June 16, 2024
When I was a child, my family was very poor, like other families in the countryside.
People in my village jointly owned the farmland of my village and worked together, so no one really worked hard and the yield was very low.
The food for us were sweet potatoes, sorghum, soybeans and wheat. Steamed buns were the main food for us. They were made mainly of sweet potato flour. We could only eat wheat flour steamed buns when our relatives visited us or it was some ceremonious holiday days, for instance, the traditional Chinese new year.
Even if we made steamed buns in ordinary days, we didn't stand using a little bit of wheat flour, we only used sweet potato flour and sorghum flour because we only had a little wheat flour.
When we made noodles, we used large portions of sweet potato flour and small portions of soybean flour. We also couldn't even stand using wheat flour.
Our breakfast was usually boiled sweet potatoes. Cut sweet potatoes into chunks and boiled them.
Our lunch was usually noodles that were made of sweet potato flour and a little bit of soybean flour.
Our dinner was usually steamed buns that were made of sweet potato flour and porridge that was made of water and sweet potato flour too.
Our vegetables were sufficient, I think, because each family had a garden plot to grow vegetables.
From the food we ate in this article, you would know that we survived on sweet potatoes, so did other people in my region.
I still remember a saying spoken by local people, "sweet potato flour, sweet potato flour steamed buns, we can't survive without sweet potatoes."
Sweet Potatoes
When I was a child, my family was very poor, like other families in the countryside.
People in my village jointly owned the farmland of my village and worked together, so no one really worked hard and the yield was very low.
The food for us were sweet potatoes, sorghum, soybeans and wheat.
Steamed buns were the main food for usas a meal we frequently ate.
They were made mainly of sweet potato flour.
We could only eat wheat flour steamed buns when our relatives visited us or it was some ceremonious holiday days, for instance, the traditional Chinese new year.
Even if we made steamed buns in ordinary days, we diwouldn'’t lastand using a little bit of wheat flour, we only used sweet potato flour and sorghum flour because we only had ahad very little wheat flour.
When we made noodles, we used large portions of sweet potato flour and small portions of soybean flour.
We also couldn't even stand using wheat flour. (???)
I don’t understand what you’re trying to say here
Our breakfast was usually boiled sweet potatoes.
Cut sweet potatoes into chunks and boiled them.
Our lunch was usually noodles that were made of sweet potato flour and a little bit of soybean flour.
Our dinner was usually steamed buns that were made of sweet potato flour and porridge that was made of water and sweet potato flour too.
Our vegetables were sufficient, I think, because each family had a garden plot to grow vegetables.
From the food we ate in this article, you would know that we survived on sweet potatoes, so did other people in my region.
I still remember a saying spoken by local people, "sweet potato flour, sweet potato flour steamed buns, we can't survive without sweet potatoes."
Sweet Potatoes
When I was a child, my family was very poor, like other families in the countryside.
People in my village jointly owned the farmland of my village and worked (it) together, so no one really worked hard and the yield was very low.
Your original is fine, but you could say you “worked it together,” with “it” referring to the land. To “work land” or “work the land” is to labor on it to raise crops.
The staple foods for us were sweet potatoes, sorghum, soybeans and wheat.
Staple foods, or staples, are your main sources of nutrients.
Steamed buns were the main food for us.
They were made mainly of sweet potato flour.
We could only eat wheat flour steamed buns when our relatives visited us or [it was | during] some ceremonious holiday days, for instance, the traditional Chinese new year.
Even if we made steamed buns ion ordinary days, we didn't stand usinguse even a little bit of wheat flour, we only used sweet potato flour and sorghum flour because we only had a little wheat flour.
“Stand” doesn’t seem right in this context. Maybe you couldn’t afford to use wheat flour (because there wasn’t enough) or you couldn’t bear to use it (because it was too precious).
When we made noodles, we used large portions of sweet potato flour and small portions of soybean flour.
“Portions” isn’t wrong, but I think “amounts” would sound more natural, or “we used mostly sweet potato flour and a little bit of soybean flour.”
We also couldn't even stand using wheat flour.
I’m not sure what emotion or circumstances you’re trying to express with “stand.”
Our breakfast was usually boiled sweet potatoes.
CWe cut sweet potatoes into chunks and boiled them.
Our lunch was usually noodles that were made of sweet potato flour and a little bit of soybean flour.
Our dinner was usually steamed buns that were made of sweet potato flour and porridge that was made of water and sweet potato flour, too.
Our vegetables were sufficient, I think, because each family had a garden plot to grow[(in which) to grow | for growing] vegetables.
From the description (of the food we ate) in this article, you [would | will] know that we survived on sweet potatoes, aso did (most? many?) other people in my region.
Without “most” or “many,” we don’t know how common this was—it could have been just a few other people.
I still remember a [saying spoken by local people, "s | local saying]: "Sweet potato flour, sweet potato flour steamed buns, we can't survive without sweet potatoes."
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Many of my friends in Taiwan survived on sweet potatoes, too. Your description reminds me of theirs. Thanks for sharing it.
Sweet Potatoes
When I was a child, my family was very poor, like other families in the countryside.
People in my village jointly owned the farmland of my village and worked together, so no one really worked hard and the yield was very low.
TheOur food for us werewas sweet potatoes, sorghum, soybeans and wheat.
Steamed buns were the main food for usfood we ate most.
They were made mainly of sweet potato flour.
We could only eat wheat flour steamed buns when our relatives visited us or it was some ceremonious holiday days, for instance, the traditional Chinese new year, for instance.
Even if we made steamed buns ion ordinary days, we dicouldn't stand usingeven use a little bit of wheat flour, w. We only used sweet potato flour and sorghum flour because we only had a little wheat flour.
When we made noodles, we used large portions of sweet potato flour and small portions of soybean flour.
We also couldn't even stand usinguse wheat flour.
Our breakfast was usually boiled sweet potatoes.
CWe'd cut sweet potatoes into chunks and boiled them.
Our lunch was usually noodles that were made of sweet potato flour and a little bit of soybean flour.
Our dinner was usually steamed buns that were made of sweet potato flour and porridge that was made of water and sweet potato flour too.
Our vegetables were sufficient, I think, because each family had a garden plot to grow vegetables.
From the food we ate in this article, you would know that we survived on sweet potatoes, and so did other people in my region.
I still remember a saying spoken by the local people, "sweet potato flour, sweet potato flour steamed buns, we can't survive without sweet potatoes."
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Well done! Thank you for sharing :)
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Even if we made steamed buns in ordinary days, we didn't stand using a little bit of wheat flour, we only used sweet potato flour and sorghum flour because we only had a little wheat flour. Even if we made steamed buns Even if we made steamed buns “Stand” doesn’t seem right in this context. Maybe you couldn’t afford to use wheat flour (because there wasn’t enough) or you couldn’t bear to use it (because it was too precious). Even if we made steamed buns in ordinary days, we |
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Cut sweet potatoes into chunks and boiled them.
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From the food we ate in this article, you would know that we survived on sweet potatoes, so did other people in my region. From the food we ate in this article, you would know that we survived on sweet potatoes, and so did other people in my region. From the description (of the food we ate) in this article, you [would | will] know that we survived on sweet potatoes, as Without “most” or “many,” we don’t know how common this was—it could have been just a few other people. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Our dinner was usually steamed buns that were made of sweet potato flour and porridge that was made of water and sweet potato flour too. This sentence has been marked as perfect! Our dinner was usually steamed buns that were made of sweet potato flour and porridge that was made of water and sweet potato flour, too. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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