zhè shì wǒ gēn mǎ gē shēng huó zài shā xī de dì wǔ nián

这是我跟马哥生活在沙溪的第五年

This is my fifth year living in Shaxi with Marco

yǒu le zì jǐ de xiǎo fáng zi

有了自己的小房子

Own little house

zì jǐ de xiǎo māo xiǎo gǒu

自己的小猫小狗

Own kitten and puppy

měi tiān yòu shuì dào zì rán xǐng

每天又睡到自然醒

I sleep until I wake up naturally

wǒ jué dé zhè kě néng jiù shì chéng shì lǐ miàn de rén zuì xiàn mù de shēng huó ba

我觉得这可能就是城市里面的人最羡慕的生活吧

I think this may be the most envious life in the city

mǎ gē tā shí jì shàng bǐ wǒ dà suì

马哥她实际上比我大6岁

Brother Ma is actually 6 years older than me

wǒ yù dào tā de shí hòu tā gēn běn bù dā lǐ wǒ

我遇到她的时候，她根本不搭理我

When I met her, she ignored me at all

dāng xiǎo hái yī yàng ba

当小孩一样吧

Be a kid

wǒ jiù xiǎng le yī gè bàn fǎ

我就想了一个办法

I thought of a way

jiù shì shuō nà wǒ men yī qǐ chū qù wán yī xià yāo qǐng tā

就是说那我们一起出去玩一下，邀请她

So let’s go out and have fun together and invite her

zhè yàng zi zì rán ér rán jiù zài yī qǐ le

这样子自然而然就在一起了

So naturally we are together

shā xī shí jì shàng tā jiù shì zài lì jiāng gēn dà lǐ zhī jiān

沙溪实际上它就是在丽江跟大理之间

Shaxi is actually between Lijiang and Dali

dì yī nián jiù shì zài zhè lǐ wán le yī nián

第一年就是在这里玩了一年

I played here for the first year

dào le dì sì nián de shí hòu cái zuò le zhè gè fáng zi

到了第四年的时候，才做了这个房子

Only in the fourth year did I build this house

zhèng hǎo shì yuè fèn de shí hòu

正好是5月份的时候

It happens to be in May

yǒu yī tiān wǒ qí chē lái zhè gè cūn zhuǎn

有一天我骑车来这个村转

One day I cycled to this village

zhè gè cūn zi shì qiū shù kāi huā de shí hòu

这个村子是楸树开花的时候

This village is when the catalpa trees bloom

fěn hóng sè de zhěng gè cūn zi

粉红色的整个村子

Pink whole village

tīng dào yǒu yī tóu niú zài nà biān jiào

听到有一头牛在那边叫

I heard a cow barking over there

jiù shuān zài wǒ men xiàn zài zhè gè fáng zi de mén kǒu

就拴在我们现在这个房子的门口

Tied to the door of our current house

hái méi yǒu gēn fáng dōng jiàn guò miàn

还没有跟房东见过面

Haven't met the landlord yet

yī xiāng qíng yuàn dì bǎ zhè jiàn shì qíng jiù hǎo xiàng dìng xià lái le

一厢情愿地，把这件事情就好像定下来了

Wishfully, this matter seems to be settled

bǎ wǒ xīn lǐ miàn suǒ xiǎng de zhè gè fáng zi gài wán de nà gè yàng zi

把我心里面所想的这个房子盖完的那个样子

The way I finished building the house I thought in my heart

jiù yǐ jīng huà xià lái le

就已经画下来了

Already painted

zhè gè fáng zi tā zhàn dì shí jì shàng jiù zhǐ yǒu píng fāng gōng chǐ

这个房子它占地实际上就只有150平方公尺

This house actually only covers an area of ​​150 square meters

jiā shàng qián hòu de yuàn luò kě néng yě jiù shì duō píng fāng gōng chǐ

加上前后的院落可能也就是200多平方公尺

Plus the front and back courtyards may be more than 200 square meters

zū gěi wǒ de shí hòu jiù zhǐ shì yī gè yǎng shēng kǒu de dì fāng

租给我的时候，就只是一个养牲口的地方

When it was leased to me, it was just a place to raise livestock

zhěng gè bái zú de sān jiān zhè zhǒng fáng wū gé jú

整个白族的三间这种房屋格局

Three houses of this kind in the entire Bai ethnic group

shí jì shàng shì liù gè fáng jiān

实际上是六个房间

Actually six rooms

wǒ bǎ tā biàn chéng le sān gè wò shì

我把它变成了三个卧室

I turned it into three bedrooms

zhěng gè yī lóu shì kè tīng hé liǎng gè kè fáng

整个一楼是客厅和两个客房

The entire first floor is the living room and two guest rooms

rán hòu èr lóu shì gōng zuò shì gēn wǒ men zì jǐ de wò shì

然后二楼是工作室跟我们自己的卧室

Then the second floor is the studio and our own bedroom

zhěng gè zhè gè qiáng tā shì tǔ hāng de

整个这个墙，它是土夯的

The whole wall, it is soil rammed

tā yǒu jiē jìn gōng chǐ de hòu dù

它有接近1公尺的厚度

It has a thickness close to 1 meter

rán hòu zài jiā shàng zhè yàng bǐ lì de yī gè chuāng kuāng

然后再加上这样比例的一个窗框

Then add a window frame of this ratio

kàn chū qù tā jiù xiàng yī fú huà yī yàng

看出去，它就像一幅画一样

Look out, it's like a painting

kè tīng de qiáng miàn shí jì shàng tā shì bǐ jiào yǒu tè diǎn de

客厅的墙面实际上它是比较有特点的

The wall of the living room is actually quite distinctive

tā shì yòng róng dòng lǐ de zhōng rǔ shí duī qǐ lái de

它是用溶洞里的钟乳石堆起来的

It is piled up with stalactites in the cave

gè zhǒng mín zú de hùn dā

各种民族的混搭

Mix and match of various nationalities

bǐ rú cáng zú de bì lú yí zú de yáng máo zhān

比如藏族的壁炉，彜族的羊毛毡

Such as Tibetan fireplaces, Yi people’s wool felt

yī lǎng de dì tǎn yìn dù de jiā jù

伊朗的地毯，印度的家具

Iranian carpets, Indian furniture

hái yǒu mó luò gē de shǒu gōng yì pǐn

还有摩洛哥的手工艺品

And Moroccan handicrafts

bì lú shí jì shàng shì wǒ men zuì shí yòng de yī gè qū yù le

壁炉实际上是我们最实用的一个区域了

The fireplace is actually our most practical area

dà jiā píng cháng huì zài zhè lǐ zhǔ chá

大家平常会在这里煮茶

Everyone usually makes tea here

péng yǒu jù zài yī qǐ kǎo huǒ kǎo hóng shǔ

朋友聚在一起烤火，烤红薯

Friends get together to cook and roast sweet potatoes

wǒ shì hú nán rén mǎ gē tā shì shǎn xī rén

我是湖南人，马哥她是陕西人

I am from Hunan, and Ma Ge is from Shaanxi

dà xué bì yè de dì èr nián dì yī cì dú zì lǚ xíng jiù qù le yún nán

大学毕业的第二年，第一次独自旅行就去了云南

In the second year after graduating from university, I went to Yunnan for the first time traveling alone

zài nà lǐ yù dào le mǎ gē

在那里遇到了马哥

I met Ma brother there

tā dài zhù wǒ qù le hěn duō de dì fāng wán

她带著我去了很多的地方玩

She took me to many places to play

dǎ kāi le wǒ de yǎn jiè

打开了我的眼界

Opened my eyes

wǒ men zài yī qǐ de zhè xiē nián kě néng lù lù xù xù qù le shí duō gè guó jiā

我们在一起的这些年，可能陆陆续续去了十多个国家

During the years we have been together, we may have visited more than ten countries one after another

dì èr nián kāi le zhè gè diàn

第二年开了这个店

Opened this shop the next year

zài zhè gè xì tái páng biān

在这个戏台旁边

Beside this stage

wèi le ràng zhè gè diàn pù yuè lái yuè fēng fù

为了让这个店铺越来越丰富

In order to make this shop more and more abundant

wǒ men qí shí xué le hěn duō de shǒu gōng yì de dōng xī

我们其实学了很多的手工艺的东西

We actually learned a lot of handicrafts

là rǎn jǐ hū jiù shì wǒ men měi tiān dōu huì zuò de yī xiàng gōng zuò

蜡染几乎就是我们每天都会做的一项工作

Batik is almost a job we do every day

měi cì wǒ jiù huì bǎ zhè gè xǐ huān de tú àn huà xià lái

每次我就会把这个喜欢的图案画下来

I will draw this favorite pattern every time

rán hòu bǎ tā jiāo gěi mǎ gē

然后把它交给马哥

Then give it to Ma Ge

ná dào rǎn gāng lǐ qù bǎ tā rǎn chū lái

拿到染缸里去，把它染出来

Take it to the dye vat and dye it out

wǒ men de diàn pù de yíng lì jī běn shàng jiù shì zhī chēng wǒ men de shēng huó kāi xiāo

我们的店铺的盈利基本上就是支撑我们的生活开销

The profitability of our stores is basically to support our living expenses

wǒ men bìng méi yǒu bǎ tā dāng chéng yī gè shēng yì zài zuò

我们并没有把它当成一个生意在做

We did not treat it as a business

yī xiē kè rén tā men zǒu jìn diàn pù lǐ miàn dōu huì shuō

一些客人他们走进店铺里面都会说

Some customers will say when they walk into the store

wǒ lái zhè lǐ sān sì tiān le cái tóu yī cì kàn nǐ men kāi mén

我来这里三四天了，才头一次看你们开门

I’ve been here for three or four days, and it’s the first time I saw you open the door

wǒ men shuāng fāng de fù mǔ yī kāi shǐ kěn dìng shì dān xīn wǒ men

我们双方的父母，一开始肯定是担心我们

Both of our parents must have worried about us at the beginning

shuō zài zhè yàng de nóng cūn lǐ miàn shēng huó

说在这样的农村里面生活

Said living in such a rural area

huì bù huì yǒu hěn duō de bù fāng biàn

会不会有很多的不方便

Will there be a lot of inconvenience

dàn màn màn dì tā men lái guò jǐ cì zhī hòu

但慢慢地他们来过几次之后

But slowly after they came a few times

tā men qí shí yě xǐ huān shàng le zhè lǐ

他们其实也喜欢上了这里

They actually like it too

zhí dào xiàn zài měi cì jiǎ qī de shí hòu tā men dōu huì lái zhù

直到现在每次假期的时候，他们都会来住

Until now, they will come to live every holiday