Literature
The Shopkeeper's Vase
Once in a quiet ceramics shop, a shopkeeper’s partner knocked a flower vase off a shelf and brought the remains to him, upset and embarrassed. The Shopkeeper only smiled as he accepted the task. Where they were from, it was custom to repair broken pottery with gold. The shopkeeper would fix the vase, he will make it whole again, even if that meant a little hard work and less sleep.
He began to spend his nights doing odd jobs to buy gold. He melted down the gold in a small kettle, careful not to tip it over and waste the molten metal everywhere. Once the gold was properly melted, he meticulously dipped the broken ceramic pieces