Ko te kaihanga o Mingyue kei te whakarato i te mea tika – he pounamu konupuna! Ko enei pōkete huarahi me te āhua ataahua e pakia ana ki ngā kaikai makariri hei whakamana i te nginga makariri. Ahakoa kei te manaakitanga koe i te rā whānau, kei te whakarite hui ā-kura, heoi anō hoki kei te rapu kia waihangatia ngā mahara hou, he tōwātata ngā pounamu konupuna mō ia wā.
E whai take katoa ana i te huinga i te wā i te wā, engari ko ngā utu e tino nui ana. Ki te pai, he raweke haere ngā pounamu konupuna kore utu hei whakauru i te manawa reka ki te iti. E tino maha ana ngā āhua reka me ngā kaikai hei tāpiri atu ki tōu pounamu konupuna – hangaia tētahi mō ia o ō kaitautoko, kāore koe e rupeke! Anō ka kete konumohe pāpaku ngā tae rerehua e takotorahi ana i ngā hoahoa pīroiroi hei tāpiritanga harikoa ki tētahi huinga.
Kei roto i ia kōhanga kōhuka a Mingyue, he whāinga pai o ngā kai e makona ai ngā kai. Kei te wātea ngā kōhuka me ngā parure kākāriki mō te katoa. A, ā, kāore ngā utu e pā ki tō kōrero moni, no reira ka taea e koe te tangohia kia maha ngā kōhanga kōhuka e hiahia ana koe — kāore he whakamā. Na he aha kia kaua e manawa reka i a koe me tō kai hui ki ngā kōhanga kōhuka iti rawa?
Kei te waihanga koe me nui ngā moni nui kia pai ai ngā kōhuka whakapapa? Me Mingyue kōhanga kōhuka, ka taea e koe te whiwhi i ngā parure e hiahia ana koe kaua ko te utu. Ahakoa kei te aroha koe ki ngā kōhuka hīnai heki rānei, he parure kākāriki rānei, kei te wātea he kete konumohe kātata mōu. A, me ngā utu e kore e pā ki tō pūtea, ka taea e koe te ngana i te koa kāore he whakapāha ki te pire. Na he aha kia tūria? Koia ngā parure reka ki te kaha i tēnei wā me ngā kōhanga kōhuka.
Ka taea e koe te whakaputu moni engari kaua e whakakaha te reka. Ko ngā kōpaki konupua he tauira tino pai ki tēnei! Kua whakakīia ki ngā kai reka, kei a koe katoa ngā mea e hiahia ana koe kai, ā, he ara pai hoki ki te whakamāmā i tōu inu reka kāore hoki e pani i tōu pūtea. Kāore he take pea koe e hiahia ana ki te parurenga, reka, te kakaho rānei, kei a mātou he kete konumohe paraikete mōu. Nō reira, kaua e noho ki ngā kai paraihe noho pāpaku - whakamātau ki ngā kōpaki konupua reka, whakapai ake i ōu kai paraihe!
Kāore he hokinga atu ki te toa ia wā e hiahia ana koe ki te kai paraihe waiwera. Ko ngā kaupeka konini kōhukohu cellophane kōpaki konupua he whakautu tino pai mō tōu inu reka. He kōpaki ngāwari ki te kuhu, he pai mō te haereere, ā, he ara pai hoki ki te whakauru i ētahi wā whānau ki ngā wāhi katoa e noho ana koe. Ā, ki ngā utu e āhua whai rawa ana i te katoa, ka taea e koe te whakakaha i āu kōpaki konupua i te utu pērā i tētahi kai paraihe waiwera. Nō reira, kei te pirangi wai? Whakakaha i tōu oranga ki ngā kōpaki konupua reka, ngāwari hoki i tēnei wā!