On the long road which stretches across southern China from Guangdong City to this Yao autonomous County, the road conditions were very rugged. Ruffians suddenly appeared to cajole money. I gritted my teeth tightly and shut my eyes to steady my nerves. I didn't dare to interfere with those highway robbers as they did such wicked things as bully some laborers and coerce them into gambling.
從廣州市乘長途汽車去連南徭族自治縣的一路上，路況十分崎嶇，有歹徒竄出搶劫，我咬緊牙根、閉目養神，不敢過問車匪路霸欺凌民工、誘賭等惡行。