Informal story texts: Celebrating the Shebajie Festival (Part 2)

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Peng Wugen, Dianfang Township, Longshan County
recorded on 20 July 2002

This text contains the second 10% of the account begun in the previous text.

01	eng¹di¹ bao¹bu¹ wu¹ si³ za¹ xie² la, dian¹mei¹dian¹, wu¹ si³. B: wo⁴-ji²-liao³. A: wo⁴-ji²-liao³ hang, ai¹lie¹ da⁴ha³ lao²zi¹ le, da⁴ mian³hua³ [cou¹] tu¹, mian³hua³ la² pong² la² pong² mo³ tu¹-xie²! We've got fifty loads of maize here, a 'mere' fifty. B: We've brought them all. A: All here, and tomorrow we will pick cotton together, bush by bush!
02	tu¹-bo³-xi² ca²-duo³, ta⁴ bie¹li³, tong³... tong³qian³... B: tu¹-ji²-liao³ o! You must pick carefully, don't drop any. (sound of picking cotton) B: All picked!
03	A: luo²tie¹ huo³lie³ cu⁴-bo³ mang, luo²tie¹ mang⁴-liao³ tai²? B: mang⁴-liao³. A: ni²-nie³ luo²tie¹ mang⁴-liao³ tai²? C: mang⁴-liao³. A: guo²-nie³ mang⁴-liao³? D: mang⁴-liao³. A: tu¹-ji²-liao³ hang, tu¹-ji²-liao³, da⁴ hhi² ya! eng³heng¹ ao¹hao³ ao¹hao³.... A: Put it in the bag. Is the bag full yet? B: Yes. A: Is your bag full yet? C: Yes. A: Is his one full? D: Yes. A: We've finished, finished picking, let's go. (sound of people calling)
04	ei¹ya¹! eng¹ ga⁴ nie¹ gi³ le, hang² gi³! qing³mo¹ hang² gi³! si... ei¹ya¹! ai¹ da⁴ lian³sui³ la² ze² hu³-pie³, lian³sui³ la² ze² hu³-pie³. B: hu³-ji²-liao³. Hey! These last few days have been hot, so hot! Why is it so hot? (sound of someone whistling for wind) Hey, let's go and drink some cold water first, drink some cold water first. B: That's enough.
05	A: ang² da⁴ hhi²-hu³, a²guo¹ ca², huo⁴jiao³-die¹, huo⁴jiao³-die¹ hhi²-hu³ la! ta⁴ ong³-bo³-gu², da⁴ a²guo¹ ca², song¹kuo¹-hu³! A: Let's go, good friends, friends, friends, let's go! Don't just keep sitting there, we are friends, let's go back together!
06	heng! ya! ei¹ya¹! ai¹cuo¹... hei¹huo¹... ai¹lie¹ da⁴ cu¹ ye⁴-liao³ ba! Hey! Ho! Come on! Come on! Let's get back home!
07	ngao² ngao² huan⁴-liao³ ba! ba³ huan² gu³-ji²-liao³, ai¹lie¹ huan² kuai²huo¹-liao³, ai¹lie¹ kuai²dang¹-liao³. cu¹ lao³gu¹lie¹ ga⁴ ji³-lang²hu³, ai¹lie¹ cu¹ la²-bo³, bu¹se¹ huo³lie³ lang³lang²-bo³. Over the saddle of the hill! We've finally finished climbing up the slope, we're happy now, it's going to be quick now. Home is only a little way away, we'll unload the cotton at home, and put it on bamboo mats to dry in the sun.
08	lang³lang²-bo³, tian¹qi¹ ca², lang³lang²-bo³, mian³hua³ huan² lang³lang²-xi² ca², lang³lang²-lie³ ci³-duo³ ming. ca²-liao³ meng, ci³-liao³ meng, you² da⁴ mian³hua³ za²-duo³, tang³-duo³ meng. Let it dry in the sun, the weather is good, let it dry, it always drys well in the sun, when it is dry we need to card it. Good, all the seeds are out, next we have to spin it and then fluff it.
09	ai¹lie¹ nga² tang³-adiu², dian² huo³lie³, ni² dian² huo³lie³ tang³-adiu² le, tang³-adiu², tang³-adiu². ni² mian³hua³ za² mang, lao⁴reng³ga³-die¹ mang! B: ai¹me¹ nga² mian³hua³ za². ai! rang²... pian³tong³... I will come and fluff it, we'll use the electric [machine], use electricity to fluff it, come and fluff it. You spin the cotton, old folk! B: Right, I'll spin some. (sound of spinning)
10	za²-ji²-liao³ o! mian³hua³ eng¹ ga⁴ nie¹, ga⁴ pe¹ lie³ guo² za², suo¹ pe¹ lie³ za²-ji²-liao³, za²-ji²-liao³, A: ca²! All spun! It's taken us several nights to get it spun, three nights and it's finished, all spun! A: Good!
11	ai¹ jiu¹ ao¹ la²-bo³, jian¹si³-bo³. ai¹lie¹ meng ci¹ka¹-hu³ mang, huo⁴jiao³-die¹, ai¹lie¹ ci¹ka¹-hu³ meng! da⁴ qing³mo¹ gao¹-i le? Put it down here, to store. It's almost time to celebrate New Year. Friends, let's celebrate New Year! What should we do together?
12	song²ga¹ bu², wu¹suo¹ ga⁴ bu² xie², song²ga¹ huo³lie³ bu²-xie² mang! song²ga¹ huo³lie³ ba¹ba¹ bu²-duo³, ci¹ka¹-hu³ mang, ce³ka³ ci¹ka¹ ming! Pound it, here's some millet, pound it! Use the pounding apparatus to pound some 'baba' [glutinous rice cakes], it's almost New Year, New Year!
13	ce³ka³ ci¹ka¹ me jiu¹ da⁴ ba¹ba¹ la² suo² bu²-duo³ ming! ba¹ba¹ la² suo² bu²-ci³ tai² me, ni² bu² suan² ce³ka³ ci¹ka¹, ni² qie⁴ ce³ka³ ci¹ka¹? Let's celebrate New Year, we must pound some 'baba' cakes together! If you don't have a pounder to prepare 'baba' with, how can you celebrate New Year, how can you celebrate New Year?
14	ni² ba¹ba¹ bu²-alie³ jiu¹ da⁴ha³, la¹cuo¹la¹lai¹ da⁴, hu²ni¹ da⁴ ong³-bo³ mo³, da⁴ha³, ai! ni² kuai²kuai¹huo³huo³ mo³ ci¹ la² long¹ ka¹ ya ming! When you've pounded the 'baba', then each family together, each family sits down together. Have a happy time celebrating New Year!
15	ca²! se² nie¹ hhi³ da⁴ bu². B: ca²! jing²a¹ kuan³tang³... kuan³tang³ za²-bo³ luo, jing¹ duo³ hang² ta⁴ gao¹. C: sou² la, za²-bo³-la¹-hu³, ni² a³-duo³ hang. Good, you two pound together. B: OK! (sound of pounding) Tread properly, don't tread it anyhow. C: Right! I'm treading it now, you take the pounded rice out.
16	B: lao³ga³ ai¹ ba³ti³ he³-lu³, nga² a³-i hang, ni² za²-bo³, cai³mo¹ za²-bo³ la! ni² po¹-liao³ si¹ nga² jie² ong¹-da² la! jie² bu¹luo³-liao³ si¹ da⁴ bu²die¹ xia¹xi¹, ye³ duo³ ri¹-bu¹ceng³ la! C: sou²! B: A big piece has slipped down [to the bottom of the hole], I'll go and get it. You tread it, tread it well! If you stop, I won't lend a hand! If you take your hand off [the apparatus], I will get hurt and I won't be able to do anything. C: Right.
17	ca²! A: ni² bu²-ji²-liao³ tai²? B: bu²-ji²-liao³. A: ai¹lie¹ da⁴, ai¹lie¹ jiu¹ bu²-ji²-liao³ hang, bu²-ji²-liao³ me ai¹me¹ ni² qie¹hhe¹ bu²! OK! A: Have you finished pounding? B: Done. A: Now, we've all finished pounding, all finished, now we need to pound glutinous rice!
18	qie¹hhe¹ be² hai³si² ga⁴ si³ bu²-duo³, sang¹mi¹ la²bie¹ ri¹-duo³, ba¹ba¹ la²bie¹ ri¹-duo³! qie¹hhe¹ bu²! B: sou²! A: ni² guo² luo³kuan³ bei¹luo³ huo³lie³ wo⁴-xie²! We also need to pound several litres of glutinous rice, we need to make some 'tangsa' crisped rice cakes, and make some 'baba' glutinous rice cakes. Pound the glutinous rice! B: OK! A: Use baskets and back-baskets to bring it here!
19	ai¹ ka²ti¹-ku³li¹ huo³lie³ wo⁴-xie², ka²ti¹-ku³li¹ huo³lie³ la² wo³ wo⁴-xie²! ni² zao² reng³ qie¹hhe¹ la² si³ zai²-lang² bu². Use a small back-basket to bring it, use a small back-basket to bring a load over here. Pounding only a litre of glutinous rice for each person isn't enough.
20	ei! la² si³ pu¹ci³, gai⁴ di⁴ le? B: ong¹ si³, luo⁴ la² hu³ ong¹ si³-duo³, luo⁴ la² hu³ ong¹ si³, a¹ci³-ku³li¹, a¹ci³-ku³li¹ ong¹ si³ di⁴, mao³mao³ka³ka³ ta³hong²! A: a¹ci³-ku³li¹ ong¹ si³, a¹ci³-ku³li¹ ong¹ si³. B: ai¹ nga² ni² bo³ bu² o! Hey, one litre is not enough, how much should we have? B: Five litres, we need five litres per person, five litres each, husked rice, we need five litres of husked glutinous rice, we don't want any impure stuff! A: Five litres of husked rice, five litres of husked rice. B: I'll pound it for you!
21	nga², ni² ai¹ song²ga¹ tai² me! A: song²ga¹ me ai¹di¹ eng¹ge¹ tian³ga³wan¹ li¹-nie³ tian³ jia¹ka¹ cu¹ xie² hang. ai¹ se²-ka³ cu¹, tian³ jia¹ka¹ cu¹, ai¹ se²-ka³ cu¹ song²ga¹ yi² jia¹ xie², ni² le ai¹ cu¹ bu²-i. I, there's no pounding apparatus at your place! A: A pounder, the Tian family in Tiangawan has one. That family surnamed Tian, that family has a pounder, go and pound it there.
22	B: ca²! kuan³tang³ kuan³tang³... jing²a¹... ei¹ya¹! gu¹ce³ duo³ zu²-liao³, nga² die³ bu² mo³, ni² le ga⁴ dong² bu² luo. B: OK! (sound of pounding) Hey! I'm covered in sweat from pounding, you pound for a bit.
23	C: luo⁴ba¹-die¹ la⁴ tai² ya. B: ai¹ jiu¹ si¹. C: ai¹ jiu¹ nga² le bu². B: ni² qie⁴ bu²-ti², qie⁴. A: teng², luo⁴ba¹-die¹ da⁴ teng², da⁴ze³ luo⁴ba¹-die¹ bu²si¹? C: As a man, why don't you have any staying power? B: That's right. C: I'll pound a bit. B: But you can't do it. A: Stop bickering, aren't we all men?
24	nga² le bu²-gu², song²ga¹ bu², hang² lao¹huo⁴-liao³. B: ni² bu²-xie² le. hang kuan³tang³ kuan³tang³... I'll pound now, with the pounder, it is tiring. B: You come and pound! (sound of pounding)
25	ni² ri¹-de¹xi³, xie¹qi¹ ca², xie¹qi¹ ca². A: bu²-ji²-liao³, bu²-ji²-liao³, ni² za²-bo³, qie¹hhe¹ bu²-ji²-liao³, ca²-liao³. You can do it, you're strong, you're strong. A: The pounding's done, done, you tread it, all the glutinous rice has been pounded.
26	da⁴ hhi²-hu³, ba¹ba¹ bu²-duo³ mang, ai¹me¹ da⁴ ba¹ba¹ bu², sang¹mi¹ la¹ ri¹-pie³ o! sang¹mi¹ ri¹-i, eng¹ ga⁴ nie¹ sang¹mi¹ ri¹, sang¹mi¹ ri¹. B: ca²! ca²! ca²! Let's go, we have to pound some 'baba', let's pound it together, but first make some 'tangsa' crisped rice cakes. We have to make 'tangsa', make 'tangsa' over these few days, make 'tangsa'. B: OK, OK, OK!
27	A: sang¹mi¹ luo⁴ la² hu³ hi² ci³, ai² si³ kuai¹ zai²-lang² ri¹, a¹ri¹ ta⁴ ri¹, ai² si³ kuai¹, ai² si³ kuai¹, luo⁴ la² hu³ ai² si³ kuai¹, ai¹ ri¹ mang, ai¹ da⁴ ri¹, tong⁴-xi² tong⁴ luo, ni² bong⁴ duo¹-xie²! ce³ tu²-duo³, ka³ wu²-duo³! A: Ten cakes of 'tangsa' each, make about twenty each, don't make more than twenty. Twenty pieces, twenty pieces each, make them now. Let's work together, those who're steaming get on with steaming, you set up the steamer! You need to fill it with water, you need to light the firewood!
28	ai¹ yi² be¹ kuai¹ xiao² wa tai²-nie²? B: xiao². A: yi² be¹ kuai¹, yi² be¹ kuai¹ sang¹mi¹. B: sang¹mi¹ yi² be¹ kuai¹ xiao², gei⁴diu² o! A: ca²! yi² be¹ kuai¹ xiao², gei⁴diu², gei⁴diu², ai¹lie¹ da⁴ ba¹ba¹ bu²-i ya, ai¹ jiu¹ da⁴ ba¹ba¹ bu² eng! We have one hundred cakes now, is that enough? B: Enough. A: One hundred cakes, one hundred cakes of 'tangsa'. B: One hundred cakes of tangsa is enough, plenty for now. A: Good, one hundred cakes, that's plenty, plenty, let's go and pound the glutinous rice, let's go and pound the glutinous rice!
29	B: qi²du¹ bu²-i le? A: ci¹ka¹-nie³ ai² si³ sang¹ le bu²-i, ci¹bi² ka¹, ci¹bi² ka¹ le bu² ya, ci¹bi² ka¹ le ba¹ba¹ bu²-i-hu³! ai¹lie¹ da⁴ ai² si³ ba² me, ai² si³ jiu¹ wa, ci¹ka¹ me jiu¹ da⁴ xian²-di ga² hang ang. B: sou²! B: When shall we pound it? A: We'll pound it on the twenty-third day of the month before New Year, during 'Little New Year'. During 'Little New Year', we'll pound it during 'Little New Year'! Then on the twenty-eighth and the twenty-ninth, over New Year, we'll eat what we've made. B: Yes!
30	A: ai² si³ sang¹ le ba¹ba¹ bu². bu²-duo³-hu³, qi² gu³-ji²-liao³ wa, qi² gu³-ji²-liao³, gu³-ji²-liao³ ba¹ba¹ cao³ wo¹ mang! A: On the twenty-third we pound 'baba'. Let's start pounding, we've finished steaming, we've finished steaming, that's done, now wash the 'baba' trough!
31	ai¹ se² qian¹ngai⁴ lian¹ hu³ ba¹ba¹ bu², se² qian¹ngai⁴ lian¹ hu³ ba¹ba¹ bu² o! ma³ma¹-die¹ me ba¹ba¹ lao⁴ tie² luo, se² qian¹ngai⁴ lian¹ hu³ ba¹ba¹ lao⁴ bu², ma³ma¹-die¹ me ba¹ba¹ lao⁴ tie² ang. You two brothers, pound the 'baba', you two brothers, pound the 'baba'! The women will shape the 'baba' cakes, you two brothers pound the 'baba', the women will shape the 'baba' cakes.
32	B: sou² la! A: ai¹ ni² la² ha² ha³-xie² mang. B: ha³-diu². A: tu² luo, bu² o! tang³a³, guo² you² eng¹ge¹ dang³a³... B: Right! A: Now you go and fetch a basket of winnowed rice. B: I've brought it. A: Pour it out and pound it! (sound of pounding) He's hitting from that side. (sound of pounding)
33	B: bu² mo³ ca²-liao³ eng. A: eng¹ la¹ suo² a³-lie³ ba ang, ni² ai¹ xiao²tiao¹ huo³lie³ xiao² mang. xiao², xiao²-lie³ ni² bo¹zuo¹ ga³ la²-lie³ jiu¹, meng ai¹ ma³ma¹-die¹ jiu¹ tie² heng, tie²-lie³ meng la² ci³ la² ci³ ri¹ heng. B: That's enough. A: Go and take what has been pounded, and use this shoulder pole to carry it. After carrying it, put it on the grindstone and then the women can make the cakes, they can make them one by one.
34	ei¹ya¹! ai¹lie¹ da⁴ha³ ba¹ba¹ ya xiao², sang¹mi¹ ya xiao², qing³mo¹ gao¹-i le? ba¹ba¹ sang¹mi¹ xiao² me jiu¹ ci¹ka¹ heng, ai¹ da⁴ ci¹ka¹ heng, ci¹ka¹ a. Hey! Now we have enough 'baba', and enough 'tangsa', what shall we do next? We have enough 'baba' and 'tangsa', so let's celebrate New Year, New Year, celebrate together.
35	lei⁴ die³ ai² si³ sang¹, ci¹ka¹ ai¹ ga⁴ nie¹ xie²-nie². Today is the twenty-third, there are still a few days until New Year.
36	ei¹ya¹! ni² eng¹di¹, eng¹di¹, eng¹di¹, eng¹di¹ da³guo¹ bo³ zuo⁴ la² hu³ lao⁴ a³-pie³-duo³, zuo⁴ ming a³-pie³-duo³, zuo⁴ a³-pie³-duo³, guo² zuo⁴ a³-pie³-duo³! Hey! You first need to get a wife for this chap, first find a wife, first find a wife, he needs a wife first!
37	ci¹ka¹ yi¹qian³ a³-lie³-gu², cun¹tian¹ ye⁴-liao³ you² da⁴ ye³ ri¹-duo³, gao¹-ta¹-bie¹. a³-lie³-gu², a³-lie³-gu², ai¹me¹ ni² guo² mei³reng³ da⁴ha³ sang¹lian³ la² ba⁴-i le. He needs to marry before New Year; once spring comes there will be lots of work to do, there won't be time to find him a wife then. Get him married now, get him married now, you discuss things with the matchmaker.
38	suo¹yi¹ jiu¹ da⁴, ai¹me¹ jiu¹ da⁴ha³ guo² bo³, guo¹guo¹ tie²ba¹ wa, luo³ga³ni² la² hhi³ se¹li³-duo³. luo³ga³ni² guo² a³-xie²-gu², luo³ga³ni² guo² a³-lie³-gu² le. So together, together let's look for a wife. we need to find a wife for him, elder brother, ourselves. Find a wife for him now, find a wife for him now.
39	ai¹ ni² mei³reng³ ni¹-xie²! B: mei³reng³ nga² jie³-i, nga² jie³-i, nga² jie³-i. ai¹ da³jie¹, ni² la², ni² la² ong¹, ang² da⁴xi⁴ ti³-duo³. M: qing³mo¹ da⁴xi⁴ yo? You go and get the matchmaker! B: I'll call her, I'll call the matchmaker, I'll call: Sister, we need you to take a moment to help us. M: How can I help?
40	B: ang² da⁴ ge⁴ cu¹ eng¹ge¹, eng¹ge¹, ang² pii²-ka³ cu¹ yi² zuan¹ hhi² luo. ang² guo² ang²-nie³ pii² a³-lie³-gu² luo. B: Let's go to their house together, we'll take a walk to the prospective daughter-in-law's home. We've now got a daughter-in-law.
41	ang², ni² lei⁴ ci¹ka¹ ai² si³ sang¹, ang²ni¹ la²ye¹ sang¹ si³ le la¹cuo¹la¹lai¹ da⁴ tuan³yan³-lie³-hu³, la²ye¹ sang¹ si³ tuan³yan³, la²ye¹ sang¹ si³ tuan³yan³, ai¹ jiu¹ la²ye¹ sang¹ si³ tuan³yan³. Today, we are celebrating 'Little New Year', the twenty-third. On the thirtieth of the month, every household will have a family reunion, on the thirtieth there will be family reunions, on the thirtieth there are family reunions, on the thirtieth of the last month they have family reunions.