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This time let me tell our hamlet story again.

te³³ po²¹ nu³³ ʑo⁵⁵ nɛ⁴² khua⁵⁵ xɯ⁴².

Tell a story of a horse-riding woman living in the hamlet head

khua⁵⁵dɯ³³mo²¹ mu³³dzɚ³³mo²¹ te³³ te⁵⁵ ɛ²¹ ku²¹tsi³³ phɚ⁴² khuan²¹ a⁵⁵.

to you to listen about

thɚ⁵⁵ no³³ȵi³³ to³³ ɛ⁵⁵.

the hamlet-head woman, namely, the horse-ride-woman.

khua⁵⁵dɯ³³mo²¹ mu³³dzɚ³³mo²¹ ne³³ te⁵⁵.

At that time, our hamlet was not located at the current location here, but located at

ɡɛ²¹ tan⁵⁵sɿ⁴² ne³³xɚ³³ ne³³ na⁵⁵ khua⁵⁵ khua⁵⁵ ne³³ te³³xɚ³³ ɡɛ²¹ ta³³ ma²¹ tshɿ⁵⁵ lo²¹.

up Dawan Gen,

ɡa⁴²bɯ⁴² dʑo²¹li⁵⁵khɚ⁵⁵.

where Li Shifa’s private owned land is tilled now.

li⁵⁵ sɿ⁴²fa⁴² ɡɛ²¹ mi²¹ bɚ³³ tsɿ⁵⁵ljo²¹ti⁵⁵ ne³³ thɚ³³ ɡɯ³³ lɛ²¹ a³³ ne³³na³³.

There used to build a small wooden bridge.

nu³³ ɕi⁵⁵dzɯ⁴² zo³³ te²¹ tsu³³ dzu²¹.

The so called wooden bridge actually was built with a single small log.

ɕi⁵⁵dzɯ⁴² na³³ de³¹³ a⁵⁵nu³³ sɿ⁴²tɕi⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ba⁵⁵ a²¹ ba⁵⁵ ɣo³³ tan⁵⁵ zɛ³¹³ na³³ nu³³.

The people could cross through it,

tsho²¹ nu³³ ɡu³³ ʑi²¹ tɕi⁴².

would go out to the Daimili Mountain there.

tɛ⁵⁵mi³³li³³-bɯ²¹ tha⁴² ne³³bi³³ du⁵⁵ ʑi²¹ tɕi⁴².

But livestock were not able to get though the bridge.

ȵi³³dze⁵⁵mu³³ nu³³ i³³ ɛ²¹ na³³ ɡɯ⁵⁵ ɡɯ³³ lɛ²¹ ma²¹ tɕi⁴².

There used to put up such kind of bridge.

tɕa⁴² kja⁵⁵ dzɯ⁴² tɕa⁴² tsu³³ ɡu²¹ lɛ⁵⁵.

There was a giant chick-fruit tree here,

te³³ bi⁵⁵bi³³ nu³³ sɿ⁵⁵dze²¹ ɡɯ³³ mo²¹ ɡɛ²¹ te³³na³³.

which was in the middle of the place. At that time the population of our hamlet was little.

tɕo⁵⁵sɿ⁵⁵ i³³tɕo⁵⁵ ne³³ thɯ²¹ xɯ⁴² tshɿ⁵⁵ lo³³ɡa⁵⁵ na³³ khua³³ khua³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ne³³xɚ³³ne⁵⁵ tsho²¹ ɡɚ³³ mɚ⁴².

The families were probably

tsho²¹ kho³³nɛn⁴² a⁵⁵ba⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

even less than ten households.

tɕhi²¹ ɣɚ⁴² də³³ ma²¹ tɕhi²¹ ɕan⁵⁵.

There were only several households.

tɕo⁵⁵ tɕa⁴² ȵi²¹ sə³³ ɣɚ⁴² zo³³ dzu²¹ ɛ⁵⁵.

There was a horse-ride-woman.

i³³ ɛ²¹ mu³³dzɚ³³mo²¹ ne³³ te⁵⁵.

Well, how had it raised such a horse-riding woman?

ne³³ xa³¹³ʑa³³ɡɯ⁵⁵ mu³³dzɚ³³mo²¹ tɕa⁴² də³³ te²¹ te⁵⁵ du⁵⁵ a⁵⁵.

For the family who lived in the hamlet head had a horse-riding woman,

ʑin³³we⁵⁵ khua⁵⁵dɯ³³pho³¹³ te³³ ɣɚ⁴² ɛ²¹ mu³³dzɚ³³mo²¹ te³³ te⁵⁵ ne³³.

at that time among the women she

tan⁵⁵sɿ⁴² ɡɯ⁵⁵ ɡuɚ⁴² ki⁵⁵ lɛ²¹ a³³ne⁵⁵ za²¹me²¹zo³³ tan⁵⁵tson⁵⁵ tsha⁵⁵.

used her brain well.

ȵi⁵⁵phɯ³³mo³³ ʑo⁵⁵ zɯ³³ no³³.

She was so clever and intelligent

ʑo⁵⁵ li³³pa³³ ʑo⁵⁵ la⁴²tshɔ⁵⁵.

that the modern aged depicted her as a bareheaded spirit.

te³³xɚ³³ ɛ²¹ tsho²¹mo³¹³ɡɚ²¹ ne³³ɣɚ⁴² de³¹³ a⁵⁵ khua⁵⁵kui⁵⁵thɚ⁴².

What kind of bareheaded spirit? Smart as she meant bareheaded spirit.

a³³ɕo⁴² a³³ ɯ³³ a⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ te³³ɕo⁴² na³³ ɯ³³ a⁵⁵ la⁴².

Hence our hamlet turned out a horse-riding woman.

tɕa⁴² mu³³dzɚ³³mo²¹ tɕa⁴² te³³ te⁵⁵ du⁵⁵ lɛ³¹³.

Such a woman，

ne⁵⁵ te³³ te⁵⁵ ne⁵⁵.

extremely clever and bright brain.

la³¹³tshɔ⁴² ȵi⁵⁵phɯ³³mo³³ zɯ³³ no³³ zɛ³¹³.

Then in our hamlet

na⁵⁵ khua⁵⁵ khua⁵⁵ xɯ⁴² tsha⁵⁵.

at that time thieves

dzɚ⁵⁵ ne³³ɕi³³ ne³³xuɚ³³ ne⁵⁵.

for then well

we⁵⁵ ne³³tho³³ ne⁵⁵.

there were lots of thieves.

dzɚ⁵⁵ te³³ɕo²¹ a³³ pi²¹tɕɔ⁵⁵ mjo⁵⁵ ɛ⁵⁵.

if the thieves came to rob she rode her horse,

dzɚ⁵⁵ ne³³ɕi³³ tɕa⁴² bjo³¹³ lɛ²¹ pa³³ ki³³ i³³ mu³³ dzɚ³³ dzɚ³³ zɛ³¹³ nu³³.

and chased the thieves from here to there, and then from there to here.

te³³bi³³ ɡɯ⁵⁵ tsui⁵⁵ a³³ ne³³bi³³ tɕhi²¹ ne³³bi³³ i³³ te³³bi³³ tsui⁵⁵ tɕhi²¹ a³³nu³³.

And her horse was competent.

mu³³ dzɚ³³ ʑo⁵⁵ tə³³li³³.

and herself was skilled.

nu³³ ʑa³¹³ ʑo⁵⁵ tshə⁵⁵sə⁴².

Those old folks told this story once they made their trip to other hamlets.

te²¹ po²¹ a³³ne³³ tsho²¹mo³¹³ɡɚ⁴² ne³³ɣɚ⁴² khuan²¹ a³³ de³¹³ a³³ ne³³.

Some Kunyang people,

tɕhi³³dʑi³³pho³¹³ te³³bi³³ ɛ²¹.

namely, some thieves came into our hamlet to rob.

dzɚ⁵⁵ te²¹ɣɚ⁴² lɛ²¹ a³³ na⁵⁵ khua⁵⁵ xɯ⁴² lɛ²¹ a⁵⁵ bjo³¹³ lɛ²¹ ne⁵⁵.

She took her horse,

i³³ i⁵⁵ mu³³ dzɚ³³ tsi⁵⁵.

rode it and held her long horse sword.As a woman she was admired to hold a long horse sword,

dzɚ³³ zɛ³¹³ te³³xɚ³³ ɛ²¹ sa⁵⁵ma²¹tan³³mo²¹ za²¹me²¹zo³³ kja⁵⁵ də³³ mɚ⁵⁵ sa⁵⁵ma²¹tan³³mo²¹ te³³ɕo²¹.

to run closely and surrounded the thieves.

thi⁴² zɛ³¹³ tsui⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ we²¹we²¹ a³³ ŋɛ²¹ nɛ⁴².

Ran after the thieves two circles.

ȵi²¹ thɚ⁵⁵ tsui⁵⁵ a⁵⁵.

At that time there were big gongs.

ne³³xɚ³³ kɚ³³lo³³-mo²¹ ne³³dze⁴².

A big gong was carried,

te²¹ tho⁴² thi⁴² zɛ³¹³.

was beaten and chased. The whole hamlet at that time

khau⁵⁵ tsui⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ ŋo²¹nɛ²¹ te²¹ khua⁵⁵ bo⁴² ne³³xɚ³³ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

didn’t possess the loudspeaker as we do now.

te³³xɚ³³ ɚ⁵⁵sa³³ la⁵⁵pa³³ tɕa⁴² te³³ɕo³³ ɣo⁴² ma²¹ tɕi⁴².

once something happened,

a⁵⁵tsɿ⁵⁵ ɛ²¹ sɿ⁵⁵tshin⁴² dzu²¹ a³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

Gongs were beaten, or

kɚ³³lo³³ khau⁵⁵ xuɛ⁴²tsə³³sɿ⁵⁵.

anything else，

a²¹to³³ a⁵⁵tsɿ⁵⁵ ɛ²¹.

which could produce sounds,

i³³ze³³ tsha⁴² du⁵⁵ le²¹ tɕa⁴² te³³dze⁴².

were taken over and beaten.

ve²¹ ki⁵⁵ lɛ²¹ a³³ khau⁵⁵.

convened all folks in the hamlet in this way.

te²¹ khua⁵⁵ bo⁴² ɯ³³lo⁴² a³³ tɕa⁴².

If it was told to meet at that time,

ne³³xɚ³³ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ ɣɯ³³də³³ lɛ²¹ na³³ pa³³ de³¹³ tɕo⁵⁵.

it meant something had happened. It was the same as to meet nowadays.

tɛ³³ʑi⁴² sɿ⁵⁵tshin⁴² dzu²¹ a³³ te³³xɚ³³ ɡɛ²¹ a⁵⁵sa³³ xui⁵⁵ khɛ³¹³ lɛ²¹ na³³ de³¹³ a³³ɡa⁵⁵.

By doing so, gathering all people in the hamlet.

tɕa⁴² nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ te²¹ khua⁵⁵ bo⁴² tɕa⁴² ɯ³³lo⁴² a³³.

So she beat that big Mang，

ne⁵⁵ i³³ ɡɯ⁵⁵ kɚ³³lo³³mo²¹ də²¹ khau⁵⁵ zɛ³¹³.

chasing tirelessly.

tsui⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ ŋo²¹nɛ²¹.

It obviously sounded at the venue Dawangen in the hamlet.

mi²¹mi²¹ a³³ khua⁵⁵ khua⁵⁵ ne⁵⁵ dʑo²¹li⁵⁵khɚ⁵⁵ te³³bi³³ tɕa⁴² tshɿ⁵⁵ lɛ³¹³.

Within minuts,

ȵi²¹ thɚ⁵⁵ kja⁵⁵ ne⁵⁵.

she rode her horse rushing upwards Yeboboruo, which sounded she was at the Killing-thief Basin on the Shuijing Hill top.

mu³³ dzɚ³³ dzɚ³³ zɛ³¹³ i³³ ʑi²¹po⁵⁵po⁵⁵zo³³ tha⁴² ta³³ ɡɯ⁵⁵ ku⁴² lɛ²¹ a³³ ʑi²¹du⁵⁵-bɯ²¹ i³³dɯ³³ dzɚ⁵⁵ se⁴² bɯ²¹ɡə⁴² te³³bi³³ tɕa⁴².

Over there beating it twice,

tshɿ⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ ȵi²¹ thɚ⁵⁵ khau³³ ne⁵⁵.

Running after several circles,

ȵi²¹ thɚ⁵⁵ tsui³³ a³³ ki⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ne⁵⁵.

Running up from the Shuijing Hill,

ʑi²¹du⁵⁵-bɯ²¹ tha⁴² ta³³ ɡɯ⁵⁵.

she chased down. Shit, what was going on? It sounded

tsui⁵⁵ tshe²¹ ʑi²¹ ne⁵⁵ ŋo²¹nɛ²¹ xa⁵⁵ŋɚ⁴² ɡɯ⁵⁵ no³³ȵi³³ zɛ³¹³ nu⁵⁵.

gongs on the Daimili Mountain top.

tɛ⁵⁵mi³³li³³ bɯ²¹ i³³dɯ³³ bi³³ tsha⁵⁵.

But it seemed people talking, shit, on the top of Laodongshan Mountain,

wua⁵⁵ka⁴² sa³³ ʑa⁵⁵ no³³ȵi³³ zɛ³¹³ nu³³ ŋo²¹nɛ⁴² li²¹sɿ⁵⁵də²¹bɯ²¹ i³³dɯ³³ bi³³.

sounds were heard, shit,

tsha⁵⁵ wua⁵⁵ka⁴² sa³³ʑa⁵⁵ ŋo²¹nɛ²¹.

vigorously pursuing.

tsui⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ ŋɛ²¹.

Because of the strong wind, those voices were spread from diverted direction.

we⁵⁵ mɯ³³li⁵⁵ ɣɚ³³ zɛ³¹³ nu³³ i³³zin³³ dze⁴² no³³ȵi³³ zɛ³¹³ no³³ȵi³³ fan⁴² phi⁴² a³³.

The noise sounded this direction.

phi⁴²tɕhi⁴²phan⁴²tsha⁴² te³³bi³³ ɡɯ⁵⁵.

But she ran up out to the Shuijing Mountain. At that time

ʑi²¹du⁵⁵-bɯ²¹ mo³³ tha⁴² tɕa⁴² tshe⁵⁵ du⁵⁵ ʑi²¹ ne⁵⁵ ne³³xɚ³³ ne⁵⁵.

the road then was

ne³³tho³³ ɛ²¹ dʑo²¹mo²¹ ne⁵⁵.

extending towards Ligangmei.

li⁵⁵ka⁵⁵mɚ³³ du⁵⁵ ʑi²¹ a³³ te³³ ku²¹ ne⁵⁵.

Now the road does not pass through Ligangmei corrie already,

te³³xɚ³³ ɡɛ²¹ li⁵⁵ka⁵⁵mɚ³³ ɣua³³ xɯ⁴² ɡɯ⁵⁵ ma²¹ sɯ³³ ʑa⁵⁵.

but from the direction of Laodongshan Mountain

li²¹sɿ⁵⁵də²¹bɯ²¹ tha⁴² ɡɯ⁵⁵ sɯ³³ ɛ²¹.

for the road in the Ligangmei corrie

we⁵⁵ li⁵⁵ka⁵⁵mɚ³³ ɣua³³ xɯ⁴² te³³ tɕi³³ ne⁵⁵.

this road was built by the Yang’s family.

ʑan⁴² tɕa⁵⁵ ɛ²¹ te³³ ɣɚ³³ ɡɯ⁵⁵ kɚ⁴² thu³³ ɕi³³ dʑo²¹mo²¹ te²¹ tɕi³³ ŋɛ²¹ ɛ⁵⁵.

It the beginning the road passing by the direction of Shuijing Mountian.

tɕhi⁴²tshu³³ ne³³xɚ³³ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ i³³ ʑi²¹du⁵⁵-bɯ²¹ tha⁴² ɡɯ⁵⁵.

oh, it led the direction towards Laodongshan Mountain

a⁴² li²¹sɿ⁵⁵də²¹bɯ²¹ tha⁴² ɡɯ⁵⁵.

passing through the tomb of Liming’s mother now.

sɯ³³ a⁵⁵ te³³xɚ³³ li³³min⁴² ʑa³³ mo²¹ dze⁴² ɛ²¹ le⁴²bɯ²¹.

The road went down here

ta³³ a⁵⁵ tshe²¹ ʑa³¹³ te³³ ku²¹ na³³ sɯ³³ ɛ⁵⁵.

It went on,

sɯ³³ a⁵⁵ i³³dzɿ³³.

arrived the triangular land, which was the lateritic land.

sə³³ko³¹³lɯ⁵⁵ xɯ⁴² mi²¹ȵi²¹mo²¹ te³³dze⁴² xɯ⁴² tɕhi²¹ ne⁵⁵ ŋo²¹nɛ⁴².

Why it sounded the voice of beating gong here, shit,

xa³³ ŋɛ²¹ ɡɯ⁵⁵ no³³ȵi³³ zɛ³¹³ ŋo²¹nɛ⁴² ʑo⁵⁵.

while it seemed it sounded on the Laodongshan Hilltop.

li²¹sɿ⁵⁵də²¹bɯ²¹ i³³dɯ³³.

Approaching to the Laodongshan hilltop, the sounds seemed from the Back Hilltop afar,

tsui⁵⁵ tɕhi²¹ a⁵⁵sa³³ ʑa⁵⁵ no³³ȵi³³ zɛ³¹³ nu³³ ʑo⁵⁵ tɚ⁵⁵mi³³li³³bɯ²¹ i³³dɯ³³ bi³³ tɕa⁴² ɡɯ⁵⁵.

which seemed the sounds went out from the Remoubenle.

zɛ⁴²mɯ⁴²bə³³lə³³ xɯ⁴² te³³ bi³³ du⁴² phi⁴² a⁵⁵sa³³ ʑa⁵⁵.

shit, the thieves were totally scared,

tsu⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ ŋo²¹nɛ⁴² kɚ³³lo³³ də³³ te²¹ mo³³.

they were so scared that one of the small gongs was fallen down.

tsu⁵⁵ ka⁴² tshe²¹ ʑa³¹³ tɕo⁵⁵ so³¹³lɛ⁵⁵ tsha⁵⁵zo³³ te²¹ mo³³ tsu⁵⁵ ka⁴² tshe²¹ ʑa³¹³.

the small gong remains, and when our hamlet folks dance with waist drums,

so³¹³lɛ⁵⁵ tsho⁵⁵zo³³ mo³³ də³³ xɚ³³ na⁵⁵ khua⁵⁵ pho³¹³ ku⁴² tshi⁵⁵ də³³ xɚ⁵⁵.

we have used for many years and many times.

xa²¹mja⁴² to⁴² zɯ³³ phi⁴² ku⁴² a³¹³se³³.

the riding horse woman is，to say in modern expression, smart and cunning.

ne⁵⁵ mu³³dzɚ³³mo²¹ te³³ te⁵⁵ ne⁵⁵ te³³xɚ³³ de³¹³ a⁵⁵sa³³ la⁴² ʑo⁵⁵ la⁴²tshɔ⁵⁵.

When she whispered something,

ba⁵⁵dʑi³³ ɡui³³ zo³³ ɡuɚ⁴² a³³ pa³³ ki⁵⁵.

she might say some ironic to you.

i³³ na³¹³ te²¹ ɡui³³ zo³³ wua⁵⁵khu⁵⁵ ɡɚ³³ do²¹.

or she would also flatter you sometimes.

na³¹³ te²¹ ɡui³³ zo³³ pɯ³³ ɡɚ³³ do²¹.

What a glib talker she was, you don’t know!

a²¹mja⁴² to³³ ɡuɚ⁴² phja⁴² lɛ²¹ tɕi⁴² də³³ ma²¹ tɕhə˞³¹³.

Well, what a smart extent she was?

nu³³ tsho²¹ te³³ ne⁵⁵ la⁴²tshɔ⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ tshen⁴²tu⁵⁵ tɕhi²¹.

One day, shit,

te²¹ ȵi⁴² a³³ne⁵⁵ nɛ⁴².