孔乙己 English Edition

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孔乙己 English Edition

Deluxe Edition · Preface

The original text is from Lu Xuns work.Lu Xun is a great Chinese writer，His work has great influence in China.

Lu Xun』s work is considered a classic,This is one of the best translations at the moment.The translator has done localization for foreigners, changing the storyline for foreigners to understand.The translation of this book not only uses smart technology（Like AI, this is the traditional translation version has not tried）, but also combines the essence of other translations.

本文還在不斷斟酌修改中，有意見請大膽提出。

The layout of the hotel in Lone City is different from that in other places: it is a big counter on the street. The hot water is prepared in the cabinet, so you can warm the wine at any time.

Workers often come here to drink when they get off work in the evening, spent four dollars for a cup of wine. But this is more than 20 years ago. Now every cup has risen to ten, and stand by the cabinet. If you spend more time, you can buy a hot dog, or a burger, and make a drink. If you have more than 20 dollars, you can buy a pizza, but most of these customers are blue collar , which are not so rich . Only someone wearing a long-sleeved suit, broke into the house next door to the store, to drink coffee, and slowly sit.

From the age of twelve, I was a worker in the XH Hotel. The treasurer said that I was too stupid, and he was worried that I could not serve the wealthy gentleman very well, so I was arranged to entertain the blue-collars.Blue-collar guests who drunk outside, although they are friendly, but also many of them suspects that the shop is fraudulent. They often have to watch the yellow wine from the jar, seeing that there is no water in the bottom of the pot, and seeing the pot in the hot water, and then they are rest assured: Because of their strict supervision,we cant add a little water in the wine. So after a few days, the treasurer said that I could not do this. Fortunately, my dismissal is not allowed, so I was shifted to a boring job that specializes in making warm wine.

From then on, I stood in the counter all day, specializing in my position. I always feel a little boring. Because the treasurer is very cold , the guests are also very boring, only when Kanye·J came here, everyone can laugh a few times, so I remember it still.

Kanye·J is the only person who wears a long gown while standing drinking. He is tall and tall; his face is white and his face is often bruised with bruises; a haunted white beard. Although it is a long gown, it is dirty and broken. It seems that it has not been replenished for more than ten years, and it has not been washed. He speaks to people, and he is always full of mouths . He teaches people half-understanding. Because his surname is a hole, others will take a nickname for him, called Kanye·J, from the words "CAN YOU GET THE JUICE" on the graffiti wall.

When Kanye·J went to the store, all the people who were drinking looked at him and laughed. Some shouted, "Kanye·J, you have added new scars on your face!" He did not answer, just said to the cabinet, "Please warm two bowls of wine I want a dish of fennel beans." They also deliberately shouted, "You must have stolen some cash !" Kanye stares and said, "Why are you slander me..." "What the heck? Slander? I saw you stealing the day before yesterday."

Then his face will be red and arguing angrily, "Stealing books can not be stolen... stealing books! ... It』s STUDYYYY!"Then he will tell something that is hard to understand,just like "gentleman is poor", and so on, he attracts everyone to laugh: the inside and outside of the store is full of happy air.

Listening to people talking about it, Kanye used to be a student, But he did not pass the final exam .After that, he was not only unable to go to college, nor was he looking for a job.So he became poorer and he could only rely on begging to maintain his life. Fortunately, he can write nice calligraphy.BUT Unfortunately,He has a bad bad habit, that is lazy.After sitting for less than a few days, even people and books were pen and paper, and they disappeared together. If it was several times, the person who asked him to copy the book was gone. Kanye·J has no law, so he will inevitably do some stealing. But he is in our store, but his character is better than others. He is never in arrears; although there is no cash, he is temporarily on the pink board, but within a month, he will pay off and wipe out his name from the board.

Kanye·J had half a bowl of wine, and the red face gradually recovered. The other person asked again, "Kanye·J, do you really know the word?" Kanye·J looked at the person who asked him, showing the disdainful arrogance. They went on to say, "Why cant you go to college?" Kanye·J immediately showed the uneasy look of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. His face was covered with a layer of gray and his mouth was said. This time, it was all about it. Something like that, some dont understand. At this time, everyone also laughed: the inside and outside of the store is full of happy air.

At these times, I can laugh and laugh, and the treasurer is never blamed. And the shopkeeper met Kanye·J, and often asked him this way, making people laugh. Kanye·J himself knew that he could not talk to them and he had to talk to the children. I once said to me, "Have you read the book?" I nodded a little. He said, "I have read the book, ... I will test you. How do you spell the "iridescent"?" I think, the same person who asks for a meal, also test me? I went back to my face and ignored it. Kanye·J waited for a long time, very earnestly said, "Cant write?... I teach you, remember! These words should be remembered. When you are a designer in the future, you should use this word." I thought about me and the treasurer. The level is still very far, and our shopkeeper never say "iridescent"; it is funny, impatient, and lazy to answer him. "Who wants you to teach, isnt it is I-R-I-D-E-S-C-E-N-T?" Kanye·J showed a very happy look. "Yes, yes! There are four ways to spell "Yes", do you know?" I have no patience at all, so I walked away. Kanye·J just used a nail to smash the wine. He wanted to write on the cabinet. When I saw that I was not enthusiastic, I sighed again and showed a very pity.

A few times, the neighbors listened to laughter and also rushed around, and surrounded Kanye·J. He gave them fennel beans, one for each. The child finished the beans, still not scattered, eyes are looking at the dishes. Kanye himself panicked, stretched out the five fingers to cover the plate, and bent down and said, "Not much, I am not much." Straight up and look at the beans, shaking his head and saying, "Not much? Not much ."So all the children were separated in laughter.

Kanye makes everyone feel happy, but without him funny, everyone can live normally.

One day, about two or three days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the treasurer was slowly closing the account, taking off the powder board, and suddenly said, "Kanye·J has not come for a long time. He still owes 19 dollars!" I also think he is indeed It has not come for a long time. A drinker said, "How can he come?... He discounted his legs." The treasurer said, "Oh!" "He always steals. This time, he was fainted and actually stole to home. "What happened to his family?" "What happened later?" "How? Write the first , then fight, hit the middle of the night, and then discount the legs." "What later?" Later, I lost my leg." "What about the discount?" "How?... Who knows? Maybe he is dead." The treasurer no longer asked, still slowly calculating his account.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the autumn wind is a day cooler than a day, look at the early winter; I rely on the fire all day, but also wear a cotton jacket. In the second half of the day, without a customer, I was sitting with my eyes closed. Suddenly I heard a voice, "Warm a bowl of wine." This sound is very low, but very familiar. When I saw it, there was no one at all. Standing up and looking out, Kanye·J was sitting at the counter under the counter. His face was black and thin, and it was no longer the same; wearing a broken folder, splaying his legs, padding a pouch underneath, hanging on the shoulder with a straw rope; seeing me, and saying, "Warm a bowl of wine. The shopkeeper also extended his head and said, "Do you have a sneak peek? You have owed 19 dollars!" Kanye·J replied on the back of the Sui and Tang dynasty. "This...the next time it is still clear. Here is my cash, today I want to drink the best wine here.」 The shopkeeper smiled and said to him , "Kanye·J, you stole again!" But he did not quite distinguish this time.

He said 「Dont Laugh !」「Laugh?」 If you don』t steal, why your leg is broken?」 Kanye·J whispered, 「Drop, drop, fall...」 His eyes are very much like begging the treasurer, don』t mention it. At this point, a few people have gathered, and they laughed with the treasurer. I warmed the wine, went out and put it on the threshold. He took out four large sums of money from his rag pocket and put it in my hand. His hand was full of mud, and he used to come here with this hand. After a while, after drinking the wine, he sat in the laughter of others and sat down with his hand.

Since then, I have not seen Kanye·J for a long time.

At the end of the year , the shopkeeper took off the pink board and said, "Kanye·J still owes 19 dollars!" To the second year of the Dragon Boat Festival, he said, "Kanye·J still owes 19 dollars!"

I havent seen him until now, maybe he is dead.