If the cottage's bamboo walls have any damage, the owner--now a farmer but descended from a family of officials--just cuts some bamboo from the grove to make repairs. When the thatch on the roof thins out, he just goes into the nearby mountains to cut some more.
當草屋的竹篦牆有些破損，祖先為官、今天務農的主人就從竹圍上砍些竹子來修護，屋頂草料要是薄了，就到附近山邊去割些回來。