Chapter 229 Zhao Juhua was moved to tears by Ning Bao.

Li Guizhi quickly spoke up.

"Ningbao, my sweet child, are you feeling unwell anywhere?"

"I just heard your mother say that you stayed inside all afternoon and never came out?"

In Li Guizhi's eyes, Ningbao was a lively and active little girl who was full of energy every day since she came to the house. She rarely stayed at home for half a day without going out, which Li Guizhi found very abnormal.

So when Li Guizhi heard from Shen Yuzhen that Ningbao hadn't gone out all afternoon, she immediately brought over some freshly cooked dumplings.

Ningbao couldn't help but drool when she saw the dumplings Li Guizhi was holding. She had heard of dumplings before, but rarely ate them, and had practically never eaten them.

The Taoist temple was inhabited by a group of men, none of whom were particularly skilled with their hands. They always cooked simple meals and had never done anything as delicate as making dumplings before.

Although she really wanted to eat them, Ningbao didn't eat any beforehand. She resisted the urge to drool and solemnly pushed away the dumplings that Li Guizhi offered her.

"Grandma, Ningbao can't eat this in advance. This is New Year's Eve dinner and a family reunion dinner, so the whole family should eat together."

Li Guizhi affectionately picked up her chopsticks, took a dumpling, and stuffed it into Ningbao's mouth.

"You're a young boy, but you're quite well-behaved. Don't worry, the dumplings for New Year's Eve dinner are ready. Grandma knows you have a big appetite and get hungry quickly. These dumplings are specially made for you to have something to eat before we start eating."

Ningbao swallowed the dumpling Li Guizhi stuffed into her mouth. When Li Guizhi tried to put a second one in, Ningbao shook her head and pushed her hand away.

"Grandma, I'll eat later. I have things to do right now."

Before Li Guizhi could react, Ning Bao ran away.

She wanted to deliver her New Year's gifts before dinner, and planned to deliver her own gifts at the dinner table.

Just as she was debating who to deliver it to first, she was distracted and bumped into someone's arms.

Ningbao rubbed her throbbing forehead and looked at the person who had bumped into her with a wronged expression.

"Grandma."

Seeing that Ningbao was about to cry from being bumped, Zhao Juhua quickly reached out and touched Ningbao's forehead.

"Ningbao, did you get hurt? It's all Grandma's fault for not seeing the road clearly and bumping into you. Come on, Grandma will rub it for you."

After a while, Ningbao's forehead didn't hurt as much, but the red mark was still visible.

Upon seeing Zhao Juhua, Ning Bao quickly took out a talisman from her hand and handed it to her.

"Grandma, this is a peace charm that Ningbao drew by hand. Today is New Year's Eve, and Ningbao is giving you this charm to wish you peace, health, good fortune, and all the best in the new year."

Zhao Juhua took the talisman paper from Ning Bao and examined it over and over in her hand. She had long heard that the talisman paper drawn by Ning Bao was very good and could protect people's safety, but she had never been too embarrassed to ask Ning Bao for it.

After all, the things I said and did in the past were somewhat undignified.

She never expected Ning Bao to give her a New Year's gift.

"Ningbao, thank you. It was all Grandma's fault before..."

Ning Bao shook her head indifferently.

“It’s alright, Ningbao has forgotten. My master said that a good child is one who can admit their mistakes and correct them. Ningbao likes that Grandma is a good child now.”

“Ningbao…you’re a good child too, Grandma likes you.” Zhao Juhua wiped away her tears and looked at Ningbao with apologetic eyes.