Chapter 1017, Peaceful and Fragile
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Gu Jian saw Xiao Morong and Daozi coming over wearing the same bright red robes. From a distance, they looked like brothers. He laughed out loud, "You two look like brothers."
Xiao Yeyang, who was one step behind and helping Daohua into the house, said with a smile, "They are brothers after all."
Daozi nodded seriously: "That's right."
Xiao Morong didn't say anything, but his eyes and mouth were filled with smiles. He liked the attitude of Uncle Wang and Aunt Wang who didn't treat him as an outsider.
Soon, the maids came over with steaming hot rice wine and four-happiness dumplings.
Seeing this, Daozi couldn't help but want to show off, so he ran to help and said, "Grandfather, I'll serve you some glutinous rice balls."
Daohua was pregnant and had difficulty moving. Just as she was about to stop him, she saw her son reaching out to take the porcelain bowl containing the dumplings.
"Clang~"
The porcelain bowl was too hot and Daozi couldn't hold it any longer, so the bowl fell to the ground.
Breaking things on New Year's Day is not a good sign. The maid was so scared that she knelt on the ground. Daozi knew she had done something wrong and looked at the rice flowers cautiously.
Gu Jian originally wanted to say something to comfort Daozi, but with his apprentice around, he and Xiao Yeyang both chose to keep quiet tacitly.
Xiao Morong was worried that Rice would be scolded, so he quickly stepped forward and said, "Aunt, it's all my fault. I didn't pull the rice well."
Daohua smiled and said, "What does this have to do with you?" Then she looked at her son pretending to be a quail, without scolding or comforting him, "You broke the bowl, what should you do now?"
Seeing that Daohua was not angry, Daozi patted his chest in relief. Thinking of what his mother had taught him, that when encountering a problem, one should just find a way to solve it, he smiled and looked at the kneeling maid: "Get up, this is not your fault, clean up quickly."
As he spoke, he looked down at his shoes that were soaked by the soup, then looked at Daohua, "Mom, my shoes are wet, I need to go get a new pair. You guys eat first, I'll be back soon."
After saying that, he ran out of the house.
When Xiao Morong saw this, he wanted to go over and take a look, but was stopped by Daohua.
"Okay, don't worry about him. Sit down and eat your dumplings. They won't taste good if they're cold. Dazi has a nurse with him, so he'll be fine."
Seeing that the old ancestor and Uncle Wang started eating, Xiao Morong had no choice but to pick up the soup spoon.
Not long after, the rice came back with a "dengdengdeng" sound.
"Mom, I've changed my shoes."
Daohua said "hmm", pulled the stool and motioned Daozi to sit down and eat.
After Daozi sat down, he glanced at the people at the table and finally chose to apologize: "Mom, I was wrong."
Rice Flower turned to look at Rice: "What's wrong?" It was a small matter for a child to break a bowl, but since her son took the initiative to admit his mistake, it seemed a bit unfair not to take the opportunity to lecture him.
Rice: "Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. I broke the bowl. It's unlucky."
Daohua shook her head: "Breaking a bowl is just a small matter, it's not unlucky."
Gu Jian quickly replied: "Yes, yes, it's not unlucky, our family will always be smooth sailing." As he got older, he was still very superstitious about some things.
Xiao Yeyang didn't care about these things. He smiled as he watched his son and his mother interact.
Daozi's eyes lit up: "Really? Then our family won't have to suffer any more bad luck?"
Daohua looked surprised: "Who said we would be unlucky?"
Daozi: "I heard from the kitchen maid that you can't break things during the New Year, otherwise you will be unlucky."
Daohua didn't want her son to remember this bad suggestion: "That's just nonsense. You broke the bowl, that's called a broken peace."
Hearing this, Xiao Yeyang looked over and said, "Everything is fine. Your explanation is quite good."
Gu Jian nodded: "Yes, peace will come year after year, and our family will always be fine."
Seeing that his parents and ancestors did not blame him, Daozi was completely relieved and happily picked up the spoon to eat the dumplings.
Daohua spoke again: "Breaking the bowl is a small matter, but you were wrong today. You overestimated your own abilities."
Daozi pouted and lowered her head.
Daohua continued, "You think you can hold the bowl because it's not big, but you don't realize it's very hot. You see the maids holding it easily, so you think you can do it too, but what's the reality?"
"Your hands are too tender to handle the heat, and you don't know how to hold the bowl properly, so you dropped it."
"It's just like when you were hanging lanterns a few days ago. It looked easy to the servants, but in reality, it wasn't as easy as you imagined. Didn't you complain about your arms being sore when you went to bed that night?"
"When we do things, we must see the essence of the matter clearly and know our own capabilities. Don't act impulsively and act within your capabilities."
After saying that, he scooped a dumpling into the rice bowl.
Daozi knew that her mother was trying to comfort her, and a smile suddenly appeared on her face. She said loudly, "Mom, I understand. I will think twice before I act next time."
Daohua smiled and said, "Eat quickly."
Daozi scooped up the glutinous rice balls given by Daohua with a smile and started to eat them. Then he exclaimed in surprise, "Mom, I ate a gold ingot. I'm going to have good luck again this year."
As he spoke, he scooped out a thumb-sized golden ingot and showed it to Xiao Yeyang, Gu Jian and the others.
Gu Jian said with a smile: "Our rice is going to be lucky."
"Old Ancestor, you should eat quickly too. Maybe you will be able to eat ingots soon."
"Okay, okay, I'll eat it right away."
Looking at Daozi happily eating glutinous rice balls and Uncle Wang's family chatting and laughing harmoniously, Xiao Morong breathed a sigh of relief.
The incident of breaking the bowl just passed like that.
Breaking a bowl on the first day of the Lunar New Year may not be a big deal, but if it happens in Beijing, many families will take it seriously.
Xiao Morong couldn't help but imagine that if he broke the bowl, his father and mother would probably blame him.
His father and mother had high expectations of him and had always been very strict with him, requiring him to do everything to perfection. He rarely had the opportunity to express his opinions.
In the past, he wouldn't have thought much of it, after all, all his other cousins lived this way.
But after arriving at Uncle Wang's house, watching his aunt teach Daozi and feeling the relaxed and pleasant atmosphere in Uncle Wang's home, he felt that this was the feeling of home.
"Fourth brother, did you get any gold ingots?"
Just when Xiao Morong was lost in thought, Daozi asked him.
Xiao Morong quickly took a bite of the glutinous rice ball, and then under Daozi's staring gaze, he slowly spit out a small golden ingot.
Seeing that Xiao Morong had also found gold ingots in his food, Daozi immediately grinned. "Great! We're all going to have good luck this year. I'm so happy. Fourth brother, are you happy?"
Xiao Morong: "Happy!"
Daozi said again: "Fourth brother, let's go set off firecrackers later."
Xiao Morong quickly looked at Xiao Yeyang and Daohua.
Xiao Yeyang smiled and said, "If you want to play, go ahead. I'll let Defu and Deshou follow you. Be careful when playing with firecrackers and don't hurt yourself, otherwise you won't be able to play next time."
Rice: "Oh, Dad, we get it. We are not children anymore. We won't hurt ourselves."
This left Xiao Yeyang speechless, but Gu Jian and Daohua laughed.
(End of this chapter)
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