Ya-Ru: Mr. Jhuang. How
old is your stationary store?
Jhuang: Tens of years
old. It’s been several generations since my ancestor got this store.
Come, let me introduce the structure of the house to you.
(Taking everyone inside
the house.)
Yi-Sin: Wow, the house
is so deep
in its length. It is even deeper than the herbal store we went to last
time.
Jhuang: All of the
houses on the “no sky” street are deep in length. My house is not the
deepest one. There are houses that are
60 meters
deep and the deepest houses are more than 90 meters deep.
I'll take you to visit other houses later.
Cun-Yi: Oh. Well, what
is the well for?
Jhuang: Oh, because
there used to be a lot of bandits. With this
well,
we don't have to worry about water supply being cut. In addition,
water used to be essential for working so it was more convenient to have
a well. Come, I’ll show you other houses.
(Jhuang
led the group walked to a nearby cloth store.)
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Jhuang: Children, this
is the owner of this cloth store.
All : Hello, boss.
Owner of the cloth store
(as cloth in the following): Hello, children.
Geng-Wei: Could you tell
us about the history of your store?
Cloth: I'm the fourth
generation and my ancestor's job was
cloth
dyeing.
Yi-Chuan: This house is
so old! Is it older than a hundred years?
Cloth: This house had
been rebuilt or it would be older. Come, I’ll show you my treasure.
(Taking out an
old seal)
Wei Syuan-Ting: Wow, it
is so delicate. Could you stamp it on my book?
(Taking out a notebook)
Cloth:
Sure. (Stamping). Come, I’ll show you the inside of the house.
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