My name is Lu Yi and I am from Guangling. I was born in the winter of the second year of Qingli.
There are five people in the family: father, mother and second sister.
My father failed to pass the examination, so he returned to his hometown and became a teacher, known as Liu Xiucai. Nowadays, times have changed, and I remember that when my father was young, he was also a good-looking, talented and handsome man.
My mother was originally a young lady from a large family in Bianjing City. She eloped with my father because she fell in love with him. Because her embroidery was so good, she opened an embroidery shop and was known as Liu Xiu Niang. My mother is at home, supporting her husband and teaching her children to weave and embroider, and is quite contented.
My eldest sister, Qingshan, is five years older than me, and she just got married last year.
The second sister, named Yingxiu, is only two years older than me. She always bullies me, which makes me very distressed.
I am now in the cardamom season. To use Du Mu's words, it means: Pingping is more than thirteen years old, and the cardamom leaves are in early February.
Haha, even ten miles of spring breeze on Yangzhou Road is not as good as mine.