberation, people's life was difficult and they could only live in straw huts. In the old days, sesame oil (cucurbit oil) was mostly used for lighting. Generally, farmhouses used iron or copper lamp bowls and wood or mud as lampposts. In the 1940s, some farmers began to use kerosene for lighting. Poor families use clay bowls as lamps and dig a nest in the wall to place them, so there is a situation where "the earthen kang breaks the wall and the lamp oil flows up the wall". Some farmers couldn't afford to buy lamp oil, so they had to sleep. Lamps are rarely used during the year. Peasants were exploited by landlords in the past. After the settlement, they only needed to pay a certain amount of agricultural tax to the state. Now, not only do they not have to pay tax, but they can also get money. As for workers, they were severely deprived by factory owners before liberation, and they were always going on strike. After the settlement, most of them were state-owned enterprises. (Of course there are many private and private enterprises now.) Whether they are state-owned enterprises or private enterprises, they try their best to ensure the normal life of workers.