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My name is Li Fenqin.

ŋo²¹ mɛ³¹³ nu³³ li⁵⁵ fɛn³³tshi⁴² ɯ³³ ɛ⁵⁵.

I am Jiaoyuan villager.

ŋo²¹ nu³³ li³³lɛ⁵⁵mo²¹ ŋɛ²¹ ɛ⁵⁵.

I’m thirty-four.

ŋo²¹ tɕhi⁵⁵ khu⁴² nu³³ sə³³ tɕhi³³ li³³ khu⁴² lu⁴² ɛ⁵⁵.

I am Jiaoyuan villager.

ŋo²¹ ne⁵⁵ ɛ²¹ li³³lɛ⁵⁵pho³¹³ ɛ²¹ tɕo⁵⁵.

I grow up here.

pɛn²¹sɛn³³ tɕo⁵⁵ te³³na³³ ɡɯ⁵⁵ ɣɚ²¹ ɛ⁵⁵ ɕi³³ ɡɛ²¹.

I’m a farmer. My family is living for planting crops in the field.

m̩²¹ mjo³¹³ mɯ²¹ pho³¹³ te⁵⁵ ŋɛ²¹ ɛ³³ te²¹ɣɚ⁴²bo⁴² də³³. mjo³¹³ mɯ²¹ a³³ mi²¹ ɡu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ȵi²¹xa⁴² ku⁴² ɛ⁵⁵.

Now, I will tell you how I spend a day.

nu³³ ŋo²¹ ɡɯ⁵⁵ te³³xɚ³³ nu³³ ŋo²¹ ɛ²¹ te²¹ ȵi⁴² ne⁵⁵. xa³¹³ ku⁴² a³³ na³³ nɚ²¹dzɿ³³ tɕa⁴² thɚ⁵⁵ de³¹³.

In the morning.

na³³ta⁴² nu³³ tsha³³pu⁵⁵to⁴².

I get up around seven o’clock.

m̩²¹ tɕhi⁴² tjɛn³³ to²¹ ɣo⁵⁵ tu³³.

The first thing I want to do when I get up.

nu³³ tu³³ lɛ²¹ na³³ pa³³ tɕhi³¹³ nu³³ ɣə³³dzə²¹dzə²¹ a³³ nu³³.

There are some chicken in my family.

ŋo²¹ ɡɛ²¹ ɣa⁵⁵ te²¹ɣɚ⁴² dzu²¹ ɛ⁵⁵.

I set the chickens free and feed them.

ŋo²¹ ɡɛ²¹ ɣa⁵⁵ ne³³ɣɚ⁴² na³³ fan⁵⁵ du⁵⁵ lɛ²¹ na³³ kja⁵⁵ ɣa⁵⁵ tshə²¹ thɚ⁵⁵ pi³¹³ tso³³.

Then I come back home.

ɣa⁵⁵ tshə²¹ thɚ⁵⁵ pi³¹³ tso³³ na³³ pa³³ tɕhi²¹ nu³³ ʑo⁵⁵ ŋo²¹ ɡɯ³³ lɛ²¹ na³³ kja⁵⁵.

I wash my face, brush my teeth and comb my hair.

m̩²¹ khu²¹mja⁵⁵ thɚ⁵⁵ tshɿ²¹, dzɚ²¹ thɚ⁵⁵ tshɿ²¹, i³³tshə³³ thɚ⁵⁵ khɚ⁵⁵.

After that.

te³³dze⁴² ɡu²¹ kua³³ na³³ pa³³ tɕhi³¹³ ne³³ ʑo⁵⁵ ŋo²¹ ɛ²¹ te³³ ɕa³³.

On the floor.

dʑo³³dʑo³³phɛ³¹³ te³³ ɕa³³.

Then, I sweep the floor.

m̩²¹ ʑo⁵⁵ me³¹³sɿ⁵⁵ ve²¹ zɛ³¹³ na³³ kja⁵⁵ thɚ⁵⁵ sɿ⁵⁵.

Then.

thɚ⁵⁵ sɿ⁵⁵ na³³ pa³³ tɕhi³¹³ nu³³.

It is time for making tobacco.

te³³ kɚ⁴² a⁵⁵sa³³ ne⁵⁵ zi³³ ɡu²¹ tsɿ⁴² ŋɛ²¹ ɛ⁵⁵ ȵa⁴² tshɛ³³sɿ⁵⁵ ne⁵⁵.

If it is the time to collect tobacco then I collect them.

zi³³ pa³³ tshɚ⁵⁵ dzu³¹³ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ zi³³ tshɚ⁵⁵.

If it isn’t the time to collect the tobacco, then.

zi³³ ma²¹ tshɚ⁵⁵ dzu³¹³ a³³ ne³³ thɚ²¹ ȵi⁴² tɕo⁵⁵ ŋo²¹ tɕo⁵⁵.

I will select tobacco.

khɛ³³sɿ⁴² tɕo⁵⁵ zi³³ ɕi³³ a³³ɡa⁵⁵.

If I select the tobacco, first.

zi³³ pa³³ ɕi³³ nu³³ ɣə³³dzə²¹dzə²¹ a³³ nu³³.

Bring some tobacco here.

zi³³ dze⁴² ve²¹ ki⁵⁵ lɛ²¹ nu³³.

I put them in order one by one.

te²¹ ka³³ te²¹ ka³³ na³³ kja⁵⁵ thɚ⁵⁵ ɣo³³ ɡu²¹ tɕhi⁴² na³³ kja⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

Then I separate them into categories.

phi²¹ tshe²¹ lɛ²¹ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ a³³ ɕo⁴² a³³ ɕo⁴² na³³ fi³³ du⁵⁵ lɛ²¹.

When I divide them into categories, I tie them.

ȵa⁵⁵ pa³³ fi³³ du⁵⁵ lɛ²¹ tɕo⁵⁵ ne⁴² tu³³ lɛ²¹ nu³³ ʑo³³ ȵa⁵⁵ȵa⁴². te²¹ wa⁴² to³³ zɛ³¹³ na³³ ȵa⁴² ki⁵⁵ ɛ⁵⁵.

When it is ten and a half.

nu³³ ʑo⁵⁵ m̩²¹ tsha³³pu⁵⁵to³³ tɕhi²¹ mja⁵⁵ pha⁵⁵ to⁴² pa³³ lu⁴² nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

I cook the meal.

ʑo⁵⁵ ma³³ma³³ dɯ⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ɡa⁵⁵ ma³³ma³³ thɚ⁵⁵ dɯ⁵⁵ ŋɚ⁴² nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

Then I have the meal.

ma³³ma³³ thɚ⁵⁵ dɯ⁵⁵ ŋɚ⁴² nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ma³³ma³³ thɚ⁵⁵ dzo³³.

After that I wash the bowls.

dzo³³ ɕa³³ na³³ pa³³ tɕhi²¹ nu³³ ʑo⁵⁵ khɛ³³sɿ⁴² pa⁵⁵ɕi³³ sə³³.

I feed the dog.

ŋo²¹ ɡɛ²¹ khui³³ tshə²¹ tso³³.

Then I feed the pigs.

ʑo⁵⁵ ŋo²¹ ɡɛ²¹ va⁴² tshə²¹ ɣɚ⁵⁵.

After that.

ȵa⁵⁵ pa³³ ɡe³¹³ nu³³ ʑo⁵⁵.

All the dirty clothes.

m̩²¹ phjo²¹ lo³¹³ tsan³³ a³³ ne³³dze⁴² bo⁴² də³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

Are collected and washed.

thɚ⁵⁵ sə³³ tshɿ³³.

After that.

thɚ⁵⁵ sə³³ tshɿ³³ na³³ pa³³ tɕhi²¹ ʑo⁵⁵.

I sit a while outside.

m̩²¹ ʑo⁵⁵ ne³³ɕa³³ ȵa⁵⁵ zɛ³³.

I go out into orchard.

m̩²¹ na⁵⁵bə⁵⁵ le⁵⁵dze³³ ne³³ mi²¹ bɛ³³ xɯ⁴² ʑi²¹ na³³ kja⁵⁵.

I pick up and eat fruits if I like to.

le⁵⁵dze³³ pa³³ mo³³ te²¹ mo³³ kha⁴² ŋɚ⁴².

Then it is time to work at noon.

ȵa⁵⁵ pa³³ ki⁵⁵ ʑo⁵⁵ mɯ³³ȵi⁴² ɡɛ²¹ mjo³¹³ mɯ²¹ a⁵⁵ɡa⁵⁵.

I do the similar work in the afternoon.

mɯ³³ȵi⁴² ɡɚ³³ mjo³¹³ xɚ⁴² pu²¹ sɿ⁵⁵ de³¹³ tɕo⁵⁵.

I do what I did as usual.

phe⁴²sɿ⁴² tho⁴² a⁵⁵sa³³ a⁵⁵tsɿ⁵⁵ ki⁵⁵ dzu³³le²¹ nu³³ a⁵⁵tsɿ⁵⁵ ki⁵⁵.

If I select the tobacco.

tɕo⁵⁵ zi³³ pa³³ ɕi³³ tɕo⁵⁵ de³¹³.

I repeat what I did in the morning.

tshɔn³³fu⁴² a³³ tɕo⁵⁵ na³³ta⁴² a⁵⁵sa³³ te³¹³ ne³³dze⁴² ɕi³³ ne³³dze⁴². ɡu⁴² na³³ ȵa⁵⁵ ki⁵⁵ ɛ⁵⁵.

It is time to.

ʑo⁵⁵ ɡu²¹ a³³ de³¹³ m̩²¹.

It is almost at six and a half. It is time to cook again.

tshu⁴² mja⁵⁵ pha⁵⁵ to⁴² ȵa⁴² pa³³ lu⁴² ʑo⁵⁵ de³¹³ ma³³ma³³ dɯ⁵⁵.

Then I wash the bowls.

ma³³ma³³ dɯ⁵⁵ me⁴² na³³ pa³³ tɕhi²¹ ʑo⁵⁵ de³¹³ ʑo⁵⁵ pa⁵⁵ɕi³³ tshɿ³³.

Sweep the floor.

ʑo⁵⁵ dʑo³³dʑo³³ sɿ⁵⁵.

If the floor is dirty I will clean it again.

ti²¹pa²¹ pa³³ tsan³³ nu³³ ti²¹pa²¹ thɚ⁵⁵ tho³³.

Then stir the pig's food.

ȵa⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ m̩²¹ tɕo⁵⁵ de³¹³ va⁴² tshə²¹ ɣɚ⁵⁵.

This is my simple day.

tɕo⁵⁵ ŋo²¹ ɡɛ²¹ tɕɛ²¹ta³³ ɡɛ²¹ te²¹ ȵi⁴² tɕo⁵⁵ ȵa⁵⁵ ku⁴² a⁵⁵ɡa⁵⁵.