A guest lives in Chen Taiqiu's house. Taiqiu invites Fiona Fang (Chen Ji) and Ji Fang (Chen Zhan) to cook. Two brothers are making a fire. They all stopped to eavesdrop when they heard Qiu talking to the guests. I forgot to put the grass when cooking, and all the rice fell into the pot. Qiu asked, "Why is there no steamed rice?" .
Fiona Fang and Ji Fang knelt on the ground and said, "You are talking to the guests, and we are all eavesdropping. As a result, we forgot to put grass seeds, and rice became porridge. " Qiu said, "Do you remember what we said?" My brother replied, "I probably remember." So the two brothers knelt on the ground and narrated together, bringing out the best in each other. What the adults said didn't miss anything. Qiu said, "Since porridge is enough like this, why do you cook?"
Original text:
The guests asked Chen Taiqiu to stay. Taiqiu asked Fiona Fang and Ji Fang to cook. The guest discussed with Qiu. When they enter the fire, they are all appointed to eavesdrop. When cooking, they forgot the grass and the rice fell into the pot. Qiu asked, "Why don't you distill when cooking?" Fiona Fang and Ji Fang knelt down and said, "When adults speak Hakka, they all eavesdrop and forget to cook." Qiu said, "Do you know?" Yes, "I seem to remember." The second son knelt down and said, "It's easier to take it from each other, and there's nothing to lose." Qiu asked, "So why bother eating?"
The moral of this article:
I listened carefully to Taiqiu's conversation with the guests and learned something. In the face of their mistakes, the two brothers frankly admitted their mistakes, did not shirk each other, and cooperated with each other when their father asked, resuming the dialogue between their father and friends, and the brothers were harmonious. There are such a pair of sons with long faces in front of guests. This is good. By contrast, eating or drinking porridge is nothing.