When his father was alive, he said, the rice harvest from their fields was so copious that the leftover straw covered more than a hectare, about three acres, of land.

他的父亲在世时，他回忆道，他家收获的稻米相当丰足，以至于收割完的稻秆可以堆满超过三英亩土地。

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Silk, bamboo, linen, wheat and rice straw were all used differently, and paper made with silk became the first type of luxury paper.

丝绸，竹子，亚麻，麦杆和稻杆都不同程度地被用于制造纸张，而丝绸制造的纸张成了奢侈纸张的首要类型。

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Among the mud and straw houses, there are new houses of brick and cement, and behind these are farmers, and rice fields, and stories of beauty, and memories of pain.

间杂在稻草土屋之间的有新盖的水泥砖房，后面是农民和稻田、美丽的故事和痛苦的回忆。

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