Tigress watched the ice melting in the yard, saw the tattered clothes, smelt the mixture of warm odors, heard the sighs of the old and the crying of the infants, and her heart contracted.

• 虎妞看着院中将化的冰，与那些破碎不堪的衣服，闻着那复杂而微有些热气的味道，听着老人们的哀叹与小儿哭叫，心中凉了半截。