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I will talk about the types of Chinese prickly ash in our village.

ŋo²¹ ɡɯ⁵⁵ ŋo²¹dze⁴² ne³³ɕa³³ dzu²¹ ɕi³³ ɡɛ²¹ dzə⁴² ne³³ ɕo²¹ thɚ⁵⁵ ɡuɚ⁴² ɛ³³.

There are four breeds of Chinese_pepper in our place.

ŋo²¹dze⁴² ne³³ɕa³³ dzu²¹ ɕi³³ ɡɛ²¹ dzə⁴² ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ li³³ ɕo²¹ dzu²¹ ɛ⁵⁵.

One is an old breed.

lɔ²¹ phi²¹tsɔn²¹ te²¹ ɕo²¹ dzu²¹.

The other is a new breed.

sin³³ phi²¹tsɔn²¹ te²¹ ɕo²¹ dzu²¹.

And the wild breeds found on the mountain.

kja⁵⁵ bɯ²¹tha⁴² ɡɛ²¹.

One breed is called horse Chinese_pepper, another one is called chicken Chinese_pepper.

mu³³ dzə⁴² te²¹ ɕo²¹ dzu²¹ ɣa⁵⁵ dzə⁴² te²¹ ɕo²¹ dzu²¹.

The old and new breeds are planted at home.

xɯ³¹³ ɡɛ²¹ lɔ²¹ phi²¹tsɔn²¹ kja⁵⁵ sin³³ phi²¹tsɔn²¹ ne³³ ȵi²¹ ɕo²¹ tɕo⁵⁵ xɯ³¹³ tɚ³³ a⁵⁵ɡa⁵⁵.

That breed of Chinese_pepper.

dzə⁴² ne³³ ɕo²¹ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

It has small leaves.

i³³ phjo³³ a⁵⁵ mɯ⁵⁵lɯ⁵⁵ zo³³ ʑa⁵⁵.

The old one has fewer thorns.

m̩²¹ dzə⁴² ne³³ dze⁴² lɔ²¹ phi²¹tsɔn²¹ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ i³³ dzɯ³¹³ ne⁵⁵mja⁴² ma²¹ mjo³³.

It is also easier to be picked because it grows into bunches.

pa³³ kha⁴² ɡɚ³³ djo⁵⁵ kha⁴² no³³ te²¹ tshu⁵⁵ te²¹ tshu⁵⁵ a⁵⁵.

The old breed is also tasted better.

nu³³ pa³³ dzo³³ ɡɚ³³ lɔ²¹ phi²¹tsɔn²¹ ne³³ ɕo²¹ tɕo⁵⁵ tui³³ də³³ djo⁵⁵ ɕɔm³³.

It is tasted numb and appetizing.

ʑo²¹ ɡɛ²¹ xɚ⁵⁵ ɕɔm³³.

The new breed has.

sin³³ phi²¹tsɔn²¹ ne³³ ɕo²¹ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

It has more thorns.

i³³ dzɯ³¹³ mjo³³ ɛ⁵⁵.

It’s hard to be picked.

kha⁴² ma²¹ no³³.

It has more output.

nu³³ tshan²¹lja²¹ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ te²¹ djo⁵⁵ ʔũ³³.

It bears more than the old breed.

tui³³ də³³ djo⁵⁵ də⁴².

The new breed.

nu³³ sin³³ phi²¹tsɔn²¹ ne³³ ɕo²¹ ne⁵⁵.

If we eat it.

pa³³ dzo³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

It has only numb and without appetizing.

ʑo²¹ ɛ⁵⁵ ɕɔm³³ tu⁵⁵ ma²¹ dzu²¹.

So some people.

nu³³ te²¹ ɣɚ²¹ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

If they want to sell Chinese_pepper, they prefer to plant the new breed.

tɚ³³ a³³ pa³³ u³¹³ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ sin³³ phi²¹tsɔn²¹ ne³³ ɕo²¹ tɚ³³ ɕi³³ mjo³³.

Some people plant the old breed for their own use.

te²¹ ɣɚ²¹ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ dzo³³ sɿ⁵⁵ kɯ³³zo³³ pa³³ tɚ²¹ tɕo⁵⁵ lɔ²¹ phi²¹tsɔn²¹ tɚ³³ a⁵⁵ɡa⁵⁵.

If you want to plant a Chinese_pepper tree.

dzə⁴² ne³³ ɕo³³ pa³³ tɚ³³ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

You can get and plant some Chinese_pepper seeds.

dzə⁴² i³³ ȵi⁵⁵ ve²¹ ki⁵⁵ lɛ²¹ na³³ kja⁵⁵ si⁵⁵ ɛ⁵⁵.

Prepare some soil, plant Chinese_pepper seeds, and water them frequently.

ne³¹³mɯ²¹ djo⁵⁵ ki⁵⁵ na³³ ki⁵⁵ nu³³ ne³¹³mɯ²¹ dze⁴² pa³³ sin⁵⁵ ke⁴² zɛ³¹³. ʑi²¹dʑa⁵⁵ djo⁵⁵djo⁵⁵ tshu⁴² na³³ pa³³ ki⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

The Chinese_pepper plants will grow out.

dzə⁴² kɯ³³ tɕo⁵⁵ nɯ³³ tɕa⁴².

When the plants grow big enough, move them to other places.

pa³³ nɯ³³ du⁵⁵ lɛ²¹ djo⁵⁵ ɣɚ³³ na³³ pa³³ tɕhi²¹ ʑo⁵⁵ te²¹ ɡa⁵⁵ tsan²¹ tɚ³³ na³³ pa³³ ki⁵⁵.

After three to four years.

dzə⁴² ɕo²¹ tɕo⁵⁵ ʑi⁵⁵pa³³ tɚ³³ ke⁴² zɚ³³ sə³³ li³³ khu⁴².

We can pick up Chinese_pepper from the trees.

lu⁴² na³³ pa³³ tɕhi²¹ tɕo⁵⁵ dzə⁴² kha⁴² ɣo⁴² do²¹ la³³.

If it’s less than three to four years, the Chinese_pepper will not bear seeds.

sə³³ li³³ khu⁴² ma²¹ lu⁴² a³³ ne³³xɚ³³ ne⁵⁵ dzə⁴² də⁴² ma²¹ tɕi⁴² se³³.

Usually, the time to pick up Chinese_pepper is in.

ne⁵⁵ dzə⁴² pa³³ kha⁴² ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ ʑi⁵⁵pa³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

June and July.

lu⁴² tɕhi⁴² ʑi³³ fə⁵⁵.

It is the time for picking up Chinese_pepper.

ne³³ tun⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ dzə⁴² khu⁴² a⁵⁵ɡa⁵⁵.

At the beginning of a year, the Chinese_pepper.

dzə⁴² ne⁵⁵ khu⁴² pa³³ du⁵⁵ phi⁴².

It grows leaves, then blooms.

tɕo⁵⁵ dzə⁴² tɕo⁵⁵ i³³ phjo³³ pa⁵⁵ lɛ²¹ i³³ vi⁵⁵ vi⁵⁵.

Then it bears tender Chinese_pepper seeds.

na³³ pa³³ ki⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ dzə⁴²tsha⁵⁵zo³³ də⁴².

It is green and small but bearing clusters when Chinese_pepper is small.

dzə⁴²tsha⁵⁵zo³³ də⁴² ne³³xɚ³³ ne⁵⁵ dzə⁴² dze⁴² ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ te²¹ tshu⁵⁵ te²¹ tshu⁵⁵. a³³ nu³³ ljo⁵⁵mɯ³³mɯ³³ a³³ ʑa⁵⁵ ɛ⁵⁵.

When it is the time for picking up Chinese_pepper.

dzə⁴² dze⁴² m̩²¹ kha⁴² do²¹ a³³ ne³³xɚ³³ pa³³ tɕhi²¹ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

It becomes red and shiny.

ȵi⁵⁵bo²¹bo²¹ a³³ lja⁵⁵tha³³tha³³ a³³ ȵa⁴² də³³ ʑa⁵⁵ a²¹.

That type of Chinese_pepper tastes quite numb.

nu³³ dzə⁴² ne³³ ɕo³³ ne⁵⁵ ɕa³³tan³³ ʑo²¹.

If you want to pick it up.

pa³³ kha⁴² də³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

You can feel your hands got numb.

m̩²¹ la⁴²pha⁵⁵ ne³³ ɕa³³ də³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ʑo²¹ a³³ la⁴²pha⁵⁵ ne³³.

If your hands touch your mouth, your mouth will getl numb, too.

m̩²¹ khui³³bɯ³³ a³³ thɚ⁵⁵ pa³³ mɚ²¹ ɣo⁴² də³³ ʑɔ²¹ a³³ ȵa⁴² ʑa⁵⁵ ɛ⁵⁵.

If Picking up Chinese_pepper.

dzə⁴² pa³³ kha⁴² ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

We also take off clusters of leaves.

i³³ phjo³³ tɕa⁴² na³³ te²¹ tshu⁵⁵ te²¹ tshu⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ kha⁴² ki⁵⁵ lɛ²¹.

Then bring a small basket.

thi⁴² lo⁴² mo³³ zo³³ thi⁴² zɛ³¹³ na³³ ki⁵⁵ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

If we pick up Chinese_pepper and its leaves, then.

pa³³ kha⁴² ki⁵⁵ lɛ²¹ ʑo⁵⁵ m̩²¹.

Choose the leaves at home.

xɯ³¹³ tsha⁵⁵ ʑo⁵⁵ te²¹ ɡa⁵⁵ ɕi³³.

Pick out the leaves one by one.

i³³ phjo³³ dzə⁴² ʑo⁵⁵ te²¹ phjo³³ te²¹ phjo³³ a³³ te²¹ ɡa⁵⁵ phe⁴² phi⁴².

Then separate from leaves and Chinese_pepper seeds.

na³³ kja⁵⁵ dzə⁴² nu³³ dzə⁴² də³³də³³ ki⁵⁵ i³³ pjo³³ nu³³ i³³ pjo³³ də³³də³³ ki⁵⁵.

If we want to sell the Chinese_pepper at the market.

nu³³ dzə⁴² pa³³ u³¹³ ʑi²¹ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

Now, usually, the Chinese_pepper’s price.

dzə⁴² ne⁵⁵ ʑi⁵⁵pa³³ ne⁵⁵ te³³xɚ³³ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

It is about a jin (half kilogram) for ten yuan.

tɕhi²¹ li⁴² to⁴² te²¹ tɕi³³ u³¹³ ɣo⁴² do²¹.

The price of leaves is about two yuan for a jin.

dzə⁴² phjo³³ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ m̩²¹ lja²¹ khuɛ²¹ to⁴² te²¹ tɕi³³ ȵa⁴² kja⁵⁵ u³¹³.

Usually, the leaves don’t weigh up with scales.

dzə⁴² phjo³³ ne⁵⁵ tɕi³³ su⁵⁵ ne⁵⁵mja⁴² ma²¹ tɕho³³ ʑa⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ bɯ³³ su⁵⁵ u³¹³ a⁵⁵ɡa⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

They are sold by piles.

te²¹ bɯ³³ zo³³ te²¹ bɯ³³ zo³³ a³³ ki⁵⁵ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

A pile is for one or two yuan.

ʑi⁵⁵ khuɛ²¹ ljan²¹ khuɛ²¹ na³³ȵa⁴² tɕo⁵⁵ te²¹ bɯ²¹ zo³³ u³¹³.

Chinese_pepper is sold by weight.

dzə⁴² nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ tɕi³³ su⁵⁵ u³¹³ ɛ⁵⁵.

The horse Chinese_pepper on the mountain.

nu³³ bɯ²¹ tha³³ ɡɛ²¹ mu³³ dzə⁴² ne³³ ɕo³³ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ m̩²¹.

It is wild Chinese_pepper.

i³³xo²¹ ne³³ ɕo²¹ sua⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ɡa⁵⁵.

But it’s appetizing and numb.

ne⁵⁵ de³¹³ ɕɔm³³ ɡɚ³³ ɕɔm³³ ʑo²¹ ɡɚ³³ ʑo²¹ a²¹.

Some people don’t like the wild Chinese_pepper, so they don’t want to buy it.

ne⁵⁵ te²¹ ɣɚ²¹ nu⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ ne³³ ɕo²¹ ne⁵⁵mja⁴² dzo³³ ma³³ tɕi⁴² ma⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ ma²¹ mo³³ ʑa⁵⁵.

Some people like to pick uo the wild Chinese_pepper in the mountain.

te²¹ ɣɚ³³ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ tsuan³³mɚ⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ bɯ²¹ tha⁴² ɡɯ²¹ mu³³ dzə⁴² ne³³ ɕo²¹ kha⁴².

The horse Chinese_pepper has lots of thorns.

mu³³ dzə⁴² ne³³ ɕo²¹ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ i³³ dzɯ³¹³ mjo³³.

It looks like the home-planted Chinese_pepper, but it’s not as shiny as it.

xɯ³¹³ ɡɛ²¹ dzə⁴² a⁵⁵sa³³ ʑa⁵⁵ ne⁵⁵ lja⁵⁵ tu⁵⁵ ma²¹ dzu²¹.

If we sell it, it can’t be sold as the home-planted one.

nu³³ pa³³ u³¹³ tɕo⁵⁵ xɯ³¹³ ɡɛ²¹ dzə⁴² te²¹ ɕo²¹ a⁵⁵sa³³ u³¹³ ma²¹ no³³.

Especially, some people.

te²¹ ɣɚ²¹ nu⁵⁵ xɚ⁵⁵ tsuan³³mɚ⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

Pick up the horse Chinese_pepper in the mountains.

bɯ²¹ tha⁴² ɡɛ²¹ mu³³ dzə⁴² ne³³ ɕo²¹ kha⁴² ɕi³³ dzu²¹.

It is glossy and green that the chicken Chinese_pepper on the mountain.

ʑo⁵⁵ bɯ²¹ tha⁴² ɡɛ²¹ ɣa⁵⁵ dzə⁴² na³³ ne³³ ɕo²¹ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ ljo⁵⁵mɯ³³mɯ³³ a³³ ʑa⁵⁵ ɛ⁵⁵.

It’s not shiny and red.

ȵi⁵⁵bo²¹bo²¹ a³³ ma²¹ ʑa⁵⁵.

Dry it in the sun.

te²¹ thɚ⁵⁵ lə⁴² fɚ⁴².

We use it as spices when crushing.

na³³ kja⁵⁵ tɚ³¹³mɯ⁵⁵ na³³ pa³³ ki⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ tso⁴²ljɔ⁵⁵ ki⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ɡa⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

When we cook hotpot.

xo²¹ko³³ ne³³ ɕo²¹ pa³³ tsa⁴² ɡɚ³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

It tastes better when putting a little chicken Chinese_pepper in it.

ɣa⁵⁵ dzə⁴² ne³³ ɕo²¹ djo³³ pa³³ ke⁴² tɕo⁵⁵ tui³³ də³³ dzo²¹ mi²¹ a²¹.

If we make salted preserved meat.

ʑo⁵⁵ so³³bɚ³¹³ pa³³ ʑɛ³³ te²¹ɣɚ²¹ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ de³¹³.

We would find some chicken Chinese_pepper for this special purpose.

tsuan³³mɚ⁵⁵ xɚ⁵⁵ ɣa⁵⁵ dzə⁴² djo⁵⁵ so⁴²ɡua⁴² ki⁵⁵ lɛ²¹ na³³ kja⁵⁵.

Crush it in a stone mortar with pestle.

tsho³³lo³³ xɯ⁴² ke⁴² a³³ thɚ⁵⁵ tɚ³¹³mɯ⁵⁵ na³³ ȵa⁴² ki⁵⁵ nu³³.

Only the dried Chinese_pepper can be crushed, otherwise it cann’t.

fɚ⁴² a³³ də³³də³³ tɚ³¹³mɯ⁵⁵ tɕi⁴² ɛ⁵⁵ ma²¹ fɚ⁴² pa⁵⁵ ne⁵⁵ tɚ³¹³mɯ⁵⁵ ma²¹ tɕi⁴².

Crush it, then.

thɚ⁵⁵ tɚ³¹³mɯ⁵⁵ na³³ pa³³ ki⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

Put aside and be spices for the year round.

m̩²¹ pa³³ to³³ zɛ³¹³ te²¹khu⁴²bo⁴² tɕo⁵⁵ tso⁴²ljɔ⁵⁵ ki⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ɡa⁵⁵.

The same as the other breed of Chinese_pepper.

dzə⁴² ne³³ ɕo²¹ ɡɚ³³ tɕo⁵⁵ m̩²¹.

Dry it in the sun.

ve²¹ ki⁵⁵ lɛ²¹ na³³ kja⁵⁵ thɚ⁵⁵ lə⁴² fɚ⁴².

Its black seeds.

nu³³ i³³ ȵi⁵⁵ na⁵⁵bɯ²¹bɯ²¹ a³³ ne³³ mo³³.

They are sifted out.

te²¹ thɚ⁵⁵ kho⁵⁵ phi⁴² na³³ pa³³ ki⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

We only keep its peel.

i³³ ku⁵⁵ ne³³ ku⁵⁵ də³³də³³ mo³³ ɛ⁵⁵.

Its peel, then.

ȵa⁴² pa³³ ki⁵⁵ i³³ ku⁵⁵ ne³³ ku⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

We keep it after being crushed.

thɚ⁵⁵ tɚ³¹³mɯ⁵⁵ na³³ pa³³ to³³ zɛ³¹³ tɕo⁵⁵.

We use it for the year around.

te²¹khu⁴²bo⁴² tɕo⁵⁵.

We use it as spices.

m̩²¹ tso⁴²ljɔ⁵⁵ ki⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ɡa⁵⁵.

If we make pickles.

ɕɛ⁴²tshɚ⁵⁵ pa³³ ʑɛ³³ ɡɚ³³.

It can be scattered in the pickles, too.

ɕɛ⁴²tshɚ⁵⁵ xɯ⁴² ɡɚ³³ ke⁴² do²¹.

It can be used in the salted meat, too.

so³³bɚ³¹³ pa³³ ʑɛ³³ so³³bɚ³¹³ xɯ⁴² ɡɚ³³ ke⁴² do²¹.

If we make Chinese_pepper oil.

ʑo⁵⁵ dzə⁴² xua³³tɕau³³ʑɔ⁴² pa³³ phau⁵⁵ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

The fresh Chinese_pepper.

dzə⁴² si³³si³³ɕɛ³³ɕɛ³³ ne³³ dze⁴².

After we pick it up.

pa³³ kha⁴² ki⁵⁵ lɛ²¹ tɕo⁵⁵.

It cannot be washed.

ma²¹ tshɿ³³ a⁵⁵ la³³.

If we wash it, it become wet.

m̩²¹ thɚ⁵⁵ pa³³ tshɿ³³ ne⁵⁵ ʑi²¹dʑa⁵⁵ ȵi²¹ a³³ ɡɯ⁵⁵ ma²¹ tshɿ³³ a⁵⁵ la³³.

We put it into a small bamboo basket.

tɕo⁵⁵ sau³³tɕi³³ pha⁴² zo³³ xɯ⁴² ke⁴² zɛ³¹³ na³³ ki⁵⁵ nu³³.