Yu Hua, born in 1960 in Haiyan, Zhejiang, 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.
Nilipokuwa shuleni ya zamani, mwalimu aliyekuwa amevaa kanzu aliponiagiza nisome kifungu, ndio wakati nilipokuwa...
Aliposukumwa mara mbili, akaanguka na kukaa kwenye ukuta. Nilipokuwa kijana, nilifanya kila aina ya ulevi na uasherati.
Those four dishes were all vegetables, each prepared differently by Jia Zhen, yet every bite was a delight.
Shen Xian frowned as if he had lost a great deal, his head hanging, his eyes downcast.
You want me to go back with Jia Zhen? Isn't this just to make a fool of me and provoke 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 sauti kubwa na kusema
Kufanya pesa hizi haijulikani itamaliza watu wangapi kwa uchovu, ndipo nilipogundua kwa nini baba hakupenda
Baba yangu hakuwa tena kwenye ardhi yake, miguu yake ikitetemeka alipofika kijijini.
Habari njema nyumbani kwetu. Wakati huo nilikuwa mbele ya kaburi la baba yangu, nikasikia sauti ya gongo na kuinua kichwa changu.
Baada ya Jia Zhen, mama yangu mara nyingi alikuwa akiketi pembeni akifuta machozi kwa siri, nilikusudia kutafuta maneno ya kumwambia.
Kwa mantiki, ningepaswa kukukopesha pesa, kama msemo unavyosema: "Msaada wa dharura sio wa umaskini," lakini mimi...
Nilipomwona Geni aliporudi, moyo wangu ulikunjwa na uchungu; wakati huo alikuwa akibeba mzigo mzima siku nzima.
Wakati huo nilikuwa kwa mama yangu aliyekwenda kwa haraka akiniambia hakuwa amesema neno.
Jia Zhen alikuwa mzaliwa wa mjini na alikuwa mwembamba; nilikuwa na hisia za kusikitika nikimwona akifanya kazi ngumu.
We stopped and looked back: a squad of uniformed Nationalist soldiers stood there.
Quan asked me if I heard gunshots while sleeping at night, I said I did, and he said, "Then..."
Wisps of cooking smoke rose from every household, twisting and turning in the air. That was the most...
Walioumia walikuwa kwanza vikundi, lakini muda mfupi baadaye wakawa mstari mmoja, wakilia kwa maumivu makali.
Hii ni eneo gani? Mimi na Chun tulitazama pande zote. Tuliwezaje kufika hapa?
Tuiachie. Niliiacha ile iliyokuwa imening'inia, na pia tukiacha sisi wenyewe.
Nilikwenda wakati wa msimu wa pukutiko, nikirudi wakati wa msimu wa kiangazi, nimejaa matope nikiwa njiani kwenda nyumbani.
Hata hivyo, bado anakataa kukiri, na kuwatisha wale wakulima. Kuna wale wasiomkubali, basi huyo huanza kuchukua hatua.
Yule ng'ombe ameshakwisha toka nje, anachokoa nyasi kando ya bwawa, amesimama.
Mtu aliyetumwa kutafuta habari kijijini alirudi na kusema kuwa Fengxia amepata kidogo, ikiwa tutapunguza nusu ya umri.
Youqing was frightened and shrank back. Seeing me lower my head and resume eating, he then left.
I called Jia Zhen like this, she got down from the bed and ran out without wearing shoes.
The work had already exhausted Jia Zhen to the point she could barely speak; Youqing had to let his mother rest.
Naweza kuja kuwakumbatia kila siku? Wakati ukumbi wa kijiji unafunguliwa na chakula kinapokaribishwa.
Kikosi kiliambatana naye na kufika kwanza nyumbani kwangu. Nilisimama mbele na kupiga mlango kwa nguvu.
If we can't eat enough to get fat, then let's just cook it in the pot. Youqing, this...
Wang Xi said they wouldn't slaughter me, they've eaten it all.
I heard Jia Zhen softly answering by the pond. I ran over and saw Jia Zhen sitting on the ground.
I was completely in the dark, like a monk who can't make head or tail of things, not knowing what merit I had earned until they came closer.
After that, Jia Zhen also died, though she ached for the four parts that were lost, still thinking of them.
Baada ya kusikia, nilifikiria kidogo na nikagundua kwamba ilikuwa kweli kupita kiasi, bila kusema juu ya uso uliopotea.
Watoto wote walikimbia, nikaweka mzigo wangu tupu pembeni mwa barabara ili kuona kama Youqing alikuwepo.
Watu wa Kijiji cha Fangba walisema, mradi yeye asife kwa njaa, wote wataishi.
Knowing this, I led the ox, turned a corner, and headed towards the city's shop as before.
Sometimes, after digging all day, we only unearthed a rotten vine. Fengxia was also starving.
Lete hapa! Wang Si hakuwa na budi, akitoa ardhi kwa kikundi huku uso wake ukionyesha huzuni.
Nini unakipika? Niliendelea kucheka bila kusema chochote.
Usiku huo, machozi ya Jiazhen yalitiririka bila kusimama, alinielekeza tena na tena: "Nikifa..."
Wakati huo Youqing alikuwa hayupo tena, lakini daktari mmoja alitokea na kusema bado haitoshi kuchujwa.
Usiku huo nilikuwa nimebeba Youqing kwenda nyumbani, nikisimama, kusimama, kusimama... nilichoka kubeba.
Nilitaka kwenda kijijini kuangalia, mahali pale palimozikwa Youqing, kinywa changu kilienda kusema 'sawa' lakini miguu yangu...
Nilidhani kwanza kwamba kifo cha Youqing kingeweza kumwua pia Jiazhen, kwa muda mrefu alionekana kweli kuwa...
Kukaa huko kwa nusu siku, nikasahau hata kula, Fengxia alinikuja kuita, alipokuja mara...
Siku hiyo, niliwaona wengi ambao hawakurudi tena kuishi.
Wakati huo kila kitu kilionekana kizuri na kila sauti ilifurahisha, Fenghsia alikuwa.
Kabla ya siku tatu kupita, Wanxi alifika. Alikuwa kichwa cha upande kweli, aliponiangalia aliinua bega lake la kushoto.
Gharama ya chakula na vitu vingine ilikuwa nafuu kidogo, Jia Zhen alipokuwa machozi yamejaa machoni mwake, yeye alikuwa
Xi alisema baba amejua. Usiku huo, Fengxia alipapasa maua yaliyotolewa na Xi
Kijijini kila mtu alimkaribisha Jia Zhen kwa upendo na kumuuliza maswali.
Fengxia hajawahi kujifunza kusuka, tulikuwa maskini na hakuna aliyewahi kuvaa nguo zilizosukwa, Fengxia aliangalia.
Kila nikikwenda mjini, nikiona maeneo mengi ya mapigano, ninaepuka. Mji huo kila siku una mapigano.
Chun was knocked to the ground, his body lying on that plaque, and a foot kicked his head.
During the busy farming season, Fengxia came and stayed for a few days, cooking and serving for Jia Zhen, which made things easier for me.
Xi alisema sisi ni mbu wengi, hawawezi kupata faida yoyote, lakini Fengxia anaweza.
Usiku huo nimekaa kwenye jiko la Xi hadi alfajiri, upepo ulikuwa ukipiga kelele nje.
Fengxia na Youqing wamekufa kabla yangu, nami nimeamua sitaendelea kuwahangaikia tena.
Kwa kweli, Kugen alipokuwa anatoa choo na kukojoa, alilia kwa sauti ya "hmm hmm", mwanzoni nilidhani alikuwa anacheka.
Polepole, Kugen atapotea usawa! Alicheka kwa "hmm" lakini bado alikuwa mwepesi.
Kugen hakupenda machozi yao kuangukia usoni mwake, alinikokota na kunisukumiza.
Hii ni ya baba yangu. Kugen na mimi tuliishi pamoja kwa nusu mwaka, kijiji kiligawa mashamba kwa watu binafsi.
Kugen alisikia na kacheka kwa mshangao, alikumbuka sentensi hii kabisa. Mara nyingi alikuwa akichota.
Wakati mwingine nikifikiria hiyo majeraha, nafikiri ni kitu cha kufurahisha, nyumba yote nilipeleka mazishi yote.
Nilimvuta kurudi kijijini, wakazi wote walikuja kuangalia fujo, wote walisema mimi ni mpumbavu.