On sweltering summer nights when their house was as hot as an oven, Huang Xiang would fan the bed before asking his father to sleep.

• 夏天天热，到晚上室内的馀温仍很高，房间像个火炉似的，黄香就先拿扇子把床上的枕席搧凉了，才请父亲上床睡觉。