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Well, let me now tell you again

nu³³ wua³³ tse⁵⁵ te³³xɚ³³ nu³³ ʑo⁵⁵.

the family in the end of the village，

tsi⁵⁵ khua⁵⁵mɚ³³pho³¹³ te³³ ɣɚ⁴² ɡɛ²¹.

a matter again.

sɿ⁵⁵dze⁴² te²¹ thɚ²¹ khuan²¹ ɛ⁵⁵.

Let you hear about it.

nɚ²¹dzɿ⁴² thɚ⁵⁵ no³³ȵi³³ to³³.

It was said that this family, who was living at the village-end, moved from HeTaoYuan.

khua⁵⁵mɚ³³pho³¹³ te³³ ɣɚ⁴² ɡɚ³³ de³¹³ tɕo⁵⁵ ɕo³³dzɿ³³mi²¹ ɡɯ⁵⁵ pan³³ ɡu⁴² lɛ²¹ lɛ⁵⁵.

Because in our village then

we⁵⁵ na³³ khua⁵⁵ xɯ²¹ ne³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

totally there then

tsɔm²¹ ɛ²¹ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

were 5 houses.

ŋo³³ ɣɚ⁴².

Thus then,

nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

They were called the village-end, village-head and the village-middle

khua⁵⁵mɚ³³pho³¹³ khua⁵⁵dɯ³³pho³¹³ khua⁵⁵tɕo³³pho³¹³.

Qiu Li and

tɕo⁵⁵ li²¹ kja⁵⁵ ʑo⁵⁵.

the Yang’s family

ʑa⁴² tɕa⁴² ɛ²¹ te²¹ ɣɚ⁴².

totally five homes.

ŋo³³ ɣɚ⁴² dzu²¹ ɛ⁵⁵.

Thus then the family of the village-end,

nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ khua⁵⁵mɚ³³pho³¹³ te³³ ɣɚ⁴² ɛ²¹.

I will tell a story

sɿ⁴²dze⁴² te²¹ thɚ⁴² khuan²¹ ɚ⁴².

Let you listen to it.

nɚ²¹dzɿ³³ thɚ⁵⁵ no³³ȵi³³ to³³.

The family of the village-end

khua⁵⁵mɚ³³pho³¹³ te³³ ɣɚ⁴².

then, had a horse-riding man.

nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵sɿ⁵⁵ mu³³dzɚ³³pho³¹³ te²¹ te⁵⁵ du⁵⁵ ku²¹ ɛ⁵⁵.

Ah, from long time before

a⁴² ne³³tho³³ a²¹ɣɯ³³nɯ³³ a²¹ɣɯ³³zɛ²¹ ɡɯ⁵⁵.

until now, of course,

te³³xɚ³³ tɕhi²¹ a³³ tan⁵⁵a⁴².

long time passed. Ah some of them, ah

i³³ mjɛ⁴² ɕi⁵⁵ phi⁴² a²¹ te²¹dze⁴² a³³ ne³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

as we known then in our village

ne³³xɚ³³ de³¹³ a⁵⁵sa⁴² na⁵⁵ khua⁵⁵ xɯ⁴² ne⁴².

there was no writing.

sɿ⁵⁵ ma²¹ dzu²¹.

Because there was no writing, so those things were completely told by oral.

sɿ⁵⁵ ma²¹ dzu²¹ a³³nu³³ te²¹dze⁴² ne³³ tɕo⁵⁵ wua⁴²tɕhɛ⁴² khui³³bɯ³³ tha⁴² ɡɯ⁵⁵ də³³.

Some stories were told then

ɡuɚ⁴² a³³ ne³³ tɕo⁵⁵ te²¹dze⁴² ne³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

told and told repeatedly then

ɡuɚ⁴² zɛ³¹³ ɡuɚ⁴² zɛ³¹³ ba⁴².

some of them were lost.

ɡuɚ⁴² tshɛ³¹³ phi⁴² a³³ ɡɚ³³ ʑa⁵⁵ tɕɛ⁴² ɛ⁵⁵.

Then for stories of the family of village-end

nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ khua⁵⁵mɚ³³pho³¹³ te³³ ɣɚ⁴² ɡɛ²¹ tɕo⁵⁵.

now were very commonly told.

te³³xɚ³³ pi²¹tɕɔ⁵⁵ khuan²¹.

Usually it was told then，the family

phin⁴²tshan⁴² ɡuɚ⁴² a³³ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

had given a birth to a horse-riding man.

mu³³dzɚ³³pho³¹³ te³³ te⁵⁵ du⁵⁵ ku²¹ ɛ³³.

The horse-riding man of the family lived in the village-end

nu³³ khua⁵⁵mɚ³³pho³¹³ te³³ ɣɚ⁴² ɡɛ²¹ mu³³dzɚ³³pho³¹³ te⁵⁵.

was very cruel

ne³³ pi²¹tɕɔ⁵⁵ tsɿ²¹tsɚ⁵⁵.

Cruel and very cruel.

tsɿ²¹ li⁵⁵ tsɿ²¹tsɚ⁵⁵ nu³³.

And you didn’t know how overbearing he was,

xa²¹mja⁴² to³³ tsɿ²¹tsɚ⁵⁵ xa²¹mja⁴² to³³ mjɛ⁵⁵tsɿ⁴² mo³³ də³³ ma²¹ tɕhɚ³¹³.

And usually when he came back from anywhere,

phin⁴²tshan⁴² i³³ xa³³na³³ la⁵⁵ ʑa³¹³ ɡɯ³³ lɛ²¹ a³³ pa³³ki⁵⁵.

At the village gate

tsa⁵⁵tsɿ⁴² lo²¹ɡo²¹mo²¹ te³³ phe²¹ a³³ də³³.

before he entered the gate,

ma²¹ ɡɯ³³ lɛ²¹ a³³se³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

the copper coins hanging on his horse,

i³³ ɛ²¹ mu³³ ne³³ dzɚ³³ ne⁵⁵ ɕɔ³³tɕhɛ⁴² mo²¹ tjɔu⁵⁵ zɛ³¹³.

and many small bells strung,

khɚ⁵⁵lɚ⁵⁵ ne³³dze⁴².

hanging on his horse,

xa²¹mja⁴² tshua⁵⁵ tjɔu⁵⁵ zɛ³¹³.

all sounds could be heard.

mi²¹ a³³ tɕa⁴² bo²¹dʑo³³ a³³.

He blew his horn.

i³³ xɔ⁵⁵ mɯ⁵⁵.

If his horn was heard, the whole family,

xɔ⁵⁵ mɯ⁵⁵ bo²¹dʑo³³ a³³ pa³³ tɕo⁵⁵ xɯ³¹³ te³³ ɣɚ⁴².

for his family was rich,

xɯ³¹³ ʑo⁵⁵ xə⁵⁵xa⁵⁵.

The whole family had to go out to meet him on the way.

nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ te²¹ ɣɚ⁴² bo⁴² du⁵⁵ ʑi²¹ a³³ ʑa³¹³ tsɿ⁵⁵ ʑi²¹ ma⁴².

If not, when he got at home

ma²¹ tsɿ⁵⁵ ʑi²¹ pa³³ tɕo⁵⁵ pa³³ ɡɯ³³ lɛ²¹ tɕo⁵⁵.

he would violently lash the whole family with his horse whip.

mu³³ ɡa⁴² ɕi⁵⁵ba⁵⁵ te³³ ba⁵⁵ xui⁵⁵ ɡa⁴² dzɚ⁴² te²¹ ɣɚ⁴² bo⁴² na³³.

So,

tɕa⁴² nu³³.

Regardless where he had gone,

pu⁵⁵ kua⁴² i³³ xa³³na³³ ʑi²¹ phi⁴².

And whenever he came back,

a³³tɕha⁵⁵ tɕha³¹³ ɡɯ³³ lɛ²¹ də³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

As long as

tsɿ⁵⁵ʑɔ⁵⁵ i³³ ɡɛ²¹.

the sound of his horn was sounded, or

xɔ⁵⁵ ne³³ ba⁵⁵ mɯ⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ bo²¹dʑo³³ la³³ xuɛ⁴²tsɛ⁴².

the sound of his bells were heard, they must go to welcome him.

mu³³ ɕa⁴²li³³ te³³dze⁴² bɯ²¹dzo³³ la³³ tɕo⁵⁵ pi²¹za⁴² za³¹³ tsɿ⁵⁵ ʑi²¹ ma⁴².

This man was high-handed in such level,

tsho²¹ te³³ ne³³ tsɿ²¹tsɚ⁵⁵ te³³ tshɛ⁴²tu⁵⁵ tɕha²¹.

Then general speaking,

nu³³ tsɔm⁴² ɡɛ²¹ tɕo⁵⁵sɿ⁵⁵.

He was buried in the family cemetery.

te³³xɚ³³ le⁴²bɯ⁴²li³³ mo²¹ xɯ⁴² tɯ³³ a³³.

Here, these two aged men were both buried in one tomb.

ta³³ tsho²¹mo³¹³ɡɚ⁴² ȵi²¹ te⁵⁵ bo⁴² te²¹ wua⁴² tɯ³³ a³³ tɕa⁴².

Only one tombstone was erected.

pe⁵⁵ te²¹ mo³³ ɣan⁵⁵.

The people who buried here

ta³³ te³³ te⁵⁵ ɛ⁴².

were his offspring.

i³³ zo³³mɯ³³nɯ³³ ŋɛ²¹ la³³.

then, one time

nu³³ te²¹ po⁴² a³³ ne⁵⁵

when he came back from the market

le⁵⁵ ʑi²¹ a³³ ɡɯ³³ lɛ²¹ a³³ ŋo²¹nɛ³³.

it was a little late,

mɯ³³ ʑo⁵⁵ djo⁵⁵u³³ tɕhi⁴².

so they went a little late to meet.

i³³dzɿ⁴² djo⁵⁵u³³ tɕhi⁴² phi⁴² a³³.

It has been darken for a long time.

ʑi⁵⁵tsi³³sɿ⁴² mɯ³³ tɕhi⁴² ɡɛ²¹ na⁵⁵bɯ²¹ phi⁴² a³³ ma³¹³ xɚ³³ ɣo³³ lu⁴² la³³.

And then he was returning,

tɕa⁴² kja⁵⁵ ɡɯ³³ lɛ²¹ a³³.

then the sounds of his horse bells,

i³³ ɕa⁴²li³³ dze⁴² bɯ²¹dʑo³³ a³³ nɛ²¹.

the sounds of his horn were all heard.

xɔ⁵⁵ mɯ⁵⁵ na³³ tɕhi²¹ ne⁵⁵ ma²¹ tsɿ⁵⁵ lɛ²¹ a⁵⁵ ne⁵⁵.

The whole family was all sleeping when he arrived.

ɡɯ³³ lɛ²¹ a³³ ne⁵⁵ sɿ⁴² te²¹ ɣɚ⁴² bo⁴² zɚ⁴² zɛ³¹³ lo³³ɡa⁴².

He slashed his whole family with his horse whip.

te²¹ ɣɚ⁴² bo⁴² i³³ ɡɯ⁵⁵ mu³³ ɡa⁴² ɕi⁵⁵ba⁵⁵ ba⁵⁵ ɡɯ⁵⁵.

And he whipped them all up so violently.

dzɚ⁴² a³³ dzɚ⁴² tu³³ lɛ²¹ a³³ ne³³ tshə⁴²tu⁵⁵ tɕha⁴².

He was such an overbearing man.

nu³³ pi⁴²tɕo⁵⁵ tsɿ²¹tsɚ⁵⁵.

Then, there was one time,

nu³³ te²¹ po⁴² a³³ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

this person by coincidence.

in³³tsho⁵⁵ʑa²¹tsha³³ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ tsho²¹ te⁵⁵ ne³³.

His fate should have been destined like this.

kɛ⁵⁵i³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ne³³na³³ də³³ mjɛ⁴² tɕo⁵⁵ ne³³na³³ də³³ tɕhi²¹.

Because at that time in our village

we⁵⁵ ne³³xɚ³³ na³³ khua⁵⁵ xɯ⁴² ne³³.

up there

ta³³ ɡa⁴²bɯ⁵⁵ nu³³

there was an temple.

vi⁵⁵xɯ²¹ ɛ²¹ ta³³.

At that time,

ne³³xɚ³³ ne³³

there were dense wild bamboos everywhere,

mo²¹ i³³tɕa⁴² te³³dze⁴² dzə⁴²tsho⁵⁵tsho⁵⁵ ʑa⁵⁵ nu³³.

from the road cross to the large rapeseeds field in the woods.

pɔ³³kua⁴² ne³³na³³ ɡɯ⁵⁵ tsha⁵⁵ ɡu⁴² ʑa³¹³ u³¹³tɕo³³ mo²¹ ɕi⁵⁵li³³ xɯ⁴² tɕhi²¹.

And then those cattle usually could not walk through.

ʑi⁵⁵pan³³ dzi⁵⁵mu⁵⁵ ne³³ɕo⁴² də³³ ɡɯ³³ lɛ²¹ fa³³ ma²¹ dzu²¹.

Thus in our village,

na³³ khua⁵⁵ xɯ⁴² ne³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

only three roads connected outside.

dʑo²¹mo²¹ tɕo⁵⁵ sə³³ ku⁴² də³³ thu³³ ɛ³³.

Up there was one of the three roads to the temple.

ɡa⁴²bɯ³³ da⁵⁵ ʑi²¹ ɡɛ²¹ vi⁵⁵xɯ²¹ ɡɛ²¹ ta³³ ɡɯ⁵⁵ da⁵⁵ ʑa³¹³ te³³ ku²¹ tɕo⁵⁵.

At up most,

o³³bi²¹bi²¹.

the road could lead to Ligangmei or Kunyang.

li⁵⁵ka⁵⁵mɚ³³ tɕhi³³dʑi³³ te³³ bi³³ te²¹ ku²¹ du⁵⁵ ʑi²¹ tɕi⁴².

also from this place

ʑo⁵⁵ ne³³na³³ ɡɯ⁵⁵

the road could lead out to the Tianba village, then,

te³³bi³³ ȵi³³dzɿ⁵⁵mi²¹ te³³bi³³ du⁵⁵ ʑi²¹ a³³ tɕa⁴².

The road leading out to the Huacun Village is exactly passing through this place.

xua²¹tsho⁴²mɚ³³ te³³bi³³ du⁵⁵ ʑi²¹ a³³ te³³ ku²¹ ɡɚ³³ de³¹³ tɕo⁵⁵ ne³³na³³ ɡɯ⁵⁵ du⁵⁵ ʑi²¹.

And the road Xiluobo was extending from the Xincun Village to the low-land.

ʑo⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵lo³³bo²¹ te³³ ku²¹ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ so⁵⁵na³³mi²¹ te³³ wua³³ xɯ⁴² tshe²¹ ʑi²¹.

Then the road Luobujiugu was connected with the market road.

ʑo⁵⁵ lo⁴²pu⁵⁵dʑo²¹ku⁴² te³³ ku²¹ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ dʑo²¹mo²¹ te³³ ku²¹ thu³³.

Thus,

nu³³.

If anyone blocked these three roads, there was no way out at all.

a⁵⁵tsɿ⁵⁵ ɡɛ²¹ tsho²¹ də³³ tɕo⁵⁵ dʑo²¹mo²¹ te³³ sə³³ ku²¹ na³³ a⁵⁵ pa³³ dɯ²¹tshe⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ te²¹ wua⁴² də³³ du⁵⁵ ʑi²¹ ma²¹ tɕi⁴².

Our village, at that time,

na³³ khua³³ khua³³ ne³³ ne³³xɚ³³ ne³³.

how concealed, we did not know.

xa²¹mja⁴² to³³ tsɚ⁵⁵ də³³ ma²¹ tɕhɚ³¹³.

And for people were few,

we⁵⁵ tsho²¹ ʑo⁵⁵ mə⁴².

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nu³³ te²¹ ɣə³³ khua⁵⁵zo³³bo⁴² fu⁵⁵ ʑo⁵⁵ fu⁵⁵ pɚ⁵⁵.

For this reason then, outsiders actually

tɕa⁵⁵ nu³³ a²¹to³³ ɡɛ²¹ tsho²¹ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ ʑi⁵⁵pan³³ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.