only now could the women herd the children to play in the yard with kites made of torn paper, without their grubby hands chapping from the cold.

• 那些妇女们才敢不甚惭愧的把孩子们赶到院中去玩玩； 那些小孩子们才敢扯着张破纸当风筝，随意的在院中跑，而不至把小黑手儿冻得裂开几道口子。