Xiangzi had a deep drink of cold water. Then, clutching his thirty five bright, shiny dollars and two maize cakes and wearing a tattered white jacket that barely covered his chest, he set off. How he longed to reach the city in one bound!

• 祥子喝了一气凉水，然后拿着三十五块很亮的现洋，两个棒子面饼子，穿着将护到胸际的一件破白小褂，要一步迈到城里去！