They were beating bowls with chopsticks loudly, treading over mud and water, and scouring southward across the courtyard to the foot of one row cave-houses which served as the Office of General Services.

• 他们把碗筷敲得震天价响，踏泥带水、叫叫嚷嚷地跑过院坝，向南面总务处那一排窑洞的墙根下蜂涌而去。