00:00Never save money. These were the first words my grandfather told me.
00:04When I heard this, I was shocked. Everyone says, save money, save for the future.
00:11But my grandfather smiled and said, no, do not just save money, make money grow.
00:18Let me tell you his story. In a small village, there lived an old man.
00:22People called him lazy. He did not work. Every day he sat under a big tree.
00:28He looked at the sky, looked at the road, and dreamed. He said, one day I will open a shop.
00:36One day I will buy cows. One day I will become rich. But that one day never came.
00:43He only dreamed. He never worked. People laughed at him first. Later they stopped laughing.
00:50They only felt sad for him. His wife worked in the house.
00:53She cooked, washed, cleaned, and tried to take care of the family.
00:58One evening she said to him gently, dreams are beautiful.
01:02But dreams cannot fill the stomach. We need money. We need work.
01:07The old man only nodded and said, someday, someday I will find a way.
01:13Days passed. Months passed. Years passed. Life became hard. Food was less. Money was almost gone.
01:23One night, the old man's little grandson came to him. The boy was barefoot. He was thin and hungry.
01:31He asked very softly,
01:33Grandpa, do we have bread?
01:35The grandmother opened the cupboard. It was empty. No bread. No rice. Nothing.
01:42The old man felt pain in his heart. He looked at the boy and felt tears in his eyes.
01:48He understood something that night. Dreams are good, but dreams alone do not feed a family.
01:54He could not sleep. He turned in bed again and again.
01:58His stomach was empty. His mind was heavy.
02:01In the morning, he did something he never did before. He went out to find work.
02:07He became a field worker. The sun was hot. The land was dry.
02:11He worked for long hours. He lifted heavy tools. His back hurt. His feet burned.
02:18His hands became hard and rough. Every night he came home tired.
02:22The grandmother cooked little food. Maybe beans? Maybe one or two tortillas?
02:28Nothing more. The grandson asked,
02:31Grandpa, what did you get today? He showed his small earnings.
02:36It is little, but it is something. But soon, he understood something sad.
02:42Money came. Money went. Food finished. Medicine finished. Bills finished.
02:48But problems stayed. The roof still leaked.
02:51The family was still hungry. Saving money looked impossible.
02:55One day, at the village store, the old man heard men talking.
02:59One man said loudly,
03:01The secret is saving money. When you save, you are safe.
03:06These words stayed in the old man's mind.
03:09That night, he found a glass jar.
03:12He hid it under the bed.
03:14Every week, he put a few coins inside.
03:17Clink, clink.
03:18The sound made him happy.
03:20He felt hope.
03:22The grandson found the jar one day and asked,
03:25What is this, Grandpa?
03:27The old man smiled and said,
03:29This is our tomorrow.
03:31But saving money was not easy.
03:33He wore old shoes with holes.
03:36He did not buy new clothes.
03:38They ate less food.
03:40Sometimes, plates were almost empty.
03:42Still, he saved coins.
03:44The grandmother asked,
03:46What is the use of money when we stay hungry?
03:49He said only,
03:50One day you will understand.
03:52Months passed.
03:53The jar became full.
03:55The old man was proud.
03:57He felt safe.
03:58He felt ready for the future.
04:01One day, they went to the market.
04:03He placed the jar money on the table and said,
04:06I want three sacks of corn.
04:09The shopkeeper counted the money.
04:11He shook his head and said,
04:13Prices went up.
04:14This money buys only one and a half sacks.
04:17The old man was shocked.
04:19Money lost value.
04:21Things got expensive.
04:22Saving was slow.
04:24Life was still hard.
04:25Everything felt heavy again.
04:55One evening, the old man sat outside quietly.
04:57He acted.
04:58He took his saved money and bought a few thin chickens.
05:01The boy laughed and ran around them.
05:04Grandpa, now we have our own egg factory.
05:07At first, they found one egg, then two.
05:10They ate some.
05:11They sold some.
05:13With the money, they bought another chicken.
05:16Then another.
05:17Slowly, the chickens grew.
05:20Slowly, the money grew.
05:22The old man kept notes in a small book.
05:25He wrote every egg sold.
05:27He counted every coin earned.
05:30Soon neighbors came to buy eggs from him.
05:33The house was full of hope.
05:34The old man smiled more.
05:36He worked, but he worked for his own future.
05:40For the first time, he felt proud.
05:43One day, he held an egg in his hand and told his grandson,
05:47This egg is more powerful than a jar of money.
05:50Money can finish.
05:52Money can lose value.
05:54But if we use money the right way, it grows like life.
05:58The grandson hugged him and said,
06:01So, you are not lazy anymore?
06:03The old man smiled with tears in his eyes.
06:07No, my child.
06:08I learned something very important.
06:11Never just save money.
06:12Make money grow.
06:14And from that day, he always told others,
06:17Saving money is like holding water in your hands.
06:20It will slowly slip away.
06:22But if you use money to build something,
06:25even small, it becomes bigger.
06:28This was his greatest lesson.
06:30And today, I share this with you.
06:32Never only save money.
06:34Invest.
06:35Grow.
06:36Even a small start can change your life.
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