My name is Zha Shiyi Re: Zha is my family name, Shiyi is the season of my birth, and Re is a type of grass. Born in 1990, I am a member of the Yi ethnic group, and I grew up in a remote mountain village in Yunnan. This book records my growth, attempts to outline my life trajectory over the past thirty-four years, and also tries to leave some life records for my female relatives and neighbors. In my early years, the village was poor, and life was inevitably difficult and arduous, but it was not lacking in natural romance: flowers, trees, sunshine, streams, mountains, cats, dogs, cattle, horses, birds, playmates... The flowing rural scenery accompanied my childhood, weaving old dreams that softened my heart. The changes in the private lives of two generations of Yi rural women—my mother, my sister, my female relatives and neighbors—have presented a lagging but vibrant landscape with social development. As someone born in 1990, my growth, education, employment, and migration have been accompanied by the acceleration of the country's urbanization process, as well as the loss of rural memories and borderland experiences. I hope that through my writing, I can preserve a record of the old people and customs of the village.
我叫扎十一惹：扎是家族名字，十一是我出生的季节，惹是一种草。生于 1990 年，花腰彝族，是在云南深山寨子里长大的女孩。这本书记录我的成长，尝试勾勒我至今三十四年的人生轨迹，也尝试为我的女性亲人和乡邻们，留下一些生命记事。早年村寨贫苦，生活难免坎坷窘迫，但也不缺天然的浪漫：花草、林木、阳光、小溪、山野、猫狗、牛马、小鸟、玩伴……流动的乡村风物，陪伴着童年岁月，织成让心灵柔软的旧梦。我和我的妈妈、姐姐，我的女性亲友和乡邻，两代彝族乡村女性私人生活的变化，随社会发展，呈现出滞后但蓬勃的景观。作为 90 年生人，我成长、升学、就业、迁徙的过程，伴随着国家城市化进程的加速，也伴随着乡村记忆和边地经验的失落。希望经由我的书写，为寨子旧时的人事风物保存一段记录。
我叫扎十一惹：扎是家族名字，十一是我出生的季节，惹是一种草。生于 1990 年，花腰彝族，是在云南深山寨子里长大的女孩。这本书记录我的成长，尝试勾勒我至今三十四年的人生轨迹，也尝试为我的女性亲人和乡邻们，留下一些生命记事。早年村寨贫苦，生活难免坎坷窘迫，但也不缺天然的浪漫：花草、林木、阳光、小溪、山野、猫狗、牛马、小鸟、玩伴……流动的乡村风物，陪伴着童年岁月，织成让心灵柔软的旧梦。我和我的妈妈、姐姐，我的女性亲友和乡邻，两代彝族乡村女性私人生活的变化，随社会发展，呈现出滞后但蓬勃的景观。作为 90 年生人，我成长、升学、就业、迁徙的过程，伴随着国家城市化进程的加速，也伴随着乡村记忆和边地经验的失落。希望经由我的书写，为寨子旧时的人事风物保存一段记录。
