Yu Hua was born in 1960 in Haiyan, Zhejiang, and later moved to Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
I wore a wide-brimmed straw hat and slippers, with a towel hanging from the belt behind me.
Kisha nikasikia sauti ngumu lakini ya kusisimua, alianza kuimba wimbo wa zamani.
Nilipokewa na mwalimu wa zamani aliyekuwa akivaa kanzu, aliponifundisha kusoma, ndio wakati nilipokuwa na furaha kubwa.
Alimsukuma na akaanguka kwenye ukuta. Nilipokuwa kijana, nilikuwa nikila, kunywa, kutembelea wanawake na kamari.
Chakula hicho cha aina nne kilikuwa mboga tu, lakini Jiazhen alikipika kwa namna tofauti, na kila kimoja kilikuwa na ladha yake ya pekee.
Shen Xian alikuwa amekunja paji la uso, kana kwamba alikuwa amepoteza pesa nyingi. Kichwa chake kilikuwa kimeinama, na macho yake yalikuwa chini.
Asking me to go back with Jia Zhen, isn't this deliberately exposing my shame and provoking my anger?
Waving to a waiter, he said, "Bring a hot towel for Young Master Xu."
Forget it, don't die. This debt is for my father to repay. Thinking of my father, I...
Siku ya tatu, baba yangu alikuwa akiwakaribisha wageni ndani ya nyumba, akikohoa kwa nguvu na kusema...
Kujipatia pesa hizi, sijui wengi wataumizwa hadi kufa. Hapo ndipo nilipogundua kwa nini baba hakukubali...
Baba yangu hakuwa tena kwenye ardhi yake, miguu yake ikitetemeka alipofika kijijini.
Habari Njema Nyumbani Kwangu Wakati huo nilikuwa kaburini la baba yangu nikasikia sauti ya gongo na kuinua
Baada ya Jia Zhen, mama yangu mara nyingi alikuwa akikaa pembeni akifuta machozi kwa siri. Nilikusudia kutafuta neno la
Kwa mantiki, ningepaswa kukukopesha pesa. Kama inavyosema msemo, "Msaada wa dharura si msaada wa umaskini." Mimi...
Nilipomwona sura ya Gen aliporudi, moyo wangu ulinishtua. Wakati huo, alikuwa akibeba mzigo mchana kutwa.
Wakati huo nilikuwa, mama yangu alikuja kukimbilia kuniambia baada ya kukwaruza mguu, hakuwa amesema neno.
Jia Zhen, born into a city family with delicate features, I watched her do rough work, feeling helpless.
We stopped and looked back; a squad of uniformed Nationalist soldiers stood there.
Aliuliza kama usiku nilisikia risasi, nikasema ndiyo, akasema basi.
Moshi wa kupikia ulianza kupaa angani, ukijipinda huku na kule, wakati huo ndio ulikuwa...
Walioumia mwanzo walikuwa kundi kundi, muda mfupi baadaye wakawa mstari, wakilia kwa maumivu
Hapa ni wapi? Mimi na Chun tulitazama pande zote, tulifika vipi hapa?
Acha kuweka chini. Niliweka chini yale yaliyokuwa yameinuliwa, na pia tuliweka chini sisi wenyewe.
It was late autumn when I left, and early autumn when I returned, covered in mud on the road to my hometown.
The householder still refused to admit it. He went to intimidate those tenant farmers, and some wouldn't buy it, so he resorted to force.
That one had already come out and was grazing on the grass by the pond, standing there.
The person who went out to inquire in the village came back and said Fengxia was a bit... if we subtract half a year from her age.
Youqing was frightened and shrank back. Seeing me lower my head and resume eating, he then left.
I called Jiazhen like this, and she got down from the bed without wearing shoes and ran towards me.
The work had already exhausted Jiazhen to the point where she could barely speak. Youqing had to let his mother rest.
Je, naweza kuja kuwakumbatia kila siku? Wakati ukumbi wa kijiji unafunguliwa na chakula kinapokaribishwa.
Kikosi kiliwasili kwanza nyumbani kwangu, nimesimama mbele na kugonga mlango kwa nguvu.
Pia kwa sababu hawezi kula na kuwa mzito, basi tupike kwenye sufuria, Youqing hii.
Watachinja mimi? Wang Xi alisema hawatachinja tena, wamekula yote.
Nikasikia Jiazhen anijibu kwa sauti nyororo upande ule wa bwawa, nikakimbilia na kumwona amekaa chini.
I was completely in the dark, having no idea what merit I had achieved, and waited for them to approach.
Baadaye, Jia Zhen pia alikufa, ingawa aliumia kwa wale wanne aliyewapoteza, lakini bado alifikiria kurudi.
Nikisikia hilo, nikafikiria kidogo, nikaona kwamba kwa kweli ilikuwa kupita kiasi, usipozungumzie aibu iliyopotea.
Watoto wote walianza kukimbia, nami nikaweka mzigo wangu wa tupu pembeni mtaani ili kuona kama Youqing alikuwepo.
County alisema, "Acha wale wenzetu, mradi yeye asife na njaa, wote hatutakufa na njaa."
Knowing this, I led the way, turned a corner, and headed towards the city's shop as before.
Wakati mwingine kuchimba, hata mchanga unakupa mizizi ya mmea uliooza, na Fengxia pia ana njaa.
Lete hapa! Wang Si hakuwa na budi, akitoa ardhi kwa kikundi huku uso wake ukionyesha huzuni.
What are you cooking to eat? I just chuckled without saying a word.
That night, Jiazhen's tears kept flowing. She repeatedly instructed me, "After I die..."
Wakati huo Youqing alikuwa hayupo tena, lakini daktari mmoja alitokea na kusema bado haitoshi kuchorwa.
Usiku huo nilimchukua Youqing kwenda nyumbani, nikisimama mara kwa mara, nimechoka kumchukua.
Nilitaka kwenda kijijini kuangalia, mahali pale palipozikwa Youqing, kinywa changu kilienda kusema 'sawa' lakini miguu yangu.
Nilidhani Youqing akiwa amekufa, Jiazhen asingeweza kuishi, kwa muda mrefu alionekana kama hivyo.
Nikaenda kukaa huko kwa nusu siku, nikasahau kula, Fengxia alinikaribia na kuniita mara kadhaa.
That day, I lost many things from my past, and they never came back to life.
Kila kitu kilionekana vizuri na kila sauti ilisikika kwa furaha, Fengxia alikuwepo.
Kabla ya siku tatu kupita, Wanxi alifika. Alikuwa kichwa mweupe kweli, aliponiangalia aliinua bega lake la kushoto.
Chakula na vitu kama hivyo vilikuwa rahisi kidogo. Jiazhen aliposikia machozi yalimtoka mara moja, yeye alikuwa...
Xi alisema baba alijua. Usiku huo, Fengxia alipapasa maua yaliyotumwa na Xi.
Jia Zhen warmly inquired about everything, asking long and short questions in the village.
Fengxia haikuwa amejifunza kusuka kabla, familia yetu ilikuwa maskini, hakuna aliyewahi kuvaa nguo zilizosukwa, Fengxia aliangalia.
Kila nikifika mjini, nikiona maeneo mengi ya mapigano, ninaepuka, mjini unaendelea kupigana kila siku.
Chun alipigwa chini, mwili wake ulitupwa juu ya ile bango, mguu mmoja ulimpiga kichwani.
Wakati wa shughuli nyingi za kilimo, Fengxia alikuja kukaa siku chache, akanipika chakula na kunihudumia Jiazhen, nikaona raha.
Youxi alisema mbu wengi wanavuma, hawezi kupata faida yoyote, lakini Fengxia anaweza.
Usiku huo niliketi kwenye jiko lao mpaka alfajiri, nikiwa na sauti ya upepo nje.
Fengxia na Youqing wamekufa kabla yangu, nami nimeamua sitaendelea kuwahangaikia tena.
Pia kweli mzigo wa mizizi alipotoa kinyesi na kukojoa akalia kwa "hmm hmm" mwanzo nilidhani anacheka.
Polepole mzigo wa mizizi atang'ang'ania! Xi akatabasamu bado alikuwa mwepesi.
Kugen hakupenda machozi yao kuangukia usoni mwake, akishika mkono wangu na kunisukumiza kwa nguvu.
This is my father's. Kugen and I spent half a year together after the village implemented the household responsibility system.
Upon hearing this, Kugen giggled incessantly. He remembered this sentence completely and later, many times, he reached into the chicken coop to...
Wakati mwingine nikifikiria huzuni, wakati mwingine nikifikiria utulivu, nyumba yote niliyoifungia maziko.
Nilimvuta kurudi kijijini, wakazi wote walikuja kutazama shangwe, wakisema nimepumbazika.