At the crack of dawn, the cocks would crow, the babies would start crying, and the women would go out to wash clothes or prepare breakfast. My mother began her day by lighting the stove, and that acrid smoke always woke me up.
他形容說，天一亮，先是雞飛狗叫，然後嬰兒嚶嚶的哭聲、混著大人低沉的嗓音，從每一間廂房傳出來。聲音由此漸漸擴散到老厝四面的廚房、前埕外的池塘，變成女人們升爐子、洗衣服的談天喝斥。