Xiangzi was country born and bred. At eighteen, having lost his parents and their few mu of poor land, he fled to the city.
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年事已高的张光仁(音)被迫搬迁了两次,在丹江口水坝边上种了一小块薄田。
Zhang Guangren, an elderly woman who farms a small plot on the edge of Danjiangkou reservoir, was forced to move twice by dam projects during her youth.