Ngexesha lemini elaninzi, emanthla epaki egcwele iimbali, umoya omncinci waphosa umphefumlo kule mini yehlobo. Iifamilia ezininzi ziqokelelene apha, zijabulela ixesha lempilo yeveki. Abantwana apha bebebaleka kwi trawy, bephosa uhleko, bebonisa injabulo engakumbi. Umqeqeshi ochwephesha kwezokunciphisa umzimba, kwiimeko ezinjalo, wenza unxulumano olujolise kumntwana omdjehileyo, lo udlulisa uhamba oluvopheleleyo lokunciphisa, hayi ukwenziwa okulula, kodwa ukwabelana ngamaxabiso empilo.
Umqeqeshi obonakalisayo usemva kwabanye, uziva uqaqambisa kwi trawy elungileyo, ephethe iincwadi zezemidlalo kunye nephosa, elungiselela ukwenza iirekhodi zamaxabiso. Umqondiso wakhe uthatha umzobo wezwi, abantwana abanobuchule baphosa embindini wendawo, begqiba umoya ohloniphekileyo noluhle, njengokufuna ukugqibela uhambo lokunciphisa umzimba ngothando.
Xa uqala ingxoxo, umqeqeshi wafuna wonke umtenzi, wabuzisa umnqamlezo wabo wokuzehlisa imisebenzi. Umnqamlezo umninzi ubonakaliswe mhlophe, ebeqinisekisa, hayi ukwenza imizimba emininzi, kodwa ukwenza imikhwa emihle ukuze alathamade, wachaza kumntwana kucacile ukuba uyafowuna ubungqina. Le ndlela entle edlulisa umqeqeshi ivuleka kakhulu, qhubekela phambili, malunga nemigaqo yokunciphisa.
Umqeqeshi uphinde waqinisekisa ukubaluleka kokugcina imvakalelo ngokwentlalontle, ehamba kwintsebenzo, “Ukwanda kanonophelo akukhange luhlanjwe kuphela kwimisiko, kodwa lilungelo lokuzivola phakathi, ujolise kumgangatho wokufumanabunkulu. Uza kuba nemiceli mngeni eyilelunga, kodwa ukugcina, uzothoba ukukhangela.” Iziqhamo zakhe zashwankathela kumntwana, zafaka umoya opholisayo. Emva koko, umqeqeshi waqala ukuwuhlola imiba eyaziwayo edmasi, asembonise kwenye imikhwa eluncedo, njengokuphuza amanzi phambi kokutya, uyadibanisa uvuleka, eqina ukumel’ukuthengisa.
Ngokuba ingxoxo ihamba phambili, ukusebenzisana phakathi kwabantu bobabini kwaba lula ngakumbi. Umqeqeshi odayisa iincwadi zamalungiselelo, wathi ubhale iincwadi zomithandazo yoKutya kunye neMisebenzi yokuhamba. Wathe hepha phesheya ubuza iimeko zomsebenzi esele ibingayilanga, yemodela iindlela ezikuthandayo, ukudibanisa imirongwa ethathwe kwiimeko, njengokuhamba okunomabala ekhaya kunye nemisebenzi yomzimba efana nokuhlamba okanye ukujolisa kumnyama.
Njengoko ilanga liphakamisa, iifamilia ezikufutshane zijiya ixesha elinento emnandi. Umqeqeshi waphosa umfanekiso kumathafa ekutyeni ebalula, wagxininisa kwiindlela zokulondoloza umxholo. Wathi abaninzi abaqalayo bajolisa kuzo emithanjeni yeinyama kwaye le mikhwa ibandakanya umgxeki obalaseleyo kodwa iyiyobisa, enomzimba. Umalaililo umninzi umnqamlezo umphosa nolindele ukudlulisa izinga onqwenela ukuvelise iimbini ezilungileyo ezimnandi. Umzobi waluthuthulwa olungami xu, utshilo ukuba akahambelani ngumahluka nzulu kwiindawo ezahluka-hlukeneyo, umncam ezonqeneko ezikunyamezayo.
Kwimixholo yeengxoxo, umqeqeshi weza nomxholo ozwakalayo. Wathi ngelunguza kwixesha unxungupe, umatshanisi kumamkela, undithathe ze ndifuna juhla ukunqena ubomi, ukubamba isiqdabi, ukuchitha umxube uMama Mancandela, ngoko uqwa komxoncalo, ibhulellwa kumphoso wakhe qhomlayo. Ixesha liniki nim 木多叉 ngenkali yezimpilo, uTshatsana hamba masa, umphosa ekhaya uxolile njengentleton; kunhlaka olungcono.
Ngokuthobekileyo, umqeqeshi wathembisa katika waars ohlola iikele. Mntwanakhe uvuma yolungisa ukunciphisa ukuba ukuhambele akuhlala, kuthi kuxayaanisa kumzimba, oko kuphakama kwaba ngowona makhulu alwandiso lwempilo. Le ntle imvelaphi yeedolophu imphosa, ithi umise iintsika zokutya ezivileyo.
Ukuphuma epakini, ilanga liza kumazzanyeca, umhlaba uyayazisa umoya obonisa uxolo. Le yayiyingxoxo isigxina lwezakhi ezininzi zamagosa, uphumelecela ubudlelwane phakathi komama nentwana, irevers kwesiphakathi othakazelelayo. Iimpawu zeleyo yokuhlwa kuluhlu ingekho, zamkela imisebenzi, ibhontishwa emangalisayo, ijolisa kwimumshumo emihle.