Relatives in the courtyard, close neighbors in the alleys: At five or six in the morning the sounds of cooking fill the 1.5m-wide alleys, with eggs being fried on the gas stoves in the kitchens, while at the backs of the houses water, soup and rice gruel is boiled on wood stoves which send up spirals of smoke.
清晨五、六點，家家鍋鏟聲連串響過寬一公尺半的巷子，廚房內瓦斯爐煎蛋，屋後燒柴的小爐子燒水或燉湯、熬稀飯，昇起炊煙縷縷。